Gara di alto livello quest'oggi ai Mondiali Under 23 con il norvegese Mattis Stenshagen che stacca di pochissimo il russo Denis Spitsov, terzo il russo Ivan Yakimushkin.
Eccellente prova per i quattro atleti italiani che riescono a piazzarsi nei primi 15, con Paolo Ventura al 9° posto, seguito da Stefan Zelger arrivato 12°, prossimo per la partenza alle olimpiadi di Pyongyang, 13° Daniele Serra e 15° un'ottimo Simone Daprà al suo esordio nella categoria Under 23.
| 1 | 68 | 3422803 | STENSHAGEN Mattis | 1996 | NOR | 36:28.3 | 25.00 | |
| 2 | 70 | 3482280 | SPITSOV Denis | 1996 | RUS | 36:33.1 | +4.8 | 26.75 |
| 3 | 67 | 3482105 | YAKIMUSHKIN Ivan | 1996 | RUS | 37:03.5 | +35.2 | 37.87 |
| 4 | 65 | 3020003 | ESTEVE ALTIMIRAS Irineu | 1996 | AND | 37:20.7 | +52.4 | 44.16 |
| 5 | 57 | 3422474 | BRUVOLL Ole Joergen | 1995 | NOR | 37:30.5 | +1:02.2 | 47.74 |
| 6 | 62 | 3190398 | LAPIERRE Jules | 1996 | FRA | 37:32.0 | +1:03.7 | 48.29 |
| 7 | 60 | 3200676 | BRUGGER Janosch | 1997 | GER | 37:38.1 | +1:09.8 | 50.52 |
| 8 | 58 | 3190353 | CHAUVIN Valentin | 1995 | FRA | 37:40.5 | +1:12.2 | 51.39 |
| 9 | 47 | 3290504 | VENTURA Paolo | 1996 | ITA | 37:52.5 | +1:24.2 | 55.78 |
| 10 | 61 | 3482260 | SOBAKAREV Andrey | 1996 | RUS | 37:58.3 | +1:30.0 | 57.90 |
| 11 | 50 | 3501356 | DANIELSSON Filip | 1996 | SWE | 38:08.7 | +1:40.4 | 61.70 |
| 12 | 55 | 3290446 | ZELGER Stefan | 1995 | ITA | 38:14.5 | +1:46.2 | 63.82 |
| 13 | 40 | 3290575 | SERRA Daniele | 1996 | ITA | 38:17.4 | +1:49.1 | 64.88 |
| 14 | 32 | 3501278 | PERSSON Anton | 1995 | SWE | 38:18.1 | +1:49.8 | 65.14 |
| 15 | 48 | 3290600 | DAPRA Simone | 1997 | ITA | 38:23.0 | +1:54.7 | 66.93 |
| 16 | 66 | 3482610 | KIRILLOV Ivan | 1996 | RUS | 38:24.6 | +1:56.3 | 67.52 |
| 17 | 46 | 3150559 | BESTAK Jonas | 1995 | CZE | 38:26.9 | +1:58.6 | 68.36 |
| 18 | 59 | 3501297 | SANDSTROEM Bjoern | 1995 | SWE | 38:36.2 | +2:07.9 | 71.76 |
| 19 | 26 | 3180990 | HAARALA Juuso | 1996 | FIN | 38:38.4 | +2:10.1 | 72.56 |
| 20 | 63 | 3300494 | BABA Naoto | 1996 | JPN | 38:43.3 | +2:15.0 | 74.35 |
| 21 | 29 | 3180984 | LEPISTO Lauri | 1996 | FIN | 38:47.0 | +2:18.7 | 75.71 |
| 22 | 43 | 3501281 | EDSTROEM Eddie | 1995 | SWE | 38:50.9 | +2:22.6 | 77.13 |
| 23 | 64 | 3510534 | KLEE Beda | 1996 | SUI | 38:51.7 | +2:23.4 | 77.42 |
| 24 | 38 | 3550114 | BIKSE Indulis | 1995 | LAT | 39:00.1 | +2:31.8 | 80.50 |
| 25 | 51 | 3180861 | MAEKI Joni | 1995 | FIN | 39:02.2 | +2:33.9 | 81.26 |
| 26 | 49 | 3180865 | VUORINEN Lauri | 1995 | FIN | 39:02.8 | +2:34.5 | 81.48 |
| 27 | 53 | 3190419 | COLLET Martin | 1997 | FRA | 39:09.5 | +2:41.2 | 83.93 |
| 28 | 54 | 3670078 | KLIMIN Olzhas | 1996 | KAZ | 39:12.2 | +2:43.9 | 84.92 |
| 29 | 31 | 3390188 | KORGE Kaarel Kasper | 1996 | EST | 39:16.2 | +2:47.9 | 86.38 |
| 30 | 33 | 3510480 | STEINER Cédric | 1995 | SUI | 39:19.8 | +2:51.5 | 87.70 |