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MTB Bundesliga #3 - E1
Offenburg, Germany, May 15, 2005
Multivan-Merida reigns in the rain
Rainy weather conditions made the third round of the German MTB-Bundesliga an extreme challenge, as the muddy terrain made a lot of running necessary. The course in Offenburg - at the border of Black Forest - is called the most technical in Germany. 12,000 paying spectators turned out to cheer the riders on with a lot of enthusiasm.
In the men's race, Jose Hermida (Spa) and his Multivan-Merida-Teammate Ralph Naef (Swi) made an early breakaway. After two of seven laps, they got a 30 second gap to three giant riders, Stefan Sahm (Ger), Jochen Kaess (Ger) and Bart Brentjens (Ned). Sahm rode a surprisingly strong race and was able to catch Naef in lap 6. Athens silver medallist Hermida, though losing his bib and running back for it, was not in danger of losing his lead.
"It's quite a nice course and technically challenging," said Hermida. "If Germany wants to get a World Cup, they should do it in Offenburg. The crowd was crazy and always yelling loudly."
Runner up Sahm said, "I'm very happy to be second on such an extreme course, especially because I'm not a good runner. The crowd was gigantic."
Third placed Ralf Naef commented, "I did a lot of hard training last week, so I knew that at the end I would lose my energy. It was a hard fight with the Giant-boys today. But I wasn't satisfied with Jose's win and the podium for me."
In the women's race, Irina Kalentieva was unbeatable. The Russian girl escaped with her German Multivan-Merida-teammate Nina Goehl early in the race. At the beginning Ivonne Kraft (Ger) was able to close the gap again and again in the downhills by showing excellent technical skills. But at the end, she lost too much time in the running sections. On the last lap, Kalentieva was riding away from Goehl and captured her second season win after the first two weeks ago in Heubach.
"I like these muddy conditions and I had a lot of fun riding the spectacular downhills," Kalentieva said. "The first three laps I felt a little bit tired, but then it went better. Nina and I had good teamwork."
"After recovering last week, I was in a better shape than the weeks before," said second placed Goehl. "It was really motivating me to ride with Irina."
Ivonne Kraft commented, "After my operation early this year, I was not able to follow Irina and Nina in the running sections. But the course suits me."
Results
Men Elite - 28,8km 1 Jose Antonio Hermida (Spa) Multivan Merida 2.08.30.8 2 Stefan Sahm (Ger) Giant Racing 0.58.6 3 Ralph Näf (Swi) Multivan Merida 2.22.4 4 Jochen Käß (Ger) Giant Racing 3.56.4 5 Bart Brentjens (Ned) Giant Racing 3.56.5 6 Martin Kraler (Aut) Giant Racing 6.34.0 7 Moritz Milatz (Ger) Multivan Merida 7.29.4 8 Thijs Al (Ned) Giant Racing 8.06.4 9 Johannes Sickmüller (Ger) Stevens Racing 12.03.7 10 Klaus Nielsen (Den) Team Alb-Gold 13.02.3 11 Andreas Dilger (Ger) Team Alb-Gold 14.18.9 12 Olaf Rochow (Ger) Fuji-Bikes 14.59.7 13 Martin Siefermann (Ger) Kartung 16.17.7 14 Steffen Thum (Ger) Aalen Team MayerArbeitsbühnen/UltraS 16.41.4 15 Nicolas Vermeulen (Bel) Belgian Cycling Team 17.35.2 16 Markus Kaufmann (Ger) TEAM Vaude Dämpfle/Mathis 19.11.2 17 Christian Helmig (Ger) Dossenheim Team Stemper 20.34.7 18 Robert Mennen (Ger) Radsportverband NRW 30.05.1 1 lap behind 19 Daniel Eiermann (Ger) Heidelberg 20 Simon Scherzinger (Ger) Simonswald Women - 20,8km 1 Irina Kalentieva (Rus) Multivan Merida 1.47.49.5 2 Nina Göhl (Ger) Multivan Merida 0.23.6 3 Yvonne Kraft (Ger) Fuji-Bike 1.58.4 4 Anna Enocsson (Swe) Ghost International 2.39.2 5 Adelheid Morath (Ger) Rothaus-Cube 6.37.9 6 Sandra Klose (Ger) Fuji-Bikes 9.00.7 7 Daniela Louis (Swi) Team Stöckli 11.04.7 8 Agnes Naumann (Ger) Fuji-Bikes 19.48.1 9 Sandra Gockert (Ger) Stevens Racing 19.48.2 10 Elina Sophocleous (Cyp) Cyprus Biking 20.24.2 11 Almut Grieb (Ger) Mayer-Ultrasports 20.24.3 12 Anja Gradl (Ger) CIS Amberg 22.21.2 13 Heike Hundertmark (Ger) Radsportverband NRW 22.21.3 1 lap behind 14 Nina Kunz Schwäbisch (Ger) Merida 15 Anne Hillenbach (Ger) Radsportverband NRW 16 Katja Schmidt (Ger) Ghost 17 Anke Dannowski (Ger) Dresden/ GT 18 Jennifer Schiwek (Ger) RSC Kaiserslautern 19 Alexa Hüni (Ger) Vaude Dämpfle Mathis 10 Cora Paulokat (Ger) Biketeam2008 Junior Men 1 Sebastian Lehr (Ger) Deggendorf Team Baier Landshut/Corratec 1.14.27.8 2 Yannick Tiedt (Ger) Berlin Peaks-Berlin/Stevens 0.21.7 3 Heiko Gutmann (Ger) St. Märgen RSV Bike Arge St Märgen 0.59.8 4 Markus Diller (Ger) Struth-Helmershof Stevens Racing Team 1.20.8 5 Ronny Munz (Ger) Oberrot Aktiv-Sport-Fichtenberg 1.28.4 6 Rumen Voigt (Ger) RSV Team Auto-Riedel Schwarzen 1.59.2 7 Christian Lau (Ger) Radsportverband NRW 2.35.0 8 Stijn Mettepennigen (Ger) 3.18.9 9 Linus Friedrich (Ger) 3.41.9 10 Markus Trost (Ger) Team Schneiderhahn-CUBE 4.14.1 11 Sebastian Esswein (Ger) RRC Aalen Rad + Sport Stütz 4.33.3 12 Markus Ziegler (Ger) Team Neumayer Tekfor 4.49.4 13 Julian Schwendemann (Ger) Team Neumayer Tekfor 5.35.8 14 Frank Gruber (Ger) Hildrizhausen RSC Schönaich 5.57.2 15 Niklas Tobler (Ger) Radsportverband NRW 6.22.6 16 Vero Lüscher (Ger) Schömberg Team Radsport Probst/CUBE 6.48.8 17 Stephan Dürrling (Ger) Team Bergamont 6.51.6 18 Yves Kellog (Ger) ‹berlingen Team Wehrle 7.04.5 19 Stefan Schairer (Ger) Team Steinlach-Wiesaz 7.21.1 20 Florian Thaller (Ger) Ralph Denk Racing-Team Youngst 7.31.0 21 Simon Gegenheimer (Ger) Remchingen RSV Bike-RidersRemchingen / Te 7.49.5 22 Pascal Ketterer (Ger) St. Märgen RSV Bike Arge St. Märgen 7.57.6 23 Steffen Stanger (Ger) Team Schneiderhahn-CUBE 8.34.5 24 Marius Wilhelm (Ger) Obrigheim VfR Waldkatzenbach/Team Tomac 8.52.8 25 Marcel Rieder (Ger) Sonthofen Scott Junior Team 9.40.4 26 Julius Henne (Ger) MTB TECK / Team GIANT-GOLDWAY 9.52.9 27 Florian Heilmann (Ger) Klein Team Lützelbach 9.59.3 28 Johannes Gross (Ger) Karlsruher Versicherungen/Schm 11.20.0 29 Ralf Genal (Ger) Schneelaufverein Ravensburg 11.26.4 30 Max Fröhlich (Ger) Hinterzarten Bike Arge St. Märgen 11.26.5 31 Christoph Groß (Ger) Team Steinlach-Wiesaz 12.08.5 32 Dennis Herter (Ger) Team Neumayer Tekfor 12.16.3 33 Kai Kautz (Ger) Team Giant-Goldway 12.27.5 34 Jörg Feiner (Ger) Schneelaufverein Ravensburg 13.30.3 35 Tobias Trautmann (Ger) Weißenfels Team White Rock 13.36.5 36 Bastian Trautmann (Ger) RSC Waltershausen-Gotha e.V 13.45.0 37 Oliver Kuchenbuch (Ger) Leinefelde Team Bergamont 13.53.8 38 Tobias Schillig (Ger) Team Bike Service Schillig 13.54.9 Youth Men 1 Markus Bauer (Ger) RV Viktoria Wombach 58.12.4 2 Marcel Fleschhut (Ger) Aglasterhausen Team ergon-trek 1.07.2 3 Olof Jonsson (Ger) Langareds 2.12.8 4 Marius Klein (Ger) Hilscheid Team FUJI-BIKES 3.04.4 5 Danny Neumann (Ger) Radsportverband NRW 3.17.5 6 Julian Bosch (Ger) Schneelaufverein Ravensburg 3.26.6 7 Daniel Gottschall (Ger) SV Kirchzarten 3.44.1 8 Simon Stiebjahn (Ger) St. Märgen RSV Bike Arge St. Märgen 3.53.1 9 Torsten Lehmann (Ger) MT(Bel) TECK / Höfle - Stevens 4.06.6 10 Marcel Prill (Ger) Team Neumaer Tekfor 4.57.6 11 Dominik Fischer (Ger) Neukirchen Sportivo St.Englmar 5.16.1 12 Markus Balser (Ger) Team Bergamont 15.47.7 13 Christopher Roth (Ger) Team Bergamont 15.47.8 14 Daniel Stolz (Ger) RV Viktoria Wombach 15.47.9 15 Kevin Völker (Ger) RV Viktoria Wombach 15.48.0 16 Robin Hartmann (Ger) Team Giant-Goldway 15.48.1 17 Tobias Henkel (Ger) Radsportverband NRW 15.48.2 18 Peter Caps (Ger) Team Bergamont 15.48.3 19 Elias Neubert (Ger) RSV T.Auto-Riedel Schwarz 15.48.4 20 Marcel Braun (Ger) Schömberg GHOST Racing Team 15.48.5 21 Matthäus Kakol (Ger) Team Radsport Büchner 15.48.6 22 Benjamin Merkel (Ger) Forbach Team Bikeshop Gaiser 15.48.7 23 Patrick Class (Ger) Römerstein Team cbs Eberle-Wheeler 15.48.8 24 Patrick Reißfelder (Ger) Wiesloch Leica Sportclub Nußloch 15.48.9 25 Christian Mai (Ger) Team Neumayer Tekfor 15.49.0 26 Philipp Zimmerhakl (Ger) Team Steinlach-Wiesaz 15.49.1 27 Daniel Staub (Ger) RV Viktoria Wombach 15.49.2 28 Nick Rotter (Ger) SSV Mounty Altenberg 15.49.3 29 Mirco Haake (Ger) SSV Mounty Altenberg 15.49.4 30 Axel Kunze (Ger) SSV Mounty Altenberg 15.49.5 31 Alexander Dittgen (Ger) Herchweiler BIKE-Junior-Team 15.49.6 Junior women 1 Hanna Klein (Ger) Schömberg TV 63 Oberlengenhardt 1.07.29.8 2 Silke Schmitt (Ger) RSF Niederlinxweiler Team 1.40.9 3 Sandra Weber (Ger) Team ROTHAUS-CUBE 1.44.2 4 Nicole Lechl (Ger) Ralph-Denk Racing Joungsters 6.28.2 5 Sarah Reiser (Ger) Team Neumayer Tekfor 7.24.6 6 Anika Bach (Ger) RSV Team Auto-Riedel Schwarzen 8.53.1 7 Silja Vetter (Ger) Team Neumayer Tekfor 9.00.3 8 Tanja Schneider (Ger) Bernstadt Seilers Radsport Neuffen 9.00.4 9 Johanna Kurzhagen (Ger) BIKE Junior Team/Fusion 9.00.5 10 Janine Hanl (Ger) RSC Waltershausen-Gotha e.V 9.00.6 Youth women 1 Katharina Haase (Ger) Römerstein Team Bergamont 46.23.2 2 Ines Thoma (Ger) Wildpoldsried GHOST Racing Team 0.46.7 3 Lisa Reiser (Ger) Bike Junior Team 3.27.1 4 Melanie Gras (Ger) Stuttgart TGV Schotten 6.11.4 5 Debora Jaworska (Ger) Lichtenfels ADVENTURE-Crazy Crank- Lodz 6.48.8 6 Jenny Papadopulus (Ger) SSV Mounty Altenberg 18.18.6
