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World Cup XC # 3 - B
Houffalize, Belgium, May 29, 2005
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Race 2 - Men
Bui breaks Absalon's deadlock
By Rob Jones in Houffalize
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The men's race saw a new face on the top step of the podium - Marco Bui (Full Dynamix). Bui stormed away from the field to record his first ever World Cup victory. Julien Absalon (Bianchi Agos), winner of the first two rounds, struggled all day, finishing 17th, but hanging onto the leader's jersey.
In all three World Cups this season Marco Bui has attacked from the gun, usually opening up a considerable gap on the field. In the first two rounds (Spa and Madrid) he faded badly in the latter half of each race. So, when he charged to the front in the opening loop in Houffalize, observers could be forgiven for experiencing a sense of deja vu. This time, however, it was for real - Bui, the 1999 U23 world champion, seemed to just get stronger as the race wore on and the chasers faded.
He was assisted somewhat by the misfortunes of a couple of his biggest rivals: Absalon had suffered gastrointestinal problems the night before, and was not racing like the winner of Spa and Madrid, while Christoph Sauser (Siemens Cannondale) rear flatted in the first lap and had to chase his way back up through the field after getting a wheel change in the pit.
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These misfortunes should not detract from the magnificent ride Bui did pull off. In the first two laps, he was a manageable 20 seconds in front of Sauser (once he rejoined the chasers late in the first lap), Roel Paulissen (Giant), Jose Hermida (Multivan Merida), Jean-Christophe Peraud (Lapierre International), Liam Killeen (Specialized), Fredrik Kessiakoff (Siemens Cannondale) and Lado Fumic (Fumic Bros. Racing).
But, as the race wore on, Bui was increasing his lead: 35 seconds after three laps, 45 seconds after 4, and then 1:10 ahead of Sauser with a lap and a half to go. Sauser initially thought he had a chance to catch the flying Italian, but admitted that by lap five it was game over:
"I felt strong today, but Bui, he was very strong. Maybe if I had not flatted I could have stayed with him, but maybe not, the way he was riding today. Once it was up to a minute, that was it, there was no chance to catch him."
Sauser managed to hold off a late charging Jose Hermida for second by 11 seconds, with local Belgian favourite Roel Paulissen passing Peraud at the line to salvage Belgian pride.
Photography
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- The start with Julien Absalon (Bianchi Agos) at the front of a 192 strong men's field
- Roel Paulissen (Giant) suffering in the heat.
- José Hermida Ramos (Multivan Merida) also suffering on his way to third place.
- Julien Absalon hangs onto the overall World Cup lead
- Sid Taberlay (Specialized) did not have a good day
- Marco Bui (Full Dynamix) third time "lucky"
- YES! - Marco Bui takes a well-deserved victory
- Christoph Sauser (Siemens Cannondale) takes the number one plate to second place.
Results
1 Marco Bui (Ita) Full Dynamix 2.05.53 2 Christoph Sauser (Swi) Siemens Cannondale Mtb Ra 1.47 3 José Hermida Ramos (Spa) Multivan Merida Biking Te 1.58 4 Roel Paulissen (Bel) Giant-Racing-Team 2.29 5 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Lapierre International 2.30 6 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Siemens Cannondale Mtb Ra 2.50 7 Lado Fumic (Ger) Fumic Racing 3.47 8 Liam Killeen (GBr) Specialized Factory Racin 3.52 9 Erwin Bakker (Ned) Heijdens-Ten Tusscher 3.59 10 Michael Weiss (Aut) 4.07 11 Christoph Soukup (Aut) 4.26 12 Miguel Martinez (Fra) Commencal Oxbow 4.27 13 Marc Alemany Trayter (Spa) 4.44 14 Manuel Fumic (Ger) Fumic Racing 5.47 15 Mirko Pirazzoli (Ita) 16 Jader Zoli (Ita) 5.48 17 Julien Absalon (Fra) Bianchi Agos 6.30 18 Marek Galinski (Pol) Orbea 6.33 19 Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spa) K2-Zero Rh 6.41 20 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Heijdens-Ten Tusscher 6.43 21 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) 7.02 22 Martin Gujan (Swi) Athleticum-Mtb-Team 23 Marti Gispert Labarta (Spa) Maxxis-Msc 7.10 24 Bas Peters (Ned) 7.28 25 Florian Vogel (Swi) 7.32 26 Thomas Frischknecht (Swi) Swisspower 7.37 27 Inaki Lejarreta Errasti (Spa) Orbea 7.40 28 Sergiy Rysenko (Ukr) 8.04 29 Silvio Bundi (Swi) Athleticum-Mtb-Team 8.31 30 Frédéric Frech (Fra) 8.35 31 Martin Kraler (Aut) Giant-Racing-Team 8.42 32 Christof Bischof (Swi) 9.00 33 Stefan Sahm (Ger) Giant-Racing-Team 9.10 34 Oliver Beckingsale (GBr) 9.20 35 Wolfram Kurschat (Ger) 9.34 36 Bart Brentjens (Ned) Giant-Racing-Team 10.02 37 Jochen Kass (Ger) Giant-Racing-Team 10.18 38 Thomas Dietsch (Fra) 10.20 39 Jelmer Pietersma (Ned) Merlan Duo-Be One 10.29 40 Adam Craig (USA) 10.33 41 Todd Wells (USA) 10.44 42 Ralph Naf (Swi) Multivan Merida Biking Te 10.52 43 Andreas Kugler (Swi) Athleticum-Mtb-Team 11.09 44 Igor Bogdan (Ukr) 11.52 45 Nino Schurter (Swi) 12.02 46 Till Marx (Swi) 12.03 47 Pierre Lebreton (Fra) Devinci-Pro Race 12.08 48 Cédric Ravanel (Fra) Orbea 12.24 49 Johann Pallhuber (Ita) 12.33 50 Dariusz Batek (Pol) Lotto 12.34 51 Alejandro Diaz De La Pena Lo (Spa) Maxxis-Msc 12.37 52 Michael Broderick (USA) 12.45 53 Jürg Graf (Swi) 13.18 54 Pavel Boudny (Cze) 13.37 55 Kashi Leuchs (NZl) Bianchi Agos 13.40 56 Ruben Ruzafa Cueto (Spa) 14.04 57 Friedemann Schmude (Ger) 14.27 58 Martino Fruet (Ita) 14.33 59 Hans Becking (Ned) 14.40 60 Emil Lindgren (Swe) Bianchi Agos 14.54 61 Gion Manetsch (Swi) Athleticum-Mtb-Team 15.21 62 Andreas Dilger (Ger) 15.22 63 Frank Schotman (Ned) 64 Alban Lakata (Aut) Specialized Factory Racin 15.24 65 Roland Golderer (Ger) 15.28 66 Hannes Genze (Ger) 15.39 67 Rick Evers (Ned) 15.56 68 Thomas Roccaro (Swi) Univega Pro Cycling Team 16.06 69 Philip Spencer (GBr) 16.17 70 Joris Boillat (Swi) 16.26 71 Hannes Metzler (Aut) 16.31 72 François Bailly Maitre (Fra) 16.49 73 Ludovic Dubau (Fra) Devinci-Pro Race 17.01 74 Bjorn Brems (Bel) Merlan Duo-Be One 17.04 75 Igor Baretto (Ita) 17.09 76 Nicolas Röhrbach (Swi) 17.37 77 Thijs Al (Ned) Giant-Racing-Team 18.32 78 Bjorn Rondelez (Bel) 18.45 79 Oleksandr Yakymenko (Ukr) 18.50 80 James Ouchterlony (GBr) 19.00 81 Marc Gölz (Ger) 20.06 82 Andrea Tiberi (Ita) 20.21 83 Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Massi-Abarth 20.57 84 Klaus Nielsen (Den) 23.35 1 lap behind 85 Ivan Schalbetter (Swi) 86 Denis Vorontsov (Rus) 87 Fabien Manfe (Fra) 88 Gody Jacobs (Bel) 89 Mirko Farnisi (Ita) 90 Robert Vrecer (Slo) 91 Sébastien Hansen (Fra) 92 Oprea Ovidiu-Tudor (Rom) Bikin'cyprus Int. 93 Nicolas Vermeulen (Bel) 94 Jiri Novak (Cze) 95 Mike Felderer (Ita) 96 Stéphane Tempier (Fra) 97 Michael Hutter (Swi) 98 Nick Waite (USA) 99 Karel Videcky (Cze) Max Cursor 100 Ludovic Mottet (Bel) 101 Rob Reuvers (Ned) 102 Emil Jamnicz (Cze) Max Cursor 103 Mathijs Wagenaar (Ned) 104 Magnus Darvell (Swe) 105 Mark Nellen (Ned) 106 Rudolf Biedermann (Swi) 2 laps behind 107 Jean-Eude Demaret (Fra) Devinci-Pro Race 108 Andi Weinhold (Ger) 109 Benjamin Giraud (Fra) Lapierre International 110 Mathieu Louis (Bel) 111 Tobias Witzack (Ger) 112 Damien Bynens (Bel) 113 Alexander Wetterhall (Swe) 114 Ruud Rentmeester (Ned) 115 Melvin Legros (Bel) Massi-Abarth 116 Sven Berthels (Bel) 117 Maarten Krommendijk (Ned) Heijdens-Ten Tusscher 118 Onno Houwer (Ned) 119 Kevin Vanhoovels (Bel) 120 Dylan Cooper (Aus) 121 Martijn Roelofs (Ned) 122 Micha De Vries (Ned) Merlan Duo-Be One 123 Dries Hollanders (Bel) 124 Jochen Coconcelli (Ger) 125 Dirk Van De Walle (Ned) 126 Roland Plank (Aut) 127 James Fraser-Moodie (GBr) 128 Yannick Bernasconi (Swi) Domcycle-Commencal-Bike 129 Ondrej Zeleny (Cze) 130 Simon Richli (Swi) 131 Joris Massaer (Bel) 132 Lee Williams (GBr) 133 Yury Trofimov (Rus) 134 Flavio Derungs (Swi) Univega Pro Cycling Team 135 Axel Bult (Ned) 136 Sam Schultz (USA) 137 Patrick Gaudy (Bel) 138 Rok Grilc (Slo) 3 laps behind 139 Jordy Luisman (Ned) Heijdens-Ten Tusscher 140 Jaroslav Obruca (Cze) 141 Jeroen Bouwman (Ned) 142 Claudio Andenmatten (Swi) 143 Guo Yinhui (Chn) 144 Sam Malfliet (Bel) 145 John Devine (USA) 146 Steve Appermans (Bel) 147 Lukas Hanus (Svk) 148 Gilles Devillers (Bel) 149 Alan Obye (USA) 150 Wilco Verwegen (Ned) 151 Torsten Walter (Ger) 152 Lukas Vlach (Cze) 153 Reijer Den Hertog (Ned) DNF Sid Taberly (Aus) Specialized Factory Racin DNF Ivan Alvarez Gutierrez (Spa) DNF Balz Weber (Swi) Univega Pro Cycling Team DNF Jérome Chevallier (Fra) DNF Milan Spesny (Cze) DNF Johannes Sickmüller (Ger) DNF Haakon Austad (Nor) DNF Karl Platt (Ger) DNF Roman Rametsteiner (Aut) DNF Miha Solar (Slo) DNF Nicolas Filippi (Fra) Lapierre International DNF Tim Böhme (Ger) DNF Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez (Spa) DNF Benjamin Rudiger (Ger) DNF Eloi Gispert (Spa) Massi-Abarth DNF Tony Longo (Ita) DNF Filip Eberl (Cze) DNF Simon Richardson (GBr) DNF Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) DNF Fabio Bernasconi (Swi) Athleticum-Mtb-Team DNF Jiri Friedl (Cze) DNF Kryspin Pyrgies (Pol) Lotto DNF Raffael Schmid (Swi) Fischer-Bmc DNF Thorsten Marx (Ger) DNF Dominiek Ranson (Bel) DNF Zak Toogood (GBr) DNF Jaroslav Kulhavy (Cze) DNF Richard Mccauley (Irl) DNF Daniel Eriksson (Swe) DNF Rene Tann (Ger) Giant-Racing-Team DNF Nicolas Bazin (Fra) DNF Mariusz Kowal (Pol) DNF Hubert Pollinger (Ita) DNF Roland Abächerli (Swi) DNF Daniel Mcconnell (Aus) DNF Leon De Jong (Ned) DNF Steffen Thum (Ger) DNF Laurent Fontaine (Bel) DNF Mickael Giraud (Fra) Lapierre International DNF Im Ottens (Ned) DNF Alister Farley (Aus) DNF Daniel Schütz (Swi) World Cup standings after round 3 1 Julien Absalon (Fra) Bianchi Agos 559 pts 2 Christoph Sauser (Swi) Siemens Cannondale Mtb Ra 520 3 Roel Paulissen (Bel) Giant-Racing-Team 500 4 Jose Hermida Ramos (Spa) Multivan Merida Biking Te 460 5 Marco Bui (Ita) 435 6 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Lapierre International 353 7 Lado Fumic (Ger) Fumic Racing 260 8 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Siemens Cannondale Mtb Ra 257 9 Liam Killeen (GBr) Specialized Factory Racin 230 10 Thomas Frischknecht (Swi) Swisspower 214 11 Miguel Martinez (Fra) Commencal Oxbow 198 12 Erwin Bakker (Ned) Heijdens-Ten Tusscher 192 13 Marti Gispert Labarta (Spa) Maxxis-Msc 178 14 Michael Weiss (Aut) 174 15 Oliver Beckingsale (GBr) 168 16 Manuel Fumic (Ger) 166 17 Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spa) K2-Zero Rh+ 162 18 Martin Gujan (Swi) Athleticum-Mtb-Team 159 19 Marc Trayter Alemany (Spa) 157 20 Jochen Kass (Ger) Giant-Racing-Team 157 21 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) 145 22 Jerome Chevalier (Fra) 136 23 Ralph Naf (Swi) Multivan Merida Biking Te 135 24 Silvio Bundi (Swi) Athleticum-Mtb-Team 134 25 Sergiy Rysenko (Ukr) 133 26 Christoph Soukup (Aut) 132 27 Christof Bischof (Swi) 131 28 Bart Brentjens (Ned) Giant-Racing-Team 130 29 Marek Galinski (Pol) Orbea 129 30 Kashi Leuchs (NZl) Bianchi Agos 128 31 Adam Craig (USA) 127 32 Nino Schurter (Swi) 120 33 Wolfram Kurschat (Ger) 119 34 Florian Vogel (Swi) Swisspower 113 35 Sid Taberley (Aus) Specialized Factory Racin 113 36 Mirko Pirazzoli (Ita) 107 37 Thomas Dietsch (Fra) 103 38 Bas Peters (Ned) 101 39 Jader Zoli (Ita) 99 40 Inaki Lejarreta Errasti (Spa) Orbea 86 41 Yury Trofimov (Rus) 82 42 Milan Spesny (Cze) Multivan Merida Biking Te 78 43 Frederic Frech (Fra) 76 44 Michael Broderick (USA) 76 45 Ruben Ruzafa Cueto (Spa) 74 46 Thijs Al (Ned) Giant-Racing-Team 74 47 Andreas Kugler (Swi) Athleticum-Mtb-Team 73 48 Moritz Milatz (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Te 72 49 Igor Bogdan (Ukr) 70 50 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Heijdens-Ten Tusscher 68 51 Jelmer Pietersma (Ned) Merlan Duo-Be One 60 52 Stefan Sahm (Ger) Giant-Racing-Team 59 53 Balz Weber (Swi) Univega Pro Cycling Team 59 54 Johannes Sickmueller (Ger) 58 55 Peter Pouly (Fra) 58 56 Martin Kraler (Aut) Giant-Racing-Team 57 57 Andreas Dilger (Ger) 57 58 Gion Manetsch (Swi) Athleticum-Mtb-Team 55 59 Johann Pallhuber (Ita) 54 60 Alejandro Diaz De La Pena Lo (Spa) Maxxis-Msc 51 61 Haakon Austad (Nor) 51 62 Ludovic Dubau (Fra) Devinci-Pro Race 50 63 Till Marx (Swi) 48 64 Ivan Alvarez Guttierrez (Spa) 48 65 Jürg Graf (Swi) 47 66 Peter Andersen (Den) 44 67 Hannes Metzler (Aut) 43 68 Martino Fruet (Ita) 41 69 Karl Platt (Ger) 38 70 Pierre Lebreton (Fra) Devinci-Pro Race 36 71 Roman Rametsteiner (Aut) 36 72 Todd Wells (USA) 35 73 Miha Solar (Slo) 35 74 Radim Korinek (Cze) Ceska Sporitelna Mtb 33 75 Friedemann Schmude (Ger) 32 75 Emil Lindgren (Swe) Bianchi Agos 32 77 Stephane Tempier (Fra) 31 78 Nicolas Filippi (Fra) Lapierre International 29 79 Cedric Ravanel (Fra) Orbea 28 80 Oleksandr Yakymenko (Ukr) 28 81 Tim Boehme (Ger) 27 82 ?? ?? 27 83 Dariusz Batek (Pol) 26 84 Sergio Mantecon Guttierre (Spa) 26 85 Pavel Boudny (Cze) 22 86 Klaus Nielsen (Den) 22 87 Benjami Rudiger (Ger) 22 88 Eloi Gispert (Spa) 21 89 Toni Longo (Ita) 21 90 Hans Becking (Ned) 17 91 Filip Eberl (Cze) 17 92 Jose Garcia Rodriguez (Spa) 15 93 Simon Richardson (GBr) 14 94 Lars Nordhaug (Nor) 14 95 Frank Schotman (Ned) 13 96 Philip Spencer (GBr) 13 97 Alban Lakata (Aut) 12 98 Roland Golderer (Ger) 11 99 Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) 11 100 Hannes Genze (Ger) 10 101 Guillermo Bogas Oliva (Spa) 10 102 Fabio Bernasconi (Swi) 10 103 Rick Evers (Ned) 9 104 Jiri Friedl (Cze) 9 105 Kryspin Pyrgies (Pol) 9 106 Thomas Roccaro (Swi) 8 107 Oriol Morata Abril (Spa) 8 108 Joris Boillat (Swi) 6 109 Raffael Schmid (Swi) 6 110 Torsten Marx (Ger) 5 111 François Bailly Maitre (Fra) 4 112 Sebastien Hansen (Fra) 4 113 Mike Felderer (Ita) 4 114 Antonio Ortiz Barranco (Spa) 3 115 Jiri Novak (Cze) 3 116 Bjorn Brems (Bel) 2 117 Maxim Gogolev (Rus) 2 118 Flavio Derungs (Swi) 2 119 Igor Baretto (Ita) 1 120 Andras Melts (Hun) 1 121 Fredrik Modin (Swe) 1
