Pan-American Championships - CC

Balneario Camboriu & Santa Catarina, Brazil, October 10-15, 2006

Results

Mary McConneloug and Hector Leonardo Paez Leon capture continental cross country mountain bike titles

Mary McConneloug (USA) won the women's cross-country Pan Am Championships. She clocked a winning time of 1:35:36 over the 13.17-mile course to beat silver medalist Catherine Pendrel (Canada) and bronze medalist Jimena Florit (Argentina). Pendrel learned she would replace Alison Sydor on the Canadian team only one week prior to the race, but told her coach the morning of the race that she felt like she would medal.

Hector Leonardo Paez Leon (Colombia) won the men's 19.76 mile race in front of silver medalist Mathieu Toulouse (Canada), and bronze medalist Cristobal Silva (Chile).

In the men's Under 23 race, Max Plaxton (Canada) took home gold over Dario Alejandro Gasco (Argentina) and Sam Schultz (USA). Plaxton, 21, said, "I wanted to win this race so badly, as I took the silver as a junior in 2002 and the bronze in 2005. It was pretty hard for me in the first couple of laps, but after a while I succeeded in catching the leaders and I passed them. I soon got a lap ahead and was feeling better at every lap." Plaxton added that he did not suffer much in the oppressive heat thanks to drinking a lot of water.

Francisca Campos (Chile) and Jenna Zander (USA) took first and second in the women's Under 23.

The Continental Championships follow only the World Championships and World Cup events in terms of races that offer the most UCI points on an annual basis. Hence, many nations send their best athletes to win valuable UCI points. Overall country rankings determine the number of 2008 Olympic Games starting positions per country.

Results

Women Elite, 21,2 km

1 Mary McConneloug (USA)                              1.35.36  (13,05 km/h)
2 Catherine Pendrel (Canada)                             2.34
3 Jimena Florit (Argentina)                              4.35
4 Laura Lorenza Morfin (Mexico)                          5.28
5 Jaqueline Mourao (Brazil)                              6.45
6 Willow Koerber (USA)                                   9.26
7 Heather Irmiger (USA)                                 11.00
8 Carla Salgado (Mexico)                                13.38
9 Roberta Kelly Stopa (Brazil)                          15.15
10 Daniella Bunzli (Chile)                              16.44
11 Noelia Rodriguez Margaria (Argentina)                17.00
12 Elisa Garcia (Chile)                                 19.22
13 Erika Fernanda Gramiscelli (Brazil)                  22.26
14 Maria Alejandra Castillo (Venezuela)                 26.00
15 Lorena Maria De Oliveira (Brazil)                    29.15
16 Leila Anabel Luque (Argentina)                       1 lap
17 Roberta Kely Campos (Brazil)
18 Alziane Diogenes Bandeira De Melo (Brazil)
19 Mariana Fernunson (Argentina)
20 Glaidiany De Cássia A. Resende (Brazil)

Men Elite, 31,8 km

1 Hector Leonardo Paez Leon (Colombia)                1.52.41  (16,93 km/h)
2 Mathieu Toulouse (Canada)                              5.01
3 Cristobal Silva (Chile)                                5.12
4 Jeremiah Bishop (USA)                                  5.40
5 Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (USA)                           6.14
6 Edvando De Souza Cruz (Brazil)                         7.07
7 Todd Wells (USA)                                       7.49
8 Gonzalo Aravena (Chile)                                8.16
9 Thiago Carvalho Aroeira (Brazil)                       8.30
10 Michael Broderick (USA)                               8.38
11 Abraão Assis Eleutério De Azevedo (Brazil)            9.00
12 Adam Craig (USA)                                     10.27
13 Marcelo Cândido Da Silva (Brazil)                    11.28
14 Javier Puschel (Chile)                               12.23
15 Tácio Benvenuti Camargo (Brazil)                     12.47
16 Jesus Rojas (Venezuela)                              13.32
17 Claus Plaut (Chile)                                  13.47
18 Eduardo Felipe Soenz (Chile)                         13.49
19 Deiber Esquivel Benavides (Costa Rica)               14.43
20 Ricardo Alexandre Pscheidt (Brazil)                  14.44
21 Octavio Vicente (Mexico)                             14.49
22 Eduardo Catalan (Chile)                              16.56
23 Rubens Donizette Valeriano (Brazil)                  16.58
24 Luciano Ariel Caraccioli (Argentina)                 17.59
25 Odair José De Oliveira (Brazil)                      22.00
26 Juan Pablo Pereyra (Argentina)                       22.54
27 Javier Ernesto Macias (Argentina)                    1 lap
28 Robson Ferreira Da Silva (Brazil)
29 Jonathan Carballo Ramirez (Costa Rica)
30 Sedly Rivas (Mexico)
31 Juan Pablo Gabriel Radys (Argentina)
32 Matias Federico Gonzalez (Argentina)
33 Heiko Grobenstieg (Paraguai)
34 Ignacio Morales (Uruguai)
35 Raul Fernandez (Paraguai)
36 Federico Martin Rodriguez (Uruguai)
37 Nestor Miguel Yobe (Argentina)
38 Jorge Leyton (Argentina)
DSQ Gilberto Veiga De Góes (Brazil)
DSQ Maximiliano Badde (Argentina)
DNF Jhon Jairo Botero Salazar (Colombia)
DNF Armando Zacarias (Mexico)

Women U23, 21,2 km

1 Francisca Campos (Chile)                            1.44.21  (12,18 km/h)
2 Jenna Zander (USA)                                     5.21
3 Liliana Uscategui (Venezuela)                          6.10
4 Adriana Rojas Cubero (Costa Rica)                      6.12
5 Viviana Andrea Maya Tabares (Colombia)                 7.41
6 Daniela Campuzano Peon (Mexico)                       11.05
7 Angelica Ramirez Alvarado (Ecuador)                   11.42
DNF Alexandra Serrano Rodriguez (Ecuador)

Under 23 Men, 23,5 km

1 Max Plaxton (Canada)                                1.36.37 (14,59 km/h)
2 Dario Alejandro Gasco (Argentina)                      1.38
3 Samuel Schultz (USA)                                   1.56
4 Julio Caro Silva (Colombia)                            2.27
5 Luis Anderson Mejia Sanchez (Colombia)                 4.02
6 Fabio Hernando Castaneda Monsalve (Colombia)           5.09
7 Ignacio Torres (Mexico)                                5.20
8 Daniel Carneiro Brum Ribeiro Zóia (Brazil)             6.17
9 Franklin Lugo Jr (Venezuela)                           8.49
10 Pablo Alberto Lucatelli (Brazil)                      8.53
11 Ignacio Andres Pereyra (Argentina)                   10.30
12 Javier Gallardo (Chile)                              11.03
13 Diego Luiz De Almeida (Brazil)                       11.33
14 Gabriel Navarrete (Chile)                            12.11
15 Catriel Daniel Soto (Argentina)                      12.31
16 Oscar Campos (Mexico)                                12.49
17 Santiago Padilla Goveo (Ecuador)                     14.22
18 Odair Lino (Brazil)                                  15.05
19 Miguel Valadez (Mexico)                              16.41
20 Sam Jurekovic (USA)                                  17.58
21 Adevilson Ferreira Almeida (Brazil)                  19.04
22 Felipe Alves Avelar (Brazil)                         21.28
23 Bruno Bernales (Chile)                               22.07
24 Esteban Juan Facundo Frederez (Argentina)            23.37
25 Hector Daniel Gasco (Argentina)                      26.02
26 Leonardo Daniel Rogel (Mexico)                       38.57
27 Maximiliano Daniel Franzoi (Argentina)               1 lap
28 Matias Leonel Giampetri (Argentina)
DNF Daniel Da Silva Rezende (Brazil)
DSQ Ricardo Ramthum (Brazil)
DNF Flavio Ricardo Dal Seco (Brazil)
DNS Mauro Javier Berrocal Giner (Argentina)

Women Junior, 15,9 km

1 Paula Gimena Quiros (Argentina)                     1.41.30  (9,39 km/h)
2 Vanessa Marin (Venezuela)                              1.08
3 Rusia Hitehell Hernandez (Mexico)                     10.19
4 Rachel Throop (USA)                                   14.56
DNF Mariana Da Silva Ronchi (Brazil)

Men Junior, 21,2 km

1 Henrique Da Silva Avancini (Brazil)                 1.30.41 (14,26 km/h)
2 Gregory Brenes Obando (Costa Rica)                     3.09
3 Francisco Llano (Colombia)                             3.57
4 Carlos Rodrigo Sigre (Argentina)                       4.49
5 Daniel Vivanco (Chile)                                 6.06
6 Joelson Schadeck (Brazil)                              8.42
7 Tristan Uhl (USA)                                      9.04
8 Cesar Miguel Montufar (Mexico)                        11.26
9 Wallison Barbosa Da Silva (Brazil)                    11.52
10 Enrique Rivera (Chile)                               13.34
11 Rodrigo Darnay (Argentina)                           13.51
12 Washington Fernando Vargas Pazmino (Ecuador)         15.16
13 Juan Jose Hazbun (Chile)                             15.23
14 Christopher Barton (USA)                             15.56
15 Leandro Augusto Do Carmo (Brazil)                    17.13
16 Walter Eliseo Lopez Mallo (Argentina)                19.14
17 Saul Novoa (Chile)                                   20.37
18 Ricardo Hazbun (Chile)                               23.16
19 Francisco Tirado Veja (Ecuador)                      24.15
20 Diego Armando Gomez (Venezuela)                      30.21
21 Juan Santago Juri (Argentina)                        1 lap
22 Silvio Rafael Brito Gavilanes (Ecuador)
23 Diego Vola (Uruguai)
24 Adrian Gonzalo Tapia (Argentina)
25 Filipe Ricardo Belitzki (Brazil)
26 Diego German Caparroz Rodriguez (Argentina)
27 Claudio Lopez (Mexico)
DNF Kaio Cesar Costa Gontijo (Brazil)
DNS George Mateus Feliciano (Brazil)
DNS Anderson Demarchi (Brazil)
DNS Fernando Dantas Lima (Brazil)
DNS Rodrigo Moreira De Souza (Brazil)

Women Youth 1990-92, 10,6 km

1 Laura Valentina Abril Restrepo (Colombia)             54.45  (11,6 km/h)
2 Catalina Corral (Chile)                               10.35
3 Diana Estefania Espinosa Aldaz (Ecuador)              14.45
4 Elsa Rivera (Chile)                                   18.44

Master A Men, 21,2 km

1 Amarildo Ferreira (Brazil)                          1.26.50 (14,64 km/h)
2 Robson Aloisio Alfredo Silva (Brazil)                  3.43
3 Ignacio Ariel Gili (Argentina)                         7.36
4 Cláudio Roberto Alves De Souza (Brazil)               10.28
5 Alex Do Nascimento (Brazil)                           11.29
6 Carlos Roberto Martinelli (Brazil)                    15.26
7 Jose Angel Beltran (Mexico)                           15.58
8 Carlos Fabian Lescoulie (Argentina)                   18.06
9 Luiz Cláudio Vargas De Andrade (Brazil)               26.04
10 Rodrigo Viera (Chile)                                1 lap
11 Carlos Javier Gregori (Argentina)
12 Cláudio Branco (Brazil)
13 Rodolfo Panfilo (Uruguai)
14 Edmilson Padilha Gutierres (Brazil)
15 Antonio Martin Del Campo (Mexico)
16 Elber Dos Santos Ribeiro (Brazil)

Master B Men, 21,2 km

1 Adolfo Jose Mariano De Oliveira (Brazil)            1.43.49 (12.52 km/h)
2 Ricardo Alves Machado (Brazil)                         2.37
3 Marcelo Armaza (Chile)                                 4.37
4 Paulo Roberto Correa (Brazil)                          5.22
5 Luis Ariel Avecilla (Argentina)                       11.07
6 Claudio Americano Freire (Brazil)                     16.29
7 Pedro Alejandro Barbieri (Argentina)                  21.33
8 Francisco Javier Dias Mondragon (Mexico)              23.15
9 Jonathan Richard Davis (Peru)                         23.44
10 Claudio Fabian Avaca (Argentina)                     1 lap
11 Luiz Alberto Haneck (Argentina)
DNF Marcos Fabian Font (Argentina)
DNF Dorivaldo Correia De Abreu (Brazil)

Master C Men, 15,9 km

1 Werner Wind (Brazil)                                1.26.08 (11,07 km/h)
2 Elvio Siqueira Barreto (Brazil)                        6.41
3 Jesus Marcelino Darnay (Argentina)                    12.29
4 Carlos Alercer Garrido Poo (Argentina)                15.17
5 Cristian De La Maza (Chile)                           17.14
6 Victorino Leyton (Argentina)                          28.48
DNF Roberto Carneiro Giraldes (Brazil)
DNF Odair Tavares (Brazil)