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Sunshine Cup #3 - 1
Afxentia 2007 XCO, Macheras Mountains, Cyprus, March 4, 2007
Photography
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- Elite men's podium (L-R): Roel Paulissen (Cannondale-Vredestein) Yader Zoli (Italian National Team), Jaroslav Kulhavý (Michelin – Specialized MTB team).
- Riders felt the heat throughout the day.
- Michael Weiss (Bikin’cyprus Int’l MTB team) finished way down the list.
- Roel Paulissen (Cannondale-Vredestein) leads Fredrik Kessiakoff (Cannondale-Vredestein) and eventual winner Yader Zoli (Italian National Team) early in the race.
- Christof Bischof (Bikin’cyprus Int’l MTB team).
- Elite women's podium (L-R): Maja Wloszczowska (Halls Team), Elsbeth Van Rooy-Vink (Holland National Team), Elisabeth Osl.
- Jaroslav Kulhavý (Michelin – Specialized MTB team) pushes hard.
- The elite women pushed hard.
- Elina Sophokleous (Bikin’cyprus Int’l MTB team) finished 15th in the elite women's class.
- Elite women's victor Elsbeth Van Rooy-Vink (Holland National Team) leads second place finisher Maja Wloszczowska (Halls Team).
- The elite men's race gets underway.
- The elite men's field await the start of their race.
Results
The Afxentia 2007 stage race consists of two UCI class 1 races plus a time trial only counting in the general classification. The two UCI-races are also included as race nos. two and three in the Sunshine Cup.
Elite men 1 Yader Zoli (Ita) Italian National Team 1.56.18 2 Roel Paulissen (Bel) Cannondale-Vredestein 0.20 3 Jaroslav Kulhavý (Cze) Michelin - Specialized MTB team 0.44 4 Tony Longo (Ita) Italian National Team 1.12 5 Bart Brentjens (Ned) Netherlands National Team 2.20 6 Bas Peters (Ned) Netherlands National Team 2.27 7 Ole Christian Fagerli (Nor) 2.38 8 Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) Italian National Team 2.55 9 Anders Hovdenes (Nor) 3.03 10 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Cannondale-Vredestein 3.20 11 Johann Pallhuber (Ita) Italian National Team 4.54 12 Jan Skarnitzl (Cze) dimp Giant team 5.33 13 Mirko Pirazzoli (Ita) Italian National Team 5.49 14 Ian Bibby (GBr) Great Britain Cycling Team 5.54 15 Jelmer Pietersma (Ned) Netherlands National Team 6.03 16 Giuseppe Lamastra (Ita) Hard Rock FRW 6.18 17 Maxim Gogolev (Rus) Russian National Team 6.40 18 Dariusz Batek (Pol) 6.58 19 Filip Eberl (Cze) Scania-Apache-Team Kolin 7.06 20 Bjorn Brems (Bel) 7.10 21 Václav Hlavác (Cze) Scania-Apache-Team Kolin 7.42 22 Andras Melts (Hun) 8.24 23 Sergiy Rysenko (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 8.35 24 Ian Field (GBr) Great Britain Cycling Team 8.55 25 Joris Massaer (Bel) 9.09 26 Andreas Kugler (Swi) Fischer BMC 11.04 27 Ruud Rentmeester (Ned) 11.30 28 Andras Parti (Hun) 11.44 29 Frank Schotman (Ned) 11.53 30 Kristian Torgensen (Nor) 11.56 31 Magnus Darvell (Swe) Falu CK Sweden 12.06 32 Ondrej Zelený (Cze) Scania-Apache-Team Kolin 12.52 33 Marios Athanasiades (Cyp) Bikin’cyprus Int’l MTB team 13.07 34 Oleksandr Iakymenko (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 13.13 35 Tim Wijnants (Bel) 13.37 36 Christof Bischof (Swi) Bikin’cyprus Int’l MTB team 13.55 37 Mattias Nilsson (Swe) 14.27 38 Ross Creber (GBr) Great Britain Cycling Team 15.42 39 Radim Korinek (Cze) Maxidek cannondale 16.01 40 Szilard Buruczki (Hun) 16.22 41 Tomás Tvrdík (Cze) Michelin - Specialized MTB team 17.02 42 Ovidiu Tudor Oprea (Rom) Romanian National Team 17.18 43 Michael Weiss (Aut) Bikin’cyprus Int’l MTB team 17.27 44 Boris Popovic (SCG) National team Serbia 17.30 45 Branko Grah (Aut) Team Mountainbiker 17.32 46 Yevyhen Medvedstkyy (Ukr) 17.41 47 Truls Haugseth (Nor) 17.48 48 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Maxidek cannondale 17.57 49 Andriy Gumenyuk (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 17.57 50 Jorgen Flion (Bel) 18.15 51 Tobias Ullmann (Ger) Haibike/RF Hilpoltstein 18.24 52 Lucian Logigan (Rom) Romanian National Team 19.01 53 Victor Trokhin (Rus) Russian National Team 19.18 54 Marcin Karczynski (Pol) Halls Team 19.56 55 Vaclav Aska (Cze) 21.50 56 Andrian Rzialakiewicz (Pol) 22.47 57 Jirka Hudecek (Cze) Maxidek cannondale 50.25 58 Giorgos Fattas (Cyp) 1 lap 59 Sergey Nikolaev (Rus) Russian National Team 60 Robert Michaelis (Ger) 61 Sebastian Mordmuller (Ger) 62 Nicola Rohrbach (Swi) 63 Evgeny Petchenine (Rus) Russian National Team 2 laps 64 Mehmet Sevinc (Tur) 65 Georgios Pattes-Toumanis (Gre) Hellenic National Team 66 Mehmet Silahsor (Tur) 67 Alexey Belokrylov (Rus) Russian National Team 68 Ioan Mogos (Rom) Romanian National Team 69 Vladislavs Nevoznaks (Lat) 70 Francesko Panza (Ita) 71 Bojan Durdic (SCG) National team Serbia 72 Christian Schart (Ger) Team Guttenberger/RF Hilpoltstein 73 Zoran Zivkovic (SCG) National team Serbia 3 laps 74 Mustafa Cevdet (Tur) 75 Max Friedrich (Ger) Team Voitl 76 Dimitrios Gkaliouris (Gre) Hellenic National Team 77 Ioannis Miasilidis (Gre) Hellenic National Team 78 Ivan Grabovsky (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 79 Petros Petrakis 80 Graham Clark (GBr) 81 William Copper (GBr) 82 Balint Lucacs (Hun) 83 Maxim Zhurkin (Rus) Russian National Team 84 Evgeny Krylov (Rus) Russian National Team 85 Alexey Kolodin (Rus) Falu CK Sweden DNF Martino Fruet (Ita) Italian National Team DNF Hakon Austad (Nor) DNF Periklis Ilias (Gre) Hellenic National Team DNF Frank Beemer (Ned) DNF Max Öste - Macdonald (Swe) Cykelcity.se DNF Andreas Lieberher (Swi) DNF Martin Bradland (Nor) DNS Emil Lindgren (Swe) Gewiss-Bianchi DNS Calle Friberg (Swe) Team SRM-Simplon! DNS Andreas Nicolaou DNS Zihni Uney (Tur) DNS Erdal Palaz (Tur) DNS Insel Paralik (Tur) DNS Chanoch Redlich (Isr) DNS Mikael Salomonsson (Swe) Spårvägen CF DNS Oscar Ekstam (Swe) Falu CK Sweden DNS Attila Madaras (Rom) Elite women 1 Elsbeth Van Rooy-Vink (Ned) Netherlands National Team 1.33.54 2 Maja Wloszczowska (Pol) Halls Team 1.32 3 Elisabeth Osl (Aut) 2.00 4 Tereza Hurikova (Cze) Ceska sporitelna MTB 2.58 5 Blaza Klemencic (Slo) 3.28 6 Eva Lechner (Ita) Italian National Team 4.22 7 Evelyn Staffler (Ita) Italian National Team 4.32 8 Petra Henzi (Swi) Fischer BMC 5.00 9 Ivonne Kraft (Ger) 5.23 10 Maria Osl (Aut) 5.34 11 Anna Szafraniec (Pol) Halls Team 5.52 12 Laura Turpijn (Ned) Netherlands National Team 7.23 13 Ariëlle Van Meurs (Ned) Halls Team 8.32 14 Inbar Ronen (Isr) 8.55 15 Elina Sophokleous (Cyp) Bikin’cyprus Int’l MTB team 12.25 16 Oxana Rybakova (Rus) Russian National Team 13.27 17 Nataliya Krompets (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 14.01 18 Liliya Zaytseva (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 14.36 19 Ksenia Chernykh (Rus) 15.32 20 Tereza Jansova (Cze) Ceska sporitelna MTB 16.36 21 Evgenia Belozerova (Rus) Russian National Team 24.13 22 Ivanda Erduka (Lat) 24.15 23 Elena Gogoleva (Rus) Russian National Team 27.49 24 Serife Akcan (Tur) 1 lap 25 Nataliya Rogut (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 26 Ellen Ostringer (Ger) 27 Aleksandra Dawidowicz (Pol) Halls Team DNF Magda Sadlecka (Pol) Halls Team DNF Franziska Roethlin (Swi) X.O Felt-Team DNF Amy Hunt (GBr) DNF Elisabetta Borgia (Ita) Hard Rock FRW DNF Alexa Huni (Ger) Team Vaude Daempfle Mathis DNS Nadiya Mikrjukova (Rus) Diamond-RTM DNS Anna Ustinova (Rus) Diamond-RTM DNS Yelena Petrova Final general classification Elite Men 1 Roel Paulissen (Bel) Cannondale-Vredestein 4.13.45 2 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Cannondale-Vredestein 1.50 3 Jaroslav Kulhavý (Cze) Michelin - Specialized MTB team 4.13 4 Bart Brentjens (Ned) Netherlands National Team 7.40 5 Bas Peters (Ned) Netherlands National Team 13.24 6 Giuseppe Lamastra (Ita) Hard Rock FRW 15.04 7 Andras Melts (Hun) 17.08 8 Sergiy Rysenko (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 19.07 9 Filip Eberl (Cze) Scania-Apache-Team Kolin 19.21 10 Magnus Darvell (Swe) Falu CK Sweden 21.50 11 Christof Bischof (Swi) Bikin’cyprus Int’l MTB team 24.37 12 Ruud Rentmeester (Ned) 25.06 13 Jan Skarnitzl (Cze) dimp Giant team 26.07 14 Oleksandr Iakymenko (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 28.34 15 Ondrej Zelený (Cze) Scania-Apache-Team Kolin 28.46 16 Branko Grah (Aut) Team Mountainbiker 28.49 17 Tomás Tvrdík (Cze) Michelin - Specialized MTB team 29.41 18 Nilsson Mattias (Swe) Falu CK Sweden 30.28 19 Radim Korinek (Cze) Maxidek cannondale 33.12 20 Yevyhen Medvedstkyy (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 35.17 21 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Maxidek cannondale 37.14 22 Andriy Gumenyuk (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 40.29 23 Jorgen Flion (Bel) 43.46 24 Vaclav Aska (Cze) Survival - Walpark - Colnago 44.55 25 Václav Hlavác (Cze) Scania-Apache-Team Kolin 45.33 26 Joris Massaer (Bel) 47.14 27 Ross Creber (GBr) Great Britain Cycling Team 48.44 28 Victor Trokhin (Rus) Russian National Team 49.44 29 Jirka Hudecek (Cze) Maxidek cannondale 1.22.54 30 Max Friedrich (Ger) Team Voitl 31 Giorgos Fattas (Cyp) 32 Francesco Panza (Ita) Bikin’cyprus Int’l MTB team 33 Sergey Nikolaev (Rus) Russian National Team 34 Maxim Zhurkin (Rus) Russian National Team 35 Vladislavs Nevoznaks (Lat) 36 Alexey Kolodin (Rus) Russian National Team 37 Alexey Belokrylov (Rus) Russian National Team 38 Mark Allen (GBr) 39 Paul Beals (GBr) 40 William Copper (GBr) 41 Max Öste - Macdonald (Swe) Cykelcity.se 42 Frank Beemer (Ned) 43 Oscar Ekstam (Swe) Falu CK Sweden Elite women 1 Elsbeth Van Rooy-Vink (Ned) Netherlands National Team 4.00.29 2 Tereza Hurikova (Cze) Ceska sporitelna MTB 2.11 3 Ivonne Kraft (Ger) 7.53 4 Laura Turpijn (Ned) Netherlands National Team 10.23 5 Ariëlle Van Meurs (Ned) Netherlands National Team 12.24 6 Elina Sophokleous (Cyp) Bikin’cyprus Int’l MTB team 19.24 7 Nataliya Krompets (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 26.45 8 Ksenia Chernykh (Rus) Russian National Team 31.30 9 Oxana Rybakova (Rus) Russian National Team 31.52 10 Tereza Jansova (Cze) Ceska sporitelna MTB 35.40 11 Liliya Zaytseva (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 37.26 12 Evgenia Belozerova (Rus) Russian National Team 46.35 13 Nataliya Rogut (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 14 Alexa Huni (Ger) Team Vaude Daempfle Mathis 15 Ellen Ostringer (Ger)
