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Houffalize opens 2008 cross country seasonBy Luke Webber in Houffalize, Belgium Houffalize, the home of cross country racing, will open the UCI Mountain Bike Cross Country World Cup presented by Nissan this Sunday with thousands of fans lining the course hoping their rider clinches a most memorable win. Standing between the 273 male and 130 female competitors is a currently dry and dusty circuit - the racers' favourite. Similar to the lap that so suited Jose Hermida last year, it is a real mountain bike course with short power climbs, fast roads through the Houffalize town centre and steep descents. The Spaniard is already in high spirits before the race along with the circus that follows the World Cup circuit across Europe, Canada and Australia. All are eager to start after a long winter break. For most this race will be a first test in an especially important Olympic year - so far in 2008 most of the front runners have only competed in national events with the exception of those who were in South Africa for the toughest endurance test - the Cape Epic. Amongst those Epic riders was promising under-23 Burry Stander and despite a leg injury sustained early on in that race, he will start on Sunday. Also back is Liam Killeen, but following a year out through illness, he will have a hard race starting a long way back on the grid in 140th. All of the usual favourites will start the race with great ambitions - current World and Olympic champion Julien Absalon, marathon World Champion Christoph Sauser and local favourite Filip Meirhaeghe. Nino Schurter will once again look to dominate the under-23 category following World Champion Jakob Fuglsang's move into the senior ranks. Adam Craig is the top American, while strong performances in the NMBS leave Canadian Geoff Kabush another contender, especially if it stays dry. He finished especially well last year in similar conditions and in 2008 has a great chance thanks to a much improved grid position. The women's race sees the return of Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesja to the field - another rider who was ill in 2007. While her outward ambitions are reserved everyone will be watching her, including newly crowned World Champion Irina Kalentieva. "I'm excited about the start of the new season, especially the added competition it will be more interesting and definitely harder," said Kalentieva to Cyclingnews on Thursday. I did not prepare in the same way this year because I have aspirations for the Olympics and World Championships. If I win, that will be great, but if not it will have at least been good training!" Last year though it was the Chinese who dominated the women's early season races and nobody will be more motivated to show what is in store for the Olympic race than Ren Chengyuan, Jingjing Wang and Ying Liu. A race within the women's race will be the Australian team of Kate Potter, Dellys Starr, Tory Thomas and Rowenna Fry - all of whom are travelling the first three European World Cups together in a bid to become the Australian representative for the Beijing Games. Alongside the elite racing there is also a packed schedule of support events on Saturday including a UCI category one 4X race. Houffalize is full of mountain bikers with an expectant atmosphere so stay tuned to Cyclingnews to find out what happens on race day. PhotographyFor a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here Images by Luke Webber / www.lukewebber.com
Start listElite men 1 Julien Absalon (Fra) Orbea 2 José Antonio Hermida Ramos (Spa) Multivan Merida Biking Team 3 Christoph Sauser (Swi) Specialized Factory Racing 4 Roel Paulissen (Bel) Cannondale-Vredestein 5 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Full-Dynamix-It 6 Cédric Ravanel (Fra) Team Lapierre International 7 Kashi Leuchs (NZl) Cannondale-Vredestein 8 Nino Schurter (Swi) Swisspower Mtb Team 9 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Cannondale-Vredestein 10 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Versluys-Landbouwkrediet Mtb Team 11 Ralph Naef (Swi) Multivan Merida Biking Team 12 Manuel Fumic (Ger) Fumic.Brothers.International 13 Inaki Lejarreta Errasti (Spa) Orbea 14 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Orbea 15 Adam Craig (USA) Giant Mountain Bike Team 16 Lado Fumic (Ger) Fumic.Brothers.International 17 Wolfram Kurschat (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team 18 Geoff Kabush (Can) Team Maxxis 19 Milan Spesny (Cze) Merida Biking Team 20 Thomas Frischknecht (Swi) Swisspower Mtb Team 21 Lukas Flückiger (Swi) Athleticum-Mtb-Team 22 Yader Zoli (Ita) Giant Italia Team 23 Florian Vogel (Swi) Swisspower Mtb Team 24 Balz Weber (Swi) Bikepark.Ch Bmc 25 Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 26 Stefan Sahm (Ger) Team Bulls 27 Moritz Milatz (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team 28 Ruben Ruzafa Cueto (Spa) Orbea 29 Seamus Mcgrath (Can) 29 30 Christoph Soukup (Aut) 30 31 Rudi Van Houts (Ned) Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike Racing Team 32 Jürg Graf (Swi) Swisspower Mtb Team 33 Hannes Metzler (Aut) Giant Mountain Bike Team 34 Bas Peters (Ned) 34 35 Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spa) Ecp-Tau Ceramica 36 Karl Platt (Ger) Team Bulls 37 Marek Galinski (Pol) Jbg2-Apc Presmet 38 Jaroslav Kulhavy (Cze) 38 39 Todd Wells (USA) Gt Mongoose / Pacific Cycle 40 Torsten Marx (Ger) Team Alb-Gold Mountainbike 41 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike Racing Team 42 Martin Gujan (Swi) Athleticum-Mtb-Team 43 Marti Gispert Labarta (Spa) Ecp-Tau Ceramica 44 Peter Riis Andersen (Den) Team Alb-Gold Mountainbike 45 Ivan Alvarez Gutierrez (Spa) Giant Italia Team 46 Jeremiah Bishop (USA) Trek-Vw 47 Bart Brentjens (Ned) Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike Racing Team 48 Yury Trofimov (Rus) 49 Oliver Beckingsale (GBr) Giant Mountain Bike Team 50 Max Plaxton (Can) Rocky Mountain 51 Silvio Bundi (Swi) Giant Mountain Bike Team 52 Burry Stander (RSA) Gt Mongoose / Pacific Cycle 53 Gion Manetsch (Swi) Athleticum-Mtb-Team 54 Jochen Kass (Ger) Team Alb-Gold Mountainbike 55 Emil Lindgren (Swe) Full-Dynamix-It 56 Ricky Federau (Can) 57 Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) 58 Till Marx (Swi) Swisspower Mtb Team 59 Michael Weiss (Aut) 60 Stéphane Tempier (Fra) Gewiss Bianchi 61 Daniel Mcconnell (Aus) 62 Sergiy Rysenko (Ukr) Isd-International 63 Dariusz Batek (Pol) Halls Professional Mtb Team 64 Jiri Friedl (Cze) Merida Biking Team 65 Bilal Akgul (Tur) 66 Lachlan Norris (Aus) 67 Cristobal Silva (Chi) 68 Jan Skarnitzl (Cze) 69 Alban Lakata (Aut) Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike Racing Team 70 Hector Leonardo Paez Leon (Col) Gewiss Bianchi 71 Ji Jianhua (Chn) 72 Milan Barenyi (Svk) 73 Rene Tann (Ger) 74 Derek Zandstra (Can) 75 Karl Markt (Aut) 76 Michael Broderick (USA) 77 Maxim Gogolev (Rus) 78 Igor Bogdan (Ukr) Isd-International 79 Ludovic Dubau (Fra) 80 Andreas Kugler (Swi) Fischer-Bmc 81 Javier Puschel (Chi) 82 Tony Longo (Ita) Full-Dynamix-It 83 Kristian Hynek (Cze) 84 Mannie Heymans (Nam) 85 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) 86 Ian Bibby (GBr) 87 Kohei Yamamoto (Jpn) 88 Marcin Karczynski (Pol) Halls Professional Mtb Team 89 Bjorn Brems (Bel) 90 Marc Colom (Fra) 91 Christof Bischof (Swi) 92 Vaclav Hlavac (Cze) 93 Mirko Pirazzoli (Ita) 94 Martin Kraler (Aut) 95 Israel Nunez Baticon (Spa) Massi 96 Matthias Flückiger (Swi) Athleticum-Mtb-Team 97 Kamil Alev (Tur) Goldcity Alanya 98 Pavel Boudny (Cze) 99 Robert Gehbauer (Aut) Multivan Merida Biking Team 100 Marc Trayter Alemany (Spa) Ecp-Tau Ceramica 101 Magnus Darvell (Swe) 102 Martino Fruet (Ita) 103 Jelmer Pietersma (Ned) Beone Chainreaction Mountainbiketeam 104 François Bailly Maitre (Fra) Scott Valloire Galibier 105 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Scott Valloire Galibier 106 Denis Vorontsov (Rus) 107 Massimo De Bertolis (Ita) Full-Dynamix-It 108 Klaus Nielsen (Den) Team Alb-Gold Mountainbike 109 Mathieu Toulouse (Can) Team Maxxis 110 Alexey Medvedev (Rus) 111 Evgeniy Pechenin (Rus) Format-Udmurtia 112 Nicolas Filippi (Fra) Scott Valloire Galibier 113 Olivier Maignan (Fra) 114 Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez (Spa) Cemelorca-Seguros10.Com 115 Filip Eberl (Cze) 116 Kris Sneddon (Can) Kona 117 Matous Ulman (Cze) 118 Barry Wicks (USA) Kona 119 Roland Plank (Aut) 120 Patrik Gallati (Swi) Swisspower Mtb Team 121 Davy Coenen (Bel) 122 Dario Alejandro Gasco (Arg) Massi 123 Fabian Giger (Swi) 124 Andrea Tiberi (Ita) Giant Italia Team 125 Tim Wijnants (Bel) Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike Racing Team 126 Yunus Yetkin (Tur) Goldcity Alanya 127 Dries Govaerts (Bel) Lingier-Versluys Team 128 Robert Kircher (Aut) 129 Nicolas Bazin (Fra) Bh-Sr. Suntour 130 Sam Jurekovic (USA) 131 Alejan Diaz De La Pena Lopez (Spa) 132 Tim Bohme (Ger) Team Alb-Gold Mountainbike 133 Taavi Selder (Est) 134 Axel Bult (Ned) 135 Lukas Hanus (Svk) 136 Juan Ped Trujillo Hernandez (Spa) Cemelorca-Seguros10.Com 137 Pascal Meyer (Swi) 138 Julio Humberto Caro Silva (Col) Gewiss Bianchi 139 Adrian Brzozka (Pol) Jbg2-Apc Presmet 140 Liam Killeen (GBr) Specialized Factory Racing 141 Ludovic Mottet (Bel) Windose Houffalize 142 Alexandre Moos (Swi) 143 Paul Van Der Ploeg (Aus) 144 Pierre Lebreton (Fra) Bh-Sr. Suntour 145 Frank Beemer (Ned) 146 Mattias Wengelin (Swe) 147 Frank Schotman (Ned) 148 Robert Mennen (Ger) 149 Evgeniy Medwezkiy (Ukr) 150 Ross Creber (GBr) 151 Alexander Wetterhall (Swe) 152 Pierre Geoffroy Plantet (Fra) Team Lapierre International 153 Umberto Corti (Ita) Team Cbe Tecnoimpianti A.S.D 154 Nicolas Vermeulen (Bel) Lingier-Versluys Team 155 Jérome Chevallier (Fra) Bh-Sr. Suntour 156 Cristian Cominelli (Ita) Gewiss Bianchi 157 Giuseppe Lamastra (Ita) 158 Jiri Novak (Cze) 159 Andriy Khripta (Ukr) 160 Anders Ljungberg (Swe) 161 Kristian Torgersen (Nor) Team Etto Hoydahl 162 Lee Williams (GBr) 163 Martin Skopek (Svk) 164 Andriy Gumenyuk (Ukr) 165 Roman Rametsteiner (Aut) 166 Max Oste Macdonald (Swe) 167 Steffen Thum (Ger) Team Mayer Stevens 168 Michal Plesnik (Svk) 169 Guillaume Vinit (Fra) Scott Valloire Galibier 170 Nikolay Zagulyaev (Rus) 171 Dmitry Medvedev (Rus) 172 Martin Bratland (Nor) Team Etto Hoydahl 173 Colin Cares (USA) 174 Andi Weinhold (Ger) 175 Jimmy Tielens (Bel) 176 Wilko Rochow (Ger) Team Mayer Stevens 177 Hans Becking (Ned) Beone Chainreaction Mountainbiketeam 178 Joris Massaer (Bel) 179 Jonathan Galante (Fra) 180 Ruud Rentmeester (Ned) 181 Hubert Pollinger (Ita) Sunshine Racers Asv Nals 182 Oriol Morata Abril (Spa) 183 Anders Hovdenes (Nor) Team Etto Hoydahl 184 Frank Lehmann (Ger) 185 David Lozano Riba (Spa) Msc Bikes 186 Ian Field (GBr) 187 Vero Lüscher (Ger) Team Mayer Stevens 188 Kristof Houben (Bel) 189 Patxi Cia Apezteguia (Spa) 190 Arnaud Grosjean (Fra) Bh-Sr. Suntour 191 Daniel Suter (Swi) 192 Tim Ottens (Ned) Beone Chainreaction Mountainbiketeam 193 Kevin Van Hoovels (Bel) 194 Martin Fanger (Swi) 195 Niels Wubben (Ned) 196 Rick Evers (Ned) Beone Chainreaction Mountainbiketeam 197 Ivan Planzer (Swi) 198 Vivien Legastelois (Fra) Team Lapierre International 199 Patrick Gaudy (Bel) 200 Hannes Genze (Ger) Team Alb-Gold Mountainbike 201 Rob Vangenechten (Bel) 202 Rumen Voigt (Ger) 203 Samuele Porro (Ita) Team Cbe Tecnoimpianti A.S.D 204 Alexis Chenevier (Fra) 205 Calle Friberg (Swe) 206 Peter Coddens (Bel) Lingier-Versluys Team 207 Hugo Navarian (Fra) Team Cibf Keops 208 Nieck Busser (Ned) 209 Mattias Nilsson (Swe) 210 Sergio Pulido Rodriguez (Spa) Cemelorca-Seguros10.Com 211 Heiko Gutmann (Ger) 212 Ole Christian Fagerli (Nor) 213 Lukas Kaufmann (Swi) 214 Maxime Marotte (Fra) Bh-Sr. Suntour 215 Florent Martin (Fra) 216 Josef Kamler (Cze) Ceska Sporitelna Mtb 217 Jelmer Jubbega (Ned) 218 Erik Nellen (Ned) Beone Chainreaction Mountainbiketeam 219 Simon Scheiber (Aut) Sunshine Racers Asv Nals 220 Sebastian Szraucner (Ger) 221 Irjan Luttenberg (Ned) 222 Sébastien Hansen (Fra) Bh-Sr. Suntour 223 Jiri Hudecek (Cze) 224 David Fletcher (GBr) 225 Tobias Ullmann (Ger) Team Xlc Haibike 226 Sepp Freiburghaus (Swi) 227 Alexey Belokrylov (Rus) Format-Udmurtia 228 Nicola Rohrbach (Swi) Central Ghost Pro Team 229 Bjorn Rondelez (Bel) Lingier-Versluys Team 230 Julien Plagne (Fra) Team Cibf Keops 231 Michel Luginbuehl (Swi) 232 Freddy Betremiaux (Fra) Bh-Sr. Suntour 233 Bart Van Hecke (Bel) Lingier-Versluys Team 234 Pierre Fuseau (Fra) Team Cibf Keops 235 Andy Eyring (Ger) 236 Zdenek Mlynar (Cze) Max Cursor 237 Hans Urkens (Bel) Lingier-Versluys Team 238 Alex Lupato (Ita) Giant Italia Team 239 Vladislavs Neroznaks (Lat) 240 Kevin Soller (USA) 241 Fabien Canal (Fra) Team Lapierre International 242 Tim Lemmers (Ned) 243 Nick Daems (Bel) 244 Jo Norskar (Nor) Team Etto Hoydahl 245 David Escolar Ballesteros (Spa) Sunshine Racers Asv Nals 246 Markus Bauer (Ger) 247 Adrien Pastor (Fra) Team Cibf Keops 248 Olivier Chauvet (Fra) 249 Severin Disch (Swi) 250 Bart Maas (Ned) Beone Chainreaction Mountainbiketeam 251 Jaco Wagenaar (Ned) Beone Chainreaction Mountainbiketeam 252 Thomas Litscher (Swi) 253 Sébastien Le Naour (Fra) Breiz Mountain 254 Boris Vasilyev (Rus) Format-Udmurtia 255 Steven Garcin (Fra) 256 Diego Rosa (Ita) Giant Italia Team 257 Benoît Thyreault (Fra) Team Cibf Keops 258 Felix Euteneuer (Ger) 259 Clément Boes (Fra) Breiz Mountain 260 Paul Remy (Fra) 261 Tomas Pesek (Cze) 262 Niklas Gustavsson (Swe) 263 Paul Gaillard (Fra) 264 Nicolas Jeantet (Ita) Team Cbe Tecnoimpianti A.S.D 265 Ethan Gilmour (USA) 266 Thomas Van Regenmortel (Ned) 267 Ivo Plevak (Cze) Max Cursor 268 Sebastien Carabin (Bel) 269 Markus Knott (Ger) Team Xlc Haibike 270 Marco Minnaard (Ned) Beone Chainreaction Mountainbiketeam 271 Thomas Baisir (Bel) Windose Houffalize 272 Laurent Mineur (Bel) 273 Dennis Ebert (Ned) Elite women 1 Irina Kalentieva (Rus) Topeak Ergon Racing Team 2 Marie-Helene Premont (Can) Rocky Mountain 3 Ren Chengyuan (Chn) 4 Sabine Spitz (Ger) Central Ghost Pro Team 5 Margarita Fullana (Spa) Massi 6 Willow Koerber (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 7 Georgia Gould (USA) Luna Womens Mtb Team 8 Ying Liu (Chn) 9 Tereza Hurikova (Cze) Ceska Sporitelna Mtb 10 Jingjing Wang (Chn) 11 Katerina Nash (Cze) Luna Womens Mtb Team 12 Mary Mc Conneloug (USA) 13 Petra Henzi (Swi) Fischer-Bmc 14 Ivonne Kraft (Ger) 15 Lene Byberg (Nor) Specialized Factory Racing 16 Cécile Rode Ravanel (Fra) Team Lapierre International 17 Kiara Bisaro (Can) 18 Elisabeth Osl (Aut) Team Ghost International 19 Catherine Pendrel (Can) Luna Womens Mtb Team 20 Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjaa (Nor) Multivan Merida Biking Team 21 Laura Turpijn (Ned) 22 Heather Irmiger (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 23 Anna Szafraniec (Pol) Halls Professional Mtb Team 24 Rosara Joseph (NZl) Team Ghost International 25 Blaza Klemencic (Slo) Giant Italia Team 26 Laurence Leboucher (Fra) 27 Sandra Walter (Can) 28 Nina Homovec (Slo) 29 Susan Haywood (USA) Trek-Vw 30 Sabrina Enaux (Fra) Team Lapierre International 31 Nina Göhl-Wrobel (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team 32 Katrin Leumann (Swi) 33 Magdalena Sadlecka (Pol) Halls Professional Mtb Team 34 Maroussia Rusca (Swi) 35 Eva Lechner (Ita) Colnago Cap Arreghini 36 Renata Bucher (Swi) 37 Maja Wloszczowska (Pol) Halls Professional Mtb Team 38 Nathalie Schneitter (Swi) Colnago Cap Arreghini 39 Wendy Simms (Can) Kona 40 Janka Stevkova (Svk) 41 Yolanda Speedy (RSA) 42 Tanja Zakelj (Slo) 43 Maria Osl (Aut) Sunshine Racers Asv Nals 44 Nataliya Krompets (Ukr) 45 Bernardine Boog-Rauwerda (Ned) 46 Dellys Starr (Aus) 47 Inbar Ronen (Isr) 48 Alexandra Engen (Swe) 49 Kaytee Boyd (NZl) 50 Arielle Van Meurs (Ned) 51 Francisca Campos Salas (Chi) Massi 52 Emma Colson (Aus) 53 Sarah Koba (Swi) 54 Tory Thomas (Aus) 55 Helene Marcouyre (Fra) Bh-Sr. Suntour 56 Séverine Hansen (Fra) Bh-Sr. Suntour 57 Katrin Schwing (Ger) Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike Racing Team 58 Evelyn Staffler (Ita) Colnago Cap Arreghini 59 Amanda Sin (Can) 60 Mical Dyck (Can) 61 Ksenia Chernykh (Rus) 62 Julie Krasniak (Fra) Team Lapierre International 63 Jenny Copnall (GBr) Subaru-Gary Fisher 64 Laura Loren Morfin Macouzet (Mex) 65 Zoe King (Aus) 66 Laura Metzler (Fra) Bh-Sr. Suntour 67 Aleksandra Dawidowicz (Pol) Halls Professional Mtb Team 68 Anna Villar Argente (Spa) Massi 69 Daniela Bunzli Rojas (Chi) 70 Hanna Klein (Ger) 71 Vera Andreeva (Rus) 72 Oxana Rybakova (Rus) 73 Therese Rhodes (Aus) 74 Githa Michiels (Bel) 75 Maaris Meier (Est) 76 Stephanie Wiedner (Aut) 77 Sandra Santanyes Murillo (Spa) Cemelorca-Seguros10.Com 78 Caroline Mani (Fra) 79 Rowena Fry (Aus) 80 Cristina Mascarreras Sabria (Spa) Conor - Camping La Siesta 81 Sandra Dolcerocca (Den) 82 Bettina Schmid (Swi) Fischer-Bmc 83 Judith Pollinger (Ita) Sunshine Racers Asv Nals 84 Kristien Nelen (Bel) 85 Esther Süss (Swi) 86 Katherine O'shea (Aus) 87 Sarka Chmurova (Cze) Max Cursor 88 Evgenia Belozerova (Rus) 89 Kate Potter (Aus) 90 Adelheid Morath (Ger) 91 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Itera-World Sports Star-Team 92 Asa Maria Erlandsson (Swe) Subaru-Gary Fisher 93 Alison Sydor (Can) Rocky Mountain 94 Maaike Polspoel (Bel) 95 Marie Kunst (Den) 96 Agnes Naumann (Ger) 97 Sofia Shashova (Rus) Format-Udmurtia 98 Daniela Campuzano (Mex) 99 Sabine Bombaert (Bel) 100 Monique Zeldenrust (Ned) 101 Nancy Bober (Bel) 102 Ekaterina Melnikova (Rus) 103 Ingrid Bosscha (Ned) 104 Claudia Seidel (Ger) 105 Monika Heuveling (Ned) 106 Nina Kunz (Ger) 107 Janine Droz (Swi) 108 Klaartje Legtenberg (Ned) 109 Anja Gradl (Ger) Central Ghost Pro Team 110 Pavla Havlikova (Cze) 111 Karin Groen (Ned) 112 Hanna Israel (Fra) 113 Franciska De Vries (Ned) 114 Iryna Slobodyan (Ukr) 115 Elisabeth Mottet (Bel) Windose Houffalize 116 Silke Schmidt (Ger) 117 Susan Butler (USA) 118 Jennifer Fischer (Fra) Team Cibf Keops 119 Laure Boulay (Fra) Team Cibf Keops 120 Kim Vrielink (Ned) 121 Marielle Saner-Guinchard (Swi) Bikepark.Ch Bmc 122 Julie Bresset (Fra) Breiz Mountain 123 Karen Brouwer (Ned) 124 Kathrin Stirnemann (Swi) 125 Katharina Haase (Ger) 126 Anna Baylis-Scheiderbauer (Aus) Team Ghost International 127 Lysanne Plat (Ned) 128 Jasmin Achermann (Swi) Fischer-Bmc 129 Ines Thoma (Ger) 130 Fabienne Heinzmann (Swi) Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike Racing Team |
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