MTB World Cup XC #2 - CDM

Offenburg, Germany, April 26-27, 2008

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Race 1 - April 26: Junior men and women cross country (non-World Cup event)

Photography

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Images by Dave McElwaine /www.trailwatch.net

Rosalisa Palma (Italy) took up her position on the front row.
Mona Eiberweiser was relaxed and ready to go.
Jana Valesova (Czech National Team) on the starting line
Junior women's field ready to start
Karin Rappo (Swiss cycling Team) leading second group from the front early in the race.
The racers were rewarded with a spendid view once they reached the top of the first climb.
Mona Eiberweiser (BOR) in first place on a very long climb. She had a large gap
Barbara Benko (LTV Merida Racing) riding second at top of climb.
Kajsa Snihs (Swedish National Team) riding fourth.
Barbara Benko (LTV Merida Racing) descends "Dual Speed"
Vivienne Meyer (Swiss Cycling Team) marks Barbara Benko.
Racers take the upper line of "Dual Speed" (The lower section had more logs, but less drops).
Julie Haase on a steep section of "Dual Speed"
Camille Devi (Equipe de France) descends "Wolfsdrop".
Sanne Cant (Belgian National Team) gets way back on her saddle.
Marie Bobanova (Russian National Team) descends "Wolfsdrop".
Mona Eiberweiser starts celebrating her victory 50 meters from the finish.
Mona Eiberweiser was jubilant as she greeted the crowd.
Vivienne Meyer (Swiss Cycling Team) was happy with second place.
Mona Eiberweiser and Vivienne Meyer congratulate each other
Barbara Benko (LTV Merida Racing) finished third.
Barbara Benko and Mona Eiberweiser congratulate each other
Peter Sagan (Cys Ziluna Slovakia) at the start line
Szymon Gakczynski (Polish Cycling Federation) at the start
Jonas De Backer (National Team Belgium) at the starting line
Junior men's field at the start in perfect racing conditions
Peter Sagan (Cys Ziluna Slovakia) leads early in the race.
Silvestri Elia (Italy) early in the race
Erik Groen (National Mannschaft MTB) leads a pack of riders.
Racers head uphill and into the woods.
Peter Sagan descending the lower track of "Dual Speed"
Jonas De Backer descending upper track of "Dual Speed"
Rider gets far behind his saddle on steep drop-off
Szymon Gakczynski descending very fast
A racer carefully eyes the "Snake Pit" ahead
Olyf Jonsson (Corratec World Team) descends the treacherous "Wolfsdrop".
Simon Stiesjahn (MTB Kader Baden) on "Wolfsdrop"
Mathias Rupp (Swiss Cycling Team) out of the saddle coming out of a corner
Peter Sagan (Cys Ziluna Slovakia) enters a long flat section of the course alone.
Peter Sagan (Cys Ziluna Slovakia) does a wheelie at the finish to celebrate his victory.
Markus Schulte-Lünzum (BDR) finished third.

Results

Junior women

1 Mona Eiberweiser (Ger) German National Team                          1.09.38 (14.11 km/h)
2 Vivienne Meyer (Swi) Swiss Cycling A                                    1.43
3 Barbara Benko (Hun) LTV Merida Racing                                   2.22
4 Kajsa Snihs (Swe) Swedish National Team                                 3.24
5 Camille Devi (Fra) French National Team                                 4.53
6 Karin Rappo (Swi) Swiss Cycling A                                       5.15
7 Michelle Hediger (Swi) Swiss Cycling A                                  6.03
8 Lorraine Truong (Swi) Swiss Cycling A                                   6.44
9 Maria Babanova (Rus) Russian National Team                              7.07
10 Martina Giovanniello (Ita) Italian National Team                       7.23
11 Sanne Cant (Bel) Belgian National Team                                 7.31
12 Cornelia Schuster (Ita) Italian National Team                          7.39
13 Marina Giger (Swi) Swiss Cycling B                                     7.47
14 Elisa Ries (Ger) German National Team                                  8.35
15 Alla Boyko (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team                               9.21
16 Rozanne Slik (Ned) Netherlands National Team                           9.43
17 Roselisa Palma (Ita) Italian National Team                             9.44
18 Nicole Hanselmann (Swi) Swiss Cycling B                               10.41
19 Jana Valesova (Cze) Czech National Team                               11.07
20 Julia Haase (Ger) German National Team                                11.46
21 Sophie Rodot (Fra) French National Team                               12.26
22 Anna Kowalczyk (Pol) Polish National Team                             12.43
23 Jennifer Sägesser (Swi) Swiss Cycling B                               12.57
24 Louise Blot (Fra) French National Team                                13.07
25 Jitka Skarnitzlova (Cze) Dimp Giant Team                              14.05
26 Alexandra Marchal (Bel) Belgian National Team                         14.18
27 Aurelia Sonderegger (Swi) Swiss Cycling B                             16.08
28 Vittoria Casalegno (Ita) Giant Italia Team                            16.32
29 Ekaterina Romanova (Rus) Russian National Team                        18.03
30 Melanie Bucher (Swi) PBR-Matic-Swiss-MTB-Team                         30.25
DNF Sarah Bosch (Ger) Ghost Junioren Team
DNF Marketa Lorenzova (Cze) Czech National Team
DNF Deborah Motsch (Fra) Breiz Mountain
DNF Gesa Brüchmann (Ger) German National Team
DNF Claire Hassenfratz (Fra) French National Team
DNS Melissa Horvat (Aut) ASVÖ Carinthia Power Bik Bike T

Junior men

1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cys Zilina Slovakia                                1.29.06 (17.23 km/h)
2 Matthias Rupp (Swi) Swiss Cycling A                                     1.32
3 Markus Schulte-Lünzum (Ger) German National Team                        3.03
4 Jonas De Backer (Bel) Belgian National Team                             3.33
5 Henk Jaap Moorlag (Ned) Netherlands National Team                       3.48
6 Arnaud Jouffroy (Fra) French National Team                              4.09
7 Fabian Strecker (Ger) German National Team                              4.15
8 Gerhard Kerschbaumer (Ita) Italian National Team                        4.22
9 Erik Groen (Ned) Netherlands National Team                              5.50
10 Mirco Widmer (Swi) Swiss Cycling A                                     6.16
11 Mykhaylo Batsutsa (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team                        6.40
12 Zsolt Juhasz (Hun) Cube-Csömör KSK                                     6.54
13 Ruben Scheire (Bel) Belgian National Team                              7.23
14 Lukas Loretz (Swi) Swiss Cycling A                                     7.46
15 Manfred Reis (Ger) German National Team                                8.46
16 Marcel Fleschhut (Ger) German National Team                            8.52
17 Clément Koretzky (Fra) French National Team                            9.09
18 Micki Van Empel (Ned) National Mannschaft MTB                          9.15
19 Tim Wellens (Bel) Belgian National Team                                9.24
20 Daniel Kaufmann (Swi) Swiss Cycling A                                  9.28
21 Valentin Fiderer (Ger) German National Team                            9.37
22 Joris Bagnol (Fra) French National Team                                9.39
23 Anthony Grenet (Fra) French National Team                              9.56
24 Jakub Magnusek (Cze) Czech National Team                              10.10
25 Olof Jonsson (Swe) Corratec World Team                                10.34
26 Jimmy Rivalin (Fra) VC Aizenay                                        10.46
27 Aurélien Daniel (Fra) French National Team                            10.52
28 Thomas Decugis (Fra) French National Team                             10.54
29 Emilien Barben (Swi) Zeta Cycling Club                                11.10
30 Donat Albin (Swi) Swiss Cycling B                                     11.20
31 Josef Rajchart (Cze) Czech National Team                              11.45
32 Arnaud Grand (Swi) Swiss Cycling B                                    11.54
33 Matthias Hoi (Aut) ARBÖ RLM Omya Villach FU Fuji                      11.57
34 Almenara Verges Umbert (Spa) ECP-TAU                                  12.26
35 Ales Janda (Cze) Czech National Team                                  12.31
36 Benjamin Dorn (Ger) Cannondale Bad Salzdetfurth                       12.33
37 Reto Indergand (Swi) TG Zentralschweiz/IG Rad Radsport                12.45
38 Gian Gasser (Swi) Swiss Cycling B                                     12.46
39 Marcel Braun (Ger) Radon Racing Team / Tv O Ober                      12.54
40 Rob Van Der Heijden (Ned) Netherlands National Team                   12.58
41 Ondrej Cink (Cze) Czech National Team                                 13.18
42 Matthias Stirnemann (Swi) Swiss Cycling A                             13.32
43 Szymon Gakczynski (Pol) Polish National Team                          13.38
44 Giacomo Bevilacqua (Ita) Italian National Team                        13.43
45 Norman Amiet (Swi) Swiss Cycling B                                    13.59
46 Thomas Lapeyrie (Fra) Pôle France VTT                                 14.27
47 Titouan Perrin Ganier (Fra) French National Team                      14.30
48 Ludwig Döhl (Ger) Bikejuniorteam                                      14.31
49 Ondrej Paur (Cze) Author Team Stupno                                  14.31
50 Timo Müller (Ger) MTB-Kader Baden-Württemb Württemberg                14.31
51 Josep Nadal Magrinya (Spa) Team Fornells BTT                          15.04
52 Yannick Mayer (Ger) MTB-Kader Baden-Württemb Württemberg              15.11
53 Manfred Zöger (Aut) MTB Team Bucklige Welt                            15.46
54 Bálint Lukács (Hun) LTV Merida Racing                                 16.13
55 Simon Qvortrup Thygesen (Den) Sif-Cykling                             16.13
56 Laurent Evrard (Bel) Belgian National Team                            16.24
57 Alain Page (Swi) Swiss Cycling B                                      17.05
58 Simon Stiebjahn (Ger) MTB-Kader Baden-Württemberg                     17.06
59 Julien Ballion (Fra) Team Vo2                                         17.07
60 Maxime Ottmann (Fra) Egobike Safety-Jogger                            17.15
61 Johannes Wolf (Ger) Lexware Racing Team                               18.25
62 Adrian Sauer (Ger) TS Oppenau                                         18.42
63 Benedikt Mündle (Lie) Liechtenstein National Team                     18.59
64 Zdenek Cerny (Cze) Czech National Team                                19.34
65 Sebastiaan Zweedijk (Ned) Netherlands National Team                   19.43
66 Rick Reimann (Swi) PBR-Matic-Swiss Mountainbike Team                  19.46
67 Loic Gazelle (Fra) Aix VTT Thrifty                                    19.56
68 Marc Koller (Swi) Tower Sports-VC Eschenbach                          20.35
69 Stanislav Chernykh (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team                      21.13
70 Hannes Wunsch (Ger) Sabine Spitz Junior Team                          21.52
71 Alexander Fischer (Ger) Sabine Spitz Junior Team                      21.56
72 Daniel Gottschall (Ger) Lexware Racing Team                           23.40
73 Ralf Maier (Ger) Team Nolte-Küchen                                    25.53
74 Simon Peyroux (Fra) Team Maule Epône VTT                              26.17
75 Jörg Egli (Swi) Swiss Cycling B                                       1 lap
76 Marco Hungerbühler (Swi) VBT Seetal
77 Stephan Meier (Ger) Sabine Spitz Junior Team
78 Rens De Bruijn (Ned) Herbalife-Merida Team
79 Rafael Haubensak (Swi) Sherpa Tensing-Pedalerie
80 Markus Zöller (Ger) Team Bergamont
81 Ales Baumruk (Cze) Author Team Stupno
82 Marcel Pöter (Ger) ATV Haltern
83 Elias Neubert (Ger) Team Corratec/RSV Auto R Ried
84 Michael Börner (Ger) Sabine Spitz Junior Team
85 Hugo Bondoux (Fra) ASPTT Besancon
86 Mathieu Materese (Fra) Aix VTT Thrifty
87 Sébastien Antony (Fra) Team Maule Epone VTT                           2 laps
88 Tobias Schmidt (Ger) RSF N'Linxweiler/Landeskader
89 Lukas Holtkamp (Ger) Racing Team Michael Günther
90 Ben Heider (Ger) CT Zandegiacomo Bonn
91 Thomas Welters (Ger) Team Bergamont
92 Florent Mottet (Bel) Windose Houffalize
93 Benjamin Merkel (Ger) RMSV Langenbrand                                3 laps
DNF Silvestri Elia (Ita) Italian National Team
DNF Tobia Ludvigsson (Swe) Sweden Natioanl Team
DNF Martin Gluth (Ger) German National Team
DNF David Simon (Ger) German National Team
DNF Karl Poirier (Fra) CA Evron
DNF Radion Brazhnick (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team
DNF Jan Nesvadba (Cze) KC Kooperativa SG Jablonec
DNF Josef Lupik (Cze) Czech National Team
DNF Oliver Walder (Swi) Swiss Cycling A
DNF Simon Weber (Swi) Swiss Cycling B
DNF Bryan Falaschi (Ita) Zeta Cycling Club
DNF Martin Strebel (Swi) Fischer Junior MTB Team
DNF Marcus Nicolai (Ger) MTB-Kader Baden-Württemberg
DNF Martin Kotschenreuther (Ger) Radioaktiv-Racing
DNF Andreas Kleiber (Ger) Team Axima/ TSV Niederstauf
DNF Martin Knöpfle (Ger) Lexware Racing Team
DNF Marius Christian (Ger) Team Endorfin-Solvis/RSF-Ni
DNS Matej Nepustil (Cze) Czech National Team
DNS Dominik Wieser (Aut) Hilljumpers Racing Team
DNS Alexander Gehbauer (Aut) Radclub ARBÖ ASKÖ Klagenfurt
DNS Lukas Schuon (Ger) MTB-Kader Baden-Württemberg