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Bike & Fun - Saalhausen Festival - 2
Saalhausen, Germany, July 13, 2008
2007 Results Results
Joseph and Milatz win Bundesliga round
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New Zealand's Rosara Joseph and German Moritz Milatz won round three of the German MTB-Bundesliga series. Joseph finished ahead of a surprising young Silke Schmidt. Milatz defeated Christoph Soukup and Wolfram Kurschat.
In women's race Joseph (Ghost International) and Enaux (Lapierre) took the lead after the second of six laps. Together they held a gap of less than one minute to U23 racer Silke Schmidt (Fujibikes), who was having a good day.
Joseph waited until the beginning of the last lap. Then she forced the pace on the climb and got a gap, which she maintained until the end. "I really enjoyed the race. It was great to be here," said Joseph. "When I realized that I got the gap, I tried hold it." It was her first Bundesliga win.
Enaux said she had "no good legs" after intense training the days prior. But despite that, she held her lead in the overall. While going better than expected, Ivonne Kraft was suffering backaches.
Schmidt kept on strong during the whole race. "I was really surprised by myself. The legs worked very fine but I don't know why," she said with a big smile.
In the men's race a group of three emerged in the lead after two laps. Milatz (Multivan-Merida), Soukup (Fujibikes) and Kurschat (Topeak-Ergon) extended their lead lap by lap, but on the third lap, Kurschat encountered technical problems with his fork. He lost contact on the downhills and would close again on the uphills. But this strategy only worked only until lap five, which was the same lap when Soukup flatted his front wheel and fell behind Kurschat.
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That left Milatz alone in front, and he extended his lead up to 1'50". Soukup was unable to catch Kurschat. Milatz crossed the line and celebrated his first Bundesliga victory ever.
"I felt really good," said Milatz. "[I'm] sorry for Christoph, I would have liked to compete with him.
Soukup said he felt Milatz was riding "very strong" but he himself was slowed by training after worlds, where he had finished sixth.
"I hope the next week at German Nationals I can show it during the whole race," said the hopeful third place finisher Kurschat.
Milatz also won Saturday's sprint. Six men proved strong in the race with Klaus Nielsen (Den/Alb-Gold) in second, young Markus Bauer (Haibike) in third and Heiko Gutmann (Rothaus-Cube) in fourth and keeping his overall lead.
Photography
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Images by Armin M. Küstenbrück
- New Zealand's Rosara Joseph (GHOST International) on her way to a win.
- Kurschat, Milatz, Soukoup and Thum out on course.
- Moritz Milatz winning the men's race.
- Start of the men's race.
- Sabrina Enaux (Team LAPIERRE International) finished second.
- Women's podium: Kraft, Enaux, Joseph, Schmidt and Turpijn
Results
Elite women
1 Rosara Joseph (NZl) GHOST International 1.21.56
2 Sabrina Enaux (Fra) Team LAPIERRE International 1.14
3 Silke Schmidt (Ger) Fuji Bikes Europe 1.27
4 Ivonne Kraft (Ger) Team Joybike / MBC Bochum 3.41
5 Laura Turpijn (Ned) herbalife-merida 4.38
6 Anja Gradl (Ger) Central- GHOST- Team 6.15
7 Tatjana Dold (Ger) Fuji-Bikes Europe 6.16
8 Stefanie Andris (Ger) Rothaus-Cube-Junior-Team 6.57
9 Nina Kunz (Ger) Merida Deutschland 7.21
10 Hanna Klein (Ger) Rothaus-Cube MTB Team 7.23
11 Ines Thoma (Ger) SKS M.I.G. Team 10.11
12 Silja Vetter (Ger) SC Hausach Neumayer Tekfor 11.07
13 Katharina Haase (Ger) TSV Böhringen Team Bergamont 13.53
14 Karen Brouwer (Ned) Scott Continental 16.19
Behind one lap
15 Sandra Gockert (Ger) Harvestehuder RSV Stevens MTB
16 Kim Vrielink (Ned) Zwiep Mountainbiketeam
17 Cora Paulukat (Ger) SV Steele 11/biketeam2008.de
18 Mandy Platzdasch (Ger) RV Germania Rockenberg
Behind two laps
19 Marcela Baum (Ger) 2-Danger / www.boc24.de Factor
Elite men A
1 Moritz Milatz (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team 1.39.09
2 Christoph Soukup (Aut) Team Fuji Bikes 1.11
3 Wolfram Kurschat (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team 1.58
4 Klaus Nielsen (Den) Team ALB-GOLD Mountainbike 3.23
5 Steffen Thum (Ger) Team Mayer-Arbeitsbühnen / STE 3.33
6 Fabian Giger (Swi) SKS M.I.G. Team 3.33
7 Bas Peters (Ned) herbalife-merida 4.25
8 Robert Mennen (Ger) Team FUJI-BIKES Europe 4.38
9 Felix Euteneuer (Ger) Rothaus-Cube MTB Team 5.30
10 Calle Friberg (Swe) Team SRM Stevens 6.03
11 Benjamin Rudiger (Ger) Rothaus-Cube MTB Team 6.27
12 Markus Bauer (Ger) Haibike 6.51
13 Marco Schätzing (Ger) Zwillings-Craft/SSVMountyAlten 7.16
14 Irjan Luttenberg (Ned) Stappenbelt-BMC 7.36
15 Rene Tann (Ger) Fuji Bike Europe 7.45
16 Olaf Rochow (Ger) Team FUJI-BIKES Europe 8.06
17 Andy Eyring (Ger) Team XLC Haibike 10.36
Behind one lap
18 Tim Lemmers (Ned) De Brink - Ten Tusscher
19 Rick Evers (Ned) BeOne Chainreaktion Cyles Team
20 Heiko Gutmann (Ger) Rothaus-Cube MTB Team
21 Christopher Maletz (Ger) Zweirad Riese Racingteam
22 Wilko Rochow (Ger) Team Mayer-Arbeitsbühnen / STE
23 Vero Lüscher (Ger) Team Mayer-Arbeitsbühnen
24 Michael Stieglbauer (Ger) Sportivo St. Englmar/Team Step
25 Simon Gegenheimer (Ger) Team Mayer-Arbeitsbühnen / STE
26 Benjamin Sonntag (Ger) Fuji Bikes Europe
Behind two laps
27 Rumen Voigt (Ger) VSC Klingenthal/SKS M.i.G.
Behind three laps
28 Julian Schwendemann (Ger) Endorfin Solvis
29 Andy Römhild (Ger) 1-Suhler MTB Club / Fuji Bikes
30 Sebastian Mordmüller (Ger) Cannondale Bad Salzdetfurth ra
31 Florian Schön (Ger) RSV Bautzen
32 Steffen Greger (Ger) Multivan Merida Road-Team
33 Michel Luginbühl (Swi) Team SRM Stevens
34 Axel Bult (Ned) De Brink-TenTusscher
35 Bart Maas (Ned) BeeBikes nutswezk
36 Sascha Knöpfle (Ger) Rothaus-Cube-Junior-Team
37 Severin Schweisguth (Ger) GHOST Racing Team
38 Fabian Brzezinski (Ger) Fuji Bikes Europe
39 Marc Mensebach (Ger) SKS M.I.G Team
Behind four laps
40 Markus Werner (Ger) TBR Factory Racing/RSV 54 Venu
41 Tom Hoekman (Ned) Zwiep Mountainbiketeam
42 Jordy Luisman (Ned) Atb team lemelerveld
43 Dennis Ebert (Ned) Team Combee
44 Markus Knott (Ger) Team XLC Haibike
45 Alexander Speisekorn (Ger) MTB-Teck/Team nolte-küchen
46 Oliver Vonhausen (Ger) Team Speed-Max
47 Jochen Coconcelli (Ger) Team Zwillingscraft
48 Sebastian Szraucner (Ger) Team Fuji-Bikes Europe
49 Maximilian Daum Philipp (Ger) Best-Bike-Parts/HAIBIKE
Behind five lap
50 Marcel Lommers (Ned) Postfietsen
51 Benjamin Brochhagen (Ger) Topeak-Ergon
52 Kim Tofaute (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team
53 Markus Trost (Ger) Team Schneiderhan-Cube
Behind six laps
54 Min An Young (Kor) Korea Cannondale
Behind seven laps
55 Steven Marissink (Ned)
Elite men B
1 Sebastian Bergmann (Ger) GHOST Racing Team 1.28.15
2 Torsten Walter (Ger) KölnerTriTeam01 0.23
3 Timo Modosch (Ger) Ghost Racing Team 0.27
4 Stefan Schairer (Ger) Gonso-Rawoflex/RSG Zollern-Alb 0.33
5 Andre Kleindienst (Ger) Team Bergamont 2.22
6 Robert Michaelis (Ger) Cannondale- Bad Salzdetfurth r 3.04
7 Sven Pieper (Ger) TrengaDe/DJK-Grafschaft 4.14
8 Christoph Hopp (Ger) White Rock 4.16
9 Sebastian Weigel (Ger) Zweirad Riese Racingteam 4.23
10 Michael Bonnekessel (Ger) Fuji-Bikes/FRM 4.32
11 Yves Kellogg (Ger) Endorfin Solvis 5.03
12 Achim Scholz (Ger) team-wein.de 5.22
13 Christian Lau (Ger) NRW Landeskader / Univega Pro 5.31
14 Tommy Galle (Ger) Zweirad riese Racingteam 5.39
15 Jens Ostwaldt (Ger) Cannondale - Bad Salzdetfurth 6.25
16 Philipp Ziegler (Ger) FXSports 6.29
17 Danny Neumann (Ger) NRW Landeskader 6.56
18 Janosch Bühler (Ger) Deter Optik / Röhis Bikes 7.34
19 Patrick Titus (Ger) SKS M.I.G. CO Team/FC Wüstense 7.50
20 Benjamin Oesterle (Ger) MHW Cube Racing Team 8.05
21 Barry Hayes (Ger) PRISMA-Ferring/Trenga DE Cycli 8.26
22 Arne Rollert (Ger) Radsportverband NRW 8.54
23 Johannes Közle (Ger) Team-Cmtb 9.53
24 Svante Johanßon (Ger) RSC Lüneburg/ Cannondale Badsa 10.25
Behind one lap
25 Nils Richter (Ger) MOVE-CYCLES.com
Behind two laps
26 Mario Waibel (Ger) Team-Cmtb
27 Manuel Pfaff (Ger) Bergamont Renn-Team
28 Matthias Ulrich (Ger) MTB Team - Saar / RSF Niederli
29 Julian Guntermann (Ger) RSV Werl-Wickede / Team Langen
30 Jan Dickopf (Ger) DIN Team / Shark Attack Saalha
31 Peter Hermann (Ger) RC Lübbecke 04
32 Kai Kautz (Ger) Team nolte-Küchen
33 Jonas Struff (Ger) team-wein.de
34 Joshua Dohmen (Ger) CT Zandegiacomo
35 Tobias Merklin (Ger) LEXWARE Racing Team SV Kirchza
36 Daniel Stolz (Ger) Haibike
37 Luigi Petrini (Ger) TRETMÜHLE Racing HERDECKE
38 Marco Intravaia (Ger) TRETMÜHLE Racing HEDRECKE
39 Pierre Witkowski (Ger) Fuji Bikes
40 Jeffrey Andris (Ger) MHW Cube Racing Team
Behind three laps
41 Jörg Schmidt (Ger) FRM Racing Team
42 Michael Schmidt (Ger) KTT 01 MTB
43 Torben Saßnick (Ger) Team Focus
44 Benjamin Mein (Ger) sv 06 dornsbrüggen
45 Andre Kupig (Ger) TC 69 Oberhausen
46 Christian Volk (Ger) TuS Spay e.V./ Team Fuji Bikes
47 Tobias Schillig (Ger) Team Bikeservice - CORRATEC
48 Hendrik Franke (Ger) RC Victoria Neheim
Behind four laps
49 Olaf Miosga (Ger) MTB Team-Saar / RC Mistral Neu
50 Marko Haas (Ger) TGV Schotten
51 Matthias Schmid (Ger) TSV Dettingen/Erms/Team Magura
52 Thomas Zierer (Ger) Team Fuji/ASV Duisburg
53 Michael Osinski (Ger) Bike Team 2008
54 Viktor Crzebyk (Ger) Team Watz Up Oberhausen
55 Simon Hager (Ger) Velo Solingen e.V.
Junior men
1 Fabian Strecker (Ger) Lexware-Racing-Team 1.15.21
2 Simon Stiebjahn (Ger) Bergamont Renn-Team 0.05
3 Martin Gluth (Ger) Team Bulls 0.05
4 Markus Schulte-Lünzum (Ger) SKS M.I.G. Team 0.17
5 Marcel Fleschhut (Ger) LEXWARE Racing Team SV Kirchza 1.50
6 Matthias Hoi (Aut) Team Fuji Bikes Europe/ARBÖ RL 2.37
7 Valentin Fiderer (Ger) VAUDE-Simplon TEAM 3.02
8 Markus Nicolai (Ger) Team Bergamont 3.26
9 Benjamin Dorn (Ger) cannondale bad salzdetturth ra 4.12
10 Michael Forster (Ger) run & bike Kelheim 4.44
11 Daniel Staub (Ger) Haibike 5.01
12 Ludwig Doehl (Ger) Bike Junior Team 5.11
13 Timo Müller (Ger) Team Schneiderhahn CUBE 5.11
14 Henrik Hoffmann (Ger) NRW Landeskader 5.13
15 David Simon (Ger) racingteam.youngstars 5.15
16 Christian Mai (Ger) SC Hausach Neumayer Tekfor 5.42
17 Christopher Görgen (Ger) SKS M.I.G. Team 5.52
18 Anselm Wüllner (Ger) NRW Landeskader 6.31
19 Maximilian Holz (Ger) Univega Pro Cycling Team 6.45
20 Andreas Kleiber (Ger) Team Axima 6.47
21 Johannes Wolf (Ger) Lexware-Racing-Team 7.01
22 Martin Knöpfle (Ger) LEXWARE Racing Team SV Kirchza 7.03
23 Simon Qvortrup (Den) SIF Cykling 7.28
24 Pim van der Marel (Ned) Holland National Team 7.28
25 Aron Romeijn (Ned) Holland National Team 7.33
26 Markus Zöller (Ger) Bergamont 7.54
27 Martin Kotschenreuther (Ger) RADioAKTIV-RACING 8.52
28 Fabian Kring (Ger) PokerRoom/youngwilds.de 8.59
29 Martin Hankele (Ger) MSC Gerstetten Fun&Bike 9.33
30 Timo Häfner (Ger) Team Steinlach Wiesaz 9.42
31 Adrian Sauer (Ger) TuS Oppenau 9.49
32 Pierre Happel (Ger) PokerRoom/YoungWild.de 9.51
33 Ralf Maier (Ger) Team nolte-küchen 9.59
34 Marcel Pöter (Ger) ATV Haltern am See 10.14
35 Daniel Gottschall (Ger) Lexware-Racing-Team 10.19
36 Alexander Köhler (Ger) Müsing Bikes 16.16
37 Henk Jaap Moorlag (Ned) VisscherHollandTeam 18.40
Behind one lap
38 Marius Christian (Ger) Rsf N'linxweiler/Saarkader
39 Jan Büchmann (Ger) PRISMA-Ferring/Trenga DE Cycli
40 Christoffer Lehmann (Den) MTB Club Vedle
41 Philipp Richter (Ger) BSB Bayreuth
42 Elias Neubert (Ger) Auto-Riedel / Schwarzenberg
43 Steven Page (Ger) MTB Team-Saar / RSF Niederlinx
44 Simon Staufner (Ger) Team-Cmtb
45 Lysander Kiesel (Ger) Capic Team/SSV Wildpoldsried
46 Robin Oster (Ger) Landeskader Hessen
47 Thomas Weschta (Ger) BSB Bayreuth/AS Group-ergomo
48 Dominik Ziegler (Ger) SG Sparkasse Mainfranken Würzb
Behind two laps
49 Conrad Hüwe (Ger) White Rock
50 Lucas Stix (Ger) MTB-Teck/Team nolte-küchen
51 Lion Trommer (Ger) Watz Up Oberhausen Racing Team
52 Ben Heider (Ger) CT Zandegiacomo Bonn
53 Julian Gerhardt (Ger) SC Hagen Wildewiese/Actionspor
54 Tim Kunze (Ger) MSC Gerstetten
Behind three laps
55 Rick Baron (Ger) SV Blau-Weiß Augustusburg Team
Junior women
1 Mona Eiberweiser (Ger) SKS M.I.G.Team / Ski & Bike De 55.33
2 Sarah-Lena Hofmann (Ger) RV Viktora Wombach / Team Voit 4.24
3 Vanessa Mosch (Ger) Radsportverband NRW 5.41
4 Elisa Ries (Ger) Vaude Simplon Team 6.50
5 Julia Haase (Ger) TSV Böhringen Team Bergamont 7.43
6 Kim Gerlach (Ger) PokerRoom/YoungWild.de 12.22
7 Sarah Bosch (Ger) Ghost Junioren Team 16.15
Behind one lap
8 Cemile Trommer (Ger) RC Sturmvogel
9 Christina Lüdtke (Ger) Team Bergamont
U23 men
1 Fabian Giger (Swi) SKS M.I.G. Team 1.42.42
2 Felix Euteneuer (Ger) Rothaus-Cube MTB Team 1.57
3 Markus Bauer (Ger) Haibike 3.18
4 Irjan Luttenberg (Ned) Stappenbelt-BMC 4.03
5 Andy Eyring (Ger) Team XLC Haibike 7.03
Behind one lap
6 Tim Lemmers (Ned) De Brink - Ten Tusscher
7 Heiko Gutmann (Ger) Rothaus-Cube MTB Team
8 Wilko Rochow (Ger) Team Mayer-Arbeitsbühnen / STE
9 Vero Lüscher (Ger) Team Mayer-Arbeitsbühnen
10 Simon Gegenheimer (Ger) Team Mayer-Arbeitsbühnen / STE
Behind two laps
11 Rumen Voigt (Ger) VSC Klingenthal/SKS M.i.G.
Behind three laps
12 Julian Schwendemann (Ger) Endorfin Solvis
13 Andy Römhild (Ger) 1-Suhler MTB Club / Fuji Bikes
14 Sebastian Mordmüller (Ger) Cannondale Bad Salzdetfurth ra
15 Florian Schön (Ger) RSV Bautzen
16 Michel Luginbühl (Swi) Team SRM Stevens
17 Bart Maas (Ned) BeeBikes nutswezk
18 Sascha Knöpfle (Ger) Rothaus-Cube-Junior-Team
19 Severin Schweisguth (Ger) GHOST Racing Team
20 Marc Mensebach (Ger) SKS M.I.G Team
Behind four laps
21 Jordy Luisman (Ned) Atb team lemelerveld
22 Dennis Ebert (Ned) Team Combee
23 Markus Knott (Ger) Team XLC Haibike
24 Oliver Vonhausen (Ger) Team Speed-Max
25 Sebastian Szraucner (Ger) Team Fuji-Bikes Europe
26 Maximilian Daum Philipp (Ger) Best-Bike-Parts/HAIBIKE
Behind five lap
27 Marcel Lommers (Ned) Postfietsen
28 Markus Trost (Ger) Team Schneiderhan-Cube
Behind six laps
29 Young An Young Min (Kor) Korea Cannondale
Behind seven laps
30 Steven Marissink (Ned)
U23 women
1 Silke Schmidt (Ger) Fuji Bikes Europe 1.23.23
2 Anja Gradl (Ger) Central- GHOST- Team 4.48
3 Stefanie Andris (Ger) Rothaus-Cube-Junior-Team 5.30
4 Hanna Klein (Ger) Rothaus-Cube MTB Team 5.56
5 Ines Thoma (Ger) SKS M.I.G. Team 8.44
6 Silja Vetter (Ger) SC Hausach Neumayer Tekfor 9.40
7 Katharina Haase (Ger) TSV Böhringen Team Bergamont 12.26
8 Karen Brouwer (Ned) Scott Continental 14.52
Behind one lap
9 Kim Vrielink (Ned) Zwiep Mountainbiketeam
10 Cora Paulukat (Ger) SV Steele 11/biketeam2008.de
Senior men
1 Joachim Oechsner (Ger) Bike-Sport Regensburg/GHOST- 1.33.34
2 Max Friedrich (Ger) Best-Bike-Parts / Haibike 1.05
3 Axel Hauschke (Ger) RSV Bad Hersfeld 1.48
4 Ralph Kröger (Ger) Rose - Red Bull Bikes 2.04
5 Stefan Röschl (Ger) MTB Freunde Heidelsheim 2.11
6 Armin Raible (Ger) Team Trenga De 2.52
7 Silvio Hauschild (Ger) RSV Bautzen 4.04
Behind two laps
8 Thorsten Pott (Ger) LeXXi Teamtrikot24.de
9 Michael Stöcker (Ger) Team BerGaMont
10 Marco Hüwe (Ger) Rose - Red Bull Bikes
11 Andre Christoph (Ger) Team-Speiche Witten
12 Uwe Hoffmann (Ger) www.rodensteinbikes.de
13 Thomas Brinks (Ger) Rose - Red Bull Bikes
14 Holger Sewing (Ger) Rockers / MBC Bochum
15 Markus Stolz (Ger) Stolz Automobile
Behind three laps
16 Fabian Rexhausen (Ger) Schierker Feuerstein Racing Te
17 Mathias Ellersiek (Ger) Borgholzhausen
18 Michael Mintert (Ger) Fuji-Bikes
19 Wido Weide (Ger) Zee Aylienz - MTB Hagen
20 Mark Steinweger (Ger) Bike-Team Baumberge
21 Fred Lettermann (Ger) MCB Cube
22 Christian Lauderlein (Ger) RC VICTORIA NEHEIM
Behind four laps
23 Uwe Baum (Ger) 2-Danger / www.boc24.de Factor
24 Marcus Müller (Ger) team-plastikbecher.de
25 Werner Hausknecht (Ger) Zee Aylienz - MTB Hagen
26 Maik Schumacher (Ger) Zee Aylienz - MTB Hagen
27 Michael Stenzel (Ger) RSV Werl
Sprint
1 Milatz Moritz (Multivan Merida Biking Team)
2 Nielsen Klaus (Team ALB-GOLD Mountainbike)
3 Bauer Markus (Haibike)
4 Gutmann Heiko (Rothaus-Cube MTB Team)
5 Gegenheimer Simon (Team Mayer-Arbeitsbühnen / STE)
6 Eyring Andy (Team XLC Haibike)
7 Käß Jochen (Team ALB-GOLD Mountainbike)
8 Schätzing Marco (Zwillings-Craft/SSVMountyAlten)
9 Thum Steffen (Team Mayer-Arbeitsbühnen / STE)
10 Lüscher Vero (Team Mayer-Arbeitsbühnen)
11 Knöpfle Sascha (Rothaus-Cube-Junior-Team)
12 Bergmann Sebastian (GHOST Racing Team)
13 Hayes Barry (PRISMA-Ferring/Trenga DE Cycli)
14 Sonntag Benjamin (Fuji Bikes Europe)
15 Coconcelli Jochen (Team Zwillingscraft)
16 Euteneuer Felix (Rothaus-Cube MTB Team)
17 Rochow Wilko (Team Mayer-Arbeitsbühnen / STE)
18 Neumann Danny (NRW Landeskader)
