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MTB World Cup Marathon #1 - CDM
Manavgat, Antalya, Turkey, March 16, 2008
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Race 1 - March 16: Elite Men Marathon, 90km
Last year's number one Dietsch wins World Cup opener
Frenchman Thomas Dietsch (Gewiss-Bianchi) won the first of two total rounds of the UCI World Marathon Cup in Manavgat, Turkey with a time of three hours, 38 minutes and 54 seconds. Last year's top-ranked marathoner faced a challenge from former Olympic Champion Miguel Martinez, who was back from retirement, which he had begun in 2006. No doubt a flat tire slowed the former champion, who eventually finished 33rd after his bad luck. Martinez was at one point in the lead and had dropped Dietsch, who passed Martinez when he got his flat on a downhill and went on to win solo.
"I'm very happy, relieved. I'm going to take a holiday now. I'm the new World Cup leader," said Dietsch according to the UCI's website.
Austrian Alban Lakata (Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike Racing Team) finished second, just 21 seconds off the lead, with German Karl Platt and Stefan Sahm, both of Team Bulls, in third and fourth at 2'19" and 2'20" respectively.
The next and final round of the marathon World Cup is scheduled for October 4-5 in Ornans, France.
Results
1 Thomas Dietsch (Fra) Gewiss Bianchi 3.38.54 (24.67 km/h)
2 Alban Lakata (Aut) Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike Racing Team 0.21
3 Karl Platt (Ger) Team Bulls 2.19
4 Stefan Sahm (Ger) Team Bulls 2.20
5 Hector Leonardo Paez Leon (Col) Gewiss Bianchi 3.15
6 James Ouchterlony (GBr) 6.55
7 Jochen Kass (Ger) Team ALB-Gold Mountainbike 7.37
8 Hannes Genze (Ger) Team ALB-Gold Mountainbike 9.03
9 Frank Schotman (Ned) 9.34
10 Walter Costa (Ita) 10.30
11 Johnny Cattaneo (Ita) 10.31
12 Roland Stauder (Ita) 12.13
13 Thomas Stoll (Swi) 12.45
14 Paolo Alberati (Ita) 13.55
15 Kevin Van Hoovels (Bel) 13.57
16 Daniel Gathof (Ger) 14.07
17 Flurin Riedi (Swi) 14.08
18 Roland Golderer (Ger)
19 Lukas Kubis (Ger) 16.34
20 Martin Kiechle (Ger) 17.01
21 Axel Bult (Ned) 17.40
22 Balz Weber (Swi) Bikepark.ch BMC 18.23
23 Marzio Deho (Ita) 18.26
24 Urs Huber (Swi) 18.33
25 Ivan Rybarik (Cze) 21.24
26 William Bjergfelt (GBr) 21.28
27 Bilal Akgul (Tur) 21.34
28 Lukas Gerum (Ger) 24.08
29 Julio Humberto Caro Silva (Col) Gewiss Bianchi 25.09
30 Nicolas Vermeulen (Bel) Lingier-Versluys Team 25.10
31 Uwe Hardter (Ger) 27.12
32 Andre Ohndorf (Ger) 29.53
33 Miguel Martinez (Fra) 30.15
34 Alexander Pscheidl (Ger) 31.45
35 Ramses Bekkenk (Ned) 32.19
36 Johnni Junker Nielsen (Den) 32.26
37 Marcus Kaufmann (Ger) 32.45
38 Massimo De Bertolis (Ita) Full-Dynamix-It 32.46
39 Christian Schneidawind (Ger) 34.28
40 Michael Borup (Den) 36.56
41 Gokhan Cigdem (Tur) 36.59
42 Nuno Sabido (Por) 37.03
43 Emil Lindgren (Swe) Full-Dynamix-It 37.47
44 Evgeniy Pechenin (Rus) Format-Udmurtia 37.48
45 Paolo Mencacci (Ita)
46 Tudor Oprea Ovidiu (Rom) 40.56
47 Wolfgang Mayer (Ger) 41.06
48 Miroslav Suchar (Svk) 41.15
49 Allan Bachmann (Den) 42.17
50 Muammer Yildiz (Tur) 45.05
51 Tomas Legnavsky (Svk) 46.41
52 Frank Lehmann (Ger) 46.42
53 Michal Mikyna (Cze) 46.43
54 Yunus Yetkin (Tur) Goldcity Alanya
55 Shaun Peschl (RSA) 49.19
56 Samuel Faruhn (Ger) 49.20
57 Jorg Scherle (Ger) 49.51
58 Eyup Karagobek (Tur) 52.25
59 Mehmet Kurt (Tur) 52.26
60 Michael Schuchardt (Ger) 53.14
61 Joao Serralheiro (Por) 54.14
62 Vladimir Loginov (Rus) Format-Udmurtia 55.38
63 Oguz Ozcelik (Tur) 1.02.13
64 Julian Langer (Aut) 1.02.50
65 Pierre-Yves Dubosson (Swi) 1.05.39
66 Michael Storgaard Iversen (Den) 1.11.09
67 Alexey Belokrylov (Rus) Format-Udmurtia 1.14.01
68 Philipp Maximilian Daum (Ger) 1.19.38
69 Mustafa Ozyilmaz (Tur) 1.21.16
70 Yasin Yaman (Tur) 1.21.19
71 Huseyin Balli (Tur) 1.29.40
72 Huseyin Esengil (Tur) 1.35.23
73 Besim Tel (Tur) 1.35.24
74 Ibrahim Kucukdogan (Tur) 1.37.59
75 Mehmet Silahsor (Tur) 1.43.19
76 Ibrahim Sit (Tur) 1.57.00
77 Gokay Konuk (Tur) 1.57.24
78 Mustafa Cevdet (Tur) 2.01.46
DNF Yannick Lutz (Fra)
DNF Aram Tabar (Tur)
DNF Andreas Strobel (Ger)
DNF Henrik Kirk (Den)
DNF Alexandre Moos (Swi)
DNF Kamil Alev (Tur) Goldcity Alanya
DNF Vicente Romero Colomer (Spa)
DNS Mehmet Latif Kavak (Tur)
Teams
1 Gewiss Bianchi 70 pts
2 Team Bulls 62
3 Team Alb-Gold Mountainbike 47
4 Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike Racing Team 35
5 Bikepark.Ch Bmc 9
6 Lingier-Versluys Team 1
7 Full-Dynamix-It
8 Format-Udmurtia
9 Goldcity Alanya
