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MTB World Cup XC #3 - CDM
Madrid, Spain, May 3-4, 2008
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Schedule
- Race 1 - May 3: Juniors, Masters & Citizens cross country (non-World Cup event),
- Race 2 - May 3: Time Trial,
- Race 3 - May 4: Elite women cross country,
- Race 4 - May 4: Elite men cross country,
Madrid completes opening races
By Luke Webber in Madrid, Spain
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The Casa de Campo on the western fringes of Madrid will complete the third of three opening rounds of the cross country mountain bike world cup. For the second week running a dry track and hot, sunny conditions greet riders, but the course is substantially different than the one which presented itself in Offenburg.
A hard, cracked surface with a lot of "marbles" on top is presenting problems for many riders - while this course is very fast and smooth, with only one steep descent and climb, tyre choice is not simple. On many corners grip is lacking and the sight of a sliding rider is a common one.
The 8km loop winds around Madrid's city park, with a flat and uninspiring first half mainly on doubletrack with no sections of note. From halfway, the course starts to improve with some singletrack sections and punchy climbs, but there is little in the way of a bumpy surface. The weather forecast suggests conditions will not change.
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For the women's race last week's winner and leader of the World Cup, Irina Kalentieva will not start. Following Offenburg she was suffering a sore throat, something which has still not cleared entirely. This clears the way somewhat for countrywoman Marga Fullana to impress at her home race, while Marie Helene Premont will also be a big favourite. Ren Chengyuan has started poorly in the last two races and will not be hoping for a repeat performance this weekend. If everything goes to plan on lap one and her performance mirrors her comebacks in Houffalize and Offenburg it could be a runaway victory.
In the men's race it seems there is nobody who can stop Julien Absalon. Already on the course completing three laps this morning, the flying Frenchman looks in great form to make it three from three. The followers from the previous two races remain the same. Jose Hermida, will be hoping for better luck on his home course after snapping a chain last week while vying for a top three finish. Christoph Sauser and under-23 Nino Schurter will also be in the hunt for the top position. With an improved grid position Burry Stander may also be in with a chance following last week’s spectacular result.
It is not such great news for American Adam Craig however. Following an encouraging start to the season Craig faced a setback on Thursday, crashing hard while training on the trails in the nearby mountains. His left side is badly cut and this will affect any podium aspirations for Sunday's race.
Full reports and updates on Cyclingnews will follow on Sunday.
Photography
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Images by Dave McElwaine / www.trailwatch.net
- One of the steepest descents on the Casa de Campo race course in Madrid
- Jose Antonio Herminda broke a chain in Offenburg but was challenging Julien Absalom for the win.
- World Champion Irina Kalentieva now leads the World Cup Series.
- World Champion Julien Absalon has been able to ride away from his competitors so far this year.
- Typical singletrack under a canopy of trees on the Casa de Campo course.
Images by Luke Webber / www.lukewebber.com
- If the riders get bored around the Casa de Campo lap , there’s loads of other exercise suggestions.
- Typically the course is hardpacked doubletrack with a better line.
- Absalon tests the conditions before attempting the hat trick.
- From the park a fast-developing Madrid is in view.
- A panoramic, from the course to Madrid.
Start list
Elite men 1 Julien Absalon (Fra) Orbea 2 Christoph Sauser (Swi) Specialized Factory Racing 3 Nino Schurter (Swi) Swisspower MTB Team 4 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Orbea 5 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Cannondale-Vredestein 6 Florian Vogel (Swi) Swisspower MTB Team 7 Cédric Ravanel (Fra) Team Lapierre International 8 Adam Craig (USA) Giant Mountain Bike Team 9 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Full-Dynamix-It 10 Kashi Leuchs (NZl) Cannondale-Vredestein 11 José Antonio Hermida Ramos (Spa) Multivan Merida Biking Team 12 Martin Gujan (Swi) Athleticum-MTB-Team 13 Seamus Mcgrath (Can) 14 Geoff Kabush (Can) Team Maxxis 15 Roel Paulissen (Bel) Cannondale-Vredestein 16 Todd Wells (USA) GT Bicycles 17 Inaki Lejarreta Errasti (Spa) Orbea 18 Jürg Graf (Swi) Swisspower MTB Team 19 Burry Stander (RSA) GT Bicycles 20 Ruben Ruzafa Cueto (Spa) Orbea 21 Rudi Van Houts (Ned) Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike Racing Team 22 Christoph Soukup (Aut) 23 Oliver Beckingsale (GBr) Giant Mountain Bike Team 24 Yader Zoli (Ita) Giant Italia Team 25 Thomas Frischknecht (Swi) Swisspower MTB Team 26 Moritz Milatz (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team 27 Jaroslav Kulhavy (Cze) 28 Ivan Alvarez Gutierrez (Spa) Giant Italia Team 29 Wolfram Kurschat (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team 30 Lado Fumic (Ger) Fumic.Brothers.International 31 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Scott Valloire Galibier 32 Matthias Flückiger (Swi) Athleticum-MTB-Team 33 Hannes Metzler (Aut) Giant Mountain Bike Team 34 Ralph Naef (Swi) Multivan Merida Biking Team 35 Peter Riis Andersen (Den) Team ALB-Gold Mountainbike 36 Martino Fruet (Ita) Italian National Team 37 Tony Longo (Ita) Full-Dynamix-It 38 Milan Spesny (Cze) Merida Biking Team 39 Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spa) ECP-TAU Ceramica 40 Manuel Fumic (Ger) Fumic.Brothers.International 41 Tim Bohme (Ger) Team ALB-Gold Mountainbike 42 Gion Manetsch (Swi) Athleticum-MTB-Team 43 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike Racing Team 44 Lukas Flückiger (Swi) Athleticum-MTB-Team 45 Emil Lindgren (Swe) Full-Dynamix-It 46 Karl Markt (Aut) 47 Stéphane Tempier (Fra) Gewiss Bianchi 48 Frank Schotman (Ned) 49 Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez (Spa) Cemelorca-Seguros10.Com 50 Till Marx (Swi) Swisspower MTB Team 51 Michael Weiss (Aut) 52 Ricky Federau (Can) 53 Daniel Mcconnell (Aus) 54 Jochen Kass (Ger) Team ALB-Gold Mountainbike 55 Bas Peters (Ned) 56 Marc Trayter Alemany (Spa) ECP-TAU Ceramica 57 Karl Platt (Ger) Team Bulls 58 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Versluys-Landbouwkrediet MTB Team 59 Cristobal Silva (Chi) Chilean National Team 60 Bart Brentjens (Ned) Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike Racing Team 61 Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 62 Yury Trofimov (Rus) 63 Jeremiah Bishop (USA) Trek-Vw 64 Max Plaxton (Can) Rocky Mountain 65 Javier Puschel (Chi) Chilean National Team 66 Jan Skarnitzl (Cze) 67 Stefan Sahm (Ger) Team Bulls 68 Michael Broderick (USA) 69 Alban Lakata (Aut) Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike Racing Team 70 Jiri Friedl (Cze) Merida Biking Team 71 Ji Jianhua (Chn) Chinese National Team 72 Derek Zandstra (Can) 73 Marti Gispert Labarta (Spa) ECP-TAU Ceramica 74 Lachlan Norris (Aus) 75 Andreas Kugler (Swi) Fischer-BMC 76 Hector Leonardo Paez Leon (Col) Gewiss Bianchi 77 Balz Weber (Swi) Bikepark.Ch BMC 78 Kristian Hynek (Cze) 79 Christof Bischof (Swi) 80 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong National Team 81 Rene Tann (Ger) 82 Dario Alejandro Gasco (Arg) Massi 83 Jelmer Pietersma (Ned) Beone Chainreaction Mountainbiketeam 84 Kohei Yamamoto (Jpn) 85 Silvio Bundi (Swi) Giant Mountain Bike Team 86 Samuel Schultz (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 87 Torsten Marx (Ger) Team ALB-Gold Mountainbike 88 Bjorn Brems (Bel) Beligan National Team 89 Marc Colom (Fra) 90 Magnus Darvell (Swe) 91 Robert Gehbauer (Aut) Multivan Merida Biking Team 92 Mathieu Toulouse (Can) Team Maxxis 93 Klaus Nielsen (Den) Team ALB-Gold Mountainbike 94 Denis Vorontsov (Rus) 95 Mirko Pirazzoli (Ita) 96 Matous Ulman (Cze) 97 Alexey Medvedev (Rus) 98 Barry Wicks (USA) Kona 99 Juan Ped Trujillo Hernandez (Spa) Cemelorca-Seguros10.Com 100 Olivier Maignan (Fra) 101 Patrik Gallati (Swi) Swisspower MTB Team 102 Israel Nunez Baticon (Spa) Massi 103 Kris Sneddon (Can) Kona 104 Dries Govaerts (Bel) Lingier-Versluys Team 105 Pierre Lebreton (Fra) BH-SR. Suntour 106 Andrea Tiberi (Ita) Giant Italia Team 107 Luis Leao Pinto (Por) 108 Tim Wijnants (Bel) Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike Racing Team 109 Pascal Meyer (Swi) 110 Gareth Montgomerie (GBr) 111 Roman Rametsteiner (Aut) 112 Frank Beemer (Ned) Dutch National Team 113 Liam Killeen (GBr) Specialized Factory Racing 114 Jesus Rojas (Ven) 115 Nicolas Bazin (Fra) BH-SR. Suntour 116 Paul Van Der Ploeg (Aus) 117 Umberto Corti (Ita) Team Cbe Tecnoimpianti A.S.D 118 Pierre Geoffroy Plantet (Fra) Team Lapierre International 119 Cristian Cominelli (Ita) Gewiss Bianchi 120 Ludovic Mottet (Bel) Windose Houffalize 121 Nikolay Zagulyaev (Rus) 122 Jérome Chevallier (Fra) BH-SR. Suntour 123 Lee Williams (GBr) 124 Anders Hovdenes (Nor) Team Etto Hoydahl 125 Dmitry Medvedev (Rus) 126 Ruud Rentmeester (Ned) 127 Jo Thorson Nordskar (Nor) Team Etto Hoydahl 128 Ian Field (GBr) 129 David Lozano Riba (Spa) Msc Bikes 130 Arnaud Grosjean (Fra) BH-SR. Suntour 131 Patxi Cia Apezteguia (Spa) 132 Oriol Morata Abril (Spa) 133 Martin Fanger (Swi) 134 Shlomi Haimy (Isr) Israeli National Team 135 Dror Pekatch (Isr) Subaru-Gary Fisher 136 Nathan Haas (Aus) 137 Mitchell Peterson (USA) 138 Vivien Legastelois (Fra) Team Lapierre International 139 Samuele Porro (Ita) Team Cbe Tecnoimpianti A.S.D 140 Maxime Marotte (Fra) BH-SR. Suntour 141 Jose Anto De Segovia Botella (Spa) 142 Lukas Kaufmann (Swi) Swiss National Team 143 Sergio Pulido Rodriguez (Spa) Cemelorca-Seguros10.Com 144 Josef Kamler (Cze) Ceska Sporitelna MTB 145 Davide Marques (Por) 146 David Rosa (Por) 147 Tobias Ullmann (Ger) Team XLC Haibike 148 Nicola Rohrbach (Swi) Central Ghost Pro Team 149 Sebastien Carabin (Bel) Beligan National Team 150 Freddy Betremiaux (Fra) BH-SR. Suntour 151 Nicolas Jeantet (Ita) Team Cbe Tecnoimpianti A.S.D 152 Vladislavs Neroznaks (Lat) Latvian National Team 153 Severin Disch (Swi) Swiss National Team 154 Laurent Mineur (Bel) Beligan National Team 155 David Escolar Ballesteros (Spa) Sunshine Racers Asv Nals 156 Nick Daems (Bel) Beligan National Team 157 Joel Martinez Fernandez (And) Andorran National Team 158 Milton Javier Ramos Gamez (Hon) Honduras National Team Elite women 1 Irina Kalentieva (Rus) Topeak Ergon Racing Team 2 Chengyuan Ren (Chn) Chinese National Team 3 Marie-Helene Premont (Can) Rocky Mountain 4 Margarita Fullana (Spa) Massi 5 Sabine Spitz (Ger) Central Ghost Pro Team 6 Ying Liu (Chn) Chinese National Team 7 Georgia Gould (USA) Luna Womens MTB Team 8 Nathalie Schneitter (Swi) Colnago Cap Arreghini 9 Lene Byberg (Nor) Specialized Factory Racing 10 Tereza Hurikova (Cze) Ceska Sporitelna MTB 11 Catherine Pendrel (Can) Luna Womens MTB Team 12 Elisabeth Osl (Aut) Team Ghost International 13 Petra Henzi (Swi) Fischer-BMC 14 Blaza Klemencic (Slo) Giant Italia Team 15 Kiara Bisaro (Can) 16 Mary Mc Conneloug (USA) 17 Katrin Leumann (Swi) Swiss National Team 18 Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjaa (Nor) Multivan Merida Biking Team 19 Jingjing Wang (Chn) Chinese National Team 20 Esther Süss (Swi) Swiss National Team 21 Wendy Simms (Can) Kona 22 Cécile Rode Ravanel (Fra) Team Lapierre International 23 Katerina Nash (Cze) Luna Womens MTB Team 24 Sandra Walter (Can) 25 Laura Turpijn (Ned) 26 Adelheid Morath (Ger) 27 Marielle Saner-Guinchard (Swi) Bikepark.Ch BMC 28 Nina Homovec (Slo) 29 Sabrina Enaux (Fra) Team Lapierre International 30 Laurence Leboucher (Fra) 31 Tanja Zakelj (Slo) 32 Susan Haywood (USA) Trek-Vw 33 Maria Osl (Aut) Sunshine Racers Asv Nals 34 Maroussia Rusca (Swi) Swiss National Team 35 Anna Villar Argente (Spa) Massi 36 Nina Wrobel (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team 37 Heather Irmiger (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 38 Willow Koerber (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 39 Ivonne Kraft (Ger) 40 Eva Lechner (Ita) Colnago Cap Arreghini 41 Janka Stevkova (Svk) Slovakian National Team 42 Yolanda Speedy (RSA) 43 Dellys Starr (Aus) 44 Bernardine Boog-Rauwerda (Ned) 45 Francisca Campos Salas (Chi) Massi 46 Alexandra Engen (Swe) 47 Emiliy Batty (Can) 48 Laura Loren Morfin Macouzet (Mex) Mexican National Team 49 Mical Dyck (Can) 50 Arielle Van Meurs (Ned) 51 Amanda Sin (Can) 52 Séverine Hansen (Fra) BH-SR. Suntour 53 Kaytee Boyd (NZl) 54 Rocio Gamonal Ferrera (Spa) 55 Helene Marcouyre (Fra) BH-SR. Suntour 56 Daniela Bunzli Rojas (Chi) Chinese National Team 57 Ksenia Chernykh (Rus) 58 Evelyn Staffler (Ita) Colnago Cap Arreghini 59 Laura Metzler (Fra) BH-SR. Suntour 60 Vera Andreeva (Rus) 61 Emma Colson (Aus) 62 Katrin Schwing (Ger) Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike Racing Team 63 Elsbeth Van Rooij-Vink (Ned) Beone Chainreaction Mountainbiketeam 64 Stephanie Wiedner (Aut) 65 Githa Michiels (Bel) 66 Sandra Araujo (Por) 67 Oxana Rybakova (Rus) 68 Caroline Mani (Fra) 69 Ruth Moll Marques (Spa) 70 Daniela Campuzano (Mex) 71 Tory Thomas (Aus) 72 Zoe King (Aus) 73 Rowena Fry (Aus) 74 Sandra Santanyes Murillo (Spa) Cemelorca-Seguros10.Com 75 Kristien Nelen (Bel) 76 Cristina Mascarreras Sabria (Spa) Conor - Camping La Siesta 77 Bettina Schmid (Swi) Fischer-BMC 78 Evgenia Belozerova (Rus) 79 Asa Maria Erlandsson (Swe) Subaru-Gary Fisher 80 Alison Sydor (Can) Rocky Mountain 81 Mercé Tusell Quevedo (Spa) Massi 82 Therese Rhodes (Aus) 83 Katherine O'shea (Aus) 84 Ekaterina Melnikova (Rus) 85 Kate Potter (Aus) 86 Rocio Martin Rodriguez (Spa) 87 Julie Bresset (Fra) Breiz Mountain 88 Susan Butler (USA) 89 Nicole Lechl (Ger) Team XLC Haibike
