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Bundesliga Bad Salzdetfurth - 1
Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany, September 21, 2008
2007 Results Results Final standings Past winners
Spitz and Milatz take German victories
By Erhard Goller
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Olympic gold medalist Sabine Spitz took the win at German Bundesliga finals. At Bad Salzdetfurth, Spitz finished ahead of Elisabeth Osl and Anja Gradl, while Sabrina Enaux was celebrated as overall winner. The men's race was dominated by Moritz Milatz. The rest of the bunch was controlled by his Multivan- Merida teammate Jose Antonio Hemida. Third place went to Wolfram Kurschat. With his victory Milatz grabbed the overall title ahead of last year's series champion Kurschat and Klaus Nielsen.
Sabine Spitz arrived late saturday evening after winning St. Wendel marathon (106 km). So it was no surprise that the Olympic champion in the first of five laps suffered just hanging on the wheel of Elisabeth Osl. But with the beginning of the second lap, Spitz looked better, and in lap three, she escaped off the front alone.
"I wondered if I could do that well. The first lap was hard for me, and I was happy when the legs went better and better. I hat a lot of fun on the course and the atmosphere in Bad Salzdetfurth is wonderful. I enjoyed the race," said Spitz.
Elisabeth Osl was satisfied with second place, the same as in 2007, and also happy to follow Spitz for a while. "She is one of my idols, and I can see a lot to learn when I'm on her wheel," said the Austrian Osl.
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With 22 year-old Anja Gradl, who stayed with Osl and Spitz in the beginning, the third place on the podium was also occupied by a Ghost rider. Gradl is member of Spitz's own team central-Ghost. "I'm happy to make the Bundesliga podium for the first time. I lost most of the time in the downhill parts," Gradl said.
Sabrina Enaux was able to keep her lead in the overall by finishing on fifth position. "It was my last race this season and my legs were bad. But I'm now happy to get the overall in Germany as well as I got the overall in French cup before. The Bundesliga races are highly competitive, and they are organized very well. I'm still searching for a new team because Lapierre is adopting a new structure."
In men's race, a large crowd saw a Multivan-Merida show. It was a strange situation to see Moritz Milatz alone in the lead after just three kilometers. After the start the course led the riders into an uphill, shortly followed by another climb. Some riders, like Milatz set a high pace, but no one could follow the German who had gained 30m by the top.
"I thought okay I won't wait," said Milatz, who from that point on, rode solo to his second Bundesliga win this year - also the second of his career.
The chasing group was controlled by Milatz's teammate Jose Hermida. The Spaniard was laughing after crossing the finish line. "I think my attendance in the group made them calmer," he said with a smile. Hermida had an easy day and even a short technical problem didn't put him in any trouble. He closed the 15 second gap quickly and was able to beat Wolfram Kurschat and Fabian Giger by doing the last as the fastest lap of the whole race.
"Congratulation to Moritz, he was strong today," said Hermida. "I felt pretty good, and I could enjoy the race in this super atmosphere. This was my last race for this season. Now I will go for holidays with my family."
Milatz, who confirmed his sixth place at World Cup finals in Schladming last weekend, exulted about his race and about his first overall series Bundesliga win. "Today it was perfect, I never had to go over my limit and when I realized that Jose is in the chasing group, I knew that I could win. It's a really nice gift to the end of the season."
Kurschat was also satisfied. "I had no troubles, except in the last lap, when we started to attack in the chasing group. I felt good."
Photography
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Images by Armin Kuestenbrueck
- Start of the men's race
- Some riders in the men's race
- Rene Tann (Fuji Bike Europe) leads around a corner.
- Moritz Milatz (Multivan Merida) on his way to a win in the final race.
- Moritz Milatz (Multivan Merida) celebrates his win.
- Men's podium for the final round
- Overal series podium for the men. Wolfram Kurschat (Topeak Ergon Racing Team) took the title.
- Sabrina Enaux (Team LaPierre) races downhill.
- Elisabeth Osl (Team Ghost International) would take second for the day.
- Sabine Spitz (Central Ghost Pro Team) won the women's race.
- Overall series podium for the women: Sabrina Enaux ends with the series win.
Results
Elite women 1 Sabine Spitz (Ger) Central Ghost Pro Team 1.15.23 2 Elisabeth Osl (Aut) Team Ghost International 0.52 3 Anja Gradl (Ger) Central Ghost Team 3.08 4 Adelheid Morath (Ger) Rothaus-Cube MTB Team 3.55 5 Sabrina Enaux (Fra) Team Lapierre International 3.57 6 Ivonne Kraft (Ger) Joybike MBC Bochum 4.42 7 Silke Schmidt (Ger) Fuji Bikes Europe 5.21 8 Claudia Seidel (Ger) RSV Neustadt/ Orla Team Focus 6.56 9 Nina Kunz (Ger) Merida Deutschland 8.58 10 Elisabeth Brandau (Ger) Best-Bike-Parts/Haibike 9.11 11 Katharina Haase (Ger) Bergamont 9.58 12 Hanna Klein (Ger) Rothaus-Cube MTB Team 10.55 13 Silja Vetter (Ger) SC Hausach Neumayer Tekfor 14.51 Elite men 1 Moritz Milatz (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team 1.43.47 2 Jose Hermida (Spa) Multivan Merida Biking Team 0.27 3 Wolfram Kurschat (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team 0.59 4 Fabian Giger (Swi) SKS M.I.G. Team 1.18 5 Jochen Käß (Ger) Team ALB-Gold Mountainbike 2.08 6 Anders Hovdenes (Nor) Team Etto Hoydahl 2.14 7 Klaus Nielsen (Den) Team ALB-Gold Mountainbike 3.26 8 Stefan Sahm (Ger) Team Bulls 3.47 9 Rene Tann (Ger) Fuji Bike Europe 4.25 10 Torsten Marx (Ger) Team ALB-Gold Mountainbike 5.08 11 Robert Mennen (Ger) Team Fuji-Bikes 5.37 12 Sebastian Szraucner (Ger) Team Fuji-Bikes Europe 5.51 13 Karl Platt (Ger) Team Bulls 6.34 14 Anders Ljungberg (Swe) IK Hakarpspojkarna Sweden 6.58 15 Steffen Thum (Ger) Team Mayer Arbeitsbühnen / STEV 7.27 16 Thomas Nicke (Ger) Team Fiat-Rotwild 7.31 17 Andi Weinhold (Ger) Team SRM Stevens 7.37 18 Heiko Gutmann (Ger) Rothaus-Cube MTB Team 8.34 19 Fabian Brzezinski (Ger) Fabosport.de 9.12 20 Wilko Rochow (Ger) Team Mayer Arbeitsbühnen / STEV 10.10 21 Ola Kjoeren (Nor) Norwegian National Team 10.33 22 Florian Schön (Ger) Scott Genius Generation 11.11 23 Simon Gegenheimer (Ger) Team Mayer Arbeitsbühnen / STEV 11.36 24 Rumen Voigt (Ger) VSC Klingenthal/SKS M.i.G. 11.49 25 Andy Eyring (Ger) Team XLC Haibike 11.55 26 Marco Schätzing (Ger) Zwillings-Craft/SSV Mounty Alten 12.00 27 Pascal Ketterer (Ger) Bergamont Renn-Team 12.08 28 Andy Römhild (Ger) FUJI Bikes Europe/1.MTB-Club S 12.31 29 Sebastian Mordmüller (Ger) Cannondale Bad Salzdetfurth ra 13.23 30 Benjamin Brochhagen (Ger) Topeak-Ergon 13.43 31 Markus Bauer (Ger) Haibike 14.48 32 Steffen Greger (Ger) Multivan Merida Road-Team 15.46 33 Felix Euteneuer (Ger) Rothaus-Cube MTB Team 2 laps 34 Christian Eckart (Ger) Team Zwillingscraft-Ideal 35 David Hofmann (Ger) Lexware Racing Team SV Kirchza 36 Robert Kircher (Aut) Team Radsport Kärnten Arbö Ask 37 Christopher Maletz (Ger) Zweirad Riese Racingteam 38 Sebastian Lehr (Ger) SKS Made in Germany Team 3 laps 39 Oliver Vonhausen (Ger) Team speed max 40 Sebastian Weigel (Ger) Zweirad Riese Racingteam 41 Sascha Schwindling (Ger) Endorfin-Solvis / RSC St. Ingb 42 Jochen Coconcelli (Ger) Team Zwillingscraft / Ideal 43 Michael Wießner (Ger) URC Wals-Siezenheim 44 Tommy Galle (Ger) Zweirad riese Racingteam 45 Julian Schwendemann (Ger) Endorfin Solvis 46 Maarten Kemperman (Ned) Jan Terpstra 4 laps 47 Tom Ettlich (Ger) White Rock 5 laps DNF Nicola Rohrbach (Ger) central Ghost Pro Team DNF Olaf Rochow (Ger) Team Fuji-Bikes Europe DNF Calle Friberg (Swe) Team SRM Stevens DNF Michael Stieglbauer (Ger) Sportivo St.Englmar DNF Robert Gehbauer (Aut) Multivan Merida Biking Team DNF Sebastian Stark (Ger) TBR Factory Racing/RSV 54 Venu DNF Robert Michaelis (Ger) Cannondale - Bad Salzdetfurth r Final series standings Elite women 1 Sabrina Enaux (Fra) Team Lapierre Internation 185 pts 2 Ivonne Kraft (Ger) Joybike MBC Bochum 160 3 Silke Schmidt (Ger) Fuji Bikes Europe 126 4 Sabine Spitz (Ger) central Ghost Pro Team 120 5 Hanna Klein (Ger) Rothaus-Cube MTB Team 105 6 Rosara Joseph (GBr) Ghost International 100 7 Elisabeth Osl (Aut) Ghost International 85 8 Nina Kunz (Ger) Merida Deutschland 84 9 Anja Gradl (Ger) Central- Ghost- Team 75 10 Silja Vetter (Ger) SC Hausach Neumayer Tekfo 68 11 Katharina Haase (Ger) Bergamont 66 12 Adelheid Morath (Ger) Rothaus-Cube MTB Team 62 13 Claudia Seidel (Ger) RSV Neustdt/ Orla; Team F 61 14 Agnes Naumann (Ger) Rothaus-Cube MTB Team 60 15 Tatjana Dold (Ger) Fuji-Bikes Europe 54 16 Ines Thoma (Ger) SKS M.I.G. Team 52 17 Stefanie Andris (Ger) Rothaus-Cube-Junior-Team 48 18 Irina Kalentyeva (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team 45 19 Julie Krasniak (Fra) Time Lapierre Internation 40 20 Laura Turpijn (Ned) herbalife-merida 35 21 Nicole Lechl (Ger) Team XLC Haibike 29 22 Nina Wrobel (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team 28 23 Elisabeth Brandau (Ger) best-bike-patrs/haibike 27 23 Cora Paulukat (Ger) SV Steele 11/biketeam2008 27 23 Nadine Rieder (Ger) FBI racingteam.youngstars 27 26 Blaza Klemencic (Slo) Giant Italia Team 26 27 Lene Byberg (Nor) Specialized Factory racin 24 27 Almut Grieb (Ger) www.team-woba.de 24 29 Sandra Börner (Ger) SG rheinfelden/ Sabine Sp 19 30 Karen Brouwer (Ned) Scott Continental 17 30 Katrin Schwing (Ger) Dolphin Trek 17 32 Sandra Gockert (Ger) Harvestehuder RSV Stevens 16 32 Heike Hundertmark (Ger) Rothaus-Cube MTB Team 16 34 Kim Vrielink (Ned) Zwiep Mountainbiketeam 15 35 Mandy Platzdasch (Ger) RV Germania Rockenberg 13 36 Marcela Baum (Ger) 2-Danger / www.boc24.de F 12 37 Ilke Dejongh (Bel) Belgian Cycling Federatio 11 38 Sandra Dolcerocca (Den) DMK 10 39 Maaike Polspoel (Bel) Belgian Cycling Federatio 6 40 Kirsten Hauerbach Kronborg (Den) Cycling Nord 4 41 Marie Kunst (Den) DMK-Rotwild 3 42 Helle Qvortrup T. Bachmann (Den) Aarhus 1900 MTB 2 43 Birgit Söllner (Ger) Team Corratec World 1 Elite men 1 Moritz Milatz (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team 237 pts 2 Wolfram Kurschat (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team 185 3 Klaus Nielsen (Den) Team ALB-Gold Mountainbike 140 4 Fabian Giger (Swi) SKS M.I.G. Team 136 5 Christoph Soukup (Swi) Team FUJI-BIKES 132 5 Steffen Thum (Ger) Team Mayer Arbeitsbühnen / 132 7 Jose Antonio Hermida (Spa) Multivan Merida Biking Team 118 8 Jochen Käß (Ger) Team ALB-Gold Mountainbike 111 9 Heiko Gutmann (Ger) Rothaus-Cube MTB Team 87 10 Robert Mennen (Ger) Team FUJI-Bikes 84 11 Felix Euteneuer (Ger) Rothaus-Cube MTB Team 74 11 Andy Eyring (Ger) Team XLC Haibike 74 13 Marco Schätzing (Ger) Zwillings-Craft/SSVMounty 70 14 Ralf Naef (Swi) Multivan Merida Biking Team 65 15 Marek Galinski (Pol) JBG2-APC Presmet 60 16 Rene Tann (Ger) Fuji Bike Europe 55 17 Tim Böhme (Ger) Team ALB-Gold Mountainbike 54 17 Peter Riis Andersen (Den) Team ALB-Gold Mountainbike 54 19 Markus Bauer (Ger) Haibike 50 19 Torsten Marx (Ger) Team ALB-Gold Mountainbike 50 21 Wilko Rochow (Ger) Team Mayer Arbeitsbühnen 49 22 Simon Gegenheimer (Ger) Team Mayer Arbeitsbühnen 47 23 Karl Markt (Aut) Team SRM Stevens 46 24 Julien Absalon (Fra) ORBEA 45 25 Sebastian Szraucner (Ger) Team Fuji-Bikes Europe 41 26 Vero Lüscher (Ger) Team Mayer Arbeitsbühnen 39 27 Nicola Rohrbach (Swi) central Ghost Pro Team 37 28 Olaf Rochow (Ger) Team Fuji-Bikes Europe 34 29 Benjamin Rudiger (Ger) Rothaus-Cube MTB Team 33 30 Sebastian Bergmann (Ger) Ghost Racing Team 31 31 Anders Hovdenes (Nor) Team ETTO Hoydahl 30 32 Bas Peters (Ned) herbalife-merida 28 33 Calle Friberg (Swe) Team SRM Stevens 26 33 Stefan Sahm (Ger) Team Bulls 26 35 Piotr Brzozka (Pol) JBG2-APC Presmet 25 35 Michael Stieglbauer (Ger) Sportivo St.Englmar 25 37 Christopher Maletz (Ger) Zweirad Riese Racingteam 24 38 Thomas Nicke (Ger) Team Fiat-Rotwild 23 39 Jochen Coconcelli (Ger) Team Zwillingscraft / Ide 22 40 Florian Schön (Ger) Scott Genius Generation 21 41 Hannes Genze (Ger) Team ALB-Gold Mountainbike 18 41 Karl Platt (Ger) Team Bulls 18 43 Robert Gehbauer (Aut) Multivan Merida Biking Team 17 43 Barry Hayes (Ger) Prisma-Ferring / TrengaDE 17 43 Anders Ljungberg (Swe) IK Hakarpspojkarna Sweden 17 43 Irjan Luttenberg (Ned) Stappenbelt-BMC 17 43 Andi Weinhold (Ger) Team SRM Stevens 17 48 Matthias Pfrommer (Ger) Team Radax / Aktin 16 49 Nathan Haas (Aus) orbea australia 14 50 Tim Lemmers (Ned) De Brink - Ten Tusscher 13 51 Fabian Brzezinski (Ger) Fabosport.de 12 51 Rick Evers (Ned) BeOne Chainreaktion Cyles 12 53 Sebastian Mordmüller (Ger) Cannondale Bad Salzdetfur 11 53 Evgeny Pechenin (Rus) Format-Udmurtiya Team 11 53 Rumen Voigt (Ger) VSC Klingenthal/SKS M.i.G 11 56 Bjorn Brems (Bel) Team Dolphin 10 56 Ola Kjoeren (Nor) Norwegian National Team 10 56 Thomas Pfrommer (Ger) Team Radax / Aktin 10 56 Benjamin Sonntag (Ger) Fuji Bikes Europe 10 60 Pascal Ketterer (Ger) Bergamont Renn-Team 9 61 Sascha Knöpfle (Ger) Rothaus-Cube MTB Team 8 62 Michael Rieder (Ger) Ghost Racing Team 7 62 Markus Trost (Ger) Team Schneiderhan-Cube 7 64 Max Friedrich (Ger) Best-Bike-Parts / Haibike 6 64 Sebastian Lehr (Ger) SKS Made in Germany Team 6 64 Michel Luginbühl (Swi) Team SRM Stevens 6 64 Lukas Schmitz (Ger) Bergamont 6 68 Frank Lehmann (Ger) Rothaus-Cube MTB Team 5 68 Andy Römhild (Ger) FUJI Bikes Europe/1.MTB-C 5 70 Stefan Danowski (Ger) Trenga DE 4 70 Steffen Greger (Ger) Multivan Merida Road-Team 4 72 Robert Michaelis (Ger) Cannondale- Bad Salzdetfu 3 72 Julian Schwendemann (Ger) Endorfin Solvis 3 72 Tim Wijnants (Bel) Team Dolphin Trek 3 75 David Hofmann (Ger) Lexware Racing Team SV Ki 2 75 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Full-Dynamix 2 75 Sebastian Mordmüller (Ger) Cannondale Bad Salzdetfur 2 79 Benjamin Brochhagen (Ger) Topeak-Ergon 1 79 Markus Kaufmann (Ger) Vaude-Simplon Team 1 79 Pascal Ketterer (Ger) Bergamont Renn-Team 1 79 Florian Kremmaier (Aut) RC-Arbö-ANF Mazda Eder Wa 1 79 Danny Neumann (Ger) NRW Landeskader / Radon R 1
