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MTB World Cup XC #2 - CDM
Offenburg, Germany, April 25-26, 2009
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Race 4 - April 26: Elite men cross country
Absalon attacks for solo win and lead in overall standings
By Rob Jones in Offenburg, Germany
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The huge men's field of over 220 riders took over one minute to roll through under the banner after completing the start loop as it headed out for the first of seven laps.
By that time, the leaders were already starting to sort out their pecking order at the front of the race. A sizable group of heavy hitters was setting a hard pace and pulling away from the rest of the field. Among the group were Absalon, the World Cup leader Jose Hermida (Multivan Merida), World Champion Christoph Sauser (Specialized), Under 23 World Cup leader Burry Stander (Specialized), Florian Vogel (Scott-Swisspower), Lukas Fluckiger (Trek World Racing), Nino Schurter (Scott-Swisspower), Roel Paulissen (Cannondale) and Jean-Christophe Peraud (Massi). This group was further joined by Todd Wells (Specialized), Marco Fontana (Cannondale), Jaroslav Kulhavy (Rubena-Specialized) and Martin Gujan (Cannondale Factory Racing).
Absalon decided the numbers at the front were more than he was comfortable with, and he counterattacked a move by Schurter on the longest climb of the course on the third lap, quickly gaining 25 seconds on the disorganized chase behind. The Olympic champion, clad in the red, white and blue jersey of French National Champion, continued to pad his lead through the fourth lap, as the chase started to shed riders. Among the first to go was Hermida, who came to the race with a bad cold. Wells also dropped off after flatting, and eventually abandoned.
"It was a tactical move to go so early," said Absalon. "A big group is so difficult to control, and I was in a good position when Nino did his attack to follow and then attack again. My goal was to be in good shape coming into these European World Cups, so this was very good for me."
On lap five, Sauser decided it was time to shake things up in the chase and broke away from the rest of the group, taking only his teammate Stander with him. The duo quickly gained 20 seconds on the rest of the chasers, but were making no dent in Absalon's lead, and the effort failed after Sauser crashed hard in one of the technical sections and had to abandon with two broken brakes.
Stander continued on in second, but was steadily being reeled in by Wolfram Kursch at (Topeak Ergon) and Peraud. The pair caught and dropped Stander in the final kilometres to take second and third behind Absalon, with the South African holding on for fourth, and the top Under 23 result. Ralph Näf (Multivan Merida) capped an impressive ride up from midfield to take the final podium spot.
"It was a record day," said Absalon. "A record World Cup victory, my first win of the season and my third victory at Offenburg."
Top North American was Geoff Kabush (Maxxis-Rocky Mountain), in eighth. "I was really pleased with my start, I was able to move up into the top twenty fairly quickly. Then I just had to ride my own race, my own pace. It is an encouraging result, particularly after not doing so well [in South Africa], and it gives me confidence as I prepare for Houffalize next week."
American champion Adam Craig (Giant) battled with Kabush during the race before fading in the final laps to finish 14th, followed closely by the young Subaru-Gary Fisher talent Sam Schultz in 16th - the highest World Cup finish of his career.
Photography
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- The men's cross country race gets underway.
- Christoph Sauser (Specialized Factory Racing) rides in the pack as the riders reach the first corner.
- José Antonio Hermida Ramos (Multivan Merida Biking Team) took the early lead, but was forced out with a cold.
- Todd Wells (Specialized Factory Racing) didn't make the finish, we're not sure if the guy in the background chasing him had anything to do with it...
- Florian Vogel (Scott-Swisspower MTB-Racing) finished over six minutes down.
- Belgian champion Roel Paulissen (Cannondale Factory Racing) took seventh spot.
- Nino Schurter (Scott-Swisspower MTB-Racing) crossed the line with Geoff Kabush to round out the top 10.
- Swiss rider Lukas Flückiger (Trek World Racing) just missed out on a podium finish, taking sixth spot.
- World champion Christoph Sauser (Specialized Factory Racing) mixed things up, but then got mixed up and crashed out.
- Terrified or focused? Whatever the look on Jean-Christophe Peraud's (Massi) face, he took a solid third place finish.
- South African Burry Stander (Specialized Factory Racing) took an impressive fourth spot.
- Italian Marco Aurelio Fontana (Cannondale Factory Racing) descends in Germany.
- Adam Craig (Giant Mountain Bike Team) was the top United States of America rider in 14th place.
- Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (Subaru-Gary Fisher) was 58th in the race, 8.41 minutes behind.
- Michael Broderick came home in 91st spot.
- USA's Barry Wicks (Kona) didn't have the best of runs, finishing outside the top 100.
- Tad Elliott finished two laps down in 138th.
- Kris Sneddon (Kona) finished down in 133rd.
- Canada's Geoff Kabush (Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles) climbed into the top 10, with a ninth place finish.
- Samuel Schultz (Subaru-Gary Fisher) finished in 16th place.
- Need something Specialized? The Specialized tech zone had everything ready for worse-case senario.
- Italian Marco Aurelio Fontana (Cannondale Factory Racing) finished inside the top 10.
- German Wolfram Kurschat (Topeak Ergon Racing Team) looked like he'd let nothing get in his way.
- Samuel Schultz (Subaru-Gary Fisher) was the second quickest rider from the United States of America.
- Julien Absalon (Orbea) wins the race and breaks the record.
- Wolfram Kurschat (Topeak Ergon Racing Team) celebrates his second placed finish.
- Men's podium (L-R): Burry Stander (Specialized Factory Racing), Wolfram Kurschat (Topeak Ergon Racing Team), Julien Absalon (Orbea), Jean-Christophe Peraud (Massi) and Ralph Naef (Multivan Merida Biking Team).
Results
1 Julien Absalon (Fra) Orbea 1.49.26
2 Wolfram Kurschat (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team 1.09
3 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Massi 1.24
4 Burry Stander* (RSA) Specialized Factory Racing 1.32
5 Ralph Naef (Swi) Multivan Merida Biking Team 1.54
6 Lukas Flückiger (Swi) Trek World Racing 2.13
7 Roel Paulissen (Bel) Cannondale Factory Racing 2.19
8 Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) Cannondale Factory Racing 2.34
9 Geoff Kabush (Can) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles 2.57
10 Nino Schurter (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB-Racing
11 Jaroslav Kulhavy (Cze) 3.03
12 Manuel Fumic (Ger) Fumic.Brothers.International 3.11
13 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Trek-Brentjens Mountainbike Racing Team 3.37
14 Adam Craig (USA) Giant Mountain Bike Team 3.41
15 Jochen Kass (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team 3.49
16 Samuel Schultz (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 3.53
17 Inaki Lejarreta Errasti (Spa) Orbea 4.14
18 Ruben Ruzafa Cueto (Spa) Orbea
19 Cédric Ravanel (Fra) Lapierre International 4.46
20 Stéphane Tempier (Fra) TX Active Bianchi 4.52
21 Mathias Flückiger* (Swi) Trek World Racing 5.08
22 Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez (Spa) Cemelorca-Trek-Lorca Taller Del Tiempo 5.11
23 Christoph Soukup (Aut) Merida Biking Team 5.21
24 Hector Leonardo Paez Leon (Col) TX Active Bianchi 5.27
25 Rudi Van Houts (Ned) Multivan Merida Biking Team 5.30
26 Pierre Geoffroy Plantet (Fra) Lapierre International 5.34
27 Ludovic Dubau (Fra) 5.38
28 Martin Gujan (Swi) Cannondale Factory Racing 5.42
29 Oliver Beckingsale (GBr) Giant Mountain Bike Team 5.50
30 Milan Spesny (Cze) Ceska Sporitelna MTB
31 Alexis Vuillermoz* (Fra) Lapierre International
32 Florian Vogel (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB-Racing 6.13
33 Moritz Milatz (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team 6.21
34 Jelmer Pietersma (Ned) Trek-Brentjens Mountainbike Racing Team 6.31
35 Umberto Corti (Ita) Team CBE Tecnoimpianti A.S.D. 6.38
36 Daniel Mcconnell (Aus) Torq Performance Nutrition 6.44
37 Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spa) MSC Bikes 6.50
38 Karl Markt (Aut) SRM Stevens Team 6.54
39 Anders Hovdenes* (Nor) Team Etto Hoydahl
40 Cristian Cominelli* (Ita) TX Active Bianchi 7.08
41 Jürg Graf (Swi) Felt International MTB Team 7.22
42 Bas Peters (Ned) 7.27
43 Christof Bischof (Swi) ISD Cycling Team 7.28
44 Maxime Marotte (Fra) BH-Suntour 7.31
45 Guillaume Vinit* (Fra) Team Scott Valloire Galibier 7.35
46 Jiri Friedl (Cze) Merida Biking Team 7.39
47 Hannes Metzler (Aut) 7.40
48 Balz Weber (Swi) DS-Rennsport 7.46
49 Sergiy Rusenko (Ukr) ISD Cycling Team 7.48
50 Fabian Giger* (Swi) SKS M.I.G. Team 7.52
51 Ivan Alvarez Gutierrez (Spa) Giant Italia Team 7.58
52 Lachlan Norris* (Aus) Discovertasmania.com 8.03
53 Filip Eberl (Cze) 8.05
54 Derek Zandstra (Can) 8.07
55 Peter Sagan* (Svk) 8.10
56 Marc Colom (Fra) 8.19
57 Lado Fumic (Ger) Fumic.Brothers.International 8.35
58 Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 8.41
59 Giuseppe Lamastra (Ita) 9.05
60 Silvio Bundi (Swi) Giant Mountain Bike Team 9.11
61 Johnny Cattaneo (Ita) 9.14
62 Magnus Darvell (Swe) 9.24
63 Frank Schotman (Ned) 9.42
64 Marek Galinski (Pol) JBG-2 Professional MTB Team
65 Thomas Litscher* (Swi) SKS M.I.G. Team 9.45
66 Josef Kamler* (Cze) Ceska Sporitelna MTB 10.11
67 Andras Parti (Hun) SRM Stevens Team 10.13
68 Irjan Luttenberg* (Ned) 10.18
69 Tim Bohme (Ger) Team Bulls 10.19
70 Jiri Novak (Cze) 10.20
71 Pascal Meyer* (Swi) SKS M.I.G. Team 10.33
72 Klaus Nielsen (Den) 10.35
73 Kohei Yamamoto (Jpn) 10.40
74 Yader Zoli (Ita) Torpado-4US 10.51
75 Matous Ulman (Cze) Scott & Hagget MTB Team 11.09
76 Paolo Cesar Montoya Cantillo (CRc) Giant Italia Team 11.10
77 Ludovic Mottet (Bel) 11.27
78 Mattias Wengelin* (Swe) 11.37
79 François Bailly Maitre (Fra) Team Scott Valloire Galibier 11.50
80 Robert Mennen (Ger) 11.55
81 Luka Mezgec* (Slo) MBK Orbea 11.59
82 Frank Beemer* (Ned) Trek-Brentjens Mountainbike Racing Team 12.06
83 Jan Skarnitzl (Cze) Giant Mountain Bike Team 12.15
84 Sebastian Szraucner* (Ger) 12.20
85 Marco Arnold* (Swi) 12.47
86 Nicolas Vermeulen (Bel) Lingier-Versluys Team 13.14
87 Rene Tann (Ger) 13.42
88 Connor Mcconvey* (Irl) Felt International MTB Team 14.42
89 Emil Lindgren (Swe) Felt International MTB Team 15.54
90 Igor Bogdan (Ukr) 16.26
Behind two laps
91 Michael Broderick (USA)
92 Niels Wubben* (Ned)
93 Cristobal Silva Ibaceta (Chi)
94 Juan Pedro Trujillo Hernandez (Spa) Cemelorca-Trek-Lorca Taller Del Tiempo
95 Tony Longo (Ita)
96 Fabien Canal* (Fra) Lapierre International
97 Marcel Wildhaber (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB-Racing
98 Anders Ljungberg (Swe)
99 Lukas Kaufmann* (Swi)
100 Evgeniy Nikolaev* (Rus)
101 Alejandro Diaz De La Pena Lopez (Spa)
102 Adrian Brzozka* (Pol) JBG-2 Professional MTB Team
103 Andy Eyring* (Ger)
104 Chun Hing Chan (HKg)
105 Martin Fanger* (Swi) Giant Mountain Bike Team
106 Olaf Jonsson* (Swe)
107 Mirko Pirazzoli (Ita) ISD Cycling Team
108 Barry Wicks (USA) Kona
109 Olaf Rochow (Ger)
110 Cal Britten* (Aus) Torq Performance Nutrition
111 Henk Jaap Moorlag* (Ned) De Brink-Ten Tusscher
112 Anthony Grenet* (Fra)
113 Dariusz Batek (Pol)
114 Marco Minnaard* (Ned) De Brink-Ten Tusscher
115 Luka Kodra (Slo) MBK Orbea
116 Alban Lakata (Aut) Topeak Ergon Racing Team
117 Sebastien Carabin* (Bel) Lingier-Versluys Team
118 Jianhua Ji (Chn)
119 Henrique Avancini* (Bra)
120 Olivier Maignan (Fra)
121 Martin Loo* (Est)
122 Matej Nepustil* (Cze) Ceska Sporitelna MTB
123 Pascal Schmutz* (Swi)
124 Felix Euteneuer* (Ger)
125 Catriel Andres Soto* (Arg) Infotre - Leecougan
126 Jo Thorson Nordskar* (Nor) Team Etto Hoydahl
127 Mattias Nilsson* (Swe)
128 Fabian Strecker* (Ger)
129 Shlomi Haimy* (Isr)
130 Roan Exelby (RSA)
131 Andrew Blair (Aus)
132 Kristian Hynek (Cze) Scott & Hagget MTB Team
133 Kris Sneddon (Can) Kona
134 Charlton Durie* (Aus) Discovertasmania.com
135 Daniel Kaufmann* (Swi)
136 Jérémy Huguenin* (Swi)
137 Rob Vangenechten* (Bel) Team Saeco
138 Tad Elliott* (USA)
139 Nicolas Jeantet* (Ita) Team CBE Tecnoimpianti A.S.D.
140 Alexis Chenevier* (Fra) Team Scott Valloire Galibier
141 Bilal Akgul (Tur)
142 Romain Gihoul* (Bel)
143 Periklis Ilias (Gre) ISD Cycling Team
144 Simon Scheiber* (Aut) Sunshine Racers ASV Nals
145 Ondrej Cink* (Cze) Merida Biking Team
146 Axel Bult (Ned) De Brink-Ten Tusscher
147 Florian Schön* (Ger)
148 Patxi Cia Apezteguia (Spa) Conor - Camping La Siesta
149 Julien Saussac* (Fra)
150 Marcel Fleschhut* (Ger)
151 Nathan Haas* (Aus) Discovertasmania.com
152 Pierre Lebreton (Fra) BH-Suntour
153 Ethan Gilmour* (USA)
154 Uwe Hochenwarter (Aut)
155 Markus Bauer* (Ger)
156 Adam Morka (Can)
157 Erik Groen* (Ned) De Brink-Ten Tusscher
158 Zhiqiang Duan (Chn)
159 Pascal Hossay* (Bel)
160 Freddy Betremieux* (Fra) BH-Suntour
161 Heiko Gutmann* (Ger)
162 Andi Weinhold (Ger)
163 Calle Friberg (Swe)
Behind three laps
164 Tim Wijnants* (Bel) Trek-Brentjens Mountainbike Racing Team
165 Roland Plank (Aut)
166 Kornel Osicki* (Pol) JBG-2 Professional MTB Team
167 Mirco Widmer* (Swi)
168 Raphael Gagne* (Can) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles
169 Hubert Pollinger (Ita) Sunshine Racers ASV Nals
170 Vivien Legastelois* (Fra) BH-Suntour
171 Laurent Mineur* (Bel)
172 David Lozano Riba* (Spa) Cemelorca-Trek-Lorca Taller Del Tiempo
173 Jelmer Jubbega* (Ned) De Brink-Ten Tusscher
174 Zhen Wang* (Chn)
175 Rob Squire* (USA)
176 Valentin Fiderer* (Ger)
177 Balint Lukacs* (Hun)
178 Evgeniy Pechenin (Rus) Format-Udmurtia
179 Tomas Pesek* (Cze)
180 Tim Lemmers* (Ned) De Brink-Ten Tusscher
181 Oleksandr Kachanov* (Ukr)
182 Mikhail Baryshnikov* (Rus)
183 Lukas Sablik* (Cze)
184 Boris Vasilyev (Rus) Format-Udmurtia
185 Simon Stiebjahn* (Ger)
Behind four laps
186 Kevin Kane* (USA)
187 Keiichi Tsujiura (Jpn)
188 Thomas Lapeyrie* (Fra) Team Scott Valloire Galibier
189 Robert Gehbauer* (Aut) Multivan Merida Biking Team
190 Abdulkadir Kelleci (Tur)
191 Rafal Hebisz (Pol)
192 German Dorhmann* (Arg) Infotre - Leecougan
193 Jonas De Backer* (Bel)
194 John Groves (Aus)
195 Abdurrahman Dandal* (Tur)
DNF Dario Alejandro Gasco* (Arg) Massi
DNF José Antonio Hermida Ramos (Spa) Multivan Merida Biking Team
DNF Christoph Sauser (Swi) Specialized Factory Racing
DNF Andrea Tiberi (Ita) TX Active Bianchi
DNF Patrik Gallati* (Swi) Scott-Swisspower Mtb-Racing
DNF Todd Wells (USA) Specialized Factory Racing
DNF Martino Fruet (Ita)
DNF Andras Melts (Hun)
DNF Andreas Kugler (Swi) Felt International Mtb Team
DNF Mykhaylo Batsutsa* (Ukr)
DNF Stefan Sahm (Ger) Team Bulls
DNF Arnaud Hacquard* (Fra)
DNF Piotr Brzozka* (Pol) Jbg-2 Professional Mtb Team
DNF Nicola Rohrbach (Swi) Central Ghost Pro Team
DNF Bjorn Brems (Bel) Team Saeco
DNF Ola Kjören (Nor) Team Fokus-Danica
DNF Alexander Gehbauer* (Aut)
DNF Samuele Porro* (Ita) Team Cbe Tecnoimpianti A.S.D.
DNF Jakub Magnusek* (Cze) Ceska Sporitelna Mtb
DNF Juri Ragnoli* (Ita) Felt International Mtb Team
DNF Karl Platt (Ger) Team Bulls
DNF Tiago Jorge Oliveira Ferreira* (Por)
DNF Ben Henderson (Aus)
DNF Torsten Marx (Ger) Ds-Rennsport
DNS Liam Killeen (GBr) Trek World Racing
DNS Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel)
DNS Luis Alberto Costa Leao Pinto (Por)
Teams
1 Orbea 67 pts
2 Multivan Merida Biking Team 50
3 Cannondale Factory Racing 50
4 Trek World Racing 36
5 Topeak Ergon Racing Team 35
6 Massi 32
7 Specialized Factory Racing 30
8 Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles 22
9 Scott-Swisspower MTB-Racing 21
10 Fumic.Brothers.International 19
11 Giant Mountain Bike Team 19
12 Trek-Brentjens Mountainbike Racing Team 18
13 TX Active Bianchi 18
14 Lapierre International 17
15 Subaru-Gary Fisher 15
16 Cemelorca-Trek-Lorca Taller Del Tiempo 9
17 Merida Biking Team 8
18 Ceska Sporitelna MTB 1
World Cup standings after two rounds
Individual
1 Julien Absalon (Fra) Orbea 450 pts
2 Wolfram Kurschat (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team 340
3 Burry Stander* (RSA) Specialized Factory Racing 310
4 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Massi 280
5 José Antonio Hermida Ramos (Spa) Multivan Merida Biking Team 250
6 Lukas Flückiger (Swi) Trek World Racing 240
7 Nino Schurter (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB-Racing 225
8 Roel Paulissen (Bel) Cannondale Factory Racing 220
9 Jaroslav Kulhavy (Cze) 168
10 Mathias Flückiger* (Swi) Trek World Racing 159
11 Stéphane Tempier (Fra) TX Active Bianchi 156
12 Christoph Sauser (Swi) Specialized Factory Racing 150
13 Geoff Kabush (Can) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles 146
14 Jochen Kass (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team 144
15 Ralph Naef (Swi) Multivan Merida Biking Team 140
16 Christoph Soukup (Aut) Merida Biking Team 134
17 Martin Gujan (Swi) Cannondale Factory Racing 130
18 Florian Vogel (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB-Racing 127
19 Rudi Van Houts (Ned) Multivan Merida Biking Team 126
20 Ruben Ruzafa Cueto (Spa) Orbea 124
21 Cédric Ravanel (Fra) Lapierre International 124
22 Samuel Schultz (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 122
23 Inaki Lejarreta Errasti (Spa) Orbea 122
24 Moritz Milatz (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team 116
25 Hector Leonardo Paez Leon (Col) TX Active Bianchi 116
26 Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) Cannondale Factory Racing 110
27 Oliver Beckingsale (GBr) Giant Mountain Bike Team 110
28 Alexis Vuillermoz* (Fra) Lapierre International 108
29 Adam Craig (USA) Giant Mountain Bike Team 97
30 Pierre Geoffroy Plantet (Fra) Lapierre International 94
31 Ivan Alvarez Gutierrez (Spa) Giant Italia Team 89
32 Manuel Fumic (Ger) Fumic.Brothers.International 85
33 Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spa) MSC Bikes 84
34 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Trek-Brentjens Mountainbike Racing Team 80
35 Ludovic Dubau (Fra) 74
36 Jürg Graf (Swi) Felt International MTB Team 71
37 Liam Killeen (GBr) Trek World Racing 66
38 Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez (Spa) Cemelorca-Trek-Lorca Taller Del Tiempo 62
39 Milan Spesny (Cze) Ceska Sporitelna MTB 61
40 Daniel Mcconnell (Aus) Torq Performance Nutrition 61
41 Todd Wells (USA) Specialized Factory Racing 60
42 Umberto Corti (Ita) Team CBE Tecnoimpianti A.S.D. 59
43 Sergiy Rusenko (Ukr) ISD Cycling Team 55
44 Jiri Friedl (Cze) Merida Biking Team 54
45 Cristian Cominelli* (Ita) TX Active Bianchi 54
46 Marc Colom (Fra) 50
47 Guillaume Vinit* (Fra) Team Scott Valloire Galibier 43
48 Andrea Tiberi (Ita) TX Active Bianchi 42
49 Hannes Metzler (Aut) 39
50 Jelmer Pietersma (Ned) Trek-Brentjens Mountainbike Racing Team 38
51 Balz Weber (Swi) DS-Rennsport 36
52 Connor Mcconvey* (Irl) Felt International MTB Team 34
53 Karl Markt (Aut) SRM Stevens Team 30
54 Robert Mennen (Ger) 30
55 Anders Hovdenes* (Nor) Team Etto Hoydahl 29
56 Dries Govaerts* (Bel) Lingier-Versluys Team 29
57 Silvio Bundi (Swi) Giant Mountain Bike Team 29
58 Emil Lindgren (Swe) Felt International MTB Team 28
59 Bas Peters (Ned) 26
60 Lachlan Norris* (Aus) Discovertasmania.com 26
61 Christof Bischof (Swi) ISD Cycling Team 25
62 Yader Zoli (Ita) Torpado-4US 25
63 Maxime Marotte (Fra) BH-Suntour 24
64 Lukas Kaufmann* (Swi) 24
65 Fabian Giger* (Swi) SKS M.I.G. Team 18
66 Bjorn Brems (Bel) Team Saeco 17
67 Filip Eberl (Cze) 15
68 Derek Zandstra (Can) 14
69 Nicola Rohrbach (Swi) Central Ghost Pro Team 14
70 Peter Sagan* (Svk) 13
71 Juan Pedro Trujillo Hernandez (Spa) Cemelorca-Trek-Lorca Taller Del Tiempo 13
72 Roan Exelby (RSA) 12
73 Lado Fumic (Ger) Fumic.Brothers.International 11
74 François Bailly Maitre (Fra) Team Scott Valloire Galibier 11
75 Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 10
76 Giuseppe Lamastra (Ita) 9
77 Andrew Blair (Aus) 9
78 Severin Disch* (Swi) Giant Mountain Bike Team 8
Team standings
1 Multivan Merida Biking Team 131 pts
2 Orbea 110
3 Specialized Factory Racing 100
4 Trek World Racing 91
5 Cannondale Factory Racing 90
6 Scott-Swisspower MTB-Racing 66
7 Topeak Ergon Racing Team 63
8 Massi 56
9 TX Active Bianchi 45
10 Lapierre International 33
11 Giant Mountain Bike Team 28
12 Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles 23
13 Merida Biking Team 23
14 Fumic.Brothers.International 19
15 Trek-Brentjens Mountainbike Racing Team 18
16 Subaru-Gary Fisher 17
17 Giant Italia Team 14
18 Cemelorca-Trek-Lorca Taller Del Tiempo 9
19 MSC Bikes 4
20 Ceska Sporitelna MTB 1
