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MTB World Cup XC #4 - CDM
Madrid, Spain, May 23-24, 2009
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Race 4 - May 24: Elite men cross country
Three in a row for Absalon
By Rob Jones in Madrid
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By the time the men were ready to start their six-lap race, the rain-soaked ground that had caused the women's race to be shortened had mostly dried up, and all sections were rideable.
Multivan Merida's Ralph Näf had his patented fast start, and a sizable group of contenders formed at the front of the race by the midpoint of the first lap. However, there were two big names missing from the front - World Champion Christoph Sauser (Specialized Factory Racing) and the number-two-ranked rider in the World Cup Wolfram Kurschat (Topeak Ergon) Both had poor starts, and had to chase to make up placds throughout the race.
At the front, the lead group was rapidly whittled down, and by the third lap, it was just Absalon and Näf leading, with a chase group of four trailing at 29 seconds and including Jose Hermida (Multivan Merida), Roel Paulissen (Cannondale Factory Racing), Under 23 World Cup series leader Burry Stander (Specialized Factory Racing) and Nino Schurter (Scott-Swisspower).
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However, the chaser weren't making any headway on the two leaders, who continued to add seconds to their advantage on lap four. By the fifth lap, Näf felt it was time to put some pressure on Absalon, and launched a powerful attack near the end of the lap, gaining 11 seconds as the pair began their final lap. But move proved to be premature, as Absalon steadily reeled him in, and then dropped the tiring Swiss rider to solo in with a gap of over a minute for his 19th World Cup victory.
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Behind, the chase was down to four riders for the last kilometre, with Näf's teammate Moritz Milatz taking third, one second ahead of Marco Fontana (Cannondale Factory Racing), and three seconds ahead of Schurter and Peraud.
Absalon's lead in the series is becoming almost insurmountable, as the Olympic champion now has 950 points to second placed Kurschat's 625, while Stander sits in third at 580 points, and leads the Under 23 standings. Canada's Geoff Kabush (Maxxis-Rocky Mountain) is the top North American in 24th place, with Sam Schultz (Subaru-Gary Fisher) holding down 33rd, one spot ahead of Adam Craig (Giant), who skipped this race.
Photography
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- A dozen riders broke away on the first lap, led by Roel Paulissen.
- Julien Absalon (Orbea) and Ralph Näf (Multivan Merida) got away and were never challenged.
- Jean Christophe Peraud (Massi) led the chase for nearly a lap.
- Ralph Näf (Multivan Merida) attacked with a lap and half to go.
- Julien Absalon (Orbea) remained cool under pressure.
- Wolfram Kurschat (Topeak Ergon Racing Team)
- Todd Wells (Specialized Factory Racing)
- Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez (Cemelorca-Trek-Lorca Taller Del Tiempo)
- Christophe Sauser (Specialized Factory Racing) got caught in traffic early on.
- MAJOR traffic jam on the climb.
- Check out the glasses on Manuel Fumic (Fumic.Brothers.International).
- Inaki Lejarreta Errasti (Orbea) would finish eighth.
- Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (Subaru-Gary Fisher)
- Michael Broderick (Kenda Seven NoTubes)
- The ravine had dried up considerably by the time the men went through.
- Geoff Kabush (Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles)
- Ralph Näf (Multivan Merida Biking Team)
- Burry Stander (Specialized Factory Racing) padded his World Cup lead in the Under 23 category.
- José Hermida (Multivan Merida Biking Team)
- Marco Aurelio Fontana (Cannondale Factory Racing)
- Sven Nys
- Mathias Flückiger (Trek World Racing)
- Jean Christophe Peraud (Massi) drove the chase group.
- These guys had spotters checking the names of riders so they could cheer them on by name.
- Julien Absalon (Orbea) takes his third consecutive win of the season.
- It was a tight finish for third.
- Multivan Merida took the top team award.
- Elite men's podium: Marco Aurelio Fontana (fourth), Ralph Näf (second), Julien Absalon (winner), Moritz Milatz (third), Nino Schurter (fifth)
Images by Dave McElwaine / www.trailwatch.net
- Julien Absalon (Orbea) wins another World Cup.
- Burry Stander (Specialized) is having a fantastic season.
- Julien Absalon (Orbea) is the race favorite.
- Geoff Kabush (Rocky Mountain/Maxxis) is always colorful.
- Photographers ready to shoot the elite men's start.
- Elite men head out onto the course.
- Elite men's start with Julien Absalon at the front.
- Ralph Naef (Multivan Merida) leads at the end of the first lap.
- Nino Schurter (Scott Swisspower) near the front of the race.
- Kabush (Rocky Mountain / Maxxis) descends in the top ten.
- Umberto Corti (Team CBE Techniompianti) on one of the small climbs
- World Champion Christoph Sauser (Specialized) claws his way back from a mediocre start.
- Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (Gary Fisher/Subaru) descends.
- Christian Cominelli (TX Active Bianchi) climbs.
- Julien Absalon (Orbea) on the steepest climb of the course.
- Ralph Naef (Multivan Merida) grimaces on the steepest climb.
- Burry Stander (Specialized) chases Ralph Naef and Julien Absalon.
- Jose Hermida (Multivan Merida) climbs to the cheers of his Spanish countrymen.
- X-Terra champion and crowd favorite Ruben Ruzafa (Orbea)
- Todd Wells (Specialized) descends a twisty section of the course.
- Daniel McConnell (Torq Performance) streaks down the hill.
- Geoff Kabush (Rocky Mountain/Maxxis) blurs the countryside.
- A very slippery corner was the scene of many mishaps.
- Maneul Fumic (Fumic Bros) followed closely by Todd Wells
- Wolfram Kurschat (Topeak Ergon) corners near the front of the race.
- Ruben Ruzafa (Orbea) up close
- Sam Schultz (Gary Fisher/Subaru) makes a move on Bjorn Brems.
- Julien Absalon (Orbea) rests on a steep descent.
- Rudi Van Houts (Multivan Merida) descends with a long string of riders.
- Sam Schultz (Gary Fisher/Subaru) streaks past the crowd.
- Ralph Naef (Multivan Merida) with a 50-meter gap on Julien Absalon with one lap to go.
- Michael Broderick (Kenda-Seven-No Tubes) with one lap to go.
- Julien Absalon's wife anxiously awaits at the finish.
- Julien Absalon (Orbea) wins again at Casa de Campo.
- Julien Absalon (Orbea) smiles at his wife before getting a congratulatory kiss.
Images by Alvaro Astiz
- Spanish rider Carlos Coloma Nicolas (MSC Bikes) heads the chase group late in the race.
- Germany's Wolfram Kurschat (Topeak Ergon Racing Team) on his way to 12th place.
- Ivan Alvarez Gutierrez (Giant Italia Team) looking good midway through the race.
- Canada's Geoff Kabush finished in 34th.
- Orbea rider Inaki Lejarreta Errasti took a top 10 in Spain.
- Inaki Lejarreta Errasti and Ruben Ruzafa Cueto wait for the start.
- The elite men's race gets underway.
- Italian rider Umberto Corti (Team CBE Tecnoimpianti A.S.D) shows the strain.
- The holeshot was taken by Multivan Merida's Ralph Naef.
- Manuel Fumic sports some retro shades for the Madrid round of the world cup.
- Julien Absalon has a chat whilst warming up.
- Belgium's Roel Paulissen (Cannondale Factory Racing) on his way to rounding out the top 10.
- Julien Absalon was the man to beat and wore the number 1 dossard to prove it.
- Manuel Fumic finished ninth in Madrid.
- Geoff Kabush was back in Europe looking for some world cup points.
- World champion Christoph Sauser managed 11th place.
- It was another dry day in Madrid which made running easier.
- Balance and poise from Julien Absalon on his way to the win.
- Christoph Sauser on maximum attack along one of the downhill sections.
- Ruben Ruzafa Cueto (Orbea) giving it full gas on his way to 27th.
- Paolo Cesar Montoya Cantillo (Giant Italia) finished back in 64th.
- Manuel Fumic looks ahead as he negotiates the traffic in his group.
- American rider Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski leads a group down the hill.
- Julien Absalon powers up the hill in a typically dominant performance.
- Christoph Sauser follows the leaders on his way to 11th place.
- Trek World Racing rider Liam Killeen was sporting the GB national champion's kit.
- Absalon glides downhill in front of Ralf Naef.
- José Antonio Hermida (Multivan Merida) is totally focused on overhauling Absalon.
- Dutch rider Frank Beemer finished in 61st place.
- Hungarian national champion Andras Parti took 67th for the SRM Stevens team.
- Mike Broderick took 83rd as a non-sponsored rider.
- José Antonio Hermida (Multivan Merida) on his way to 13th.
- Portuguese rider Daniel Marques negotiates a bit of singletrack.
Results
1 Julien Absalon (Fra) Orbea 1.44.32 2 Ralph Naef (Swi) Multivan Merida Biking Team 1.06 3 Moritz Milatz (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team 1.59 4 Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) Cannondale Factory Racing 2.00 5 Nino Schurter (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB-Racing 2.02 6 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Massi 7 Burry Stander* (RSA) Specialized Factory Racing 2.16 8 Inaki Lejarreta Errasti (Spa) Orbea 9 Manuel Fumic (Ger) Fumic.Brothers.International 2.17 10 Roel Paulissen (Bel) Cannondale Factory Racing 2.18 11 Christoph Sauser (Swi) Specialized Factory Racing 12 Wolfram Kurschat (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team 2.19 13 José Antonio Hermida (Spa) Multivan Merida Biking Team 2.31 14 Stéphane Tempier (Fra) TX Active Bianchi 2.40 15 Sergio Mantecon Gutirrez (Spa) Cemelorca-Trek-Lorca Taller Del Tiempo 3.05 16 Todd Wells (USA) Specialized Factory Racing 3.09 17 Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spa) MSC Bikes 4.03 18 Jiri Friedl (Cze) Merida Biking Team 4.06 19 Liam Killeen (GBr) Trek World Racing 4.09 20 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Trek-Brentjens Mountainbike Racing Tea 4.17 21 Ivan Alvarez Gutierrez (Spa) Giant Italia Team 4.25 22 Sven Nys (Bel) 4.49 23 Marc Colom (Fra) 4.57 24 Oliver Beckingsale (GBr) Giant Mountain Bike Team Gmt 5.01 25 Alexis Vuillermoz* (Fra) Lapierre International 5.08 26 Milan Spesny (Cze) Ceska Sporitelna MTB 5.14 27 Ruben Ruzafa Cueto (Spa) Orbea 5.18 28 Rudi Van Houts (Ned) Multivan Merida Biking Team 5.20 29 Mathias Flückiger* (Swi) Trek World Racing 30 Martin Gujan (Swi) Cannondale Factory Racing 5.38 31 Daniel Mcconnell (Aus) Torq Performance Nutrition 5.39 32 Jan Skarnitzl (Cze) Giant Mountain Bike Team Gmt 5.43 33 Fabian Giger* (Swi) Sks M.I.G. Team 5.44 34 Geoff Kabush (Can) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles 6.00 35 Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 6.06 36 Thomas Litscher* (Swi) Sks M.I.G. Team 6.19 37 Bas Peters (Ned) 6.40 38 Bjorn Brems (Bel) Team Saeco 6.46 39 Giuseppe Lamastra (Ita) 7.04 40 Lukas Flückiger (Swi) Trek World Racing 7.16 41 Jochen Kass (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team 7.19 42 Martin Fanger* (Swi) Giant Mountain Bike Team Gmt 43 Samuel Schultz (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 7.22 44 Christof Bischof (Swi) ISD Cycling Team 7.30 45 Hannes Metzler (Aut) 7.39 46 Ludovic Dubau (Fra) 7.44 47 Pascal Meyer* (Swi) Sks M.I.G. Team 7.46 48 Lukas Kaufmann* (Swi) 7.48 49 Frank Schotman (Ned) 7.49 50 Alban Lakata (Aut) Topeak Ergon Racing Team 8.00 51 Nicola Rohrbach (Swi) Central Ghost Pro Team 8.27 52 Karl Markt (Aut) Srm Stevens Team 8.40 53 Balz Weber (Swi) DS-Rennsport 8.43 54 Hector Leonardo Paez Leon (Col) TX Active Bianchi 8.45 55 Severin Disch* (Swi) Giant Mountain Bike Team Gmt 8.51 56 Sebastien Carabin* (Bel) Lingier-Versluys Team 8.55 57 Irjan Luttenberg* (Ned) 8.56 58 Lachlan Norris* (Aus) Discovertasmania.com 59 Torsten Marx (Ger) DS-Rennsport 9.00 60 Sergiy Rusenko (Ukr) ISD Cycling Team 9.12 61 Cristian Cominelli* (Ita) TX Active Bianchi 9.24 62 Frank Beemer* (Ned) Trek-Brentjens Mountainbike Racing Tea 9.37 63 Peter Sagan* (Svk) 10.02 64 Paolo Cesar Montoya Cantillo (CRc) Giant Italia Team 10.05 65 Jelmer Pietersma (Ned) Trek-Brentjens Mountainbike Racing Tea 10.07 66 Andrea Tiberi (Ita) TX Active Bianchi 10.13 67 Andras Parti (Hun) Srm Stevens Team 10.21 68 Patrik Gallati* (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB-Racing 10.26 69 Alejandro Diaz De La Pena Lopez (Spa) 10.30 70 Dario Alejandro Gasco* (Arg) Massi 10.59 71 Josef Kamler* (Cze) Ceska Sporitelna MTB 11.09 72 Yader Zoli (Ita) Torpado-4Us 11.45 73 Henrique Avancini* (Bra) ISD Cycling Team 11.58 74 Nathan Haas* (Aus) Discovertasmania.com 12.16 75 Jimmy Tielens (Bel) Team Saeco 12.23 76 Juan Pedro Trujillo Hernandez (Spa) Cemelorca-Trek-Lorca Taller Del Tiempo 12.24 77 Niels Wubben* (Ned) 12.40 78 Pierre Lebreton (Fra) BH-Suntour 12.59 79 Marco Arnold* (Swi) 13.01 80 Connor Mcconvey* (Irl) Felt International MTB Team 13.20 81 Simon Scheiber* (Aut) Sunshine Racers Asv Nals 13.41 82 Paxti Cia Apezteguia (Spa) Conor - Camping La Siesta 13.53 83 Michael Broderick (USA) 13.58 84 Julien Saussac* (Fra) BH-Suntour 13.59 85 David Joao Serralheiro Rosa (Por) 14.15 86 Charlton Durie* (Aus) Discovertasmania.com 14.16 87 Daniel Filipe Valente Marques (Por) 15.04 88 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) 15.19 89 Andrew Blair (Aus) 15.21 90 Rob Vangenechten* (Bel) Team Saeco 16.57 91 Fabien Canal* (Fra) Lapierre International 17.07 92 Cédric Ravanel (Fra) Lapierre International 93 Guillaume Vinit* (Fra) Team Scott Valloire Galibier 17.08 94 Ivo Santos (Por) Behind one lap 95 Pierre Geoffroy Plantet (Fra) Lapierre International 96 Nicolas Jeantet* (Ita) Team CBE Tecnoimpianti A.S.D. 97 Joan Marc Perarnau Garcia* (Spa) 98 Ludovic Mottet (Bel) 99 Hugo Martinez Rus (Spa) 100 Jo Thorson Nordskar* (Nor) Team Etto Hoydahl 101 Alexandre Guilhoto (Por) 102 Mikhail Baryshnikov* (Rus) 103 Sebastian Batchelor* (GBr) 104 Hubert Pollinger (Ita) Sunshine Racers Asv Nals 105 Jonas De Backer* (Bel) 106 Ben Henderson (Aus) 107 David Escolar Ballesteros (Spa) Behind two laps 108 Vivien Legastelois* (Fra) BH-Suntour 109 Diogo Beatriz Gomes Afonso* (Por) 110 André Anes* (Por) Behind three laps 111 John Groves (Aus) DNF Periklis Ilias (Gre) ISD Cycling Team DNF Umberto Corti (Ita) Team CBE Tecnoimpianti A.S.D. DNF Ondrej Cink* (Cze) Merida Biking Team DNF Klaus Nielsen (Den) DNF Maxime Marotte (Fra) BH-Suntour DNF Jaroslav Kulhavy (Cze) DNF Emil Lindgren (Swe) Felt International MTB Team DNF Florian Vogel (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB-Racing DNF Jose Melitao (Por) DNF Cristobal Silva Ibaceta (Chi) DNF Marti Gispert Labarta (Spa) MSC Bikes DNF Luis Alberto Costa Leao Pinto (Por) DNF Tiago Jorge Oliveira Ferreira* (Por) DNF David Lozano Riba* (Spa) Cemelorca-Trek-Lorca Taller Del Tiempo Teams 1 Multivan Merida Biking Team 88 pts 2 Orbea 67 3 Specialized Factory Racing 59 4 Cannondale Factory Racing 52 5 Scott-Swisspower MTB-Racing 28 6 Massi 26 7 Fumic.Brothers.International 22 8 Topeak Ergon Racing Team 19 9 TX Active Bianchi 17 10 Cemelorca-Trek-Lorca Taller Del Tiempo 16 11 MSC Bikes 14 12 Trek World Racing 14 13 Merida Biking Team 13 14 Trek-Brentjens Mountainbike Racing Team 11 15 Giant Italia Team 10 16 Giant Mountain Bike Team 7 17 Lapierre International 6 World Cup Standings after four rounds Individual 1 Julien Absalon (Fra) Orbea 950 pts 2 Wolfram Kurschat (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team 625 3 Burry Stander* (RSA) Specialized Factory Racing 580 4 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Massi 550 5 Ralph Naef (Swi) Multivan Merida Biking Team 500 6 José Antonio Hermida Ramos (Spa) Multivan Merida Biking Team 460 7 Nino Schurter (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB-Racing 445 8 Roel Paulissen (Bel) Cannondale Factory Racing 410 9 Moritz Milatz (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team 376 10 Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) Cannondale Factory Racing 370 11 Christoph Sauser (Swi) Specialized Factory Racing 330 12 Stéphane Tempier (Fra) TX Active Bianchi 319 13 Lukas Flückiger (Swi) Trek World Racing 304 14 Inaki Lejarreta Errasti (Spa) Orbea 290 15 Manuel Fumic (Ger) Fumic.Brothers.International 261 16 Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez (Spa) Cemelorca-Trek-Lorca Taller Del Tiempo 258 17 Alexis Vuillermoz* (Fra) Lapierre International 242 18 Jochen Kass (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team 237 19 Martin Gujan (Swi) Cannondale Factory Racing 236 20 Jaroslav Kulhavy (Cze) 230 21 Rudi Van Houts (Ned) Multivan Merida Biking Team 230 22 Ruben Ruzafa Cueto (Spa) Orbea 222 23 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Trek-Brentjens Mountainbike Racing Team 214 24 Geoff Kabush (Can) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles 207 25 Mathias Flückiger* (Swi) Trek World Racing 207 26 Ivan Alvarez Gutierrez (Spa) Giant Italia Team 203 27 Hector Leonardo Paez Leon (Col) TX Active Bianchi 202 28 Florian Vogel (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB-Racing 201 29 Cédric Ravanel (Fra) Lapierre International 194 30 Oliver Beckingsale (GBr) Giant Mountain Bike Team 168 31 Jiri Friedl (Cze) Merida Biking Team 166 32 Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spa) MSC Bikes 156 33 Samuel Schultz (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 147 34 Adam Craig (USA) Giant Mountain Bike Team 145 35 Milan Spesny (Cze) Ceska Sporitelna MTB 139 36 Todd Wells (USA) Specialized Factory Racing 134 37 Christoph Soukup (Aut) Merida Biking Team 134 38 Liam Killeen (GBr) Trek World Racing 134 39 Umberto Corti (Ita) Team CBE Tecnoimpianti A.S.D. 123 40 Pierre Geoffroy Plantet (Fra) Lapierre International 115 41 Ludovic Dubau (Fra) 112 42 Marc Colom (Fra) 110 43 Daniel Mcconnell (Aus) Torq Performance Nutrition 105 44 Andrea Tiberi (Ita) TX Active Bianchi 94 45 Bas Peters (Ned) 86 46 Emil Lindgren (Swe) Felt International MTB Team 84 47 Cristian Cominelli* (Ita) TX Active Bianchi 84 48 Sergiy Rusenko (Ukr) ISD Cycling Team 83 49 Christof Bischof (Swi) ISD Cycling Team 83 50 Hannes Metzler (Aut) 77 51 Jürg Graf (Swi) Felt International MTB Team 71 52 Sven Nys (Bel) 62 53 Jan Skarnitzl (Cze) Giant Mountain Bike Team 61 54 Thomas Litscher* (Swi) SKS M.I.G. Team 61 55 Anders Hovdenes* (Nor) Team Etto Hoydahl 61 56 Fabian Giger* (Swi) SKS M.I.G. Team 58 57 Karl Markt (Aut) SRM Stevens Team 58 58 Guillaume Vinit* (Fra) Team Scott Valloire Galibier 56 59 Lado Fumic (Ger) Fumic.Brothers.International 55 60 Filip Eberl (Cze) 55 61 Robert Mennen (Ger) 52 62 Balz Weber (Swi) DS-Rennsport 51 63 Bjorn Brems (Bel) Team Saeco 47 64 Lachlan Norris* (Aus) Discovertasmania.com 47 65 Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 46 66 Lukas Kaufmann* (Swi) 44 67 Derek Zandstra (Can) 39 68 Johnny Cattaneo (Ita) 38 69 Jelmer Pietersma (Ned) Trek-Brentjens Mountainbike Racing Team 38 70 Giuseppe Lamastra (Ita) 38 71 Connor Mcconvey* (Irl) Felt International MTB Team 34 72 Nicola Rohrbach (Swi) Central Ghost Pro Team 31 73 Periklis Ilias (Gre) ISD Cycling Team 29 74 Dries Govaerts* (Bel) Lingier-Versluys Team 29 75 Silvio Bundi (Swi) Giant Mountain Bike Team 29 76 Irjan Luttenberg* (Ned) 28 77 Martin Fanger* (Swi) Giant Mountain Bike Team 26 78 Marek Galinski (Pol) JBG-2 Professional MTB Team 26 79 Yader Zoli (Ita) Torpado-4US 25 80 Maxime Marotte (Fra) BH-Suntour 24 81 Pascal Meyer* (Swi) SKS M.I.G. Team 21 82 Severin Disch* (Swi) Giant Mountain Bike Team 21 83 Frank Schotman (Ned) 19 84 François Bailly Maitre (Fra) Team Scott Valloire Galibier 19 85 Alban Lakata (Aut) Topeak Ergon Racing Team 18 86 Paolo Cesar Montoya Cantillo (CRc) Giant Italia Team 18 87 Kohei Yamamoto (Jpn) 14 88 Peter Sagan* (Svk) 13 89 Juan Pedro Trujillo Hernandez (Spa) Cemelorca-Trek-Lorca Taller Del Tiempo 13 90 Sebastien Carabin* (Bel) Lingier-Versluys Team 12 91 Roan Exelby (RSA) 12 92 Nicolas Vermeulen (Bel) Lingier-Versluys Team 10 93 Torsten Marx (Ger) DS-Rennsport 9 94 Klaus Nielsen (Den) 9 95 Andrew Blair (Aus) 9 Team 1 Multivan Merida Biking Team 315 pts 2 Orbea 225 3 Specialized Factory Racing 209 4 Cannondale Factory Racing 194 5 Scott-Swisspower MTB-Racing 127 6 Topeak Ergon Racing Team 117 7 Massi 110 8 Trek World Racing 105 9 TX Active Bianchi 99 10 Lapierre International 69 11 Fumic.Brothers.International 57 12 Cemelorca-Trek-Lorca Taller Del Tiempo 49 13 Trek-Brentjens Mountainbike Racing Team 41 14 Giant Mountain Bike Team 37 15 Merida Biking Team 36 16 Giant Italia Team 27 17 Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles 23 18 MSC Bikes 18 19 Subaru-Gary Fisher 17 20 Team CBE Tecnoimpianti A.S.D. 10 21 Felt International MTB Team 6 22 Ceska Sporitelna MTB 6
