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Racer Bikes Cup / Swiss National Series #3 - 2
Solothurn, Switzerland, May 9, 2009
2008 Results Results
Schurter on top after Scott-Swisspower duel while Schneitter wins at home
23-year-old Olympic medallist Nino Schurter (Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing) won round three of the Swiss Racer Bikes Cup on Sunday in Solothurn while local Nathalie Schneitter (Colnago) won the women's race.
Schurter won in front of large crowds ahead of teammate Florian Vogel by one second and Marco Fontana (Cannondale Factory Racing) by over three minutes. After a starting loop through the middle of the bike festival, racers headed out into the forest. On the third of nine laps, Vogel and Schurter made their decisive move, escaping together off the front. They traded pulls regularly, and at the end, Schurter outsprinted Vogel.
"After the World Cup, this victory came naturally to me, and Mom was here for the race," said Schurter of the event which happened on Mother's Day weekend.
"The race went according to our plan and Nino deserved the victory," said a satisfied Vogel.
Lukas Flückiger (23 Degrees / Trek World Racing) suffered poor luck during the race. After a problem on the first lap, he entered the tech zone to repair it. He returned to the race and made a brilliant effort to catch back up, making it as far up as Fontana. However, another mechanical slowed Flückiger and he eventually finished fourth. Martin Fanger (Giant Team) was fifth.
Schneitter won on a course near her home. She beat teammate Eva Lechner by 16 seconds and Petra Henzi (Fischer-BMC) by 49 seconds.
Michelle Hediger won the junior women's race, Matthias Rupp won the amateur/masters race, and Swiss Under 17 champion Roger Walder was the best of the junior men.
Results
Elite men 1 Nino Schurter (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing 1.52.18 2 Florian Vogel (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing 0.01 3 Marco Fontana (Ita) Cannondale Factory Racing 3.07 4 Lukas Flückiger (Swi) 23 deegres/Trek 5.32 5 Martin Fanger (Swi) Giant-Swiss-Team 6.09 6 Marcel Wildhaber (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing 6.16 7 Sepp Freiburghaus (Swi) Thömus Racing Team 6.29 8 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC 6.29 9 Christof Bischof (Swi) ISD Sportsclub 6.31 10 Giuseppe Lamastra (Ita) Hard Rock FRW 6.43 11 Allesandro Gambino (Ita) Racing Team KTM-Dayco 7.41 12 Pavel Boudny (Cze) Odlo Specialized 7.55 13 Silvio Bundi (Swi) Giant-Swiss-Team 8.07 14 Pascal Schmutz (Swi) Corratec World Team 8.20 15 Nicola Rohrbach (Swi) central GHOST Pro Team 8.20 16 Marco Arnold (Swi) Gisler-Craft 8.58 17 Patrick Tresch (Swi) GU Plus/Thomyk/VMC Silenen 10.39 18 Jeremy Huguenin (Swi) Giant-Swiss-Team 10.44 19 Shlomi Haimy (Isr) BikePark.ch 11.04 20 Mathias Flückiger (Swi) 23 deegres/Trek 11.49 21 Patrik Gallati (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing 12.17 22 Nicolas Lüthi (Swi) Prof Raiffeisen 12.34 23 Jiri Novak (Cze) Odlo Specialized 13.12 24 Lachlan Norris (Aus) DiscoverTasmania.com 13.12 25 Ueli Schädler (Swi) Energie MTB Team 13.20 26 Florian Meyer (Swi) MTB Cycletech Racing Team 14.25 27 Tad Elliott (USA) USA National MTB Team 14.37 28 Giancarlo Sax (Swi) Thömus Racing Team 14.50 Lapped 29 Marcel Bartholet (Swi) Wheeler Swiss Team 30 Rob Squire (USA) USA National MTB Team 31 Rudolf Biedermann (Swi) Team Mahu 32 Markus Bless (Swi) Tower Sports-VC Eschenbach 33 Cyril Calame (Swi) Frénétic-Bernasconi-Volvo 34 Mitch Hoke (USA) USA National MTB Team 35 Tristan Cowie (USA) USA National MTB Team 36 Lucien Peterhans (Swi) Velo Franz/Univega 37 George Bennet (NZl) New Zealand 38 Roberto Crisi (Ita) Hard Rock FRW 39 Damian Perrin (Swi) Free Mountain/Koba 40 Charlton Durie (Aus) DiscoverTasmania.com 41 Christophe Geiser (Swi) Prof Raiffeisen CCL 42 Gael Martinet (Swi) Dome Cycle/VC Rennaz 43 Matthias Allenspach (Swi) Tower Sports-VC Eschenbach 44 Mathias Krähemann (Swi) Bike Team Ramsauer-Micarna 45 Kevin Kane (USA) USA National MTB Team 46 Stephan Ettinger (USA) USA National MTB Team 47 Martino Di Pierdomenico (Ita) Hard Rock FRW 48 Ethan Gilmour (USA) USA National MTB Team 49 Klemens Bont (Swi) Gaetzi.comi/RMC Gossau 50 Giovanni Dallera (Ita) Racing Team KTM-Dayco 51 Dominik Buksa (Cze) Odlo Specialized 52 Daniel Eymann (Swi) Thömus Racing Team 53 Massimiliano Cossano (Ita) Dayco Racing Team 54 Trevor Downing (USA) USA National MTB Team 55 Francesco Niccoli (Ita) Hard Rock FRW DNF Michael Tumler (Ita) L´Arcobaleno Carraro Team DNF Colin Osborne (USA) USA National MTB Team DNF Severin Disch (Swi) Giant-Swiss-Team DNF Joris Boillat (Swi) Frenetic-Bernasconi DNF Michel Luginbühl (Swi) Bikecenter Radsport DNF Tobias Hollenstein (Swi) Bike Team Ramsauer-Micarna DNF Hansueli Stauffer (Swi) IXS Swiss Wheeler Team DNF Jonas Baumann (Swi) Haibike-Swiss IT Repair MTB DNF Benjamin Büchi (Swi) Scott RV Winterthur DNF Michael Hutter (Swi) Pink Gili Swiss DNF Samuel Reichen (Swi) Haibike-Swiss IT Repair MTB Elite women 1 Nathalie Schneitter (Swi) Colnago 1.44.19 2 Eva Lechner (Ita) Colnago 0.16 3 Petra Henzi (Swi) Fischer-BMC 0.49 4 Caroline Mani (Fra) BikePark.ch 2.25 5 Katrin Leumann (Swi) goldwurst-power / Sputnik 3.33 6 Maria Osl (Aut) Fischer-BMC 4.11 7 Rowena Fry (Aus) DiscoverTasmania.com 5.45 8 Kathrin Stirnemann (Swi) Merida Suisse Team 6.11 9 Esther Süss (Swi) Wheeler-IXS Pro Team 7.39 10 Vivienne Meyer (Swi) Colnago 9.51 11 Virginie Pointet (Swi) BikePark.ch 10.13 12 Gracie Elvin (Aus) DiscoverTasmania.com 10.32 13 Lorraine Truong (Swi) Prof Flühlmann / CCL 11.24 14 Myriam Saugy (Swi) Texner BMC 11.47 15 Corina Gantenbein (Swi) ewz.biketeam.gr 12.13 16 Jane Nüssli (GBr) Credo-Bikes.com 12.26 17 Alexa Hüni (Ger) VAUDE Simplon 12.27 18 Fabienne Niederberger (Swi) X.O.-Felt 12.29 19 Sarah Koba (Swi) Giant-Swiss-Team 13.49 20 Sandra Walter (Can) Local Ride Elite Women's MTB 15.01 Lapped 21 Catherine Lohri (Swi) Free Mountain/Koba 22 Nicole Perruchon (Ita) Racing Team KTM-Dayco 23 Jennifer Sägesser (Swi) Thömus Racing Team 24 Marina Giger (Swi) Tower Sports-VC Eschenbach 25 Fanny Martinet (Swi) Giant-Valais.ch 26 Andrea Bannwart (Swi) BMC 27 Céline Farner (Swi) Velo Franz/Univega 28 Karin Rappo (Swi) Mahu 29 Gabriela Glaus (Swi) VC Steinmaur 30 Deborah Spescha (Swi) ewz.biketeam.gr 31 Daniela Stünzi (Swi) Haibike-Swiss IT Repair MTB DNF Marielle Saner-Guinchard (Swi) BikePark.ch DNF Nadine Rieder (Ger) FBI racingteam.youngstars DNF Patricia Doglione (Swi) Giant / Bergrad Team DNF Fabienne Heinzmann (Swi) BikePark.ch DNF Agnes Naumann (Ger) Bike ARGE ST. Märgen DNF Anna Oberparleiter (Ita) Hard Rock FRW Junior men 1 Roger Walder (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing 1.22.42 2 Reto Indergand (Swi) TG Zentralschweiz/IG RS-Uri 0.42 3 Lukas Loretz (Swi) Giant-Swiss-Team 1.13 4 Matthias Stirnemann (Swi) Merida Suisse Team 2.15 5 Patrick Lüthi (Swi) Prof - Raiffeisen 4.02 6 Gian-Marco Gasser (Swi) Tower Sports-VC Eschenbach 4.30 7 Emilien Barben (Swi) Zeta Cycling Club 8 Fabian Paumann (Swi) Merida Suisse Team 4.32 9 Kevin Krieg (Swi) Yeti Ullmann 5.06 10 Marc Stutzmann (Swi) MTB Cycletech Racing Team 5.26 11 Stefan Peter (Swi) TG Zentralschweiz 6.09 12 Claude Koster (Swi) MTB Cycletech Racing Team 6.19 13 Mike Schuler (Swi) TG Zentralschweiz 6.24 14 Kieran Hambrook (NZl) New Zealand 6.35 15 Janos Ruch (Swi) Fischer Junior MTB Team 6.49 16 Martin Strebel (Swi) Fischer Junior MTB Team 7.14 17 Anthony Grand (Swi) DOM Cycle / VC Rennaz 7.16 18 Michael Stünzi (Swi) Haibike-Swiss IT Repair MTB 8.14 19 Marc Schärli (Swi) RC Gränichen 8.50 20 Samuel Bieri (Swi) Tower Sports-VC Eschenbach 9.10 21 Marc Flury (Swi) Thömus Racing Team 9.15 22 Simon Faust (Swi) Hobi-Bau/MF.Hügler Wetzikon 9.52 23 Amotz Nehoray (Isr) C.C.C / Team Israel 10.20 24 Fabian Obrist (Swi) Stevens 10.57 25 Benedikt Mündle (Lie) Merida Liechtenstein 11.14 26 Elia Omodei (Swi) Scott Radsport Stutz 11.26 27 Simon Fankhauser (Swi) MTB Cycletech Racing Team 13.02 28 Severin Sägesser (Swi) Thömus Racing Team 13.11 29 Mario Nideröst (Swi) TG Zentralschweiz/Aegeri Bike 13.12 30 Kevin Rossier (Swi) Frenetic Bernasconi 13.18 31 Maxime Schmid (Swi) BikePark.ch 15.04 32 Johannes Gujan (Swi) VC Surselva 15.16 33 Marc Hermann (Swi) ewz.biketeam.gr 16.15 34 Rafael Haubensak (Swi) Sherpa Tensing Pedalerie 16.25 35 Robin Böhi (Swi) Velothek-Baloise 17.02 Lapped 36 Ronny Koller (Swi) RSS Rheintal 37 Pascal Stettler (Swi) Fischer Junior MTB Team 38 Remo Bislin (Swi) Bike 4 Fun 39 Basil Fanti (Swi) RRZ Goldwurst.ch Nordwest 40 Daniel Humm (Swi) VC Wädenswil/Radnroll Bike Team 41 Circelli Ludovic (Swi) VC Estavayer 42 Maxence Schummer (Fra) VCS Altkirch 43 Fabian Aschwanden (Swi) VMC Silenen/IG Radsport Uri 44 Raphael Kyburz (Swi) Merida Rookies Team 45 Michel Woerner (Swi) goldwurst-power / Ridley / VCR 46 Frank Bauch (Fra) Chouet Bike Club Village 47 Daniel Hagmann (Swi) Koba.ch 48 Andrea Bardill (Swi) Merida Team Bikepowerhaus 49 Bastien Burkhalter (Swi) Giant / Cycle Gunzinger DNF Basil Ryser (Swi) Thömus Future DNF Maxime Ebel (Swi) Prof Raiffeisen DNF Florian Kaufmann (Swi) Hobi-Bau/MF.Hügler Wetzikon DNF Christoph Fässler (Swi) thomyk / VC Gersau DNF Bryan Falaschi (Swi) Hard Rock FRW Junior women 1 Michelle Hediger (Swi) Fischer-BMC 1.35.49 2 Lisa Mitterbauer (Aut) BikePark.ch 0.01 3 Nicole Hanselmann (Swi) bike-import.ch/RV Wetzikon 0.07 4 Vania Schumacher (Swi) Top Cycle 6.46 5 Tanja Starkermann (Swi) Fischer Junior MTB Team 10.51 6 Noga Korem (Isr) Teamisgav / Team Israel 13.05 7 Aurelia Sonderegger (Swi) PBR-Matic 17.19 8 Céline Ernst (Swi) Stöckli Racing Team 19.40 9 Seraina Gasser (Swi) Tower Sports-VC Eschenbach 2.12 DNF Cora Grossmann (Swi) Merida Suisse Team Amateurs & masters 1 Matthias Rupp (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing 1.19.58 2 Konny Looser (Swi) BiXS - iXS Swiss Team 2.40 3 Olof Jonsson (Swi) Corratec World Team 3.23 4 Simon Weber (Swi) Merida Suisse Team 4.24 5 Mirco Widmer (Swi) Fischer Junior MTB Team 5.04 6 Roland Häfeli (Swi) Fischer-BMC 5.08 7 Marc Metzler (Swi) Pink Gili Swiss 5.10 8 Florian Thie (Swi) MTB Cycletech Racing Team 5.22 9 Xavier Dafflon (Swi) Pro Cycles-Scott-NewWork 6.02 10 Lucien Besancon (Swi) Velocenter Wangen a.A. 6.19 11 Sebastian Ostertag (Swi) VC Wädenswil/velo-reichmuth.ch 6.46 12 Hans Burkhard (Swi) Koba Bike Team/VC Vaduz 7.00 13 David Baumann (Swi) Haibike-Swiss IT Repair MTB 7.00 14 Jörg Egli (Swi) Wheeler-IXS Swiss Team 7.19 15 Silvio Büsser (Swi) BiXS - iXS Swiss Team 7.29 16 Michael Wildhaber (Swi) Tower Sports-VC Eschenbach 7.33 17 Benoit Beaud (Swi) BikePark.ch 7.34 18 Daniel Kaufmann (Swi) Haibike-Swiss IT Repair MTB 7.59 19 Yannick Sarret (Swi) Prof Raiffeisen 8.13 20 Matthias Lauk (Swi) Energie MTB Team 8.13 21 Andreas Boeriis (Swi) Schmid Velo/VBC Rupperswil 8.14 22 Sandro Soncin (Swi) Goodsport 8.14 23 Roger Dittli (Swi) Stöckli-Craft 8.44 24 Christophe Niederhauser (Swi) Prof Raiffeisen 8.45 25 Jeremias Marti (Swi) TG-Zentralschweiz.ch 9.31 26 Sandro Hediger (Swi) Fischer Junior MTB Team 10.12 27 Marco Hungerbühler (Swi) Goodsport/VBT Seetal 10.12 28 Michael Montandon (Swi) Zeta Cycling Club 10.19 29 Stephan Meier (Ger) Sabine Spitz Junior Team 11.09 30 Sandro Kessler (Swi) ewz.biketeam.gr 11.10 31 Philipp Gerber (Swi) Thömus Racing Team 11.40 32 Patrick Hediger (Swi) RV Merishausen/Russenberger 12.38 33 Mirco Zürcher (Swi) BSK Graf/VC Volketswil 14.05 34 Andreas Bruder (Swi) Bike4Fun 14.06 35 Manuel Ritter (Swi) MTB Cycletech Racing Team 17.11 36 Alexander Fischer (Ger) SG Rheinfelden/Nachwuchs Spitz 19.09 Lapped 37 Dumeni Vincenz (Swi) Thömus Racing Team 38 Marcel Bader (Swi) VBT Seetal 39 Benno Heussi (Swi) GU-Plus / thomyk 40 Patrick Gobat (Swi) Free Velo Passion VCFM 41 David Bieri (Swi) Krapf Bike Wave 42 Luca Formoso (Swi) Cycle Shop/RV Winterthur 43 Patrick Hassenfratz (Fra) VC Alstia Guebwiller 44 Xavier Scheepers (Swi) 45 Benjamin Loretz (Swi) Thömus Racing Team DNF Hannes Wunsch (Ger) SG Rheinfelden/Nachwuchs Spitz DNF Thomas Weber (Swi) ewz.biketeam.gr DNF Sebastian Hilbe (Aut) Kraftstoff DNF Oliver Stehlin (Swi) Bergrad.ch DNF Christian Bickel (Swi) Total Sport/Steda Fun men 1 Andreas Zünd (Swi) Pink Gili Swiss 57.02 2 Adrian Berger (Swi) Thömus Racing Team 0.01 3 Mathias Alig (Swi) VC Surselva 1.11 4 Yann Montavon (Swi) Alouettes.ch 1.25 5 Lukas Bucher (Swi) Tropical Solothurn 1.34 6 Simon Wüthrich (Swi) Thömus/VC Baerau 1.50 7 Andy Bachmann (Swi) VC Perrefitte 2.23 8 Thomas Schädler (Swi) Energie MTB Team 2.32 9 Hans Brandenberger (Swi) 3.10 10 Martin Häusermann (Swi) René’s Veloshop/VBT Seetal 11 Adrian Muri (Swi) VC Sursee 3.19 12 Stefan Straubhaar (Swi) Bergamont/Bike Shop Sigriswil 4.26 13 David Schädler (Swi) Energie MTB Team 4.32 14 Nicolas Chopard (Swi) Tropical Solothurn 5.00 15 David Clemenceau (Swi) Giant/Jurassic Bikes 5.19 16 Thomas Maier (Swi) The Fighters/Sportplausch Wider 5.20 17 Pascal Tanner (Swi) 5.23 18 Andreas Ziegler (Swi) velo-art.ch 5.50 19 Men Marugg (Swi) Stevens-Klosters 5.50 20 Patric Eichelberger (Swi) Thömus Factory Team 5.57 21 Michael Frei (Swi) Velo Franz/Univega 6.02 22 Christoph Rindlisbacher (Swi) 6.04 23 Marc Zubler (Swi) Alptours-Pneu Egger 6.11 24 Patrick Zollinger (Swi) Stöckli-MTB-Team 6.19 25 Thomas Straubhaar (Swi) Bikecenter Radsport 6.36 26 Daniel Büschlen (Swi) Giant/Büschlenbikesport 6.53 27 Roy Studer (Swi) Tropical Solothurn 7.06 28 Martin Henggeler (Swi) Aegeri Bike Club 7.18 29 Marco Heuscher (Swi) Giant-Velo Legi-Team 7.30 30 Matthias Straubhaar (Swi) Bikecenter Radsport 8.01 31 Markus Walt (Swi) Pink Gili Swiss 8.03 32 Fabian Huber (Swi) The Fighters SportplauschWider 8.04 33 Stefan Hess (Swi) 8.38 34 Fabian Schaller (Swi) René's Veloshop 9.14 35 Christian Reber (Swi) Tropical Solothurn 10.20 36 Jeremy Jayawardena (Swi) www.velofix.ch 11.01 37 Silvan Heeb (Swi) Tropical Solothurn 11.24 38 Fabian Zogg (Swi) Lucky Star 11.25 39 Simon Baumann (Swi) Uebelhardt Tri Team 11.36 40 Silvan Marti (Swi) CC Moutier 11.38 41 Marco Frankhauser (Swi) Kraftwerk 11.45 42 Fabian Hugi (Swi) 11.45 43 Ludovic Angiolini (Swi) Felt Cycle Centre 12.12 44 Mathias Lüscher (Swi) 12.31 45 Christoph Widmer (Swi) Vontobel 12.51 46 Markus Odermatt (Swi) 13.25 47 Jan Schär (Swi) Thömus Sport Team 13.48 48 Richard Wüthrich (Swi) VC Hittnau 14.04 49 Roger Fässler (Swi) Giant 14.57 50 Michael Wyss (Swi) Bicycle Obsession Aarberg 15.02 51 Eugene Van Rooyen (RSa) 15.28 52 Tobias Haefeli (Swi) Gielehütte.ch 17.10 53 Roland Allemann (Swi) 17.42 54 Andreas Meister (Swi) 18.01 Lapped 55 Marco Kurmann (Swi) TG-Zentralschweiz 56 Roberto Weichelt (Swi) 57 Benjamin Iten (Swi) VC Schötz go-in.ch 58 Michael Fluri (Swi) 59 Lucien Schulthess (Swi) 60 Michael Aellen (Swi) VC Tögg 61 Christoph Rytz (Swi) Kraftwerk Rocky Mountain 62 Bernd Schaible (Swi) 63 Marcel Steiner (Swi) Ypsomed 64 Dieter Werpel (Swi) Ypsomed 65 Jannick Wehrli (Swi) Rivella 66 Joel Fischer (Swi) Rivella 67 Sascha Schoni (Swi) Pro Cycling Schaller 68 Patrick Kronig (Swi) 69 Amro Moatemed (Swi)
