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Marathon World Championships - CM
Lillehammer, Norway, August 20, 2005
2004 Results Results Past winners
Results - 116 km
Photography
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Images by Øyvind Aas
- American rider Gretchen Reeves negotiates her way round the course
- Maarten Tjallingii (Netherlands) gases it near some tree roots
- German rider Moritz Milatz looks composed over this section
- Norwegian marathon Champ Lars Petter Nordhaug had a tough day and flatted near the end. Here he rides with Roland Stauder
- Norweigian Tom Larsen concentrates hard
- Petter Jørgensen sat mid pack early in the race, but pulled out later in the race
- Jan Sæther (Norway) managed to finish in 64th
- Norweigian Henning Weaas working hard over these roots
- Mats Mikael Larsen (Norway)
- Sigmund Aas (Norway) charges down the hill
- Can nobody stop her? Gunn-Rita Dahle is one happy camper to win at home
- Norweigian Gunn-Rita Dahle (Merida) on her way to another World Championship - this time in front of her home fans!
- Blaza Klemencic from Slovenia came third in last years Marathon worlds in Austria. She went one better in Lillehammer
- Pre race favorite Anne Enocsson (Sweden) in front of bronze winner Petra Henzi. Enocsson finished fourth.
- Dutchman Bart Brentjens ahead of Frishi after 20 kilometres
- Eventual winner Thomas Frischknecht makes it look pretty easy
- Karl Platt (Germany) ended the day in sixth, but deserved a medal after flatting
- Håkon Austad was the Norwegian hope. An exploded tyre after 90km stopped him in his tracks
- Frischi does it! And a delighted man he is in victory
- Man, that hurt! Thomas Frischnecht sits and recovers from his winning effort
- Silver for Bart Brentjens at marathon worlds - not too bad
- Italian rider Dario Acquaroli is happy with bronze
- Italian Paola Pezzo who is a dual Olympic champion, looking happy at the finish
- Roel Paulissen of Belgium is MTB world number one, and enjoyed his ride in Norway
- It's all smiles at the finish
- The men's podium (l-r): Bart Brentjens (Netherlands), Thomas Frischknecht (Switzerland), Dario Acquaroli (Italy)
- Tom and Tom... Thomas Frischnecht is congratulated by long time sponsor and friend Tom Ritchey
- The women's podium (l-r): Blaza Klemencic (Slovenia), Gunn-Rita Dahle (Norway), Petra Henzi (Switzerland)
Women 1 Gunn-Rita Dahle (Norway) 4.05.18 2 Blaza Klemencic (Slovenia) 1.43 3 Petra Henzi (Switzerland) 2.25 4 Anna Enocsson (Sweden) 2.46 5 Pia Sundstedt (Finland) 4.15 6 Daniela Louis (Switzerland) 7.40 7 Esther Süss (Switzerland) 10.56 8 Irina Kalentieva (Russian Federation) 10.57 9 Martina Deubler (Austria) 11.03 10 Gretchen Reeves (United States Of America) 11.27 11 Paola Pezzo (Italy) 12.08 12 Grete Treier (Estonia) 12.11 13 Roberta Gasparini (Italy) 12.57 14 Melissa Thomas (United States Of America) 17.28 15 Dolores Maechler-Rupp (Switzerland) 18.28 16 Jenny Mccauley (Ireland) 18.53 17 Claudia Marsilio (Italy) 20.12 18 Ivonne Kraft (Germany) 21.59 19 Jaqueline Mourao (Brazil) 23.02 20 Bernardine Boog-Rauwerda (Netherlands) 23.33 21 Carina Ketonen (Finland) 26.39 22 Alena Dymlova (Czech Republic) 27.27 23 Ivanda Eiduka (Latvia) 29.13 24 Elizabeth Scalia (Great Britain) 30.10 25 Barbora Radova (Czech Republic) 33.08 26 Tania Raats (South Africa) 42.39 27 Åsa Erlandsson (Sweden) 43.01 28 Caroline Jackson (Great Britain) 44.01 29 Marta Vajda (Hungary) 45.03 30 Sandra Santanyes Murillo (Spain) 46.19 31 Kicki Skog (Sweden) 51.56 32 Hanlie Booyens (South Africa) 54.14 33 Monika Derntl (Austria) 1.00.54 34 Melina Sen (Germany) 1.13.26 35 Emilia Szymanska (Poland) 1.16.55 36 Antonella Incristi (Italy) 1.19.40 37 Kerstin Kögler (Germany) 1.24.27 DNF Tarja Owens (Ireland) DNF Alexandra Hober (Italy) DNF Hanna Bergman (Sweden) DNF Kine Høst Denstad (Norway) DNF Alexandra Rosenstiel (Germany) DNS Sandra Klose (Germany) DNS Katrin Schwing (Germany) DNS Maria Östergren (Sweden) DNS Elina Sophocleous (Cyprus) DNS Marie Costa Raymond (Haiti) DNS Marie Migalene Ermilus-Seme (Haiti) DNS Roseline Richard (Haiti) DNS Anna Baylis-Scheiderbauer (Germany) DNS Marie Oslaine Petit Homme Juste (Haiti) DNS Nadine Babier (Haiti) Men 1 Thomas Frischknecht (Switzerland) 3.52.01 2 Bart Brentjens (Netherlands) 1.43 3 Dario Acquaroli (Italy) 2.50 4 Peter Riis Andersen (Denmark) 5.42 5 Ralph Naef (Switzerland) 5.58 6 Karl Platt (Germany) 6.05 7 Marco Bui (Italy) 6.34 8 Thomas Dietsch (France) 6.47 9 Andreas Kugler (Switzerland) 7.05 10 Jader Zoli (Italy) 8.18 11 Roel Paulissen (Belgium) 8.38 12 Stefan Sahm (Germany) 9.11 13 Mauro Bettin (Italy) 9.14 14 Christian Heule (Switzerland) 9.24 15 Moritz Milatz (Germany) 9.25 16 Jochen Kass (Germany) 9.36 17 Hector Leonardo Paez Leon (Colombia) 9.42 18 Martin Kraler (Austria) 10.07 19 Sandro Spaeth (Switzerland) 10.22 20 Maarten Tjallingii (Netherlands) 10.43 21 Hannes Genze (Germany) 10.46 22 Thomas Girardi (Switzerland) 10.50 23 Manuel Fumic (Germany) 11.30 24 Thomas Zahnd (Switzerland) 11.32 25 Lado Fumic (Germany) 11.49 26 Alban Lakata (Austria) 27 Roland Stauder (Italy) 11.55 28 Bas Peters (Netherlands) 12.06 29 Mannie Heymans (Namibia) 12.33 30 Kevin Evans (South Africa) 12.34 31 Christof Bischof (Switzerland) 12.50 32 Tim Bohme (Germany) 13.59 33 Karl Markt (Austria) 14.09 34 Marzio Deho (Italy) 14.14 35 Sigvard Kukk (Estonia) 14.18 36 Johann Pallhuber (Italy) 14.30 37 Gøran Syversen (Norway) 14.43 38 Eero Jäppinen (Finland) 15.04 39 Allan Oras (Estonia) 15.49 40 Richard Mccauley (Ireland) 15.55 41 Ramon Bianchi (Italy) 16.13 42 Olegs Melehs (Latvia) 17.17 43 Tom Larsen (Norway) 18.23 44 Geir Lien (Norway) 18.45 45 Thomas Spichtig (Switzerland) 21.04 46 Tudor Oprea Ovidiu (Romania) 21.08 47 Fredrik Modin (Sweden) 22.00 48 Jürgen Kotulla (Germany) 22.25 49 Roman Peter (Switzerland) 22.26 50 Calle Friberg (Sweden) 23.15 51 Benjamin Schmieg (Germany) 23.16 52 Martin Bratland (Norway) 23.19 53 Andreas Dilger (Germany) 23.41 54 Jay Henry (United States Of America) 24.13 55 Alges Maasikmets (Estonia) 24.48 56 Morten Hegreberg (Norway) 25.16 57 Tor Halvor Bjørnstad (Norway) 25.32 58 Alexander Eiler (Austria) 26.15 59 Jens Westergren (Sweden) 27.03 60 Petr Cirkl (Czech Republic) 27.19 61 Jose Manuel Garcia Rodriguez (Spain) 27.57 62 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Norway) 28.03 63 Raido Kodanipork (Estonia) 29.59 64 Jan Sæther (Norway) 30.02 65 Michael Janelle (United States Of America) 30.44 66 Thomas Stoll (Switzerland) 33.32 67 Truls Haugseth (Norway) 34.00 68 Marton Blazso (Hungary) 34.16 69 Bilal Akgul (Turkey) 70 Philippe Vullioud (Switzerland) 34.20 71 Erki Kukk (Estonia) 34.42 72 Adrian Lansley (Great Britain) 35.07 73 Zdenek Kriz (Czech Republic) 35.12 74 Helmet Tammkorv (Estonia) 35.26 75 Reto Matt (Germany) 35.58 76 Michael Borup (Denmark) 36.11 77 Michael Johansson (Sweden) 36.54 78 Jan Weevers (Netherlands) 37.23 79 Zsolt Vinczeffy (Hungary) 38.01 80 Ola Kjøren (Norway) 38.09 81 Mats Mikael Larsen (Norway) 38.20 82 Mikelis Vite (Latvia) 39.22 83 Ola Hellström (Sweden) 39.33 84 Hasan Kandemir (Turkey) 39.34 85 Jamie Newall (Great Britain) 40.10 86 Gustaf Granath (Sweden) 40.19 87 Ivan Rybarik (Czech Republic) 40.40 88 Steffan Repshus (Norway) 40.56 89 Jon Kristian Svaland (Norway) 41.07 90 John-Paul Pearton (South Africa) 42.35 91 Martin Schuttert (Netherlands) 44.08 92 Niclas Andersson (Sweden) 45.45 93 Joel Lussi (Switzerland) 45.57 94 Cameron Brenneman (United States Of America) 46.32 95 Santis Sarkanis (Latvia) 47.32 96 Askild Vatnbakk Larsen (Norway) 48.47 97 Erik Tammsoo (Estonia) 49.58 98 Marco Hinrichs (Switzerland) 50.26 99 Henning Weaas (Norway) 52.21 100 Milan Spolc (Czech Republic) 52.38 101 Timothy Carleton (Canada) 52.53 102 Erik Hägg (Sweden) 53.14 103 Christian Ladendorf (Germany) 53.56 104 Henrik Bitsch Kirk (Denmark) 54.24 105 Marios Athanasiades (Cyprus) 54.33 106 Aleksejs Saramotins (Latvia) 57.12 107 Roy Hopland (Norway) 57.37 108 Bjarte Vethe (Norway) 59.48 109 Sigmund Aas (Norway) 59.54 110 Johnny Gjerald (Norway) 1.00.02 111 Erik Berggren (Sweden) 1.00.13 112 David Windisch (Sweden) 1.02.23 113 Anders Brüning (Sweden) 1.07.04 114 Michael Loits (Belgium) 1.07.51 115 João Serralheiro (Portugal) 1.09.59 116 Martins Biezais (Latvia) 1.11.17 117 Sulev Luik (Estonia) 1.13.20 118 Justice Makhale (South Africa) 1.14.58 119 Brandon Stewart (South Africa) 1.18.19 120 Fabrizio Pecile (Italy) 1.21.43 121 Bastian Werkle (Germany) 1.32.17 122 Raymond Henriksen (Norway) 1.35.52 123 Anders Garmert (Sweden) 1.36.40 124 Michael Hoffmann (Germany) 1.43.21 125 Benny Wiklund (Sweden) 1.44.44 126 Alexander Knapp (Germany) 1.46.19 127 Luciano Livon (Italy) 2.00.59 128 Vicente Colomer Romero (Spain) DNF Joerg Scheiderbauer (Germany) DNF Guido Visser (Canada) DNF Carsten Bresser (Germany) DNF Robin Seymour (Ireland) DNF Tamas Toth (Hungary) DNF Hallvar Barlaup (Norway) DNF Håkon Austad (Norway) DNF Petter Jørgensen (Norway) DNF Liam Killeen (Great Britain) DNF Torsten Marx (Germany) DNF Andrea Moreale (Italy) DNF Mikk Krull (Estonia) DNF Philip Tavell (Sweden) DNS Knut Anders Fostervold (Norway) DNS Mattias Lövgren (Sweden) DNS Fredrik Ericsson (Sweden) DNS Petter Magnussen (Denmark) DNS Jacky Israel (Haiti) DNS Pascal Cattin (Switzerland) DNS Miguel Donard (Haiti) DNS Øyvind Aas (Norway) DNS Ergo Tisler (Estonia) DNS Kenol Leveillè (Haiti) DNS John Pierre (Haiti) DNS Dufaide Desgranges (Haiti) DNS Hernso Saintcyr (Haiti) DNS Paul Gregory Augustin (Haiti) DNS Edith Rinvil (Haiti) DNS Harry Charles Jr. (Haiti) DNS Lesly Senecharles (Haiti) DNS Alessandro Cottini (Italy) DNS Otto Eikeset (Norway)
Past winners
Women 2004 Gunn-Rita Dahle (Norway) Men 2004 Massimo de Bertolis (Italy)
