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Norwegian Marathon Championships - NE
Drammen, Norway, August 14, 2005
Nordhaug ousts Austad
By Øyvind Aas
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It took a sprint finish to separate Lars Petter Nordhaug and Håkan Austad in Drammen on Sunday. Lars Petter Nordhaug has long been the prodigy of Norwegian cycling. A season of road racing culminated with a spectacular mountain bike victory. "I expected to be the better sprinter, but you never know." Nordhaug said after beating his rival by two bike lengths.
The Maxbo Bianchi rider came straight from a road stage race in Hungary to prove he hasn't forgotten his mountain bike skills. In the super tough course in the hills around Drammen, Nordhaug and local boy Austad quickly left the rest of the racers behind. In the hills over Fjell south of Drammen Austad and Nordhaug managed to build a lead of over a minute on pre race favourite Geir Lien, Halvard Barlaup, Gøran Syversen and Truls Haugseth. Former pros Rune Høydahl and Tom Larsen were also sitting in the second group as the race entered the town square for the first time.
The race in Drammen consisted of three different loops, all starting and finishing in Drammen's commercial square.
Austad and Nordhaug worked together on the fast second lap. The pair managed to keep their lead on the charging second group. Out on the steep climbs on the third loop Austad knew he had to do something to shake Nordhaug off his wheel. Austad who lost the Norwegian XC-gold medal in July because of a puncture was determined not to lose the gold this time. Still young, Nordhaug proved too strong to shake. The mountain biker turned road pro was even the stronger one on the climbs. On the technical sections Austad was not able to get rid of Nordhaug. After a fast downhill the two riders came into town side by side.
Nordhaug clearly the strongest sprinter jumped for the line on the last 300 hundred metres and got the bike lengths he needed to secure the win.
A late charging Truls Haugseth also he from Drammen left the second group behind on the first hills on the third loop. With a big smile on his face he crossed the finish line in third place. A great results for him in his home town.
In the women's race, Multivan Merida rider Lene Byberg won well ahead of Linda Larsen and veteran race Cammila Hott Johansen.
Photography
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Images by Øyvind Aas
- Halvar Barlaup (Team Hard Rocx) leads up the first climb coming out of Drammen
- Håkon Austad (Drammen CK/Giant) pushes hard ahead of Lars Petter Nordhaug (Maxbo/Bianchi) on the first loop.
- Lars Petter Nordhaug takes the Norwegian Marathon Championships
- The disappointed silver medallist Håkon Austad
- The Champion Lars Petter Nordhaug
- Lene Byberg won the women's race.
Results
Elite Men 1 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Tønsberg CK/Team Maxbo-Bianchi) 2.15.00 2 Håkon Austad (Drammen CK) 0.01 3 Truls Haugseth (Drammen CK) 2.16 4 Hallvar Barlaup (Skåla IL/Team Hard Rocx) 2.45 5 Gøran Syversen (K.O.R.K./Team Hard Rocx) 2.46 6 Geir Lien (Nes CK/Team Sport 1 ) 7 Tom Larsen (IF Frøy) 3.46 8 Rune Høydahl (Drammen CK) 4.43 9 Steffan Repshus (Gjøvik CK/Team Sport 1 ) 5.51 10 Ole Christian Fagerli (S.K. Ceres) 5.52 11 Tor Halvor Bjørnstad (Vossevangen CK) 5.54 12 Jan Sæther (Trondhjems VK) 7.37 13 Lars Petter Stormo (Drammen CK) 7.58 14 Lars Ragnar Manengen (Lillehammer Cykleklubb) 10.39 15 Bjørn Ivar Ekberg (S.K. Ceres) 10.40 16 Sten-Are Harjo (S.K. Rye) 11.15 17 Håvard Sefland (Vennesla OCK) 11.42 18 Kjell Magnus Olsen (Karmøy CK) 12.48 19 Petter Jørgensen (I.F. Frøy/Team Maxbo-Bianchi) 13.20 20 Mats Larsen (IF Frøy) 13.42 21 Lars-Erik Andersen (Norman Hasle/Løren) 13.43 22 Trond Aarstad (Glåmdal SK) 15.02 23 Even Chiodera (Bærum OCK) 15.23 24 Odd Ivar Lindløv (Moss MTB) 15.25 25 Askild Larsen (Vatnbakk S.K. Rye) 15.45 26 Ola Kjøren (TVK) 16.35 27 Thomas Dahlsrud (Bærum OCK) 16.48 28 John Anders Gaustad (Brumunddal Sykleklubb) 17.40 29 Christian Udgaard (Drammen CK) 17.45 30 Fredrik Stormo (Drammen CK) 18.27 31 Otto Eikeset (Sogn Cykleklubb) 19.43 32 Svein Tore Gerhardsen (Glåmdal SK) 20.19 33 Terje Holm (Lillehammer Cykleklubb) 22.23 34 Lars Mikelsen (Bærum OCK) 24.34 35 Eirik Johansen (K.O.R.K.) 25.50 36 Espen Helgeland (Svelvik Sykleklubb) 27.02 37 Dan Jensen (Drammen CK) 30.00 38 Eine Hoel (IF Frøy) 38.02 Women 35-39 1 Brita Faanes 3.29.25 Women 40-44 1 Birte Skofteland (STABIL) 3.18.21 Women 55-59 1 Frøydis Borge Asmyhr (Vestfossen IF) 3.34.53 Men 16-19 1 Kent Robert Søberg Kristiansen (O.B.Wiik) 2.53.11 2 Bjørn Erik Skinnerlien (Lillehammer Cykleklubb) 8.32 3 Steffen Gjerdbakken (Tangen Ringerike) 37.26 4 Martin Nygård 42.00 Women Marathon 1 Lene Byberg (Bryne/Merida Norge) 2.42.47 2 Linda Larsen (Kristiansands Cykleklubb) 3.44 3 Camilla Hott Johansen (Ullensaker CK) 9.47 4 Linda Bahr (S. K. Rye) 15.47 5 Randi Warland (S. K. Rye) 16.27 6 Tone Kristin Larsen (S. K. Rye) 19.51 7 Hilde Larsen (Drammen CK) 20.27 8 Tonje Strømdahl (Hasle Løren) 28.20 9 Målfrid Ravnåsen Vangen (Lillehammer Cykleklubb) 31.22 10 Aina Østlund (Trondhjems VK) 51.22 Men 20-24 1 Olav Øen Johansen (K.O.R.K) 2.43.18 2 Pette Berntsen 0.27 3 Stefan Engstrøm (Mjøndalen IF) 11.49 4 Marius Bekkevold (Halden CK) 13.48 1 lap behind 5 Lars Bråten (Drammen CK) 6 Stian Sørlie (Spydeberg IL) 7 Ove Sollie (IL Vinn/Team Montebello) 8 Kjetil Smedberg (Birkebeineren) 9 Ole Petter Nilsen (Normet Group) 10 Lars Einar Pedersen (Riise) 11 Knut Harald Smette (Drammen CK) Men 25-29 1 Alf-Roger Holme (UCK) 2.26.47 2 Kristian Torgersen (Norefjell CK) 2.22 3 Tor Olav Brennhovd (Drammen CK) 14.11 4 Johannes Hovde (Brumunddal SK) 16.07 5 Larsen Torstein Bomann (BOC/Sportsidiot.com) 6 Sveinung Lunde (Spk Rye) 19.35 7 Hans Røragen (BOC / OBOS) 19.52 8 Terje Stulen (Volvo Aero Norge) 20.19 9 Øyvind Borgesen (Brumunddal SK) 22.57 10 Lars Rødberg Simensen (IF Sykkel) 25.37 11 Øystein Skjærholt (Teamegotrip) 32.07 12 Gunnar Staff (Ceres) 36.22 13 Hennin Arnesen 38.49 14 Lorang Frøhaug (Norefjell CK) 42.35 15 Frod Berentsen 1.00.08 16 Morten Stø (Platou BIL) 1.01.00 17 Espen Kværnstuen (Eiker CK) 1.13.20 18 David Aronsen (Trimmen Fysikalske) 1.14.18 Men 30-34 1 Ola Thomas Berntsen (Team Hardrocx / Ceres) 2.30.55 2 Rune Kollerud (Konnerud) 0.29 3 Geir Ottar Kvernstuen (NOTODDEN CK) 6.15 4 Øystein Lie (Vidar Triatlon) 9.40 5 Lars Håvard Sæbø (Team LOK) 12.50 6 Arve Værnes (Drammen CK) 15.01 1 lap behind 7 Geir Berge (Rye) 8 Vebjørn Rusten (HERNES IL SSG) 9 Rune Wiig (Veidekke BIL) 10 Bjørn Ellingsen (Rye) 11 Ole Kristian Skjørdal (IL Vinn / Team Montebello) 12 Olav Abel Lindberg (Drammen CK) 13 Kjetil Green (AGA klubben BIL) 14 Vegard Triseth (Noeconsult BIL) 15 Tom Bergene (Eiker CK) 16 Per Christian Stenshorne (Aker Kværner Bil) 17 Karsten Bjørn Rønning (Myhre Sport) 18 Atle Stubberud (Son SK) 19 Håvard Wendelstad (ACK) 20 Ole Henrik Wettre (Rye) 21 Stian Lund (P4 ) 22 Bård Brækken (Data Respons BIL) 23 Rune Håkerud (Rye) 24 Morten Bøstein (Melhus) 25 Nicholas Thomson (Peppekakehuset CK) 26 Magne Killingstad (P4 ) 27 Karl Gudmundsen (Bernhard) 28 Jacobsen Thomas Heum (Teamegotrip.com) 29 Trond Martinsen (Cato) 30 Pål Marius Christiansen (Pepperkakehuset CK) 31 Glenn Andre Odden (Hts B.i.l.) 32 Frode Otnes (Hafslund) 33 Eivind Laukvik (DKK) 34 Ole Petter Hansteensen (Hasle/Løren sykkel) 35 Jarle Hulsund (Volvo Aero Norge BIL) 36 Lar Simensen 37 Jarle Svanæs (Forskingsinstituttenes B.I.L.) 38 Jørn Rokke (PGS BIL) 39 Rune Sollund (PricewaterhouseCoopers BIL) 40 Stian Rånes (Solberg SK) 41 Halvo Haga Men 35-39 1 Morten Iversen (Team Oslo Sportslager) 2.32.04 2 Espen Aune (Østmarka IL) 2.05 3 Tom Lund (Sagene IF) 8.01 4 Ole Martin Anmarkrud (Sturla) 8.03 5 Erlend Gundersen (BOC) 9.54 6 Steinar Winther (Arendal CC) 10.07 7 Jørgen Botilsrud (NMK Drammen) 13.34 8 Stein Vegar Larsen (AkerKværner Tranby BIL) 14.30 9 Harald Bjørkhaug (Rye) 14.32 10 Dag Vidar Olsen (Posten) 17.42 11 Kjell Lindborg (Ericsson B.I.L) 17.43 12 Nils Olesen (Coma Tours) 19.06 13 Kløvstad Liungen Morten 20.52 14 Kristian Jørum (Asker CK) 21.16 15 Rune Holden (Fet skiklubb) 21.56 16 Magne Pedersen (Svelviksykleklubb) 23.12 17 Trond Pettersen (Solum TSK) 23.40 18 Frod Smith 25.04 19 Aksdal Rune (Nordea BIL / Ceres) 25.34 20 Jon Arne Fossen (Sjåstad/Vestre Lier) 26.04 21 Haakon Hansen (Nei - Nei - Nei) 28.47 22 Øystein Fladmark (-) 29.25 23 Arild Fladmark (Alpharma BIL) 24 Lars Enerhaugen (NBPIL) 29.36 25 Fred Lyhus (nmk drammen) 30.47 26 Jan P Furmyr (sas/ceres) 30.59 27 Morten Bjørge (OPIL) 31.12 28 Sime Scharning 33.14 29 Iver Mysterud (Røa IL) 33.18 30 John Arild Sukkestad (Eiker CK) 33.20 31 Rune Larsen Stubberud (Eiker CK) 33.33 32 Cato Knutsen Moe (AkerKvaerner BIL) 33.39 33 Anders Botilsrud (Tri-Sport) 34.55 34 Frode Wille Nilsen (ROS) 35.45 35 Gjermund Skaug (Hvittinfoss IL) 36.01 36 Ole Anton Bakke (Sandefjord Sykleklubb) 36.45 37 Sigmund Haverstad (Sylling IF) 37.06 38 Thoma Rødseth 37.58 1 lap behind 39 Rolf Petter Halle (Telenor BIL) 40 Jørn Nikolai Haugen (Volvo Aero Norge AS) 41 Sigmund Førde (Drammens Skøiteklub) 42 Kim Skotte (Heming) 43 Bernt Mehammer (Sverre Stortinget IL) 44 Viktor Lorentz (IF Frøy) 45 Øystei Karinen 46 Halvard Moe (Simula Bil) 47 Ståle Hammersland (Eiker Cykleklubb) 48 Jørn Langerud (Solum TSK) 49 Bjørn Holte (Ivar TCK) 50 Arve Inge Leirvik 51 Kimme Arnesen (Heming IL) 52 Ole Blom (Solberg) 53 Wolfgang Eick (I.F Frøy) 54 Børr Gjersvik 55 Frank Nordrum (Rye Sykkelklubb) 56 Roge Finstad 57 Frod Gundersen 58 Justin Fackrell (Frikransen) 59 Torgrim Riis (Hvittingfoss IL) 60 Trista Blonz 61 Erik Rutts (ACK) 62 Ole-Johnny Skøien (H2 KLUBBEN) 63 Odd Einar Mortensen (Stokvis Tapes Norge AS) Men 40-44 1 Roy Kjærnet (Fuji Team Norge 2005 ) 2.30.55 2 Lars Dalgaard (Nes SK) 11.03 3 Jon Gravdal (BOC / Normet Group) 20.58 4 Nils Inge Brurberg (Nordea) 21.01 5 Ole Morten Johansson (NOTODDEN CK) 21.59 6 Jensen Rune Holtze (IF Frøy) 22.39 7 Trond Almquist (Norcool/Sarpsborg SK) 23.20 8 Bernt Michael Kallevik (Drammen CK) 23.23 9 Brede Tørudstad (Brumunddal Sykleklubb) 26.07 10 Konrad Sel (Brummundal Sykkelklubb) 27.24 1 lap behind 11 Øystein Jørum (Asker CK) 12 Terje Stubberud (SH-Sykkel) 13 Rune Johansen (Rye) 14 Lars Petter Maltby (Arendal CC) 15 Jan Sletta (Tore BOC) 16 Kjell Teigland (CSN) 17 Svein Svendsen (TTIF Tistedal) 18 Ronny Estensen (Glitre offroad) 19 Leif Ivar Soleim (Elixia) 20 Geir Andersen (Eiker Cykleklubb) 21 Run Bjarås 22 Espen Rokke (PTI) 23 Christer Karlsson (IL Koll) 24 Thorlei Nøkleby 25 John Erik Sannes (Vetco Aibel BIL) 26 Trond Landheim (Primaflor) 27 Morten Holthe (Sandefjord Syklklubb) 28 Dag Henrik Rølmann (P4 ) 29 Helg Evenstad 30 Vidar Hoen (Eiker Cykleklubb) 31 Jan Erik Berg (Telenor/Liungen) 32 Asbjørn Bakke (FMC) 33 Stein Krohn Hansen (Draka Norsk Kabel) 34 Michael Bruteig (P4 ) 35 Henning Normann (KN-BIL) Men 45-49 1 Ole Kristian Silseth (Fuji Team Norge) 2.32.23 2 Pål Bakke (FMC) 4.21 3 Terje Larsson (Eiker CK) 11.24 4 Raymond Spydeberg Henriksen (IL Sykkel) 20.17 5 Morten Reinert (Asker CK) 26.40 6 Sven Lindberg (Eiker CK) 26.41 7 Kjetil Tanum (Larvik Ski) 27.39 8 Jan-Erik Tranholt (GSK/STATOIL BIL) 27.44 9 Tangen Pål Hansen (BOC) 27.50 10 Per Morten Jørum (Asker CK) 29.06 1 lap behind 11 Tom Haugland (BOL/AKS) 12 Cay Anders Josefsson 13 Erik Gustavsen (Konnerud IL) 14 Hans Henrik Bruusgaard (Draka Norsk Kabel) 15 Kjel Kirkeng 16 Dagfinn Blom (Eiker CK) 17 Roge Amundsen 18 Bjarne Brynning (Horten OC) 19 Magne Homelien (Svene IL) 20 Svein Aas (Drammens Tidende B.I.L.) 21 Børge Busvold (Drammen CK) 22 Bjørn Sæterøy (Åssiden IF) 23 Hugo Sollie (IL Vinn/Team Montebello) 24 Pedersen Lars Falck (Glitre Offroad) 25 Michael Eriksen (Glitre OffRoad) Men 50-54 1 Tore Tomter (CERES) 2.43.13 2 Willy Bjørsnøs (Volvo Aero Norge) 9.43 3 Trond Overn (SK Rye) 14.39 4 Jon Buxrud (KIWI) 28.44 5 Gjeruldsen Einar (Arendal CC) 31.16 6 Odd Birger Martinsen (SVENE I.L) 33.13 7 Knut Olav Schou (Veritas) 38.29 8 Øystein Dagestad (Asker CK) 38.44 9 Hartz Halvor (VIKERSUND) 40.10 10 Fridtjov Myhre (DCK) 57.53 Men 55-59 1 Mathiesen Bjørn (Sarpsborg S K) 3.08.49 2 Arne Kr. Hovde (MODUM CK) 4.39 3 Magne Øksdal (Rustad IL) 15.18 4 Knut Børke (Sparebank 1 ) 23.44 5 Nils Petter Haugfos (DBK) 34.11 Men 60-64 1 Knut Rønningen (CK Alliance/Nykirke) 3.14.57 2 Sverre Haugerud (I.K.Hero) 10.36 3 Jens Ivar Aasen (IF Tyristubben) 21.59 Men 65-69 1 Jørgen Chiodera (BOC) 3.35.21 Men Junior Marathon 1 Anders Hovdenes (IF Frøy) 2.25.32 2 Lars Frederic Nordbakken (Romeriksåsen SK) 15.59 3 Jørn Huseby (DCK) 17.01 4 Filip Hoel (IF Frøy) 19.15 5 Ole Martin Tanberg (PrebensenDrammen CK) 20.32 6 Marius Elvedal (Drammen CK) 20.58 7 Ol-Fredrik Aamodt (Sarpsborg SK) 29.49 8 Simen Knudsen (IF Frøy) 38.20 9 Espen Bakken (Drammen CK) 47.19 Teams 1 Epo Team 2.37.22 2 Bærtur - Drammen Team 1.32 3 VM-laget Roing 7.56 4 Drammen Bear Nordea 9.12 5 Forsikring Vesta 10.22 6 Valley Team 12.38 7 Drammen Bull Nordea 29.36 8 1 Maxbo 40.34 9 B.I.L SKD 1.04.48 Men Tandem 1 Tor Henriksen 3.24.53 2 Anne Enevoldsen Tveten (HaralGdlitre offroad) 6.42 Women 25-29 1 Stine Hjemstad Kirkevik (Fuji Team Norge 2005 ) 3.06.03 2 Trude Wermskog (Drammen CK) 32.48
