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Afxentia Time Trial - NE
Afxentia 2007 XCT, Macheras Mountains, Cyprus, March 3, 2007
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- Elsbeth Van Rooy-Vink (Holland National Team) focused prior to the start.
- Bart Brentjens (Holland National Team) climbs the course.
- Jaroslav Kulhavý (Michelin - Specialized MTB team) is fifth on general classification.
- Fredrik Kessiakoff (Cannondale-Vredestein) leads the series from teammate Roel Paulissen.
- Roel Paulissen (Cannondale-Vredestein) sits in second place, some 49 seconds behind Kessiakoff.
- Tereza Hurikova (Ceska sporitelna MTB) holds second place in the elite women's series.
- Kraft Ivonne took second in the time trial.
- Elsbeth Van Rooy-Vink (Holland National Team) won the time trial.
- Elina Sophokleous (Bikin’cyprus Int’l MTB team) finished fifth.
- Christof Bischof (Bikin’cyprus Int’l MTB team).
The Afxentia 2007 stage race consists of two UCI class 1 races plus a time trial (results below) only counting in the general classification. The two UCI-races are also included as race nos. two and three in the Sunshine Cup.
Time trial results
Elite men 1 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Cannondale-Vredestein 18.41 2 Bart Brentjens (Ned) Netherlands National Team 0.17 3 Roel Paulissen (Bel) Cannondale-Vredestein 0.21 4 Jaroslav Kulhavý (Cze) Michelin - Specialized MTB team 0.35 5 Sergiy Rysenko (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 0.52 6 Jan Skarnitzl (Cze) dimp Giant team 0.57 7 Bas Peters (Ned) Netherlands National Team 1.00 8 Magnus Darvell (Swe) Falu CK Sweden 1.10 9 Filip Eberl (Cze) Scania-Apache-Team Kolin 1.11 10 Tomás Tvrdík (Cze) Michelin - Specialized MTB team 1.11 11 Christof Bischof (Swi) Bikin’cyprus Int’l MTB team 1.12 12 Václav Hlavác (Cze) Scania-Apache-Team Kolin 1.16 13 Andras Melts (Hun) 1.19 14 Evgeny Petchenine (Rus) Russian National Team 1.26 15 Ondrej Zelený (Cze) Scania-Apache-Team Kolin 1.29 16 Giuseppe Lamastra (Ita) Hard Rock FRW 1.39 17 Joris Massaer (Bel) 1.49 18 Oleksandr Iakymenko (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 1.55 19 Ruud Rentmeester (Ned) 2.10 20 Marios Athanasiades (Cyp) Bikin’cyprus Int’l MTB team 2.13 21 Andriy Gumenyuk (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 2.14 22 Max Öste - Macdonald (Swe) Cykelcity.se 2.24 23 Radim Korinek (Cze) Maxidek cannondale 2.27 24 Frank Beemer (Ned) 2.29 25 Branko Grah (Aut) Team Mountainbiker 2.37 26 Max Friedrich (Ger) Team Voitl 2.44 27 Yevyhen Medvedstkyy (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 2.48 28 Mattias Nilsson (Swe) Falu CK Sweden 2.54 29 Tobias Ullmann (Ger) Haibike/RF Hilpoltstein 3.08 30 Sergey Nikolaev (Rus) Russian National Team 3.08 31 Giorgos Fattas (Cyp) 3.13 32 Victor Trokhin (Rus) Russian National Team 3.15 33 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Maxidek cannondale 3.20 34 Jirka Hudecek (Cze) Maxidek cannondale 3.35 35 Jorgen Flion (Bel) 3.42 36 Vaclav Aska (Cze) Survival - Walpark - Colnago 3.50 37 Ivan Grabovsky (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 3.52 38 Maxim Zhurkin (Rus) Russian National Team 4.07 39 Lucacs Balint (Hun) 4.08 40 Francesco Panza (Ita) Bikin’cyprus Int’l MTB team 4.25 41 Vladislavs Nevoznaks (Lat) 4.27 42 Alexey Belokrylov (Rus) Russian National Team 4.31 43 Oscar Ekstam (Swe) Falu CK Sweden 4.49 44 Beals Paul (GBr) 4.58 45 Mark Allen (GBr) 5.43 46 Alexey Kolodin (Rus) Russian National Team 5.49 47 Copper William (GBr) 6.48 DNF Christian Schart (Ger) Team Guttenberger/RF Hilpoltstein DNF Graham Clark (GBr) DNF Frank Schotman (Ned) DNS Emil Lindgren (Swe) Gewiss-Bianchi DNS Anders Hovdenes (Nor) DNS Hakon Austad (Nor) DNS Dariusz Batek (Pol) DNS Truls Haugseth (Nor) DNS Kristian Torgensen (Nor) DNS Marcin Karczynski (Pol) DNS Evgeny Krylov (Rus) Russian National Team DNS Nicola Rohrbach (Swi) DNS Martin Bradland (Nor) DNS Andreas Lieberher (Swi) DNS Andreas Nicolaou (Rom) DNS Andrian Rzialakiewicz (Pol) DNS Ioan Mogos (Rom) Romanian National Team Elite women 1 Elsbeth Van Rooy-Vink (Ned) Netherlands National Team 23.01 2 Ivonne Kraft (Ger) 0.33 3 Tereza Hurikova (Cze) Ceska sporitelna MTB 0.38 4 Laura Turpijn (Ned) Netherlands National Team 0.39 5 Elina Sophokleous (Cyp) Bikin’cyprus Int’l MTB team 1.16 6 Ariëlle Van Meurs (Ned) Netherlands National Team 1.29 7 Nataliya Krompets (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 2.53 8 Oxana Rybakova (Rus) Russian National Team 3.00 9 Tereza Jansova (Cze) Ceska sporitelna MTB 3.07 10 Ksenia Chernykh (Rus) Russian National Team 3.21 11 Liliya Zaytseva (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 3.55 12 Evgenia Belozerova (Rus) Russian National Team 4.24 13 Nataliya Rogut (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 5.27 14 Alexa Huni (Ger) Team Vaude Daempfle Mathis 7.23 15 Ellen Ostringer (Ger) 17.01
