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Bike & Fun - Saalhausen Festival - 2

Saalhausen, Germany, July 13, 2008

2007 Results   Results 

Joseph and Milatz win Bundesliga round

Moritz Milatz winning
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New Zealand's Rosara Joseph and German Moritz Milatz won round three of the German MTB-Bundesliga series. Joseph finished ahead of a surprising young Silke Schmidt. Milatz defeated Christoph Soukup and Wolfram Kurschat.

In women's race Joseph (Ghost International) and Enaux (Lapierre) took the lead after the second of six laps. Together they held a gap of less than one minute to U23 racer Silke Schmidt (Fujibikes), who was having a good day.

Joseph waited until the beginning of the last lap. Then she forced the pace on the climb and got a gap, which she maintained until the end. "I really enjoyed the race. It was great to be here," said Joseph. "When I realized that I got the gap, I tried hold it." It was her first Bundesliga win.

Enaux said she had "no good legs" after intense training the days prior. But despite that, she held her lead in the overall. While going better than expected, Ivonne Kraft was suffering backaches.

Schmidt kept on strong during the whole race. "I was really surprised by myself. The legs worked very fine but I don't know why," she said with a big smile.

In the men's race a group of three emerged in the lead after two laps. Milatz (Multivan-Merida), Soukup (Fujibikes) and Kurschat (Topeak-Ergon) extended their lead lap by lap, but on the third lap, Kurschat encountered technical problems with his fork. He lost contact on the downhills and would close again on the uphills. But this strategy only worked only until lap five, which was the same lap when Soukup flatted his front wheel and fell behind Kurschat.

New Zealand's Rosara Joseph (GHOST International)
Photo ©: Armin M. Küstenbrück
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That left Milatz alone in front, and he extended his lead up to 1'50". Soukup was unable to catch Kurschat. Milatz crossed the line and celebrated his first Bundesliga victory ever.

"I felt really good," said Milatz. "[I'm] sorry for Christoph, I would have liked to compete with him.

Soukup said he felt Milatz was riding "very strong" but he himself was slowed by training after worlds, where he had finished sixth.

"I hope the next week at German Nationals I can show it during the whole race," said the hopeful third place finisher Kurschat.

Milatz also won Saturday's sprint. Six men proved strong in the race with Klaus Nielsen (Den/Alb-Gold) in second, young Markus Bauer (Haibike) in third and Heiko Gutmann (Rothaus-Cube) in fourth and keeping his overall lead.

Photography

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Images by Armin M. Küstenbrück

Results

Elite women

1 Rosara Joseph (NZl) GHOST International                 1.21.56
2 Sabrina Enaux (Fra) Team LAPIERRE International            1.14
3 Silke Schmidt (Ger) Fuji Bikes Europe                      1.27
4 Ivonne Kraft (Ger) Team Joybike / MBC Bochum               3.41
5 Laura Turpijn (Ned) herbalife-merida                       4.38
6 Anja Gradl (Ger) Central- GHOST- Team                      6.15
7 Tatjana Dold (Ger) Fuji-Bikes Europe                       6.16
8 Stefanie Andris (Ger) Rothaus-Cube-Junior-Team             6.57
9 Nina Kunz (Ger) Merida Deutschland                         7.21
10 Hanna Klein (Ger) Rothaus-Cube MTB Team                   7.23
11 Ines Thoma (Ger) SKS M.I.G. Team                         10.11
12 Silja Vetter (Ger) SC Hausach Neumayer Tekfor            11.07
13 Katharina Haase (Ger) TSV Böhringen Team Bergamont       13.53
14 Karen Brouwer (Ned) Scott Continental                    16.19

Behind one lap

15 Sandra Gockert (Ger) Harvestehuder RSV Stevens MTB            
16 Kim Vrielink (Ned) Zwiep Mountainbiketeam                     
17 Cora Paulukat (Ger) SV Steele 11/biketeam2008.de              
18 Mandy Platzdasch (Ger) RV Germania Rockenberg                 

Behind two laps

19 Marcela Baum (Ger) 2-Danger / www.boc24.de Factor             
 
Elite men A

1 Moritz Milatz (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team         1.39.09
2 Christoph Soukup (Aut) Team Fuji Bikes                     1.11
3 Wolfram Kurschat (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team            1.58
4 Klaus Nielsen (Den) Team ALB-GOLD Mountainbike             3.23
5 Steffen Thum (Ger) Team Mayer-Arbeitsbühnen / STE          3.33
6 Fabian Giger (Swi) SKS M.I.G. Team                         3.33
7 Bas Peters (Ned) herbalife-merida                          4.25
8 Robert Mennen (Ger) Team FUJI-BIKES Europe                 4.38
9 Felix Euteneuer (Ger) Rothaus-Cube MTB Team                5.30
10 Calle Friberg (Swe) Team SRM Stevens                      6.03
11 Benjamin Rudiger (Ger) Rothaus-Cube MTB Team              6.27
12 Markus Bauer (Ger) Haibike                                6.51
13 Marco Schätzing (Ger) Zwillings-Craft/SSVMountyAlten      7.16
14 Irjan Luttenberg (Ned) Stappenbelt-BMC                    7.36
15 Rene Tann (Ger) Fuji Bike Europe                          7.45
16 Olaf Rochow (Ger) Team FUJI-BIKES Europe                  8.06
17 Andy Eyring (Ger) Team XLC Haibike                       10.36

Behind one lap

18 Tim Lemmers (Ned) De Brink - Ten Tusscher                     
19 Rick Evers (Ned) BeOne Chainreaktion Cyles Team               
20 Heiko Gutmann (Ger) Rothaus-Cube MTB Team                     
21 Christopher Maletz (Ger) Zweirad Riese Racingteam             
22 Wilko Rochow (Ger) Team Mayer-Arbeitsbühnen / STE             
23 Vero Lüscher (Ger) Team Mayer-Arbeitsbühnen                   
24 Michael Stieglbauer (Ger) Sportivo St. Englmar/Team Step      
25 Simon Gegenheimer (Ger) Team Mayer-Arbeitsbühnen / STE        
26 Benjamin Sonntag (Ger) Fuji Bikes Europe                      

Behind two laps

27 Rumen Voigt (Ger) VSC Klingenthal/SKS M.i.G.                  

Behind three laps

28 Julian Schwendemann (Ger) Endorfin Solvis                     
29 Andy Römhild (Ger) 1-Suhler MTB Club / Fuji Bikes             
30 Sebastian Mordmüller (Ger) Cannondale Bad Salzdetfurth ra     
31 Florian Schön (Ger) RSV Bautzen                               
32 Steffen Greger (Ger) Multivan Merida Road-Team                
33 Michel Luginbühl (Swi) Team SRM Stevens                       
34 Axel Bult (Ned) De Brink-TenTusscher                          
35 Bart Maas (Ned) BeeBikes nutswezk                             
36 Sascha Knöpfle (Ger) Rothaus-Cube-Junior-Team                 
37 Severin Schweisguth (Ger) GHOST Racing Team                   
38 Fabian Brzezinski (Ger) Fuji Bikes Europe                     
39 Marc Mensebach (Ger) SKS M.I.G Team                           

Behind four laps

40 Markus Werner (Ger) TBR Factory Racing/RSV 54 Venu            
41 Tom Hoekman (Ned) Zwiep Mountainbiketeam                      
42 Jordy Luisman (Ned) Atb team lemelerveld                      
43 Dennis Ebert (Ned) Team Combee                                
44 Markus Knott (Ger) Team XLC Haibike                           
45 Alexander Speisekorn (Ger) MTB-Teck/Team nolte-küchen         
46 Oliver Vonhausen (Ger) Team Speed-Max                         
47 Jochen Coconcelli (Ger) Team Zwillingscraft                   
48 Sebastian Szraucner (Ger) Team Fuji-Bikes Europe              
49 Maximilian Daum Philipp (Ger) Best-Bike-Parts/HAIBIKE         

Behind five lap
50 Marcel Lommers (Ned) Postfietsen                              
51 Benjamin Brochhagen (Ger) Topeak-Ergon                        
52 Kim Tofaute (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team                    
53 Markus Trost (Ger) Team Schneiderhan-Cube                     

Behind six laps

54 Min An Young (Kor) Korea Cannondale                           

Behind seven laps

55 Steven Marissink (Ned)                                        
 
Elite men B

1 Sebastian Bergmann (Ger) GHOST Racing Team              1.28.15
2 Torsten Walter (Ger) KölnerTriTeam01                       0.23
3 Timo Modosch (Ger) Ghost Racing Team                       0.27
4 Stefan Schairer (Ger) Gonso-Rawoflex/RSG Zollern-Alb       0.33
5 Andre Kleindienst (Ger) Team Bergamont                     2.22
6 Robert Michaelis (Ger) Cannondale- Bad Salzdetfurth r      3.04
7 Sven Pieper (Ger) TrengaDe/DJK-Grafschaft                  4.14
8 Christoph Hopp (Ger) White Rock                            4.16
9 Sebastian Weigel (Ger) Zweirad Riese Racingteam            4.23
10 Michael Bonnekessel (Ger) Fuji-Bikes/FRM                  4.32
11 Yves Kellogg (Ger) Endorfin Solvis                        5.03
12 Achim Scholz (Ger) team-wein.de                           5.22
13 Christian Lau (Ger) NRW Landeskader / Univega Pro         5.31
14 Tommy Galle (Ger) Zweirad riese Racingteam                5.39
15 Jens Ostwaldt (Ger) Cannondale - Bad Salzdetfurth         6.25
16 Philipp Ziegler (Ger) FXSports                            6.29
17 Danny Neumann (Ger) NRW Landeskader                       6.56
18 Janosch Bühler (Ger) Deter Optik / Röhis Bikes            7.34
19 Patrick Titus (Ger) SKS M.I.G. CO Team/FC Wüstense        7.50
20 Benjamin Oesterle (Ger) MHW Cube Racing Team              8.05
21 Barry Hayes (Ger) PRISMA-Ferring/Trenga DE Cycli          8.26
22 Arne Rollert (Ger) Radsportverband NRW                    8.54
23 Johannes Közle (Ger) Team-Cmtb                            9.53
24 Svante Johanßon (Ger) RSC Lüneburg/ Cannondale Badsa     10.25

Behind one lap

25 Nils Richter (Ger) MOVE-CYCLES.com                            

Behind two laps

26 Mario Waibel (Ger) Team-Cmtb                                  
27 Manuel Pfaff (Ger) Bergamont Renn-Team                        
28 Matthias Ulrich (Ger) MTB Team - Saar / RSF Niederli          
29 Julian Guntermann (Ger) RSV Werl-Wickede / Team Langen        
30 Jan Dickopf (Ger) DIN Team / Shark Attack Saalha              
31 Peter Hermann (Ger) RC Lübbecke 04                            
32 Kai Kautz (Ger) Team nolte-Küchen                             
33 Jonas Struff (Ger) team-wein.de                               
34 Joshua Dohmen (Ger) CT Zandegiacomo                           
35 Tobias Merklin (Ger) LEXWARE Racing Team SV Kirchza           
36 Daniel Stolz (Ger) Haibike                                    
37 Luigi Petrini (Ger) TRETMÜHLE Racing HERDECKE                 
38 Marco Intravaia (Ger) TRETMÜHLE Racing HEDRECKE               
39 Pierre Witkowski (Ger) Fuji Bikes                             
40 Jeffrey Andris (Ger) MHW Cube Racing Team                     

Behind three laps

41 Jörg Schmidt (Ger) FRM Racing Team                            
42 Michael Schmidt (Ger) KTT 01 MTB                              
43 Torben Saßnick (Ger) Team Focus                               
44 Benjamin Mein (Ger) sv 06 dornsbrüggen                        
45 Andre Kupig (Ger) TC 69 Oberhausen                            
46 Christian Volk (Ger) TuS Spay e.V./ Team Fuji Bikes           
47 Tobias Schillig (Ger) Team Bikeservice - CORRATEC             
48 Hendrik Franke (Ger) RC Victoria Neheim                       

Behind four laps

49 Olaf Miosga (Ger) MTB Team-Saar / RC Mistral Neu              
50 Marko Haas (Ger) TGV Schotten                                 
51 Matthias Schmid (Ger) TSV Dettingen/Erms/Team Magura          
52 Thomas Zierer (Ger) Team Fuji/ASV Duisburg                    
53 Michael Osinski (Ger) Bike Team 2008                          
54 Viktor Crzebyk (Ger) Team Watz Up Oberhausen                  
55 Simon Hager (Ger) Velo Solingen e.V.                          
 
Junior men

1 Fabian Strecker (Ger) Lexware-Racing-Team               1.15.21
2 Simon Stiebjahn (Ger) Bergamont Renn-Team                  0.05
3 Martin Gluth (Ger) Team Bulls                              0.05
4 Markus Schulte-Lünzum (Ger) SKS M.I.G. Team                0.17
5 Marcel Fleschhut (Ger) LEXWARE Racing Team SV Kirchza      1.50
6 Matthias Hoi (Aut) Team Fuji Bikes Europe/ARBÖ RL          2.37
7 Valentin Fiderer (Ger) VAUDE-Simplon TEAM                  3.02
8 Markus Nicolai (Ger) Team Bergamont                        3.26
9 Benjamin Dorn (Ger) cannondale bad salzdetturth ra         4.12
10 Michael Forster (Ger) run & bike Kelheim                  4.44
11 Daniel Staub (Ger) Haibike                                5.01
12 Ludwig Doehl (Ger) Bike Junior Team                       5.11
13 Timo Müller (Ger) Team Schneiderhahn CUBE                 5.11
14 Henrik Hoffmann (Ger) NRW Landeskader                     5.13
15 David Simon (Ger) racingteam.youngstars                   5.15
16 Christian Mai (Ger) SC Hausach Neumayer Tekfor            5.42
17 Christopher Görgen (Ger) SKS M.I.G. Team                  5.52
18 Anselm Wüllner (Ger) NRW Landeskader                      6.31
19 Maximilian Holz (Ger) Univega Pro Cycling Team            6.45
20 Andreas Kleiber (Ger) Team Axima                          6.47
21 Johannes Wolf (Ger) Lexware-Racing-Team                   7.01
22 Martin Knöpfle (Ger) LEXWARE Racing Team SV Kirchza       7.03
23 Simon Qvortrup (Den) SIF Cykling                          7.28
24 Pim van der Marel (Ned) Holland National Team             7.28
25 Aron Romeijn (Ned) Holland National Team                  7.33
26 Markus Zöller (Ger) Bergamont                             7.54
27 Martin Kotschenreuther (Ger) RADioAKTIV-RACING            8.52
28 Fabian Kring (Ger) PokerRoom/youngwilds.de                8.59
29 Martin Hankele (Ger) MSC Gerstetten Fun&Bike              9.33
30 Timo Häfner (Ger) Team Steinlach Wiesaz                   9.42
31 Adrian Sauer (Ger) TuS Oppenau                            9.49
32 Pierre Happel (Ger) PokerRoom/YoungWild.de                9.51
33 Ralf Maier (Ger) Team nolte-küchen                        9.59
34 Marcel Pöter (Ger) ATV Haltern am See                    10.14
35 Daniel Gottschall (Ger) Lexware-Racing-Team              10.19
36 Alexander Köhler (Ger) Müsing Bikes                      16.16
37 Henk Jaap Moorlag (Ned) VisscherHollandTeam              18.40

Behind one lap

38 Marius Christian (Ger) Rsf N'linxweiler/Saarkader             
39 Jan Büchmann (Ger) PRISMA-Ferring/Trenga DE Cycli             
40 Christoffer Lehmann (Den) MTB Club Vedle                      
41 Philipp Richter (Ger) BSB Bayreuth                            
42 Elias Neubert (Ger) Auto-Riedel / Schwarzenberg               
43 Steven Page (Ger) MTB Team-Saar / RSF Niederlinx              
44 Simon Staufner (Ger) Team-Cmtb                                
45 Lysander Kiesel (Ger) Capic Team/SSV Wildpoldsried            
46 Robin Oster (Ger) Landeskader Hessen                          
47 Thomas Weschta (Ger) BSB Bayreuth/AS Group-ergomo             
48 Dominik Ziegler (Ger) SG Sparkasse Mainfranken Würzb          

Behind two laps

49 Conrad Hüwe (Ger) White Rock                                  
50 Lucas Stix (Ger) MTB-Teck/Team nolte-küchen                   
51 Lion Trommer (Ger) Watz Up Oberhausen Racing Team             
52 Ben Heider (Ger) CT Zandegiacomo Bonn                         
53 Julian Gerhardt (Ger) SC Hagen Wildewiese/Actionspor          
54 Tim Kunze (Ger) MSC Gerstetten                                

Behind three laps

55 Rick Baron (Ger) SV Blau-Weiß Augustusburg Team               
 
Junior women

1 Mona Eiberweiser (Ger) SKS M.I.G.Team / Ski & Bike De     55.33
2 Sarah-Lena Hofmann (Ger) RV Viktora Wombach / Team Voit    4.24
3 Vanessa Mosch (Ger) Radsportverband NRW                    5.41
4 Elisa Ries (Ger) Vaude Simplon Team                        6.50
5 Julia Haase (Ger) TSV Böhringen Team Bergamont             7.43
6 Kim Gerlach (Ger) PokerRoom/YoungWild.de                  12.22
7 Sarah Bosch (Ger) Ghost Junioren Team                     16.15

Behind one lap

8 Cemile Trommer (Ger) RC Sturmvogel                             
9 Christina Lüdtke (Ger) Team Bergamont                          
 
U23 men

1 Fabian Giger (Swi) SKS M.I.G. Team                      1.42.42
2 Felix Euteneuer (Ger) Rothaus-Cube MTB Team                1.57
3 Markus Bauer (Ger) Haibike                                 3.18
4 Irjan Luttenberg (Ned) Stappenbelt-BMC                     4.03
5 Andy Eyring (Ger) Team XLC Haibike                         7.03

Behind one lap

6 Tim Lemmers (Ned) De Brink - Ten Tusscher                      
7 Heiko Gutmann (Ger) Rothaus-Cube MTB Team                      
8 Wilko Rochow (Ger) Team Mayer-Arbeitsbühnen / STE              
9 Vero Lüscher (Ger) Team Mayer-Arbeitsbühnen                    
10 Simon Gegenheimer (Ger) Team Mayer-Arbeitsbühnen / STE        

Behind two laps

11 Rumen Voigt (Ger) VSC Klingenthal/SKS M.i.G.                  

Behind three laps

12 Julian Schwendemann (Ger) Endorfin Solvis                     
13 Andy Römhild (Ger) 1-Suhler MTB Club / Fuji Bikes             
14 Sebastian Mordmüller (Ger) Cannondale Bad Salzdetfurth ra     
15 Florian Schön (Ger) RSV Bautzen                               
16 Michel Luginbühl (Swi) Team SRM Stevens                       
17 Bart Maas (Ned) BeeBikes nutswezk                             
18 Sascha Knöpfle (Ger) Rothaus-Cube-Junior-Team                 
19 Severin Schweisguth (Ger) GHOST Racing Team                   
20 Marc Mensebach (Ger) SKS M.I.G Team                           

Behind four laps

21 Jordy Luisman (Ned) Atb team lemelerveld                      
22 Dennis Ebert (Ned) Team Combee                                
23 Markus Knott (Ger) Team XLC Haibike                           
24 Oliver Vonhausen (Ger) Team Speed-Max                         
25 Sebastian Szraucner (Ger) Team Fuji-Bikes Europe              
26 Maximilian Daum Philipp (Ger) Best-Bike-Parts/HAIBIKE         

Behind five lap

27 Marcel Lommers (Ned) Postfietsen                              
28 Markus Trost (Ger) Team Schneiderhan-Cube                     

Behind six laps

29 Young An Young Min (Kor) Korea Cannondale                     

Behind seven laps

30 Steven Marissink (Ned)                                        
 
U23 women

1 Silke Schmidt (Ger) Fuji Bikes Europe                   1.23.23
2 Anja Gradl (Ger) Central- GHOST- Team                      4.48
3 Stefanie Andris (Ger) Rothaus-Cube-Junior-Team             5.30
4 Hanna Klein (Ger) Rothaus-Cube MTB Team                    5.56
5 Ines Thoma (Ger) SKS M.I.G. Team                           8.44
6 Silja Vetter (Ger) SC Hausach Neumayer Tekfor              9.40
7 Katharina Haase (Ger) TSV Böhringen Team Bergamont        12.26
8 Karen Brouwer (Ned) Scott Continental                     14.52
Behind one lap
9 Kim Vrielink (Ned) Zwiep Mountainbiketeam                      
10 Cora Paulukat (Ger) SV Steele 11/biketeam2008.de              
 
Senior men
1 Joachim Oechsner (Ger) Bike-Sport Regensburg/GHOST-     1.33.34
2 Max Friedrich (Ger) Best-Bike-Parts / Haibike              1.05
3 Axel Hauschke (Ger) RSV Bad Hersfeld                       1.48
4 Ralph Kröger (Ger) Rose - Red Bull Bikes                   2.04
5 Stefan Röschl (Ger) MTB Freunde Heidelsheim                2.11
6 Armin Raible (Ger) Team Trenga De                          2.52
7 Silvio Hauschild (Ger) RSV Bautzen                         4.04

Behind two laps

8 Thorsten Pott (Ger) LeXXi Teamtrikot24.de                      
9 Michael Stöcker (Ger) Team BerGaMont                           
10 Marco Hüwe (Ger) Rose - Red Bull Bikes                        
11 Andre Christoph (Ger) Team-Speiche Witten                     
12 Uwe Hoffmann (Ger) www.rodensteinbikes.de                     
13 Thomas Brinks (Ger) Rose - Red Bull Bikes                     
14 Holger Sewing (Ger) Rockers / MBC Bochum                      
15 Markus Stolz (Ger) Stolz Automobile                           

Behind three laps

16 Fabian Rexhausen (Ger) Schierker Feuerstein Racing Te         
17 Mathias Ellersiek (Ger) Borgholzhausen                        
18 Michael Mintert (Ger) Fuji-Bikes                              
19 Wido Weide (Ger) Zee Aylienz - MTB Hagen                      
20 Mark Steinweger (Ger) Bike-Team Baumberge                     
21 Fred Lettermann (Ger) MCB Cube                                
22 Christian Lauderlein (Ger) RC VICTORIA NEHEIM                 

Behind four laps
23 Uwe Baum (Ger) 2-Danger / www.boc24.de Factor                 
24 Marcus Müller (Ger) team-plastikbecher.de                     
25 Werner Hausknecht (Ger) Zee Aylienz - MTB Hagen               
26 Maik Schumacher (Ger) Zee Aylienz - MTB Hagen                 
27 Michael Stenzel (Ger) RSV Werl      

Sprint

1 Milatz Moritz (Multivan Merida Biking Team)           
2 Nielsen Klaus (Team ALB-GOLD Mountainbike)            
3 Bauer Markus (Haibike)                                
4 Gutmann Heiko (Rothaus-Cube MTB Team)                 
5 Gegenheimer Simon (Team Mayer-Arbeitsbühnen / STE)    
6 Eyring Andy (Team XLC Haibike)                        
7 Käß Jochen (Team ALB-GOLD Mountainbike)               
8 Schätzing Marco (Zwillings-Craft/SSVMountyAlten)      
9 Thum Steffen (Team Mayer-Arbeitsbühnen / STE)         
10 Lüscher Vero (Team Mayer-Arbeitsbühnen)              
11 Knöpfle Sascha (Rothaus-Cube-Junior-Team)            
12 Bergmann Sebastian (GHOST Racing Team)               
13 Hayes Barry (PRISMA-Ferring/Trenga DE Cycli)         
14 Sonntag Benjamin (Fuji Bikes Europe)                 
15 Coconcelli Jochen (Team Zwillingscraft)              
16 Euteneuer Felix (Rothaus-Cube MTB Team)              
17 Rochow Wilko (Team Mayer-Arbeitsbühnen / STE)        
18 Neumann Danny (NRW Landeskader)