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Swisspower Cup / Swiss National Race Series #6 - 2
Savognin, Switzerland, July 12, 2008
2007 Results Results Overall standings
Schurter & Lechner win Swisspower Cup round
U23 World champion Nino Schurter (Swisspower) won the elite race in Savognin, Switzerland, in difficult conditions ahead of Mathias Flückiger (Athleticum MTB Team) and Martin Gujan (Athleticum MTB Team). Pouring rain caused officials to shorten the race. Eva Lechner (Colnago) won the women's race ahead of Petra Henzi (Fischer-BMC) and Nathalie Schneitter (Colnago) .
Schurter went away from the gun with his team-mate Florian Vogel. In the third lap, a fatigued Vogel abandoned. That left Swisspower Cup leader Gujan to hold second place for a long time, riding solo, but on the final section, Flückiger passed him for second. Schurter stayed in control at the front and celebrated his win in front of a lot of spectators who came out in spite of the rain.
"It was hard, particularly with these conditions," said winner Schurter.
In the women's race, Lechner won by thirty seconds over Henzi and three minutes over Schneitter, who finished second at the U23 women's world championships.
Vivienne Meyer (Scott Allianz Suisse) defeated Hungarian Barbara Benko (LTV Merida Racing) and Michelle Hediger (Fischer-BMC) in the junior women's race while Gerhard Kerschbaumer (ASV St. Lorenzen) beat Matthias Rupp (Swisspower Mountainbike-Team) and Arnaud Grand (Thömus Racing Team) in the junior men's race.
Last year's junior world champion Thomas Litscher (Scott Allianz Suisse) won the amateur & master's category.
A knee injury kept Olympic Champion Julien Absalon from starting while former world champion Russian Irina Kalentieva cancelled her participation on short notice due to a problem wiht her retina which required an urgent operation.
Results
Elite men 1 Nino Schurter (Swisspower Mountainbike-Team) 1.48.43 2 Mathias Flückiger (Athleticum MTB Team) 0.32 3 Martin Gujan (Athleticum MTB Team) 1.39 4 Marco-Aurelio Fontana (Hard Rock FRW) 2.07 5 Till Marx (Swisspower Mountainbike-Team) 2.37 6 Gion Manetsch (Athleticum MTB Team) 3.10 7 Marco Arnold (Gisler-Craft) 3.43 8 Lukas Flückiger (Athleticum MTB Team) 4.56 9 Marcel Wildhaber (Tower Sports - VC Eschenbach) 4.56 10 Martin Fanger (Giant-Swiss-Team) 6.23 11 Hannes Metzler (Giant-Swiss-Team) 6.45 12 Cristian Cominelli (Gewiss Bianchi) 7.00 13 Patrik Gallati (Swisspower Mountainbike-Team) 7.21 14 Ivan Planzer (Giant-Swiss-Team) 8.05 15 Christof Bischof (Bikin Cyprus) 8.34 16 Niall Davis (Allmountainexperience.com) 9.09 17 Lukas Kaufmann (Thömus Racing Team) 9.24 18 Sepp Freiburghaus (Thömus Racing Team) 10.18 19 Umberto Corti (CBE Merida) 10.50 20 Pascal Schmutz (Corratec Team Schweiz) 11.40 21 Andras Melts (Bringavil‡g SK) 13.12 22 Michael Hutter (Pink Gili Swiss) 14.10 23 Samuel Jud (Bergamont) 14.29 24 Florian Meyer (Velobern Racing Team) 14.56 25 Samuel Reichen (Velo Franz/Univega) 15.08 26 Patrick Tresch (Gisler Bike+Hike) 15.37 27 Samuele Porro (CBE Merida) 15.51 28 Michel Urbani (CBE Merida) 16.11 29 Joel Graf (BSK Graf/RV Altenrhein) 16.29 30 Paul Remy (Ygaw Biking Team) 17.25 31 Nicola Rohrbach (Central Ghost Pro Team) 19.36 Behind one lap 32 Mattia Longa (CBE Merida) 33 Josh Keep (Team Australia) 34 Tobias Hollenstein (Bike Team Ramsauer-Aquapower) 35 Guido Thaler (corratec world team) 36 Jonas Baumann (Campione Celeste BMC) 37 Norbert Wyss (Thömus Racing Team) 38 Nicolas Jeantet (CBE Merida) 39 Manuel Scheidegger (Velobern Racing Team) 40 Markus Bless (Tower Sports - VC Eschenbach) 41 Francesco Niccoli (Hard Rock FRW) 42 Oliver Schär (Röbis Velo-Shop) DNF Shlomi Haimy (Scott Allianz Suisse) DNF Jürg Graf (Swisspower Mountainbike-Team) DNF Severin Disch (Scott Allianz Suisse) DNF Daniel Schütz (Scott Allianz Suisse) DNF Nick Both (Flightcentre Scott) DNF Andrew Blair (Australia) DNF Roberto Bruno Crisi (Hard Rock FRW) DNF Florian Vogel (Swisspower Mountainbike-Team) DNF Pascal Meyer (Scott Allianz Suisse) DNF Patric Eichelberger (Thömus Racing Team) DNF Jean-C. Peraud (Orbea) DNF Ueli Schädler (Energie MTB Team) DNF Thomas Frischknecht (Swisspower Mountainbike-Team) DNF Klemens Bont (Hafner+Gätzi/RMC Gossau) DNF Gael Martinet (Dome Cycle) DNF Davide Di Marco (Superbikeclub Castelfidardo) DNF Bernhard Danitz (Giant / McDonalds) DNF Robert Kircher (Bikesport Kärnten Arbö Askö) DNF Andreas Lieberherr (ARBÖ Denzel Cliff Wien) DNS Urs Föhn (GU Plus / Thomyk Team) DNS Claudio Andenmatten (Velobern Racing Team) DNS Alexandre Moos (BMC Racing) DNS Rudolf Biedermann (Scott Allianz Suisse) DNS Silvio Bundi (Giant-Swiss-Team) DNS Jérémy Arnould (La Bressaude Roue Verte) Elite women 1 Eva Lechner (Colnago) 1.48.05 2 Petra Henzi (Fischer-BMC) 0.29 3 Nathalie Schneitter (Colnago) 2.51 4 Katrin Leumann (goldwurst-power / Sputnik) 4.43 5 Maroussia Rusca (Scott Allianz Suisse) 7.47 6 Fabienne Niederberger (X.0-Felt Womens MTB Team) 10.00 7 Evelyn Staffler (Colnago) 11.35 8 Sarah Koba (Koba) 12.39 9 Corina Gantenbein (Biketeam.gr) 18.24 10 Nadia Walker (X.0-Felt Womens MTB Team) 18.45 11 Lilian Huwyler (Bike Team Ramsauer-Aquapower) 19.17 Behind one lap 12 Nadine Rieder (FBI racingteam.youngstars) 13 Janine Droz (Thömus Racing Team) 14 Silvia Mölk (Merida Suisse Team) 15 Fanny Martinet (Dome Cycle) 16 Andrea Kiser (Thömus Racing Team) 17 Nicole Swain (Port Nicholson Poneke Cycling) 18 Marie Albano (Cube / Beaumes de Venise) Behind two laps 19 Daniela Stünzi (X.0-Felt Womens MTB Team) DNF Elisabetta Borgia (Hard Rock FRW) DNS Irina Kalentieva (Topeak-Ergon) DNS Renata Bucher (Stöckli - Craft) DNS Kathrin Heimberg (X.0-Felt Womens MTB Team) DNS Gabriela Glaus (VC Kerzers Scott) DNS Kathrin Stirnemann (Merida Suisse Team) DNS Esther Süss (Wheeler Pro Team/RC Gränichen) Junior men 1 Gerhard Kerschbaumer (ASV St. Lorenzen) 1.47.59 2 Matthias Rupp (Swisspower Mountainbike-Team) 3.36 3 Arnaud Grand (Thömus Racing Team) 5.29 4 Mirco Widmer (Fischer Junior MTB-Team) 6.11 5 Matthias Stirnemann (Merida Suisse Team) 6.59 6 Reto Indergand (TG Zentralschweiz/IG RS-Uri) 7.26 7 Alain Page (DOM Cycle / VC Rennaz) 9.01 8 Olof Jonsson (Corratec World Team) 10.52 9 Gian-Marco Gasser (Tower Sports - VC Eschenbach) 11.04 10 Emilien Barben (Zeta Cycling Club) 11.24 11 Martino Di Pierdomenico (Hard Rock FRW) 11.50 12 Jörg Egli (Swiss Wheeler) 12.10 13 Valentin Huber (Green Valley) 13.28 14 Donat Albin (Biketeam.gr) 13.32 15 Daniel Kaufmann (Koba Team/RC Gränichen) 13.47 16 Simon Weber (Merida Suisse Team) 14.26 17 Mike Schuler (TG Zentralschweiz) 15.28 18 Lukas Loretz (Scott Allianz Suisse) 15.58 19 Sebastian Batchelor (Sandy Wallace Cycles) 16.03 20 Fabian Cavelti (Biketeam.gr) 17.37 21 Rick Reimann (PBR-Matic Swiss Team) 17.58 22 Michael Wildhaber (Tower Sports - VC Eschenbach) 19.31 Behind one lap 23 Bryan Falaschi (Zeta Cycling Club) 24 Mirco Zürcher (BSK Graf/VC Volketswil) 25 Adrian Amsler (Velo Franz/Univega) 26 Pim Heinrich (TG-Zentralschweiz) 27 Manuel Ebert (ASC Tiroler Radler) 28 Giacomo Comitti (CBE Merida) 29 Bastien Bugnard (Stöckli) 30 Anthony Grand (DOM Cycle / VC Rennaz) 31 Titouan Perrin-Ganier (Ygaw Biking Team) 32 Marc Koller (Tower Sports - VC Eschenbach) 33 Simon Wäfler (Merida Swiss Bike Team) 34 Marc Stutzmann (RSC Aaretal Münsingen) 35 Benedikt Mündle (Merida Adolf's Bike Shop) 36 Fabian Obrist (Chälbli Bikes) 37 Tobias Fédier (VC Horgen) 38 Marc Flury (Thömus Factory Team) 39 Adrian Räss (Sherpa Tensing Pedalerie) 40 Benoit Beaud (PEV Genève) 41 Samuel Bieri (Tower Sports - VC Eschenbach) 42 Maxime Schmid (VC Rennaz/Dom Cycle) 43 Simon Salutari (ABC Neumarkt) DNF Marco Hungerbühler (Velo+Bike Team Seetal) DNF Lukas Schuon (VBC Waldshut-Tiengen/Hoppe) DNF Basil Fanti (RRZ Goldwurst.ch Nordwest) DNF Martin Strebel (Fischer Junior MTB Team) DNF Elia Silvestri (ASD-Alpin Bike Edilbi) DNF Norman Amiet (Zeta Cycling Club) DNF Balint Lukacs (LTV Merida Racing) DNF Michel Wörner (goldwurst-power / Ridley / VCR) DNS Jeremias Marti (TG-Zentralschweiz.ch) DNS Tim Kunze (MSC Gerstetten) DNS Rafael Haubensak (Sherpa Tensing Pedalerie) DNS Marc Hermann (Biketeam.gr) DNS Benjamin Walker (VMC Erstfeld/IG Radsport) DNS Oliver Walder (Peko Engineering / Trek) DNS Yoann Mercier (Team Pb-Scott) DNS Fabian Zogg (Koba) DNS Eric Brüngger (Pulver Cycles/VC Hittnau) DNS Filippo Blanc (Cicli Lucchini.com) DNS Filippo Righi (Cicli Lucchini.com) Junior women 1 Vivienne Meyer (Scott Allianz Suisse) 1.33.25 2 Barbara Benko (LTV Merida Racing) 4.15 3 Michelle Hediger (Fischer-BMC) 5.14 4 Cornelia Schuster (SSV Pichl Gsies Raiffeisen) 10.09 5 Marina Giger (Tower Sports - VC Eschenbach) 10.19 6 Karin Rappo (Mahu / BSO) 11.08 7 Nicole Hanselmann (Hobi-Bau/MF.Hügler Wetzikon) 11.14 8 Anna Oberparleiter (ASC Olang) 13.46 9 Tanja Starkermann (Fischer Junior MTB Team) 14.33 10 Martina Giovanniello (CBE Merida) 15.46 11 Céline Ernst (Stöckli Racing Team) 15.49 12 Jennifer Sägesser (Thömus Racing Team) 22.26 Behind one lap 13 Aurelia Sonderegger (Bsk Graf/RV Altenrhein) 14 Carina Cappellari (Suso Bike / RSV Pizol) 15 Deborah Spescha (Biketeam.gr) Behind four laps 16 Melanie Bucher (PBR-Matic Swiss Team) DNS Laura Schuon (VBC Waldshut-Tiengen/Hoppe) DNS Joanna Muoser (Ägeri Bike Club/Giant) DNS Lorraine Truong (Prof Flühlmann / CCL) Amateurs & Masters 1 Thomas Litscher (Scott Allianz Suisse) 1.50.15 2 Jérémy Huguenin (Prof Flühmann CCL) 0.42 3 Daniel Eymann (Thömus Racing Team) 3.07 4 Silvio Büsser (RV Wetzikon / Tom's Bike) 3.50 5 Konny Looser (Swiss Bixs Team) 4.39 6 Christophe Geiser (Prof Flühmann) 5.06 7 Roland Häfeli (Fischer-BMC) 5.29 8 Marc Metzler (Gili's Velolade) 6.08 9 Benjamin Büchi (Scott Allianz Suisse) 6.25 10 Roger Dittli (Stöckli-Craft) 9.17 11 Andreas Bruder (Bike4Fun) 9.22 12 Paolo Gugelmann (Chocolat Stella-Merida-Belcar) 10.01 13 Giancarlo Sax (Thömus Racing Team) 10.24 14 Stefan Huber (Alptours/Pneu Egger) 10.57 15 Roland Abächerli (Giant-Swiss-Team) 11.00 16 Hamish Batchelor (Sandy Wallace Cycles) 11.13 17 Michael Frei (Velo Franz/Univega) 11.41 18 Sebastian Hilbe (Union RV Dornbirn) 12.52 19 Lucien Besancon (Bergamont) 13.06 20 Matthias Allenspach (Tower Sports - VC Eschenbach) 13.21 21 Benjamin Loretz (Thömus Racing Team) 13.28 22 Ueli Nauer (thomyK/RV Einsiedeln) 13.49 23 Patric Kottmann (goldwurst-power / Ridley / VCR) 14.05 24 Oliver Windler (Ullmann Yeti) 14.25 25 Sandro Hediger (Fischer Junior MTB Team) 15.17 26 Marco Hinrichs (Stöckli) 15.33 27 Dumeni Vincenz (Thömus Racing Team) 17.25 28 Adrian Berger (RV Solothurn) 18.42 Behind one lap 29 Lieni Widmer (bundicycling.ch) 30 Patrick Hediger (RV Merishausen/Team Russi) 31 Benno Heussi (GU-Plus / thomyk) 32 Andreas Hurter (goldwurst-power / Ridley / VCR) 33 Sandro Kessler (Biketeam.gr) 34 Christian Bickel (Total Sport/RV Winterthur) Behind two laps 35 Marcel Kuratli (Bike Team Ramsauer-Aquapower) DNF Daniel Geismayr (Union RV Dornbirn 1886) DNF David Baumann (Team Bike Zone) DNF Urs Baumann (Swiss Bixs Team) DNF Patrick Leuzinger (Merida-Lüscher/VC-Eschenbach) DNF Andreas Haller (Energie MTB Team) DNS Jens Herber (VBC Waldshut-Tiengen/Hoppe) DNS Michi Klauser (Ciclosport) DNS Christoph Sutter (RRC Nordwest) DNS Marc Bühler (Fischer Junior MTB Team) DNS Roland Mischler (Stöckli Bike Team) DNS Hans Burkhard (FL Radverband) Team 1 Swisspower Mountainbike-Team 279 2 Athleticum MTB Team 268 3 Scott Allianz Suisse 259.25 4 Thömus Racing Team 212.5 5 Giant-Swiss-Team 206.35 6 Tower Sports - VC Eschenbach 185.1 7 Fischer-BMC 171.15 8 Biketeam.gr 165.4 9 X.0-Felt Womens MTB Team 146.7 10 Merida Suisse Team 136.4 11 Velo Franz/Univega 115.45 12 Bike Team Ramsauer-Aquapower 107.85 13 Velobern Racing Team 69 14 Multivan Merida Biking Team 0 Overall standings after five rounds Coming!
