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Copa Chile - Circuito Lo Prado - 2
Lo Prado, Santiago, September 6-7, 2008
2007 Results Results
Lo Prado round kicks of Copa Chile Jeep de MTB series
By Cristóbal Sahr
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The Copa Chile Jeep 2008 kicked off with round one in the Lo Prado forest. The UCI event served as a qualifier for the Pan-American Championship that will be held in Chile in March 2009.
On Saturday, with more than 400 competitors, the Olympic style cross-country race was held, consisting on six laps to a circuit of 7.5 kilometers. The race featured the return of Cristóbal Silva (Team ADO-Cannondale), who represented Chile at the Beijing Olympic Games, and also a special guest, Luis Sepulveda (Team Sportxperts), Pan-American track gold medalist and winner of two Vueltas de Chile.
From the beginning of the race, Cristóbal Silva and Javier Püschel (Team Scott-Suzuki) were engaged in a tough battle. Only in the final laps, did Silva show his superiority and go on to a win with a time of 1:50:24.
In the elite women's race, María Elisa García (Team Quaker-Cannondale) started under pressure to defend her 2007 overall series win. The race began with a compact peloton, but in the third lap Daniella Bünzli (Team Vitalife-Cannondale) attacked her opponents and went on to win with a time of 1:32:50.
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Downhillers got their turn on Sunday, on a steep 2km track with fast curves and a rough rock garden section. The race included Antonio Leiva (Team Sportxperts), 2006 Pan-American downhill champion, and it also marked the return of Bernardita Pizarro (Team Quaker-Cannondale), former Pan-American champion and bronze medal at the Lugano Worlds 2003.
Mauricio Acuña (Team Rocky Mountain) was the fastest in the semi-finals, but in the finals, Leiva proved himself Chile's fastest with a time of 2:48.84, two seconds ahead of Acuña.
Verónica Miranda (Team Rocky Mountain), national champion, rode under pressure in the elite women's downhill. Bernardita Pizarro was also in the mix. But it was Verónica Miranda who conquered the field with a time of 3:31.11, three seconds fastest than Pizarro, leaving everyone to wonder who will be fastest in the next round.
The next event of the Copa Chile Jeep 2008 series will be held at La Serena, IV region, on October 4-5. For more information, visit www.copachilemtb.cl.
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- Cristóbal Silva (Team ADO-Cannondale) represented Chile at the Olympic Games.
- The start area
- And they're off in a cloud of dust.
Results
Cross country Elite men 1 Cristobal Silva 1.50.24 2 Javier Püschel 2.33 3 Gonzalo Aravena 5.58 4 Claus Plaut 6.36 5 Francisco Corvalán 10.04 6 Matias Rivera 14.37 7 Victor Galvez 15.41 8 Francisco Muñoz 16.09 9 Manuel Miranda 16.19 10 Luis Sepulveda 18.16 11 Francisco Rojas 21.18 12 Francisco Durán 23.11 Behind one lap 13 Luis Carcamo 14 Eduardo Saenz 15 Patricio Figueroa DNF Mario Princic DNF Javier Gallardo Elite women 1 Daniela Bunzli 1.32.50 2 Elisa Garcia 5.12 3 Monica Jorquera 9.40 4 Maria Sepulveda 10.26 5 Paola Alfaro 11.05 6 Margarita Hernandez 11.40 7 Gabriela Vargas 12.20 Behind one lap 8 Josefina Leon Behind two laps 9 Romina Diaz U23 men 1 Hector Veas 2.00.25 2 Carlo Nawrath 1.27 3 Eyair Astudillo 3.33 4 Sebastian Valdenegro 3.55 5 Juan Hazbún 8.42 6 Alberto Bello 9.22 7 Cristián Correa 10.56 8 Julio Flores 11.19 9 Enrique Rivera 12.15 Behind one lap 10 Raúl Novoa 11 Sebastian Romàn 12 Tomás Lobos 13 Sebastian Araya 14 Erwin Villagra 15 Juan Carrasco DNF Sebastian Carrasco DNF Bernard Danitz DNF Sebastian Arpon Junior men 1 Mario Rodriguez 1.21.15 2 Ricardo Reyes 1.15 3 Luis Delgado 1.35 4 Patricio Farias 2.32 5 Nicolas Alcaino 3.20 6 Sergio Araya 4.38 7 Walter Baquedano 5.13 8 Miguel Burgos 6.35 9 Alvaro Silva 8.38 10 Alberto Rotger 9.42 11 Armando Arenas 12.07 12 Diego Rossi 13 Ricardo Puschell 15.00 14 Nicolas Venegas 23.27 DNF Diego Diaz DNF Gonzalo Garrao DNF Ignacio Espinoza DNF Patricio Seguel DNF Felipe Gonzalez Junior women 1 Javiera Ocampos 1.12.15 2 Daniela Rojas 3.08 3 Macarena Alarcón 18.15 DNF Elsa Rivera Downhill Elite men 1 Antonio Leiva 2.48.84 2 Mauricio Acuña 0.02.05 3 Pedro Ferreira 0.05.23 4 Juan Cartoni 0.06.86 5 Cristian Araya 0.08.52 6 Felipe Vasquez 0.08.92 7 Jorge Monzon 0.08.97 8 Matias Cox 0.09.76 9 Lucas Bolcato 0.11.46 10 Christian Roth 0.17.16 11 Pablo Maldonado 0.13.73 12 Paulo Gajardo 0.14.49 13 Felipe Contreras 0.14.86 14 Jorge Acuña 0.15.02 15 Juan Guzman 0.15.42 16 Erich Schmidt 0.16.52 17 Cristobal Reward 0.16.64 18 Juan Zamorano 0.17.22 19 Oscar Yunge 0.18.97 20 Dante Maureira 0.23.92 21 Francisco Pizarro 0.24.55 22 Ignacio Rojo 0.27.20 23 Julio Ramirez 0.33.52 24 Jose Diaz 25 Cristobal Ramirez 26 Javier Grau 27 Patricio Alvarado 28 Felipe Alamo 29 Sebastian Roman 30 Enrique Genova 31 Cristian Ramirez 32 Pierre Plaza 33 Nicolas Acevedo DNS Felipe Miranda DNS Felipe Saenz Elite women 1 Veronica Miranda 3.31.11 2 Bernardita Pizarro 0.03.46 3 Claudia Campos 0.38.24 4 Vanessa Vallarino 1.04.40 5 Andrea Melian 1.19.40 6 Cyntia Aguilera Junior men 1 Johan Leon 2.54.42 2 Andreas Kukulis 0.02.84 3 Diego Salas 0.07.25 4 Sebastian Silva 0.07.93 6 Jorge Reveco 0.10.25 7 Antonio Ovalle 0.10.44 8 Luis Matias 0.11.81 9 Juan Sandoval 0.13.34 10 Ricardo Muñoz 0.13.41 11 Sebastian Gonsalez 0.13.46 12 Cristian Aguilar 0.14.72 13 Alexis Garcia 0.14.78 14 Jorge Acevedo 0.15.62 15 Tomas Diaz 0.18.00 16 Joaquin Aguilera 0.19.15 17 Benjamin Miranda 0.19.62 19 Luis Moreno 0.21.65 20 Sergio Ramirez 0.22.69 21 Sebastian Quiroz 0.25.50 22 Jhon Plaza 0.47.87 23 Tomas Diaz 24 Sebastian Gonsalez 25 Ricardo Muñoz 26 Jorge Reveco 27 Sebastian Quiroz 28 Luis Matias 29 Sergio Ramirez 30 Juan Sandoval 31 Benjamin Miranda 32 Diego Salas 33 Cristobal Johansen 34 Nicolas Arnaiz 35 Nicolas Fuentes 36 Gonzalo Gonsalez 37 Jose Agurto 38 Benjamin Valdivieso DNS Patricio Soto
