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MTB World Cup XC #9 & DH #7 - CDM
Schladming, Austria, September 11-14, 2008
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Schedule
- Race 1 - September 11: 4X Qualifications,
- Race 2 - September 12: Elite women 4X,
- Race 3 - September 12: Elite men 4X,
- Race 4 - September 13: Elite women downhill,
- Race 5 - September 13: Elite men downhill,
- Race 6 - September 14: Elite women cross country,
- Race 7 - September 14: Elite men cross country,
Final showdown in Schladming
By Luke Webber in Schladming
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Nine weekends of 2008 Mountain Bike cross country and gravity World Cup racing are complete and there is just one more to go. The cross country and downhill World Cups have built up to their traditional climax - this weekend in sunny Schladming, Austria.
The first riders to be crowned World Cup Champions will take part in the four cross competition on Thursday and Friday nights. Event newcomer Rafa Alvarez of Spain has both surprised and dominated this year, taking over from the more familiar names of Brian Lopes (now retired), Jared Graves and Michal Prokop (both decided to concentrate on the Olympic BMX discipline). However, the World Champion Alvarez will have to put on one more performance to ensure the title is his as Germany's Guido Tschugg sits perilously close in second.
The women's events have been more clear cut with perennial favourite Dutchwomen Anneke Beerten all but grasping the trophy. American Melissa Buhl produced an upset at the Worlds and clad in her rainbow jersey, she will always be one to watch, as will Jana Horakova. Qualifying happens Thursday night and will determine motos for Friday's main event: the finals.
Can Hill make it?
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Downhill is arguably where the closest battles lie in both men's and women's contests. The fast, steep and rough track means everyone is looking toward Australian Sam Hill to produce another mesmerising run in the forecasted wet weather. The pressure is on Hill bigtime though in this race, which he needs to win to rescue what has been a lacklustre season. A fall in the final meters at the World Championships - an event earmarked by Hill as the main goal of the year - cost him the win and a ten-second lead and seems to have dented his confidence for the duration of the season.
However, Hill's fate is essentially out of his control as current leader Greg Minnaar of South Africa must only finish fifth in Saturday's final to clinch the overall title. Expect a tough battle as Hill tries to put his year back on track and end the IronHorse/DW-link partnership on a high.
France's Sabrina Jonnier and Great Britain's Tracy Moseley and Rachel Atherton represent the three-way battle for supremacy in the women's title hunt with a storyline that has seen changes in fortune and an unpredictable series. Early in the year, both Jonnier and Atherton dominated, with clear leads over the chasing pack. But as the physical tracks of Fort William and Canberra were introduced, a different order emerged and British champion Moseley put herself back in the hunt. The Schladming track should suit Atherton best, but the three riders are so evenly matched right now, there's no big money going on this one.
Cross country
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France's Julien Absalon lost his World Champion status earlier this year, but when it mattered most he came back to claim Olympic gold. The World Cup overall is a staple diet for this great champion, and this year is no different - with no one opponent consistent enough to heed Absalon's three-race undefeated run at the beginning of the year.
The fight for the runner-up spot, however, is much more closely contested - Geoff Kabush of Canada and World Champion Christoph Sauser of Switzerland are tied for second. Top Under 23 rider Burry Stander of South Africa is close not only to the age group win, but second overall thanks to several podiums in 2008, including his best placing of second in Andorra.
For the women, it has been a string of consistent performances which has landed Canadian Marie Helene Premont the title before a wheel turns, ahead of compatriot Catherine Pendrel and World Champion Marga Fullana.
Away from the final race on Sunday there's sure to be the usual huge end of season party, where we hope to get some official news on the whispers we've heard in the pit lane, regarding riders and teams. Expect some big changes in 2009!
Start list
4X Downhill Cross Country 4X Men 65 Rafael Alvarez De Lara Lucas (Spa) 66 Guido Tschugg (Ger) 67 Romain Saladini (Fra) Team Sunn 68 Dan Atherton (GBr) Animal Commencal 69 Cédric Gracia (Fra) Commencal - Furious - Oakley Team 70 Kamil Tatarkovic (Cze) Suzuki-RB 71 Joost Wichman (Ned) Cannondale Factory Racing 72 Johannes Fischbach (Ger) Team Ghost International 73 Scott Beaumont (GBr) Rocky Mountain UK 74 Tomas Slavik (Cze) 75 Jurg Meijer (Ned) 77 Roger Rinderknecht (Swi) 78 Sascha Meyenborg (Ger) 80 Lewis Lacey (GBr) 81 Will Longden (GBr) Team BikeRadar 82 Rastislav Pirman (Svk) 4 Elements Yeti/Hotec/Rsp 83 Matej Vitko (Svk) 84 Joey Van Veghel (Ned) 86 Adrian Weiss (Swi) Tomac Factory Racing 87 Peter Prajczer (Hun) 88 Quentin Derbier (Fra) 90 Tilen Frank (Slo) Team Scott Lactat 91 Frans Sjoblom (Swe) 94 Jakub Hnidak (Cze) 95 John Swanguen (USA) MS-Intense Factory-Racing 96 Tomas Haluza (Cze) --- 98 Grzegorz Borodajko (Pol) --- 99 Matej Stapic (Slo) Team Enduro Mulisha 100 Lukas Mechura (Cze) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 101 Lukasz Baran (Pol) 102 Michael Garcia (Ned) 103 Florian Gottschlich (Ger) 104 Matthew Simmonds (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 105 Bernard Kerr (GBr) 106 Robert Kulesza (Pol) 107 Patrick Campbell-Jenner (GBr) 108 Adrian Kiener (Swi) 111 Markus Sedlak (Aut) 112 Thomas Bubla (Aut) Austrian National Team 113 Fabian Kuttel (Swi) 114 Duncan Ferris (GBr) 118 Martin Frei (Swi) 119 Luka Novak (Slo) Team Enduro Mulisha 120 Mirco Weiss (Swi) Tomac Factory Racing 122 Marek Pesko (Svk) 123 Nicolas Gspan (Swi) 124 Piotr Paradowski (Pol) Polish National Team 125 Markus Pekoll (Aut) Solid Aclass Factory Team 126 Stephen Taylor (GBr) 127 James Norton (GBr) British National Team 129 Krisztian Meszaros (Hun) 130 Jordan Gould (GBr) British National Team 131 Georg Sieder (Aut) Solid Aclass Factory Team 133 Adam Stasek (Cze) Czech National Team 134 Hannes Slavik (Aut) Austrian National Team 135 Ales Rogozan (Cze) Czech National Team 136 Jakub Koutny (Cze) Czech National Team 137 Nico Vink (Bel) Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike Racing Team 138 Stepan Novotny (Cze) Czech National Team 139 Werner Muther (Swi) Swiss National Team 140 Oskar Harnstrom (Swe) Swedish National Team 141 Jan Poric (Slo) Slovenian National Team 142 Ole Hahn (Ger) German National Team 143 Lukas Jaeger (Swi) Swiss National Team 144 Stepan Tumpach (Cze) Czech National Team 146 Boris Tetzlaff (Aut) Solid Aclass Factory Team 148 Ziga Knez (Slo) Team Scott Lactat 149 Nico Seidel (Ger) German National Team 150 Pascal Furrer (Swi) Swiss National Team 151 Mathieu Troquier (Fra) Solid Aclass Factory Team 153 Stefan Maderthaner (Aut) Austrian National Team 154 Bostjan Pisanec (Slo) Slovenian National Team 155 Walter Zeidler (Aut) Austrian National Team 156 Sorin Mircea Parau (Rom) Romanian National Team 157 Aurélien Giordanengo (Fra) French National Team 158 David Axelsson (Swe) Swedish National Team 159 Felix Beckeman (Swe) Swedish National Team 160 Peter Roschner (Aut) 4 Elements Yeti/Hotec/Rsp 161 Pascal Seydoux (Swi) Swiss National Team 162 Tom Dowie (GBr) British National Team 163 Zdenek Nasinec (Cze) Czech National Team 164 Martin Buck (Swi) Swiss National Team 165 David Graf (Swi) Swiss National Team 166 Filip Polc (Svk) Kenda Tomac 167 Nikolay Pukhir (Rus) Russian National Team 168 Sergey Maltsev (Rus) Russian National Team Women 33 Anneke Beerten (Ned) MS-Intense Factory-Racing 34 Mio Suemasa (Jpn) MS-Intense Factory-Racing 35 Anita Molcik (Aut) 4 Elements Yeti/Hotec/Rsp 36 Fionn Griffiths (GBr) Norco World Team 37 Jana Horakova (Cze) Suzuki-RB 38 Diana Marggraff (Ecu) 39 Rachel Seydoux (Swi) 40 Angelika Hohenwarter (Aut) 41 Eva Castro Fernandez (Spa) 42 Neven Steinmetz (USA) 43 Lucia Oetjen (Swi) 44 Romana Labounkova (Cze) 45 Steffi Marth (Ger) 47 Helene Valerie Fruhwirth (Aut) 48 Katarina Tothova (Cze) 49 Laura Brethauer (Ger) 50 Tereza Votavova (Cze) 51 Elke Rabeder (Aut) Austrian National Team 53 Neza Knez (Slo) Slovenian National Team 54 Emmeline Ragot (Fra) SuspensionCenter Downhill Men 1 Samuel Hill (Aus) Monster Energy / Iron Horse 2 Matti Lehikoinen (Fin) MS-Intense Factory-Racing 3 Steve Peat (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate 4 Gee Atherton (GBr) Animal Commencal 5 Marc Beaumont (GBr) Team BikeRadar 8 Fabien Barel (Fra) Subaru Mountain Bike Pro Team 9 David Vazquez Lopez (Spa) Lapierre Dh Powered By Saab Salomon 11 Mickael Pascal (Fra) MSC Bikes 12 Brendan Fairclough (GBr) Monster Energy / Iron Horse 13 Nathan Rennie (Aus) Santa Cruz Syndicate 14 Fabien Pedemanaud (Fra) Team Pyrenees Morewood 16 Florent Payet (Fra) Subaru Mountain Bike Pro Team 17 Ben Reid (Irl) 18 Dan Atherton (GBr) Animal Commencal 20 Andrew Neethling (RSA) GT Bicycle 21 Bernat Guardia Pascual (Spa) MSC Bikes 22 Chris Kovarik (Aus) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 23 Pasqual Canals Flix (Spa) Massi 24 Nick Beer (Swi) IXS Sports Division Racing Team 25 Ivan Oulego Moreno (Spa) Massi 26 Damien Spagnolo (Fra) Subaru Mountain Bike Pro Team 27 Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate 28 Jared Rando (Aus) Giant Mountain Bike Team 29 Amiel Cavalier (Aus) Giant Mountain Bike Team 30 Alan Beggin (Ita) Italian National Team 31 Samuel Zbinden (Swi) Argentina Bike Gravity Team 32 Ben Cathro (GBr) Mojo Orange 33 Oscar Saiz Castane (Spa) Giant Mountain Bike Team 34 Marcus Klausmann (Ger) Team Ghost International 35 Adam Vagner (Cze) 36 Dominik Gspan (Swi) 37 Marco Milivinti (Ita) Italian National Team 38 Thibaut Ruffin (Fra) 39 Robin Wallner (Swe) 40 Nathan Rankin (NZl) Playbiker - Iron Horse 41 Bryn Atkinson (Aus) GT Bicycle 42 Markus Pekoll (Aut) Solid Aclass Factory Team 43 Neil Donoghue (GBr) Team BikeRadar 44 Matthew Simmonds (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 45 Michael Skinner (NZl) Playbiker - Iron Horse 46 Luke Strobel (USA) Team Maxxis 47 Nico Vink (Bel) Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike Racing Team 48 Duncan Riffle (USA) Cannondale Factory Racing 49 Lorenzo Suding (Ita) Playbiker - Iron Horse 50 Rémi Thirion (Fra) Team Sunn 51 Cédric Gracia (Fra) Commencal - Furious - Oakley Team 52 Herman Olund (Swe) 53 Marcel Beer (Swi) IXS Sports Division Racing Team 54 Toni Berg (Fin) 55 Lars Peyer (Swi) Suspension Center 56 Dan Stanbridge (GBr) Mojo Orange 57 Ruaridh Cunningham (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 58 Cody Warren (USA) 59 Joris Bigoni (Fra) 60 Espen Johnsen (Nor) 61 Vlastimil Hyncica (Cze) 62 Frank Schneider (Ger) 63 Daniel Wolfe (Irl) 64 Cole Bangert (USA) 65 Rutar Nejc (Slo) Team Scott Lactat 66 Marco Bugnone (Ita) Italian National Team 67 Chris Hutchens (GBr) Mojo Orange 68 John Swanguen (USA) MS-Intense Factory-Racing 69 Jan Cestnik (Slo) 70 Andreas Sieber (Ger) Solid Aclass Factory Team 71 Aki Färm (Fin) Finnish National Team 72 Matej Charvat (Cze) 73 Kyle Strait (USA) Specialized Factory Racing 74 Gerard Wolfe (Irl) 75 Erik Irmisch (Ger) 76 Kamil Tatarkovic (Cze) Suzuki-RB 77 Nimrod Hemmo (Isr) 78 Danny Hart (GBr) Lapierre Dh Powered By Saab Salomon 79 Joe Barnes (GBr) 80 Pierre Charles Georges (Fra) 81 Aurélien Giordanengo (Fra) 82 Pavel Cep (Cze) 83 Matej Vitko (Svk) 84 Patrick Meyer (Swi) IXS Sports Division Racing Team 85 Simon Charvat (Cze) 86 Georg Sieder (Aut) Solid Aclass Factory Team 87 Joseph Smith (GBr) Tomac Factory Racing 88 Thomas Braithwaite (GBr) 89 Erik Kallstrom (Swe) 90 Sam Dale (GBr) Cannondale Factory Racing 91 Adam Brayton (GBr) Playbiker - Iron Horse 92 Curtis Keene (USA) 93 Mario Sieder (Aut) Solid Aclass Factory Team 94 Jorge Aguin Castro (Spa) 95 Matus Paulovic (Svk) 96 Cyrille Kurtz (Fra) 97 Ralph Jones (GBr) 98 Fabien Cousinie (Fra) 99 Peter Novacik (Svk) 100 Daniel Critchlow (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 101 Romain Paulhan (Fra) 102 Vesa Virta (Fin) 103 Benny Strasser (Ger) IXS Sports Division Racing Team 104 Mathieu Troquier (Fra) Solid Aclass Factory Team 105 Johan Potgieter (RSA) 106 Antonio Ferreiro Pajuelo (Spa) Massi 107 Andraz Jersin (Slo) 108 Petr Heinik (Cze) Suzuki-RB 109 Jan Javornik (Svk) 110 Robert Smith (GBr) Reverse Components 111 Julien Camellini (Fra) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 112 Patrik Kotrla (Cze) 113 Martin Frei (Swi) 114 Drew Pautler (Can) 115 Elias Somvi (Ita) 116 Raffael Maltrovsky (Aut) 117 Jörg Neuhart (Aut) 118 Igor Jadlovsky (Svk) 119 Martin Mikulenka (Cze) 120 Frans Sjoblom (Swe) 121 Hynek Hajek (Cze) Czech National Team 122 Darren Quille (Irl) 123 Boris Tetzlaff (Aut) Solid Aclass Factory Team 124 Jan Savr (Cze) Czech National Team 125 Loïc Delteil (Fra) 126 Thomas Jeandin (Swi) Argentina Bike Gravity Team 127 Alexander Mikowitsch (Aut) Team Scott Lactat 128 Robert Nagl (Aut) 129 Rudiger Jahnel (Aut) 130 Rowan Sorrell (GBr) 131 Tobias Sieber (Ger) 132 Paolo Viola (Ita) Pro-Bike Riding Team 133 Martin Strasser (Aut) 134 Daniel Aitken (NZl) 135 Gino Schlifske (Ger) German National team 136 Nicolas Ortiz (Fra) French National team 137 Ludovic May (Swi) 138 Ben Ineson (GBr) Reverse Components 139 Mario Hohnjec (Cro) Mammoth 140 Arnaud Delente (Fra) 141 Liam Mason (GBr) Printexpress UK MTB Team 142 Jordi Bago (Spa) 143 Will Longden (GBr) Team BikeRadar 144 Stuart Jenkinson (GBr) Printexpress UK MTB Team 145 Alexander Evans (GBr) 146 Mathieu Gallean (Fra) Argentina Bike Gravity Team 147 Nicolas Gspan (Swi) 148 Adam Morse (USA) 149 Karl O'sullivan (Irl) 150 Marcel Vasko (Svk) 151 Martin Hanak (Cze) Czech National Team 152 Scott Mears (GBr) 153 Falco Ruppert (Ger) German National team 154 Sacha Robert (Swi) Suspension Center 155 Kévin Danh Pha (Fra) Team Pyrenees Morewood 156 Jack Geoghegan (GBr) British National Team 157 Luka Novak (Slo) Team Enduro Mulisha 158 Roland Seereiner (Aut) Team Scott Lactat 159 Pierre Laurent Bucci (Fra) Corsica Fed Consulting 160 Alastair Wilson (GBr) British National Team 161 Philipp Inselsbacher (Aut) Austrian National Team 162 Ondrej Barta (Cze) Czech National Team 163 Ben Baker (GBr) Printexpress UK MTB Team 164 Martins Sprogis (Lat) Latvian National Team 165 Niklas Wallner (Swe) Swedish National Team 166 Edoardo Franco (Ita) Playbiker - Iron Horse 167 Rémy Charrier (Fra) Team Sunn 168 Scott Beaumont (GBr) Rocky Mountain UK 169 Rhys Willemse (Aus) Tomac Factory Racing 170 Laurie Dinham (Aus) Tomac Factory Racing 171 Emyr Davies (GBr) Reverse Components 172 Dertell Dennis (Swe) Swedish National Team 173 John Holbrook (GBr) Reverse Components 174 Gergely Veres (Hun) Hungarian National Team 175 Niko Länsiö (Fin) Finnish National Team 176 Olivier Nicole (Fra) French National team 177 Roman Roschi (Swi) Suspension Center 178 Andrew Phillips (GBr) Reverse Components 179 Jaroslav Chytil (Cze) Czech National Team 180 Scott Laughland (GBr) Reverse Components 181 Vladimir Tichy (Svk) Slovakian National Team 182 Tim Hammar (Swe) Swedish National Team 183 Gundars Osis (Lat) Latvian National Team 184 Matej Mackovic (Svk) Slovakian National Team 185 Tine Mahkovec (Slo) Team Scott Lactat 186 Matej Laktis (Svk) Slovakian National Team 187 Gareth Brewin (GBr) British National Team 188 Marco Fernandez Garcia (Spa) Motril-Sierra Nevada Bike Park 189 Lucas Meyer (Swi) IXS Sports Division Racing Team 190 Vittorio Gambirasio (Ita) Surfing Shop 191 Dave Goris (Bel) Belgian National Team 192 Paul Aston (GBr) Solid Aclass Factory Team 193 Mads Weidemann (Den) Danish National Team 194 Clément Benoit (Fra) French National team 195 Liam Little (GBr) Reverse Components 196 Ewan Doherty (Irl) Irish National Team 197 Jiri Placek (Cze) Max Cursor 198 Rade Curcic (Srb) Team Scott Lactat 199 Michael Matt (Aut) Austrian National Team 200 Joseph Nation (NZl) New Zealand National Team 201 Martin Chenicek (Cze) Suzuki-RB 202 Robin Hagen (Swi) Tomac Factory Racing 203 Rossen Kovachev (Bul) Bulgarian National Team 204 Leoluca Scurria (Ita) Surfing Shop 205 Dave Trumpore (USA) Transcend Magazine 206 Félix Groizard (Fra) French National team 207 Denis Paradiz (Slo) Team Enduro Mulisha 208 Aaron Bashford (Aus) Austrian National Team 209 Alexander Kangas (Swe) Swedish National Team 210 Jakub Fiser (Cze) Czech National Team 211 Martin Markov (Bul) Bulgarian National Team 212 David Hosang (Swi) Suspension Center 213 Balazs Veres (Hun) Hungarian National Team 214 Lorenzo Dal Re (Ita) Surfing Shop 215 Chris Kilmurray (Irl) Irish National Team 216 Matevz Zupanc (Slo) Slovenian National Team 217 Martin Buck (Swi) Swiss National team 218 Urban Pogladic (Slo) Slovenian National Team 219 Sam Shucksmith (GBr) British National Team 220 Janick Lieberherr (Swi) IXS Sports Division Racing Team 221 Jaka Seme (Slo) Slovenian National Team 222 Patrick Thome (Fra) French National team 223 Gernot Ruppert (Ger) German National team 224 Andréa Gamenara (Ita) Argentina Bike Gravity Team 225 Bertrand Gilles (Bel) Belgian National Team 226 James Scott (GBr) British National Team 227 Harry Heath (GBr) British National Team 228 Janos Krizsak (Hun) 229 Joey Van Veghel (Ned) Dutch National Team 230 Fredrik Hansson (Swe) Swedish National Team 231 Joost Wichman (Ned) Cannondale Factory Racing 232 Gerhard Wagenhofer (Aut) Team Scott Lactat 233 James Bashford (Aus) Australian National Team 234 David Schmied (Ger) German National team 235 Fabrizio Grilli (Ita) Pro-Bike Riding Team 236 Kristjan Vrecek (Slo) Slovenian National Team 237 Florian Wilhelm (Aut) Austrian National Team 238 Gaetan Reilhan (Fra) French National team 239 Miklos Kantor (Hun) Hungarian National Team 240 Tadej Humar (Slo) Slovenian National Team 241 Lukas Ucen (Svk) Slovakian National Team 242 Jurg Meijer (Ned) Dutch National Team 243 Davide Don (Ita) Italian National Team 244 Timo Burgler (Aut) Austrian National Team 245 Sorin Mircea Parau (Rom) Romanian National Team 246 Daniel Gottschall (Ger) German National team 247 Andreas Gasser (Aut) Austrian National Team 248 Tyler Mc Caul (USA) US National Team 249 Francesco Locatelli (Ita) Italian National Team 250 Oskar Harnstrom (Swe) Swedish National Team 251 Mihnea Razvan Tirca (Rom) Romanian National Team 252 Umar Jakob Schaffer (Aut) Austrian National Team Women 1 Sabrina Jonnier (Fra) Team Maxxis 2 Tracy Moseley (GBr) Kona 4 Emmeline Ragot (Fra) Suspension Center 7 Mio Suemasa (Jpn) MS-Intense Factory-Racing 8 Helen Gaskell (GBr) 9 Floriane Pugin (Fra) Playbiker - Iron Horse 10 Fionn Griffiths (GBr) Norco World Team 11 Rachel Atherton (GBr) Animal Commencal 12 Anita Molcik (Aut) 4 Elements Yeti/Hotec/Rsp 13 Claire Buchar (Can) 14 Petra Bernhard (Aut) 15 Diana Marggraff (Ecu) 16 Helene Valerie Fruhwirth (Aut) 17 Miriam Ruchti (Swi) Sport Promotion 18 Elisa Canepa (Ita) Playbiker - Iron Horse 19 Myriam Nicole (Fra) 20 Katy Curd (GBr) 21 Emilie Siegenthaler (Swi) Suspension Center 22 Harriet Rucknagel (Ger) 23 Katarina Tothova (Cze) 24 Antje Kramer (Ger) 25 Sandra Rubesam (Ger) 26 Birgit Braumann (Aut) 27 Dalma Kiss (Hun) 28 Jaymie Mart (Bar) 29 Helena Boskova (Svk) 30 Katarina Pialova (Svk) 31 Elke Rabeder (Aut) 32 Silja Stadler (Swi) Swiss National Team 33 Sarah Newham (GBr) British National Team 34 Leoni-Caro. Dickerhoff (Ger) IXS Sports Division Racing Team 35 Anneke Beerten (Ned) MS-Intense Factory-Racing 36 Jessica Stone (GBr) British National Team Cross country Men 1 Julien Absalon (Fra) Orbea 2 Geoff Kabush (Can) Team Maxxis 3 Christoph Sauser (Swi) Specialized Factory Racing 4 Burry Stander (RSA) GT Bicycle 5 José Antonio Hermida Ramos (Spa) Multivan Merida Biking Team 6 Adam Craig (USA) Giant Mountain Bike Team 7 Nino Schurter (Swi) Swisspower Mtb Team 8 Florian Vogel (Swi) Swisspower Mtb Team 9 Todd Wells (USA) GT Bicycle 10 Martin Gujan (Swi) Athleticum-MTB-Team 11 Cédric Ravanel (Fra) Team Lapierre International 12 Lukas Flückiger (Swi) Athleticum-MTB-Team 13 Christoph Soukup (Aut) 14 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Orbea 15 Kashi Leuchs (NZl) Cannondale-Vredestein 16 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Cannondale-Vredestein 18 Ralph Naef (Swi) Multivan Merida Biking Team 19 Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) 20 Roel Paulissen (Bel) Cannondale-Vredestein 21 Jaroslav Kulhavy (Cze) --- 23 Jürg Graf (Swi) Swisspower Mtb Team 24 Liam Killeen (GBr) Specialized Factory Racing 25 Oliver Beckingsale (GBr) Giant Mountain Bike Team 26 Ruben Ruzafa Cueto (Spa) Orbea 27 Hannes Metzler (Aut) Giant Mountain Bike Team 29 Inaki Lejarreta Errasti (Spa) Orbea 30 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike Racing Team 31 Karl Markt (Aut) 32 Wolfram Kurschat (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team 33 Rudi Van Houts (Ned) Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike Racing Team 37 Thomas Frischknecht (Swi) Swisspower Mtb Team 38 Jiri Friedl (Cze) Merida Biking Team 39 Milan Spesny (Cze) Merida Biking Team 40 Yader Zoli (Ita) Giant Italia Team 41 Bas Peters (Ned) Dutch National Team 43 Manuel Fumic (Ger) Fumic.Brothers.International 45 Lado Fumic (Ger) Fumic.Brothers.International 46 Moritz Milatz (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team 48 Emil Lindgren (Swe) Full-Dynamix-It 51 Ivan Alvarez Gutierrez (Spa) Giant Italia Team 52 Bart Brentjens (Ned) Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike Racing Team 55 Gion Manetsch (Swi) Athleticum-MTB-Team 56 Matthias Flückiger (Swi) Athleticum-MTB-Team 57 Andreas Kugler (Swi) Fischer-BMC 58 Karl Platt (Ger) Team Bulls 60 Connor Mcconvey (Irl) Irish National team 61 Alban Lakata (Aut) Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike Racing Team 62 Stéphane Tempier (Fra) Gewiss Bianchi 63 Jochen Kass (Ger) Team Alb-Gold Mountainbike 64 Andras Parti (Hun) 65 Fabian Giger (Swi) 66 Rotem Ishai (Isr) 67 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Scott Valloire Galibier 68 Roman Rametsteiner (Aut) 69 Igor Bogdan (Ukr) Isd-International 70 Robert Gehbauer (Aut) Multivan Merida Biking Team 71 Anders Hovdenes (Nor) Team Etto Hoydahl 72 Frank Schotman (Ned) Dutch National Team 73 Jelmer Pietersma (Ned) Beone Chainreaction Mountainbiketeam 74 Andrea Tiberi (Ita) Giant Italia Team 75 Frank Beemer (Ned) 76 Christof Bischof (Swi) 77 Ian Bibby (GBr) British National Team 78 Barry Wicks (USA) Kona 79 Evgeniy Pechenin (Rus) Format-Udmurtia 80 Bjorn Brems (Bel) 81 Ola Kjören (Nor) 82 Tim Bohme (Ger) Team Alb-Gold Mountainbike 83 Giuseppe Lamastra (Ita) 84 Filip Eberl (Cze) 85 Stefan Sahm (Ger) Team Bulls 86 Patrik Gallati (Swi) Swisspower Mtb Team 87 Robert Kircher (Aut) 88 Roland Plank (Aut) 89 Klaus Nielsen (Den) Team Alb-Gold Mountainbike 90 Andriy Gumenyuk (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 91 Pierre Geoffroy Plantet (Fra) Team Lapierre International 92 Martino Fruet (Ita) 93 Nicola Rohrbach (Swi) Central Ghost Pro Team 94 Luka Mezgec (Slo) 95 Uwe Hochenwarter (Aut) 96 Ludovic Mottet (Bel) Windose Houffalize 97 David Fletcher (GBr) British National Team 98 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) 99 Martin Fanger (Swi) 100 Umberto Corti (Ita) Team CBE Tecnoimpianti A.S.D 101 Gerald Hauer (Aut) 102 Andy Eyring (Ger) 103 Jelmer Jubbega (Ned) Dutch National Team 104 Sebastien Carabin (Bel) Belgian National Team 105 Till Marx (Swi) Swisspower Mtb Team 106 Felix Euteneuer (Ger) 107 Jernej Muzga (Slo) 108 Andriy Khripta (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 109 Josef Kamler (Cze) Ceska Sporitelna MTB 110 Rene Tann (Ger) 111 Tim Wijnants (Bel) Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike Racing Team 112 Hubert Pollinger (Ita) Sunshine Racers Asv Nals 113 Calle Friberg (Swe) 114 Torsten Marx (Ger) Team Alb-Gold Mountainbike 115 Pascal Hossay (Bel) 116 Ross Creber (GBr) British National Team 117 Silvio Bundi (Swi) Giant Mountain Bike Team 118 Rob Vangenechten (Bel) 119 Bostjan Lavtar (Slo) 120 Guillaume Vinit (Fra) Scott Valloire Galibier 121 Heiko Gutmann (Ger) 122 Anders Ljungberg (Swe) 123 Lukas Kaufmann (Swi) 124 Michal Plesnik (Svk) 125 Simon Scheiber (Aut) Sunshine Racers Asv Nals 126 Nejc Cernilogar (Slo) 127 Markus Loisl (Aut) 128 Alexandre Moos (Swi) 129 Fabien Canal (Fra) Team Lapierre International 130 Michael (1978) Weiss (Aut) 131 Samuele Porro (Ita) Team CBE Tecnoimpianti A.S.D 132 Rumen Voigt (Ger) 133 Ronald Paur (Aut) 134 Boris Vasilyev (Rus) Format-Udmurtia 135 Martin Loo (Est) Merida Biking Team 136 Michael Stieglbauer (Ger) 137 Christoph Plank (Aut) 138 Thomas Litscher (Swi) 139 David Escolar Ballesteros (Spa) Sunshine Racers Asv Nals 140 Nicolas Jeantet (Ita) Team CBE Tecnoimpianti A.S.D 141 Guido Thaler (Aut) 142 Frederick Thoni (Aut) 143 Balz Weber (Swi) Bikepark.ch BMC 144 Alexey Belokrylov (Rus) Format-Udmurtia 145 Lukas Platzgummer (Ita) Sunshine Racers Asv Nals 146 Borut Fonda (Slo) Slovenian National Team 147 Claudio Caluori (Swi) Tomac Factory Racing 148 Michael Margesin (Ita) Sunshine Racers Asv Nals 149 Matthias Rupp (Aut) Team Scott Lactat 150 Roman Peter (Swi) Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike Racing Team Women 1 Marie-Helene Premont (Can) Rocky Mountain 2 Catharine Pendrel (Can) Luna Womens MTB Team 3 Margarita Fullana Riera (Spa) Massi 4 Georgia Gould (USA) Luna Womens MTB Team 5 Lene Byberg (Nor) Specialized Factory Racing 8 Irina Kalentieva (Rus) Topeak Ergon Racing Team 9 Katerina Nash (Cze) Luna Womens MTB Team 10 Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjaa (Nor) Multivan Merida Biking Team 12 Blaza Klemencic (Slo) Giant Italia Team 14 Katrin Leumann (Swi) 15 Sabine Spitz (Ger) Central Ghost Pro Team 16 Elisabeth Osl (Aut) Team Ghost International 17 Petra Henzi (Swi) Fischer-BMC 18 Cécile Rode Ravanel (Fra) Team Lapierre International 19 Nathalie Schneitter (Swi) Colnago Cap Arreghini 20 Sabrina Enaux (Fra) Team Lapierre International 23 Willow Koerber (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 25 Eva Lechner (Ita) Colnago Cap Arreghini 26 Sandra Walter (Can) 28 Adelheid Morath (Ger) 29 Laura Turpijn (Ned) Dutch National Team 30 Tanja Zakelj (Slo) 31 Maroussia Rusca (Swi) 32 Rosara Joseph (NZl) Team Ghost International 34 Maria Osl (Aut) Sunshine Racers Asv Nals 41 Maja Wloszczowska (Pol) Halls Professional Mtb Team 42 Nataliya Krompets (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 43 Ivonne Kraft (Ger) 44 Julie Krasniak (Fra) Team Lapierre International 45 Aleksandra Dawidowicz (Pol) Halls Professional Mtb Team 46 Janka Stevkova (Svk) 47 Marielle Saner-Guinchard (Swi) Bikepark.ch BMC 48 Arielle Van Meurs (Ned) 49 Githa Michiels (Bel) 50 Stephanie Wiedner (Aut) 51 Iryna Slobodyan (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team 52 Judith Pollinger (Ita) Sunshine Racers Asv Nals 53 Sarah Koba (Swi) 54 Asa Maria Erlandsson (Swe) Subaru-Gary Fisher 55 Katrin Schwing (Ger) Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike Racing Team 56 Silke Schmidt (Ger) 57 Anja Gradl (Ger) Central Ghost Pro Team 58 Kristien Nelen (Bel) 59 Claudia Seidel (Ger) 60 Kathrin Stirnemann (Swi) 61 Lucie Vesela (Cze) 62 Tatjana Dold (Ger) 63 Marie Kunst (Den) Danish National Team 64 Petra Marchart (Aut) 65 Ingrid Bosscha (Ned) 66 Fabienne Heinzmann (Swi) Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike Racing Team
Past winners
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