MTB World Cup XC #9 & DH #7 - CDM

Schladming, Austria, September 11-14, 2008

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Race 1 - September 11: 4X Qualifications

4X qualifications kick off World Cup finale

By Luke Weber in Schladming

Just one second separated the top twenty men's qualifiers who were led by Romain Saladini. The women faced a similarly close seeding session - the top five finished within the same second.

Four cross practice and qualifying took place in Schladming on a dry, dusty and controversial circuit. Dramatically cut from previous years, the 30 second track is more representative of BMX than mountain bike, with smaller jumps and some very tight berms. This means that there could be some surprise results as one mistake will be the one that ends any chance of making it through a moto.

Heavy overnight rain compacted the course, setting up tricky conditions for the finals. A forecast predicts light rain, becoming heaviest Saturday afternoon, just in time for the downhill finals.

Friday night, the finals get underway in Schladming and the first World Cup champions of 2008 will be crowned.

Results

Elite women

1 Romana Labounkova (Cze)                               0.33.81
2 Anneke Beerten (Ned) Ms-Intense Factory-Racing        0.00.58
3 Fionn Griffiths (GBr) Norco World Team                0.00.66
4 Angelika Hohenwarter (Aut)                            0.00.96
5 Rachel Seydoux (Swi)                                  0.00.97
6 Jana Horakova (Cze) Suzuki-Rb                         0.01.04
7 Mio Suemasa (Jpn) Ms-Intense Factory-Racing           0.01.13
8 Diana Marggraff (Ecu)                                 0.01.30
9 Neza Knez (Slo)                                       0.01.71
10 Lucia Oetjen (Swi)                                   0.01.80
11 Anita Molcik (Aut) 4 Elements Yet                    0.01.85
12 Helene Valer Fruhwirth (Aut)                         0.02.22
13 Tereza Votavova (Cze)                                0.02.42
14 Eva Castro Fernandez (Spa)                           0.02.70
15 Steffi Marth (Ger)                                   0.03.12
16 Emmeline Ragot (Fra) Suspension Center               0.03.18
17 Laura Brethauer (Ger)                                0.03.46
18 Katarina Tothova (Cze)                               0.03.78
19 Elke Rabeder (Aut)                                   0.03.91
20 Neven Steinmetz (USA)                                0.04.39
 
Elite men

1 Romain Saladini (Fra) Suzuki-Rb                       0.30.95
2 Kamil Tatarkovic (Cze) Animal Commencal               0.00.01
3 Dan Atherton (GBr)                                    0.00.09
4 Roger Rinderknecht (Swi)                                     
5 Pascal Seydoux (Swi)                                  0.00.22
6 Guido Tschugg (Ger)                                   0.00.32
7 Aurélien Giordanengo (Fra)                            0.00.35
8 Joost Wichman (Ned) Cannondale Factory Racing         0.00.44
9 Scott Beaumont (GBr) Rocky Mountain Uk                0.00.51
10 Matej Vitko (Svk)                                    0.00.53
11 Jakub Hnidak (Cze)                                   0.00.55
12 Hannes Slavik (Aut)                                  0.00.60
13 Jurg Meijer (Ned)                                    0.00.69
14 Cédric Gracia (Fra) Commencal - Furious - Oak        0.00.77
15 Alvarez De Lara Luca (Spa)                           0.00.79
16 John Swanguen (USA) Ms-Intense Factory-Racing        0.00.82
17 David Graf (Swi)                                     0.00.85
18 Quentin Derbier (Fra)                                0.00.89
19 Tomas Slavik (Cze)                                   0.00.90
20 Rastislav Pirman (Svk) 4 Elements Yet                0.01.00
21 Georg Sieder (Aut) Solid Aclass Factory Team         0.01.13
22 Markus Pekoll (Aut) Solid Aclass Factory Team        0.01.14
23 Lewis Lacey (GBr)                                    0.01.16
24 Tomas Haluza (Cze)                                   0.01.23
25 Johannes Fischbach (Ger) Team Ghost International    0.01.28
26 Stepan Tumpach (Cze)                                        
27 Filip Polc (Svk) Kenda Tomac                         0.01.35
28 Marek Pesko (Svk)                                    0.01.41
29 Sascha Meyenborg (Ger)                               0.01.45
30 Lukas Mechura (Cze) Chain Reaction Cycle             0.01.50
31 Florian Gottschlich (Ger)                            0.01.55
32 Felix Beckeman (Swe)                                        
33 Peter Prajczer (Hun)                                 0.01.62
34 Adam Stasek (Cze)                                           
35 Adrian Kiener (Swi)                                  0.01.64
36 Tilen Frank (Slo) Team Scott Lactat                  0.01.68
37 Georg Engel (Aut)                                    0.01.71
38 David Axelsson (Swe)                                        
39 Bernard Kerr (GBr)                                   0.01.73
40 Boris Tetzlaff (Aut) Solid Aclass Factory Team       0.01.74
41 Joey Van Veghel (Ned)                                0.01.78
42 Thomas Bubla (Aut)                                   0.01.80
43 Tom Dowie (GBr)                                      0.01.85
44 Nico Vink (Bel) Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike            0.01.90
45 Matej Stapic (Slo) Team Enduro Mulisha               0.01.96
46 Will Longden (GBr) Team Bike Radar                   0.01.97
47 Martin Frei (Swi)                                    0.01.98
48 Adrian Weiss (Swi) Tomac Factory Racing              0.02.09
49 Pascal Furrer (Swi)                                  0.02.13
50 Krisztian Meszaros (Hun)                             0.02.23
51 Grzegorz Borodajko (Pol)                             0.02.28
52 Luka Novak (Slo) Team Enduro Mulisha                 0.02.34
53 Lukasz Baran (Pol)                                   0.02.40
54 Lukas Jaeger (Swi)                                   0.02.41
55 Werner Muther (Swi)                                  0.02.42
56 Stephen Taylor (GBr)                                 0.02.45
57 Robert Kulesza (Pol)                                 0.02.46
58 Markus Sedlak (Aut)                                  0.02.51
59 James Norton (GBr)                                   0.02.59
60 Stefan Maderthaner (Aut)                             0.02.65
61 Walter Zeidler (Aut)                                        
62 Zdenek Nasinec (Cze)                                        
63 Duncan Ferris (GBr)                                  0.02.67
64 Mathieu Troquier (Fra) Solid Aclass Factory Team     0.02.68
65 Fabian Kuttel (Swi)                                  0.02.70
66 Peter Roschner (Aut) 4 Elements Yet                  0.02.75
67 Ales Rogozan (Cze)                                   0.02.79
68 Nico Seidel (Ger)                                    0.02.81
69 Piotr Paradowski (Pol)                               0.02.83
70 Mirco Weiss (Swi) Tomac Factory Racing               0.03.00
71 Nicolas Gspan (Swi)                                  0.03.02
72 Frans Sjoblom (Swe)                                  0.03.07
73 Jakub Koutny (Cze)                                   0.03.17
74 Bostjan Pisanec (Slo)                                       
75 Ole Hahn (Ger)                                       0.03.20
76 Stepan Novotny (Cze)                                        
77 Michael Garcia (Ned)                                 0.03.26
78 Patric Campbell-Jenner (GBr)                                
79 Jordan Gould (GBr)                                   0.03.32
80 Martin Buck (Swi)                                    0.03.45
81 Sorin Mircea Parau (Rom)                             0.03.86
82 Jan Poric (Slo)                                      0.04.46
83 Nikolay Pukhir (Rus)                                 0.04.86
84 Sergey Maltsev (Rus)                                 0.07.71
DNF Ziga Knez (Slo) Team Scott Lactat                          
DNS Matthew Simmonds (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycle                
DNS Oskar Harnstrom (Swe)