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MTB World Cup XC #9 & DH #7 - CDM
Schladming, Austria, September 11-14, 2008
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Race 6 - September 14: Elite women cross country
Wloszczowska takes maiden win
By Luke Webber in Schladming
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Maja Wloszczowska (Halls Professional MTB Team) was the surprise package in the final World Cup of 2008, coming from behind in Schladming to take the win ahead of Irina Kalentieva (Topeak Ergon Racing Team) in an ever-changing race.
The first split was made on the brutally steep climb on lap one where Marga Fullana (Massi) and Marie Helene Premont (Rocky Mountain) danced away from their rivals. By lap two Fullana had distanced herself once more, but on such a short course there was never opportunity to gain a big lead. Fifteen seconds was as big as it got.
Premont and Kalentieva were chasing and were soon joined by a charging Wloszczowska who recovered valiantly from a bad start.
By lap four, Premont was fading and at one point dropped as low as fifth.
Rosara Joseph (Team Ghost Internation), who has been returning to top form after an injury for the first half of 2008, also showed great potential mixing it with the top five.
The big story, though, was the battle between the Polish Wloszczowska and the Spaniard Fullana. Both riders were duelling for the final win, and in a race which was short at under one and a half hours, every second counted.
Posting the fastest lap times since lap two, Wloszczowska who got the better of a weakening Fullana, who slipped to fourth behind Kalentieva and Premont. With her final performance, Premont assured herself the overall win.
Speaking after the race Wloszczowska said she was happy with her first ever win, which came as much as a surprise to her as it did to her rivals.
"Finally I come first!" she said.
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"I was second here in 2004, but after the Olympics I did not expect to win here," said Wloszczowska. "I haven't trained as much as I would have liked and that showed in the start, I did not get away well. But from then I could get faster and faster, when I saw Marga it gave me the extra power to push on and win the race, it was a great motivation."
For Premont, the race was a too short to make an impact on the top positions, but collecting the prize for the World Cup winner went some way to making up for that.
"The track was not so technical but very fast and hard to drink on," said Premont. "Today it was cold and hard to breathe. My strategy was to start fast but on the third lap I could not keep up but by the last lap I came round to finish on a high.
"Winning the overall was a goal at the start of the year so it is great to accomplish that and I am very happy with how the season has unfolded," said the Canadian Premont.
Photography
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Images by Luke Weber
- Marie-Helene Premont (Rocky Mountain) adjusts the leaders garment.
- The women’s race gets underway.
- Margarita Fullana Riera (Massi) was the early race leader.
- Premont climbs in the early stages.
- Rosara Joseph (Team Ghost International) continued her impressive comeback today.
- Tereza Hurikova (Ceska Sporitelna MTB) was the overall under-23 champion.
- Elisabeth Osl (Team Ghost International) on the top section of climb.
- Willow Koerber (Subaru-Gary Fisher) finished the race in 19th place.
- Premont descending to the overall win.
Images by Luke Weber
Images by Luke Weber
- Maja Wloszczowska (Halls Professional MTB Team) took the win today.
- Wloszczowska was surprised at her win , but happy nonetheless.
- The women’s race podium.
- The women’s overall podium.
Results
1 Maja Wloszczowska (Pol) Halls Professional MTB Team 1.26.42 2 Irina Kalentieva (Rus) Topeak Ergon Racing Team 0.37 3 Marie-Helene Premont (Can) Rocky Mountain 1.05 4 Margarita Fullana Riera (Spa) Massi 1.17 5 Sabine Spitz (Ger) Central Ghost Pro Team 2.26 6 Rosara Joseph (NZl) Team Ghost International 2.55 7 Katerina Nash (Cze) Luna Womens MTB Team 3.19 8 Catharine Pendrel (Can) Luna Womens MTB Team 3.39 9 Petra Henzi (Swi) Fischer-BMC 3.47 10 Elisabeth Osl (Aut) Team Ghost International 4.01 11 Lene Byberg (Nor) Specialized Factory Racing 4.32 12 Cécile Rode Ravanel (Fra) Team Lapierre International 4.58 13 Tereza Hurikova (Cze) Ceska Sporitelna MTB 5.30 14 Georgia Gould (USA) Luna Womens MTB Team 6.26 15 Blaza Klemencic (Slo) Giant Italia Team 6.57 16 Nathalie Schneitter (Swi) Colnago Cap Arreghini 8.15 17 Sabrina Enaux (Fra) Team Lapierre International 8.42 18 Anja Gradl (Ger) Central Ghost Pro Team 9.05 19 Willow Koerber (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 9.17 20 Katrin Leumann (Swi) 9.41 21 Janka Stevkova (Svk) 9.56 22 Nataliya Krompets (Ukr) 10.02 23 Adelheid Morath (Ger) 10.06 24 Ivonne Kraft (Ger) 10.24 25 Marielle Saner-Guinchard (Swi) Bikepark.Ch BMC 10.28 26 Julie Krasniak (Fra) Team Lapierre International 10.37 27 Githa Michiels (Bel) 11.13 28 Silke Schmidt (Ger) 11.31 29 Maria Osl (Aut) Sunshine Racers ASV Nals 11.52 30 Stephanie Wiedner (Aut) 12.00 31 Sandra Walter (Can) 12.22 32 Maroussia Rusca (Swi) 12.26 33 Katrin Schwing (Ger) Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike Racing Team 12.46 34 Laura Turpijn (Ned) 13.41 35 Tatjana Dold (Ger) 14.18 36 Tanja Zakelj (Slo) 14.43 37 Claudia Seidel (Ger) 15.03 38 Sarah Koba (Swi) 16.08 39 Asa Maria Erlandsson (Swe) Subaru-Gary Fisher 18.01 One lap behind 40 Judith Pollinger (Ita) Sunshine Racers ASV Nals 41 Elena Babikova Gogoleva (Rus) 42 Kristien Nelen (Bel) 43 Iryna Slobodyan (Ukr) 44 Lucie Vesela (Cze) Two laps behind 45 Petra Marchart (Aut) 46 Marie Kunst (Den) Final World Cup standings 1 Marie-Helene Premont (Can) Rocky Mountain 1580 pts 2 Catharine Pendrel (Can) Luna Womens MTB Team 1243 3 Margarita Fullana Riera (Spa) Massi 1060 4 Irina Kalentieva (Rus) Topeak Ergon Racing Team 900 5 Georgia Gould (USA) Luna Womens MTB Team 890 6 Lene Byberg (Nor) Specialized Factory Racing 870 7 Katerina Nash (Cze) Luna Womens MTB Team 811 8 Tereza Hurikova* (Cze) Ceska Sporitelna MTB 798 9 Mary Mcconneloug (USA) 723 10 Sabine Spitz (Ger) Central Ghost Pro Team 675 11 Blaza Klemencic (Slo) Giant Italia Team 640 12 Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjaa (Nor) Multivan Merida Biking Team 630 13 Petra Henzi (Swi) Fischer-BMC 622 14 Elisabeth Osl (Aut) Team Ghost International 622 15 Katrin Leumann (Swi) 613 16 Chengyuan Ren* (Chn) 578 17 Ying Liu (Chn) 555 18 Cécile Rode Ravanel (Fra) Team Lapierre International 550 19 Nathalie Schneitter* (Swi) Colnago Cap Arreghini 509 20 Sabrina Enaux (Fra) Team Lapierre International 493 21 Willow Koerber (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 416 22 Rosara Joseph (NZl) Team Ghost International 410 23 Laurence Leboucher (Fra) 405 24 Wendy Simms (Can) Kona 376 25 Adelheid Morath (Ger) 366 26 Sandra Walter (Can) 362 27 Laura Turpijn (Ned) 342 28 Maja Wloszczowska (Pol) Halls Professional MTB Team 335 29 Maroussia Rusca (Swi) 329 30 Tanja Zakelj* (Slo) 324 31 Eva Lechner (Ita) Colnago Cap Arreghini 322 32 Heather Irmiger (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 322 33 Lea Davison (USA) Trek / VW 309 34 Maria Osl (Aut) Sunshine Racers ASV Nals 289 35 Kiara Bisaro (Can) 278 36 Jingjing Wang (Chn) 239 37 Amanda Sin (Can) 237 38 Nina Homovec (Slo) 235 39 Julie Krasniak* (Fra) Team Lapierre International 225 40 Mical Dyck (Can) 221 41 Ivonne Kraft (Ger) 218 42 Laura Metzler* (Fra) 205 43 Emiliy Batty* (Can) 189 44 Anna Villar Argente (Spa) Massi 188 45 Marielle Saner-Guinchard (Swi) Bikepark.Ch BMC 188 46 Helene Marcouyre (Fra) 186 47 Esther Süss (Swi) 180 48 Githa Michiels (Bel) 172 49 Susan Haywood (USA) Trek / VW 163 50 Janka Stevkova (Svk) 160 51 Zoe King (Aus) 150 52 Jean Ann Mckirdy (Can) Rocky Mountain 138 53 Fiona Macdermid (GBr) 131 54 Lisa Morgan (NZl) 129 55 Francisca Campos Salas (Chi) Massi 126 56 Jodie Willett (Aus) 120 57 Alexandra Engen* (Swe) 118 58 Laura Lorenza Morfin Macouzet (Mex) 116 59 Marie-Claude Surprenant* (Can) 114 60 Katrin Schwing (Ger) Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike Racing Team 114 61 Katherine O'shea (Aus) 110 62 Dellys Starr (Aus) 110 63 Julie Bresset* (Fra) 105 64 Rie Katayama (Jpn) 102 65 Caroline Villeneuve (Can) 102 66 Nataliya Krompets* (Ukr) 101 67 Arielle Van Meurs (Ned) 101 68 Sarah Koba (Swi) 96 69 Joanna Wall (Aus) 95 70 Monique Avery* (NZl) 85 71 Kate Potter (Aus) 85 72 Marie Kunst (Den) 83 73 Marie Allaire (Can) 82 74 Carla Salgado Gonzalez (Mex) 82 75 Tory Thomas (Aus) 80 76 Mikaela Kofman* (Can) 80 77 Naomi Williams (Aus) 78 78 Jeanette Gerrie (NZl) 76 79 Kathleen Villeneuve (Can) 74 80 Nicole Swain (NZl) 72 81 Séverine Hansen (Fra) 72 82 Maaike Polspoel* (Bel) 71 83 Therese Rhodes* (Aus) 70 84 Anja Gradl* (Ger) Central Ghost Pro Team 70 85 Magdalena Sadlecka (Pol) Halls Professional MTB Team 70 86 Véronique Fournier (Can) 70 87 Alison Sydor (Can) Rocky Mountain 69 88 Kylie Webb (Aus) 68 89 Gracie Elvin* (Aus) 66 90 Erica O'brien (Aus) 64 91 Jaqueline Mourao (Bra) 64 92 Elsbeth Van Rooij-Vink (Ned) 64 93 Nina Wrobel (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team 64 94 Catherine Vipond (Can) 64 95 Sandra Santanyes Murillo (Spa) Cemelorca-Seguros10.com 63 96 Aleksandra Dawidowicz* (Pol) Halls Professional MTB Team 63 97 Vera Andreeva* (Rus) 63 98 Jamie Dinkins* (USA) 61 99 Karine Travaillaud (Can) 58 100 Kelli Emmett (USA) Giant Mountain Bike Team 56 101 Asa Maria Erlandsson (Swe) Subaru-Gary Fisher 56 102 Stephanie Wiedner* (Aut) 55 103 Kyia Anderson (USA) 54 104 Silke Schmidt* (Ger) 50 105 Claudia Seidel (Ger) 49 106 Anna Szafraniec (Pol) Halls Professional MTB Team 48 107 Caroline Mani* (Fra) 44 108 Joanna Harrington (Aus) 40 109 Cristina Mascarreras Sabria (Spa) 38 110 Tatjana Dold (Ger) 36 111 Emma Colson (Aus) 34 112 Daniella Bunzli Rojas (Chi) 33 113 Rocio Gamonal Ferrera (Spa) 32 114 Bernardine Boog-Rauwerda (Ned) 30 115 Ruth Moll Marques (Spa) 29 116 Judith Pollinger* (Ita) Sunshine Racers ASV Nals 28 117 Caitlyn Tuel (USA) 28 118 Kaytee Boyd (NZl) 28 119 Elena Babikova Gogoleva (Rus) 27 120 Kristien Nelen (Bel) 26 121 Sarka Chmurova (Cze) 26 122 Iryna Slobodyan* (Ukr) 25 123 Julie Sanders (Can) 25 124 Lucie Vesela (Cze) 24 125 Maria Kalnes (Nor) 24 126 Sandra Araujo (Por) 24 127 Petra Marchart (Aut) 23 128 Kaitlin Michener* (Can) 23 129 Neus Parcerissas (Spa) 23 130 Laure Boulay* (Fra) 21 131 Anja Mcdonald (NZl) 21 132 Sandra Dolcerocca (Den) 17 133 Rocio Martin Rodriguez (Spa) 15 134 Jennifer Fischer* (Fra) 14 135 Liliana Alejandra Uzcategui Vasquez (Ven) 12 136 Yolande Speedy (RSA) 10 137 Athina Chatzistyli (Gre) 10 138 Hanna Klein* (Ger) 9 139 Rowena Fry (Aus) 8 * indicates U23 racer Team women 1 Luna Womens MTB Team 578 pts 2 Rocky Mountain 306 3 Massi 213 4 Team Ghost International 211 5 Team Lapierre International 201 6 Specialized Factory Racing 179 7 Ceska Sporitelna MTB 163 8 Colnago Cap Arreghini 151 9 Topeak Ergon Racing Team 150 10 Central Ghost Pro Team 150 11 Giant Italia Team 132 12 Fischer-BMC 130 13 Multivan Merida Biking Team 127 14 Subaru-Gary Fisher 96 15 Halls Professional MTB Team 60 16 Trek-VW 59 17 Bh-Sr. Suntour 45 18 Kona 44 19 Sunshine Racers Asv Nals 22 20 Bikepark.ch BMC 12 21 Beone Chainreaction Mountainbiketeam 10 22 Giant Mountain Bike Team 6 23 Breiz Mountain 3 24 Cemelorca-Seguros10.Com 1
