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MTB World Cup XC #3 & 4X #2 - CDM - CDM
Houffalize, Belgium, May 2-3, 2009
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Race 6 - May 3: Elite men cross country
Absalon absolutely amazing
By Rob Jones
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Julien Absalon (Orbea) took his second consecutive victory in the men's cross country World Cup and his second ever win at Houffalize. The Frenchman's win helped pad his lead in the overall World Cup standings.
"This is a country of cycling. They are really crazy about it here, so this makes it the biggest World Cup of the season," said Absalon.
The men's five and a half lap race began with an attack almost immediately from Ralph Näf (Multivan Merida). Only Olympic silver medalist Jean-Christophe Peraud (Massi) was able to respond, and the pair started to build a gap on a chase group containing Absalon, Wolfram Kurschat (Topeak Ergon) and Jose Hermida (Multivan Merida).
"I was trying to go hard, but conserve energy as well," said Näf. "I was with Julien until the final lap, and then I exploded totally, with nothing left."
"He went fast, so I followed. But by the middle of the race it became more difficult for me, and I had to let him [Näf] go," said Peraud. "I was still going pretty good until the last lap when I had a problem with the [last rider] moto. He was in the way, and I went off the course and crashed and dropped my chain; maybe without that problem I would have beaten Burry [Stander for fourth]."
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Absalon decided that it was time to reel in the lead pair on lap three, and quickly bridged up, taking Hermida, and with Kurschat only a few seconds behind. Peraud was suffering and dropped back, and then Hermida flatted, leaving just Absalon and Näf at the front, with Kurschat chasing.
"At least I am back again," said Hermida, referring to the illness last week which forced him to drop out of Offenburg and lose the leader's jersey.
"It wasn't easy, being with Julien when we were going up [to the leaders], but then I flatted just before the start of the last lap. I used the foam I had with me and stopped in the pit for a cartridge, but then I was back with Jean-Christophe and Burry," he added. "Without the flat I think that I would have been on the podium."
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"It was impossible to keep the wheel of Näf, when he attacked so hard," said Absalon. "But I think that he also made a mistake by going so hard in the beginning, and it caught up with him at the end."
Canada's Geoff Kabush (Maxxis-Rocky Mountain), coming off an eighth place last week, got his front wheel tweeked on one of the bridges and crashed in the opening lap, negating his high start position. Worse, he had to stop into the pit and change wheels, putting him back in the high 60s by the time he got going again.
The top North American for the day was Adam Craig (Giant) in 29th, who put it succinctly, "I was solid but not spectacular."
Photography
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- Julien Absalon (Orbea) takes a 15 second victory in the men's race.
- The men's race starts with a brutal climb.
- Crowds lined one of the downhill sections on the course.
- Spain's José Antonio Hermida Ramos (Multivan Merida Biking Team) takes a leap of faith.
- South Africa's Burry Stander (Specialized Factory Racing) reaches the downhill section.
- Moritz Milatz (Multivan Merida Biking Team) shows how its done.
- Adam Craig (Giant Mountain Bike Team) flying the United States of America flag in the national champion's jersey.
- Samuel Schultz (Subaru-Gary Fisher) looked a little worried on the way down.
- Barry Wicks (Kona) finished one lap down.
- Michael Broderick was also one lap down.
- The real race begins: When there's beer, there's generally a Belgian near by.
- Ralph Näf (Multivan Merida Biking Team) was strong early in the race.
- Julien Absalon (Orbea) was in no rush to lead, but once he did he really put the pressure on.
- Wolfram Kurschat (Topeak Ergon Racing Team) kept his head down as he chased the runaway Frenchman.
- Oliver Beckingsale (Giant Mountain Bike Team) was have a great race until he blew up on the last lap.
- I am Specialized: Christoph Sauser (Specialized Factory Racing) was one of several sick riders in the Specialized team.
- Miguel Martinez finished 10 minutes behind his fellow Frenchman.
- Filip Meirhaeghe shows off for his fans during his final World Cup race.
- Julien Absalon (Orbea) decided he was ready to lead, and lead he did.
- Ralph Näf (Multivan Merida Biking Team) was showing the pain as Julien Absalon (Orbea) put the pressure on.
- Jean-Christophe Peraud (Massi) rode to a fifth place finish.
- José Antonio Hermida Ramos (Multivan Merida Biking Team) couldn't catch any of the Frenchman and missed out on the podium as a result.
- Burry Stander (Specialized Factory Racing) focuses on the climb.
- Wolfram Kurschat (Topeak Ergon Racing Team) may as well have won given how he celebrated his second place.
- Ralph Näf (Multivan Merida Biking Team) was okay with third place.
- Podium (L-R): Jean-Christophe Peraud, Wolfram Kurschat, Julien Absalon, Ralph Näf and Burry Stander.
- Bonjour misure Absalon. Julien hangs out with the podium girls after his dominate win.
Results
1 Julien Absalon (Fra) Orbea 1.51.34 2 Wolfram Kurschat (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team 0.15 3 Ralph Näf (Swi) Multivan Merida Biking Team 0.52 4 Burry Stander* (RSa) Specialized Factory Racing 1.15 5 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Massi 1.26 6 José Antonio Hermida Ramos (Spa) Multivan Merida Biking Team 1.31 7 Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez (Spa) Cemelorca-Trek-Lorca Taller Del Tiempo 1.54 8 Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) Cannondale Factory Racing 2.16 9 Moritz Milatz (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team 2.22 10 Roel Paulissen (Bel) Cannondale Factory Racing 2.45 11 Christoph Sauser (Swi) Specialized Factory Racing 3.03 12 Stéphane Tempier (Fra) Tx Active Bianchi 3.12 13 Nino Schurter (Swi) Scott-Swisspower Mtb-Racing 3.22 14 Alexis Vuillermoz* (Fra) Lapierre International 3.23 15 Manuel Fumic (Ger) Fumic.Brothers.International 3.36 16 Florian Vogel (Swi) Scott-Swisspower Mtb-Racing 3.48 17 Hector Leonardo Paez Leon (Col) Tx Active Bianchi 4.13 18 Cédric Ravanel (Fra) Lapierre International 4.46 19 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Trek-Brentjens Mountainbike Racing Team 5.02 20 Jochen Kass (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team 5.21 21 Umberto Corti (Ita) Team CBETecnoimpianti A.S.D. 5.23 22 Jaroslav Kulhavy (Cze) Rubena-Specialized 5.43 23 Martin Gujan (Swi) Cannondale Factory Racing 5.51 24 Inaki Lejarreta Errasti (Spa) Orbea 5.54 25 Emil Lindgren (Swe) Felt International MTB Team 6.04 26 Rudi Van Houts (Ned) Multivan Merida Biking Team 6.43 27 Andrea Tiberi (Ita) Tx Active Bianchi 6.46 28 Ivan Alvarez Gutierrez (Spa) Giant Italia Team 7.00 29 Adam Craig (USA) Giant Mountain Bike Team GMT 7.06 30 Ruben Ruzafa Cueto (Spa) Orbea 7.17 31 Lado Fumic (Ger) Fumic.Brothers.International 7.31 32 Jiri Friedl (Cze) Merida Biking Team 7.39 33 Filip Eberl (Cze) 7.41 34 Johnny Cattaneo (Ita) 7.52 35 Lukas Flückiger (Swi) Trek World Racing 7.55 36 Christof Bischof (Swi) Isd Cycling Team 8.00 37 Anders Hovdenes* (Nor) Team Etto Hoydahl 8.08 38 Cristian Cominelli* (Ita) Tx Active Bianchi 8.09 39 Periklis Ilias (Gre) Isd Cycling Team 8.21 40 Bas Peters (Ned) 8.23 41 Thomas Litscher* (Swi) Sks M.I.G. Team 8.25 42 Marek Galinski (Pol) Jbg-2 Professional MTB Team 8.26 43 Derek Zandstra (Can) 8.30 44 Milan Spesny (Cze) Ceska Sporitelna Mtb 8.41 45 Geoff Kabush (Can) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles 8.45 46 Robert Mennen (Ger) 8.52 47 Pierre Geoffroy Plantet (Fra) Lapierre International 9.03 48 Sergiy Rusenko (Ukr) Isd Cycling Team 9.09 49 Jan Skarnitzl (Cze) Giant Mountain Bike Team GMT 9.21 50 Paolo Cesar Montoya Cantillo (CRc) Giant Italia Team 9.28 51 Irjan Luttenberg* (Ned) 9.36 52 Ludovic Dubau (Fra) 9.37 53 Hannes Metzler (Aut) 9.39 54 Kohei Yamamoto (Jpn) 9.42 55 Guillaume Vinit* (Fra) Team Scott Valloire Galibier 9.46 56 Karl Markt (Aut) Srm Stevens Team 9.48 57 Lachlan Norris* (Aus) Discovertasmania.Com 9.51 58 Nicolas Vermeulen (Bel) Lingier-Versluys Team 10.05 59 Klaus Nielsen (Den) 10.12 60 François Bailly Maitre (Fra) Team Scott Valloire Galibier 10.22 61 Lukas Kaufmann* (Swi) 10.24 62 Mirko Pirazzoli (Ita) Isd Cycling Team 10.26 63 Miguel Martinez (Fra) 10.31 64 Oliver Beckingsale (GBr) Giant Mountain Bike Team GMT 65 Connor Mcconvey* (Irl) Felt International MTB Team 10.33 66 Kristian Hynek (Cze) Scott & Hagget MTB Team 10.57 67 Fabian Giger* (Swi) Sks M.I.G. Team 11.06 68 Magnus Darvell (Swe) 11.14 69 Patrik Gallati* (Swi) Scott-Swisspower Mtb-Racing 11.26 70 Juan Pedro Trujillo Hernandez (Spa) Cemelorca-Trek-Lorca Taller Del Tiempo 11.31 71 Jimmy Tielens (Bel) Team Saeco 11.34 72 Marcel Wildhaber (Swi) Scott-Swisspower Mtb-Racing 11.36 73 Igor Bogdan (Ukr) 11.44 74 Peter Sagan* (Svk) 11.51 75 Alejandro Diaz De La Pena Lopez (Spa) 12.00 76 Maxime Marotte (Fra) BH-Suntour 12.07 77 Niels Wubben* (Ned) 12.13 78 Mattias Wengelin* (Swe) 12.18 79 David Lozano Riba* (Spa) Cemelorca-Trek-Lorca Taller Del Tiempo 12.28 80 Marco Arnold* (Swi) 12.35 81 Fabien Canal* (Fra) Lapierre International 12.36 82 Martin Fanger* (Swi) Giant Mountain Bike Team GMT 12.37 83 Frank Beemer* (Ned) Trek-Brentjens Mountainbike Racing Team 12.54 84 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) 13.03 85 Dario Alejandro Gasco* (Arg) Massi 13.08 86 Marc Colom (Fra) 13.19 87 Sebastien Carabin* (Bel) Lingier-Versluys Team 13.20 88 Bjorn Brems (Bel) Team Saeco 13.23 89 Andras Parti (Hun) Srm Stevens Team 13.47 90 Dariusz Batek (Pol) 14.07 91 Jelmer Pietersma (Ned) Trek-Brentjens Mountainbike Racing Team 14.20 92 Cristobal Silva Ibaceta (Chi) 14.25 93 Pascal Meyer* (Swi) Sks M.I.G. Team 14.31 94 Giuseppe Lamastra (Ita) 14.35 95 Anthony Grenet* (Fra) 15.04 96 Arnaud Grosjean (Fra) 15.21 97 Ondrej Cink* (Cze) Merida Biking Team 15.33 98 Torsten Marx (Ger) DS-Rennsport 15.47 99 Frank Schotman (Ned) 15.48 100 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) 15.56 101 Mattias Nilsson (Swe) 16.04 102 Patrick Gaudy* (Bel) 16.12 103 Erik Groen* (Ned) De Brink-Ten Tusscher 16.15 104 Joris Massaer (Bel) 16.24 105 Catriel Andres Soto* (Arg) Infotre - Leecougan 16.29 106 Pascal Schmutz* (Swi) 16.33 107 Julien Saussac* (Fra) BH-Suntour 16.34 108 Nicolas Jeantet* (Ita) Team CBETecnoimpianti A.S.D. 16.49 109 Henk Jaap Moorlag* (Ned) De Brink-Ten Tusscher 16.50 110 Shlomi Haimy* (Isr) 16.57 111 Jianhua Ji (Chn) 16.59 112 Jérémy Huguenin* (Swi) 17.04 113 Jonathan Galante (Fra) 17.05 114 Tad Elliott* (USA) 17.12 115 Evgeniy Nikolaev* (Rus) 17.16 116 Kevin Van Hoovels (Bel) 17.22 117 Luka Mezgec* (Slo) Mbk Orbea 17.26 118 Robert Gehbauer* (Aut) Multivan Merida Biking Team 17.32 119 Adam Morka (Can) 17.36 120 Severin Disch (Swi) Giant Mountain Bike Team GMT 17.42 121 Kornel Osicki (Pol) Jbg-2 Professional MTB Team 17.45 122 Pascal Hossay* (Bel) 18.00 123 Laurent Mineur* (Bel) 18.09 124 Rene Tann* (Ger) 18.20 125 Luka Kodra (Slo) Mbk Orbea 18.46 126 Alexis Chenevier (Fra) Team Scott Valloire Galibier 18.54 127 Samuel Schultz* (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 18.56 128 Rob Vangenechten (Bel) Team Saeco 18.57 129 Chun Hing Chan (Hkg) 130 Olivier Maignan (Fra) 19.05 131 Matous Ulman (Cze) Scott & Hagget MTB Team 19.41 132 Andi Weinhold (Ger) 19.53 133 Jonas De Backer (Bel) 19.59 134 Ben Henderson* (Aus) 20.19 135 Zhiqiang Duan (Chn) 20.25 136 Tim Lemmers (Ned) De Brink-Ten Tusscher 20.40 137 Evgeniy Pechenin* (Rus) Format-Udmurtia 20.55 138 Vivien Legastelois (Fra) BH-Suntour 21.27 139 Roan Exelby* (RSa) 21.50 140 Freddy Betremieux (Fra) BH-Suntour 21.59 141 Marco Minnaard* (Ned) De Brink-Ten Tusscher 22.23 One lap behind 142 Michael Broderick (USA) 143 Tim Ottens (Ned) 144 Anders Ljungberg* (Swe) 145 Cal Britten (Aus) Torq Performance Nutrition 146 Rob Squire* (USA) 147 Thibaut Bellanger* (Fra) 148 Thomas Lapeyrie* (Fra) Team Scott Valloire Galibier 149 Matej Nepustil* (Cze) Ceska Sporitelna MTB 150 Jo Thorson Nordskar* (Nor) Team Etto Hoydahl 151 Sebastian Szraucner* (Ger) 152 Andrew Blair* (Aus) 153 Lee Williams (GBr) 154 Erik Nellen (Ned) 155 Romain Gihoul* (Bel) 156 Nathan Haas* (Aus) Discovertasmania.Com 157 Rafal Hebisz* (Pol) 158 Samuele Porro (Ita) Team CBETecnoimpianti A.S.D. 159 Bjorn Rondelez* (Bel) Lingier-Versluys Team 160 Tim Wijnants (Bel) Trek-Brentjens Mountainbike Racing Team 161 Barry Wicks* (USA) Kona 162 Raphael Gagne (Can) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles 163 Ethan Gilmour* (USA) 164 Axel Bult* (Ned) De Brink-Ten Tusscher 165 Jakub Magnusek (Cze) Ceska Sporitelna Mtb 166 Christopher Maletz* (Ger) Two laps behind 167 Tom Hoekman (Ned) 168 Mikhail Baryshnikov (Rus) 169 Abdulkadir Kelleci* (Tur) 170 Henri Ojala (Fin) 171 Leon De Jong (Ned) 172 Jelmer Jubbega (Ned) De Brink-Ten Tusscher 173 Laurent Evrard* (Bel) 174 Boris Vasilyev* (Rus) Format-Udmurtia 175 Daniel Kaufmann (Swi) 176 Simon Qvortrup* (Den) 177 Keiichi Tsujiura* (Jpn) 178 John Groves (Aus) 179 German Dorhmann (Arg) Infotre - Leecougan 180 Abdurrahman Dandal* (Tur) Three laps behind 181 Henrique Avancini* (Bra) Isd Cycling Team DNF Balz Weber (Swi) DS-Rennsport DNF Christoph Soukup (Aut) Merida Biking Team DNF Pierre Lebreton (Fra) BH-Suntour DNF Daniel Mcconnell (Aus) Torq Performance Nutrition DNF Yader Zoli (Ita) Torpado-4US DNF Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spa) MSC Bikes DNF Tony Longo (Ita) DNF Simon Scheiber* (Aut) Sunshine Racers Asv Nals DNF Jürg Graf (Swi)* Felt International MTB Team DNF Kris Sneddon (Can) Kona DNF Juri Ragnoli (Ita) Felt International MTB Team DNF Mathias Flückiger* (Swi) Trek World Racing DNF Nicola Rohrbach (Swi) Central Ghost Pro Team DNF Josef Kamler* (Cze) Ceska Sporitelna MTB DNF Oleksandr Kachanov* (Ukr) DNF Calle Friberg (Swe) DNF Ludovic Mottet (Bel) DNF Adrian Brzozka* (Pol) JBG-2 Professional MTB Team DNF Martin Loo* (Est) DNF Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher DNF Kevin Kane* (USA) DNF Todd Wells (USA) Specialized Factory Racing DNS Dries Govaerts* (Bel) Lingier-Versluys Team * Indicates Under 23 Teams 1 Multivan Merida Biking Team 96 pts 2 Cannondale Factory Racing 52 3 Specialized Factory Racing 50 4 Orbea 48 5 TX Active Bianchi 37 6 Topeak Ergon Racing Team 35 7 Scott-Swisspower MTB-Racing 33 8 Lapierre International 30 9 Massi 28 10 Cemelorca-Trek-Lorca Taller Del Tiempo 24 11 Fumic.Brothers.International 16 12 Trek-Brentjens Mountainbike Racing Team 12 13 Team CBE Tecnoimpianti A.S.D. 10 14 Felt International MTB Team 6 15 Giant Italia Team 3 16 Giant Mountain Bike Team 2 World Cup Standings after three rounds Individual 1 Julien Absalon (Fra) Orbea 700 pts 2 Wolfram Kurschat (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team 540 3 Burry Stander* (RSA) Specialized Factory Racing 460 4 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Massi 420 5 José Antonio Hermida Ramos (Spa) Multivan Merida Biking Team 380 6 Roel Paulissen (Bel) Cannondale Factory Racing 315 7 Nino Schurter (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB-Racing 305 8 Ralph Naef (Swi) Multivan Merida Biking Team 300 9 Lukas Flückiger (Swi) Trek World Racing 276 10 Stéphane Tempier (Fra) TX Active Bianchi 241 11 Christoph Sauser (Swi) Specialized Factory Racing 240 12 Jaroslav Kulhavy (Cze) 230 13 Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) Cannondale Factory Racing 220 14 Moritz Milatz (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team 216 15 Jochen Kass (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team 210 16 Florian Vogel (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB-Racing 201 17 Cédric Ravanel (Fra) Lapierre International 194 18 Martin Gujan (Swi) Cannondale Factory Racing 190 19 Hector Leonardo Paez Leon (Col) TX Active Bianchi 188 20 Alexis Vuillermoz* (Fra) Lapierre International 186 21 Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez (Spa) Cemelorca-Trek-Lorca Taller Del Tiempo 182 22 Inaki Lejarreta Errasti (Spa) Orbea 180 23 Rudi Van Houts (Ned) Multivan Merida Biking Team 180 24 Ruben Ruzafa Cueto (Spa) Orbea 170 25 Geoff Kabush (Can) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles 169 26 Manuel Fumic (Ger) Fumic.Brothers.International 161 27 Mathias Flückiger* (Swi) Trek World Racing 159 28 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Trek-Brentjens Mountainbike Racing Team 148 29 Adam Craig (USA) Giant Mountain Bike Team 145 30 Ivan Alvarez Gutierrez (Spa) Giant Italia Team 139 31 Christoph Soukup (Aut) Merida Biking Team 134 32 Umberto Corti (Ita) Team CBE Tecnoimpianti A.S.D. 123 33 Samuel Schultz (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 122 34 Pierre Geoffroy Plantet (Fra) Lapierre International 115 35 Oliver Beckingsale (GBr) Giant Mountain Bike Team 110 36 Jiri Friedl (Cze) Merida Biking Team 96 37 Andrea Tiberi (Ita) TX Active Bianchi 94 38 Ludovic Dubau (Fra) 90 39 Milan Spesny (Cze) Ceska Sporitelna MTB 85 40 Emil Lindgren (Swe) Felt International MTB Team 84 41 Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spa) MSC Bikes 84 42 Cristian Cominelli* (Ita) TX Active Bianchi 84 43 Sergiy Rusenko (Ukr) ISD Cycling Team 75 44 Jürg Graf (Swi) Felt International MTB Team 71 45 Liam Killeen (GBr) Trek World Racing 66 46 Daniel Mcconnell (Aus) Torq Performance Nutrition 61 47 Anders Hovdenes* (Nor) Team Etto Hoydahl 61 48 Todd Wells (USA) Specialized Factory Racing 60 49 Christof Bischof (Swi) ISD Cycling Team 59 50 Guillaume Vinit* (Fra) Team Scott Valloire Galibier 56 51 Lado Fumic (Ger) Fumic.Brothers.International 55 52 Filip Eberl (Cze) 55 53 Bas Peters (Ned) 54 54 Hannes Metzler (Aut) 54 55 Robert Mennen (Ger) 52 56 Marc Colom (Fra) 50 57 Karl Markt (Aut) SRM Stevens Team 42 58 Derek Zandstra (Can) 39 59 Johnny Cattaneo (Ita) 38 60 Jelmer Pietersma (Ned) Trek-Brentjens Mountainbike Racing Team 38 61 Lachlan Norris* (Aus) Discovertasmania.com 37 62 Balz Weber (Swi) DS-Rennsport 36 63 Connor Mcconvey* (Irl) Felt International MTB Team 34 64 Periklis Ilias (Gre) ISD Cycling Team 29 65 Dries Govaerts* (Bel) Lingier-Versluys Team 29 66 Silvio Bundi (Swi) Giant Mountain Bike Team 29 67 Thomas Litscher* (Swi) SKS M.I.G. Team 27 68 Marek Galinski (Pol) JBG-2 Professional MTB Team 26 69 Yader Zoli (Ita) Torpado-4US 25 70 Maxime Marotte (Fra) BH-Suntour 24 71 Lukas Kaufmann* (Swi) 24 72 Jan Skarnitzl (Cze) Giant Mountain Bike Team 19 73 François Bailly Maitre (Fra) Team Scott Valloire Galibier 19 74 Paolo Cesar Montoya Cantillo (CRc) Giant Italia Team 18 75 Fabian Giger* (Swi) SKS M.I.G. Team 18 76 Irjan Luttenberg* (Ned) 17 77 Bjorn Brems (Bel) Team Saeco 17 78 Kohei Yamamoto (Jpn) 14 79 Nicola Rohrbach (Swi) Central Ghost Pro Team 14 80 Peter Sagan* (Svk) 13 81 Juan Pedro Trujillo Hernandez (Spa) Cemelorca-Trek-Lorca Taller Del Tiempo 13 82 Roan Exelby (RSA) 12 83 Nicolas Vermeulen (Bel) Lingier-Versluys Team 10 84 Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 10 85 Klaus Nielsen (Den) 9 86 Giuseppe Lamastra (Ita) 9 87 Andrew Blair (Aus) 9 88 Severin Disch* (Swi) Giant Mountain Bike Team 8 Team 1 Multivan Merida Biking Team 227 pts 2 Orbea 158 3 Specialized Factory Racing 150 4 Cannondale Factory Racing 142 5 Scott-Swisspower MTB-Racing 99 6 Topeak Ergon Racing Team 98 7 Trek World Racing 91 8 Massi 84 9 TX Active Bianchi 82 10 Lapierre International 63 11 Fumic.Brothers.International 35 12 Cemelorca-Trek-Lorca Taller Del Tiempo 33 13 Giant Mountain Bike Team 30 14 Trek-Brentjens Mountainbike Racing Team 30 15 Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles 23 16 Merida Biking Team 23 17 Giant Italia Team 17 18 Subaru-Gary Fisher 17 19 Team CBE Tecnoimpianti A.S.D. 10 20 Felt International MTB Team 6 21 MSC Bikes 4 22 Ceska Sporitelna MTB 1
