Allianz Swiss Cup # 8 - E2

Rivera, Switzerland, September 15, 2002

Report by J. Girard/Swisspowerteam.ch

The last Allianz-Suisse Cup of the 2002 season was raced on the course of next year’s World Championships in Lugano. It is a very attractive course, undulating instead of big slopes. Nevertheless it was very technical and slow, the kind of circuit we like for the Worlds in 2003.

Irina Kalentieva had a perfect race, winning with more than two minutes and a half on the series leader Sabine Spitz.

After a wonderful start Sonja Traxel held first place after the first lap. But then she lost time in the climbings, and couldn’t stay with the lead group. She couldn’t keep up with Spitz, and also had to let Sydor take the 3rd place. She finished at 4th place, in front of World Champion Gunn-Rita Dahle.

And in the men's race it was a Christof Sauser royal, posting the best time in each lap, and winning 3 minutes clear of Thomas Frischknecht, Bart Bretjens and Filip Meirhaeghe.

Results

Men
 
1 Christoph Sauser (Swi) Volvo Cannondale                 2.01.30,2 (18,369 km/h)
2 Thomas Frischknecht (Swi) Swisspower MTB Team              3.32,7
3 Bart Brentjens (Ned) Giant                                 4.01,7
4 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Specialized                         4.32,7
5 Mariusz Kowal (Pol) Lotto-SZU SA                           4.59,0
6 Florian Vogel (Swi) Swiss Power MTB Team                   5.26,2
7 Frederic Frech (Fra) Scott Allianz Suisse                  5.37,6
8 Thomas Hochstrasser (Swi) Giant                            6.21,7
9 Ralph Näf (Swi) Koba                                       7.23,8
10 Thomas Kalberer (Swi) Arrow Swiss Bike Team               7.24,8
11 Carsten Bresser (Ger) T-Mobile                            7.48,0
12 Craig Gordon (Aus) Sobe-Headshok                          8.05,0
13 Balz Weber (Swi) Arrow Swiss Bike Team                    8.35,0
14 Andreas Kugler (Swi) Scott Allianz Suisse                 9.05,5
15 Stefan Sahm (Ger) T-Mobile                                9.20,0
16 Daniel Soler (Swi) Koba                                  10.05,4
17 Erwin Bakker (Ned) Dutch Cycling Team                    10.30,2
18 Valentin Girard (Swi) Swisspower MTB Team                10.44,0
19 Marcel Heller (Swi) Arrow Swiss Bike Team                11.12,5
20 Wolfram Kurschat (Ger) Stevens-Jeantex                   11.29,3
21 Jochen Käss (Ger) T-Mobile                               12.05,8
22 Liam Killeen (GBr) GB-Worcestershire                     12.29,4
23 Peter Riis Andersen (Den) T-Mobile                       13.51,7
24 Thijs Al (Ned) Dutch Cycling Team                        15.18,4
25 Christof Bischof (Swi) Koba                              16.47,2
25 Martin Gujan (Swi) Koba                                  16.47,2
25 Reto Manetsch (Swi) Athleticum MTB Team                  16.47,2
28 Markus Binkert (Swi) Arrow Swiss Bike Team               17.02,1
29 Stefan Zurbrügg (Swi) Veloatelier/Trek                   17.36,4
30 Flemming Stadler (Swi) Athleticum MTB Team               17.44,0
31 Benjamin Ott (Swi) Focus Gonso                           18.14,0
32 Torsten Marx (Ger) Alb-Gold                              18.42,3
33 Thomas Bürgi (Swi) Scott Allianz Suisse                  19.17,3
34 Peter Jenni (Swi) Athleticum MTB Team                    19.27,4
35 Thomas Spichtig (Swi) Rocky Mountain                     20.55,1
36 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) AA Drink-Nishiki                20.56,3
37 Lukas Müller (Swi) TG Hüten/UBS/Price                    21.24,7
38 Urs Föhn (Swi) Arrow Swiss Bike Team                     21.56,6
39 Raffael Schmid (Swi) GS Piton                            21.56,7
40 Hannes Genze (Ger) Merida                                22.32,3
41 Thomas Zahnd (Swi) Team Stöckli                          22.36,8
42 René Hürlimann (Swi) Giant Schweiz/ABC                   23.15,2
43 Flurin Riedi (Swi) Gisler Pouletburg                     23.49,4
44 Torben Pottgiesser (Ger) Team of Champions               24.20,6
45 Roland Müller (Swi) Team Stöckli                         26.51,5
46 Ludovic Fahrni (Swi) GS Bernasconi-Giant                 27.24,2
47 Silvio Bundi (Swi) Athleticum MTB Team                   27.24,6
48 Mathieu Lovis (Swi) MegaBike                             30.54,0
49 Lukas Baumann (Swi) Gisler Pouletburg                    33.27,5
50 Friedrich Dähler (Swi) VC Reinach/Pete's Bike-Sh         34.28,4
51 René Wüthrich (Swi) Sputnik Pneu Egger                   35.08,2
52 Jonathan Raya (Swi) GS Bernasconi-Giant                  36.16,5
53 Julien Absalon (Fra) Motorex Bianchi                       1 lap
54 Kashi Leuchs (NZl) Volvo Cannondale
55 Julien Girard (Swi) Swisspower MTB Team
56 Hrovie Popovich (Cro) Bicimania Lissone MTB
57 Thomas Kündig (Swi) Athleticum MTB Team
58 Simon Richli (Swi) Rocky Mountain                          2 laps
59 Flavio Derungs (Swi) Arrow Swiss Bike Team
60 Josh Fleming (Aus) Felt/Sram
61 Joel Lussi (Swi) Team Stöckli
62 Thomas Durrer (Swi) Arrow Swiss Bike Team
63 Stuart Houltham (NZl) NZL-Taupo
64 Bas Peters (Ned) Dutch Cycling Team                        3 laps
65 Davy Coenen (Bel) B-ONE
66 Stephane Benoit (Swi) GS Bernasconi Giant
67 Andreas Richner (Swi) Scott Allianz Suisse
68 Stefan Aeschbach (Swi) Fischer K2
69 Marc Hanisch (Ger) Team of Champions                       4 laps
70 Marcin Karczynski (Pol) Lotto-PZU SA
71 Andreas Herzog (Swi) www.cicli-patrik.ch
72 Bruno Schnider (Swi) Arrow Swiss Bike Team
73 Thomas Steiner (Swi) Swisspower MTB Team
74 Ivan Häberli (Swi) Arrow Swiss Bike Team
75 Beat Wabel (Swi) Focus Gonso                               5 laps
76 Christoph Soukup (Aut) Hi-Tec
77 Marc Gölz (Ger) T-Mobile
78 Sascha Gisler (Swi) Team Stöckli
79 Pascal Cattin (Swi) Scott Allianz Suisse
80 Kurt Gisler (Swi) Gisler-Pouletburg
81 Sébastien Froidevaux (Swi) Scott-Cycles Joliat
82 Jan Bhalla (Swi) Schwinn High 5
83 Philippe Droz (Swi) Thömus Veloshop
84 Patrick Jauch (Swi) Gisler Bike und Hike
85 Klemens Bont (Swi) MRSV Frauenfeld

Women

1 Irina Kalentieva (Rus) Merida International             1.37.13,7 (15,304 km/h)
2 Sabine Spitz (Ger) Merida International                    1.36,9
3 Alison Sydor (Can) Trek/VW                                 1.39,6
4 Sonja Traxel (Swi) Swisspower MTB Team                     2.29,1
5 Gunn-Rita Dahle (Nor) Merida International                 3.21,2
6 Sue Haywood (USA) Trek-Volkswagen                          4.57,9
7 Nadia Walker (Swi) Gisler Pouletburg/Schattd               7.15,3
8 Nina Göhl (Ger) Denkhaus-Castellani                        8.15,8
9 Katrin Leumann (Swi) Centre Mondial du Cyclism            11.44,3
10 Maroussia Rusca (Swi) Arrow Swiss Bike Team              12.21,6
11 Katrin Schwing (Ger) Bergwerk-Terry                      13.19,1
12 Joelle Fahrni (Swi) GS Bernasconi-Giant                  13.34,1
13 Anita Steiner (Swi) Gary Fisher/Radsport Gmür            14.30,9
14 Franziska Röthlin (Swi) Cannondale by Windlin            16.51,5
15 Tarja Owens (Irl) Centre Mondial du Cyclism              17.25,4
16 Dellys Franke (Aus) Merida/Sram/Euro                     17.55,5
17 Petra Henzi (Swi) Fischer K2                             19.00,3
18 Maaris Meier (Swi) Centre Mondial du Cyclism             21.12,8
19 Melanie Laeser (Swi) Fischer K2                          24.35,6
20 Fanny Senn (Swi) Schmid Velosport                        24.46,5
21 Corinne Lehner (Swi) Giant Suisse                        29.01,3
22 Claudia Marsilio (Ita) GP Racer Team                     30.30,0
23 Karin Stadelmann (Swi) Trek/Bike Shop Willisau           30.51,8
24 Ivonne Kraft (Ger) Ghost Racing Team/MTB B                 1 lap
25 Andrea Huser (Swi) Team Stöckli
26 Anna Szafraniec (Pol) Lotto-PZU SA                         2 laps
27 Bernadine Boog-Rauwerda (Ned) Dutch Cycling Team
28 Daniela Luckinger (Aut) Be One XC