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XC World Cup #2 - CDM
Houffalize, Belgium, May 26, 2002
Dream come true for Sauser; Fullana makes it two-for-two
Christophe Sauser (Volvo-Cannondale) and Marga Fullana (Orbea) won the men's and women's races respectively in this weekend's round of the MTB cross-country world cup in the Ardennes hills of Houffalize, Belgium.
The men's race saw a huge field, 209 riders, making the start even more crucial than usual. Houffalize's initial paved climb followed by singletrack promised to be a bottleneck, and this motivated a frantic start led by Julien Absalon (Motorex-Bianchi).
The initial selection was a seven-rider pack: Roel Paulissen (Rainer-Wurz), Bart Brentjens (Giant Bicycle), Christoph Sauser (Volvo Cannondale), Roland Green (Trek-Volkswagen), Marco Bui (Lanabau/Rainer-Wurz), Jose Hermida (Motorex-Bianchi) and Absalon. Chasing hard a few second back were Filip Meirhaeghe (Specialized) and French rider Peter Pouly.
Meirhaghe caught the leaders, led by Green, on lap three and Absalon lost contact. On the next lap the seven reduced to six as Bui faded and Sauser took over the lead from Green.
After four laps of high-speed follow-my-leader, the attacks came on the fifth and final circuit, along with the rain that had been threatening all race. Green went first, but was unable to get away, then Sauser counter-attacked taking Meirhaeghe, Brentjens and Paulissen with him.
When Sauser attacked again, only Paulissen had the legs to go with him, and the two quickly built a 20 second gap on Meirhaeghe and Brentjens.
The lead pair arrived in the finish area together, with Sauser leading, and the huge Belgian crowd began to rev up to cheer for their man Paulissen in a sprint when disaster struck. Paulisson crashed on rocks made slippery by the rain, leaving Sauser with an unchallenged run at the finish.
Afterwards, Sauser said winning Houffalize – perhaps the closest thing in mountain biking to a Belgian Classic – was a "dream come true. I saw the big crowds on TV other years and how much attention the winner gets, and I was jealous." Sauser hadn't realised Paulisson was closing on him. "I thought I had it," he said. "Thank god for the rain."
Fullana too quick for 'cautious' Alexander
Last week's winner Marga Fullana (Orbea) didn't have quite such an easy time of it at Houffalize, as Caroline Alexander (British National Team), Sabine Spitz (Merida) and Annabella Stropparo (Be-One) all battled to stay in touch with the Spanish former world champ.
Only Alexander was able to keep Fullana in her sights, though, as the Spanish rider expended exactly as much effort as necessary to maintain a reasonable margin and gradually extend it.
By lap three it was obvious that Fullana was once again in charge, with Alexander 16 seconds behind, followed by Stropparo and Barbara Blatter (Specialized) making a return to the World Cup after missing round one due to illness.
As the bell went for the fourth and final lap, Fullana had eased out to a 25 second lead over Alexander who still led Stropparo and Blatter.
Alexander later admitted she had probably been too cautious and should have taken the race to Fullana earlier, but by the last lap it was too late and Fullana added another few seconds to her margin to win by 40 second.
Meanwhile, Alison Dunlap found some late-race strength and powered past Blatter to take fourth spot, with Stropparo third.
Fullana said she was aware that the job of pace-setter had been hers. "Everybody waited for me to make my pace today, but nobody came up when I set my rhythm, except for Caroline. . . I only did enough to win."
Results
Elite Men 1 Christoph Sauser (Swi) Volvo-Cannondale 1.49.37 2 Roel Paulissen (Bel) Lanabau-Rw 0.11 3 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Specialized 0.19 4 Bart Brentjens (Ned) Giant Global 0.20 5 Roland Green (Can) Trek Volkswagen 0.58 6 Julien Absalon (Fra) Motorex-Bianchi 1.00 7 Lado Fumic (Ger) Team-T-Mobile 1.08 8 Jose Antonio Hermida (Spa) Motorex-Bianchi 1.33 9 Marco Bui (Ita) Lanabau-Rw 1.40 10 Ludovic Dubau (Fra) Orbea 2.24 11 Christophe Dupouey (Fra) Giant Global 2.42 12 Peter Pouly (Fra) 3.11 13 Marek Galinski (Pol) Ccc-Polsat Road 3.17 14 Martino Fruet (Ita) 3.29 15 Marcin Karczynski (Pol) Lotto-Pzu 3.55 16 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Subaru-Gary Fisher 4.00 17 Thomas Kalberer (Swi) Arrow 4.11 18 Manuel Fumic (Ger) Team-T-Mobile 4.12 19 Mariusz Kowal (Pol) Lotto-Pzu 4.42 20 Massimo De Bertolis (Ita) 5.26 21 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Team Crescent 5.45 22 Jerome Chevallier (Fra) 5.51 23 Kashi Leuchs (NZl) Volvo-Cannondale 5.52 24 Ziranda Madrigal (Mex) 5.53 25 Salvador Barriga (Mex) 6.57 26 Torsten Marx (Ger) 7.13 27 Seamus Mcgrath (Can) Haro Lee Dungarees 7.15 28 Todd Wells (USA) Mongoose-Hyundai 7.20 29 Jochen Kass (Ger) Team-T-Mobile 7.33 30 Andreas Dilger (Ger) 7.53 31 Silvio Bundi (Swi) 8.11 32 Josh Fleming (Aus) 8.12 33 Carlos Coloma (Spa) Orbea 8.25 34 Antonio Ortiz (Spa) 8.32 35 Hakon Austad (Nor) Merida Inter. 8.48 36 Karl Platt (Ger) 8.56 37 Alejandro Diaz De La Pena (Spa) 9.11 38 Inaki Lejarreta Errasti (Spa) Orbea 9.15 39 Christian Poulsen (Den) 9.23 40 Sid Taberlay (Aus) 9.34 41 Liam Killeen (GBr) Subaru-Garyfish 9.46 42 Andrej Kaiser (Pol) Lotto-Pzu 10.07 43 Daniel Soler (Swi) 10.14 44 Jimmy Tielens (Bel) 10.20 45 Frederick Ericsson (Swe) 10.25 46 Bas Peters (Ned) 10.34 47 Magnus Palmberg (Swe) 10.35 48 Christoph Soukup (Aut) 10.35 49 Milan Spesny (Cze) 10.36 50 Craig Gordon (Aus) 10.37 51 Barrie Clarke (GBr) 10.52 52 Ronny Poelvoorde (Bel) 10.58 53 Thomas Hochstrasser (Swi) Giant Global 11.19 54 Jorg Scheiderbauer (Aut) Be One Xc 11.25 55 Julien Girard (Swi) 11.27 56 Julian Adrada Rodriguez (Spa) 11.53 57 Marcel Heller (Swi) Arrow 11.54 58 Nick Craig (GBr) 11.56 59 José Marquez (Spa) 11.58 60 Marc Golz (Ger) Team-T-Mobile 12.27 61 Christof Bischof (Swi) 12.36 62 Tim Bohme (Ger) 12.38 63 Marti Gispert Labarta (Spa) Giant Global 12.39 64 Eloj Gispert Labarta (Spa) 12.53 65 Thomas Nesset Sundal (Nor) 13.05 66 Thomas Bonne (Den) 13.15 67 Oliver Beckingsale (GBr) 13.17 68 Michael Weiss (Aut) 13.34 69 Klaus Nielsen (Den) 13.42 70 Marcin Przybyla (Pol) 13.47 71 Yader Zoli (Ita) 14.26 72 Jurg Graf (Swi) 14.27 73 Armando Zacarias (Mex) 14.39 74 Martin Kraler (Aut) 14.40 75 Micha De Vries (Ned) 14.59 76 Andreas Hestler (Can) 15.03 77 Frederik Stormo (Nor) 15.12 78 Hannes Genze (Ger) 15.12 79 Roman Rametsteiner (Aut) 15.21 80 Gregory Bombardo (Fra) 15.32 81 Magnus Darvell (Swe) 15.36 82 Phil Dixon (GBr) 15.38 83 Tim Morley (GBr) 15.39 84 Damien Bynens (Bel) 15.56 85 Mannie Heymans (Nam) 15.59 86 Ruben Ruzafa Cueto (Spa) 16.04 87 Diego Javier Garavito Barragan (Col) 16.05 88 Erwin Bakker (Ned) 16.25 89 Remy Grosdidier (Fra) 17.01 90 Li Fuyu (Chn) 17.08 91 Petter Jorgensen (Nor) 17.09 92 Rob Reuvers (Ned) 17.10 93 Frode Michaelsen (Nor) 17.17 94 Simon Richli (Swi) 17.20 95 Jody Crawforth (GBr) 17.21 96 Friedeman Schmude (Ger) 17.40 97 Piotr Formicki (Pol) Ccc-Polsat 18.19 98 Florian Eschenbach (Ger) 18.25 99 Matthias Knaubert (Aut) 18.30 100 Tim Heemskerk (Ned) 18.38 101 Jose Ignacio Arevalo (Spa) 18.55 102 Nelio Simao (Por) 19.02 103 Stephane Benoit (Swi) 19.26 104 Christian Helning (Ger) 19.38 105 Zhu Yongbia (Chn) 19.39 106 Alexander Gatterer (Aut) 19.43 107 Atze Dijkhuis (Ned) 20.33 108 Steve Farmer (GBr) 21.07 109 Sigvard Kukk (Est) Kayaba-Yema 21.14 110 Daniel Eriksson (Swe) 21.21 111 Zak Toogood (GBr) 21.29 112 Ludwig Binder (Ger) 21.36 113 Mark Leis (Aus) 21.54 114 Cristobal Silva (Chi) 22.00 115 Philip Spencer (GBr) 22.30 116 Tommy Nielsen (Den) 22.52 117 Alexander Eiler (Aut) 23.45 118 Calle Friberg (Swe) 23.51 119 Gerald Hauer (Aut) - 1 lap 120 Mathijs Wagenaar (Ned) 121 Aiden Lefmann (Aus) 122 Fabien Bourly (Fra) 123 David Galle (Bel) Orbea 124 Sam Gardner (GBr) 125 Steve Appermans (Bel) 126 Simon Dona (Ned) 127 Marten Tjallingii (Ned) 128 Roland Muller (Swi) 129 Thomas Felkel (Ger) 130 Frederic Tollitte (Fra) 131 Roland Plank (Aut) 132 Guido Thaler (Aut) 133 Sascha Prigge (Ger) 134 Wolfram Kurschat (Ger) 135 Pascal Van Bussel (Ned) 136 Martijn Roelefs (Ned) 137 Arne Broekmans (Bel) 138 Kris Henderieckx (Bel) 139 Tim Dunford (GBr) 140 Dirk Van De Walle (Ned) 141 Philip Cooper (GBr) 142 Franck Faoro (Bel) 143 Primoz Grkman (Slo) 144 Onno Reijnhout (Ned) 145 Jai Crawford (Aus) 146 Ben Melt Swanepoel (Rsa) 147 Dion Gilissen (Ned) - 2 laps 148 Havard Sefland (Nor) 149 Konstantinos Kaskanis (Gre) 150 Joris Massaer (Bel) 151 Steve De Schoesitter (Bel) DNF Dario Acquaroli (Ita) DNF Philip Tavell (Swe) Merida Inter. DNF Carsten Bresser (Ger) Team-T-Mobile DNF Nicolas Filippi (Fra) Motorex-Bianchi DNF Chris Sheppard (Can) Haroleedungaree DNF Peter Riis Andersen (Den) Team-T-Mobile DNF Siegfried Bauer (Aut) DNF Rune Hoydahl (Nor) Giant Global DNF Davy Coenen (Bel) DNF Thomas Frischknecht (Swi) DNF Miguel Martinez (Fra) Mapei - Quick Step DNF Cedric Ravanel (Fra) Orbea DNF Peter Presslauer (Aut) DNF Marc Hanisch (Ger) DNF Thys Al (Ned) DNF Reto Manetsch (Swi) DNF Robin Seymour (Irl) DNF Radim Korinek (Cze) Ceskasporitelna DNF Walker Ferguson (USA) Subaru-Garyfish DNF Patrick Trevisan (Bel) DNF Johann Pallhuber (Ita) Lanabau-Rw DNF Johannes Sickmueller (Ger) DNF Ralph Naf (Swi) DNF Valentin Girard (Swi) DNF Balz Weber (Swi) Arrow DNF Pierre Lebreton (Fra) DNF Kostas Simelidis (Gre) DNF Lars Petter Stormo (Nor) DNF Emmanouil Kotoulas (Gre) DNF Dave Collins (GBr) DNF David Hankart (Bel) DNF Jostein Hole (Nor) DNF Tomas Dolezal (Cze) DNF Lukas Mueller (Swi) DNF Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) DNF Henrik Sparr (Swe) DNF Martin Gujan (Swi) DNF Peter Ven (Bel) DNF Jorn Espen Bolstad (Nor) DNF Klaus Vesterlund (Den) DNF Hannes Hamberger (Aut) DNF Maarten Wijnants (Bel) DNF Jelmer Pietersma (Ned) DNF Adrian Lansley (GBr) DNF Marc Hug (Ger) DNF Benjamin Joerges (Ger) DNF John Mason (Irl) DNF Stefan Losch (Ger) DNF Patrick Gaudy (Bel) DNF René Gaastra (Ned) DNF Gody Jacobs (Bel) DNF Ismael Esteban (Spa) DNF Frank Kessler (Ger) DSQ Jakob Kjeldsen (Den) DNS Robert Kircher (Aut) Lanabau-Rw DNS Ludovic Fahrni (Swi) DNS Paul Oldham (GBr) DNS Arnaud Carion (Bel) Teams 1 Lanabau-Rw 107 pts 2 Orbea 106 3 Motorex-Bianchi 93 4 Trek-Volkswagen 91 5 Giant Global 85 6 Merida Inter. 83 7 Specialized 81 8 Volvo-Cannondal 70 9 Luna Womens Mtb 64 10 Team-T-Mobile 53 11 Be One Xc 33 12 Lotto-Pzu 14 13 Ccc-Polsat Road 13 14 Haroleedungaree 11 15 Subaru-Garyfish 10 16 Arrow 6 Elite Women 1 Marga Fullana (Spa) Orbea 1.46.20 2 Caroline Alexander (GBr) 0.40 3 Annabella Stropparo (Ita) 0.48 4 Alison Dunlap (USA) 1.21 5 Barbara Blatter (Swi) 1.26 6 Sabine Spitz (Ger) 1.32 7 Regina Marunde (Ger) 2.54 8 Gunn-Rita Dahle (Nor) 4.09 9 Alison Sydor (Can) 4.36 10 Maria Ostergren (Swe) 4.39 11 Laurence Leboucher (Fra) 5.10 12 Elena Giacomuzzi (Ita) 5.23 13 Mary Grigson (Aus) 6.05 14 Petra Henzi (Swi) 6.25 15 Chrissy Redden (Can) 7.05 16 Marie-Helene Premont (Can) 7.39 17 Alla Epifanova (Rus) 7.55 18 Silvia Rovira Planas (Spa) 8.04 19 Marion Thevenet (Fra) 8.21 20 Helene Marcouyre (Fra) 8.33 21 Maroussia Rusca (Swi) 8.52 22 Sandra Klose (Ger) 9.03 23 Yvonne Kraft (Ger) 9.04 24 Katrin Schwing (Ger) 9.22 25 Sonja Traxel (Swi) 9.30 26 Anna Enocsson (Swe) 9.38 27 Birgit Braumann (Aut) 9.57 28 Janka Stevkova (Svk) 10.38 29 Anna Szafraniec (Pol) 10.39 30 Hildegard Embacher (Aut) 10.50 31 Kiara Bisaro (Can) 11.04 32 Janet Puiggros Miranda (Spa) 11.21 33 Daniela Porta (Ita) 11.59 34 Dellys Franke (Aus) 12.06 35 Nadja Walker (Swi) 12.17 36 Jacqueline Mourao (Bra) 12.36 37 Yan Ping Ma (Chn) 13.15 38 Sue Thomas (GBr) 13.24 39 Petra Schorkmayer (Aut) 13.32 40 Trish Sinclair (Can) 14.09 41 Mette Andersen (Den) 14.10 42 Ragnhild Kostol (Nor) 14.22 43 Katrin Leumann (Swi) 14.35 44 Barbel Jungmeier (Aut) 14.58 45 Virginie Souchon (Fra) 15.00 46 Marta Vajda (Hun) 15.12 47 Hiroko Nambu (Jpn) 15.30 48 Sabrina Enaux (Fra) 16.36 49 Carolin Rahner (Ger) 16.44 50 Jaci Low (Aus) 16.57 51 Gina Hall (USA) 17.35 52 Hilda Quintens (Bel) 17.42 53 Vivianne Baud (Fra) 17.45 54 Anna Baylis (Aus) 18.01 55 Joelle Fahrni (Swi) 18.31 56 Sonia Clolus-Rochet (Fra) 18.35 57 Na Zhang (Chn) 18.36 58 Karen Masson (Aus) 18.47 59 Sandrine Guirronnet (Fra) 19.12 60 Jenny Copnall (GBr) 19.26 61 Julie Pesenti (Fra) 19.55 62 Li Jing (Chn) 20.33 63 Valentina Pazitova (Rus) 20.56 64 Severine Hansen (Fra) 20.57 65 Tarja Owens (Irl) 21.11 66 Laurie Copans (Isr) 22.05 67 Nadine Bruhn (Den) 22.32 68 Mirjam Dieleman (Ned) 22.35 69 Maaris Meier (Est) 22.43 70 Catherine Delfosse (Bel) 23.37 71 Wendy Walker (Aus) 23.55 72 Laura Turpijn (Ned) 24.58 73 Renate Van Gerven (Ned) 25.02 74 Victoria Wilkinson (GBr) 27.32 75 Hazel Wakefield (GBr) -1 Lap 76 Ingrid Van Der Vlist (Ned) DNF Susan Haywood (USA) DNF Corine Dorland (Ned) DNF Hilde Van Deun (Bel) DNF Camilla Bertossi (Ita) DNF Katerina Hanusova (Cze) DNF Daniela Louis (Swi) DNF Sabine Gentieu (Fra) DNF Daniela Luckinger (Aut) DNF Lene Byberg (Nor) DNF Petra Hofs (Ned) DNF Sandra Gockert (Ger) DNS Bernardine Boog Rauwerda (Ned) DNS Gitta Michiels (Bel)
World Cup standings after round 2
Elite Men 1 Bart Brentjens (Ned) Giant Global 400 pts 2 Roel Paulissen (Bel) Lanabau-Rw 370 3 Christoph Sauser (Swi) Volvo-Cannondale 340 4 Roland Green (Can) Trek Volkswagen 330 5 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Specialized 265 6 Jose Antonio Hermida (Spa) Motorex-Bianchi 235 7 Lado Fumic (Ger) Team-T-Mobile 220 8 Julien Absalon (Fra) Motorex-Bianchi 170 9 Ludovic Dubau (Fra) Orbea 137 10 Martino Fruet (Ita) 133 11 Jerome Chevallier (Fra) 121 12 Marek Galinski (Pol) Ccc-Polsat Road 120 13 Mariusz Kowal (Pol) Lotto-Pzu 117 14 Kashi Leuchs (NZl) Volvo-Cannondale 114 15 Seamus Mcgrath (Can) Haroleedungaree 112 16 Manuel Fumic (Ger) Team-T-Mobile 109 17 Ziranda Madrigal (Mex) 108 18 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Subaru-Garyfish 107 19 Salvador Barriga (Mex) 101 20 Todd Wells (USA) Mongoosehyundai 97 21 Alejandro Diaz De La Pena (Spa) 93 22 Marcin Karczynski (Pol) Lotto-Pzu 92 23 Antonio Ortiz (Spa) 87 24 Dario Acquaroli (Ita) 85 25 Silvio Bundi (Swi) 84 26 Liam Killeen (GBr) Subaru-Garyfish 81 27 Sid Taberlay (Aus) 80 28 Marco Bui (Ita) Lanabau-Rw 80 29 Marco Bui (Ita) Lanabau-Rw 80 30 Inaki Lejarreta Errasti (Spa) Orbea 79 31 Thomas Hochstrasser (Swi) Giant Global 75 32 Hakon Austad (Nor) Merida Inter. 73 33 Bas Peters (Ned) 73 34 Christophe Dupouey (Fra) Giant Global 71 35 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Team Crescent 70 36 Josh Fleming (Aus) 69 37 Karl Platt (Ger) 69 38 Peter Pouly (Fra) 67 39 Thomas Kalberer (Swi) Arrow 59 40 Peter Pouly (Fra) 59 41 Philip Tavell (Swe) Merida Inter. 58 42 Massimo De Bertolis (Ita) 56 43 Barrie Clarke (GBr) 55 44 Carsten Bresser (Ger) Team-T-Mobile 55 45 Christian Poulsen (Den) 54 46 Nicolas Filippi (Fra) Motorex-Bianchi 53 47 Torsten Marx (Ger) 50 48 Julian Adrada Rodriguez (Spa) 48 49 Chris Sheppard (Can) Haroleedungaree 48 50 Jochen Kass (Ger) Team-T-Mobile 47 51 Andreas Dilger (Ger) 46 52 Jimmy Tielens (Bel) 45 53 Carlos Coloma (Spa) Orbea 43 54 Daniel Soler (Swi) 43 55 Peter Riis Andersen (Den) Team-T-Mobile 42 56 Tim Bohme (Ger) 40 57 Siegfried Bauer (Aut) 40 58 Jochen Kass (Ger) Team-T-Mobile 38 59 Rune Hoydahl (Nor) Giant Global 37 60 Magnus Palmberg (Swe) 36 61 Davy Coenen (Bel) 36 62 Eloj Gispert Labarta (Spa) 35 63 Robert Kircher (Aut) Lanabau-Rw 35 64 Andrej Kaiser (Pol) Lotto-Pzu 34 65 Thomas Frischknecht (Swi) 34 66 Stefan Sahm (Ger) Team-T-Mobile 33 67 Christof Bischof (Swi) 31 68 Frederick Ericsson (Swe) 31 69 Julien Girard (Swi) 30 70 Christoph Soukup (Aut) 28 71 Milan Spesny (Cze) 27 72 Torsten Marx (Ger) 27 73 Craig Gordon (Aus) 26 74 Jorg Scheiderbauer (Aut) Be One Xc 26 75 Ronny Poelvoorde (Bel) 24 76 Ralph Naf (Swi) 24 77 Marc Hanisch (Ger) 22 78 Armando Zacarias (Mex) 21 79 Gregory Bombardo (Fra) 21 80 Szilard Burucki (Hun) 20 81 Marcel Heller (Swi) Arrow 19 82 Thys Al (Ned) 19 83 Nick Craig (GBr) 18 84 José Marquez (Spa) 17 85 Thomas Nesset Sundal (Nor) 17 86 Marc Golz (Ger) Team-T-Mobile 16 87 Jose Ignacio Arevalo (Spa) 14 88 Marti Gispert Labarta (Spa) Giant Global 13 89 Johann Pallhuber (Ita) Lanabau-Rw 12 90 Balz Weber (Swi) Arrow 11 91 Thomas Bonne (Den) 10 92 Oliver Beckingsale (GBr) 9 93 Michael Weiss (Aut) 8 94 Roman Rametsteiner (Aut) 8 95 Klaus Nielsen (Den) 7 96 Marcin Przybyla (Pol) 6 97 Martin Kraler (Aut) 5 98 Yader Zoli (Ita) 5 99 Johannes Sickmueller (Ger) 5 100 Jurg Graf (Swi) 4 101 Juan Carlos Garro (Spa) 2 102 Micha De Vries (Ned) 1 103 Lars Petter Stormo (Nor) 1 Elite Women 1 Marga Fullana (Spa) Orbea 500 pts 2 Caroline Alexander (GBr) 350 3 Alison Dunlap (USA) Luna Womens Mtb 350 4 Sabine Spitz (Ger) Merida Inter. 265 5 Alison Sydor (Can) Trek Volkswagen 210 6 Regina Marunde (Ger) 185 7 Annabella Stropparo (Ita) Be One Xc 170 8 Gunn-Rita Dahle (Nor) Merida Inter. 170 9 Mary Grigson (Aus) Subaru-Garyfish 143 10 Laurence Leboucher (Fra) 142 11 Barbara Blatter (Swi) Specialized 130 12 Maroussia Rusca (Swi) Arrow 130 13 Petra Henzi (Swi) Fischer-K2 129 14 Elena Giacomuzzi (Ita) 123 15 Alla Epifanova (Rus) 122 16 Chrissy Redden (Can) Subaru-Garyfish 118 17 Sandra Klose (Ger) 115 18 Sonja Traxel (Swi) 111 19 Marion Thevenet (Fra) 109 20 Marie-Helene Premont (Can) 107 21 Anna Szafraniec (Pol) Lotto-Pzu 106 22 Helene Marcouyre (Fra) 104 23 Katrin Schwing (Ger) 102 24 Barbel Jungmeier (Aut) Merida Inter. 94 25 Irina Kalentieva (Rus) Merida Inter. 90 26 Dellys Franke (Aus) 88 26 Daniela Porta (Ita) 88 26 Janet Puiggros Miranda (Spa) Orbea 88 29 Petra Schorkmayer (Aut) 88 30 Jacqueline Mourao (Bra) 83 31 Hiroko Nambu (Jpn) Trek Volkswagen 83 32 Kiara Bisaro (Can) 82 33 Mette Andersen (Den) 77 34 Maria Ostergren (Swe) 75 35 Ragnhild Kostol (Nor) 73 36 Sue Thomas (GBr) 70 37 Trish Sinclair (Can) 67 38 Silvia Rovira Planas (Spa) 58 39 Susan Haywood (USA) Trek Volkswagen 58 40 Carolin Rahner (Ger) 57 41 Ivonne Kraft (Ger) Orv Bank Austria 55 42 Yvonne Kraft (Ger) 53 43 Corine Dorland (Ned) 53 44 Anna Enocsson (Swe) 50 45 Birgit Braumann (Aut) 49 46 Hannele Steyen-Kotze (Rsa) 49 47 Janka Stevkova (Svk) 48 48 Hildegard Embacher (Aut) 46 49 Nadja Walker (Swi) 41 50 Hilde Van Deun (Bel) 41 51 Jaci Low (Aus) 40 52 Yan Ping Ma (Chn) 39 53 Gina Hall (USA) Luna Womens Mtb 38 54 Jenny Copnall (GBr) Motorex-Bianchi 36 55 Valentina Pazitova (Rus) 35 56 Yanping Ma (Chn) 34 57 Katrin Leumann (Swi) 33 58 Bernardine Boog Rauwerda (Ned) 33 59 Virginie Souchon (Fra) 31 60 Marta Vajda (Hun) 30 61 Laurie Copans (Isr) 29 62 Sabrina Enaux (Fra) 28 63 Sandrine Guirronnet (Fra) 28 64 Aida Nuno Palacio (Spa) 27 65 Jaci Low (Aus) 26 66 Na Zhang (Chn) 26
