Swisspower Cup / Swiss National Series - HC

Bern, Switzerland, August 5, 2007

Results

Peraud surprises with win

But no surprises for victorious Kalentyeva

Nearly 1,000 participants showed up to compete in beautiful weather. Jean Christoph Peraud won the elite men's race which started with three start loops followed by seven laps of five kilometers each. The race was decided in an exciting sprint finish, in the final 200m, and everyone expected the winning Orbea rider to be Julien Absalon, so even the announcer called it wrong at first. Instead, it was Peraud taking the win. Ralf Näf and Abslaon were second and third.

In the women's race, Russian Irina Kalentyeva made it look easy, taking victory by nearly a minute over Sabine Spitz (Germany) and by more than a minute over Elisabeth Osl (Netherlands). The best Swiss woman was Nathalie Schneitter in sixth.

With the juniors, European champion Thomas Litscher (Israel) of the Swisspower MTB team won in the men's event while Barbara Benko took the junior women's victory.

Results

Elite Men (7 laps plus 3 startloops, 40km)
 
1 Jean-Christoph Peraud                 1.55.03
2 Ralph Näf                                0.26
3 Julien Absalon                           0.36
4 Roel Paulissen                           0.55
5 Florian Vogel                            1.09
6 Kashi Leuchs                             1.50
7 Wolfram Kurschat                         1.57
8 Manuel Fumic                             2.35
9 Lado Fumic                               3.07
10 Nino Schurter                           3.37
11 Thomas Frischknecht                     3.53
12 Peter Riis-Andersen                     3.57
13 Christoph Sauser                        4.05
14 Oliver Beckingsale                      4.20
15 Inaki Lejarreta Errasti                 4.29
 
Elite women (7 laps, 28 km)
 
1 Irina Kalentyeva                      1.53.36
2 Sabine Spitz                             0.55
3 Elisabeth Osl                            1.11
4 Rosara Joseph                            3.27
5 Lene Byberg                              5.03
6 Nathalie Schneitter                      6.22
7 Nina Göhl                                6.46
8 Sarah Koba                               7.22
9 Janka Stevkova                           8.23
10 Katrin Leumann                          8.48 
 
Junior Men (7 laps, 28km)
 
1 Thomas Litscher                       1.42.54
2 Shlomi Haimy                             1.57
3 Andy Eyring                              2.59
4 David Fletcher                           3.47
5 Jérémy Huguenin                          4.28
6 Hamish Creber                            5.02
7 Alexander Gehbauer                       5.21
8 Benjamin Büchi                           6.44
9 Nicolas Jeantet                          6.56
10 Mirco Widmer                            7.30
 
Junior Women (5 laps, 20km)
 
1 Barbara Benko                         1.22.19
2 Kathrin Stirnemann                       0.45
3 Vivienne Meyer                           3.44
4 Katharina Haase                          5.35
5 Claire Hassenfratz                       8.18
 
Amateurs and Masters (7 laps, 28km)
 
1 Joel Graf                             1.45.57
2 Manuel Scheidegger                       1.12
3 Pascal Cattin                            2.13
4 Giancarlo Sax                            4.03
5 Natanael Rother                          4.33
6 Markus Fehr                              5.07
7 Guido Thaler                             5.39
8 Roland Häfeli                            6.17
9 Matthias Allenspach                      6.47
10 Christian Bickel                        7.26

Overall classification after 7 of 11 rounds

Men
 
1 Julien Absalon                                            400 pts
2 Florian Vogel                                             302
3 Lukas Flückiger                                           251
4 Martin Gujan                                              247
5 Jürg Graf                                                 237
 
Women
 
1 Sabine Spitz                                              380 pts
2 Renata Bucher                                             310
3 Katrin Leumann                                            272
4 Nathalie Schneitter                                       247
5 Sandra Walter                                             241
 
Junior Men

1 Jérémy Huguenin                                           350 pts
2 Thomas Litscher                                           340
3 Oliver Walder                                             312
4 Shlomi Haimy                                              287
5 Matthias Rupp                                             244
 
Junior Women

1 Vivienne Meyer                                            380 pts
2 Kathrin Stirnemann                                        340
3 Jennifer Sägesser                                         270
 
Hard Knaben

1 Lukas Loretz                                              440 pts
2 Roger Walder                                              405
3 Reto Indergand                                            389
4 Patrick Lüthi                                             385
5 Gian-Marco Gasser                                         332
 
Mega Knaben 

1 Lars Forster                                              500 pts
2 Valentin Berset                                           390
3 Nick Albrecht                                             372
4 Erik Jonsson                                              360
5 Florian Chenaux                                           333
 
Rock Knaben 
1 Marcel Techt                                              500 pts
2 Andreas Mündle                                            392
3 Andrin Beeli                                              348
4 Jodok Salzmann                                            343
5 Simon Vitzthum                                            342