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Swisspower Cup / Swiss National Series - HC
Muttenz/Basel, Switzerland, September 2-3, 2007
Hermida wins world championships test
At the Swisspower Cup's final race in Muttenz, Spain's José Hermida (Multivan Merida) won ahead of the rest of an elite men's field. This race was considered a big test of strength before the World Championships due to be held in Fort William, Scotland, next weekend. This result confirmed Hermida as one of the top favorites for the win at worlds.
Hermida clearly won his race, with a 45 second advantage over Christoph Sauser and more than a minute over Julien Absalon who finished fourth. Hermida is one of only a few athletes this year to beat reigning world champion Absalon. Jürg Graf (Scott Allianz Suisse) finished third.
Ralph Näf, another favorite for Worlds, was suffering from a cold, and withdrew from the race early so as to continue his recovery.
In the women's race, Sabine Spitz (Ghost International) won by eight seconds over Lene Byberg (Specialized Factory Team). Katrin Leumann (Goldwurst-power.ch/Sputnik) finished third, nearly 30 seconds back.
Results
Cross country Elite Men 1 José Antonio Hermida Ramos (Multivan Merida Biking Team) 1.49.51 2 Christoph Sauser (Specialized) 0.45 3 Jürg Graf (Scott Allianz Suisse) 0.54 4 Julien Absalon (Orbea) 1.17 5 Roel Paulissen (Cannondale-Vredestein) 1.33 6 Manuel Fumic (fumic.brothers.international) 1.46 7 Jochen Kaess (Alb-Gold Mountainbike) 1.47 8 Jakob Fuglsang (Cannondale-Vredestein) 1.51 9 Gion Manetsch (Athleticum MTB Team) 2.19 10 Marco-Aurelio Fontana (Hard Rock FRW) 2.48 11 Thomas Frischknecht (Swisspower Mountainbike-Team) 3.05 12 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Cannondale-Vredestein) 3.24 13 Hannes Metzler (Giant-Swiss-Team) 4.14 14 Lukas Flückiger (Athleticum MTB Team) 5.17 15 Moritz Milatz (Multivan Merida Biking Team) 5.19 16 Pascal Meyer (Scott Allianz Suisse) 5.19 17 Michael Weiss (Bikin'Cyprus) 5.33 18 Silvio Bundi (Giant-Swiss-Team) 5.36 19 Andreas Kugler (Fischer-BMC) 6.16 20 Martin Fanger (Giant-Swiss-Team) 6.35 21 Christof Bischof (Bikin' Cyprus) 6.55 22 Lukas Kaufmann (Thömus Racing Team) 7.18 23 Alban Lakata (Trek VW) 7.31 24 Peter Riis-Andersen (Alb-Gold Mountainbike) 7.52 25 Marcus Roy (New Zealand National Team) 8.00 26 Torsten Marx (Alb-Gold Mountainbike) 8.28 27 Fabian Giger (Tower Sports - VC Eschenbach) 9.19 28 Marcel Bartholet (Scott Allianz Suisse) 9.46 29 Giuseppe Lamastra (Hard Rock FRW) 10.47 30 Patrik Gallati (Swisspower Mountainbike-Team) 10.58 31 Till Marx (Swisspower Mountainbike-Team) 11.19 32 Olaf Rochow (Fuji Bikes) 11.26 33 Luciano Caraccioli (National Team Argentina) 11.38 34 Pierre-Geoffroy Plantet (Lapierre inernational) 12.15 35 Ricky Federau 12.30 36 Damian Perrin (Velobern Racing Team) 12.48 37 Matthias Flückiger (Athleticum MTB Team) 13.41 Two laps down 38 Tobias Hollenstein (Ramsauer - Aquapower Team) 39 Robert Odink (Kona Verbier Swiss Factory) 40 Rodrigo Sigre (National Team Argentina) 41 Ivan Planzer (Giant-Swiss-Team) 42 Patrick Tresch (Gisler Bike+Hike) 43 Javier Püschel (Scott Chile / San Bernardo) 44 Hansueli Stauffer (Bergamont Sigriswil) Three laps down 45 David Leiman (Jeep Cylcing Club) 46 Daniel Schütz (Scott Allianz Suisse) 47 Florian Meyer (Bergamont Hene's Veloshop) 48 Mathias Krähemann (Ramsauer - Aquapower Team) 49 Christian Willi (Fischer-BMC) 50 Ueli Schädler (Energie MTB Team) 51 Sämi Wüthrich (Velobern Racing Team) Four laps down 52 Andreas Moser (Kona Verbier Swiss Factory) 53 Rudolf Biedermann (Scott Allianz Suisse) 54 Hector Gasco (National Team Argentina) 55 Beat von Gunten (Swiss Wheeler Team) 56 Josua Wechsler (Kona Verbier Swiss Factory) 57 Marios Athanasiades (Bikin'Cyprus) 58 Marco Lang (goldwurst-power.ch) 59 Markus Bless (Tower Sports - VC Eschenbach) 60 Patric Eichelberger (Thömus Racing Team) 61 Samuel Reichen (Velo Franz-Gary Fisher) 62 Michael Hutter (Pink Gili Swiss) 63 David Kopetschny (Corratec Team Schweiz) Five laps down 64 Marcus Derungs (Kona Verbier Swiss Factory) 65 Gael Martinet (Dome Cycle - Vallée du Trient) 66 George Fattas (Cyprus National MTB Team) Ralph Näf (Multivan Merida Biking Team) DNF Jean-Christophe Peraud (Orbea) DNF Tobias Ammann (Velobern Racing Team) DNF Norbert Wyss (Thömus Racing Team) DNF Michel Luginbühl (SRM Simplon Team) DNF Benoit Lovis (VTT Club du Jura) DNF Martin Gujan (Athleticum MTB Team) DNF Sepp Freiburghaus (Thömus Racing Team) DNF Pascal Schmutz (Corratec Team Schweiz) DNF Marcel Wildhaber (Tower Sports - VC Eschenbach) DNF Friedrich Dähler (goldwurst-power.ch) DNF Lado Fumic (fumic.brothers.international) DNF Ignacio Pereyra (National Team Argentina) DNF Stefan Sahm (Team Bulls) DNF Severin Disch (Scott Allianz Suisse) DNF Dirk Fehrentz (RSC Lüneburg) DNF Patrick Frutschi (Mega Bike Macom) DNS Nicolas Lüthi (CCL / Prof Flühmann) DNS Christian Heule (VC Gippingen) DNS Hannes Genze (Alb-Gold Mountainbike) DNS Alexandre Moos (BMC Racing) DNS Urs Föhn (GU Plus / Thomyk Team) DNS Adrian Gehri DNS Andreas Lieberherr (Velo Franz-Gary Fisher) DNS Claudio Andenmatten (Simplon Fighters) DNS Yvan Schalbetter (Kona Verbier Swiss Factory) DNS Hanspeter Gisler (Gisler / Craft) DNS Joris Boillat (Texner BMC) DNS Alexander Speisekorn (Giant-Nolte Küchen) DNS Bruno von Gunten (Swiss Bixs Team) DNS Nicola Rohrbach (Kona Verbier Swiss Factory) DNS Samuel Jud (Bergamont/Windrad) DNS Balz Weber (Bikepark.ch-Tui) DNS Vero Lüscher (TV Oberlengenhardt) DNS Dario Gasco (National Team Argentina) DNS Catriel Soto (National Team Argentina) DNS Karl Platt (Team Bulls) DNS Michael Stieglbauer (Steppenwolf) DNS Reto Hollenstein (GS Rufalex) Elite Women 1 Sabine Spitz (Ghost International ) 1.45.00 2 Lene Byberg (Specialized Factory Team) 0.08 3 Katrin Leumann (goldwurst-power.ch/Sputnik) 0.28 4 Catharine Pendrel (Norco Factory Team) 4.58 5 Sandra Walter (X.0-Felt Womens MTB Team) 5.34 6 Franziska Röthlin (X.0-Felt Womens MTB Team) 7.20 7 Fabienne Niederberger (X.0-Felt Womens MTB Team) 9.38 8 Sabrina Enaux (Lapierre Internationale) 10.09 9 Tatjana Dold (Fuji Bikes) 12.29 10 Elina Sophokleous (Bikin'Cyprus) 14.44 11 Barbara Merkofer (Schwarzbarth Velos / Giant) 14.45 12 Corina Gantenbein (Koba-Biketeam Graubünden) 16.17 One lap down 13 Janine Droz (Thömus Racing Team) 14 Daniela Stünzi (X.0-Felt Womens MTB Team) 15 Gabriela Glaus (VC Kerzers Scott) 16 Marianne Stalder (VC Franches-Montagnes) DNF Andrea Wilhelm (VC Hittnau / Tröhler) DNF Sarah Koba (Koba-Biketeam Graubünden) DNF Maroussia Rusca (Scott Allianz Suisse) DNF Renata Bucher (Stöckli - Craft) DNF Susanne Litscher (Swiss Wheeler Team) DNF Andrea Kiser (Thömus Racing Team) DNS Bettina Schmid (Fischer-BMC) DNS Joelle Schmutz (corratec team schweiz) DNS Nina Göhl (Multivan Merida Biking Team) DNS Silvia Mölk (Pietros Veloshop/Merida) DNS Gabrielle Mosset (Free Velo Passion VCFM) DNS Sandra Sommer (Campione Celeste) DNS Esther Süss (BikErich/ RC Gränichen) Junior Men 1 Shlomi Haimy (Swisspower Mountainbike-Team ) 1.33.59 2 Konny Looser (Swiss Bixs Team) 1.11 3 Jérémy Huguenin (Prof Flühmann CCL) 1.11 4 Matthias Rupp (Swisspower Mountainbike-Team) 1.52 5 Mirco Widmer (Corratec Team Schweiz) 2.39 6 Marc Metzler (Felt Gili's Velolade) 4.20 7 Fabian Cavelti (Koba-Biketeam Graubünden) 5.38 8 Donat Albin (Koba-Biketeam Graubünden) 5.38 9 Daniel Eymann (Thömus Racing Team) 6.42 10 Olof Jonsson (Pedale Bulloise Riaz) 7.26 11 Arnaud Grand (VC Rennaz / DOM Cycle) 7.48 12 Alain Page (DOM Cyclo / VC Rennaz) 8.02 13 Michael Wildhaber (Tower Sports - VC Eschenbach) 8.42 14 Daniel Kaufmann (Koba) 9.04 15 Bastien Bugnard (Stöckli) 10.34 16 Benjamin Büchi (Scott Allianz Suisse) 10.56 17 Marc Koller (Tower Sports - VC Eschenbach) 10.56 18 Maximilien Holz (TSV 1860 München) 11.51 19 Jeremias Marti (go-in.ch / TG Zentralschweiz) 11.59 20 Dominik Widmer (Hobi-Bau / MF.Hügler Wetzikon) 12.32 21 Valentin Scherz (Dom Cycles VC-Rennaz) 13.16 22 Lukas Haasis (Gonso-Rawoflex) 14.02 23 Alexander Fischer (SG Rheinfelden/Nachwuchs Spitz) 14.33 24 Marco Hungerbühler (Fischer Junior MTB Team) 14.33 25 Dumeni Vincenz (Koba) 15.12 26 Kyriakos Papanastasiou (Cyprus National MTB Team) 15.50 27 Stephan Meier (SG Rheinfelden/Nachwuchs Spitz) 15.52 One lap down 28 Benjamin Walker (VMC Erstfeld IG Radsport) 29 Philipp Julier 30 Cosimo Caccia (Chocolat Stella-Merida-Belcar) 31 Lucas Pérez (ASPTT Mulhouse FR) 32 Kevin Keller (SSOL Habersheim) 33 Sandro Hediger (Fischer-BMC) 34 Lorenz Inauen (bsk Graf / RMC Appenzell) 35 Benno Heussi (GU-Plus / thomyk) 36 Yves Perusset (CC du Litteral) 37 Andreas Nikou (Cyprus National MTB Team) 38 Timotheos Skettos (Cyprus National MTB Team) Two laps down 39 Michael Börner (SG Rheinfelden/Nachwuchs Spitz) 40 Adrian Amsler (Corratec / RC Gränichen) DNF Andreas Kleiber (RV Lindau) DNF Simon Weber (Sherpa Tensing - Pedalerie) DNF Simon Wäfler (Merida/Bike Center Hegnau) DNF Paolo Gugelmann (Chocolat Stella-Merida-Belcar) DNF Norman Amiet (Zeta Cycling Club) DNF Yoann Mercier (Team PB) DNF Maxime Ottmann (Egobike - MSC) DNF Hannes Wunsch (SG Rheinfelden/Nachwuchs Spitz) DNS Mirco Zürcher (BSK / VC Volketswil) DNS Yves Albrecht (PBR-MATIC-Swiss MTB-Team) DNS Roger Eppenberger (Koba) DNS Benjamin Loretz (Thömus Racing Team) DNS Jan Gattlen (Bike Sport Simplon) DNS Oliver Walder (Peko Engineering / Trek) DNS Tim Kunze (MSC Genstetten) DNS Damian Buss (Wheeler/RRC Olten) DNS Jörg Egli (Swiss Wheeler Team) DNS Sebastian Hilbe (Union RV Dornbirn) DNS Janick Fischer (bsk-Graf/VC Volketswil) DNS Daniel Geismayr (Union RV Dornbirn) DNS Rodrigo Darnay (National Team Argentina) DNS German Dhormann (National Team Argentina) DNS Matthieu Bour (Molsheim Fun Bike) Junior Women 1 Marina Giger (Tower Sports - VC Eschenbach ) 1.24.06 2 Jennifer Sägesser (Thömus Racing Team) 0.08 3 Karin Rappo (Mahu / BSO) 3.04 4 Fanny Martinet (Dome Cycle - Vallée du Trient) 7.13 5 Deborah Spescha (Koba-Biketeam Graubünden) 12.06 DNS Sandra Börner (SG Rheinfelden/Nachwuchs Spitz) Amateur & Masters 1 Marco Arnold (Team Gisler-Craft ) 1.36.51 2 Joel Graf (BSK Graf/RV Altenrhein) 0.13 3 Giancarlo Sax (Kona Verbier Swiss Factory) 0.17 4 Markus Fehr (fehr-velos.ch) 0.28 5 Harold Flandre (Habsheim) 0.44 6 Manuel Scheidegger (Thömus Racing Team) 1.21 7 Guido Thaler (RC Raika Krug Mieming Scott) 1.54 8 Oliver Schär (TG Hütten) 2.00 9 Pascal Cattin (Thömus Racing Team) 2.32 10 Roland Häfeli (Fischer-BMC) 2.50 11 Christophe Geiser (Prof Flühmann) 3.00 12 Marco Hinrichs (FXX Cube-Hotels) 3.42 13 Jonas Baumann (Campione Celeste) 3.49 14 Patrick Hediger (RV Merishausen/Team Russi) 3.49 15 Georges Lüthi (CCL / Prof Flühmann) 3.52 16 David Baumann (Team Bike Zone) 4.41 17 Markus Hangartner (Mano's Veloshop) 4.59 18 Christian Bickel (Sherpa Tensing-Pedalerie) 5.43 19 Michael Montandon (Zeta Cycling Club) 6.00 20 Matthias Allenspach (Tower Sports - VC Eschenbach) 9.08 21 Patrick Gobat (Free Velo Passion VCFM) 10.21 22 Simon Walder (Koba-Biketeam Graubünden) 11.03 23 Lucien Besancon (Raiffeisen) 11.24 24 Michael Frei (Velo Franz-Gary Fisher) 11.26 25 Nicolas Aeby (Mahu) 13.01 26 Michi Klauser (Ciclosport Mollis VCSD) 13.15 27 Peter Giger (Tower Sports - VC Eschenbach) 13.32 28 Stefan Julier (Cyclosport Chalais) 14.02 29 Marcel Kuratli (Ramsauer - Aquapower Team) 15.36 One lap down 30 Marcel Reiser (Gonso-Rawoflex Team) 31 Loic Keller (SSOL Habsheim) 32 Matthias Straubhaar (www.bikecenter.ch) 33 Günter Schaub (Rheingauer MTB Club) 34 Luca Formoso (RV Winterthur/Cycle Shop) 35 Marco Steiger (Dimensionbike Team) Eight laps down 36 Roger Winkler (Team Bike Zone) DNF Adrian Gerber (Velobern Racing Team) DNF Mathieu Froidevaux (C.C. Moutier/Cycles-Joliat) DNF Julian Nayener (VCC Morteau-Montbeno”t) DNF Christian Wiederseiner (Seppey/Cristalp/Scott) DNS Andreas Haller (Nicolai / RSC-Regensdorf) DNS Reto Meier (Thömus Bike Team) DNS Tommaso Alemanno (Dimensionbike Team) DNS Roland Abächerli (Giant-Swiss-Team) DNS Patric Jenni (2Radshop Hintermann/Corratec) DNS Marc Bühler (Fischer-BMC) DNS Oliver Windler (Ullmann Yeti) DNS Lukas Winterberg (Campione Celeste) DNS Jörg Hägler (VC Surselva) Short Race First Heat 1 Lukas Flückiger (Athleticum MTB Team) 2 Jürg Graf (Scott Allianz Suisse) 3 Silvio Bundi (Giant-Swiss-Team) Second Heat 1 Jürg Graf (Scott Allianz Suisse) 2 Lukas Flückiger (Athleticum MTB Team) 3 Christoph Sauser (Specialized) Third Heat 1 Christoph Sauser (Specialized) 2 Jürg Graf (Scott Allianz Suisse) 3 Lukas Flückiger (Athleticum MTB Team) Final 1 Jürg Graf (Scott Allianz Suisse) 24.44 2 Christoph Sauser (Specialized) 0.00 3 Lukas Flückiger (Athleticum MTB Team) 0.01 4 Ralph Näf (Multivan Merida Biking Team) 0.26 5 Silvio Bundi (Giant-Swiss-Team) 0.26 6 Jochen Kaess (Alb-Gold Mountainbike) 0.30 7 Gion Manetsch (Athleticum MTB Team) 0.31 8 Jose Hermida (Multivan Merida Biking Team) 0.46 9 Roel Paulissen (Cannondale-Vredestein) 0.46 10 Till Marx (Swisspower Mountainbike-Team) 0.49 11 Marcel Wildhaber (Tower Sports - VC Eschenbach) 0.50 12 Martin Fanger (Giant-Swiss-Team) 0.50 13 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Cannondale-Vredestein) 0.54 14 Christof Bischof (Bikin' Cyprus) 1.15 15 Marcus Roy (New Zealand National Team) 1.25 16 Michael Weiss (Bikin’Cyprus) 1.26 17 Torsten Marx (Alb-Gold Mountainbike) 1.28 18 Andreas Kugler (Fischer-BMC) 1.40 19 Moritz Milatz (Multivan Merida Biking Team) 1.47 20 Fabian Giger (Tower Sports - VC Eschenbach) 1.56 21 Javier Püschel (Cannondale) 2.05 DNF Thomas Frischknecht (Swisspower Mountainbike-Team) DNF Christian Heule (VC Gippingen) DNF Martin Gujan (Athleticum MTB Team)
