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Swisspower Cup / Swiss National Race Series #7 - HC
Bern, Switzerland, September 7, 2008
2007 Results Results Final standings
Flückiger & Kalentieva win final round in Bern
Gujan & Rusca crowned overall series winners
The Swisspower Cup 2008 drew to an end with the final round in Bern, Switzerland, on Sunday. Spectators came out en masse to watch Olympians and other top international racers like Nino Schurter, Florian Vogel, Christoph Sauser, Ralph Näf, Irina Kalentieva, Nathalie Schneitter, Sabine Spitz and Petra Henzi. The race was shortened by one lap due to difficult conditions and rain on Saturday and Sunday morning.
Mountain bike legend Thomas Frischknecht led out the men's race for three start laps to be followed by six laps of 4km each. The retiring racer would finish 10th for the day.
Lukas Flückiger and Christoph Sauser proved the strongest men of the day. On the third lap, World Champion Sauser launched an attack that only Flückiger could follow. Later, it would be Flückiger dropping Sauser.
"At the end of the race, I thought I could stretch my lead," said a happy Flückiger. Sauser ended up second with Andreas Kugler in third place. Series leader Martin Gujan finished eighth, giving him the overall win, which he also took in 2006.
In the women's race, Olympic bronze medallist Irina Kalentieva won ahead of gold medallist Sabine Spitz. Petra Henzi followed as the top Swiss rider in third. In the final race of her career, Maroussia Rusca finished eighth and clinched the overall series title.
Celebrated Swiss junior women's champion Vivienne Meyer logged another victory in the final round and along with it the overall series victory. In the junior men's category, Swiss champion Mirko Widmer finished second behind Austrian Alexander Gehbauer. Matthias Rupp took fifth - good enough to secure the overall series victory.
Thomas Litscher won the amateurs & masters category.
Results
Elite men 1 Lukas Flückiger (Athleticum MTB Team) 1.43.12 2 Christoph Sauser (Specialized) 1.07 3 Andreas Kugler (Fischer-BMC) 1.24 4 Emil Lindgren (Full-Dynamix) 1.36 5 Ralph Näf (Multivan Merida Biking Team) 3.31 6 Ivan Alvarez Gutierrez (Giant Italia Team) 3.41 7 Jochen Kaess (Alb-Gold Mountainbike) 4.14 8 Martin Gujan (Athleticum MTB Team) 4.28 9 Fabian Giger (SKS M.I.G. Team) 4.40 10 Thomas Frischknecht (Swisspower Mountainbike-Team) 5.49 11 Silvio Bundi (Giant-Swiss-Team) 6.07 12 Andrea Tiberi (Giant Italia Team) 6.13 13 Hannes Metzler (Giant-Swiss-Team) 6.23 14 Jürg Graf (Swisspower Mountainbike-Team) 6.42 15 Gion Manetsch (Athleticum MTB Team) 7.25 16 Stefan Sahm (Team Bulls) 7.28 17 Yader Zoli (Giant Italia Team) 7.58 18 Mathias Flückiger (Athleticum MTB Team) 8.19 19 Ian Bibby (Great Britain National Team) 8.58 20 Marcel Wildhaber (Tower Sports - VC Eschenbach) 9.41 21 René Tann (Fuji-Bike Europe) 9.48 22 Marcel Bartholet (Scott Allianz Suisse) 10.49 23 Torsten Marx (Alb-Gold Mountainbike) 11.57 24 Patrik Gallati (Swisspower Mountainbike-Team) 12.14 25 Pascal Schmutz (Corratec Team Schweiz) 12.52 26 Calle Friberg (SRM-Stevens) 13.00 27 Connor McConvey (Mc Convey Cycles) 13.31 28 Giuseppe Lamastra (Hard Rock FRW) 13.56 29 Lukas Kaufmann (Thömus Racing Team) 14.32 30 Severin Disch (Scott Allianz Suisse) 14.44 31 Nino Schurter (Swisspower Mountainbike-Team) 14.45 32 Robert Mennen (Fuji-Bikes) 16.01 33 Nicola Rohrbach (Central Ghost Pro Team) 16.22 34 Tobias Hollenstein (Bike Team Ramsauer-Aquapower) 16.43 35 Anders Ljungberg (IK Hakarpspojkarna) 17.16 36 Florian Meyer (Velobern Racing Team) 18.01 37 David Fletcher (Great Britain National Team) 18.59 Behind two laps 38 Mathias Krähemann (Bike Team Ramsauer-Aquapower) 39 Manuel Scheidegger (Velobern Racing Team) 40 Jonas Baumann (Campione Celeste BMC) 41 Gael Martinet (Dome Cycle) 42 Nicolas Lüthi (Prof Flühmann CCL) 43 Damian Perrin (Velobern Racing Team) 44 Markus Bless (Tower Sports - VC Eschenbach) 45 Oliver Schär (Röbis Velo-Shop) 46 Roberto Bruno Crisi (Hard Rock FRW) 47 Sepp Freiburghaus (Thömus Racing Team) Behind three laps 48 Samuel Reichen (Velo Franz/Univega) 49 Ross Creber (Great Britain National Team) 50 Hugo Prado Neto (Specialized Brasil) 51 Lucien Peterhans (Velo Franz/Univega) DNF Robert Gehbauer (Multivan Merida Biking Team) DNF Marco Arnold (Gisler-Craft) DNF Till Marx (Swisspower Mountainbike-Team) DNF Michel Luginbühl (SRM Stevens/RC Steffisburg) DNF Fredrik Kessiakoff (Full-Dynamix) DNF Martin Fanger (Giant-Swiss-Team) DNF Florian Vogel (Swisspower Mountainbike-Team) DNF Pascal Meyer (Scott Allianz Suisse) DNF Patrick Tresch (Gisler Bike+Hike) DNF Josh Keep (Team Australia) DNF Ivan Planzer (Giant-Swiss-Team) DNF Sämi Wüthrich (Velobern Racing Team) DNF Balz Weber (Bikepark.ch / BMC) DNF Michael Hutter (Pink Gili Swiss) DNF Guido Thaler (corratec world team) DNF Alexandre Moos (Texner BMC) DNF Daniel Schütz (Scott Allianz Suisse) DNF Marco-Aurelio Fontana (Hard Rock FRW) DNF Manuel Fumic (fumic.brothers.international) DNF Lado Fumic (fumic.brothers.international) DSQ Ueli Schädler (Energie MTB Team) DNS Urs Föhn (GU Plus / Thomyk Team) DNS Norbert Wyss (Thömus Racing Team) DNS Claudio Andenmatten (Velobern Racing Team) DNS Moritz Milatz (Multivan Merida Biking Team) DNS Rudolf Biedermann (Scott Allianz Suisse) DNS Patric Eichelberger (Thömus Racing Team) DNS Daniel Suter (Giant-Swiss-Team) DNS Robert Kircher (Bikesport Kärnten Arbö Askö) DNS Klaus Nielsen (Alb-Gold Mountainbike) Elite women 1 Irina Kalentieva (Topeak-Ergon) 1.45.56 2 Sabine Spitz (central GHOST Pro Team) 0.29 3 Petra Henzi (Fischer-BMC) 0.39 4 Elisabeth Osl (Ghost International) 1.46 5 Nathalie Schneitter (Colnago) 7.29 6 Marielle Saner Guinchard (Bikepark.ch / BMC) 10.03 7 Sarah Koba (Koba) 12.52 8 Maroussia Rusca (Scott Allianz Suisse) 13.38 9 Katrin Leumann (goldwurst-power / Sputnik) 14.06 10 Ivonne Kraft (Joybike / MBC Bochum) 16.42 11 Sandra Walter (X.0-Felt Womens MTB Team) 17.05 12 Fabienne Niederberger (X.0-Felt Womens MTB Team) 19.30 13 Stephanie Wiedner (Rad Team Kärnten) 19.43 Behind one lap 14 Asa Erlandsson (Subaru Gary Fisher) 15 Tatjana Dold (Fuji Bikes Europe/RIG Freiburg) Behind two laps 16 Corina Gantenbein (Biketeam.gr) 17 Nadine Rieder (FBI racingteam.youngstars) 18 Daniela Stünzi (X.0-Felt Womens MTB Team) 19 Kathrin Stirnemann (Merida Suisse Team) DNF Catherine Lohri (Bike-Import/VC Oberhofen) DNF Lilian Huwyler (Bike Team Ramsauer-Aquapower) DNF Andrea Kiser (Thömus Racing Team) DNF Joelle Schmutz (Corratec Team Schweiz) DNF Renata Bucher (Stöckli - Craft) DNS Kathrin Heimberg (X.0-Felt Womens MTB Team) DNS Gabriela Glaus (VC Kerzers Scott) DNS Gabrielle Mosset (Free Velo Passion VCFM) DNS Nadia Walker (X.0-Felt Womens MTB Team) DNS Janine Droz (Thömus Racing Team) DNS Silvia Mölk (Merida Suisse Team) DNS Andrea Wilhelm (VC Hittnau) DNS Eva Lechner (Colnago) Junior men 1 Alexander Gehbauer (RC Arbö Askö Klagenfurt) 1.35.54 2 Mirco Widmer (Fischer Junior MTB-Team) 0.25 3 Martin Gluth (Bike Junior Team/Bulls) 0.38 4 Lukas Loretz (Scott Allianz Suisse) 1.01 5 Matthias Rupp (Swisspower Mountainbike-Team) 1.29 6 Reto Indergand (TG Zentralschweiz/IG RS-Uri) 2.01 7 Bryan Falaschi (Zeta Cycling Club) 3.04 8 Gian-Marco Gasser (Tower Sports - VC Eschenbach) 3.56 9 Sebastian Batchelor (Sandy Wallace Cycles) 4.15 10 Matthias Stirnemann (Merida Suisse Team) 4.48 11 Olof Jonsson (Corratec World Team) 6.15 12 Michael Wildhaber (Tower Sports - VC Eschenbach) 8.58 13 Martin Strebel (Fischer Junior MTB Team) 9.58 14 Arnaud Grand (Thömus Racing Team) 10.20 15 Mike Schuler (TG Zentralschweiz) 10.28 16 Bastien Bugnard (Stöckli) 10.38 17 Benedikt Mündle (Merida Adolf's Bike Shop) 12.28 18 Attila Bela (Giant Gyömr?) 12.59 19 Jörg Egli (Swiss Wheeler) 13.19 20 Jeremias Marti (TG-Zentralschweiz.ch) 13.53 21 Marc Koller (Tower Sports - VC Eschenbach) 14.11 22 Mirco Zürcher (BSK Graf/VC Volketswil) 14.29 23 Benoit Beaud (PEV Genève) 14.55 24 Adrian Amsler (Velo Franz/Univega) 15.56 25 Rick Reimann (PBR-Matic Swiss Team) 16.11 26 Daniel Kaufmann (Koba Team/RC Gränichen) 17.13 27 Fabian Cavelti (Biketeam.gr) 17.49 28 Adrian Räss (Sherpa Tensing Pedalerie) 19.17 29 Pim Heinrich (TG-Zentralschweiz) 21.47 30 Marc Flury (Thömus Factory Team) 24.37 Behind one lap 31 Fabian Obrist (Chälbli Bikes) 32 Samuel Bieri (Tower Sports - VC Eschenbach) 33 David Bieri (NG Krapf/Creationi de Vita) 34 Fabian Zogg (Koba) 35 Marc Hermann (Biketeam.gr) 36 Rafael Haubensak (Sherpa Tensing Pedalerie) 37 Daniel Hagmann (Koba / RMV Buchs) DNF Marcel Braun (Radon Racing Team) DNF Anthony Grand (DOM Cycle / VC Rennaz) DNF Marc Stutzmann (RSC Aaretal Münsingen) DNF Norman Amiet (Zeta Cycling Club) DNF Michel Wörner (goldwurst-power / Ridley / VCR) DNF Simon Weber (Merida Suisse Team) DNF Benjamin Walker (VMC Erstfeld/IG RS Uri) DSQ Marco Hungerbühler (Velo+Bike Team Seetal) DNS Alain Page (DOM Cycle / VC Rennaz) DNS Simon Wäfler (Merida Swiss Bike Team) DNS Tim Kunze (MSC Gerstetten) DNS Basil Fanti (RRZ Goldwurst.ch Nordwest) DNS Oliver Walder (Peko Engineering / Trek) DNS Sagi Fainshtain (C.C.C / Team Israel) DNS Sebastiano Mascaro (Illeas Baleares) DNS Yoann Mercier (Pb-Scott) DNS Valentin Scherz (Pro Cycles - Scott - Newwork) DNS Donat Albin (Biketeam.gr) DNS Jose Antoni Rodriquez (Illeas Baleares) Junior women 1 Vivienne Meyer (Scott Allianz Suisse) 1.34.03 2 Michelle Hediger (Fischer-BMC) 4.05 3 Annie Last (Great Britain National Team) 6.48 4 Marina Giger (Tower Sports - VC Eschenbach) 9.24 5 Nicole Hanselmann (Hobi-Bau/MF.Hügler Wetzikon) 11.24 6 Céline Ernst (Stöckli Racing Team) 12.06 7 Deborah Spescha (Biketeam.gr) 14.37 8 Tanja Starkermann (Fischer Junior MTB Team) 14.57 9 Karin Rappo (Mahu / BSO) 16.05 10 Mona Eiberweiser (SKS M.I.G. Team/S&B Deg) 16.45 11 Lorraine Truong (Prof Flühlmann / CCL) 18.02 12 Aurelia Sonderegger (Bsk Graf/RV Altenrhein) 25.44 13 Carina Cappellari (Suso Bike / RSV Pizol) 33.03 DNF Virginie Pointet (Prof Flühmann / CCL) DNF Annabel Simpson (Great Britain National Team) DNS Joanna Muoser (Ägeri Bike Club/Giant) DNS Melanie Bucher (PBR-Matic Swiss Team) Amateurs & Masters 1 Thomas Litscher (Scott Allianz Suisse) 1.35.40 2 Jérémy Huguenin (Prof Flühmann CCL) 0.42 3 Giancarlo Sax (Thömus Racing Team) 1.19 4 Daniel Eymann (Thömus Racing Team) 3.06 5 Roland Häfeli (Fischer-BMC) 3.37 6 Xavier Dafflon (Pro Cycles-Scott-NewWork) 4.19 7 Roland Abächerli (Giant-Swiss-Team) 4.47 8 Silvio Büsser (RV Wetzikon / Tom's Bike) 5.21 9 Markus Bauer (RV Victoria Wombach) 5.43 10 Marc Metzler (Gili's Velolade) 5.51 11 Josua Wechsler (Kona Verbier Swiss Factory) 6.07 12 Christophe Geiser (Prof Flühmann) 9.21 13 Benjamin Büchi (Scott Allianz Suisse) 10.40 14 Adrian Berger (RV Solothurn) 12.19 15 Florian Thie (Crazy Velo Shop / Felt) 13.00 16 Sandro Hediger (Fischer Junior MTB Team) 13.12 17 Christian Bickel (Total Sport/RV Winterthur) 13.49 18 Marco Hinrichs (Stöckli) 14.06 19 Sandro Kessler (Biketeam.gr) 14.42 20 Patrick Hediger (RV Merishausen/Team Russi) 14.47 21 Oliver Windler (Ullmann Yeti) 14.55 22 Michael Frei (Velo Franz/Univega) 15.27 23 Thomas Weber (biketeam.gr) 15.35 24 Stephan Tobler (Thömus Racing Team) 16.35 25 Lucien Besancon (Bergamont) 18.37 26 Stefan Huber (Alptours/Pneu Egger) 19.33 27 David Baumann (Team Bike Zone) 20.12 28 Stephan Schairer (RSG Zollernalb) 21.49 29 Andy Bachmann (RM Team) 24.05 Behind one lap 30 Adrian Gerber (Velobern Racing Team) 31 Patrick Gobat (Free Velo Passion VCFM) 32 Andreas Hurter (goldwurst-power / Ridley / VCR) 33 Roger Winkler (Alptours/Pneu Egger Biketeam) 34 Matthias Allenspach (Tower Sports - VC Eschenbach) DNF Benno Heussi (GU-Plus / thomyk) DNF Dumeni Vincenz (Thömus Racing Team) DNF Florian Peiry (Texner BMC) DNF Benjamin Loretz (Thömus Racing Team) DNF Pascal Cattin (Thömus Racing Team) DNF Philipp Gerber (Bike Atelier Interlaken) DNF Andreas Haller (Energie MTB Team) DNF Philipp Wanner (RSC Aretal) DNS Daniel Geismayr (Union RV Dornbirn 1886) DNS Sebastian Hilbe (Union RV Dornbirn) DNS Michael Montandon (Zeta Cycling Club) DNS Patrick Leuzinger (Merida-Lüscher/VC-Eschenbach) DNS Marcel Kuratli (Bike Team Ramsauer-Aquapower) DNS Patric Kottmann (goldwurst-power / Ridley / VCR) DNS Marc Llobet (Illeas Baleares) DNS Roger Dittli (Stöckli-Craft) DNS Roland Mischler (Stöckli Bike Team) DNS Loic Sarret (Prof Flückiger SA) DNS Bastian Hilty (Pro Cycling Aarau) DNS Davide Coato (Bike Center) DNS Jörg Hägler (MTB Cycletech/VC Surselva) Overall standings after five rounds Elite men 1 Martin Gujan (Athleticum MTB Team) Elite women 1 Maroussia Rusca (Scott Allianz Suisse)
