European Cross Country ChampionshipsSt Wendel, Germany, August 18-19, 2001The Schedule
Day 1 - August 18: Junior Women, Junior Men, U23 MenJunior Women1 Maja Woszozowska (Pol) 1.15.54 2 Pavla Havlikova (Cze) 0.14 3 Petra Bublova (Cze) 1.57 4 Nina Goehl (Ger) 2.40 5 Julie Pesenti (Fra) 3.28 6 Emilie Sigenthaler (Swi) 4.05 7 Adelheid Morath (Ger) 4.20 8 Bettina Schmid (Swi) 4.53 9 Sarah Koba (Aut) 5.38 10 Anna Motcalova (Rus) 6.09 11 Julie Rajol (Fra) 6.09 12 Nina Homovec (Slo) 6.34 13 Estelle Bricnet (Fra) 7.07 14 Maureen Guichardot (Fra) 7.27 15 Sandra Simon (Aut) 8.11 16 Olivia Cascino (Fra) 8.45 17 Daniela Graf (Swi) 9.02 18 Hazel Middlehurst (GBr) 9.43 19 Zdenka Havlikova (Cze) 11.08 20 Merel Koenen (Ned) 11.50 21 Alba Aznar Collado (Spa) 11.55 22 Maaris Meier (Est) 13.03 23 Natalia Smelova (Rus) 13.41 24 Kateryna Gulyaeva (Ukr) 14.03 25 Githa Michiels (Bel) 14.21 26 Vania Rossi (Ita) 14.56 27 Hazel Wakefield (GBr) 17.11 28 Lorye Christophel (Bel) 20.50 29 Silvia Lizzi (Ita) 22.53 30 Elisa Vienna (Ita) 23.46 1 lap behind 31 Siddhi Stans (Ned) Junior Men1 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) 1.22.45 2 Lars Peter Nordhaug (Nor) 1.47 3 Jorg Graf (Swi) 1.49 4 Loic Guerin (Fra) 2.01 5 Frank Lehmann (Ger) 2.16 6 Inak Lejarreta Errasti (Spa) 3.03 7 Thibault Legastelois (Fra) 4.18 8 Ivan Seledkov (Rus) 4.29 9 Veli-Pekka Juntunen (Fin) 4.34 10 Gion Manetsca (Swi) 4.49 11 Rene Henke (Ger) 4.55 12 Michal Talavasek (Cze) 5.07 13 Pavel Adel (Cze) 6.01 14 Dan Andersen (Den) 6.03 15 Felix Schmidt (Ger) 6.08 16 Adam Quadroni (Ita) 6.16 17 Charles Hauzay (Fra) 6.34 18 Philip Spencer (GBr) 6.40 19 Matej Jurco (Svk) 6.41 20 Pedro Monica (Por) 6.45 21 Alexei Medvedev (Rus) 6.58 22 Lukas Fluckiger (Swi) 7.05 23 Marek Nebesar (Cze) 7.15 24 Mike Felderer (Ita) 7.45 25 Martin Grad (Slo) 7.51 26 Jesper Ingouddsson (Swe) 8.01 27 Jan Jedlicka (Cze) 8.02 28 Adrien Delautre (Fra) 8.46 29 Martin Schwarz (Cze) 8.56 30 Till Marx (Swi) 9.06 31 Rudi Van Houts (Ned) 9.11 32 Gilles Jouve (Fra) 9.15 33 Pierre Stiernman (Swe) 9.16 34 Marco Kipfer (Swi) 9.20 35 Andras Melts (Hun) 9.21 36 Jab Gonzalez Fernandez (Spa) 9.25 37 Marcin Przybyta (Pol) 10.02 38 George Ninos (Gre) 10.05 39 Tobias Reinthaler (Aut) 10.12 40 Mark Nellen (Ned) 10.26 41 Joeri Wannijn (Bel) 10.27 42 Rene Hutter (Swi) 10.27 43 Martin Hammerle (Aut) 10.37 44 Sven Tielens (Bel) 11.17 45 David Schmets (Bel) 11.21 46 Markus Kauffman (Ger) 11.22 47 Joris Boillat (Swi) 11.32 48 Anze Bizjak (Slo) 11.36 49 Matthias Pfrommer (Ger) 12.10 50 Marc Ernster (Lux) 12.34 51 Tim Meijer (Ned) 12.49 52 Dominik Turan (Svk) 12.50 53 Julien Demeure (Bel) 13.48 54 Frank Schotman (Ned) 13.55 55 Martin Bina (Cze) 14.07 56 Goncalo Pereira (Por) 14.11 57 Jordan Aveyard (GBr) 14.54 58 Christian Moitzi (Aut) 15.44 59 Cedric Gaudi (Bel) 15.48 60 George Ilias (Gre) 15.54 61 Glenn Kinning (Irl) 16.48 62 Roy Van Heewijk (Ned) 16.54 63 Pedro Pinhao (Por) 16.55 1 lap behind 64 Ger Soepenberg (Ned) 65 Sjors Clevers (Ned) 66 Simon Richardson (GBr) 67 Fernando Rosado (Por) 68 Robert Spragg (GBr) 69 Alexei Belokrilov (Rus) 70 Jacob Johanssen (Den) 71 Oleksandr Zhuk (Ukr) 72 Regis Grulois (Bel) 73 Johnny Reid (Irl) 74 Eyal Rahat (Isr) 75 Lior Mirkin (Isr) DNF Tom Hoekman (Ned) DNF Evgueni Petchenine (Rus) DNF Bostjan Pahovnik (Slo) DNF Ismael Esteban Aguero (Spa) DNF Simone Lanteri (Ita) DNF Kryspin Pyrgies (Swi) DNF Olle Lothman (Swe) DNF Julien Malcotte (Bel) DNF Davide Gilardo (Ita) DNF Michael Galand (Bel) DNF Ruben Ruzafa Cueto (Spa) DNF Niall O'shea (Irl) DNF Krzysztof Kuzniak (Pol) DNF Michel Buschor (Swi) U23 Men1 Julien Absalon (Fra) 1.38.44 2 Thijs Al (Ned) 1.33 3 Peter Riis Andersen (Den) 1.43 4 Jochen Kaess (Ger) 2.03 5 Manuel Fumic (Ger) 2.07 6 Liam Killeen (GBr) 2.15 7 Davy Coenen (Bel) 3.59 8 Nicolas Coloma (Epa) 4.48 9 Matthias Mende (Ger) 5.03 10 Valentin Girard (Swi) 5.09 11 Julien Girard (Swi) 5.09 12 Jody Crawforth (GBr) 5.20 13 Florian Vogel (Swi) 5.28 14 Andreas Kugler (Swi) 5.40 15 Patrick Trevisan (Bel) 5.49 16 Sergij Rysenko (Ukr) 6.12 17 Ian Wilkinson (GBr) 6.22 18 Pavel Boudny (Cze) 6.31 19 Reto Manetsch (Swi) 7.19 20 Nicolas Filippi (Fra) 7.29 21 Martin Gujan (Swi) 7.37 22 Johannes Sickmueller (Ger) 7.43 23 Balz Weber (Swi) 8.02 24 Fredik Kessiakoff (Swe) 8.22 25 Ivan Alvarez Gutierrez (Spa) 8.48 26 Jens Westergren (Swe) 9.13 27 Erwin Bakker (Ned) 9.20 28 Jiri Vavra (Cze) 9.36 29 Klaus Nidsen (Den) 9.41 30 Tim Bohme (Ger) 9.49 31 Jimmy Tielens (Bel) 9.57 32 Damien Bynens (Bel) 10.01 33 Jostein Hole (Nor) 10.25 34 Lars Peter Stormo (Nor) 10.43 35 Rok Solar (Slo) 10.48 36 Carlos Rosa (Por) 10.49 37 Christian Poulsen (Den) 10.53 38 Tomas Vokrouhlik (Cze) 11.01 39 Michael Weiss (Aut) 11.26 40 Daniel Eriksson (Swe) 11.27 41 Rob Reuvers (Ned) 11.27 42 Matthias Kirchler (Ita) 12.22 43 Jose I. Arevalo Guede (Spa) 12.29 44 Sebastien Hansen (Fra) 12.30 45 Petter Jorgensen (Nor) 12.54 46 Maxim Gogolev (Rus) 13.05 47 Markus Weber (Aut) 13.08 48 Valerio Ferreire (Por) 13.18 49 Gasper Rak (Slo) 13.56 50 Kurt De Pooter (Bel) 16.37 51 Christophe Pimenta (Fra) 16.54 52 Philip Dixon (GBr) 17.07 53 Richard Ruszin (Hun) 17.42 54 Onno Reijnhout (Ned) 17.57 55 Samuels Cruysbergs (Bel) 18.00 56 Balint Szeghalmi (Hun) 18.00 57 Kim Petersen (Den) 18.01 58 Martijn Roelofs (Ned) 18.36 59 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) 18.51 60 Vitaliy Tsurkan (Ukr) 19.17 61 Marco Sousa (Por) 19.54 1 lap behind 62 Primoz Kaiser (Slo) 63 Ooron Amitz (Isr) 64 Vassilios Chortomaris (Gre) 65 Nelio Simao (Por) 2 laps behind 66 Davy Foubert (Bel) 67 Rennee Tuur (Est) 68 Colm Mullen (Irl) 69 Davio Reznik (Isr) 70 Amos Wols (Isr) 71 Ranan Janach (Isr) DNF Manfred Steiner (Ita) DNF Patrick Cioni (Ita) DNF Yohan Vachette (Fra) DNF Piotr Formicki (Pol) DNF Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) DNF Joachim Rugel (Ger) DNF Oror Pekatz (Isr) DNF Szilard Buruczki (Hun) DNF Efstratios Kosvis (Gre) DNF Yuri Levinson (Isr) DNF Ralph Näf (Swi) Day 2 - August 19: Elite Women, Elite MenElite Women1 Laurence Leboucher (Fra) 2.04.10 2 Sabine Spitz (Ger) 2.39 3 Irina Kalentieva (Rus) 3.19 4 Petra Henzi (Swi) 4.54 5 Sonja Traxel (Swi) 6.09 6 Anna Enocsson (Swe) 6.20 7 Anna Szafranieo (Pol) 7.05 8 Silvi Rovira Planas (Spa) 7.11 9 Marion Thevenet (Fra) 7.50 10 Magda Sadlecka (Pol) 8.12 11 Birgit Braumann (Aut) 9.29 12 Katrin Schwing (Ger) 9.51 13 Corine Dorland (Ned) 10.57 14 Claudia Marsilio (Ita) 11.35 15 Daniela Gassmann (Swi) 11.35 16 Hilde Quintens (Bel) 13.04 17 Maroussia Rusca (Swi) 14.09 18 Miranda Jan Puigros (Spa) 14.52 19 Bärbel Junmaier (Aut) 15.17 20 Blaza Klemencic (Slo) 16.35 21 Daphny Van De Brand (Ned) 16.50 22 Ilona Bublova (Cze) 16.59 23 Hildegard Embacher (Aut) 17.41 24 Hilde Van Deun (Bel) 18.00 25 Jenny Copnall (GBr) 20.05 26 Iryna Simonova (Ukr) 21.54 27 Valentina Pazitova (Rus) 22.41 28 Suzanne Thomas (GBr) 24.04 29 Janka Stevkova (Svk) 30 Victoria Wilkinson (GBr) 31 Marlies Rotteveel (Ned) 32 Hilde Verschaeve (Bel) 33 Beth Mccluskey (Irl) 34 Helene Marcouyre (Fra) 35 Marta Vajda (Hun) 36 Lory Copans (Isr) 37 Kateryna Yarova (Ukr) 38 Car Van Aertselaere (Bel) 39 Mieke De Roo (Bel) DNF Regina Marunde (Ger) DNF Elsbeth Vink (Ned) DNF Lory Laroy (Bel) DNF Elena Ghacomuzzi (Ita) DNF Annemiek Van Loon (Ned) DNF Souchon; Virginie (Fra) DNF Maria Ostergren (Swe) DNF Valerie Battair (Bel) DNF Helga Weiss (Ger) DNF Birgit Juengst (Ger) DNF Webers Ingrid (Bel) Elite MenBrentjens Big In EuropeBy Steve Boehmke of Team Giant The only title missing in his more than impressive palmares, the European Cross-Country Championships, finally went Bart Brentjens' way this Sunday. The Giant rider could hardly have won it in a classier style either, staying away from the field for an impressive six of a total of seven 7km laps. Initially the move was made with France's Miguel Martinez, who collaborated in building a 45 second lead on the rest of the slowly disintegrating pack, but the Frenchman crashed heavily in the third lap. Rather than wait for the rest of the field, for more than two thirds of the course Brentjens rode a lone and ultimately successful battle for victory. "I can only say I am really delighted with this" the Dutchman confirmed afterwards, "it was a title I did not have in my palmares, and this victory takes me in exactly the direction I am needing to go at exactly the right time." "Staying away for so long is never easy to do, but I never really felt uncomfortable and I was riding and pacing myself as I wanted to. It's a good feeling when you have things so much under control, although you never know what can happen." "My confidence grew and grew as the race continued and by the end I even had time to slow down a bit to wave at the crowd and smile." Behind Brentjens no national team ever really organised itself into a solid pursuit, but as he pointed out "if you want to win you have to be strong enough to stay away, regardless of what is happening behind you." Second across the line was Jose Hermida, 28 seconds back and in his first ever International Championships for Spain, with Germany's Lado Fumic completing the podium on a dry, dusty course at 50 seconds behind Brentjens. "All victories are important but one like this is always more more than welcome" Giant team manager Tom Davies added. "However, you need somebody with the dedication and focus of Bart to be sure of getting it. His stamina and overall fitness was a key factor today as well." The Giant rider had been more than worried, Davies admitted, about possible long-term damage from his upper left thigh injury caused by a fall in Canada's WC round earlier this year. Brentjens had a close encounter with his handlebars after a major crash. Eexactly as if he had been stabbed" was how Davies described it, and the Dutchman was worried the wound could have a long-term effect on his performance. "He was nervous on Saturday about whether the injury would play up or not, but I think the race provided exactly the answer he needed." Davies added. Behind Brentjens the race fractured almost completely by the finish with Giant rider Christophe Dupouey concluding in an excellent fifth place and Austrian Thomas Hochstrasser taking tenth. Rune Hoydahl complained of breathing difficulties and packed, as did Marti Gispert for Spain, whilst Brentjen's fellow-Dutchman Jan Weevers finished in a respectable 32nd spot. This is the last time that Saint Wendel will be used for a cross-country MTB event, but Giant will certainly look back at the German course with affection and nostalgia -- and so will Brentjens. Results1 Bart Brentjens (Ned) 2.00.23 2 Jose Hermida (Spa) 0.28 3 Lado Fumic (Ger) 0.50 4 Thomas Frischknecht (Swi) 1.41 5 Michael Rasmussen (Den) 1.56 6 Christophe Dupouey (Fra) 2.27 7 Ludovic Dubau (Fra) 2.28 8 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) 3.33 9 Juan Garro (Spa) 3.33 10 Thomas Hochstrasser (Swi) 3.50 11 Thomas Kalberer (Swi) 4.44 12 Miguel Martinez (Fra) 4.50 13 Marco Bui (Ita) 4.57 14 Martino Fruet (Ita) 5.03 15 Cedric Ravanel (Fra) 5.08 16 Marek Gallinski (Pol) 5.16 17 Roel Paulissen (Bel) 5.59 18 Roberto Lezaun (Spa) 6.11 19 Jean Christo Peraud (Fra) 6.20 20 Thomas Bonne (Den) 6.24 21 Antonio Ortiz (Spa) 6.25 22 Stefan Sahm (Ger) 6.58 23 Carsten Bresser (Ger) 6.58 24 Beat Wabel (Swi) 8.01 25 Oliver Beckinsale (GBr) 9.06 26 Jure Glocer (Slo) 9.32 27 Hubert Pallhuber (Ita) 9.40 28 Maroin Kaczynski (Pol) 10.00 29 Magnus Palmberg (Swe) 10.25 30 Bas Peters (Ned) 10.46 31 Milan Spesny (Cze) 11.04 32 Jan Weevers (Ned) 11.17 33 Dario Acquaroli (Ita) 11.22 34 Christof Bishof (Swi) 11.30 35 Philip Tavell (Swe) 11.31 36 Silvio Bundi (Swi) 11.31 37 Robert Kircher (Aut) 11.55 38 Daniel Soler (Swi) 12.15 39 Torsten Marx (Ger) 12.37 40 Lubos Kondis (Svk) 13.00 41 Eloi Gispert (Spa) 13.03 42 Dirk Van Wassenhove (Bel) 13.03 43 J Van Den Driessche (Bel) 13.03 44 David Galle (Bel) 14.46 45 Murco Pirazzoli (Ita) 14.57 46 David Hankart (Bel) 16.15 47 Jorg Scheiderbauer (Aut) 16.31 48 Siegfried Bauer (Aut) 18.40 49 Ales Habe (Slo) 18.49 50 Gregor Miklic (Slo) 19.36 51 Atze Dijkhuis (Ned) 20.12 52 Jerome Junker (Lux) 21.35 1 lap behind 53 Peter Ven (Bel) 54 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) 55 Ovidiu Tudor Oprea (Rom) 56 Konstanti Simelidis (Gre) 57 Cris Henderickx (Bel) 58 Micha De Vries (Ned) 59 Emanouil Kotoulas (Gre) 2 laps behind 60 Helmet Tamkorv (Est) 61 Don Travers (Irl) DNF Hanisch Marc (Ger) DNF Rune Hoydahl (Nor) DNF Marti Gispert (Spa) DNF Radim Korinek (Cze) DNF Presslauer Peter (Aut) DNF Markus Binkert (Swi) DNF Barrie Clarke (GBr) DNF Jose Marquez (Spa) DNF Dariusz Gil (Pol) DNF Milan Barenyi (Svk) DNF Massimo Debertolis (Ita) DNF Pavel Elsnic (Cze) DNF Ra Van Heutgen (Ned) |