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7th World Press Cycling Championships - CM
Salzburg, Austria, September 21-22, 2007
2006 Results Road races Time trials Past winners
Sunny skies greet competitors at 7th 'Journo Worlds'
The seventh Mondial de la Presse (journalists world championships) were held in Austria's beautiful SalzburgerLand region between September 21-22. Almost 100 journalists competed in time trials and road races across four categories over the two days. Those who had any legs left rode the Eddy Merckx Classic cyclosportif the day after. Eddy Merckx himself was on hand to present all the jerseys and trophies.
The entire weekend was blessed by sunny and warm weather, a welcome change from the wet summer.
Time trials
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The under 35 and 36-50 men's categories rode the same course for the time trial, a 22.7km anticlockwise loop around the Wallersee between Henndorf and Seekirchen. It was a hilly, technical and at times dangerous course due to the traffic through the towns and junctions.
The under 35 men's event went to Austrian Martin Ganglberger who clocked 31'58 to beat Belgian Frederik Backelandt by 52 seconds and another Austrian Martin Bihounek by 57 seconds. The 35-50 men's category was a tighter affair, with Dutchman Roel van Schalen (Hup Hup Holland) setting the fastest time of the day - 31'34 - to beat Jeff Jones (Procycling) by less than five seconds. Italian Giovanni Fantozza took the bronze in 31'58, a time that was only fractions of a second slower than the winner of the under 35 event.
The over 50s and women rode a shorter 12.5km loop that started in Neumarkt and ended in Seekirchen. The lack of technical sections saw some fast times done, with Maurizio Marogna (Italy) winning the over 50 event in 16'31 ahead of German Gerhard Hack (Die Schwarzwälder) and Austrian Hans Unterguggenberger. The women's race saw defending champion and local Brigitte Krebs (Team Österreich) again finish on top of the podium, with her time of 18'08 giving her a 34 second victory over Samantha Profumo (Italia Uno) and 1'11 over Germany's Marion Schlegel.
Road races
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All the road races were held on a mostly flat 13.5km circuit around the Obertrumer See, starting and finishing in Obertrum. A roundabout with 500m to go followed by a corner at 200m meant that a rider who had the right amount of guts would win a bunch sprint.
The under 35s event was a tame affair, and had the lowest average speed of all four categories. The lack of speed in the opening laps meant that four riders from the 35-50 race, which had started five minutes behind, caught them. The attacks were generally limited to the small climb with 3km to go, but no-one could get away. After five laps ( 67.5km), the race was decided in a bunch sprint with Rene Bauer (Team Österreich) getting a jump on the rest on the roundabout, with last year's runner-up Kasimir den Hertog (HDC Media) finishing second again and Frederik Lerch in third.
The 35-50 men's race was over four laps (54km). After a slow first lap, TT winner Roel van Schalen shook things up with an attack through the start/finish. After the bunch regrouped, one of the French riders crashed, and in the confusion Austrian Erich Del Pozo ( 2Radchaoten.com) and Italian Eros Maccioni slipped off the front. The pair quickly gained 40 seconds and were riding away as most of the bunch seemed not to notice that they had gone.
At the halfway point of the second lap, Jeff Jones set off in pursuit taking Slovenian Robert Baumann with him. They got to within 10 seconds at the end of the lap, but the leading pair had now caught the under 35 bunch ahead. Jones and Baumann took another half a lap to catch the bunch, meaning there were now four riders in contention. Behind the leaders, Van Schalen had launched a counter attack along with compatriot Erwin Bak, Brit Julian Bray and Slovenian Miroslav Cveticanin. But they had left it too late and were unable to close the gap.
On the final lap, the four leaders worked together on the front of the bunch, their task made easier by the lack of aggression in the under 35 ranks. Over the last four kilometres, Jones attacked three times and Del Pozo once, but each time Maccioni and Baumann were able to mark them. The sprint was slightly marred by one of the under 35s getting into third position at the roundabout and then swinging off, leaving Maccioni and Del Pozo with an unbeatable advantage. Del Pozo looked to have had it won until he stopped sprinting and started celebrating with 20m to go, allowing Maccioni to come around him to take a clear win. Jones followed them home for third place with Baumann in fourth.
The over 50s road race was held in conjunction with the women's. Time trial runner-up Gerhard Hack soloed off the front on the first of three laps and was never seen again. He took the win by nearly a minute over Dutchman Karel Verdonschot and Austrian Hans Unterguggenberger. The winner of the last three editions of this race, Peter de Groot, was a slightly frustrated fourth.
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The women's race saw Brigitte Krebs add yet another world journo title to her palmares, this time beating Jana Kabrtova (Czech Republic) and Marion Schlegel (Germany) in a bunch sprint.
For the first time, there was also a team prize which was based on the best results of three-rider teams. The winning team was Team Österreich, with Krebs and Bauer combining with Otto Sibera to beat the Belgian national team (Frederik Backelandt, Dieter Roman and Rik Lintermans) and the mixed nationality Die Schwarzwälder trio (Gerhard Hack, Karel Verdonschot, Karl Rupp).
At the end of the prize giving ceremony, AIJC (international cycling journalists association) president Robert Jansen announced that next year's Mondial de la Presse is in Limoges, France, while the city of Kranj in Slovenia is a prime candidate in 2009.
Photography
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Images by Paul Godfrey/Procycling
- The men's 36-50 bunch gives chase to the four breakaways in the road race
- U35 men's time trial winner Martin Ganglberger is congratulated by Eddy Merckx
- 36-50 men's TT winner Roel van Schalen receives his jersey from Eddy Merckx
- The 36-50 men's time trial podium: Jeff Jones (2nd), Roel van Schalen (1st) and Giovanni Fantozza (3rd)
- The Over 50 men's time trial podium: Gerhard Hack (2nd), Maurizio Marogna (1st) and Hans Unterguggenberger (3rd)
- The women's time trial podium: Samantha Profumo (2nd), Brigitte Krebs (1st) and Marion Schlegel (3rd)
- U35 men's road race winner Rene Bauer receives his medal from Eddy Merckx as Kasimir Den Hertog (L, 2nd) and Frederik Lerch (R, 3rd) look on
- Eddy Merckx congratulates the podium of the 36-50 men's road race
- The 36-50 men's road race podium: Erich Del Pozo (2nd), Eros Maccioni (1st) and Jeff Jones (3rd)
- The Over 50 men's road race podium: Karel Verdonschot (2nd), Gerhard Hack (1st) and Hans Unterguggenberger (3rd)
- Brigitte Krebs (Austria) won the women's road race
- The teams trophy was won by Team Österreich, ahead of Belgium and Die Schwarzwälder
Results
Time trials Men (U35) - 22.63km 1 Martin Ganglberger (Aut) 31.58.37 (42.5 km/h) 2 Frederik Backelandt (Bel) Belgian National Team 0.52.31 3 Martin Bihounek (Aut) 0.57.52 4 Rene Bauer (Aut) Team Österreich 1.04.93 5 Dieter Roman (Bel) Belgian National Team 2.02.03 6 Karel Kuchler (Cze) 2.43.48 7 Juraj Barvinek (Svk) 2.50.31 8 Mark Koghee (Ned) HDC Media 3.05.60 9 Bostjan Svete (Slo) 3.11.52 10 Joscha Weber (Ger) Tour 3.44.70 11 Mida Volcansev (Slo) 3.45.20 12 Jozef Sloboda (Svk) 3.55.06 13 Kasimir Den Hertog (Ned) HDC Media 4.02.29 14 Ondrej Carnansky (Cze) 4.20.19 15 Thomas Hölzl (Aut) 5.04.93 16 Ellis Bacon (GBr) Procycling 6.29.46 Starters: 16 Classified: 16 Men (36-50) - 22.63km 1 Roel Van Schalen (Ned) Hup Holland Hup 31.34.93 (43 km/h) 2 Jeff Jones (GBr) Procycling 0.04.51 3 Giovanni Fantozza (Ita) 0.23.49 4 Julian Bray (GBr) 1.10.04 5 Erich Del Pozo (Aut) 1.12.60 6 Robert Baumann (Slo) 1.50.04 7 Dirk Zedler (Ger) Tour 2.41.35 8 Dirk Dijkstra (Ned) Hup Holland Hup 4.18.47 9 Primoz Kalisnik (Slo) 4.25.91 10 Frederic Lehl (Fra) 4.52.99 11 Ralf Jirgens (Ger) 5.01.77 12 Erwin Bak (Ned) 5.28.78 13 Paul Godfrey (GBr) Procycling 6.17.50 14 Stane Petavs (Slo) 6.25.52 15 Vladimir Dosek (Svk) My Nitrianska Noviny 6.57.00 16 Olaf Müller (Ger) 7.59.40 17 Andreas Cremer (Bel) 8.10.17 18 Geofrey Pizzorni (Ita) Italia Uno 8.22.32 19 Ralf Meutgens (Ger) Trio Infernal 8.22.99 20 Curd Biedermann (Ger) 8.49.73 21 Jozef Bielik (Svk) 10.09.02 22 Juraj Prusa (Svk) Slovakia Dream Team 10.43.03 23 Andrea Manusia (Ita) 11.35.69 24 Günther Klein (Ger) 11.49.38 Starters: 25 Classified: 24 Men (50+) - 12.51km 1 Maurizio Marogna (Ita) Italia Uno 16.31.22 (45.4 km/h) 2 Gerhard Hack (Ger) Die Schwarzwälder 0.10.43 3 Hans Unterguggenberger (Aut) 1.15.70 4 Karel Verdonschot (Ned) Die Schwarzwälder 1.15.90 5 Rik Litermans (Bel) Belgian National Team 1.26.04 6 Otto Sibera (Aut) Team Österreich 1.35.00 7 Peter Fladerer (Aut) 1.39.79 8 Daniels Pieree (Bel) Eurostars 1.44.40 9 Richard Van Ameyden (Ned) Hup Holland Hup 2.05.57 10 Karl August Rupp (Ger) Die Schwarzwälder 2.10.57 11 Hartmut Lerner (Ger) Eurostars 2.11.25 12 Heinz Reiter (Aut) Wals bei Salzburg 2.29.34 13 Lorenz Ch. Koch (Ger) Team Trieglav 3.12.35 14 Karel Beckmans (Ned) HDC Media 3.34.10 15 Matula Jan (Svk) No Fear Team 3.43.88 16 Hermann Razborsek (Slo) Slovenia 2 3.43.97 17 Giuliano Dolfini (Ita) 4.06.15 18 Srecko Trglec (Slo) Slovenia 2 4.06.89 19 Peter Hargas (Svk) No Fear Team 4.12.04 20 Vladimir Jesko (Svk) Slovakia Dream Team 5.02.21 21 Walter Rottiers (Bel) Trio Infernal 5.35.70 22 Frantisek Letovanec (Svk) Slovakia Dream Team 6.11.18 23 Tone-Tof Fornezzi (Slo) 6.49.30 24 Ivan Vaclavik (Svk) 8.24.28 25 Miran Orik (Slo) Slovenia 2 8.34.19 Starters: 25 Classified: 25 Women - 12.51km 1 Brigitte Krebs (Aut) Team Österreich 18.08.57 (41.4 km/h) 2 Samantha Profumo (Ita) Italia Uno 0.33.94 3 Marion Schlegel (Ger) 1.11.43 4 Ute Kretschmann (Ger) Eurostars 1.29.63 5 Carola Felchner (Ger) Tour 1.38.55 6 Nada Kozjek (Slo) 1.56.09 7 Christl Koch (Ger) Team Trieglav 5.12.10 Starters: 7 Classified: 7 Road races Men (U35) - 67.5km 1 Rene Bauer (Aut) Team Österreich 1.46.29 (38 km/h) 2 Kasimir Den Hertog (Ned) HDC Media 3 Frederik Lerch (Ger) 4 Joscha Weber (Ger) Tour 5 Jozef Sloboda (Svk) My Nitrianska Noviny 6 Frederik Backelandt (Bel) Belgien National Team 7 Dieter Roman (Bel) Belgien National Team 8 Bostjan Svete (Slo) 9 Mark Koghee (Ned) HDC Media 10 Martin Ganglberger (Aut) 2Radchaoten.com 11 Juraj Barvinek (Svk) My Nitrianska Noviny 12 Emanuele Conti (Ita) 13 Mida Volcansev (Slo) 14 Ondrej Carnansky (Cze) 15 Robert Fürst (Aut) 16 Ellis Bacon (GBr) Procycling 17 Karel Kuchler (Cze) 0.15 18 Martin Bihounek (Aut) 2Radchaoten.com 0.22 19 Patrick Choinowski (Ger) 0.37 20 Christian Windhofer (Aut) 0.39 21 Thomas Hölzl (Aut) 1.04 Starters: 23 Classified: 21 Men (36-50) - 54km 1 Eros Maccioni (Ita) 1.19.38 (40.7 km/h) 2 Erich Del Pozo (Aut) 2Radchaoten.com 3 Jeff Jones (GBr) Procycling 4 Robert Baumann (Slo) 5 Roel Van Schalen (Ned) Hup Holland Hup 1.36 6 Erwin Bak (Ned) 7 Miroslav Cvjeticanin (Slo) 8 Julian Bray (GBr) 1.40 9 Frederic Lehl (Fra) 6.48 10 Giovanni Fantozza (Ita) 11 Paul Godfrey (GBr) Procycling 12 Dirk Zedler (Ger) Tour 13 Anno Hecker (Ger) 14 Vladimir Dosek (Svk) My Nirtianska Noviny 15 Rene Marks (Ger) 16 Dirk Dijkstra (Ned) Hup Holland Hup 17 Primoz Kalisnik (Slo) 18 Curd Biedermann (Ger) 19 Manuel Jekel (Ger) 20 Andrea Manusia (Ita) 6.53 21 Geofrey Pizzorni (Ita) Italia Uno 6.57 22 Andreas Kublik (Ger) 7.04 23 Robert Spoula (Aut) 7.35 24 Jozef Bielik (Svk) 12.38 25 Ralf Meutgens (Ger) Trio Infernal 13.19 26 Juraj Prusa (Svk) Slovakia Dream Team 18.54 27 Günther Klein (Ger) 25.35 Starters: 31 Classified: 27 Men (50+) - 40.5km 1 Gerhard Hack (Ger) Die Schwarzwälder 1.01.56 (39.2 km/h) 2 Karel Verdonschot (Ned) Die Schwarzwälder 1.03 3 Hans Unterguggenberger (Aut) 4 De Groot (Ned) 5 Daniels Pieree (Bel) Eurostars 6 Normanno Bartoli (Ita) 7 Peter Fladerer (Aut) 8 Arian Kuil (Ned) 9 Maurizio Marogna (Ita) Italia Uno 10 Rik Litermans (Bel) Belgian National Team 11 Otto Sibera (Aut) Team Österreich 12 Hannes Weber (Ger) 13 Lorenz Ch. Koch (Ger) Team Triglav 14 Karel Beckmans (Ned) HDC Media 15 Hartmut Lerner (Ger) Eurostars 16 Hermann Razborsek (Slo) Slovenia 2 17 Karl August Rupp (Ger) Die Schwarzwälder 18 Heinz Reiter (Aut) Wals bei Salzburg 19 Giuliano Dolfini (Ita) 20 Peter Hargas (Svk) No Fear Team 21 Jan Matula (Svk) No Fear Team 22 Srecko Trglec (Slo) Slovenia 2 23 Richard Van Ameyden (Ned) Hup Holland Hup 1.19 24 Walter Rottiers (Bel) Trio Infernal 11.06 25 Frantisek Letovanec (Svk) Slovakia Dream Team 26 Vladimir Jesko (Svk) Slovakia Dream Team 27 Stojan Zitko (Slo) 21.47 28 Miran Orik (Slo) Slovenia 2 32.44 Starters: 31 Classified: 28 Women - 40.5km 1 Brigitte Krebs (Aut) Team Österreich 1.02.59 (38.6 km/h) 2 Jana Kabrtova (Cze) 3 Marion Schlegel (Ger) 4 Samantha Profumo (Ita) Italia Uno 5 Nada Kozjek (Slo) 6 Carola Felchner (Ger) 7 Ute Kretschmann (Ger) Eurostars 8 Christl Koch (Ger) Team Trieglav 21.46 Starters: 10 Classified: 8 Teams trophy 1 Team Österreich 24 pts 2 Belgian National Team 35 3 Die Schwarzwälder 36 4 2Radchaoten.Com 39 5 Tour 44 6 Eurostars 50 7 Italia Uno 55 8 Media Hdc 60 9 Procycling 61 10 Hup Holland Hup 62 11 My Nitrianska Noviny 64 12 Slovenia 2 125 13 Trio Infernal 127 14 Slovakia Dream Team 141
Past winners
(Road race only) Under 35 2006 Jeffrey Jones (Aus) Cyclingnews.com Under 50 2006 Edwin Driessen (Ned) 2005 Carlo Alberto Rossi (Ita) Corriere di Como 2004 Andrea Agostini (Ita) Ufficio Stampa Fassa Bortolo 2003 Andrea Agostini (Ita) La Voce di Romagna Under 45 2002 Menno Grootjans (Ned) Fiets 2001 Harry Ruiterkamp (Ned) Infostrada 2000 Franck Chopin (Fra) La Bretagne Cycliste Over 50 2006 Peter De Groot (Ned) Freelance 2005 Peter De Groot (Ned) Freelance 2004 Peter De Groot (Ned) Freelance 2003 Michel Queruel (Fra) L'Usine Nouvelle Over 45 2002 Rik Lintermans (Bel) 2001 Eugenio Capodacqua (Ita) 2000 Eugenio Capodacqua (Ita) Women 2006 Brigitte Krebs (Aut) 2005 Ilenia Lazzaro (Ita) Uff Stampa Nike 2004 Samantha Profumo (Ita) La Valsesia 2003 Aurélie Crouvisier (Fra) Audiovisuel Consultants (ex-pros) 2005 Davide Cassani (Ita) Rai 2004 Francesco Moser (Ita) Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
