Worldclass Marathon Challenge - NE

Offenburg, Germany, June 1, 2008

2007 Results Results

Späth and Rupp win marathon challenge

Sandro Spaeth
Photo ©: Luke Baylis (scheiderbauer.com sports)

Sandro Späth and Dolores Rupp won the 110km Worldclass Marathon Challenge on Sunday in Offenburg, Germany in summery conditions.

After the highest summit, at 871m, five men formed the lead group including Späth, Thomas Zahnd, Ramses Bekkenk, Markus Kaufmann and J�rg Scheiderbauer. At kilometer 65, Kaufmann dropped off and then Scheiderbauer fell off the pace as Bekkenk attacked. Spath and Zahnd continued to hold the high pace.

On the final steep climb, last year's winner set off from the other two and went on to defend his title in four hours and 17 minutes. Bekkenk held on for second just under four minutes back. Zahnd finished third.

A Swiss racer also won the women's race. Dolores Rupp set a new record and left her competition behind. She finished in five hours and seven minutes. Fabienne Heinzmann finished second and Annette Griner took third.

Photography

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Sandro Spaeth won the elite men's marathon.
Local and organizer J�rg Scheiderbauer finished third.

Results - 110km

Elite men

1 Sandro Spaeth (Team Texner BMC Acqiris)          4.17.05
2 Ramses Bekkenk (Team Nissan)                        3.53
3 Thomas Zahnd (Team St�ckli-Craft)                   5.06
4 J�rg Scheiderbauer (Team Ghost International)      13.58
5 Markus Kaufmann (Vaude-Simplon)                    15.35
6 Lukas Kubis (Best-Bike-Parts / HAIBIKE)            16.28
7 Flurin Riedi (Th�mus-Racing-Team)                  19.06
8 Claus Crone (team crone)                           24.54
9 Markus Granacher (DWF)                             25.12
10 Andr� Ohndorf (Best-Bike-Parts/HAIBIKE)           29.11
11 Ad De Brabander (Nissan Mountainbiketeam)         29.13
12 Steffen Rust (wolfi's Bike Shop)                  40.48
13 Mario Di lorio (MTB-Sport - Paderborn)            48.41
14 Eric Wictor (WTOS Delft)                        1.07.18
15 Marcus Werf (Buke-Werf)                         1.28.06
 
Elite women

1 Dolores Rupp (PeRu Racing Team)                  5.07.41
2 Fabienne Heinzmann (TREK Dolphin)                   2.21
3 Annette Griner (Rothaus-Cube MTB Team)             25.32
4 Franciska De Vries (Bikestudio.nl)                 56.11
DSQ Elisabeth Brandau (Best-Bike-Parts/HAIBIKE)           
 
Open men

1 Stefan Siefermann (FXX Mountain Cycling Team)    4.38.26
2 Matthias G�rtner (Radhaus Winterlingen)             0.53
3 Marco Fey (Team scheiderbauer.com sp)              21.46
4 Fabian Feldmayer (Hochschule Offenburg)            23.48
5 Christian Keppel (Ebener Race Team / Cannon)       35.45
6 Philip Gehrling (www.philips-24h.de)               47.07
7 Joachim Hess (RIG Freiburg)                        51.58
8 Mathias Bischoff (Stuttgart)                       54.07
9 Axel Strohm (plusminus)                            59.40
10 Tobias Richter (Fahrradmagazin Offenburg)       1.02.34
11 Marc Freyer (Calw)                              1.05.20
12 Bernd Martin (Wurzelhopser Steinach)            1.11.57
13 Stephan Fritsch (TRUMPF Cycling)                1.14.02
14 3627 Startnummer (D)                            1.20.51
15 Benjamin Schneider (Fahrrad-Oase Bahlingen)     1.27.33
16 Thomas Buschert (Gengenbach)                    1.43.36
17 Manuel Sailer (Team Dangelmaier)                1.44.54
18 Thiemo Bauer (Gengenbach)                       1.58.02
19 Timo K�nstle (M�nchweiler)                      2.02.31
20 Andr� Holland (Emmendingen)                     2.26.27
21 Andreas Erdrich (Team 2Peak)                    2.39.58
 
Senior men 1

1 Sebastian Muth (Orbea MTB Sport)                 4.38.34
2 Ralf Egle (M�llheim)                                4.59
3 Marco Pfeiffer (Ghost Racingteam/berggott)          9.14
4 Alexander Hoferer (Team Rad # Ecke Zell a.H)       24.06
5 Thomas Burbach (borderthon)                        37.38
6 Roland Schuessele (Team-Speedzone.de)              38.51
7 Andreas Matt (Wurzelhopser)                        44.40
8 Andreas Gebert (Gifizenmoos)                       49.45
9 Alexander Bochtler (Radsport Breitner)             53.39
10 Christian Eckenfels (TRUMPF)                      54.33
11 Marco Mengel (Wurzelhopser)                       57.06
12 Markus Wiegert (BSG Sparkasse Offenburg/O)        57.06
13 Christian Ketterer (Lahr)                         58.46
14 Jens Frank (Team Decathlon Plochingen)            59.48
14 Axel M�ller (www.natventure.com)                       
16 Karl Maechner (Team Chainsmoker)                1.00.35
17 Marcel Geurts (Marcel Geurts)                   1.04.46
18 Martin Welle (Ritzelrocker Fischerbach)         1.07.12
19 J�rgen Doll (Skiclub Sasbachwalden)             1.13.46
20 Stefan Huber (Limburgerhof)                     1.14.08
21 Kai Reinelt (Freiburg)                          1.15.36
22 Sven Meier (MTB-S�dbaden)                       1.16.52
23 Martin Gebert (Drahtesel Schramberg)            1.17.50
24 Christoph Lange (Obernburg)                     1.21.05
25 Reto von Salis (schruubergnuss)                 1.21.59
26 Philip Stockmann (Derma Dent)                   1.22.13
27 Peter Freimuth (Team bike & fun)                1.22.36
28 J�rg Schindler (Team Postbank-Finanzberat)      1.24.35
29 Dirk Vater (Bike-Box-Fulda / Rh�nrake)          1.25.17
30 Andreas Gr�schl (BSG Sparkasse Offenburg/O)     1.28.18
31 Dirk Maertins (RIG Freiburg - Tune)             1.32.57
32 Christian Siegel (Freiburg)                     1.33.05
33 Peter De Schipper (Hellas Triathlon)            1.37.57
34 Uwe Herbst (Ski-club Reichenbach)               1.41.49
35 Andreas Weichert (Landratsamt Ortenaukreis)     1.42.54
36 Peter Kuessel (Kirchzarten)                     1.45.36
37 David Pocza (Yellow Rhomb)                      1.53.37
38 J�rg Witzel (Landratsamt Ortenaukreis)          1.55.00
39 Rene Vetter (Schaeffler Team)                   1.58.31
40 Mario Jung (Team Schaeffler)                    1.59.50
41 Olivier Moreaud (Schaeffler Team)               2.01.06
42 J�rgen Heizmann (Speckbrotesser)                2.09.36
43 Markus Theile (BSG-Lok-Torgau)                  2.16.26
44 Harald Bildner (Bad Peterstal-Griesbach)        2.20.30
45 Reiner Buck (ST�BER IN MOTION)                  2.20.30
DSQ Andreas Wagner (Allianz MTB-Team)                     
 
Senior men 2

1 Frank Melchien (Obernheim)                       4.51.26
2 Oliver Staiger (Express Souplesse)                  3.16
3 Peter Schnaufer (www.team-woba.de)                  9.31
4 Frank Schneider (Scott-Stiehle-Sulz)               18.30
5 Clemens M�hlan (RIG Freiburg)                      19.15
6 Steffen Sassie (Team-Speedzone.de)                 24.14
7 Peter M�ller (Troehler-Sport Fehraltorf)           28.42
8 J�rgen Tieker (Waldbronn)                          30.30
9 Joachim Velten (Schaeffler Team)                   32.44
10 Christof Keller (Skiclub M�hlenbach)              37.31
11 Reinhard Sch�ffer (Mister Bike Pforzheim)         39.36
12 Robert Zipfel (SV Kirchzarten)                    40.54
13 Alex von Eew (tr�hler)                            42.14
14 Klaus Stubert (Speedy Gonzales)                   46.01
15 Ralf B�hler (Wurzelhopser)                        53.37
16 Bernhard Becker (SC Karlsbad)                     59.25
17 Konrad Kurz (Ghost-Crankers)                      59.38
18 Volker Kronm�ller (TB Cannstatt)                1.01.02
19 Andreas Udri (Wadensprenger)                    1.05.56
20 Georg Hirt (Generic.de)                         1.10.55
21 Udo N�ger (A-Werk)                              1.16.19
22 Wolfgang Rieber (ASV Urloffen)                  1.24.12
23 Dominique Beaurain (Schaeffler Team)            1.28.24
24 Philippe Ranc (Schaeffler Team)                 1.36.48
25 Claus-Dieter Lang (Stober in motion)            1.41.00
26 Wolfgang Renz (Stuttgart)                       1.44.45
27 J�rgen H�usle (Team Kempf Getr�nke)             1.44.55
28 Thomas Leibl (Seelbach)                         2.04.25
29 Ralf Bernhard (TV Rheinzabern)                  2.07.37
30 Harald Steidl (Freiburg)                        2.07.52
31 Michel Zimmer (team geiger)                     2.13.15
 
Senior men 3

1 Ewald Wacker (Team-Speedzone.de)                 4.56.35
2 Peter Graap (Plattmacher)                          13.23
3 Hermann Schneider (Plattmacher)                    30.45
4 Michael Fenske (RSV Trompeter Bad S�cking)         35.42
5 Peter Schmidt (SC-Karlsbad)                        37.38
6 Franz Lehmann (Wurzelhopser)                       42.53
7 Mathias P�hrisch (Gipfelst�rmer)                   48.39
8 Josef Armbruster (SC Hausach)                    1.00.32
9 Joachim Trost (CH-Obfelden)                      1.06.41
10 Bruno Garnier (Schaeffler Team)                 1.23.07
11 Christoph Warth (Freiburg)                      1.27.44
12 Edgar Pesch (Wurzelhopser SV Steinach)          1.35.50
13 Eckhard Bergen (Derma Dent)                     1.36.38
14 Armin Str�bel (Endingen)                        1.39.37
15 G�nther Maier (B�blingen)                       1.54.22
16 Uli Tanin (Speckbrotesser)                      1.57.27
17 Manfred Nock (Speckbrotesser)                   2.03.10
18 Detlef D�rrenfeld (F-Weyersheim)                2.04.30
19 Richard Schlegel (TV St.Peter)                  2.11.37
20 Andreas Michel (Schaeffler Team)                2.50.20
 
Senior men 4

1 Klaus Dinser (Spaichingen)                       4.57.47
2 Hugo van Essche (B-Hoeilaart)                      57.09
3 Peter Lais (Freiburg)                              59.18
4 Rolf Nolkemper (Wiehenbiker.com)                 1.01.31
5 Franz Fehrenbach (Wurzelhopser-SV.Steinach)      1.11.18
6 Franz Jakobs (Ski-Club Berghaupten)              1.26.17
7 Uli Bock (Offenburg)                             2.33.50
 
Open women

1 Andrea Meier (MTB-S�dbaden)                      6.09.05
 
Senior women 1

1 Katrin Hill (Cross Team)                         5.43.44
2 Christina N�ger (A-Werk)                           24.01
3 Claudia Langer (Specialized Craft)                 27.03
4 Susanne Lauble (Ritzelrocker Fischerbach)          57.16
5 Barbara L�ffler (Freiburg)                       1.08.53
6 Inge Feuerlein (RG Uni Hamburg)                  1.25.30