Wloszczowska, Sauser take World Cup closer
Photo: Rob Jones
In many ways, Sunday’s cross-country World Cup Final in Schladming, Austria was anti-climactic, since Julien Absalon (Orbea) and Marie-Helene Premont (Rocky Mountain) had already sewn up the overall titles.
Despite the lack of a battle for the overall titles, there were still plenty of riders looking for a final good result before the end of the season.
For men’s winner Christoph Sauser (Specialized), it was a chance at redemption, after an injury dashed his Olympic hopes, and for Olympic silver medalist Maja Wloszczowska (Halls) it was a first ever World Cup win to finish off the best year of her career.
Photo: Rob Jones
The 5.3 kilometer circuit was dominated by steep climbs and a final steep descent into the finish. In the women’s race – shortened to five laps at the last minute – this favored world champion Marga Fullana (Massi), who did not disappoint by attacking on the first lap.
The Spanish rider opened a gap on the first climb, but was brought back at the end of the lap by a group containing Premont, Irina Kalentieva (Topeak Ergon) and Rosara Joseph (Ghost International). Within a minute were Katerina Nash (Luna), Wloszczowska, Olympic champion Sabine Spitz (Central Ghost), World Cup number two Catharine Pendrel (Luna), Elisabeth Osl (Ghost), U23 World Cup leader Tereza Hurikova (Cesnka Sporitelna) and Georgia Gould (Luna).
Wloszczowska, Pendrel and Spitz had all been delayed by traffic bottlenecks, but were moving up quickly in lap two. Pendrel stalled in eighth place, where she stayed for the rest of the race, as did Spitz in fifth. However, Wloszczowska joined Kalentieva and Premont in the chase after Fullana on lap two, and then Premont was dropped by the other two on lap three, as she struggled with the running on the steepest sections of the climb.
Photo: Rob Jones
It appeared that Fullana had the race won by the start of the last lap, holding a 25 second lead on Wloszczowska and Kalentieva but, in a complete reversal, the Polish rider appeared first on the descent into the finish, followed by Kalentieva and Premont, with Fullana eventually rolling in fourth.
Fullana was stricken with muscle cramps, paving the way for the first Polish World Cup win by a very delighted Wloszczowska.
“Before the last lap, I did not think it was possible,” admitted Wloszczowska “but I could see that she was going very slowly on the last climb and I was able to pass her. For certain, this is a very big victory, and with the Olympic medal makes this my best year ever.”
For the Canadians Premont and Pendrel it ends a remarkable year, with 1-2 overall standings in the World Cup, two wins for Premont and one for Pendrel. Premont also accomplished the impressive feat of finishing in the top three in every World Cup she entered (missing only Canberra, Australia), and Pendrel was the only woman to compete at every World Cup.
“Yes, this is one of my best years ever,” agreed Premont. “Even though I had a problem at the Olympics (where she dropped out on the second lap), all of my other races were very strong, and to win the World Cup was one of my big goals for this year.”
For Pendrel, it is the end of a breakthrough season, where she gained her first podium at a World Cup, won a World Cup, finished second overall and fourth at the Olympics.
Photo: Rob Jones
“This year everything came together, ” she commented. “I know that I am up at the front, and that these girls are no longer faster than me. Today’s result (eighth) isn’t necessarily how I wanted to finish the year, but it got the job done, so I’m satisfied.”
Sauser’s ride
The men’s eight lap race became one of attrition. Four riders went away early in the second lap on the climb – Sauser, Jose Hermida (Multivan Merida), Roel Paulissen (Cannondale-Vredestein) and Adam Craig (Giant). 15 seconds back was a chase group with Geoff Kabush (Maxxis), Florian Vogel (Swisspower), Ivan Alvarez (Giant Italia), Lukas Fluckiger (Athleticum) and Todd Wells (GT). Absalon was well back, and eventually dropped out on the sixth lap.
Photo: Rob Jones
The front group was working well together, but on the third lap disaster struck for Paulissen. Coming off a bridge, last in the group, he crashed heavily, tumbling off the ramp into a ditch. Initially, it was thought that he had broken his collarbone, and he was carried out on a stretcher, but the latest word is a concussion and lots of bruises, but no broken bones.
Alvarez made the jump across to the lead group late in lap three, taking them back to four at the front, but this was only temporary, since Craig came off on the next climb and began to fade, eventually dropping back to finish eighth.
The front three were set, with Alvarez dropped by Sauser and Hermida on lap seven but holding on for third, and Sauser attacking late in lap seven to drop Hermida and solo in for the win.
“It has been a weird year,” commented Sauser. “I had the biggest win of my career with the world championships, then lost the Marathon title because of the UCI (he was disqualified after he and Roel Paulissen crashed in a sprint finish), and was injured before the Olympics so my form was not the best and I could not win a medal. But here, I could tell that my form was back, and I was riding at my best. So, it is a bittersweet win.”
Behind, there was a battle for the remaining podium spots and World Cup overall positions. Kabush came into the race second overall, tied on points with Sauser. Hermida started the day 81 points behind Kabush, so Kabush needed to keep the Spanish rider close to hold on for third place in the overall standings.
Initially, he seemed to have it in control, moving up to join Fluckiger in a battle for fourth, but then flatted late in the fifth lap. That dropped him back to the mid-teens and, although he recovered a few places to finish 12th, it meant that Hermida was able to jump over him for third (from fifth) in the overall behind Absalon and Sauser, to take the final World Cup trophy.
“The flat was on the downhill; it was a slash in the tire. But the real problem, I think, was that we had mud tires in the pit, and they were a lot slower, noticeably slower, so I couldn’t make it back up to the place I needed to be. It is really too bad, because I was feeling good, and I could see that Lukas (Fluckiger) was labored in his breathing when I caught him. Fourth is good; I would have said really good at the beginning of the year, but I know now that I could have finished higher.”
Race Notes
? Burry Stander (GT) took the U23 World Cup title for the men, as well as finishing fifth in the overall World Cup, while Tereza Hurikova (Ceska Sporitelna) took the U23 women’s title.
? This is the time of year when team and rider shuffles begin to firm up. Most of the following is still unconfirmed at this point, but it looks like these are some of the changes that will be seen for next year:
Todd Wells and Burry Stander leave GT for Specialized, while Liam Killeen moves from Specialized to Trek under an expanded program run by former Honda team director Martin Whitely. Downhiller Sam Hill is expected to move from Monster Energy to Specialized.
Cannondale-Vredestein will split into two teams, a Cannondale Factory Team with Roel Paulissen, and a Vredestein-Focus team (a smaller European squad, working with Focus bikes). Kashi Leuchs will go to a Felt Bikes team. Ralph Näf, Jose Hermida, Moritz Milatz and Robert Gehbauer have all re-signed for two years with Multivan Merida, but Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjaa has not (although she is expected to do so).
Premont is leaning heavily towards a return to racing in 2009, although she said this weekend “I have to discuss it in the next couple of weeks with my boyfriend and family”. If she does return, it is likely to be a combined Maxxis and Rocky Mountain team, which Geoff Kabush will race for also.
Irina Kalentieva has re-signed for two years with Topeak Ergon, Absalon will stay with Orbea, and Spitz will continue to ride on her own program sponsored by Central-Ghost (Central is an insurance company).
Still searching for a team are the Fluckiger brothers (Lukas and Matthias), whose Athleticum team stops this year. They were close to an agreement with Alb-Gold, until Peter Riis Andersen was caught in a doping positive, and the sponsors pulled the plug. Current speculation is that the Fluckigers may go to Vredestein.
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Results
Women
1 Maja Wloszczowska (Pol) Halls Professional Mtb Team, in 1:26:42
2 Irina Kalentieva (Rus) Topeak Ergon Racing Team, at 0:37
3 Marie-Helene Premont (Can) Rocky Mountain, at 1:05
4 Margarita Fullana Riera (Esp) Massi, at 1:17
5 Sabine Spitz (Ger) Central Ghost Pro Team, at 2:26
6 Rosara Joseph (NZl) Team Ghost International, at 2:55
7 Katerina Nash (Cze) Luna Womens MTB Team, at 3:19
8 Catharine Pendrel (Can) Luna Womens MTB Team, at 3:39
9 Petra Henzi (Sui) Fischer-BMC, at 3:47
10 Elisabeth Osl (Aut) Team Ghost International, at 4:01
11 Lene Byberg (Nor) Specialized Factory Racing, at 4:32
12 Cécile Rode Ravanel (Fra) Team Lapierre International, at 4:58
13 Tereza Hurikova (Cze) Ceska Sporitelna MTB, at 5:30
14 Georgia Gould (USA) Luna Womens MTB Team, at 6:26
15 Blaza Klemencic (Slo) Giant Italia Team, at 6:57
16 Nathalie Schneitter (Sui) Colnago Cap Arreghini, at 8:15
17 Sabrina Enaux (Fra) Team Lapierre International, at 8:42
18 Anja Gradl (Ger) Central Ghost Pro Team, at 9:05
19 Willow Koerber (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher, at 9:17
20 Katrin Leumann (Sui), at 9:41
21 Janka Stevkova (Svk), at 9:56
22 Nataliya Krompets (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team, at 10:02
23 Adelheid Morath (Ger), at 10:06
24 Ivonne Kraft (Ger), at 10:24
25 Marielle Saner-Guinchard (Sui) Bikepark.ch BMC, at 10:28
26 Julie Krasniak (Fra) Team Lapierre International, at 10:37
27 Githa Michiels (Bel), at 11:13
28 Silke Schmidt (Ger), at 11:31
29 Maria Osl (Aut) Sunshine Racers Asv Nals, at 11:52
30 Stephanie Wiedner (Aut), at 12:00
31 Sandra Walter (Can) XO Felt, at 12:22
32 Maroussia Rusca (Sui), at 12:26
33 Katrin Schwing (Ger) Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike Racing Team, at 12:46
34 Laura Turpijn (Ned) Dutch National Team, at 13:41
35 Tatjana Dold (Ger), at 14:18
36 Tanja Zakelj (Slo), at 14:43
37 Claudia Seidel (Ger), at 15:03
38 Sarah Koba (Sui), at 16:08
39 Asa Maria Erlandsson (Swe) Subaru-Gary Fisher, at 18:01
40 Judith Pollinger (Ita) Sunshine Racers Asv Nals, at -1Lp
40 Elena Babikova Gogoleva (Rus), at -1Lp
42 Kristien Nelen (Bel), at -1Lp
43 Iryna Slobodyan (Ukr) Ukrainian National Team, at -1Lp
44 Lucie Vesela (Cze), at -1Lp
45 Petra Marchart (Aut), at -2Lps
46 Marie Kunst (Den) Danish National Team, at -2Lps
> Final Overall standings
1 Marie-Helene Premont (Can) Rocky Mountain 1580 points
2 Catharine Pendrel (Can) Luna Womens MTB Team 1243 points
3 Margarita Fullana Riera (Esp) Massi 1060 points
4 Irina Kalentieva (Rus) Topeak Ergon Racing Team 900 points
5 Georgia Gould (USA) Luna Womens MTB Team 890 points
6 Lene Byberg (Nor) Specialized Factory Racing 870 points
7 Katerina Nash (Cze) Luna Womens MTB Team 811 points
8 Tereza Hurikova (Cze) Ceska Sporitelna MTB 798 points
9 Mary Mcconneloug (USA) 723 points
10 Sabine Spitz (Ger) Central Ghost Pro Team 675 points
11 Blaza Klemencic (Slo) Giant Italia Team 640 points
12 Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjaa (Nor) Multivan Merida Biking Team 630 points
13 Petra Henzi (Sui) Fischer-BMC 622 points
14 Elisabeth Osl (Aut) Team Ghost International 622 points
15 Katrin Leumann (Sui) 613 points
16 Chengyuan Ren (Chn) 578 points
17 Ying Liu (Chn) 555 points
18 Cécile Rode Ravanel (Fra) Team Lapierre International 550 points
19 Nathalie Schneitter (Sui) Colnago Cap Arreghini 509 points
20 Sabrina Enaux (Fra) Team Lapierre International 493 points
21 Willow Koerber (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 416 points
22 Rosara Joseph (NZl) Team Ghost International 410 points
23 Laurence Leboucher (Fra) 405 points
24 Wendy Simms (Can) Kona 376 points
25 Adelheid Morath (Ger) 366 points
26 Sandra Walter (Can) XO Felt 362 points
27 Laura Turpijn (Ned) 342 points
28 Maja Wloszczowska (Pol) Halls Professional MTB Team 335 points
29 Maroussia Rusca (Sui) 329 points
30 Tanja Zakelj (Slo) 324 points
31 Eva Lechner (Ita) Colnago Cap Arreghini 322 points
32 Heather Irmiger (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 322 points
33 Lea Davison (USA) Trek-VW 309 points
34 Maria Osl (Aut) Sunshine Racers ASV NALS 289 points
35 Kiara Bisaro (Can) Opus 278 points
36 Jingjing Wang (Chn) 239 points
37 Amanda Sin (Can) 3Rox Racing 237 points
38 Nina Homovec (Slo) 235 points
39 Julie Krasniak (Fra) Team Lapierre International 225 points
40 Mical Dyck (Can) Trek Terrascape 221 points
41 Ivonne Kraft (Ger) 218 points
42 Laura Metzler (Fra) BH-SR. Suntour 205 points
43 Emily Batty (Can) Trek Store Toronto 189 points
44 Anna Villar Argente (Esp) Massi 188 points
45 Marielle Saner-Guinchard (Sui) Bikepark.Ch BMC 188 points
46 Helene Marcouyre (Fra) BH-SR. Suntour 186 points
47 Esther Süss (Sui) 180 points
48 Githa Michiels (Bel) 172 points
49 Susan Haywood (USA) Trek-VW 163 points
50 Janka Stevkova (Svk) 160 points
51 Zoe King (Aus) 150 points
52 Jean Ann Mckirdy (Can) Rocky Mountain 138 points
53 Fiona Macdermid (GBr) 131 points
54 Lisa Morgan (NZl) 129 points
55 Francisca Campos Salas (Chi) Massi 126 points
56 Jodie Willett (Aus) 120 points
57 Alexandra Engen (Swe) 118 points
58 Laura Lorenza Morfin Macouzet (Mex) 116 points
59 Marie-Claude Surprenant (Can) 114 points
60 Katrin Schwing (Ger) Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike Racing Team 114 points
61 Katherine O’shea (Aus) 110 points
62 Dellys Starr (Aus) 110 points
63 Julie Bresset (Fra) Breiz Mountain 105 points
64 Rie Katayama (Jpn) 102 points
65 Caroline Villeneuve (Can) 102 points
66 Nataliya Krompets (Ukr) 101 points
67 Arielle Van Meurs (Ned) 101 points
68 Sarah Koba (Sui) 96 points
69 Joanna Wall (Aus) 95 points
70 Monique Avery (NZl) 85 points
71 Kate Potter (Aus) 85 points
72 Marie Kunst (Den) 83 points
73 Marie Allaire (Can) 82 points
74 Carla Salgado Gonzalez (Mex) 82 points
75 Tory Thomas (Aus) 80 points
76 Mikaela Kofman (Can) 80 points
77 Naomi Williams (Aus) 78 points
78 Jeanette Gerrie (NZl) 76 points
79 Kathleen Villeneuve (Can) 74 points
80 Nicole Swain (NZl) 72 points
81 Séverine Hansen (Fra) BH-SR. Suntour 72 points
82 Maaike Polspoel (Bel) 71 points
83 Therese Rhodes (Aus) 70 points
84 Anja Gradl (Ger) Central Ghost Pro Team 70 points
85 Magdalena Sadlecka (Pol) Halls Professional MTB Team 70 points
86 Véronique Fournier (Can) 70 points
87 Alison Sydor (Can) Rocky Mountain 69 points
88 Kylie Webb (Aus) 68 points
89 Gracie Elvin (Aus) 66 points
90 Erica O’brien (Aus) 64 points
91 Jaqueline Mourao (Bra) 64 points
92 Elsbeth Van Rooij-Vink (Ned) Beone Chainreaction Mountainbiketeam 64 points
93 Nina Wrobel (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team 64 points
94 Catherine Vipond (Can) 64 points
95 Sandra Santanyes Murillo (Esp) Cemelorca-Seguros10.Com 63 points
96 Aleksandra Dawidowicz (Pol) Halls Professional MTB Team 63 points
97 Vera Andreeva (Rus) 63 points
98 Jamie Dinkins (USA) 61 points
99 Karine Travaillaud (Can) 58 points
100 Kelli Emmett (USA) Giant Mountain Bike Team 56 points
101 Asa Maria Erlandsson (Swe) Subaru-Gary Fisher 56 points
102 Stephanie Wiedner (Aut) 55 points
103 Kyia Anderson (USA) 54 points
104 Silke Schmidt (Ger) 50 points
105 Claudia Seidel (Ger) 49 points
106 Anna Szafraniec (Pol) Halls Professional MTB Team 48 points
107 Caroline Mani (Fra) 44 points
108 Joanna Harrington (Aus) 40 points
109 Cristina Mascarreras Sabria (Esp) Conor – Camping La Siesta 38 points
110 Tatjana Dold (Ger) 36 points
111 Emma Colson (Aus) 34 points
112 Daniella Bunzli Rojas (Chi) 33 points
113 Rocio Gamonal Ferrera (Esp) 32 points
114 Bernardine Boog-Rauwerda (Ned) 30 points
115 Ruth Moll Marques (Esp) 29 points
116 Judith Pollinger (Ita) Sunshine Racers ASV NALS 28 points
117 Caitlyn Tuel (USA) 28 points
118 Kaytee Boyd (NZl) 28 points
119 Elena Babikova Gogoleva (Rus) 27 points
120 Kristien Nelen (Bel) 26 points
121 Sarka Chmurova (Cze) Max Cursor 26 points
122 Iryna Slobodyan (Ukr) 25 points
123 Julie Sanders (Can) 25 points
124 Lucie Vesela (Cze) 24 points
125 Maria Kalnes (Nor) 24 points
126 Sandra Araujo (Por) 24 points
127 Petra Marchart (Aut) 23 points
128 Kaitlin Michener (Can) 23 points
129 Neus Parcerissas (Esp) 23 points
130 Laure Boulay (Fra) Team Cibf Keops 21 points
131 Anja Mcdonald (NZl) 21 points
132 Sandra Dolcerocca (Den) 17 points
133 Rocio Martin Rodriguez (Esp) 15 points
134 Jennifer Fischer (Fra) Team Cibf Keops 14 points
135 Liliana Alejandra Uzcategui Vasquez (Ven) 12 points
136 Yolande Speedy (Rsa) 10 points
137 Athina Chatzistyli (Gre) 10 points
138 Hanna Klein (Ger) 9 points
139 Rowena Fry (Aus) 8 points
Men
1 Christoph Sauser (Sui) Specialized Factory Racing, in 1:57:56
2 José Antonio Hermida Ramos (Esp) Multivan Merida Biking Team, at t0:18
3 Ivan Alvarez Gutierrez (Esp) Giant Italia Team, at 1:08
4 Lukas Flückiger (Sui) Athleticum-Mtb-Team, at 2:19
5 Jaroslav Kulhavy (Cze), at 2:50
6 Moritz Milatz (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team, at 3:10
7 Florian Vogel (Sui) Swisspower Mtb Team, at 3:22
8 Adam Craig (USA) Giant Mountain Bike Team, at 3:31
9 Matthias Flückiger (Sui) Athleticum-Mtb-Team, at 3:43
10 Burry Stander (RSA) Gt Bicycles, at 3:52
11 Todd Wells (USA) Gt Bicycles, at 4:08
12 Geoff Kabush (Can) Team Maxxis, at 4:13
13 Martin Gujan (Sui) Athleticum-Mtb-Team, at 4:20
14 Liam Killeen (GBr) Specialized Factory Racing, at 4:34
15 Ruben Ruzafa Cueto (Esp) Orbea, at 5:14
16 Milan Spesny (Cze) Merida Biking Team, at 5:25
17 Nino Schurter (Sui) Swisspower Mtb Team, at 5:32
18 Jochen Kass (Ger) Team Alb-Gold Mountainbik, at 5:34
19 Stéphane Tempier (Fra) Gewiss Bianchi, at 5:48
20 Emil Lindgren (Swe) Full-Dynamix-It, at 5:57
21 Andrea Tiberi (Ita) Giant Italia Team, at 6:16
22 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Cannondale-Vredestein, at 6:51
23 Rudi Van Houts (Ned) Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike, at 7:01
24 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor), at 7:26
25 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Orbea, at 7:32
26 Jan Skarnitzl (Cze), at 7:40
27 Hannes Metzler (Aut) Giant Mountain Bike Team, at 7:49
28 Alban Lakata (Aut) Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike, at 7:51
29 Andreas Kugler (Sui) Fischer-Bmc, at 7:54
30 Alexandre Moos (Sui), at 7:59
31 Inaki Lejarreta Errasti (Esp) Orbea, at 8:26
32 Thomas Frischknecht (Sui) Swisspower Mtb Team, at 8:49
33 Yader Zoli (Ita) Giant Italia Team, at 8:52
34 Jürg Graf (Sui) Swisspower Mtb Team, at 8:53
35 Martino Fruet (Ita), at 8:56
36 Robert Gehbauer (Aut) Multivan Merida Biking Team, at 9:02
37 Kristian Hynek (Cze), at 9:14
38 Periklis Ilias (Gre) Isd-International, at 9:43
39 Silvio Bundi (Sui) Giant Mountain Bike Team, at 9:49
40 Fabian Giger (Sui), at 10:23
41 Oliver Beckingsale (GBr) Giant Mountain Bike Team, at 10:54
42 Fabien Canal (Fra) Team Lapierre Internation, at 11:18
43 Josef Kamler (Cze) Ceska Sporitelna Mtb, at 11:22
44 Guillaume Vinit (Fra) Scott Valloire Galibier, at 11:29
45 Pierre Geoffroy Plantet (Fra) Team Lapierre Internation, at 11:33
46 Matous Ulman (Cze), at 11:36
47 Lukas Kaufmann (Sui), at 11:40
48 Rene Tann (Ger), at 11:51
49 Cédric Ravanel (Fra) Team Lapierre Internation, at 12:06
50 Martin Fanger (Sui), at 12:12
51 Filip Eberl (Cze), at 12:23
52 Connor Mcconvey (Irl), at 12:31
53 Nicola Rohrbach (Sui) Central Ghost Pro Team, at 12:46
54 Torsten Marx (Ger) Team Alb-Gold Mountainbik, at 12:57
55 Frank Beemer (Ned), at 13:22
56 Umberto Corti (Ita) Team Cbe Tecnoimpianti A., at 13:51
57 Andras Parti (Hun), at 14:40
58 Jelmer Pietersma (Ned) Beone Chainreaction Mount, at -1Lp
59 Gerald Hauer (Aut), at -1Lp
60 Uwe Hochenwarter (Aut), at -1Lp
61 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Scott Valloire Galibier, at -1Lp
62 Sebastien Carabin (Bel), at -2Lps
63 Maxim Gogolev (Rus), at -2Lps
64 Anders Ljungberg (Swe), at -2Lps
65 Thomas Litscher (Sui), at -2Lps
66 Calle Friberg (Swe), at -2Lps
67 Heiko Gutmann (Ger), at -2Lps
68 David Fletcher (GBr), at -2Lps
69 Frank Schotman (Ned), at -2Lps
70 Giuseppe Lamastra (Ita), at -2Lps
71 Barry Wicks (USA) Kona, at -2Lps
72 Michael Stieglbauer (Ger), at -2Lps
73 Rob Vangenechten (Bel), at -2Lps
74 Diego Rosa (Ita) Giant Italia Team, at -2Lps
75 Evgeniy Pechenin (Rus) Format-Udmurtia, at -2Lps
76 Anton Gogolev (Rus), at -2Lps
77 Pascal Hossay (Bel), at -3Lps
78 Till Marx (Sui), at -3Lps
79 Igor Bogdan (Ukr) Swisspower Mtb Team, at -3Lps
80 Samuele Porro (Ita) Isd-International, at -3Lps
81 Oleksandr Kachanov (Ukr) Team Cbe Tecnoimpianti A., at -3Lps
82 Hubert Pollinger (Ita) Isd-International, at -3Lps
83 Ola Kjören (Nor) Sunshine Racers Asv Nals, at -3Lps
84 Volodymyr Zinovkyn (Ukr), at -3Lps
85 Martin Loo (Est) Isd-International, at -3Lps
86 Michael Margesin (Ita) Merida Biking Team, at -4Lps
87 Jelmer Jubbega (Ned) Sunshine Racers Asv Nals, at -4Lps
88 Michal Plesnik (Svk), at -4Lps
89 Jernej Muzga (Slo), at -4Lps
90 Felix Euteneuer (Ger), at -4Lps
91 David Escolar Ballesteros (Esp) Sunshine Racers Asv Nals, at -4Lps
92 Guido Thaler (Aut), at -4Lps
93 Andriy Gumenyuk (Ukr), at -5Lps
94 Lukas Platzgummer (Ita) Sunshine Racers Asv Nals, at -5Lps
95 Boris Vasilyev (Rus) Format-Udmurtia, at -5Lps
96 Ross Creber (GBr), at -5Lps
97 Christoph Plank (Aut), at -5Lps
98 Michael Weiss (Aut), at -5Lps
99 Nejc Cernilogar (Slo), at -5Lps
100 Matthias Rupp (Aut) Team Scott Lactat, at -6Lps
101 Tim Wijnants (Bel) Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike, at -6Lps
102 Alexey Belokrylov (Rus) Format-Udmurtia, at -6Lps
103 Claudio Caluori (Sui) Tomac Factory Racing, at -6Lps
104 Andriy Khripta (Ukr), at -6Lps
105 Bostjan Lavtar (Slo), at -6Lps
106 Ronald Paur (Aut), at -7Lps
DNF Julien Absalon (Fra) Orbea
DNF Kashi Leuchs (NZl) Cannondale-Vredestein
DNF Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita)
DNF Roel Paulissen (Bel) Cannondale-Vredestein
DNF Karl Markt (Aut)
DNF Jiri Friedl (Cze) Merida Biking Team
DNF Bas Peters (Ned)
DNF Lado Fumic (Ger) Fumic.Brothers.Internatio
DNF Anders Hovdenes (Nor) Team Etto Hoydahl
DNF Christof Bischof (Sui)
DNF Bjorn Brems (Bel)
DNF Tim Bohme (Ger) Team Alb-Gold Mountainbik
DNF Patrik Gallati (Sui) Swisspower Mtb Team
DNF Luka Mezgec (Slo)
DNF Andy Eyring (Ger)
DNF Simon Scheiber (Aut) Sunshine Racers Asv Nals
DNF Markus Loisl (Aut)
DNF Nicolas Jeantet (Ita) Team Cbe Tecnoimpianti A.
DNF Frederick Thoni (Aut)
DNF Borut Fonda (Slo)
DNS Roman Rametsteiner (Aut)
Final World Cup Standings
1 Julien Absalon (Fra) Orbea 1340 points
2 Christoph Sauser (Sui) Specialized Factory Racing 1195 points
3 José Antonio Hermida Ramos (Esp) Multivan Merida Biking Team 1064 points
4 Geoff Kabush (Can) Team Maxxis 1030 points
5 Burry Stander (RSA) GT Mongoose / Pacific Cycle 992 points
6 Adam Craig (USA) Giant Mountain Bike Team 878 points
7 Florian Vogel (Sui) Swisspower MTB Team 848 points
8 Nino Schurter (Sui) Swisspower MTB Team 808 points
9 Lukas Flückiger (Sui) Athleticum-MTB-Team 808 points
10 Todd Wells (USA) GT Mongoose / Pacific Cycle 803 points
11 Martin Gujan (Sui) Athleticum-MTB-Team 744 points
12 Cédric Ravanel (Fra) Team Lapierre International 682 points
13 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Orbea 576 points
14 Christoph Soukup (Aut) 556 points
15 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Cannondale-Vredestein 552 points
16 Jaroslav Kulhavy (Cze) 544 points
17 Kashi Leuchs (NZl) Cannondale-Vredestein 515 points
18 Seamus Mcgrath (Can) 462 points
19 Ralph Naef (Sui) Multivan Merida Biking Team 450 points
20 Liam Killeen (GBr) Specialized Factory Racing 446 points
21 Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) 440 points
22 Roel Paulissen (Bel) Cannondale-Vredestein 419 points
23 Ruben Ruzafa Cueto (Esp) Orbea 416 points
24 Jürg Graf (Sui) Swisspower MTB Team 414 points
25 Hannes Metzler (Aut) Giant Mountain Bike Team 388 points
26 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Full-Dynamix-It 387 points
27 Oliver Beckingsale (GBr) Giant Mountain Bike Team 373 points
28 Inaki Lejarreta Errasti (Esp) Orbea 352 points
29 Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 313 points
30 Ivan Alvarez Gutierrez (Esp) Giant Italia Team 312 points
31 Rudi Van Houts (Ned) Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike Racing Team 296 points
32 Moritz Milatz (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team 295 points
33 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike Racing Team 291 points
34 Milan Spesny (Cze) Merida Biking Team 286 points
35 Karl Markt (Aut) 267 points
36 Thomas Frischknecht (Sui) Swisspower MTB Team 261 points
37 Wolfram Kurschat (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team 253 points
38 Yader Zoli (Ita) Giant Italia Team 248 points
39 Tony Longo (Ita) Full-Dynamix-It 231 points
40 Matthias Flückiger (Sui) Athleticum-MTB-Team 227 points
41 Emil Lindgren (Swe) Full-Dynamix-It 227 points
42 Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez (Esp) Cemelorca-Seguros10.Com 220 points
43 Michael Broderick (USA) 220 points
44 Jiri Friedl (Cze) Merida Biking Team 212 points
45 Jan Skarnitzl (Cze) 184 points
46 Bas Peters (Ned) 183 points
47 Manuel Fumic (Ger) Fumic.Brothers.International 176 points
48 Derek Zandstra (Can) 176 points
49 Jochen Kass (Ger) Team Alb-Gold Mountainbike 173 points
50 Stéphane Tempier (Fra) Gewiss Bianchi 173 points
51 Andreas Kugler (Sui) Fischer-BMC 173 points
52 Jeremiah Bishop (USA) Trek-VW 171 points
53 Lado Fumic (Ger) Fumic.Brothers.International 171 points
54 Mathieu Toulouse (Can) Team Maxxis 161 points
55 Samuel Schultz (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 156 points
56 Cristobal Silva Ibaceta (Chi) 153 points
57 Bart Brentjens (Ned) Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike Racing Team 149 points
58 Connor Mcconvey (Irl) 131 points
59 Sven Nys (Bel) 130 points
60 Gion Manetsch (Sui) Athleticum-MTB-Team 128 points
61 Karl Platt (Ger) Team Bulls 123 points
62 Martino Fruet (Ita) 122 points
63 Daniel Mcconnell (Aus) 115 points
64 Matthew Hadley (Can) 112 points
65 Anders Hovdenes (Nor) Team Etto Hoydahl 110 points
66 Lachlan Norris (Aus) 109 points
67 Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Esp) Ecp-Tau Ceramica 106 points
68 Giuseppe Lamastra (Ita) 104 points
69 Barry Wicks (USA) Kona 102 points
70 Martin Fanger (Sui) 99 points
71 Michael Weiss (Aut) 99 points
72 Frank Schotman (Ned) 98 points
73 Nicola Rohrbach (Sui) Central Ghost Pro Team 97 points
74 Raphael Gagne (Can) Rocky Mountain 96 points
75 Kris Sneddon (Can) Kona 94 points
76 Matous Ulman (Cze) 93 points
77 Tim Bohme (Ger) Team Alb-Gold Mountainbike 89 points
78 Maxime Marotte (Fra) BH-SR. Suntour 87 points
79 Ola Kjören (Nor) 86 points
80 Alban Lakata (Aut) Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike Racing Team 84 points
81 Peter Andersen Riis (Den) Team Alb-Gold Mountainbike 82 points
82 Marti Gispert Labarta (Esp) Ecp-Tau Ceramica 78 points
83 Andrea Tiberi (Ita) Giant Italia Team 76 points
84 Eric Batty (Can) 76 points
85 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Scott Valloire Galibier 75 points
86 Kristian Hynek (Cze) 74 points
87 Josef Kamler (Cze) Ceska Sporitelna MTB 73 points
88 Fabian Giger (Sui) 69 points
89 Carl Decker (USA) Giant Mountain Bike Team 68 points
90 Dylan Cooper (Aus) 66 points
91 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Versluys-Landbouwkrediet MTB Team 64 points
92 Peter Glassford (Can) 62 points
93 Daniel Sessford (Can) 61 points
94 Cal Britten (Aus) 60 points
95 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) 58 points
96 Ken Onodera (Jpn) Subaru-Gary Fisher 58 points
97 Andrew Watson (Can) 58 points
98 Israel Nunez Baticon (Esp) Massi 57 points
99 Andrew Blair (Aus) 56 points
100 Max Plaxton (Can) Rocky Mountain 56 points
101 Till Marx (Sui) Swisspower MTB Team 55 points
102 Nick Both (Aus) 52 points
103 Pierre Lebreton (Fra) BH-SR. Suntour 52 points
104 Calle Friberg (Swe) 51 points
105 Spencer Paxson (USA) 51 points
106 Francis Morin (Can) 51 points
107 Nathan Haas (Aus) 50 points
108 Murray Spink (Aus) 48 points
109 Marc Colom (Fra) 47 points
110 Alexandre Moos (Sui) 46 points
111 Brendon Sharratt (NZl) 46 points
112 Craig Richey (Can) 45 points
113 Shaun Lewis (Aus) 44 points
114 Ben Henderson (Aus) 42 points
115 Brian Price (Aus) 40 points
116 Freddy Betremieux (Fra) BH-SR. Suntour 40 points
117 Christof Bischof (Sui) 40 points
118 Marek Galinski (Pol) Jbg2-Apc Presmet 39 points
119 Kenji Takeya (Jpn) 39 points
120 Andrew Bott (NZl) 38 points
121 Stefan Widmer (Can) 38 points
122 Brett Anderson (Aus) 36 points
123 Julien Fillion (Can) 36 points
124 Pierre Geoffroy Plantet (Fra) Team Lapierre International 36 points
125 Robert Gehbauer (Aut) Multivan Merida Biking Team 34 points
126 Gavin Mccarthy (NZl) 34 points
127 Andras Parti (Hun) 33 points
128 James Maebus (Aus) 32 points
129 Tad Elliot (USA) 32 points
130 Ricky Federau (Can) 31 points
131 Sid Taberlay (Aus) 30 points
132 Periklis Ilias (Gre) ISD-International 30 points
133 Ben Grieve-Johnson (Aus) 30 points
134 Gareth Montgomerie (GBr) 29 points
135 Silvio Bundi (Sui) Giant Mountain Bike Team 29 points
136 Rohin Adams (Aus) 29 points
137 Ian Bibby (GBr) 29 points
138 Lukas Kaufmann (Sui) 29 points
139 Jelmer Pietersma (Ned) Beone Chainreaction Mountainbiketeam 29 points
140 Ryan Atkins (Can) 29 points
141 Marc Trayter Alemany (Esp) Ecp-Tau Ceramica 28 points
142 Travis Frisby (Aus) 28 points
143 Yu Takenouchi (Jpn) 27 points
144 Davy Coenen (Bel) 27 points
145 Klaus Nielsen (Den) Team Alb-Gold Mountainbike 27 points
146 Fabien Canal (Fra) Team Lapierre International 26 points
147 Dario Alejandro Gasco (Arg) Massi 26 points
148 Mattias Wengelin (Swe) 26 points
149 Adam Snyder (USA) 26 points
150 Torsten Marx (Ger) Team Alb-Gold Mountainbike 26 points
151 Patrik Gallati (Sui) Swisspower MTB Team 25 points
152 Guillaume Vinit (Fra) Scott Valloire Galibier 24 points
153 Alexander Wetterhall (Swe) 21 points
154 Rene Tann (Ger) 20 points
155 Andrew Freye (USA) 19 points
156 Leni Trudel (Can) 18 points
157 Nicolas Bazin (Fra) BH-SR. Suntour 18 points
158 Troy Wells (USA) 17 points
159 Filip Eberl (Cze) 17 points
160 Kyle Douglas (Can) 17 points
161 Ian Wilkinson (GBr) 17 points
162 Pascal Meyer (Sui) 16 points
163 Cody Peterson (USA) 16 points
164 Bjorn Brems (Bel) 15 points
165 David Lozano Riba (Esp) MSC Bikes 15 points
166 Ross Schnell (USA) Trek-VW 15 points
167 Martin Loo (Est) Merida Biking Team 14 points
168 Javier Eduardo Puschel (Chi) 14 points
169 Paul Van Der Ploeg (Aus) 14 points
170 Jonathan Boulanger (Can) 14 points
171 Ethan Gilmour (USA) 13 points
172 Frank Beemer (Ned) 13 points
173 Alejandro Diaz De La Pena Lopez (Esp) Team CBE Tecnoimpianti A.S.D 13 points
174 Umberto Corti (Ita) 12 points
175 Tim Madgwick (NZl) 11 points
176 Mattias Nilsson (Swe) 11 points
177 Jianhua Ji (Chn) 10 points
178 Ian Field (GBr) 9 points
179 Jonathan Galante (Fra) 9 points
180 Gerald Hauer (Aut) 9 points
181 Uwe Hochenwarter (Aut) 8 points
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