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Megavalanche Downhill - NE
La Reunion, November 30, 2003
Barel wins Megavalanche
Team Kona report
Fabien Barel of the Kona Clarks Factory Team has won the Mega Avalanche mass-start downhill on La Reunion (small French speaking island in the Indian Ocean). The race was an epic for some taking over an hour or even more due to some big climbs and amazingly technical descents. Fabien completed the race in under 42 minutes.
There were around 320 competitors and luckily Fabien started from the first row; after the starting gun he made it into first place, but on the next climb he started to struggle and was overtaken by five riders. On the next descent he caught them all bar the leader rider but managed to catch him on the final corner just 200 meters from the finish!
Fabien said "This was a really hard race, I decided to ride my Dawg Primo as the climbs were very tough and I struggled alot with my fitness, but the descents were good and the bike handled very well and I took some good lines especially on the last corner to take the win, I am really happy."
Results, 27km
1 Fabien Barel (Fra) KONA/KONA 41.30 2 Rene Wildhaber (Swi) INDIAN SUMMER/ORANGE 3 Alexandre Balaud (Fra) FMF ROCKY MOUN 0.02 4 Sebastien Autale (Fra) VCSD/KONA 0.48 5 Pascal Dorseuil (Fra) ACPR 1.26 6 Jean Pierre Bruni (Fra) BALFA ISOLA 2000/BALFA 1.28 7 Patrick Boisvilliers (Fra) VTTL/CARRARO 1.36 8 Samuel Peridy (Fra) VTT MAG 1.43 9 Frédéric Nauche (Fra) 3 ATHLON CSSD/TURNER 1.55 10 Willy Armand (Fra) VTTL/SCOTT G ZERO 1.58 11 Thierry Lepinay (Fra) TREX/GIANT 2.14 12 Olivier Giordanengo (Fra) NEW WAY/NORCO 2.20 13 Florent Payet (Fra) VCSD/GT 14 Jacky Sery (Fra) CSSD/GT 2.27 15 Pascal Yen Pon (Fra) ACPR 2.53 16 Pierre Antoine Fougerouse (Fra) VTT ACTION 2.57 17 Alexandre Sicard (Fra) AC PASSION RÉUN 3.03 18 Cédric Barbe (Fra) VCSD 3.22 19 Romain Lescure (Fra) VTT ACTION REUNI/BALFA 3.28 20 Jean yves Gunepin (Fra) UCJU/SCOTT 3.59 21 Claude Vergier (Fra) BALFA ISOLA 2000/BALFA 4.08 22 Jerome Payet (Fra) AC PASSION RÉUN/TAILLEFER 4.13 23 Laurent Caro (Fra) VTTL 24 Thierry Hoarau (Fra) CSSD/TREK 4.35 25 Christophe Payet (Fra) CBT 4.43 26 Anne Caroline Chausson (Fra) COMMENCAL/COMMENCAL 4.48 27 Marcelin Jaures (Fra) CSSD 4.51 28 Patrick Sicard (Fra) VCSD REUNION 5.23 29 Guillaume Serre (Fra) AS ROGNAC/TAILLEFER 5.51 30 Amael Donnet (Swi) BIKE CULTURE 5.55 31 David Moreau (Fra) CACO/SCOTT 6.04 32 Laurent Dubard (Fra) VTTL/GIANT AC2 6.33 33 Stéphane Michel (Fra) ACPR/SPECIALIZED 34 Didier Blondel (Fra) VTT ACTION RÉUNI/GIANT AC2 6.36 35 Dominique Benard (Fra) VTTL 36 Jose Comesana (Spa) 6.45 37 Didier Roger (Fra) VTTL 7.11 38 Giovanni Sakalese (Fra) VTT LOISIRS/GIANT 7.12 39 Fabrice Vienne (Fra) TURNER 7.18 40 Didier Stéphane Cazet (Fra) ACPR/TREK 7.42 41 Laurent Suzanne (Fra) ACPR/TREK 42 Stephane Courtois (Fra) ACPR/SCOTT 8.12 43 Ritchy Cabeu (Fra) GIANT 8.19 44 Hugues Grenard (Fra) TOP/SCOTT OCTANE 8.25 45 Jean Max Magery (Fra) VTT LOISIRS/COYOTTE 8.38 46 Alexandre Tissier (Fra) VVS/SPECIALIZED 8.45 47 Jean Michel Payet (Fra) VTTL/DA BOMB 8.49 48 Nicolas Mascrier (Fra) PHILIPPE 8.58 49 Jean paul Roger (Fra) VTTL/SPECIALIZED 9.17 50 Patrick Fonteneau (Fra) USSP/PHILIPPE 9.23 51 Fabrice Baret (Fra) CBT 9.36 52 Jean Jimmy Dijoux (Fra) CCNR 9.37 53 Ch.henri Sautron (Fra) VCO/VARIO 9.38 54 Jean Baptiste Payet (Fra) VTT LOISIRS 9.41 55 Guillaume Rousseau (Fra) VTT LOISIRS/TREKING FOX 9.50 56 Johnny Cuvelier (Fra) ACPR/RENAULT 9.54 57 Jean Felix Sautron (Fra) TOP 9.59 58 Nicolas Gigan (Fra) CCNR/DA BOMB 59 Yves Mavilla (Fra) ACMARSEILL EST/SPECIALIZED 60 J.Bertrand Margeot (Fra) PPA/GT 61 Jérôme Vitry (Fra) VTTL/COYOTTE 10.05 62 Willy Dijoux (Fra) CSSD/GT XCR 10.09 63 Olivier Sautron (Fra) 10.15 64 Didier Futol (Fra) TOP/SUNN 11.01 65 Alban Dupuy (Fra) 11.04 66 Christian Maillot (Fra) VTTA/VARIO BOMBA 11.05 67 Michael Wirth (Ger) MAINBIKE ALLEMA/SCOTT 11.09 68 Nicolas Lautier (Fra) VTT ACTION REUNI/GT 11.22 69 David Chane Kane (Fra) ACPR/SANTA CRUZ 11.29 70 Pierre Hoarau (Fra) 11.42 71 Frederic Mitrano (Fra) SPECIALIZED 72 Clément Bonneau (And) COMMENCAL/COMMENCAL 11.46 73 Guillaume Bernardin (Fra) CANNONDALE 74 Fabrice Filain (Fra) ACPR/TAILLEFER 75 Sébastien Corre (Fra) BALFA 11.49 76 Emmanuel Techer (Fra) 11.53 77 Axel Wadier (Fra) ACPR/TRECKING 12.02 78 Dorian Ho Choa (Fra) PPA 12.12 79 Frédéric Barne (Fra) ACPR/RENAULT 80 Gabriel Verguin (Fra) VTTL/SPECIALIZED 12.16 81 Yannick Gonthier (Fra) LOUP 12.18 82 Géraldo Trules (Fra) TOP/PEUGEOT 12.27 83 Eddy Chan Kui (Fra) SCOTT 84 Kévin Chaussalet (Fra) ACPR/BRONCO 12.29 85 Guillaume Phalempin (Fra) PETROVIET 33/DBR 12.32 86 Henri Claude Robert (Fra) ACPR/GIANT 12.39 87 Philippe Billy (Fra) 12.45 88 Wilfried Sautron (Fra) DBR XREIGT8 89 Jean Lacassagne (Fra) CABLE/ORANGE 12.47 90 Johanne Lebreton (Fra) PEUGEOT 12.49 91 Jean Louis Peraldi (Fra) ACPR/CANNONDALE 12.52 92 John Arteaga Medina (Spa) CA CALM EXPRESS/MONDRAKER 12.55 93 Patrice Christian Robert (Fra) CSSD/GT XCR 4000 13.04 94 Denis Deveaux (Fra) GREESLEY 13.05 95 Giovanni Oulia (Fra) TREKING FOX 96 Giorgi Riviere (Fra) VTT LOISIRS/SINTESI 13.08 97 Emmanuel Chassenieux (Fra) VCSD/SANTA CRUZ 13.18 98 Lucsone Clain (Fra) CSSD/GT XCR 4000 13.25 99 Gilles Bourdain (Fra) MOUNTAINBIKE/CANNONDALE 100 Laurent Ely (Fra) VTT LOISIRS/GIANT 101 Yannis Lebon (Fra) 4C/KHS 13.43 102 Frederic Tirpedian (Fra) PEUGEOT 13.49 103 Johan Payet (Fra) 13.53 104 Christophe Demolliens (Fra) COMPIEGNE/SCOTT 105 Bruno Fregence (Fra) ACPR/SINTESI 106 Thomas Lauret (Fra) SUNN 107 Charles Dijoux (Fra) ACPR/SPECIALIZED 108 Pierre Stéphane Noiret (Fra) SANTA CRUZ 109 Josep Cano Frigola (Spa) CA CALM EXPRESS/MONDRAKER 13.58 110 Olivier Fouchier (Fra) PPA/DA BOMB 111 Laurent Riviere (Fra) VCSD/KONA 14.04 112 Guy Noel Sautron (Fra) TOP/VARIO 14.20 113 Alain Darty (Fra) ACPR/SANTA CRUZ 14.22 114 Pascal Hoarau (Fra) VTTL 14.28 115 Ludovic Corre (Fra) LOUP/SPECIALIZED 14.35 116 Ivano Viale (Ita) ITALIA/BALFA 14.36 117 Nicolas Ladoux (Fra) SANTA CRUZ 118 Gregory Fabick (Fra) ROSA/CANNONDALE 14.53 119 Christophe Cha Marianne (Fra) SUNN 120 Christophe Sansone (Fra) MEN IN BIKE/CANNONDALE 15.00 121 Thomas Payet (Fra) ASCEL/SUNN 15.03 122 Moise Cuvelier (Fra) SANTA CRUZ 123 Jacques Thibon (Fra) ACPR/TREK 15.09 124 Georges marie Valentin (Fra) VARIO 15.13 125 Laurent Lebon (Fra) VTTA/GIANT 126 Patrick Etheve (Fra) ASVTT/TREKKING 127 Christian Tabart (Fra) 15.18 128 Thomas Meuer (Ger) MAINBIKE ALLEMA/NICOLAI 15.22 129 Stéphane Gauthier (Fra) ACPR/COYOTTE 15.29 130 Philippe Fermon (Fra) KONA 131 Charles-Henry Payet (Fra) CCNR/GIANT 15.39 132 Raphael Riviere (Fra) CSSD/COYOTTE 15.45 133 Stephan Chane Kive (Fra) PPA/SPECIALIZED 15.47 134 Stephane Genlinso (Fra) ACPR/GIANT XCR 15.56 135 Stéphane Euphrasie (Fra) TEAM LABOPIX 136 Julien Payet (Fra) TREKKING FOX 137 Nicolas Dambreville (Fra) GRISLEY 15.59 138 Mickael Francois Marie (Fra) 16.04 139 Laurent Simeoni (Fra) ASVT TOURS/CANN JEKYL 16.17 140 Frederic Boyer (Fra) TOP 16.22 141 Jean Christophe Luz (Fra) COMMENCAL 142 Johan Veletchy (Fra) VTTA/SUNN 143 Ludovic Cady (Fra) CSSD/SINTESI 16.30 144 Cyrille Cuvelier (Fra) SPECIALIZED 145 Jonathan Hibon (Fra) 16.35 146 Julien Povero (Fra) MOTO CLUB DE L'O/SPECIALIZED 16.36 147 Vincent Moreau (Fra) VCT/VARIO 16.40 148 Laurent Salez (Fra) SINTESI 16.45 149 Marc Soret (Fra) TEAM EXTREM RE/SCOTT 16.49 150 Jérome Kaffy (Fra) SCOTT STRIKE 16.53 151 Jean-richard Noel (Fra) GIANT 16.58 152 Harry Louise (Fra) PEUGEOT 17.04 153 Patrick Philomar (Fra) SUNN 154 Yohann Colombel (Fra) DA BOMB 155 Didier Tantale (Fra) 17.11 156 Vincent Occhiolini (Fra) TRISTARS CANNES/CANNONDALE 157 Alexandre Mete (Fra) ROSA/COMMENCAL 17.12 158 Jean Patrice Hoareau (Fra) DA BOMB 17.23 159 Gilles Labrousse (Fra) ACPR/KONA 160 Dominique Fontaine (Fra) ACPR/GIANT 17.33 161 Jean Michel Law Wing Chin (Fra) CSSD/DBR RATTLER 17.43 162 Oswald Gara (Fra) ROCKY MOUNTAI 163 Mickael Estampe (Fra) ACTD/VARIO 17.47 164 Cédric Riviere (Fra) ASVT/MUDDY FOX 165 Mickael Estampe (Fra) ACTD/VARIO 166 Norbert Oudart (Fra) NICKEL 17.49 167 Jérôme Exavier (Fra) ASVT 18.04 168 Gilles Simon (Fra) PEUGEOT 18.20 169 Yannis Eaubelle (Fra) SINTESI 18.24 170 Cyril Labouyrie (Fra) AURILLAC/ELLSWORTH 18.25 171 Alexandre Lebon (Fra) TOP 18.36 172 Bernard Paillies (Fra) GIANT 18.45 173 Thierry Allane (Fra) ACPR/GIANT 18.47 174 Thierry Amara (Fra) SUNN 18.53 175 Jean-françois Hamilcaro (Fra) TOP 19.19 176 Jean Marc Robert (Fra) ACPR/GIANT 177 Julien Plante (Fra) GIANT 19.28 178 Adrien Thibon (Fra) ACPR/RENAULT 19.35 179 Willy Olivier Grondin (Fra) NAKAMURA 180 Pascal Severin (Fra) GT XCR 3000 181 Didier Gigant (Fra) SPECIALIZED FSR 19.53 182 Thierry Raoult (Fra) VTTA/DBR X 10 183 Eric Avrillon (Fra) SCOTT 20.02 184 Vincent Hoarau (Fra) ELLSWORTTH 20.03 185 Mikael Riviere (Fra) SCOTT OCTANE 186 Stephane Jacottin (Fra) - NC 0/CANNONDALE 20.13 187 Jimmy Chow Yuen (Fra) ACPR/RENAULT 20.18 188 Bernard Delpierre (Fra) 189 Johny Alix Cabeu (Fra) SPECIALIZED 190 Caroline Incerti (Fra) TREK 20.39 191 Olivier Bouveret (Fra) DIAMONDBACK 20.42 192 Dany Deletre (Fra) PEUGEOT 20.43 193 Jean Max Futol (Fra) 194 Raphael Gailhac (Fra) TEAM DH 48/GIANT AC1 20.47 195 Thomas Labarrere (Fra) ACPR/SPECIALIZED 20.58 196 James Etheves (Fra) VTTA/VARIO 21.04 197 Jérôme Euphrasie (Fra) 198 Jean Louis Ah-Pet (Fra) ACPR/GIANT 199 Ludovic Gauvin (Fra) SINTESI 200 Cédric Fontaine (Fra) GIANT 201 Rodophe Techer (Fra) PEUGEOT 202 Olivier Tossem (Fra) NAKAMURA 203 Mickael Dijoux (Fra) 21.18 204 Richard Patou Parvedy (Fra) KONA 205 Peter Juhasz (Ger) MAINBIKE ALLEMA/ROTWILD 21.27 206 Stéphane Deletre (Fra) VARIO 21.43 207 Didier Renard (Fra) USSP TOURS/LAPIERRE X-C 21.45 208 Thierry Alphonse (Fra) ACPR/PEUGEOT 21.53 209 Jean Luc Henry (Fra) BCO/SPECIALIZED 210 Larry Robert (Fra) TEAM LABOPIX/DIAMMOND BACK 211 Philippe Gauthier (Fra) 22.08 212 Jean René Rubel (Fra) VARIO BOMBA 22.12 213 Stéphane Payet (Fra) KONA STINKY 22.15 214 Florence Salez (Fra) PROGEAR 22.23 215 Olivier Junot (Fra) 22.24 216 Laurent Lamoly (Fra) GT 22.37 217 Sébastien Mussard (Fra) VARIO BOMBA 22.39 218 Patrice Incana (Fra) COMM POW PAST 23.01 219 Noëlle Lucas Dubosq (Fra) ACPR/MONGOOSE 23.16 220 Nicolas Chapoulard (Fra) LAPIERRE 23.20 221 Nathaniel Roque (Fra) TOP 23.24 222 Gianni Dourouguin (Fra) ACPR 223 Boris Chaussalet (Fra) ACPR/DBR 23.26 224 Anibal Tavares (Fra) TREX/GIANT 23.31 225 Pascal Poinapin (Fra) GIANT XTC 226 Bertrand Hugo Hoareau (Fra) TEAM LABOPIX 23.36 227 Michael Leung Tack (Fra) ACPR/DBR RATTLER 23.38 228 Rénald Gaignard (Fra) SPADS/SPECIALIZED 24.02 229 Frédéric Fontaine (Fra) ACPR/COM PASTA POW 24.06 230 Gérard Hoarau (Fra) VTTL/GIANT 231 Christian Bundy (Fra) DBR RATTLER 24.31 232 Bruno Blachere (Fra) SANTA CRUZ 24.35 233 Michel Monnin (Fra) VTT A 24.43 234 Gabriel Darty (Fra) 4C/DBR 25.09 235 Jacques André Payet (Fra) ACPR/GIANT 25.12 236 Alexandre Devillecourt (Fra) 25.13 237 Philippe Gomard (Fra) SPECIALIZED 25.17 238 Ludwig Bourdon (Fra) 06.12.54.66.09/ROCKY MOUNTAIN 25.18 239 Fabien Pedemanaud (Fra) GT/GT RUCKUS I DRI 240 Jean Damien Oliva (Fra) 26.25 241 David Rubis (Fra) SANTA CRUZ 27.00 242 Sébastien Bertil (Fra) PEUGEOT 27.08 243 Patrick Onestas (Fra) SUNN 27.53 244 Christophe Pouce (Fra) SUNN 27.54 245 Jean Paul Magery (Fra) VTTL/GIANT 27.56 246 Philippe Lebot (Fra) ACPR/SUNN 27.57 247 Mathieu Ferrere (Fra) ACPR/VARIO 28.04 248 Randy Mazeau (Fra) SUNN RADICAL 249 Eric Lebouvier (Fra) VCP/VARIO 28.09 250 Franck Parolin (Fra) GSC BLAGNAC 28.20 251 Didier Oulia (Fra) GIANT 28.21 252 Kévin Hang Si Lan (Fra) GIANT 29.05 253 Olivier Alanoix (Fra) GT 29.19 254 Armand Gerard (Fra) ACPR 29.21 255 Fabrice Toison (Fra) TEAM LABOPIX/KONA 29.40 256 Mathieu Cadarsi (Fra) PPA/ORBEA 29.43 257 Ludovic Zitte (Fra) ORBEA 29.49 258 Alexandre Gruson (Fra) BRONCO 29.52 259 Daniel Poncet (Fra) VTT REUNION 30.41 260 Philippe Vitry (Fra) 31.09 261 Jean-philippe Sangarin (Fra) TOP 32.01 262 Damien Charles Nassibou (Fra) 33.04 263 David Tampon Robert (Fra) RACER 33.07 264 Teddy Hoarau (Fra) SINTESI 33.09 265 Laurent Clain (Fra) 33.17 266 Julien Alef (Fra) PPA/SCOTT 33.30 267 Ludovic Erudel (Fra) ACPR/GRISLEY 33.51 268 Hugues Chatagon (Fra) COLOMARS 06/SANTA CRUZ 34.00 269 Thierry Clotagatide (Fra) ACPR/VARIO 34.36 270 Antoine Flumian (Fra) CANNONDALE 34.52 271 Pascal Amouny (Fra) 36.27 272 Mickael Dejean (Fra) ACPR/MBK 36.42 273 Serge olivier Riviere (Fra) CBT 37.34 274 Thierry Pedro (Fra) VTT LOISIRS/COYOTTE 38.08 275 Manuel Laloge (Fra) 39.06 276 Richard Belcastro (Fra) DBR 39.36 277 Serge Lacouture (Fra) CSSD/DBR 40.19 278 Carlo Corti (Ita) IATALIA/DA BOMB 45.02 279 Sebastiano Fortina (Ita) LUPI DEL CORNAG/FEVER ONE 50 280 Fabrizio Anselmi (Ita) LUPI DEL CORNAG 281 Paul Giacometti (Ita) LUPI DEL CORNAG/NORCO 282 Jerome Almar (Fra) 46.29 283 Vincent Babef (Fra) VARIO 46.35 284 Jean Marie Lisador (Fra) NAKAMURA 285 Marjorie Mareux (Fra) PPA/DBR 46.50 286 Ralf Karger (Ger) STAY CRAZY 1.03.22 287 Mohamed Rida (Mau) 1.13.42 288 Florence Labarrere (Fra) GIANT 1.18.36 289 Cédric Hoarau (Fra) SPÉCIALIZED 1.33.00 290 Hervé Bourderon (Fra) SANTA CRUZ 1.54.46
