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MTB World Cup XC #6 & DH #5 - CDM
Maribor, Slovenia, September 14-16, 2007
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Race 4 - September 15: Elite 4X Men Finals,
Saladini wins final round as Lopes misses final
By Rob Jones in Maribor
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The men's race saw Romain Saladini of France take the final round, after both Brian Lopes (USA) and Michal Prokop (Czech Republic) made uncharacteristic errors. Prokop had a poor start in the final, opening the door for Saladini to take the win.
Lopes admitted that missing the final was his own fault. "I threw it away," he said. "In the semi I was first into the first turn, but I had been seeing that people were going outside and gaining some speed, so I went really outside. I lost too much speed and Prokop went by me and then it was a drag race with Guido (Tschugg) to the next turn. He crashed, so I was set in second, I thought. But my backend slid out on the wall turn, I lost speed again and it let Dan (Atherton) get by me."
Lopes had already won the title, by virtue of three previous wins and a second place, and Prokop cemented his hold on second overall. Jared Graves (Australia) took third in the overall rankings.
Photography
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- France's Romain Saladini on his way to World Cup victory.
- Michal Prokop and Dan Atherton (Animal Commencal).
- The podium finishers from the Men's 4X final.
Results
Big final 1 Romain Saladini (Fra) 2 Michal Prokop (Cze) 3 Dan Atherton (GBr) Animal Commencal 4 Karim Amour (Fra) Small final 5 Joost Wichman (Ned) Gravity Group 6 Jared Graves (Aus) 7 Brian Lopes (USA) 8 Guido Tschugg (Ger) Ssangyong-Fusion Pro Team 1/4 finals 9 Kamil Tatarkovic (Cze) Kona Les Gets 0.56.34 10 Scott Beaumont (GBr) Rocky Mountain Uk 0.56.82 11 Reto Schmid (Swi) 0.58.54 12 Michal Marosi (Cze) Arbö Rsp Downhill Racing 0.59.02 13 Roger Rinderknecht (Swi) 0.57.39 14 Tomas Slavik (Cze) 0.57.65 15 Rafael Alvarez De Lara Lu (Spa) 0.57.82 16 Livio Zampieri (Ita) 0.59.58 1/8 finals 17 Gee Atherton (GBr) Animal Commencal 0.55.86 18 Dominik Gspan (Swi) 0.57.32 19 Filip Polc (Svk) Gravity Group 0.57.47 20 Robin Wallner (Swe) 0.58.32 21 Jared Rando (Aus) Giant Mountain Bike Team 0.58.53 22 Jurg Meijer (Ned) Dolphin Bike Team 0.59.03 23 Gabor Vigh-Kiss (Hun) 0.59.19 24 Kyle Strait (USA) 0.59.49 25 Quentin Derbier (Fra) 0.56.98 26 Matej Vitko (Svk) 0.58.19 27 Jakub Hwidak (Cze) 0.58.49 28 Matej Stapic (Slo) 0.59.42 29 Sascha Meyenborg (Ger) 0.59.56 30 Adrian Kiener (Swi) 1.00.40 31 Ludovic Gadois (Fra) 1.00.60 32 Lars Peyer (Swi) Bikepark.Ch Tui 1.00.80 1/16 finals 33 Johannes Fischbach (Ger) Ghost International Racin 0.57.47 34 Amiel Cavalier (Aus) Giant Mountain Bike Team 0.57.81 35 Thomas Bubla (Aut) 0.58.09 36 Joey Van Veghel (Ned) 0.58.68 37 Sidney Gerber (Swi) 0.58.84 38 Georg Sieder (Aut) 0.59.07 39 Tilen Frank (Slo) 0.59.18 40 Zdenek Nasinec (Cze) 0.59.42 41 Gabor Deli (Hun) 0.59.53 42 Elias Somvi (Ita) Playbiker - Iron Horse 0.59.56 43 Ales Rogozan (Cze) 0.59.90 44 Peter Fernbach (Aut) Arbö Rsp Downhill Racing 0.59.98 45 Markus Pekoll (Aut) 46 Richard Cunynghame (GBr) Mtb-Direct.Co.Uk 1.00.20 47 Attila Kovacs (Hun) 1.00.30 48 Nicolas Gspan (Swi) 1.00.70 49 Thomas Krainer (Aut) 1.01.10 50 Terry Scarr (Aus) 1.01.90 51 Thomas Warmuth (Aut) Team Hotec / Rsp 52 Wojciech Koniuszewski (Pol) 1.02.10 53 Enrico Gutsche (Ger) 1.02.50 54 Korak Vitko (Cze) 1.02.90 55 Anze Cerin (Slo) 1.03.20 56 Markus Sedlak (Aut) Asvö Mtb Schladming Plana 1.03.50 57 Luka Verstovsek (Slo) 1.03.70 58 Dennis Dertell (Swe) 1.03.80 59 Milan Prischetzky (Hun) 1.03.90 60 Balazs Kutasi (Hun) 1.04.10 61 Peter Roschner (Aut) 1.04.20 62 Aurélien Giordanengo (Fra) 0.57.67 DSQ Will Longden (GBr) Team Mbuk Santacruz DSQ Robert Kulesza (Pol) DNF Piotr Solarski (Pol) DNS Jakub Hnidak (Cze) DNS Daniel Auerswald (Ger) DNS Mario Sieder (Aut) DNS Bryn Atkinson (Aus) DNS Cédric Gracia (Fra) DNS Michael Hannah (Aus) Cannondale The Cut DNS William Evans (GBr) DNS Christopher Van Dine (USA) Cannondale The Cut DNS Lewis Lacey (GBr) DNS Premyxl Tejchman (Cze) DNS Jonas Westmann (Swe) DNS Dale Holmes (GBr) DNS Ramon Antonio Leiva Figueroa (Chi) Ssangyong-Fusion Pro Team DNS Nathan Rennie (Aus) Santa Cruz Syndicate DNS Bostjan Volf (Slo) Arbö Rsp Downhill Racing DNS Joze Veber (Slo) DNS Nico Seidel (Ger) DNS Jani Podmiljsak (Slo) DNS Charalampos Chaidemenakis (Gre) DNS Boris Tetzlaff (Aut) DNS Greg Minnaar (RSA) Team G-Cross Honda DNS Duncan Ferris (GBr) DNS Nathaniel Goiny (Ger) DNS Luka Novak (Slo) DNS Florent Payet (Fra) Ssangyong-Fusion Pro Team DNS Martin Strasser (Aut) Arbö Rsp Downhill Racing DNS Stefan Fernbach (Aut) Arbö Rsp Downhill Racing DNS Manuel Wenzelmeier (Aut) DNS James Maltman (Aus) Ssangyong-Fusion Pro Team DNS Marek Pesko (Svk) DNS Michal Votava (Cze) DNS Stefan Voitl (Aut) Arbö Rsp Downhill Racing DNS Roman Roschi (Swi) Bikepark.Ch Tui Final World Cup standings 1 Brian Lopes (USA) 1010 pts 2 Michal Prokop (Cze) 650 3 Jared Graves (Aus) 480 4 Filip Polc (Svk) Gravity Group 450 5 Gee Atherton (GBr) Animal Commencal 425 6 Romain Saladini (Fra) 400 7 Guido Tschugg (Ger) Ssangyong-Fusion Pro Team 370 8 Scott Beaumont (GBr) Rocky Mountain UK 285 9 Joost Wichman (Ned) Gravity Group 250 10 Dan Atherton (GBr) Animal Commencal 210 11 Kamil Tatarkovic (Cze) Kona Les Gets 175 12 Karim Amour (Fra) 120 13 Roger Rinderknecht (Swi) 115 14 Jurg Meijer (Ned) Dolphin Bike Team 95 15 Will Longden (GBr) Team Mbuk Santacruz 90 16 Jakub Hnidak (Cze) 80 17 Johannes Fischbach (Ger) Ghost International Racing Team 65 18 Michael Hannah (Aus) Cannondale The Cut 65 19 Chris Kovarik (Aus) Ms-Intense Factory-Racing Team 60 20 Ross Milan (USA) 60 21 Mickael Deldycke (Fra) 60 22 Dominik Gspan (Swi) 55 23 Markus Pekoll (Aut) 50 24 Dale Holmes (GBr) 50 25 Thomas Todtli (Swi) 50 26 Bryn Atkinson (Aus) 40 27 Sidney Gerber (Swi) 35 28 Reto Schmid (Swi) 30 29 Michal Marosi (Cze) Arbö Rsp Downhill Racing Team 25 30 Cedric Gracia (Fra) 25 31 Tomas Slavik (Cze) 20 32 Robin Wallner (Swe) 15 33 Rafael Alvarez De Lara Lu (Spa) 10 34 Joey Van Veghel (Ned) 10 35 Sascha Meyenborg (Ger) 10 36 Livio Zampieri (Ita) 5 Teams 1 Gravity Group 148 pts 2 Animal Commencal 138 3 Ssangyong-Fusion Pro Team 87 4 Rocky Mountain Uk 65 5 Kona Les Gets 47 6 Dolphin Bike Team 32 7 Team Mbuk Santacruz 32 8 Ghost International Racing Team 27 9 Cannondale The Cut 22 10 Ms-Intense Factory-Racing Team 18 11 Arbö Rsp Downhill Racing Team 9
