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Racer Bikes Cup / Swiss National Series #1 - 1
Schaan, Switzerland, April 5, 2009
2008 Results Results
Graf and Osl win Swiss season opener
Jürg Graf (Felt International MTB Team) and Elisabeth Osl (central GHOST Pro Team) took wins in Schaan on Sunday after favorites Ralph Näf (Multivan Merida Biking Team) and Sabine Spitz (central GHOST Pro Team) surprised their fellow competitors by not winning their respective races. Spitz took fourth place in the women's race, but Näf pulled out of the men's race.
"I was up sick on Thursday and knew that I could not fight for victory, but it was an ideal way to prepare for the World Cup in South Africa next Saturday," said Näf, who also praised the course.
Näf was at the front of the race for four laps along with Martin Gujan (Cannondale Factory Racing) and Graf. Gujan and Graf pushed each other until the end of the seventh lap. That's when Graf attacked Gujan on a climb. Then, it was a one-man show until the end as Graf extended his lead to over a minute at the finish. Gujan finished second and 37-year-old former road pro Alexandre Moos (BMC) took third. The top under 23 racer was Patrick Gallati (Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing) in fourth place overall.
In the women's race, 24-year-old Austrian Osl took off from the start. The Austrian National Champion left the rest of her competition behind.
Throughout the race multiple-time Swiss National Champion Petra Henzi (Fischer-BMC) raced in second place, and she was overjoyed with her finish, saying afterward, "The race was super. I'm really happy." She was two minutes behind Osl.
Swiss champion Kathrin Leumann (goldwurst-power / Sputnik) finished third. Olympic Champion Spitz was already off the pace on the first lap. She finished in fourth place.
Frenchwoman Julie Berteaux (VTT Conliege Bassin) won the junior women's race ahead of Austrian Lisa Mitterbauer (BikePark.ch) and Swiss Michelle Hediger (Fischer-BMC).
Reto Indergand (TG Zentralschweiz/IG RS-Uri) won the junior men's race over Julian Schelb (Lexware-Racing-Team) and Lukas Loretz (Giant-Swiss-Team).
Swiss Matthias Rupp (Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing) won the Amateurs & Masters category over last year's Swiss junior national champion Mirco Widmer (Fischer Junior MTB Team) and Konny Looser (Swiss Bixs Team).
Results
Elite men 1 Jürg Graf (Swi) Felt International MTB Team 1.55.36 2 Martin Gujan (Swi) Cannondale Factory Racing 1.21 3 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC 3.08 4 Patrik Gallati (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing 3.42 5 Pierre-Geoffroy Plantet (Fra) Lapierre International 3.45 6 Marco Arnold (Swi) Gisler-Craft 3.50 7 Marcel Wildhaber (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing 4.18 8 Calle Friberg (Swe) Focus-Strix 4.20 9 Christof Bischof (Swi) ISD Sportsclub 4.51 10 Pavel Boudny (Cze) Odlo Specialized 5.08 11 Jiri Novak (Cze) Odlo Specialized 5.24 12 Torsten Marx (Ger) DS-Rennsport 6.42 13 Guillaume Vinit (Fra) Scott Valloire Galibier 7.20 14 Cal Britten (Aus) Torq Performance Nutrition 7.57 15 Silvio Bundi (Swi) Giant-Swiss-Team 8.08 16 Florian Meyer (Swi) MTB Cycletech Racing Team 8.36 17 Joris Boillat (Swi) Frenetic-Bernasconi 8.57 18 Jeremy Huguenin (Swi) Giant-Swiss-Team 9.02 19 Tobias Hollenstein (Swi) Bike Team Ramsauer-Micarna 9.54 20 Pascal Schmutz (Swi) Corratec World Team 10.05 21 Markus Kaufmann (Ger) Vaude-Simplon 11.16 22 Guido Thaler (Aut) corratec world team 11.21 23 Benjamin Rudiger (Ger) Rothaus-Cube MTB Team 11.35 24 Frank Lehmann (Ger) Rothaus-Cube MTB Team 11.35 25 Ivan Planzer (Swi) Giant-Swiss-Team 11.54 26 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Rothaus-Cube MTB Team 11.55 27 Patrick Tresch (Swi) GU Plus/Thomyk/VMC Silenen 12.13 28 Marco Lang (Swi) goldwurst-power / Ridley / VCR 12.31 29 Sepp Freiburghaus (Swi) Thömus Racing Team 13.33 Behind one lap 30 Samuel Reichen (Swi) Haibike-Swiss IT Repair MTB 31 Rudolf Biedermann (Swi) Team Mahu 32 Nicolas Lüthi (Swi) Prof Raiffeisen 33 Severin Disch (Swi) Giant-Swiss-Team 34 Lucien Peterhans (Swi) Velo Franz/Univega 35 Michel Luginbühl (Swi) Bikecenter Radsport 36 Joel Graf (Swi) Felt International MTB Team 37 Giancarlo Sax (Swi) Thömus Racing Team 38 Damian Perrin (Swi) Free Mountain/Koba 39 Markus Bless (Swi) Tower Sports-VC Eschenbach 40 Mathias Krähemann (Swi) Bike Team Ramsauer-Aquapower 41 Friedrich Dähler (Swi) goldwurst-power/Ridley/VCR 42 Ueli Schädler (Swi) Energie MTB Team 43 Alexander Speisekorn (Ger) nolte-küchen 44 Torsten Walter (Ger) Orbea Team Deutschland 45 Daniel Eymann (Swi) Thömus Racing Team 46 Jochen Coconcelli (Ger) Jmaster Racing 47 Matthias Allenspach (Swi) Tower Sports-VC Eschenbach 48 Klemens Bont (Swi) Hafner+Gätzi/RMC Gossau 49 Benjamin Büchi (Swi) Scott RV Winterthur Behind two laps 50 Kevin Kane (USA) Cannondale Factory Team 51 Joel Niederberger (Swi) Stöckli-Craft 52 Oliver Schär (Swi) Röbis Velo-Shop DNF Nicola Rohrbach (Swi) central GHOST Pro Team DNF Dominik Buksa (Cze) Odlo Specialized DNF Ralph Näf (Swi) Multivan Merida Biking Team DNF Michael Hutter (Swi) Pink Gili Swiss DNF Balz Weber (Swi) DS-Rennsport DNF Christophe Geiser (Swi) Prof Raiffeisen CCL DNF Daniel Schütz (Swi) Scott / Randenbike.ch Elite women 1 Elisabeth Osl (Aut) central GHOST Pro Team 1.35.52 2 Petra Henzi (Swi) Fischer-BMC 2.09 3 Katrin Leumann (Swi) goldwurst-power / Sputnik 2.32 4 Sabine Spitz (Ger) central GHOST Pro Team 2.59 5 Adelheid Morath (Ger) Rothaus-Cube MTB Team 4.00 6 Anja Gradl (Ger) central GHOST Pro Team 4.04 7 Hanna Klein (Ger) Rothaus-Cube MTB Team 4.07 8 Marielle Saner-Guinchard (Swi) BikePark.ch 6.08 9 Caroline Mani (Fra) BikePark.ch 6.22 10 Sabrina Enaux (Fra) BH-Suntour 6.58 11 Kathrin Stirnemann (Swi) Merida Suisse Team 7.29 12 Maria Osl (Aut) Fischer-BMC 8.45 13 Myriam Saugy (Swi) Texner BMC 9.42 14 Fabienne Heinzmann (Swi) BikePark.ch 10.04 15 Virginie Pointet (Swi) BikePark.ch 12.25 16 Tatjana Dold (Ger) Fuji Bikes Europe 12.43 17 Fabienne Niederberger (Swi) X.O.-Felt 13.48 18 Alexa Hüni (Ger) VAUDE Simplon 15.02 19 Janine Droz (Swi) Thömus Racing Team 15.32 20 Lorraine Truong (Swi) Prof Flühlmann / CCL 17.00 Behind one lap 21 Elliott Caitlin (Irl) UCD 22 Karin Rappo (Swi) Mahu 23 Catherine Lohri (Swi) Free Mountain/Koba 24 Nadine Rieder (Ger) FBI racingteam.youngstars 25 Sarah Koba (Swi) Giant-Swiss-Team 26 Stephanie Wiedner (Aut) DS-Rennsport 27 Nina Kunz (Ger) Merida Deutschland 28 Marina Giger (Swi) Tower Sports-VC Eschenbach 29 Céline Farner (Swi) Velo Franz/Univega 30 Jennifer Sägesser (Swi) Thömus Racing Team 31 Andrea Wilhelm (Swi) Stevens Tröhler 32 Deborah Spescha (Swi) ewz.biketeam.gr Behind two laps 33 Daniela Stünzi (Swi) Haibike-Swiss IT Repair MTB DNF Gabrielle Mosset (Swi) Free Velo Passion VCFM DNF Lilian Huwyler (Swi) Bike Team Ramsauer-Micarna DNF Sandra Börner (Ger) SG Rheinfelden/Nachwuchs Spitz Junior men 1 Reto Indergand (Swi) TG Zentralschweiz/IG RS-Uri 1.31.14 2 Julian Schelb (Ger) Lexware-Racing-Team 0.09 3 Lukas Loretz (Swi) Giant-Swiss-Team 0.33 4 Roger Walder (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing 3.46 5 Matthias Stirnemann (Swi) Merida Suisse Team 4.02 6 Patrick Lüthi (Swi) Prof - Raiffeisen 5.47 7 Rick Reimann (Swi) PBR-Matic Swiss Team 7.04 8 Ricardo Marinheiro (Por) Bttrilhos 7.22 9 Marc Stutzmann (Swi) MTB Cycletech Racing Team 7.30 10 Fabian Paumann (Swi) Merida Suisse Team 7.31 11 Marcus Nicolai (Ger) Bulls 7.50 12 Gian-Marco Gasser (Swi) Tower Sports-VC Eschenbach 8.34 13 Matthias Zink (Ger) Lexware-Racing-Team 8.35 14 Janos Ruch (Swi) Fischer Junior MTB Team 8.49 15 Mike Schuler (Swi) TG Zentralschweiz 8.51 16 Stefan Peter (Swi) TG Zentralschweiz 8.52 17 Sascha Bleher (Ger) SKS Made in Germany 9.25 18 David Simon (Ger) racingteam.youngstars 10.03 19 Marc Flury (Swi) Thömus Racing Team 11.02 20 Martin Giese (Ger) Specialized/RSV Bundenzhal 11.14 21 Raphael Freienstein (Ger) Orbea Team Deutschland 11.23 22 Claude Koster (Swi) MTB Cycletech Racing Team 11.32 23 Philipp Scheläschus (Ger) Koch Engin./TSV Böhringen 12.12 24 Samuel Bieri (Swi) Tower Sports-VC Eschenbach 12.24 25 Anthony Grand (Swi) DOM Cycle / VC Rennaz 12.34 26 Johannes Gujan (Swi) VC Surselva 13.24 27 Daniel Nientiedt (Ger) Ghost Junior Team 13.32 28 Julien Oppliger (Swi) Zeta Cycling Club 13.43 29 Benedikt Mündle (Lie) Merida Liechtenstein 14.32 30 Severin Sägesser (Swi) Thömus Racing Team 14.42 31 Kevin Krieg (Swi) Yeti Ullmann 15.34 32 Michael Wicki (Swi) RSS Rheintal 15.47 33 Elia Omodei (Swi) RC Gränichen 18.05 Behind one lap 34 Emilien Barben (Swi) Zeta Cycling Club 35 Marc Schärli (Swi) RC Gränichen 36 Marco Wildhaber (Swi) Suso Bike Walenstadt 37 Michael Feinauer (Ger) MHW Cube Racing Team 38 Rafael Haubensak (Swi) Sherpa Tensing Pedalerie 39 Simon Fankhauser (Swi) MTB Cycletech Racing Team 40 Marco Tippmann (Ger) MTB-Teck/Nolte Küchen 41 Fabian Obrist (Swi) Stevens 42 Pim Heinrich (Swi) TG-Zentralschweiz.ch 43 Tobias Fedier (Swi) VC Horgen 44 Robin Sebastian Ries (Ger) Mr Bike/Cube 45 Kaspar Reutimann (Swi) RV Stadt Winterthur 46 Pascal Stettler (Swi) Fischer Junior MTB Team 47 Lysander Kiesel (Ger) Capic Team 48 Maxime Schmid (Swi) BikePark.ch 49 Robin Böhi (Swi) Velothek-Baloiseclub 50 Jan-Eric Müller (Ger) MHW Cube Racing Team 51 Florian Kaufmann (Swi) Hobi-Bau/MF.Hügler Wetzikon 52 Mike Bölts (Ger) Lexware-Racing-Team 53 Maxime Ebel (Swi) Prof Raiffeisen 54 Christoph Fässler (Swi) thomyk / VC Gersau 55 Fabian Häberli (Swi) Fehr-Velos.ch 56 Lucas Stix (Ger) MTB Teck/Nolte Küchen 57 Remo Bislin (Swi) Bike 4 Fun 58 Kevin Rossier (Swi) Frenetic Bernasconi 59 Daniel Humm (Swi) VC Wädenswil/Radnroll Bike Team Behind two laps 60 Fabian Aschwanden (Swi) VMC Silenen/IG Radsport Uri 61 Daniel Hagmann (Swi) Koba.ch DNF Simon Faust (Swi) Hobi-Bau/MF.Hügler Wetzikon DNF Max Weber (Ger) MHW Cube Racing Team DNF Victor Nissle (Ger) Schneiderhan-Cube DNF Mario Nideröst (Swi) TG Zentralschweiz/Aegeri Bike DNF Lukas Kuch (Ger) nolte-küchen DNF Basil Fanti (Swi) RRZ Goldwurst.ch Nordwest DNF Michael Stünzi (Swi) Haibike-Swiss IT Repair MTB DNF Ralph Federer (Swi) Ramsauer St. Gallen Junior women 1 Julie Berteaux (Fra) VTT Conliege Bassin 1.30.22 2 Lisa Mitterbauer (Aut) BikePark.ch 0.53 3 Michelle Hediger (Swi) Fischer-BMC 0.59 4 Nicole Hanselmann (Swi) bike-import.ch/RV Wetzikon 1.16 5 Vania Schumacher (Swi) Top Cycle 5.20 6 Helen Grobert (Ger) Lexware-Racing-Team 7.46 7 Deborah Motsch (Fra) Breiz Mountain 9.15 8 Tanja Starkermann (Swi) Fischer Junior MTB Team 12.04 9 Carmen Gehriger (Swi) Team-Brander.ch 12.47 10 Céline Ernst (Swi) Stöckli Racing Team 14.03 11 Lise-Marie Henzelin (Swi) Campione Celeste 15.36 12 Cora Grossmann (Swi) Merida Suisse Team 16.31 13 Julia Haase (Ger) Bergamont/TSV Böhringen 18.16 14 Aurelia Sonderegger (Swi) PBR-Matic 21.11 Behind one lap 15 Aimée Laurent (Swi) RBT Glarnerland Oel Hauser 16 Carina Cappellari (Swi) Suso Bike Scott/RSV Pizol 17 Seraina Gasser (Swi) Tower Sports-VC Eschenbach DNF Melanie Bucher (Swi) PBR-Matic Swiss Team DNF Ann-Kathrin Scheläschus (Ger) Koch Engin./TSV Böhringen DNF Nadja Neff (Swi) RV Altenrhein Amateurs & Masters 1 Matthias Rupp (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing 1.31.44 2 Mirco Widmer (Swi) Fischer Junior MTB Team 0.27 3 Konny Looser (Swi) Swiss Bixs Team 0.36 4 Olof Jonsson (Swi) Corratec World Team 1.57 5 Marc Metzler (Swi) Pink Gili Swiss 4.27 6 Daniel Kaufmann (Swi) Haibike-Swiss IT Repair MTB 4.52 7 Daniel Geismayr (Aut) Kraftstoff 5.04 8 Benjamin Loretz (Swi) Thömus Racing Team 5.14 9 Benoit Grelier (Swi) Scott/Pedale Bulloise 5.24 10 Roland Häfeli (Swi) Fischer-BMC 5.32 11 Adrien Buntschu (Swi) Texner BMC Groupe Mutuel 5.58 12 Marcus Derungs (Swi) Casutt Velos/Felt 6.06 13 Christian Bickel (Swi) Total Sport/RV Winterthur 6.20 14 Norman Amiet (Swi) Zeta Cycling Club 6.24 15 Thomas Weber (Swi) ewz.biketeam.gr 6.25 16 Arnaud Grand (Swi) Thömus Racing Team 6.42 17 Jörg Egli (Swi) Swiss Wheeler Team 6.44 18 Sebastian Ostertag (Swi) VC Wädenswil/velo-reichmuth.ch 7.05 19 David Baumann (Swi) Haibike-Swiss IT Repair MTB 7.19 20 Simon Weber (Swi) Merida Suisse Team 7.46 21 Florian Thie (Swi) MTB Cycletech Racing Team 8.22 22 Michael Wildhaber (Swi) Tower Sports-VC Eschenbach 8.27 23 Silvio Büsser (Swi) BIXS Swiss Team 8.44 24 Sandro Hediger (Swi) Fischer Junior MTB Team 8.45 25 Jakob Oswald (Swi) Lucky-Star 8.47 26 Roger Dittli (Swi) Stöckli-Craft 9.28 27 Carlo Merlo (Ita) Scapin Torrevilla MTB ASD 9.37 28 Aurélien Sottas (Swi) 02-MTB/Cycles Passion 10.09 29 Sandro Soncin (Swi) Goodsport 10.19 30 Yannick Sarret (Swi) Prof Raiffeisen 10.34 31 Michael Montandon (Swi) Zeta Cycling Club 10.58 32 Matthias Lauk (Swi) Energie MTB Team 11.08 33 Benno Heussi (Swi) GU-Plus / thomyk 11.21 34 Marco Hungerbühler (Swi) Goodsport/VBT Seetal 12.17 35 Jeremias Marti (Swi) TG-Zentralschweiz.ch 12.19 36 Virgile Stiedel (Fra) Evolution VTT 12.35 37 Oliver Windler (Swi) Ullmann Yeti 13.13 38 Dumeni Vincenz (Swi) Thömus Racing Team 13.14 39 Patrick Hediger (Swi) RV Merishausen/Russenberger 13.15 Behind one lap 40 Stephan Meier (Ger) Sabine Spitz Junior Team 41 Timo Siebold (Ger) SG Rheinfelden 42 Torsten Lehmann (Ger) nolte-küchen 43 Marcel Bader (Swi) VBT Seetal 44 Marco Hinrichs (Swi) Stöckli 45 Lieni Widmer (Swi) bundicycling.ch 46 Ralf Maier (Ger) Team nolte-küchen 47 David Bieri (Swi) Krapf Bike Wave 48 Patrick Gobat (Swi) Free Velo Passion VCFM 49 Benjamin Walker (Swi) VMC Erstfeld/IG RS Uri 50 Marcel Kuratli (Swi) Bike Team Ramsauer-Aquapower DNF Luca Formoso (Swi) Cycle Shop/RV Winterthur DNF Hans Burkhard (Swi) Lie-Cycling DNF Andreas Bruder (Swi) Bike4Fun DNF Florian Peiry (Swi) Texner BMC/Groupe mutuel DNF Lucien Besancon (Swi) Velocenter Wangen a.A.
