Pan American MTB Championships - CC

Santiago, Chile, March 20-22, 2009

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Race 2 - March 20: Downhill

American Van Dine takes his chances for a win in Chile

After the seeding run, Chilean riders looked to be the favorites in the men's downhill, but Chris van Dine took his chances in the final and ended up making history after winning the first elite gold medal for the US.

Van Dine had been training for more than a month at Chile, living in the ski centre of La Parva, and racing a bunch of local races. His efforts paid off when he beat Brazilian Markolf Berchtold and all the local riders who were hoping to show their abilities with a win. Local rider Pedro Ferreira finished third.

La Parva Bike Park hosted all the gravity events for the 13th Pan American Games. That included a hard, loose downhill track at more than 3,000 meters above sea level.

On the women's side, Dianna Margraff repeated her title from last year as she defeated Verónica Miranda from Chile and Rachel Bauer from the US.

Junior Alexander Grigoriew proved to be the local star. The young national champion proved his consistency after with a time of 3:07.147.

Overall, Chile had a good day with wins in six of the ten downhill categories: junior men, master A1 (Ignacio Barbosa), A2 (Sebastián Vásquez), B1 (Cristián Amaro), B2 (Juan Alejandro Valverde) and C (Alejandro Grigoriew Sr., father of junior winner Alexander) categories.

The Grigoriew's made Pan American history with their joint father & son gold medal wins.

Results

Elite men

1 Christopher Van Dine (United States Of America)               0.02.54.660
2 Markolf Berchtold (Brazil)                                       0.00.332
3 Pedro Antonio Ferreira Landskron (Chile)                         0.00.354
4 Mauricio Andres Acuña Quintana (Chile)                           0.00.533
5 Ramon Antonio Leiva Figueroa (Chile)                             0.00.923
6 Mario Jose Jarrin Molina (Ecuador)                               0.01.709
7 Pablo Bascuñan Vial (Chile)                                      0.02.352
8 Marcelo Gutierrez Villejas (Colombia)                            0.03.398
9 Juan Sebastian Cartoni Araya (Chile)                             0.03.599
10 Johan Alejandro Leon Marambio (Chile)                           0.04.013
11 Curtis Keene (United States Of America)                         0.04.046
12 Felipe Saenz Anabalon (Chile)                                   0.06.587
13 Ethan Quehl (United States Of America)                          0.08.809
14 Roberto Castillo Vaughan (Costa Rica)                           0.08.851
15 Maicon Zottis (Brazil)                                          0.09.430
16 Matias Andres Cox Oelckers (Chile)                              0.10.295
17 Nataniel Giacomozzi (Brazil)                                    0.10.953
18 Lucas Molina (Argentina)                                        0.11.062
19 Jan Guzman Kacher (Chile)                                       0.11.539
20 Mauricio Ernesto Estrada Pulgarin (Colombia)                    0.11.906
21 Andres Ulises Sotomayor Hermida (Ecuador)                       0.13.687
22 Alvaro Hidalgo Vasquez (Costa Rica)                             0.14.264
23 Graeme Pitts (United States Of America)                         0.14.641
24 Jeremias Gabriel Maio (Argentina)                               0.16.358
25 Daniel Jordan Shea (Argentina)                                  0.16.484
26 Doron Cattoni (Brazil)                                          0.18.314
27 Alan Esteban Gomezjurado Casares (Ecuador)                      0.18.760
28 Camilo Andres Sanchez Paez (Colombia)                           0.18.850
29 Pablo Ferrari Guido (Argentina)                                 0.19.041
30 Leonardo Griebler (Brazil)                                      0.19.850
31 Heikki Hall (United States Of America)                          0.19.945
32 Mario Rafael Cornejo Gualoto (Ecuador)                          0.20.172
33 Daniel Raffo Martin (Argentina)                                 0.20.298
34 Volkmar Berchtold (Brazil)                                      0.22.769
35 Phillip Josef Habel Martin (Bolivia)                            0.22.932
36 Jean Carlo Agüero Vindas (Costa Rica)                           0.23.269
37 Emanuel Riva Franco (Argentina)                                 0.23.668
38 Julian Tenorio Mora (Costa Rica)                                0.24.673
39 Mario Javier Estrada Medina (Guatemala)                         0.25.057
40 Adrian Garcia Guillermo (Argentina)                                     
41 Andres Jaramillo Botero (Colombia)                              0.25.933
42 Thiago Velardi (Brazil)                                         0.27.041
43 Mariano Giordano (Argentina)                                    0.27.280
44 Ragerio Pauli Jr (Brazil)                                       0.30.080
45 Juan Sebastian Rocha Saavedra (Colombia)                        0.33.724
46 Ea Disse Malin (Ecuador)                                        0.34.307
47 Jubert Guachalla (Bolivia)                                      0.35.762
48 Diogo Goncalves Teixeira (Brazil)                               0.37.170
49 Claudio Stella De Vivo (Venezuela)                              0.38.383
50 Murray Sebastian Chaves (Costa Rica)                            0.43.642
51 Luis Alejandro Pino Perez (Venezuela)                           0.44.732
52 Martin Irusta Gonzalo (Argentina)                               0.44.766
53 Jose Arnulfo Ramones Peña (Venezuela)                           1.03.829
54 Franklin Ramiro Iza Mena (Ecuador)                              1.16.268
55 Enmanuel Lopez Estrada Romulo (Venezuela)                       1.31.284
DNF Santiago De Santiago (Argentina)                                       
DNF Oscar Miguel Yunge Barrera (Chile)                                     
DNF Walace Miranda (Brazil)                                                
DNF Yamil Encinas (Bolivia)                                                
DNF Marcelo Navajas (Bolivia)                                              
DNF Carlos Alberto Rocabado (Bolivia)                                      

Elite women

1 Diana Marggraff Campos (Ecuador)                              0.03.30.624
2 Veronica Francisca Miranda Fuentes (Chile)                       0.15.729
3 Rachel Bauer (United States Of America)                          0.16.525
4 Bruna Ulrich (Brazil)                                            1.03.550
5 Vanesa Cecilcia Ballarino Kneer (Chile)                          2.06.205
6 Andrea Melian Seguel (Chile)                                     2.11.043
DNS Claudia Loreto Campos Soto (Chile)                                     

Junior men

1 Alexander Nicolas Grigoriew-Grindensol Salvatierra (Chile)    0.03.07.147
2 Giovanni Oro (Brazil)                                            0.00.290
3 Gabriel Oliveira (Brazil)                                        0.01.567
4 Esteban Castro Piña (Chile)                                      0.03.327
5 Luis Matias Nuñez (Chile)                                        0.05.765
6 Juan Sebastian Reascos Yepez (Ecuador)                           0.06.982
7 Rodrigo Civalero Martin AGR19920715                              0.09.031
8 Guilherme Hacke (Brazil)                                         0.09.400
9 Pablo Ignacio Flores Gomez (Chile)                               0.09.608
10 Diego Santiago Salas Quiñones (Chile)                           0.10.109
11 Angel Fernando Carrazana Constan (Argentina)                    0.13.195
12 Juan Manuel Navarro Carabelos (Argentina)                       0.14.695
13 Rodrigo Domingo Yañez Casanueva (Chile)                         0.15.740
14 Jaime Gustavo Coello Vasquez (Ecuador)                          0.16.259
15 Francisco Tomas Muñoz Espindola (Chile)                         0.17.013
16 Javier Lopez Ruiz (Mexico)                                      0.19.635
17 Jorge Efrain Saeteros Ortiz (Ecuador)                           0.19.708
18 Marcelo Cruz (Brazil)                                           0.20.836
19 Gianfranco Oro (Brazil)                                         0.21.708
20 Mateo Jose Carrasco Alvarado (Ecuador)                          0.23.546
21 Marlon Fabian Quispe Ases (Ecuador)                             0.30.848
22 Rafael Casetti (Argentina)                                      0.32.663
23 Diego Martin Esposito Benito (Argentina)                        0.36.148
24 Antoni Ovalle Vergara (Chile)                                   0.44.999
25 Jorge Matias Reveco Pavez (Chile)                               0.45.148
26 Alejandro Stanmer (Argentina)                                   1.02.114
27 Francisco Cremaschi Linares (Argentina)                         1.15.903
28 Adrian Gomez (Argentina)                                        2.24.564
29 Federico Llada Santiago AGR19920520                             3.38.501
30 Fernando Marin Salinas (Bolivia)                               14.52.497
DNF Bruno Zeschau (Brazil)                                                 
DNF Sebastian Matias Gonzalez Pino (Chile)                                 
DNF Simon White (Argentina)                                                

Junior women

1 Diana Lorena Dromundo Vargas (Mexico)                         0.03.40.672
2 Erika Daniela Quintana Sanchez (Ecuador)                         0.41.182
3 Bruna Somensi (Brazil)                                           1.00.408

Cadet men

1 Juan Manuel Orrego Castaño (Colombia)                         0.03.15.077
2 Pablo Seewald (Argentina)                                        0.09.861
3 Felipe Escobar Restrepo (Colombia)                               0.10.180
4 Jorge Michelli Fernando (Argentina)                              0.10.235
5 Joaquin Garcia Montero (Chile)                                   0.11.213
6 Adolfo Cisneros Gustavo (Argentina)                              0.13.778
7 Luciano Iobseraibizer (Argentina)                                0.15.745
8 Franco Stefano Espinoza Mendez (Chile)                           0.16.161
9 Juan Andres Ascoli Quinteros (Guatemala)                         0.18.137
10 Jorge Carvajal Jerez (Chile)                                    0.27.681
11 Gonzalo Enrique Peñaloza Verdugo (Chile)                        0.29.191
12 Jose Matias Nuñez (Chile)                                       0.36.801
13 Franco Mariano Sance Muranin (Argentina)                        0.38.643
14 Diego Andres Figueroa Joui (Chile)                              0.42.984
15 Ricardo Tressoldi (Brazil)                                      0.45.272
16 Rodrigo Ignacio Farias Martinez (Chile)                         0.49.575
17 Benjamin Ignacio Rubio Cabello (Chile)                          1.10.066
18 Pablo Ignacio Castro Bahamonde (Chile)                          1.36.149
DNS Sergio Gabriel Montalvo Torrejon (Bolivia)                             

Master A1 men

1 Ignacio Enrique Barbosa Prieto (Chile)                        0.03.11.350
2 Marcos Mallmann Usandivaras (Argentina)                          0.03.300
3 Carlos Castillo Vaughan (Costa Rica)                             0.06.700
4 Gonzalo Rodriguez Llebana (Argentina)                            0.08.298
5 Marcelo Llanos Jorge (Argentina)                                 0.11.924
6 Lesly Etchegaray Gasken (Chile)                                  0.12.912
7 Daniel Arredondo Jaramillo (Colombia)                            0.14.886
8 Marcos Marra (Brazil)                                            0.17.453
9 Oscar Andres Pelegrina (Argentina)                               0.17.855
10 Jara Claudio Vasquez (Chile)                                    0.20.655
11 Victor Manuel Fuentes Gonzalez (Chile)                          0.20.744
12 Alfredo Carballo Matias (Argentina)                             0.21.388
13 Alejandro Palma Guzman (Chile)                                  0.26.133
14 Ronald Solar Castro (Chile)                                     0.29.606
15 Daniel Castel (Brazil)                                          0.35.333
16 Maximiliano Ruben Gonzalez Echeverria (Chile)                   0.37.615
17 Rodrigo Amestica Undurraga (Chile)                              0.44.420
18 Luis Emilio Jofre Leyton (Chile)                                0.51.310
19 Luis Sergio Montalvo Del Carpio (Bolivia)                       0.58.488
20 Walter Marcelo Rodriguez (Argentina)                            1.01.849
21 Alejandro Javier Garrido Jara (Chile)                           2.07.102

Master A2 men

1 Cid Sebastian Vasquez (Chile)                                 0.03.08.050
2 Lars Tribus (United States Of America)                           0.00.223
3 Cid Felipe Vasquez (Chile)                                       0.09.280
4 Andreas Bloebaum (Brazil)                                        0.20.064
5 Marcos Lira (Brazil)                                             0.31.808
6 Jorge Luis Rebolloso (Argentina)                                 0.34.968
7 Edgar Angel Acosta (Argentina)                                   0.37.825
8 Alejandro Patricio Cerda Cubillos (Chile)                        0.38.410
9 Martin Bassa Rodrigo (Argentina)                                 0.41.378
10 Fabian Martin Hector (Argentina)                                        
11 Carlos Alberto Jury (Argentina)                                         
12 Tito Gabriel Del Valle Casttrillo (Venezuela)                           
13 Mauricio Plaza Sasso (Chile)                                            
14 Ricardo Antonio Flores Mery (Chile)                                     
15 Juan Sebastian Patiño Correa (Argentina)                                
16 Rafael Bailon Fernando (Argentina)                                      
17 Norman Patricio Torres Farlora (Chile)                                  
18 Alejandro Arteaga Duque (Venezuela)                                     

Master B2 men

1 Juan Jose Valverde Goñi (Chile)                               0.03.48.793
2 Ruben Gomez Sergio (Argentina)                                   0.47.681
3 Raul Antonio Gutierrez Campos (Chile)                            0.57.074
4 Roberto Saez Ruiz Sergio (Chile)                                 1.00.930
5 Sergio Andronico Angulo Segovia (Argentina)                      1.07.604
6 Patricio Silva Vargas (Chile)                                    2.23.372
DNF Henrique Nienow (Brazil)                                               

Master B1 men

1 Cristian Jose Amaro Madariaga (Chile)                         0.03.47.180
2 John Richard Nation Rendiles (Venezuela)                         0.02.631
3 Eugenio Andres Silvestre Flores (Chile)                          0.16.649
4 Jorge Antonio Arredondo Farias (Chile)                           0.29.480
5 Cicero Paiva (Brazil)                                            0.37.908
6 Eduardo David Jerez (Argentina)                                  0.44.610
7 Carlos Weinberger (Brazil)                                       4.45.480

Master C men

1 Alejandro Nicolas Grigoriew-Schoferistow (Chile)              0.04.16.049
2 Javier Moraga Manosalva (Chile)                                  0.13.201
3 Danilo Spader (Brazil)                                           3.44.145