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MTB World Cup XC #4 - CDM
Madrid, Spain, May 23-24, 2009
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Race 3 - May 24: Elite women cross country
Fullana wins at home
By Rob Jones in Madrid
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After a second night of heavy rain, the decision was made to shorten the women's race from five laps to four. The wet ground made some of the climbs unrideable, and every corner had to be negotiated with care. A group containing Fullana, Premont, world number-one-ranked Catharine Pendrel (Luna) and Lene Byberg (Specialized Factory Team) split away from the field. However, Pendrel ran into shifting problems, as well as having difficulty with the muddy course after a night of rain.
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Premont was getting concerned about being caught, and upped the pace, dropping Byberg with less than a lap and a half to go. Byberg would hold on for third, but the race for the win was down to two riders. Fullana made the winning move on the final long climb, launching an attack that Premont could not respond to immediately, and then holding on to win her second consecutive World Cup. Behind Byberg, Pendrel was caught by Spitz and Osl, after some mechanical problems, but managed to hold on for the fifth and final podium spot behind Spitz.
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"In the last two laps, the chasers were catching up to us, and neither Fullana or Byberg were working," said Premont, "so I went to the front to set the pace. Then, on the last long climb Marga [Fullana] attacked, and I could not respond fast enough to catch her before the finish."
Fullana's win increased her lead in the World cup standings to 850 points, 190 over second place Osl, with Byberg in third at 565 points. Pendrel moves to fifth at 470 points, and Premont jumps from 16th to ninth in the standings with 408 points.
Georgia Gould was the top American finisher in 14th place.
Photography
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Images by Rob Jones / www.canadiancyclist.com
- Some last minute cleat work on the line for Marie-Helene Premont (Rocky Mountain / Maxxis)
- One minute to start...
- Elisabeth Osl (Central Ghost Pro) at the front.
- Lene Byberg (Specialized Factory Racing)
- The early laps were muddy and a lot of the uphills were unclimable.
- Push-a-bike in the early going before the course started to dry.
- Lene Byberg (Specialized Factory Racing) and Marie-Helene Premont (Rocky Mountain / Maxxis)
- Marie-Helene Premont (Rocky Mountain / Maxxis)
- Margarita Fullana (Massi) carefully descends a slippery ravine.
- Marie-Helene Premont (Rocky Mountain / Maxxis) descends a slippery ravine.
- Mary McConneloug (Kenda / Seven / Notubes)
- Margarita Fullana (Massi) leads up the climb.
- The three leaders kept a close eye on each other.
- Catharine Pendrel (Luna) conquered mechanical problems and difficulty with the terrain to take the final podium spot.
- Elisabeth Osl (Central Ghost Pro)
- Sabine Spitz (Central Ghost Pro)
- Willow Koerber (Subaru-Gary Fisher)
- Mary McConneloug (Kenda / Seven / Notubes)takes a different line
- Under 23 Overall World Cup leader Julie Bresset (Breiz Mountain)
- Heather Irmiger (Subaru-Gary Fisher)
- Margarita Fullana (Massi) wins in front of a hometown crowd.
- Central Ghost took top women's team honours.
- Elite women's podium
Images by Dave McElwaine / www.trailwatch.net
- Marga Fullana (Massi) wins at home in Spain.
- Sabine Spitz (Central Ghost Pro Team)
- Elisabeth Osl (Central Ghost Pro Team) has been the revelation of the season.
- Margarita Fullana (Massi) has a laugh before the race.
- Luna teammates Georgia Gould (L) and Catherine Pendrel (R)
- US National Champion Mary McConneloug (Kenda-Seven-No Tubes)
- Women's start
- Katrin Leumann (Goldwurst Power) gets the hole shot.
- Lene Byberg (Specialized) leads on lap one.
- Marie-Helene Premont (Rocky Mt/Maxxis) chases Lene Byberg (Specialized).
- Elisabeth Osl (Central Ghost Pro Team) rides in third.
- Katrin Leumann (Goldwurst Power) descends on the course.
- Heather Irmiger (Gary Fisher/Suburu) on a descent
- Lene Byberg (Specialized) rides a small climb.
- Margarita Fullana (Masi) leads the chase to Lene Byberg (Specialized).
- Elisabeth Osl (Central Ghost) hammers out of the saddle.
- Mary McConneloug (Kenda-Seven-No Tubes) rides in the top fifteen.
- Willow Koerber (Gary Fisher/Subaru) moves up after flatting.
- Marie-Helene Premont (Rocky Mt/Maxxis) is muddy after just a couple laps.
- Catherine Pendrel (Luna Women's MTB) rides in fifth where she would finish.
- Georgia Gould (Luna Women's MTB) suffered a flat tyre on lap one.
- Mary McConneloug (Kenda-Seven-No Tubes) climbs out of the saddle.
- Margarita Fullana (Masi) runs up the steepest section of the course.
- Marie-Helene Premont (Rocky Mt/Maxxis) runs after Marga Fullana (Massi).
- Lene Byberg (Specialized) keeps pace with the frontrunners.
- The crowd cheers riders on the steepest climb.
- Irina Kalentiva (Topeak Ergon) rides to an 11th place finish.
- Marie-Helene Premont (Rocky Mt/Maxxis) on her way to a second place finish.
- Lene Byberg (Specialized) leads Marga Fullana (Massi) up a steep, twisty climb.
- Margarita Fullana (Massi) stays on Lene Byberg's wheel.
- Sabine Spitz (Central Ghost) on her way to fourth place.
- Lene Byberg (Specialized) was easily the most agressive rider. She finished third.
- Margarita Fullana (Massi) wins in front of her Spanish countrymen
Results
1 Margarita Fullana Riera (Spa) Massi 1.28.24 2 Marie-Helene Premont (Can) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles 0.04 3 Lene Byberg (Nor) Specialized Factory Racing 0.15 4 Sabine Spitz (Ger) Central Ghost Pro Team 2.17 5 Catharine Pendrel (Can) Luna Pro Team 2.19 6 Elisabeth Osl (Aut) Central Ghost Pro Team 2.47 7 Eva Lechner (Ita) Colnago Cap Arreghini 3.54 8 Nathalie Schneitter (Swi) Colnago Cap Arreghini 4.06 9 Maja Wloszczowska (Pol) CCC Polkowice 4.11 10 Petra Henzi (Swi) Fischer-BMC 4.21 11 Irina Kalentieva (Rus) Topeak Ergon Racing Team 4.41 12 Marielle Saner-Guinchard (Swi) Team Bikepark.Ch 4.49 13 Katrin Leumann (Swi) 4.54 14 Georgia Gould (USA) Luna Pro Team 5.00 15 Anna Szafraniec (Pol) Jbg-2 Professional Mtb Team 5.02 16 Caroline Mani (Fra) Team Bikepark.Ch 5.26 17 Adelheid Morath (Ger) 5.34 18 Willow Koerber (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 5.39 19 Mary Mcconneloug (USA) 5.40 20 Janka Stevkova (Svk) 6.35 21 Aleksandra Dawidowicz (Pol) CCC Polkowice 7.11 22 Julie Krasniak (Fra) 7.24 23 Rowena Fry (Aus) Discovertasmania.Com 7.28 24 Tereza Hurikova (Cze) Ceska Sporitelna Mtb 7.45 25 Barbara Benko (Hun) 8.18 26 Ivonne Kraft (Ger) 8.33 27 Cécile Rode Ravanel (Fra) Lapierre International 8.54 28 Laura Turpijn (Ned) 9.02 29 Julie Bresset (Fra) Breiz Mountain 9.15 30 Kate Potter (Aus) 9.28 31 Heather Irmiger (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 9.35 32 Anna Villar Argente (Spa) Massi 9.39 33 Vivianne Meyer (Swi) Colnago Cap Arreghini 9.49 34 Maria Osl (Aut) Fischer-BMC 9.56 35 Laura Metzler (Fra) Bh-Suntour 10.22 36 Vera Andreeva (Rus) 10.23 37 Alexandra Engen (Swe) 10.37 38 Helene Marcouyre (Fra) Bh-Suntour 10.45 39 Virginie Pointet (Swi) Team Bikepark.Ch 11.01 40 Cristina Mascarreras Sabria (Spa) Conor - Camping La Siesta 11.30 41 Sabrina Enaux (Fra) Bh-Suntour 12.05 42 Evelyn Staffler (Ita) Colnago Cap Arreghini 12.28 43 Rosara Joseph (NZl) 12.46 44 Asa Maria Erlandsson (Swe) Subaru-Gary Fisher 12.50 45 Kristien Nelen (Bel) 12.56 46 Katherine O'Shea (Aus) Torq Performance Nutrition 14.03 47 Judith Pollinger (Ita) Sunshine Racers Asv Nals 14.19 48 Stephanie Wiedner (Aut) Ds-Rennsport 14.35 49 Katrin Schwing (Ger) 15.00 50 Oksana Rybakova (Rus) 15.29 51 Gracie Elvin (Aus) Discovertasmania.Com 16.10 52 Sandra Santanyes Murillo (Spa) Cemelorca-Trek-Lorca Taller Del Tiempo 17.15 53 Elisabeth Brandau (Ger) 18.02 54 Camille Pousse (Fra) 18.55 55 Nadine Rieder (Ger) Fumic.Brothers.International 20.18 56 Laure Boulay (Fra) Keops 22.06 57 Joana Barbosa (Por) 23.56 One lap behind 58 Catherine Lohri (Swi) 59 Elena Ondasova (Svk) DNF Githa Michiels (Bel) Team Saeco DNF Kathrin Stirnemann (Swi) DNF Blaza Klemencic (Slo) Felt International Mtb Team DNF Magdalena Sadlecka (Pol) CCC Polkowice Teams 1 Central Ghost Pro Team 56 pts 2 Colnago Cap Arreghini 47 3 Luna Pro Team 45 4 Massi 40 5 Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles 35 6 Team Bikepark.ch 34 7 Specialized Factory Racing 32 8 CCC Polkowice 32 9 Fischer-BMC 21 10 Topeak Ergon Racing Team 20 11 JBG-2 Professional MTB Team 16 12 Subaru-Gary Fisher 13 13 Discovertasmania.com 8 14 Ceska Sporitelna MTB 7 15 Lapierre International 4 16 Breiz Mountain 2 World Cup Standings after four rounds Individual 1 Margarita Fullana Riera (Spa) Massi 850 pts 2 Elisabeth Osl (Aut) Central Ghost Pro Team 660 3 Lene Byberg (Nor) Specialized Factory Racing 565 4 Irina Kalentieva (Rus) Topeak Ergon Racing Team 540 5 Catharine Pendrel (Can) Luna Pro Team 470 6 Sabine Spitz (Ger) Central Ghost Pro Team 470 7 Eva Lechner (Ita) Colnago Cap Arreghini 436 8 Chengyuan Ren (Chn) 410 9 Marie-Helene Premont (Can) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles 408 10 Maja Wloszczowska (Pol) CCC Polkowice 354 11 Willow Koerber (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 352 12 Petra Henzi (Swi) Fischer-BMC 349 13 Katrin Leumann (Swi) 338 14 Mary Mcconneloug (USA) 314 15 Heather Irmiger (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 264 16 Julie Bresset* (Fra) Breiz Mountain 260 17 Georgia Gould (USA) Luna Pro Team 253 18 Anna Szafraniec (Pol) JBG-2 Professional MTB Team 251 19 Janka Stevkova (Svk) 249 20 Adelheid Morath (Ger) 249 21 Laura Turpijn (Ned) 244 22 Nathalie Schneitter (Swi) Colnago Cap Arreghini 242 23 Marielle Saner-Guinchard (Swi) Team Bikepark.ch 234 24 Rowena Fry (Aus) Discovertasmania.com 234 25 Cécile Rode Ravanel (Fra) Lapierre International 230 26 Caroline Mani* (Fra) Team Bikepark.ch 228 27 Aleksandra Dawidowicz* (Pol) CCC Polkowice 226 28 Blaza Klemencic (Slo) Felt International MTB Team 188 29 Anna Villar Argente (Spa) Massi 177 30 Emiliy Batty* (Can) 175 31 Magdalena Sadlecka (Pol) CCC Polkowice 162 32 Helene Marcouyre (Fra) BH-Suntour 151 33 Julie Krasniak* (Fra) 144 34 Sabrina Enaux (Fra) BH-Suntour 143 35 Alexandra Engen* (Swe) 131 36 Esther Süss (Swi) 130 37 Ivonne Kraft (Ger) 127 38 Kate Potter (Aus) 123 39 Hanna Klein* (Ger) 118 40 Githa Michiels (Bel) Team Saeco 116 41 Lea Davison (USA) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles 102 42 Laura Metzler (Fra) BH-Suntour 101 43 Vera Andreeva* (Rus) 97 44 Barbara Benko* (Hun) 96 45 Vivianne Meyer* (Swi) Colnago Cap Arreghini 94 46 Anja Gradl (Ger) Central Ghost Pro Team 90 47 Gracie Elvin* (Aus) Discovertasmania.com 75 48 Maria Osl (Aut) Fischer-BMC 73 49 Katherine O'shea (Aus) Torq Performance Nutrition 71 50 Yolande Speedy (RSA) 64 51 Tanja Zakelj* (Slo) MBK Orbea 62 52 Amanda Sin (Can) 59 53 Tereza Hurikova* (Cze) Ceska Sporitelna MTB 58 54 Fiona Macdermid (GBr) 52 55 Rosara Joseph (NZl) 49 56 Maaike Polspoel* (Bel) 44 57 Nataliya Krompets* (Ukr) 43 58 Virginie Pointet* (Swi) Team Bikepark.ch 42 59 Kathrin Stirnemann* (Swi) 39 60 Mical Dyck (Can) 39 61 Evelyn Staffler (Ita) Colnago Cap Arreghini 38 62 Sandra Santanyes Murillo (Spa) Cemelorca-Trek-Lorca Taller Del Tiempo 38 63 Oksana Rybakova (Rus) 37 64 Melanie Spath (Ger) 36 65 Inbar Ronen (Isr) 34 66 Jean Ann Mckirdy (Can) 30 67 Tania Raats (RSA) 29 68 Cristina Mascarreras Sabria (Spa) Conor - Camping La Siesta 28 69 Sara Muhl (RSA) 28 70 Kajsa Snihs* (Swe) 27 71 Shawna Thunder (RSA) 27 72 Janneke Leask* (RSA) 26 73 Fanny Bourdon* (Fra) 26 74 Heletje Van Staden* (Nam) 25 75 Asa Maria Erlandsson (Swe) Subaru-Gary Fisher 24 76 Hilana Marais (RSA) 24 77 Kristien Nelen (Bel) 23 78 Carmen Bassingthwaighte (Nam) 22 79 Judith Pollinger* (Ita) Sunshine Racers ASV Nals 21 80 Carla Freysen (RSA) 21 81 Stephanie Wiedner* (Aut) DS-Rennsport 20 82 Katrin Schwing (Ger) 19 83 Christel Ferrier-Bruneau (Fra) Team Scott Valloire Galibier 17 84 Elisabeth Brandau (Ger) 15 85 Suzanne Clarke (GBr) 15 86 Camille Pousse* (Fra) 14 87 Nadine Rieder* (Ger) Fumic.Brothers.International 13 88 Silke Schmidt* (Ger) 13 89 Laure Boulay (Fra) Keops 12 90 Joana Barbosa* (Por) 11 91 Coralie Redelsperger (Fra) 11 92 Catherine Lohri (Swi) 10 93 Sarka Chmurova (Cze) 10 94 Tatjana Dold (Ger) 10 95 Elena Ondasova (Svk) 9 Teams 1 Central Ghost Pro Team 227 pts 2 Massi 154 3 Luna Pro Team 145 4 CCC Polkowice 125 5 Colnago Cap Arreghini 124 6 Specialized Factory Racing 115 7 Topeak Ergon Racing Team 107 8 Subaru-Gary Fisher 102 9 Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles 88 10 Fischer-BMC 76 11 Team Bikepark.ch 65 12 JBG-2 Professional MTB Team 55 13 Breiz Mountain 42 14 Discovertasmania.com 32 15 Felt International MTB Team 28 16 Lapierre International 27 17 BH-Suntour 22 18 Team Saeco 10 19 Ceska Sporitelna MTB 7
