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Cross Country
Les Gets, France , September 07-08, 2002
Hesjedal, Fullana win at Les Gets, Meirhaeghe, Dunlap win overall
While the downhillers got a perfect course, heavy rain on Saturday night meant that the cross country riders had to deal with a wet and sticky course. But Canadian espoir Ryder Hesjedal (Subaru Gary Fisher) took it all in his stride when he racked up his first World Cup win as well as taking out the overall U/23 title. Ryder, who a week ago took home the bronze at the World's, was ecstatic over his win, and so he should be, as he led the field all day.
Filip Meirhaeghe (Specialized) was almost guaranteed the overall title, having only to place higher than Bart Brentjens (Giant Bicycle) to take the title. And with Bart's crash prior to the World's last week leaving him off the pace, Filip only needed to ride a safe and consistent race to take home the title.
After a race where first place could have gone to anyone in the lead group, it was Ryder Hesjedal who got the top spot, followed by Christoph Sauser (Volvo Cannondale) at 29 seconds, Filip Meirhaeghe at 49 seconds took third with Kashi Leuchs and Roland Green finishing off the top five.
In the Women's, Marga Fullana (Orbea) took out her third world Cup win of the season, winning by over a minute and a half from Anna Szafraniec (Lotto), while Sabine Spitz (Merida Int.) placed third two minutes and 41 seconds behind the leader. Fullana lead the field from the start, pulling away from the rest of the competitors at every chance.
Back in the field, the battle for second place raged, with Spitz, Szafraniec and Alison Sydor (Trek-Volkswagen) all taking turns at second place, but none holding it for too long. By the race's end, Szafraniec managed to gain second ahead of Sabine Spitz and Alison Sydor, while Alison Dunlap (Luna Chix) came in 5th and managed to take out the overall title ahead of Swiss rider Petra Henzi (Fischer K2).
Results
Men 1 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) 1.55.01 2 Christoph Sauser (Swi) .29 3 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) .49 4 Kashi Leuchs (NZl) 1.04 5 Roland Green (Can) 2.04 6 Seamus Mcgrath (Can) 2.08 7 Roel Paulissen (Bel) 2.09 8 Christophe Dupouey (Fra) 2.17 9 Thomas Frischknecht (Swi) 2.27 10 Ludovic Dubau (Fra) 2.31 11 Marek Galinski (Pol) 2.49 12 Martino Fruet (Ita) 3.30 13 Cedric Ravanel (Fra) 4.00 14 Thomas Dietsch (Fra) 4.53 15 Bart Brentjens (Ned) 5.02 16 Jose Antonio Hermida (Spa) 5.18 17 Silvio Bundi (Swi) 5.53 18 Mariusz Kowal (Pol) 6.02 19 Ralph Naf (Swi) 6.08 20 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) 6.15 21 Peter Pouly (Fra) 6.19 22 Carlos Coloma (Spa) 6.31 23 Julien Absalon (Fra) 6.39 24 Jochen Kass (Ger) 8.44 25 Daniel Soler (Swi) 8.49 26 Manuel Fumic (Ger) 27 Craig Gordon (Aus) 9.42 28 Balz Weber (Swi) 9.59 29 Davy Coenen (Bel) 10.24 30 Wolfram Kurschat (Ger) 10.31 31 Erwin Bakker (Ned) 10.43 32 Marcin Karczynski (Pol) 11.06 33 Josh Fleming (Aus) 11.18 34 Sid Taberlay (Aus) 11.48 35 Ivan Alvarez (Spa) 11.54 36 Carl Swenson (USA) 12.15 37 Thomas Bonne (Den) 12.36 38 Julien Girard (Swi) 12.45 39 Valentin Girard (Swi) 13.26 40 Marti Gispert Labarta (Spa) 13.54 41 Liam Killeen (GBr) 13.58 42 Jimmy Tielens (Bel) 14.36 43 Siegfried Bauer (Aut) 15.12 44 Martin Gujan (Swi) 15.21 45 Inaki Lejarreta Errasti (Spa) 15.39 46 Michael Weiss (Aut) 15.53 47 Antonio Ortiz (Spa) 16.09 48 Bas Peters (Ned) 16.31 49 Jorg Scheiderbauer (Aut) 16.35 50 Carl Decker (USA) 16.36 51 Perren Delacour (Aus) 16.56 52 Lukas Mueller (Swi) 17.12 53 Alejandro Diaz De La Pena (Spa) 17.33 54 Robert Kircher (Aut) 17.55 55 Marc Golz (Ger) 17.58 56 Sigvard Kukk (Est) 18.02 57 Tim Heemskerk (Ned) 18.03 58 Ludovic Fahrni (Swi) 59 Marten Tjallingii (Ned) 18.10 60 Christof Bischof (Swi) 18.25 61 Stephane Benoit (Swi) 18.30 62 Martin Kraler (Aut) 18.47 63 Hannes Genze (Ger) 19.24 64 Matthias Mende (Ger) 19.37 65 Calle Friberg (Swe) 19.43 66 Torsten Marx (Ger) 20.02 67 Andreas Dilger (Ger) 20.16 68 Michael Broderick (USA) 20.33 69 Robin Seymour (Irl) 20.43 70 Geoff Kabush (Can) 21.06 71 Damien Bynens (Bel) 21.58 72 Alfonso Sanchis (Spa) 22.34 73 Thys Al (Ned) 23.32 74 Frode Michaelsen (Nor) 24.04 75 Adrian Lansley (GBr) 25.16 76 Jose Ignacio Arevalo (Spa) -1Lap 77 Adam Craig (USA) 78 Nicolas Thiervoz (Fra) 79 Ronny Poelvoorde (Bel) 80 Peter Wedge (Can) 81 Thomas Zahnd (Swi) 82 John Paul Pearton (RSA) 83 Simon Richli (Swi) 84 Michael Knopf (Aut) 85 Christian Cuesta (Mex) 86 Guillermo Bogas Oliva (Spa) 87 Santiago Garcia (Spa) 88 Javier Puschel (Chi) 89 Jody Burnett (Spa) -2Laps 90 Ivan Planzer (Swi) 91 Stuart Houltham (NZl) 92 Philip Cooper (GBr) 93 Doron Amitz (Isr) 94 Anthony Pearton (RSA) 95 Dror Pekatz (Isr) Lado Fumic (Ger) DNF Marco Bui (Ita) Todd Wells (USA) Thomas Hochstrasser (Swi) Karl Platt (Ger) Carsten Bresser (Ger) Christian Poulsen (Den) Peter Riis Andersen (Den) Philip Tavell (Swe) Jerome Chevallier (Fra) Thomas Kalberer (Swi) Roman Rametsteiner (Aut) Brent Miller (Aus) Florian Vogel (Swi) Nicolas Filippi (Fra) Frederick Ericsson (Swe) Walker Ferguson (USA) Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (USA) Eloj Gispert Labarta (Spa) Thomas Spichtig (Swi) Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Cristobal Silva (Chi) Remy Grosdidier (Fra) Bas De Bever (Ned) Salas Campos (Chi) Frank Lehmann (Ger) Women 1 Marga Fullana (Spa) ORBEA 1.51.20 2 Anna Szafraniec (Pol) LOTTO-PZU 1.44 3 Sabine Spitz (Ger) MERIDA INTER. 2.41 4 Alison Sydor (Can) TREK VOLKSWAGEN 3.16 5 Alison Dunlap (USA) LUNA CHIX 4.25 6 Petra Henzi (Swi) FISCHER-K2 4.36 7 Gunn-Rita Dahle (Nor) MERIDA INTER. 5.13 8 Mary Mcconneloug (USA) 5.50 9 Marie-Helene Premont (Can) 6.26 10 Chrissy Redden (Can) SUBARU-GARYFISHER 7.08 11 Annabella Stropparo (Ita) BE ONE XC 7.50 12 Jimena Florit (Arg) 8.12 13 Sonja Traxel (Swi) 8.20 14 Susan Haywood (USA) TREK VOLKSWAGEN 8.43 15 Anna Enocsson (Swe) 8.44 16 Elena Giacomuzzi (Ita) 9.29 17 Magdalena Sadlecka (Pol) CCC-POLSAT 11.18 18 Ivonne Kraft (Ger) 11.32 19 Nina Gohl (Ger) 11.42 20 Maroussia Rusca (Swi) ARROW 12.19 21 Pernilla Egedius (Nor) 12.31 22 Kiara Bisaro (Can) 13.25 23 Nadja Walker (Swi) 14.05 24 Joelle Fahrni (Swi) 14.51 25 Katrin Schwing (Ger) 15.04 26 Vivianne Baud (Fra) 16.03 27 Silvia Rovira Planas (Spa) 16.14 28 Barbel Jungmeier (Aut) MERIDA INTER. 16.21 29 Regina Marunde (Ger) 16.24 30 Severine Hansen (Fra) 17.38 31 Sonia Clolus-Rochet (Fra) 18.32 32 Hilde Van Deun (Bel) 18.54 33 Sabrina Enaux (Fra) 19.32 34 Dellys Franke (Aus) 19.53 35 Daniela Louis (Swi) 20.16 36 Bernardine Boog Rauwerda (Ned) 20.34 37 Jacqueline Mourao (Bra) 20.54 38 Trish Sinclair (Can) 21.46 39 Janka Stevkova (Svk) 24.43 40 Sarah Koba (Swi) 25.32 41 Victoria Wilkinson (GBr) 26.04 42 Valentina Pazitova (Rus) 26.37 43 Christel Bruneau (Fra) 28.08 44 Jenny Copnall (GBr) MOTOREX-BIANCHI 28.23 45 Cecile Rode (Fra) MOTOREX-BIANCHI 28.39 46 Sun Min (Chn) 28.48 47 Aida Nuno Palacio (Spa) -1Lap 48 Laurie Copans (Isr) 49 Maaris Meier (Est) 50 Daniela Luckinger (Aut) BE ONE XC 51 Julie Rajol (Fra) 52 Sandrine Guirronnet (Fra) 53 Petra Hofs (Ned) -2Laps Irina Kalentieva (Rus) MERIDA INTER. DSQ Sandra Klose (Ger) DNF Hiroko Nambu (Jpn) TREK VOLKSWAGEN Mary Grigson (Aus) SUBARU-GARYFISHER Laurence Leboucher (Fra) Shonny Vanlandingham (USA) Robyn Wong (NZl) Helene Marcouyre (Fra) Katrin Leumann (Swi) Corine Dorland (Ned) Tarja Owens (Irl) Myra Moller (NZl)
