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Swisspower Cup / Swiss National Race Series #4 - 1
Gränichen, Switzerland, May 25, 2008
2007 Results Results Overall standings
Näf and Spitz win in Switzerland
Swiss Ralph Näf and German Sabine Spitz won the Swisspower Cup round four in Gränichen.
Näf took victory in front of fellow Swiss racers Martin Gujan and Lukas Flückiger. It was his first victory after a unlucky beginning to the season, and Näf said he is optimistic looking toward the next two rounds of the World Cup races in Andorra and Scotland.
European Champion Sabine Spitz got flowers before she even began the race, thanks to the organizer congratulating her on her recent victory in the Continental Championships. That must have gotten her in the winning mood as she race to first place for the day, too. Spitz duelled with Swiss racer Katrin Leumann, whom she beat by 17 seconds.
"At the beginning, I felt heavy and struggled to find a rhythm. The arduous European Championship weekend had taken it's toll, and I was still feeling it. As I went, I started riding better and better."
Nicola Rohrbach of Switzerland won the U23 race.
Results
Elite men 1 Ralph Näf (Swi) Multivan Merida Biking Team 1.42.11 2 Martin Gujan (Swi) Athleticum MTB Team 0.59 3 Lukas Flückiger (Swi) Athleticum MTB Team 1.24 4 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Orbea 2.51 5 Nicola Rohrbach (Swi) Central Ghost Pro Team 3.02 6 Gion Manetsch (Swi) Athleticum MTB Team 3.28 7 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing 3.30 8 Andreas Kugler (Swi) Fischer-BMC 4.07 9 Jürg Graf (Swi) Swisspower Mountainbike-Team 4.18 10 Till Marx (Swi) Swisspower Mountainbike-Team 4.32 11 Pascal Meyer (Swi) Scott Allianz Suisse 4.51 12 Hannes Metzler (Swi) Giant-Swiss-Team 4.51 13 Anders Hovdenes (Nor) Giant-Swiss-Team 5.08 14 Thomas Frischknecht (Swi) Swisspower Mountainbike-Team 5.39 15 Martin Fanger (Swi) Giant-Swiss-Team 5.52 16 Thomas Litscher (Swi) Scott Allianz Suisse 6.46 17 Marcel Wildhaber (Swi) Tower Sports - VC Eschenbach 8.54 18 Daniel Suter (Swi) Giant-Swiss-Team 9.13 19 Patrik Gallati (Swi) Swisspower Mountainbike-Team 10.06 20 Sam Jurecovic (USA) Centre Mondial du Cyclisme 10.37 21 Severin Disch (Swi) Scott Allianz Suisse 11.16 22 Ivan Planzer (Swi) Giant-Swiss-Team 11.16 23 Silvio Bundi (Swi) Giant-Swiss-Team 12.02 24 Joris Boillat (Swi) Frenetic-Bernasconi 12.13 25 Lukas Kaufmann (Swi) Thömus Racing Team 1 lap 26 Marcel Bartholet (Swi) Scott Allianz Suisse 27 Tobias Hollenstein (Swi) Bike Team Ramsauer-Aquapower 28 Balz Weber (Swi) Bikepark.ch / BMC 29 Florian Meyer (Swi) Velobern Racing Team 30 Paul Remy (Fra) Ygaw Biking Team 31 Oliver Schär (Swi) Röbis Velo-Shop 32 Manuel Scheidegger (Swi) Velobern Racing Team 33 Joel Graf (Swi) BSK Graf/RV Altenrhein 34 Samuel Jud (Swi) Bergamont 35 Jonas Baumann (Swi) Campione Celeste BMC 36 Jo Nordskar (Nor) Giant-Swiss-Team 37 Chan Chun Hing (HKg) National Team Hong Kong 38 Markus Bless (Swi) Tower Sports - VC Eschenbach 39 Claudio Andenmatten (Swi) Velobern Racing Team 40 Ethan Gilmour (USA) Centre Mondial du Cyclisme 41 Michael Hutter (Swi) Gili's Velolade 42 Ueli Schädler (Swi) Energie MTB Team 43 Thibaut Bellanger (Fra) Veloroc Cavaillon 44 Lucien Peterhans (Swi) Velo Franz/Univega 45 Mathias Krähemann (Swi) Bike Team Ramsauer-Aquapower 46 Patric Eichelberger (Swi) Thömus Racing Team 47 Michael Müller (Swi) Inovex / VC Steinmaur 2 laps DNF Mathias Flückiger (Swi) Athleticum MTB Team DNF Marco Arnold (Swi) Gisler-Craft DNF Sepp Freiburghaus (Swi) Thömus Racing Team DNF Michel Luginbühl (Swi) SRM Stevens Team DNF Nicolas Lüthi (Swi) Prof Flühmann CCL DNF Patrick Tresch (Swi) Gisler Bike+Hike DNF Samuel Reichen (Swi) Velo Franz/Univega DNF Daniel Schütz (Swi) Scott Allianz Suisse DNF Damian Perrin (Swi) Velobern Racing Team DNF Gael Martinet (Swi) Dome Cycle DNF Jérémy Arnould (Fra) La Bressaude Roue Verte DNF Colin Cares (USA) Centre Mondial du Cyclisme DNF Ricardo Hazbun (Chi) Centre Mondial du Cyclisme DNS Urs Föhn (Swi) GU Plus / Thomyk Team DNS Adam Craig (USA) Giant-Swiss-Team DNS Rudolf Biedermann (Swi) Scott Allianz Suisse DNS Sämi Wüthrich (Swi) Velobern Racing Team Elite women 1 Sabine Spitz (Ger) Ghost Pro Team 1.27.50 2 Katrin Leumann (Swi) goldwurst-power / Sputnik 0.17 3 Maroussia Rusca (Swi) Scott Allianz Suisse 1.18 4 Esther Süss (Swi) Wheeler Pro Team/RC Gränichen 1.49 5 Marielle Saner Guinchard (Swi) Bikepark.ch / BMC 2.07 6 Sandra Walter (Swi) X.0-Felt Womens MTB Team 3.40 7 Fabienne Niederberger (Swi) X.0-Felt Womens MTB Team 6.55 8 Kathrin Stirnemann (Swi) Merida Suisse Team 7.41 9 Myriam Saugy (Swi) Texner BMC 9.23 10 Francisca Campos Salas (Chi) Centre Mondial du Cyclisme 11.22 11 Corina Gantenbein (Swi) Biketeam.gr 1 lap 12 Janine Droz (Swi) Thömus Racing Team 13 Alexandra Serrano (Ecu) Centre Mondial du Cyclisme 14 Céline Farner (Swi) Velo Franz/Univega 15 Silvia Mölk (Swi) Merida Suisse Team 16 Andrea Kiser (Swi) Thömus Racing Team 17 Gabriela Glaus (Swi) VC Kerzers Scott 2 laps 18 Daniela Stünzi (Swi) X.0-Felt Womens MTB Team DNF Sarah Koba (Swi) Koba DNF Kathrin Heimberg (Swi) X.0-Felt Womens MTB Team DNF Jasmin Achermann (Swi) Fischer-BMC DNS Renata Bucher (Swi) Stöckli - Craft DNS Petra Henzi (Swi) Fischer-BMC DNS Lilian Huwyler (Swi) Bike Team Ramsauer-Aquapower DNS Nadia Walker (Swi) X.0-Felt Womens MTB Team DNS Catherine Lohri (Swi) Bike-Import DNS Gabrielle Mosset (Swi) Free Velo Passion VCFM Junior men 1 Matthias Rupp (Swisspower Mountainbike) 1.18.29 2 Matthias Stirnemann (Merida Suisse Team) 0.06 3 Mirco Widmer (Fischer Junior MTB-Team) 0.09 4 Reto Indergand (TG Zentralschweiz IG RS) 0.10 5 Bryan Falaschi (Zeta Cycling Club) 2.11 6 Arnaud Grand (VD) Thömus Racing Team) 2.59 7 Olof Jonsson (Corratec World Team) 3.28 8 Donat Albin (Biketeam.gr) 4.17 9 Valentin Scherz (Pro Cycles - Scott - Newwork) 4.52 10 Daniel Kaufmann (Koba Team/RC Gränichen) 5.10 11 Emilien Barben (Zeta Cycling Club) 5.17 12 Alain Page (DOM Cycle / VC Rennaz) 6.09 13 Simon Wäfler (Merida Swiss Bike Team) 6.49 14 Martin Strebel (Fischer Junior MTB Team) 6.54 15 Benedikt Mündle (FL Merida Adolf’s Bike Shop) 7.25 16 Gian-Marco Gasser (Tower Sports - VC Eschenbach) 8.04 17 Anthony Grand (DOM Cycle / VC Rennaz) 8.12 18 Marc Koller (Tower Sports - VC Eschenbach) 8.34 19 Mike Schuler (TG Zentralschweiz) 9.18 20 Fabian Cavelti (Biketeam.gr) 9.49 21 Marc Flury (Thömus Factory Team) 10.26 22 Benoit Beaud (PEV Genève) 11.06 23 Jeremias Marti (TG-Zentralschweiz.ch) 11.26 24 Marc Stutzmann (RSC Aaretal Münsingen) 12.48 25 Adrian Amsler (Velo Franz/Univega) 13.31 26 Tobias Fédier (VC Horgen) 1 lap 27 Haubensak (Sherpa Tensing Pedalerie) 28 Bastien Bugnard (Stöckli) 29 Fabian Obrist (Chälbli Bikes) 30 Adrian Räss (Sherpa Tensing Pedalerie) 31 Pim Heinrich (TG-Zentralschweiz) 32 Benjamin Walker (VMC Erstfeld IG Radsport) 33 Rick Reimann (PBR-Matic Swiss Team) 34 Marc Hermann (Biketeam.gr) 35 Fabian Zogg (Koba) 36 Simon Weber (Merida Suisse Team) 37 David Bieri (NG Kraf Creationi de Vita) 38 Aschwanden (VMC Silenen/IG Radsport Uri) 39 Hungerbühler (Velo+Bike Team Seetal) 40 Maxime Schmid (VC Rennaz/Dom Cycle) 41 Yoann Mercier (Team PB) DNF Mirco Zürcher (BSK Graf/VC Volketswil) DNF Norman Amiet (Zeta Cycling Club) DNF Michel Wörner (goldwurst-power / Ridley / VCR) DNS Daniel Hagmann (Koba / RMV Buchs) DNS Tim Kunze (MSC Gerstetten) DNS Basil Fanti (RRZ Goldwurst.ch Nordwest) DNS Lukas Loretz (Scott Allianz Suisse) DNS Oliver Walder (Peko Engineering / Trek) DNS Jörg Egli (Swiss Wheeler Team) DNS Thibaut Le Coguic (VC Rumilly) Junior women 1 Michelle Hediger (Fischer-BMC) 1.06.24 2 Vivienne Meyer (Scott Allianz Suisse) 1.47 3 Karin Rappo (Mahu / BSO) 2.29 4 Marina Giger (Tower Sports - VC Eschenbach) 3.10 5 Nicole Hanselmann (Hobi-Bau/MF.Hügler Wetzikon) 6.13 6 Tanja Starkermann (Fischer Junior MTB Team) 8.47 7 Aurelia Sonderegger (Bsk Graf/RV Altenrhein) 10.08 8 Deborah Spescha (Biketeam.gr) 13.17 DNF Lorraine Truong (Prof Flühlmann / CCL) DNF Carina Cappellari (Suso Bike / RSV Pizol) DNF Melanie Bucher (PBR-Matic Swiss Team) DNS Joanna Muoser (Ägeri Bike Club/Giant) DNS Jennifer Sägesser (Thömus Racing Team) Amateurs & Masters 1 Jérémy Huguenin 1.18.12 2 Christophe Geiser 1.02 3 Giancarlo Sax 1.17 4 Konny Looser 1.29 5 Daniel Eymann 1.32 6 Roland Häfeli 3.05 7 Marc Metzler 3.31 8 Matthias Allenspach 3.51 9 Philipp Gerber 4.01 10 Benjamin Büchi 4.08 11 David Baumann 4.18 12 Roland Abächerli 4.50 13 Sandro Hediger 5.09 14 Stefan Huber 5.28 15 Marc Bühler 5.28 16 Pascal Cattin 6.16 17 Roland Mischler 6.30 18 Richard Hoekstra 7.16 19 Patric Kottmann 7.16 20 Sebastien Reichenbach 8.16 21 Christoph Müller 8.43 22 Oliver Windler 8.53 23 Michael Montandon 9.05 24 Bastian Hilty 9.41 25 Lucien Besancon 9.57 26 Patrick Hediger 10.17 27 Michi Klauser 10.32 28 Marco Hinrichs 10.40 29 Sebastian Hilbe 10.45 30 Lieni Widmer 12.24 31 Andreas Hurter 13.00 32 Michael Frei 13.22 33 Andreas Haller 14.10 34 Adrian Berger 14.35 35 Paolo Gugelmann one lap 36 Roger Winkler 37 Andy Bachmann 38 Dumeni Vincenz 39 Adrian Gerber 40 Cosimo Caccia 41 Patrick Gobat DNF Daniel Geismayr DNF Benjamin Loretz DNF Florian Thie DNF Matthias Straubhaar DNS Shlomi Haimy DNS Marcel Kuratli DNS Christian Bickel DNS Andreas Bruder
