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Milatz rides to a win and New face tops women's podium

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Cyclingnews
Published:
June 28, 2009, 16:51,
Updated:
June 28, 2009, 21:56

Langvad captures women's race

German Moritz Milatz and Dane Annika Langvad won the fifth round of the German MTB-Bundesliga Series in Wetter in the Ruhr area on Sunday. Swiss Lukas Kaufmann won the Under 23 men's race.

In the men's race, Moritz Milatz (Multivan-Merida) worked together with Fabian Giger (SKS-MiG) alone at the front until near the end of the race. That's when Milatz again showed how much he's improved this year on his way to his third Bundesliga win.

"Fabian was strong, and it was not easy to beat him," said Milatz. "Until just before the last lap, we worked together, but then I realized that he was starting to have problems. I think I'm going well at this time of the season."

Giger defended his overall lead by two points. "Moritz was stronger, and I'm happy to get the second place," said Giger. Two weeks ago, in Albstadt, he was second, too.

Third place went to his SKS teammate Thomas Litscher of Switzerland. The 2007 Junior World Champion attacked a three-man chasing group and grabbed the third step on the podium.

Annika Langvad put in an impressive ride and showed the cross country world a new face atop the women's podium. Having held a license since just 2008, the women's winner rides for a small club in the north of Copenhagen, and she surprised many at the Albstadt Bundesliga round, where she finished fourth.

"Unbelievable, it's crazy," said the 25-year-old Langvad said after beating Olympic bronze medalist Irina Kalentieva by 1:20, despite a puncture and a crash affecting her front wheel with one lap remaining.

For 2010, Langvad is aiming for a contract.

"She was very strong," said Kalentieva (Topeak-Ergon), who was ok with second after a four-week break in competition. "I think I can improve heading toward the European Championships."

Third position went to Swede Alexandra Engen, who first tried to hang onto the wheel of Langvad, but was held back by some cramps in her back.

"I'm happy with my race anyway," said Engen.

The men's under 23 competition was dominated by the Swiss Lukas Kaufmann (Rothaus-Cube), who took the victory ahead of Henk-Jaap Moorlag (Brink-ten Tusscher) of the Netherlands and German Sebastian Szraucner (Fujibikes).

Kaufmann also won Saturday's sprint races, when he beat Litscher and Milatz.

Results
Elite men
1 Moritz Milatz (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team 2:00:42  
2 Fabian Giger (Swi) SKS M.I.G. Team 0:01:05  
3 Thomas Litscher (Swi) SKS M.I.G. Team 0:03:23  
4 Emil Lindgren (Swe) De Brink Ten Tusscher 0:04:50  
5 Anders Hovdenes (Nor) Team Etto Hoydahl 0:05:36  
6 Pascal Meyer (Swi) SKS M.I.G Team 0:06:48  
7 Torsten Marx (Ger) DS-Rennsport 0:07:21  
8 Robert Mennen (Ger) Topeak-Ergon Racing Team 0:08:33  
9 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) National Team Of Finnland 0:10:18  
10 Connor McConvey (Irl) De Brink Ten Tusscher 0:10:41  
11 Olaf Rochow (Ger) Team Fuji Bikes Europe 0:11:07  
12 Klaus Nielsen (Den) Team Pronghorn Racing 0:11:36  
13 Fabian Brzezinski (Ger) Fabosport 0:12:35  
14 Christopher Maletz (Ger) Zweirad-Riese Rt 0:13:03  
15 Steffen Thum (Ger) Team Mayerarbeitsbühnen / Stev 0:13:12  
16 Balz Weber (Swi) DS-Rennsport 0:13:41  
17 Henrik Andersen (Den) HMTBK 0:14:54  
18 Andi Weinhold (Ger) Team Fuji-Bikes Europe 0:16:35  
19 Andreas Gravdal (Nor) Team Etto Hoydahl 0:17:42  
20 Stefan Danowski (Ger) Trenga De 0:19:01  
-1lap Marco Schätzing (Ger) Zwillingscraft / Ssv Mounty Al    
-2laps Sascha Schwindling (Ger) Endorfin-Solvis    
-2laps Achim Beckedahl (Ger) Team Endorfin-Solvis    
-2laps Gerrit Rosenkranz (Ger) Bergwerk    
-2laps Sebastian Mordmüller (Ger) Focus Bad Salzdetfurth Racing    
-2laps Robert Michaelis (Ger) Powerslide- Racing    
-2laps Benjamin Brochhagen (Ger) Topeak-Ergon Racing Team    
-3laps Torsten Walter (Ger) Orbea Deutschland    
-3laps Sebastian Weigel (Ger) Zweirad-Riese Rt    
-3laps Björn Rüter (Ger) Volvo Markötter    
-3laps Ulrich Theobald (Ger) Rsv Vaihingen    
-3laps Marcus Giese (Ger) Specialized    
-4laps Cajus Hein (Ger) Rsv Stuttgart-Vaihingen    
-4laps Anders Ljungberg (Swe) Team Firebike    
DNF Ole Christian Fagerli (Nor) Raumerrytter    
DNF Tobias Ullmann (Ger) Team Marin Bikes    
DNF Nils Richter (Ger) Move-Cycles    
DNF Christoph Hopp (Ger) Zweirad-Riese Rt    
Elite women
1 Annika Langvad (Den) HMTBK 1:47:57  
2 Irina Kalentyeva (Rus) Topeak-Ergon Racing Team 0:01:20  
3 Alexandra Engen (Swe) Jönköpings Ck 0:02:14  
4 Ivonne Kraft (Ger) Team Haibike 0:04:07  
5 Nina Wrobel (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team 0:07:14  
-1lap Nadine Rieder (Ger) Fbi Racingteam.Youngstars    
-1lap Gesa Brüchmann (Ger) Stevens Racing Team    
-1lap Kim-Julia Gerlach (Ger) Gecko Youngwild    
DNF Tatjana Dold (Ger) Fuji-Bikes Europe    
DNF Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Team Itera-Stevens    
Under 23 men
1 Lukas Kaufmann (Swi) Rothaus-Cube MTB Team 1:33:55  
2 Henk Japp Moorlag (Ned) De Brink Ten Tusscher 0:00:24  
3 Sebastian Szraucner Wesel Team Fuji-Bikes Europe 0:01:30  
4 Marco Minaard (Ned) De Brink Ten Tusscher 0:01:56  
5 Mathias Wengelin (Swe) Cykloteket Racing Team 0:02:29  
6 Felix Euteneuer (Ger) Rothaus-Cube MTB Team 0:03:14  
7 Marcel Braun (Ger) Eleven/Radon Team 0:03:27  
8 Rumen Voigt (Ger) Rsv Team Auto-Riedel 0:04:18  
9 David Hofmann (Ger) Lexware Racing Team 0:04:19  
10 Julian Schwendemann (Ger) Endorfin Solvis 0:04:51  
11 Markus Knott (Ger) Team Marin Bikes 0:05:19  
12 Danny Neumann (Ger) Nrw Landeskader / Team Bergamo 0:05:47  
13 Tim Lemmers (Ned) De Brink - Ten Tusscher 0:06:03  
14 Erik Groen (Ned) De Brink Ten Tusscher 0:06:21  
15 Florian Schön (Ger) Scott Genius Generation 0:06:26  
16 Markus Bauer (Ger) Lexware Racing Team 0:06:47  
17 Henrik Hoffmann (Ger) Nrw Landeskader / Team Merida- 0:07:08  
18 Tommy Galle (Ger) Zweirad-Riese Rt 0:08:34  
19 Philipp Ziegler (Ger) Fxsports/Sg Sparkasse Mainfran 0:08:51  
20 Vero Lüscher (Ger) Team Mayerarbeitsbühnen / Stev 0:08:59  
21 Matthias Hoi (Aut) Team Fuji Bikes Europe - Rlm V 0:09:00  
22 Yves Kellogg (Ger) Endorfin Solvis 0:09:30  
23 Oliver Vonhausen (Ger) Ghost Racing Team 0:10:11  
24 Tom Ettlich (Ger) White Rock 0:10:46  
25 Jeffrey Andris (Ger) Mhw Cube Racing Team 0:11:33  
26 Pascal Ketterer (Ger) Bergamont Raceteam Rsv Hochsch 0:11:49  
27 Ludwig Doehl (Ger) Bike Junior Team 0:11:51  
28 Christian Lau (Ger) Univega Pro Cycling Team 0:12:15  
29 Maximilian Holz (Ger) Univega Pro Cycling Team 0:12:19  
30 Mario Waibel (Ger) Team CMTB 0:12:24  
31 Jan-Niklas Droste (Ger) Powerslide 0:12:42  
32 Simon Stiebjahn (Ger) Team Bulls 0:13:05  
33 Timo Häfner (Ger) Team-Steinlach-Wiesaz 0:13:10  
34 Patrick Titus (Ger) Bike Junior Team/Fc Wüstenselb 0:13:31  
35 Valentin Fiderer (Ger) Bergamont Raceteam Rsv Hochsch 0:14:20  
36 Kai Kautz (Ger) Team Fischer&Wagner 0:14:47  
37 Tobias Trautmann (Ger) White Rock 0:15:06  
38 Benjamin Oesterle (Ger) Mhw Cube Racing Team 0:16:18  
39 Pierre Happel (Ger) Team Gecko Youngwild.De 0:17:17  
40 Elias Neubert (Ger) Rsv Team Auto-Riedel 0:18:03  
41 Markus Chrost (Ger) Atv Haltern 0:18:04  
42 Arne Rollert (Ger) RaDSportverband Nrw 0:19:00  
43 Markus Möller (Ger) Atv Haltern 0:20:57  
-2laps Lionel Vujasin (Bel) Racingteam-Fbi    
-2laps Joshua Dohmen (Ger) Team Merida-Schulte    
-2laps Simon Staufner (Ger) Team CMTB    
-3laps Ahmed-Ridvan Reichling (Ger) Rsg-Tvk    
-3laps Michael Weingardt (Ger) Rsg Tübingen    
DNF Fabian Strecker (Ger) Lexware Racing Team    
DNF Simon Gegenheimer (Ger) Team Mayerarbeitsbühnen / Stev    
DNF Johannes Közle (Ger) Team CMTB    
DNF Timo Modosch (Ger) Ghost Racing Team    
DNF Svante Johanßon (Ger) Powerslide-Racing    
Junior men Under 19
1 Julian Schelb (Ger) Lexware Racing Team 1:18:34  
2 Martin Gluth (Ger) Team Bulls 0:00:12  
3 Markus Schulte-Lünzum (Ger) SKS M.I.G. Team 0:01:57  
4 Wenzel Böhm-Gräber (Ger) SKS Mig Team 0:02:13  
5 David Simon (Ger) Racingteam Youngstars 0:02:30  
6 Sascha Bleher (Ger) SKS M.I.G.Team 0:02:57  
7 Lukas Kuch (Ger) Team Nolte-Küchen 0:03:42  
8 Matthias Zink (Ger) Lexware Racing Team 0:05:11  
9 Oliver Laudenberg (Ger) KTT-MTB 0:05:33  
10 Marcus Nicolai (Ger) Team Bulls 0:06:09  
11 Martin Knöpfle (Ger) Lexware Racing Team 0:06:11  
12 Lysander Kiesel (Ger) Capic Team/Ssv WildpolDSried 0:06:48  
13 Anselm Wüllner (Ger) Nrw Landeskader / Team Merida- 0:07:06  
14 Jan Pfitzner (Ger) Liteville 0:07:12  
15 Adrian Sauer (Ger) Tus Oppenau 0:07:15  
16 Philipp Knüttel (Ger) SCMK Hirschau 0:07:52  
17 Philipp Scheläschuß (Ger) TSV Böhringen Team Koch Engine 0:08:30  
18 Timo Müller (Ger) Team Bergamont 0:08:46  
19 Max Weber (Ger) Mhw Cube Racing Team 0:08:59  
20 Martin Schiefer (Ger) Corratec World Team 0:10:13  
21 Rick Steffen (Ger) Nrw Landeskader / Orbea MTB Sp 0:10:37  
22 Jan-Nils Preus (Ger) Bike Work Desch 0:10:58  
23 Johannes Wolf (Ger) Lexware Racing Team 0:11:13  
24 Stefan Braun (Ger) Rsv Staubwolke-Haslach 0:11:17  
25 Michael Feinauer (Ger) Mhw Cube Racing Team 0:11:22  
26 Maxi Maier (Ger) MTB Club München E.V. 0:11:39  
27 Raphael Sämann (Ger) Gonso-Rawoflex-Team/Rsg Zoller 0:11:44  
28 Michael Wanski (Ger) Tv Oberlengenhardt/Team Radax- 0:11:49  
29 Marcel Pöter (Ger) Atv Haltern 0:11:59  
30 Pascal Hempel (Ger) Team-Steinlach-Wiesaz 0:12:30  
31 Marius Christian (Ger) Rsf-N'linxweiler/Landeskader S 0:13:03  
32 Jan-Eric Müller (Ger) Mhw Cube Racing Team 0:14:49  
33 Paul Schumacher (Ger) Youngwild-Pokerroom.De 0:14:51  
34 Dominik Ziegler (Ger) Fxsports/Sg Sparkasse Mainfran 0:15:15  
35 Lukas Holtkamp (Ger) Atv Haltern 0:15:23  
36 Conrad Hüwe (Ger) White Rock 0:16:03  
37 Florian Müller (Ger) SCMK Hirschau 0:16:30  
38 Joseph Kuhn (Ger) Tbr Bikes 0:16:41  
39 Victor Nissle (Ger) Team Schneiderhan-Cube 0:16:54  
40 Marcus Macicek (Ger) Bsb Bayreuth Merida Racing Tea 0:17:00  
41 Marius Reiber (Ger) Gecko Youngwild 0:19:25  
42 Jonas Müller (Ger) Nrw Landeskader / Team Fuji-Bi 0:19:58  
43 David Schiel (Ger) Phast-Racing-Team 0:21:07  
-1lap Nils Schäfer (Ger) Mbc Bochum    
-1lap Jan Dohmen (Ger) Team Merida-Schulte    
-1lap Florian Grafmüller (Ger) Lexware Racing Team    
-2laps Daniel Langenscheidt (Ger) Rsc-Tretlager Wetter    
DNF Daniel Nientiedt (Ger) Ghost Racing Team    
DNF Marco Tippmann (Ger) MTB-Teck Team Nolte-Küchen    
DNF Benjamin Dorn (Ger) Stevens Racing Team    
DNS Florian Schön (Ger) Radfreunde Hilpoltstein    
Junior women Under 19
1 Helen Grobert (Ger) Lexware Racing Team 1:17:25  
2 Vanessa Mosch (Ger) Nrw Landeskader / Orbea MTB Sp 0:00:44  
3 Julia Haase (Ger) TSV Böhringen Team Bergamont 0:02:35  
4 Regina Genser (Ger) Bike Junior Team / Bsb Bayreut 0:03:09  
5 Elisa Ries (Ger) Simplon Vaude 0:04:50  
6 Leonie Back (Ger) Nrw Landeskader / Team Merida- 0:08:23  
7 Stephanie Frank (Ger) Bergamont 0:09:24  
8 Theresa Wolfrum (Ger) Fc Wüstenselbitz 0:10:30  
9 Sarah Bosch (Ger) Ghost Racing Team 0:11:34  
10 Ann-Kathrin Scheläschuß (Ger) TSV Böhringen Team Koch Engine 0:13:07  
11 Vanessa Tempcke (Ger) Radfreunde Hilpoltstein 0:15:28  
12 Franziska Rödel (Ger) Rsc Hengen 0:18:18  
-1lap Karlotta Felsmann (Ger) Team Springe    
Master men
1 Andre Kleindienst (Ger) Team Bergamont 1:22:29  
2 Max Friedrich (Ger) Best-Bike-Parts / Haibike 0:00:28  
3 Michael Bonnekessel (Ger) Poison German A Team 0:03:21  
4 Simon Schmider (Ger) Neumayer Tekfor Sc Hausach 0:03:45  
5 Thorsten Pott (Ger) Team-Bergamont-Campana.De 0:04:56  
6 Olaf Nützsche (Ger) Focus Bad Salzdetfurth Racing 0:07:25  
7 Thomas Zühlke (Ger) Mc Pirate 0:08:06  
8 Silvio Hauschild (Ger) MTB-Rg 0:08:52  
9 Markus Willemsen (Ger) Team Hirsch 0:09:09  
10 Michael Stöcker (Ger) Team Bergamont 0:09:34  
11 Stefan Mosch (Ger) Orbea Deutschland 0:10:58  
12 Clemens Sietas (Ger) Siecle Speed Hamburg 0:15:50  
13 Michael Mintert (Ger) Velo Solingen 0:16:20  
-1lap Axel Staack (Ger) Bike Team Baumberge    
-1lap Holger Sewing (Ger) Rockers / Mbc Bochum