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MTB World Cup Cross Country #5, Downhill #5 & Four Cross #5 2010

Date range:
July 30 - August 1, 2010

July 31, Elite women cross country:

Wloszczowska out sprints Pendrel in Val di Sole

By:
Rob Jones
Published:
July 31, 2010, 16:13,
Updated:
August 2, 2010, 16:27

Compton misses out on bronze to Kalentieva

Maja Wloszczowska (Poland) en route to the win.

Maja Wloszczowska (Poland) en route to the win.

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World Cup standings shuffled once again in the women’s cross country after round five in Val di Sole, Italy, on Saturday. There was a fifth winner in five events, with Maja Wloszczowska (CCC Polkowice) out-sprinting Canada's Catharine Pendrel (Luna) to win only the second World Cup of her career. Pendrel regained the lead in the overall standings after losing it a week earlier in Champéry, Switzerland.

The 6.3-kilometre course was dominated by a series of steep climbs which took their toll on the fields. The hot sun made matters worse, as riders wilted in the open grassy sections.

Pendrel, coming off a mechanical-plagued race in Champéry, was determined to have a better day in Val di Sole. She had dropped to third in the standings following the fourth round, 61 points behind the new leader, Eva Lechner (Colnago Arreghini Sudtirol) and 46 points behind Willow Koerber (Subaru-Trek).

After Koerber led the field out of the start loop and onto the first of four laps, Pendrel went to the front and launched an attack late in the first lap. By the top of the climb on the second lap, she had an eight-second lead on a group containing her teammate Katerina Nash, World Champion Irina Kalentieva (Topeak Ergon), Swiss rider Esther Süss, Wloszczowska and American Katie Compton. Koerber was struggling just off the back of the group, and Lechner had fallen well off the pace.

A lap later, and Pendrel had been joined by Wloszczowska, with the chasers down to Kalentieva, Compton and Nash. Nash was fading, but would hold onto fifth, while Kalentieva and Compton were still less than 20 seconds from the lead duo going into the final lap. This forced the front pair to keep working hard together throughout the lap, until the final flat section, when Wloszczowska launched an attack that Pendrel could not respond to, rolling in five seconds ahead of the Canadian.

"It was my aim to get on the podium," said Wloszczowska, "I really like track here. "But I did not expect to win. It feels really good to win my second World Cup (the first was in Schladming, Austria, in 2008). I got to Catharine on second to last lap and we worked together. So I have to thank her for my win."

Pendrel was disappointed not to win, but happy to come back from her poor showing a week earlier, and take back the leader's jersey.

"I just knew that I could be strong here," said Pendrel. "I wanted to have a strong race after everything that happened last week. When Maja came up to me, it was both good and bad. Good because we could work together on the flat sections, and bad, because obviously she was riding really well. But I'm really happy to take back the World Cup leader's jersey, and now I just want to hold it through the final race."

Pendrel commented that she wants to break "the jersey curse", that has seen every leader this year lose the jersey the race after donning it. She now leads the World Cup with 794 points, followed by Lechner at 740 and Willow Koerber with 735. One race remains in the series, at Windham, New York, in late August.

Full Results

# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Maja Wloszczowska (Pol) CCC Polkowice 1:23:00  
2 Catharine Pendrel (Can) Luna Pro Team 0:00:05  
3 Irina Kalentieva (Rus) Topeak Ergon Racing Team 0:00:14  
4 Katherine Compton (USA) 0:00:20  
5 Katerina Nash (Cze) Luna Pro Team 0:00:58  
6 Esther Süss (Swi) 0:01:15  
7 Georgia Gould (USA) Luna Pro Team 0:01:31  
8 Marie-Helene Premont (Can) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain 0:01:47  
9 Nathalie Schneitter (Swi) Colnago Arreghini Sudtirol 0:02:15  
10 Willow Koerber (USA) Subaru-Trek 0:02:30  
11 Tanja Zakelj* (Slo) MBK Orbea 0:02:41  
12 Eva Lechner (Ita) Colnago Arreghini Sudtirol 0:02:57  
13 Mary McConneloug (USA) 0:02:59  
14 Anna Szafraniec (Pol) JBG-2 Professional Mtb Team 0:03:08  
15 Marielle Saner-Guinchard (Swi) Bikepark.Ch Scott 0:03:15  
16 Katrin Leumann (Swi) 0:04:06  
17 Blaza Klemencic (Slo) Felt Oetztal X-Bionic Team 0:04:16  
18 Heather Irmiger (USA) Subaru-Trek 0:04:24  
19 Elisabeth Osl (Aut) Central Pro Team 0:04:41  
20 Cécile Ravanel (Fra) Lapierre International 0:05:23  
21 Emily Batty* (Can) Trek World Racing 0:05:53  
22 Annika Langvad (Den) 0:06:14  
23 Janka Stevkova (Svk) 0:06:26  
24 Annie Last* (GBr) 0:06:47  
25 Elisabeth Sveum* (Nor) Hard Rocx Racing Team 0:07:04  
26 Anna Villar Argente (Spa) 0:07:07  
27 Fanny Bourdon* (Fra) 0:07:26  
28 Elisabeth Brandau (Ger) 0:07:30  
29 Magdalena Sadlecka (Pol) CCC Polkowice 0:07:35  
30 Sabrina Enaux (Fra) Felt Oetztal X-Bionic Team 0:08:02  
31 Vivienne Meyer* (Swi) Colnago Arreghini Sudtirol 0:08:03  
32 Rie Katayama (Jpn) 0:08:07  
33 Yolande Speedy (RSA) 0:08:08  
34 Amanda Sin (Can) 0:08:11  
35 Paula Gorycka* (Pol) CCC Polkowice 0:08:34  
36 Sarah Koba (Swi) Giant Swiss Team 0:08:55  
37 Qinglan Shi (Chn) 0:09:21  
38 Kathrin Stirnemann* (Swi) 0:09:41  
39 Hanna Klein (Ger) 0:09:46  
40 Katarzyna Solus* (Pol) 0:10:02  
41 Chloe Forsman (USA) 0:10:11  
42 Rosara Joseph (NZl)    
43 Fabienne Niederberger (Swi) 0:10:34  
44 Judith Pollinger* (Ita) 0:10:44  
45 Samara Sheppard* (NZl) 0:10:51  
46 Daniela Veronesi (SMr) 0:11:06  
47 Mikaela Kofman* (Can) 0:11:29  
48 Nataliya Krompets (Ukr) 0:11:30  
49 Julie Krasniak* (Fra) 0:11:33  
50 Michelle Hediger* (Swi) Fischer-Bmc 0:11:38  
51 Serena Calvetti* (Ita) 0:11:44  
52 Ying Liu (Chn) 0:12:02  
53 Maria Osl (Aut) Fischer-Bmc 0:12:23  
54 Laura Metzler (Fra) BH-Suntour 0:12:38  
55 Rozanne Slik* (Ned) Team Merida Combee 0:13:25  
56 Evelyn Staffler (Ita) 0:13:36  
57 Virginie Pointet* (Swi) Bikepark.Ch Scott 0:14:08  
58 Zhuanzhuan Ye* (Chn) 0:14:52  
59 Coralie Redelsperger (Fra) 0:15:00  
60 Nina Gulino* (Ita) 0:15:06  
61 Nicoletta De Jager (Ned) 0:15:15  
62 Catherine Vipond (Can) 0:15:26  
63 Stephanie Wiedner (Aut) 0:15:28  
64 Sofia Pezzatti (Swi) 0:15:31  
65 Alla Boyko* (Ukr) Isd Cycling Team 0:15:44  
66 Nadine Rieder* (Ger) 0:15:52  
67 Sandra Walter (Can) 0:16:11  
68 Karin Groen (Ned) 0:16:25  
69 Anne Terpstra* (Ned) Stappenbelt Specialized Mtb Team 0:16:34  
70 Lorraine Truong* (Swi) 0:16:59  
71 Mariske Strauss* (RSA) 0:17:00  
72 Chengyuan Ren (Chn) 0:17:13  
73 Kristien Nelen (Bel) VZW Goeman Scott Cycling Team 0:17:20  
74 Cristina Mascarreras Sabria (Spa) Conor - Forallac 0:17:34  
75 Asa Maria Erlandsson (Swe) 0:17:38  
76 Lily Matthews* (GBr) 0:17:53  
77 Corina Gantenbein (Swi) Fischer-Bmc 0:18:14  
78 Barbara Oberdorfer (Ita) 0:18:36  
79 Jodie Willett (Aus) 0:18:49  
80 Lucie Vesela (Cze) GT Czech Team 0:19:28  
81 Carina Ketonen (Fin) VZW Goeman Scott Cycling Team 0:19:36  
-1lap Katherine O'shea (Aus) Torq Performance Nutrition    
-1lap Martina Giovanniello* (Ita) Team CBE Tecnoimpianti A.S.D.    
-1lap Therese Rhodes* (Aus)    
-1lap Cornelia Schuster* (Ita)    
-1lap Anna Oberparleiter* (Ita) Hard Rock Frw A.S.D.    
-1lap Catherine Lohri (Swi)    
-1lap Noga Korem* (Isr)    
-1lap Ingrid Bosscha (Ned)    
-1lap Caitlin De Wet* (RSA)    
-1lap Kiona Harbers (Ned)    
-1lap Roberta Monaldini (SMr)    
-2laps Sufen Ma (Chn)    
-2laps Sona Jurkova* (Cze) GT Czech Team    
DNF Githa Michiels (Bel) Team Saeco    
DNF Tereza Hurikova (Cze) Trek-Lorca Taller Del Tiempo    
DNF Laura Turpijn (Ned) Team Merida Combee    
DNF Margarita Fullana Riera (Spa) Massi Team    
DNF Aleksandra Dawidowicz (Pol) CCC Polkowice    
DNF Rocio Gamonal Ferrera (Spa)    
DNF Lesley Ingram (GBr)    
DNF Nina Homovec (Slo) MBK Orbea    
DNS Lene Byberg (Nor) Specialized Factory Racing    
DNS Barbara Benko* (Hun)    
Teams
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Luna Pro Team 87  pts
2 CCC Polkowice 42  
3 Colnago Arreghini Sudtirol 41  
4 Subaru-Gary Fisher 34  
5 Topeak Ergon Racing Team 32  
6 Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain 23  
7 MBK Orbea 20  
8 JBG-2 Professional MTB Team 17  
9 Bikepark.ch Scott 16  
10 Felt Oetztal X-Bionic Team 15  
11 Central Pro Team 12  
12 Lapierre International 11  
13 Trek World Racing 10  
14 Hard Rocx Racing Team 6  
World Cup individual standings after five rounds
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Catharine Pendrel (Can) Luna Pro Team 794  pts
2 Eva Lechner (Ita) Colnago Arreghini Sudtirol 740  
3 Willow Koerber (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 735  
4 Irina Kalentieva (Rus) Topeak Ergon Racing Team 678  
5 Georgia Gould (USA) Luna Pro Team 638  
6 Esther Süss (Swi) 624  
7 Julie Bresset* (Fra) BH-Suntour 570  
8 Nathalie Schneitter (Swi) Colnago Arreghini Sudtirol 558  
9 Elisabeth Osl (Aut) Central Pro Team 548  
10 Katerina Nash (Cze) Luna Pro Team 540  
11 Katrin Leumann (Swi) 514  
12 Maja Wloszczowska (Pol) CCC Polkowice 472  
13 Marie-Helene Premont (Can) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain 450  
14 Mary McConneloug (USA) 398  
15 Marielle Saner-Guinchard (Swi) Bikepark.ch Scott 385  
16 Anna Szafraniec (Pol) JBG-2 Professional MTB Team 368  
17 Tanja Zakelj* (Slo) MBK Orbea 350  
18 Heather Irmiger (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 329  
19 Cécile Ravanel (Fra) Lapierre International 301  
20 Katherine Compton (USA) 280  
21 Sabrina Enaux (Fra) Felt Oetztal X-Bionic Team 270  
22 Emily Batty* (Can) Trek World Racing 267  
23 Lene Byberg (Nor) Specialized Factory Racing 256  
24 Hanna Klein (Ger) 247  
25 Blaza Klemencic (Slo) Felt Oetztal X-Bionic Team 236  
26 Anna Villar Argente (Spa) 222  
27 Annie Last* (GBr) 220  
28 Annika Langvad (Den) 218  
29 Fanny Bourdon* (Fra) 215  
30 Janka Stevkova (Svk) 210  
31 Sabine Spitz (Ger) Central Pro Team 205  
32 Rosara Joseph (NZl) 200  
33 Elisabeth Brandau (Ger) 184  
34 Amanda Sin (Can) 180  
35 Margarita Fullana Riera (Spa) Massi Team 178  
36 Anja Gradl (Ger) Central Pro Team 178  
37 Sarah Koba (Swi) Giant Swiss Team 171  
38 Alexandra Engen* (Swe) 164  
39 Tereza Hurikova (Cze) Trek-Lorca Taller Del Tiempo 162  
40 Rie Katayama (Jpn) 157  
41 Laura Turpijn (Ned) Team Merida Combee 149  
42 Laura Metzler (Fra) BH-Suntour 122  
43 Paula Gorycka* (Pol) CCC Polkowice 122  
44 Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjaa (Nor) Multivan Merida Biking Team 120  
45 Magdalena Sadlecka (Pol) CCC Polkowice 118  
46 Monique Pua Sawicki (USA) 102  
47 Vivienne Meyer* (Swi) Colnago Arreghini Sudtirol 100  
48 Caroline Mani (Fra) BH-Suntour 100  
49 Maria Osl (Aut) Fischer-BMC 99  
50 Coralie Redelsperger (Fra) 97  
51 Barbara Benko* (Hun) 93  
52 Judith Pollinger* (Ita) 87  
53 Fabienne Niederberger (Swi) 81  
54 Aleksandra Dawidowicz (Pol) CCC Polkowice 80  
55 Nicola Leary (NZl) 80  
56 Kathrin Stirnemann* (Swi) 75  
57 Elisabeth Sveum* (Nor) Hard Rocx Racing Team 74  
58 Yolande Speedy (RSA) 68  
59 Adelheid Morath (Ger) Felt Oetztal X-Bionic Team 62  
60 Michelle Hediger* (Swi) Fischer-BMC 57  
61 Rocio Gamonal Ferrera (Spa) 52  
62 Virginie Pointet* (Swi) Bikepark.ch Scott 52  
63 Nina Homovec (Slo) MBK Orbea 49  
64 Ivonne Kraft (Ger) 46  
65 Chloe Forsman (USA) 46  
66 Catherine Vipond (Can) 45  
67 Eszter Erdelyi (Hun) 42  
68 Helene Marcouyre (Fra) BH-Suntour 42  
69 Nataliya Krompets (Ukr) 41  
70 Katarzyna Solus* (Pol) 40  
71 Daniela Veronesi (SMr) 40  
72 Julie Krasniak* (Fra) 39  
73 Mical Dyck (Can) 38  
74 Vera Andreeva* (Rus) 38  
75 Evelyn Staffler (Ita) 34  
76 Anne Terpstra* (Ned) Stappenbelt Specialized MTB Team 33  
77 Qinglan Shi (Chn) 32  
78 Ekaterina Anoshina* (Rus) 29  
79 Sandra Walter (Can) 27  
80 Sandra Santanyes Murillo (Spa) Trek-Lorca Taller Del Tiempo 25  
81 Samara Sheppard* (NZl) 23  
82 Mikaela Kofman* (Can) 21  
83 Maaike Polspoel* (Bel) 21  
84 Silke Schmidt (Ger) 19  
85 Serena Calvetti* (Ita) 17  
86 Lily Matthews* (GBr) 17  
87 Ying Liu (Chn) 16  
88 Rozanne Slik* (Ned) Team Merida Combee 13  
89 Tatjana Dold (Ger) 13  
90 Melanie Spath (Ger) 12  
91 Carina Ketonen (Fin) VZW Goeman Scott Cycling Team 11  
92 Zhuanzhuan Ye* (Chn) 10  
93 Alla Boyko* (Ukr) ISD Cycling Team 10  
94 Monique Zeldenrust (Ned) Giant Swiss Team 10  
95 Karin Groen (Ned) 9  
96 Camille Devi* (Fra) Asptt Definitive Gitane 9  
97 Nina Gulino* (Ita) 8  
98 Mirre Stallen (Ned) 8  
World Cup team standings after five rounds
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Luna Pro Team 380  pts
2 Colnago Arreghini Sudtirol 243  
3 Subaru-Gary Fisher 199  
4 Central Pro Team 178  
5 Topeak Ergon Racing Team 130  
6 BH-Suntour 114  
7 Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain 94  
8 CCC Polkowice 84  
9 Bikepark.ch Scott 78  
10 Felt Oetztal X-Bionic Team 75  
11 JBG-2 Professional MTB Team 71  
12 MBK Orbea 62  
13 Specialized Factory Racing 53  
14 Lapierre International 43  
15 Trek World Racing 37  
16 Massi Team 31  
17 Trek-Lorca Taller Del Tiempo 14  
18 Multivan Merida Biking Team 12  
19 Giant Swiss Team 11  
20 Team Merida Combee 6  
21 Hard Rocx Racing Team 6