MTB World Cup Cross Country #7, Downhill #7 & Four cross #5 2011: Elite men cross country Results

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Men's podium: Absalon, Schurter, Kulhavy, Vogel, Fluckiger(Image credit: Tour of Japan)

The trio dropped Julien Absalon (Orbea) by the second lap, and the Frenchman chased in vain all race, eventually finishing fourth. Behind Absalon, a chase group formed, containing world champion Jose Hermida (Multivan Merida), Lukas and Matthias Flückiger (Trek World Racing), Stephane Tempier (TX Active Bianchi), Christoph Sauser (Specialized), Todd Wells (Specialized), Thomas Litscher (Felt Oetztal X-Bionic), Manuel Fumic (Cannondale) and Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez (Wildwolf-Trek).

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Kulhavy finished the series with five first places, one second place and a third place, for a total of 1610 points. Schurter was a distant second, with 1270 and Absalon held onto third with 960 points. Hermida took fourth with 813 points, just squeaking ahead of Maxime Marotte (BH-Suntour-Peisey Vallandry) at 810. Todd Wells was the top North American, in 21st, followed by Geoff Kabush (Maxxis-Rocky Mountain) in 24th.

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#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Jaroslav Kulhavy (Cze) Specialized Racing	1:25:08
2	Nino Schurter (Swi) Scott - Swisspower MTB - Racing	Row 1 - Cell 2
3	Florian Vogel (Swi) Scott - Swisspower MTB - Racing	0:01:21
4	Julien Absalon (Fra) Orbea	0:02:05
5	Lukas Flückiger (Swi) Trek World Racing	0:02:37
6	Stéphane Tempier (Fra) TX Active Bianchi	0:02:45
7	Mathias Flückiger (Swi) Trek World Racing	0:02:49
8	Christoph Sauser (Swi) Specialized Racing	0:02:51
9	Thomas Litscher (Swi) Felt Oetztal X - Bionic Team	0:03:00
10	Fabian Giger (Swi) Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team	0:03:04
11	Manuel Fumic (Ger) Cannondale Factory Racing	0:03:06
12	José Antonio Hermida Ramos (Spa) Multivan Merida Biking Team	0:03:10
13	Moritz Milatz (Ger) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team	0:03:14
14	Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez (Spa) Wildwolf - Trek Racing	0:03:43
15	Catriel Andres Soto (Arg) Team Protek	Row 14 - Cell 2
16	Henk Jaap Moorlag (Ned) Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team	0:03:44
17	Todd Wells (USA) Specialized Racing	0:04:06
18	Maxime Marotte (Fra) BH - Suntour - Peisey Vallandry	0:04:29
19	Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) Cannondale Factory Racing	0:05:00
20	Samuel Schultz (USA) Subaru - Trek	0:05:13
21	Kevin Van Hoovels (Bel) Versluys - Evenza Team	0:05:29
22	Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spa) Wildwolf - Trek Racing	Row 21 - Cell 2
23	Burry Stander (RSA) Specialized Racing	0:05:48
24	Kohei Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor	0:05:58
25	Wolfram Kurschat (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team	0:06:08
26	Inaki Lejarreta Errasti (Spa) Orbea	0:06:11
27	Martin Gujan (Swi) Cannondale Factory Racing	0:06:15
28	Liam Killeen (GBr) Giant Factory Off-Road Team	0:06:27
29	Matous Ulman (Cze) S&H Superior MTB Team	0:06:43
30	Rudi Van Houts (Ned) Multivan Merida Biking Team	0:06:55
31	Sergji Rysenko (Ukr) ISD Cycling Team	0:07:06
32	Michele Casagrande (Ita) Elettroveneta - Corratec	0:07:15
33	Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Milka Trek MTB Racing Team	0:07:24
34	Jochen Kass (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team	0:07:32
35	Geoff Kabush (Can) Team Maxxis - Rocky Mountain	0:07:36
36	Sid Taberlay (Aus)	0:07:39
37	Christoph Soukup (Aut)	0:07:41
38	Karl Markt (Aut) Felt Oetztal X - Bionic Team	0:07:44
39	Andras Parti (Hun) Euro One - Cube MTB Team	Row 38 - Cell 2
40	Cédric Ravanel (Fra) GT Skoda Chamonix	0:07:52
41	Andrea Tiberi (Ita) Torpado Surfing Shop	0:08:01
42	Emil Lindgren (Swe) Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team	0:08:02
43	Marek Galinski (Pol) JBG - 2 Professional Mtb Team	0:08:04
44	Robby De Bock (Bel)	0:08:12
45	Umberto Corti (Ita) Team CBE Tecnoimpianti A.S.D.	0:08:13
46	Derek Zandstra (Can)	Row 45 - Cell 2
47	Niels Wubben (Ned) Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team	0:08:29
48	Adam Craig (USA) Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team	Row 47 - Cell 2
49	Daniel Mcconnell (Aus)	0:08:44
50	Jan Skarnitzl (Cze) Rubena - Birell - Specialized Cycling Team	0:08:53
51	Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (USA) Subaru - Trek	0:09:08
52	Lukas Kaufmann (Swi)	0:09:14
53	Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Lapierre International	0:09:18
54	Martino Fruet (Ita)	0:09:26
55	Milan Spesny (Cze) S&H Superior MTB Team	0:09:36
56	Pascal Meyer (Swi) Thoemus Racing Team	0:09:46
57	Patrik Gallati (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team	0:10:04
58	Hector Leonardo Paez Leon (Col)	0:10:07
59	Giuseppe Lamastra (Ita) Elettroveneta - Corratec	0:10:12
60	Michal Lami (Svk)	0:10:26
61	Tony Longo (Ita) TX Active Bianchi	0:10:31
62	Julien Taramarcaz (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team	0:11:00
63	Bas Peters (Ned) Team Merida Combee	0:11:14
64	Giancarlo Sax (Swi) Thoemus Racing Team	0:11:23
65	Adam Morka (Can)	0:11:46
66	Uwe Hochenwarter (Aut) Muskelkater Genesis Team	0:12:05
67	Adrian Brzozka (Pol) JBG - 2 Professional MTB Team	0:13:23
68	Irjan Luttenberg (Ned) MPL Specialized MTB Team	Row 67 - Cell 2
69	Johannes Schweiggl (Ita)	Row 68 - Cell 2
70	Mario Alberto Rojas Rojas (Col)	0:14:14
71	Michael Broderick (USA)	0:14:38
-1 lap	Benjamin Wittrup Justesen (Den)	Row 71 - Cell 2
-1 lap	Fabio Ursi (Ita) Team CBE Tecnoimpianti A.S.D.	Row 72 - Cell 2
-1 lap	Kazuhiro Yamamoto (Jpn)	Row 73 - Cell 2
-1 lap	Renay Groustra (RSA)	Row 74 - Cell 2
-1 lap	Matthew Hadley (Can)	Row 75 - Cell 2
-1 lap	Paolo Cesar Montoya Cantillo (CRc) GT Stacplastic Team	Row 76 - Cell 2
-1 lap	Robert Gehbauer (Aut)	Row 77 - Cell 2
-1 lap	Ludovic Dubau (Fra) Team Newcycling	Row 78 - Cell 2
-1 lap	Hannes Metzler (Aut) Muskelkater Genesis Team	Row 79 - Cell 2
-1 lap	Mirko Pirazzoli (Ita)	Row 80 - Cell 2
-1 lap	Jiri Novak (Cze) S&H Superior MTB Team	Row 81 - Cell 2
-1 lap	Yader Zoli (Ita) Torpado Surfing Shop	Row 82 - Cell 2
-1 lap	Davide Di Marco (Ita)	Row 83 - Cell 2
-1 lap	Seiya Hirano (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor	Row 84 - Cell 2
-1 lap	Sang Hoon Na (Kor)	Row 85 - Cell 2
-1 lap	Matthias Waldhart (Aut)	Row 86 - Cell 2
-1 lap	Pascal Hossay (Bel) G - Skin - Deforche MTB Racing Team	Row 87 - Cell 2
-2 laps	Chun Hing Chan (HKg)	Row 88 - Cell 2
-2 laps	Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Milka Trek MTB Racing Team	Row 89 - Cell 2
-2 laps	Oliver Munnik (RSA)	Row 90 - Cell 2
-2 laps	Ken Onodera (Jpn)	Row 91 - Cell 2
-2 laps	Pierre Lebreton (Fra) BH - Suntour - Peisey Vallandry	Row 92 - Cell 2
-2 laps	Severin Disch (Swi) Thoemus Racing Team	Row 93 - Cell 2
-2 laps	Jiri Friedl (Cze) Rubena - Birell - Specialized Cycling Team	Row 94 - Cell 2
-2 laps	Oleksandr Gerashchenko (Ukr) ISD Cycling Team	Row 95 - Cell 2
-2 laps	Paul Remy (Fra)	Row 96 - Cell 2
-2 laps	Roberto Crisi (Ita)	Row 97 - Cell 2
-2 laps	Samuele Porro (Ita)	Row 98 - Cell 2
-2 laps	Periklis Ilias (Gre) Team Protek	Row 99 - Cell 2
-3 laps	Carl Jones (NZl)	Row 100 - Cell 2
-3 laps	Balz Weber (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team	Row 101 - Cell 2
-3 laps	Emmanuel Valencia Guadarrama (Mex) Turbo Bike Team	Row 102 - Cell 2
-3 laps	Nicola Rohrbach (Swi) Elettroveneta - Corratec	Row 103 - Cell 2
-3 laps	Cameron Jette (Can)	Row 104 - Cell 2
-3 laps	Dror Pekatch (Isr)	Row 105 - Cell 2
-4 laps	John Whittington (GBr)	Row 106 - Cell 2
-5 laps	Martin Loo (Est) Infotre - Bi & Esse - Leecougan	Row 107 - Cell 2
DNF	Marc Colom (Fra) Team Newcycling	Row 108 - Cell 2
DNF	Jelmer Pietersma (Ned) Milka Trek MTB Racing Team	Row 109 - Cell 2
DNF	Sepp Freiburghaus (Swi) Thoemus Racing Team	Row 110 - Cell 2
DNF	Martin Fanger (Swi) Giant Swiss SR - Suntour	Row 111 - Cell 2
DNF	Anton Sintsov (Rus)	Row 112 - Cell 2
DNF	Pierre-Geoffroy Plantet (Fra) Lapierre International	Row 113 - Cell 2
DNF	Luis Anderson Mejia Sanchez (Col) ASPTT Definitive Gitane	Row 114 - Cell 2
DNF	Ivan Alvarez Gutierrez (Spa) Giant Italia Team	Row 115 - Cell 2
DNF	Rene Tann (Ger)	Row 116 - Cell 2
DNF	Alexey Medvedev (Rus) Elettroveneta - Corratec	Row 117 - Cell 2
DNF	Simon Scheiber (Aut) Felt Oetztal X - Bionic Team	Row 118 - Cell 2
DNF	Ramon Sagues Portabella (Spa)	Row 119 - Cell 2
DNF	Eddie Andres Rendon (Col)	Row 120 - Cell 2

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Teams
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Specialized Racing	77	pts
2	Scott - Swisspower MTB- Racing	67	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Trek World Racing	52	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team	36	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Cannondale Factory Racing	36	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Orbea	35	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	TX Active Bianchi	26	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Wildwolf - Trek Racing	26	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Felt Oetztal X - Bionic Team	22	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Multivan Merida Biking Team	20	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	BMC Mountainbike Racing Team	18	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Team Protek	16	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	BH - Suntour - Peisey Vallandry	13	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Subaru - Trek	11	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Versluys - Evenza Team	10	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Team Bridgestone Anchor	7	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Topeak Ergon Racing Team	6	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Giant Factory Off-Road Team	3	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	S&H Superior MTB Team	2	Row 18 - Cell 3

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Elite men cross country final World Cup standings
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Jaroslav Kulhavy (Cze) Specialized Racing	1610	pts
2	Nino Schurter (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB-Racing	1270	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Julien Absalon (Fra) Orbea	960	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	José Antonio Hermida Ramos (Spa) Multivan Merida Biking Team	813	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Maxime Marotte (Fra) BH-Suntour-Peisey Vallandry	810	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Burry Stander (RSA) Specialized Racing	768	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Christoph Sauser (Swi) Specialized Racing	760	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) Cannondale Factory Racing	668	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Stéphane Tempier (Fra) TX Active Bianchi	662	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Florian Vogel (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB-Racing	658	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Manuel Fumic (Ger) Cannondale Factory Racing	658	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Lukas Flückiger (Swi) Trek World Racing	636	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Mathias Flückiger (Swi) Trek World Racing	598	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spa) Wildwolf-Trek Racing	550	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Thomas Litscher (Swi) Felt Oetztal X-Bionic Team	537	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Fabian Giger (Swi) Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team	529	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Moritz Milatz (Ger) BMC Mountain Bike Racing Team	511	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Rudi Van Houts (Ned)	496	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez (Spa) Wildwolf-Trek Racing	470	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Martin Gujan (Swi) Cannondale Factory Racing	465	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Todd Wells (USA) Specialized Racing	441	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Inaki Lejarreta Errasti (Spa) Orbea	421	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	Liam Killeen (GBr) Giant Factory Off-Road Team	368	Row 22 - Cell 3
24	Geoff Kabush (Can) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain	363	Row 23 - Cell 3
25	Ivan Alvarez Gutierrez (Spa) Giant Italia Team	358	Row 24 - Cell 3
26	Karl Markt (Aut) Felt Oetztal X-Bionic Team	334	Row 25 - Cell 3
27	Samuel Schultz (USA) Subaru-Trek	279	Row 26 - Cell 3
28	Jochen Kass (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team	273	Row 27 - Cell 3
29	Jan Skarnitzl (Cze) Rubena - Birell - Specialized Cycling Team	267	Row 28 - Cell 3
30	Henk Jaap Moorlag (Ned) Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team	256	Row 29 - Cell 3
31	Patrik Gallati (Swi) BMC Mountain Bike Racing Team	252	Row 30 - Cell 3
32	Matous Ulman (Cze) S&H Superior MTB Team	252	Row 31 - Cell 3
33	Ralph Naef (Swi) Multivan Merida Biking Team	249	Row 32 - Cell 3
34	Derek Zandstra (Can)	247	Row 33 - Cell 3
35	Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (USA) Subaru-Trek	245	Row 34 - Cell 3
36	Wolfram Kurschat (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team	235	Row 35 - Cell 3
37	Martin Fanger (Swi) Giant Swiss SR-Suntour	214	Row 36 - Cell 3
38	Kevin Van Hoovels (Bel) Versluys-Evenza Team	206	Row 37 - Cell 3
39	Kohei Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor	199	Row 38 - Cell 3
40	Cédric Ravanel (Fra) GT Skoda Chamonix	197	Row 39 - Cell 3
41	Lukas Kaufmann (Swi)	184	Row 40 - Cell 3
42	Ruben Ruzafa Cueto (Spa) Orbea	174	Row 41 - Cell 3
43	Jiri Friedl (Cze) Rubena - Birell - Specialized Cycling Team	173	Row 42 - Cell 3
44	Andras Parti (Hun) Euro One-Cube MTB Team	163	Row 43 - Cell 3
45	Adam Craig (USA) Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team	162	Row 44 - Cell 3
46	Marek Galinski (Pol) JBG-2 Professional MTB Team	162	Row 45 - Cell 3
47	Catriel Andres Soto (Arg) Team Protek	160	Row 46 - Cell 3
48	Oliver Beckingsale (GBr)	135	Row 47 - Cell 3
49	Marc Colom (Fra) Team Newcycling	130	Row 48 - Cell 3
50	Pierre-Geoffroy Plantet (Fra) Team Newcycling	125	Row 49 - Cell 3
51	Nicola Rohrbach (Swi) Elettroveneta-Corratec	125	Row 50 - Cell 3
52	Severin Disch (Swi) Thoemus Racing Team	114	Row 51 - Cell 3
53	Martino Fruet (Ita)	113	Row 52 - Cell 3
54	Christoph Soukup (Aut)	110	Row 53 - Cell 3
55	Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Milka Trek MTB Racing Team	110	Row 54 - Cell 3
56	Uwe Hochenwarter (Aut) Muskelkater Genesis Team	109	Row 55 - Cell 3
57	Jeremiah Bishop (USA)	100	Row 56 - Cell 3
58	Daniel Mcconnell (Aus)	92	Row 57 - Cell 3
59	Emil Lindgren (Swe) Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team	91	Row 58 - Cell 3
60	Jiri Novak (Cze) S&H Superior MTB Team	90	Row 59 - Cell 3
61	Jelmer Pietersma (Ned) Milka Trek MTB Racing Team	85	Row 60 - Cell 3
62	Irjan Luttenberg (Ned) MPL Specialized MTB Team	82	Row 61 - Cell 3
63	Andrea Tiberi (Ita) Torpado Surfing Shop	69	Row 62 - Cell 3
64	Sepp Freiburghaus (Swi) Thoemus Racing Team	68	Row 63 - Cell 3
65	Milan Spesny (Cze) S&H Superior MTB Team	67	Row 64 - Cell 3
66	Pascal Meyer (Swi) Thoemus Racing Team	63	Row 65 - Cell 3
67	Michele Casagrande (Ita) Elettroveneta-Corratec	61	Row 66 - Cell 3
68	Kristian Hynek (Cze)	58	Row 67 - Cell 3
69	Niels Wubben (Ned) Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team	58	Row 68 - Cell 3
70	Umberto Corti (Ita) Team CBE Tecnoimpianti A.S.D.	55	Row 69 - Cell 3
71	Robert Mennen (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team	52	Row 70 - Cell 3
72	Balz Weber (Swi) BMC Mountain Bike Racing Team	50	Row 71 - Cell 3
73	Chris Jongewaard (Aus)	47	Row 72 - Cell 3
74	Hannes Metzler (Aut) Muskelkater Genesis Team	46	Row 73 - Cell 3
75	Michal Lami (Svk)	46	Row 74 - Cell 3
76	Sergji Rysenko (Ukr) ISD Cycling Team	44	Row 75 - Cell 3
77	Adam Morka (Can)	43	Row 76 - Cell 3
78	Tony Longo (Ita) TX Active Bianchi	41	Row 77 - Cell 3
79	Filip Eberl (Cze)	38	Row 78 - Cell 3
80	Sid Taberlay (Aus) Kenda/H2O Overdrive	34	Row 79 - Cell 3
81	Matthew Hadley (Can)	34	Row 80 - Cell 3
82	Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra)	32	Row 81 - Cell 3
83	Andrew Watson (Can)	32	Row 82 - Cell 3
84	Spencer Paxson (USA) Kona	30	Row 83 - Cell 3
85	Lachlan Norris (Aus) Giant Factory Off-Road Team	30	Row 84 - Cell 3
86	Anton Sintsov (Rus)	26	Row 85 - Cell 3
87	Peter Glassford (Can)	25	Row 86 - Cell 3
88	Robby De Bock (Bel)	24	Row 87 - Cell 3
89	Periklis Ilias (Gre) Team Protek	21	Row 88 - Cell 3
90	Max Plaxton (Can)	20	Row 89 - Cell 3
91	Eric Batty (Can)	19	Row 90 - Cell 3
92	Rotem Ishai (Isr)	17	Row 91 - Cell 3
93	Martin Loo (Est) Infotre - Bi&Esse- Leecougan	17	Row 92 - Cell 3
94	Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Lapierre International	15	Row 93 - Cell 3
95	Robert Gehbauer (Aut)	15	Row 94 - Cell 3
96	Benjamin Wittrup Justesen (Den)	15	Row 95 - Cell 3
97	Raphael Gagne (Can)	13	Row 96 - Cell 3
98	Alban Lakata (Aut) Topeak Ergon Racing Team	13	Row 97 - Cell 3
99	Joshua Carlson (Aus)	11	Row 98 - Cell 3
100	Hector Leonardo Paez Leon (Col)	10	Row 99 - Cell 3
101	Rene Tann (Ger)	10	Row 100 - Cell 3
102	Giuseppe Lamastra (Ita) Elettroveneta-Corratec	9	Row 101 - Cell 3
103	Michael Broderick (USA)	9	Row 102 - Cell 3
104	Simon Scheiber (Aut) Felt Oetztal X-Bionic Team	8	Row 103 - Cell 3

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