South African National Series - Pietermaritzburg 2011: Cross country Results

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A rider battles overwhelmingly muddy conditions(Image credit: Gary Perkin / www.flipper.co.za )

Lukas Flückiger (Trek World Racing) and Irina Kalentieva (Topeak Ergon Racing Team) won the cross country race on the UCI World Cup course in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa on Saturday. Lukas Flückiger beat Jaroslav Kulhavy (Specialized Racing) and his brother Mathias Flückiger (Trek World Racing) for the top three spots in the men's race while World Champion Kalentieva finished ahead of Willow Koerber (Trek World Racing) and Esther Süss.

After a fast start in the men's race, Lukas Flückiger crossed the line at the end of lap one of five in first place, just ahead of last year's big World Cup champion Kulhavy, with brother Mathias not far behind in third. The race soon became a battle between Luk and Kulhavy, and on lap 3, Luk punctured a rear tire and took the opportunity to swap tires. He caught back up to Kulhavy, and then began to make a break. His lead went out to 40 seconds by the end of the race.

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Elite men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Lukas Flückiger (Swi) Trek World Racing	2:01:41
2	Jaroslav Kulhavy (Cze) Specialized Racing	0:01:09
3	Mathias Flückiger (Swi) Trek World Racing	0:09:08
4	Milan Spesny (Cze) S&H Superior MTB Team	0:10:11
5	Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Milka Trek MTB Racing Team	0:10:15
6	Chris Jongewaard (Aus)	0:12:30
7	Jiri Novak (Cze) S&H Superior MTB Team	0:14:03
8	Hannes Metzler (Aut) Muskelkater Genesis Team	0:16:01
9	Alban Lakata (Aut) Topeak Ergon Racing Team	0:17:15
10	Matous Ulman (Cze) S&H Superior MTB Team	0:21:11
11	Matthias Leisling (Ger) Muskelkater Genesis Team	0:23:05
12	Kevin Van Hoovels (Bel) Versluys-Evenza Team	0:26:38
13	Matthys Beukes (RSA)	0:28:05
14	Michael Broderick (USA)	0:28:42
15	Oliver Munnik (RSA)	0:33:51
16	Marc Beaumont (GBr)	Row 15 - Cell 2
17	Bjorn Brems (Bel) Versluys-Evenza Team	Row 16 - Cell 2
Row 17 - Cell 0	Marc Bassingthwaighte (Nam)	Row 17 - Cell 2
DNF	Renay Groustra (RSA)	Row 18 - Cell 2
DNF	Ben Henderson (Aus)	Row 19 - Cell 2
DNF	Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez (Spa) Wildwolf-Trek Racing	Row 20 - Cell 2
DNF	Christoph Soukup (Aut)	Row 21 - Cell 2
DNF	Adrien Niyonshuti (Rwa) MTN Qhubeka	Row 22 - Cell 2
DNS	Moritz Milatz (Ger) BMC Mountain Bike Racing Team	Row 23 - Cell 2
DNS	Liam Killeen (GBr) Giant Factory Off-Road Team	Row 24 - Cell 2
DNS	Patrik Gallati (Swi) BMC Mountain Bike Racing Team	Row 25 - Cell 2
DNS	Hannes Metzler (Aut) Muskelkater Genesis Team	Row 26 - Cell 2
DNS	Jelmer Pietersma (Ned) Milka Trek MTB Racing Team	Row 27 - Cell 2
DNS	Justin Porteous (RSA)	Row 28 - Cell 2
DNS	Uwe Hochenwarter (Aut) Muskelkater Genesis Team	Row 29 - Cell 2
DNS	Martinus Esmeyer (RSA)	Row 30 - Cell 2
DNS	Christoph Sauser (Swi) Specialized Racing	Row 31 - Cell 2
DNS	Philip Buys (RSA)	Row 32 - Cell 2
DNS	Daniel Mcconnell (Aus)	Row 33 - Cell 2
DNS	Christopher Wolhuter (RSA)	Row 34 - Cell 2
DNS	Burry Stander (RSA) Specialized Racing	Row 35 - Cell 2
DNS	Wolfram Kurschat (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team	Row 36 - Cell 2

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Elite women
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Irina Kalentieva (Rus) Topeak Ergon Racing Team	1:42:06
2	Willow Koerber (USA) Trek World Racing	0:01:56
3	Esther Süss (Swi)	0:02:36
4	Mary Mcconneloug (USA)	0:09:12
5	Katherine O'shea (Aus)	0:22:49
6	Inbar Ronen (Isr)	0:23:14
7	Rie Katayama (Jpn)	0:26:51
8	Samantha Sanders (RSA)	Row 7 - Cell 2
DNF	Lene Byberg (Nor) Specialized Racing	Row 8 - Cell 2
DNS	Amy-Jane Mundy (RSA)	Row 9 - Cell 2
DNS	Eszter Erdelyi (Hun) MTN Qhubeka	Row 10 - Cell 2
DNS	Petru Prinsloo (RSA)	Row 11 - Cell 2

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Under 23 men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Andy Eyring (Ger)	1:50:22
2	Simon Stiebjahn (Ger)	0:03:13
3	Rourke Croeser (RSA) Orange Monkey / Cannondale (RSA)	0:04:11
4	David Fletcher (GBr)	0:04:57
5	Louis-Bresler Knipe (RSA)	0:05:39
6	James Reid (RSA)	0:08:47
7	Sebastien Carabin (Bel) Versluys-Evenza Team (Bel)	0:10:02
8	Travis Walker (RSA)	0:16:11
9	Lourens Luus (RSA)	0:18:37
10	Shaun Craig Silver (RSA)	0:27:44
11	Jedson Tooms (RSA)	Row 10 - Cell 2
12	Luc Desvaux De Marigny (RSA)	Row 11 - Cell 2
13	Jason Meaton (RSA)	Row 12 - Cell 2
DNF	Ryan Ellis (RSA)	Row 13 - Cell 2
DNF	Bryce Munro (RSA)	Row 14 - Cell 2
DNF	Dominic Calitz (RSA) Team Protek	Row 15 - Cell 2
DNF	Darryn Purtell (RSA)	Row 16 - Cell 2
DNF	Fabian Strecker (Ger)	Row 17 - Cell 2
DNF	Marcel Fleschhut (Ger)	Row 18 - Cell 2
DNS	Adriaan Louw (RSA)	Row 19 - Cell 2
DNS	Hilton Frost (RSA)	Row 20 - Cell 2
DNS	Ruan Du Toit (RSA)	Row 21 - Cell 2
DNS	Xander Botha (RSA)	Row 22 - Cell 2
DNS	Jeff Luyten (Bel) MPL Specialized MTB Team	Row 23 - Cell 2