Wloszczowska wins Bike the Rock
By Cycling News published
Vogel victorious in men's race
Maja Wloszcowska (CCC Polokowice) and Florian Vogel (Scott Swisspower) grabbed the elite titles the at third round of MTB Bundesliga International in Heubach, Germany. Poland's Wloszczowska had a hard battle with Lisi Osl (Ghost Factory Racing Team) while Irina Kalentieva (Topeak Ergon) took third in the HC-category race. Vogel showed himself to be stronger than Wolfram Kurschat (Topeak Ergon) and Moritz Milatz (BMC).
First time in 11 editions, the Bike the Rock mountain bike festival had a winner from Poland. After winning the silver medal at Worlds last weekend, Wloszczowska extended her season until the 2012 Worlds test race in Saalfelden, Austria. So she was in a good shape but had a hard time againt Osl. The Austrian was able to keep with Wloszczowska until the last lap.
"She was really strong today," Wloszczowska said of Osl.
Russian Kalentieva, who has lived for eight years in the Heubach area, was happy to make the podium in front of her "home crowd". "I felt good but Maja and Lisi were stronger. I'm fine with my third place," she said.
Olympic Champion Sabine Spitz (Central Haibike) of Germany took fourth place. "I had some problems in the downhill... maybe caused by my hard crash at the Worlds. But on the climb, I felt pretty good," she said after finishing ahead of Italian Eva Lechner.
Vogel races to solo win
In the men's competition, Florian Vogel struggled during the first two laps on the slippery downhill. Then he earned a gap in front of his chasers, Wolfram Kurschat, Moritz Milatz and Lukas Flückiger (Trek World Racing)
Kurschat was strong in the uphill section, but only until the fourth lap. "My energy was down then. I was not that strong in the uphill today. Florian was strong as me, but I'm satisfied with my second place"," Kurschat said.
In the remaining three laps, Vogel raced hard to grow his advantage.
"It was not too bad today. But it is hard to fight if you know a locomotive is coming behind you," said Vogel, pointing to Kurschat.
Milatz had a crash in the very first lap and lost contact with Vogel. "It makes me worry, but I felt much better than at the Worlds. I don't know whether I could stay with Florian," Milatz said while bleeding from his elbow.
Nino Schurter (Scott Swisspower) finished on ninth position.. The runner up at the Worlds was ill. He held onto sixth place until last lap, when he flatted and lost three places. "I knew that I could not deliver a big show today," he said.
Litscher raced the U23
U23 world champion Thomas Litscher (Felt Ötztal X-Bionic World Cup Team) raced the U23 event so he'd have one chance to present his rainbow jersey in competition.
"This is not a good course for me, but I enjoyed riding in the jersey," said the Swiss racer after finishing third behind German national Under champ Markus Schulte-Lünzum (Focus MIG) and another German Julian Schelb (Lexware Racing).
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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1 | Florian Vogel (Swi) Scott- Swisspower MTB Team | 1:37:02 |
2 | Wolfram Kurschat (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team | 0:01:00 |
3 | Moritz Milatz (Ger) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | 0:01:10 |
4 | Lukas Flückiger (Swi) Trek World Racing | 0:02:20 |
5 | Patrik Gallati (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | 0:03:43 |
6 | Marcel Wildhaber (Swi) Scott-Swisspower Team | 0:04:09 |
7 | Henk Jaap Moorlag (Ned) Rabobank Giant Offroad Team | 0:04:21 |
8 | Martin Gujan (Swi) Cannondale Factory Racing | 0:04:33 |
9 | Nino Schurter (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB-Team | 0:04:33 |
10 | Rudi van Houts (Ned) Multivan Merida Biking Team | 0:04:48 |
11 | Daniel Mcconnell (Aus) Anytime Fitness / TORQ | 0:05:50 |
12 | Robert Mennen (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team | 0:06:22 |
13 | Jochen Käß (Ger) Multivan-Merida Biking Team | 0:06:56 |
14 | Kevin van Hoovels (Bel) Versluys-Evenza team | 0:07:02 |
15 | Emil Lindgren (Swe) Rabobank Giant Offroad Team | 0:07:35 |
16 | Karl Markt (Aut) Felt Ötztal X-Bionic Worldcup Team | 0:08:15 |
17 | Robby De Bock (Bel) Waasland MTB Team | 0:08:25 |
18 | Steffen Thum (Ger) Ultrasports Rose Racingteam | 0:08:33 |
19 | Lukas Kaufmann (Swi) Team Easton Rockets | 0:08:37 |
20 | Jullien Taramarcaz (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | 0:08:47 |
21 | Bjorn Brems (Bel) Versluys-Evenza | 0:08:49 |
22 | Jürg Graf (Swi) bsk Graf | 0:09:01 |
23 | Frank Beemer (Ned) Storck | 0:09:40 |
24 | Klaus Nielsen (Den) Giant Denmark | 0:10:03 |
25 | Hannes Genze (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team | 0:11:06 |
26 | Martin Fanger (Swi) Giant Swiss SR-Suntour | 0:11:08 |
27 | Andreas Kugler (Swi) Multivan-Merida Biking Team | 0:11:57 |
28 | Hannes Metzler (Aut) Muskelkater Genesis MTB Team | 0:12:44 |
29 | Simon Gegenheimer (Ger) Ultrasports Rose Racingteam | 0:13:34 |
30 | Jiri Novak (Cze) S&H Superior MTB team | 0:14:02 |
31 | Sebastian Szraucner (Ger) Team Berg Germany | 0:16:39 |
-2laps | Cristobal Silva (Chi) Quaker-cannondale | |
-2laps | Matthias Leisling (Ger) Team Muskelkater Genesis | |
-2laps | Paul Remy (Fra) IRWEGO Commençal Hautes Vosges | |
-3laps | Alexander Speisekorn (Ger) Best-Bike-Parts/Progress | |
-3laps | Claus Plaut (Chi) Go!Zuko Sportxperts | |
-3laps | Ulrich Theobald (Ger) Qloom Sports | |
-4laps | Andi Weinhold (Ger) Easton Rockets | |
-4laps | Benjamin Oesterle (Ger) mhw-cube-racing-team | |
-4laps | Kilian Pfeffer (Ger) MRSC Ottenbach - Christians Road Cycling Team | |
-4laps | Severin Schweisguth (Ger) | |
-4laps | Thorsten Franke (Ger) | |
-4laps | Tobias Trautmann (Ger) White Rock | |
-5laps | Tom Ettlich (Ger) MTB Team SV Sondershausen | |
-5laps | Carlo Maschek (Ger) MBC Hannover | |
-6laps | Frank Schneider (Ger) Gates Nicolai | |
DNF | Manuel Fumic (Ger) Cannondale Factory Racing | |
DNF | Tim Böhme (Ger) Team Bulls | |
DNF | Steffen Greger (Ger) Radwerk Racing Team | |
DNF | Giancarlo Sax (Swi) Thömus Racing Team | |
DNS | Fabian Giger (Swi) Rabobank Giant Offroad Team | |
DNS | Severin Disch (Swi) Thömus Racing Team | |
DNS | Davy Huygens (Bel) vanomobil mtb cycling team | |
DNS | Pascal Ketterer (Ger) Wheeler- iXS Team | |
DNS | Michael Hutter (Swi) Pink Gili Swiss bikingteam | |
DNS | Rumen Voigt (Ger) Team Project X | |
DNS | Marc Odrosek (Ger) Storck Bicycle / Bike Racing Team Limburg | |
DNS | Matous Ulman (Cze) S&H Superior MTB team | |
DNF | Milan Spesny (Cze) S&H Superior MTB team | |
DNS | Mathias Flückiger (Swi) TREK World Racing | |
DNS | Balz Weber (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | |
DNS | Matthias Veit (Ger) Radwerk Racing Team |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Maja Wloszczowska (Pol) CCC Polkowice | 1:21:49 |
2 | Elisabeth Osl (Aut) Ghost Factory Racing Team | 0:00:27 |
3 | Irina Kalentyeva (Rus) Topeak-Ergon Racing Team | 0:01:38 |
4 | Sabine Spitz (Ger) Central Haibike Pro Team | 0:03:11 |
5 | Eva Lechner (Ita) | 0:03:12 |
6 | Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjaa (Nor) Multivan Merida Biking Team | 0:03:37 |
7 | Alexandra Engen (Swe) eam Rothaus Poison-Bikes/Hochschwarzwald | 0:05:01 |
8 | Mona Eiberweiser (Ger) GHOST Factory Racing Team | 0:05:10 |
9 | Yana Belomoyna (Ukr) | 0:05:43 |
10 | Nathalie Schneitter (Swi) Colnago-Arreghini Südtirol | 0:06:59 |
11 | Vivienne Meyer (Swi) Colnago-Arreghini Südtirol | 0:07:17 |
12 | Katarzyna Solus-Miskowicz (Pol) | 0:07:56 |
13 | Helen Grobert (Ger) Lexware-Racing-Team | 0:08:24 |
14 | Hanna Klein (Ger) Team Rothaus Poison-Bikes/Hochschwarzwald | 0:08:44 |
15 | Magdalena Sadlecka (Pol) | 0:09:10 |
16 | Anne Terpstra (Ned) MPL Specialized MTB Team | 0:10:24 |
17 | Kathrin Stirnemann (Swi) Central Haibike Pro Team | 0:11:34 |
18 | Mailin Franke (Ger) Easton Rockets | 0:14:27 |
19 | Nicoletta De Jager (Ned) Rijwielpaleis Bilthoven Mountainbiketeam | 0:15:16 |
20 | Elisabeth Sveum (Nor) Team Merida Smart Safety | 0:15:56 |
21 | Elisabeth Brandau (Ger) Central Haibike Pro Team | 0:24:46 |
-1lap | Nina Kunz (Ger) Merida Deutschland | |
DNF | Blaza Klemencic (Slo) Felt Ötztal X-Bionic Worldcup Team | |
DNF | Virginie Pointet (Swi) JB Felt | |
DNF | Sarah Koba (Swi) Giant-Swiss SR-Suntour | |
DNF | Aleksandra Dawidowicz (Pol) CCC Polkowice | |
DNF | Regina Genser (Ger) Bike Junior Team / BSB Bayreuth | |
DNS | Tatjana Dold (Ger) Easton Rockets | |
DNS | Rebecca Henderson (Aus) bechenderson.com.au | |
DNS | Theresa Wolfrum (Ger) Bike Junior Team powered by Milka/ FC Wüstenselbit | |
DNS | Sarah Bosch (Ger) Mountain Heroes | |
DNS | Franziska Rödel (Ger) Team Merida Schulte | |
DNS | Sabrina Schweizer (Ger) Focus MIG Team |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Markus Schulte-Lünzum (Ger) Focus MIG Team | 1:11:24 |
2 | Julian Schelb (Ger) Lexware-Racing-Team | 0:00:04 |
3 | Thomas Litscher (Swi) Felt Ötztal X-Bionic Worldcup Team | 0:01:13 |
4 | Marcel Fleschhut (Ger) Lexware-Racing-Team | 0:02:31 |
5 | Matthias Stirnemann (Swi) Thömus Racing Team | 0:02:55 |
6 | Shlomi Haimy (Isr) Focus-MIG | 0:03:31 |
7 | Simon Stiebjahn (Ger) Team Bulls | 0:03:42 |
8 | Matej Nepustil (Cze) Merida Biking Team | 0:04:00 |
9 | Martin Gluth (Ger) Team Bulls | 0:04:20 |
10 | Olof Jonsson (Swe) Rocky Roads Orbea | 0:04:53 |
11 | Fabian Strecker (Ger) Lexware-Racing-Team | 0:05:03 |
12 | Marco Minnaard (Ned) Rabobank Giant Offroad Team | 0:05:08 |
13 | Marc Stutzmann (Swi) Free Mountain Scott | 0:06:00 |
14 | Sascha Bleher (Ger) Focus M.I.G Team | 0:06:42 |
15 | Daniel Eymann (Swi) Thömus Racing Team | 0:07:24 |
16 | David Simon (Ger) Firebike-Drössiger | 0:07:48 |
17 | Tobias Reiser (Ger) Team Aktiv3/ Centurion | 0:07:57 |
18 | Maximilian Holz (Ger) 2-Rad Schubert | 0:08:05 |
19 | Timo Modosch (Ger) Team Mountain Heroes | 0:08:25 |
20 | Rick Reimann (Swi) JB Felt Team | 0:08:35 |
21 | Frank Demuth (Ger) Team Radsport Breitner | 0:09:04 |
22 | Jeffrey Andris (Ger) 2-Rad Schubert | 0:09:08 |
23 | Kevin Krieg (Swi) JB Felt Team | 0:09:09 |
24 | Wenzel Böhm-Gräber (Ger) FOCUS MIG Team | 0:09:32 |
25 | Adrian Sauer (Ger) SC Hausach Neumayer Tekfor | 0:09:48 |
26 | Marcel Braun (Ger) Team Easton Rockets | 0:09:50 |
27 | Fabrice Mels (Bel) Rocky Roads Orbea | 0:10:15 |
28 | Henrik Hoffmann (Ger) Team Merida Schulte | 0:10:52 |
29 | Maxi Maier (Ger) MTB Club München / Team Merida-Schulte | 0:10:53 |
30 | Lysander Kiesel (Ger) Capic-Team/SSV Wildpoldsried | 0:12:29 |
31 | Simon Staufner (Ger) Team Cmtb | 0:13:13 |
32 | Severin Sägesser (Swi) Fischer Junior MTB Team | 0:13:56 |
33 | Zdenek Vobecky (Cze) Krabcycles Specialized | 0:13:57 |
34 | Lukas Kuch (Ger) Fischer & Wagner | 0:14:35 |
35 | Steffen Weisenseel (Ger) GHOST Racing Team/ESV 1927 Regensburg | 0:15:06 |
36 | Timo Häfner (Ger) Radwerk-Racing-Team | 0:15:27 |
37 | Ludwig Doehl (Ger) Bike junior team powered by milka | 0:15:48 |
38 | Tommy Galle (Ger) White Rock | 0:16:15 |
39 | Christoph Hochmüller (Aut) RC Arbö Griffen | 0:17:17 |
40 | Michael Feinauer (Ger) mhw-cube-racing-team | 0:17:49 |
41 | Richard Gantner (Aut) RC Lassnitzhöhe | 0:17:57 |
42 | Lukas Schuon (Ger) Velo & Bike Club Waldshut-Tiengen | 0:18:20 |
-1lap | Daniel Waibel (Ger) Team Cmtb | |
-1lap | Marcus Macicek (Ger) BSB Bayreuth, 29er-Racing Team | |
-2laps | Danny Neumann (Ger) Merida-Schulte | |
-2laps | Dominik Ziegler (Ger) FXsports / SG Sparkasse Mainfranken Würzburg | |
-2laps | Jan Eric Müller (Ger) mhw-cube-racing-team | |
-2laps | Max Weber (Ger) mhw-cube-racing-team | |
-2laps | Joseph Kuhn (Ger) Team Cmtb | |
DNF | Andy Eyring (Ger) Team Bergamont/RWV Haselbach | |
DNF | Sebastien Carabin (Bel) Versluys Evenza | |
DNF | Anselm Wüllner (Ger) Landeskader NRW/Merida Schulte/DJK Grafschaft | |
DNF | Matthias Zink (Ger) Lexware-Racing-Team | |
DNF | Oliver Laudenberg (Ger) Merida-Schulte | |
DNF | Markus Bauer (Ger) Lexware-Racing-Team | |
DNF | Michael Wanski (Ger) Team-Woba.com | |
DNF | Marian Pablo Burkhardt (Ger) Team-Woba.com | |
DNF | Dominic Furkert (NZl) New Zealand | |
DNF | Tim Lemmers (Ned) Rabobank Giant Team | |
DNF | Micha Mayer (Ger) Team steinlach wiesaz | |
DNF | Jannick Burkhardt (Ger) Team-Woba.com | |
DNS | Matthias Rupp (Swi) Team Firebike-Drössiger | |
DNS | Ragnar Wirths (Ger) Team Herzlichst Zypern | |
DNS | Mirco Zürcher (Swi) BSK-GRaf | |
DNS | Marvin Schmidt (Ger) Bockshop / Rsv Daadetal | |
DNS | Ahmed-Ridvan Reichling (Ger) Reichling-Racer/SV Büchel | |
DNS | Florian Eitel (Ger) Rhein-Neckar-Racing | |
DNS | Marco Tippmann (Ger) MTB-Teck Team Brügelmann | |
DNS | Jan-Nils Preus (Ger) Bike Work Desch | |
DNS | Raphael Sämann (Ger) Gonso-Rawoflex-Team/RSG Zollern-Alb | |
DNS | Marcus Nicolai (Ger) Team Bulls | |
DNS | Mirco Widmer (Swi) giant swiss sr suntour |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Andri Frischknecht (Swi) Scott-Swisspower | 0:58:59 |
2 | Jens Schuermans (Bel) Merida-combee | 0:00:12 |
3 | Dominic Zumstein (Swi) Scott-Swisspower | 0:00:25 |
4 | Matteo Olivotto (Ita) Sunshine Racers ASV Nals | 0:02:31 |
5 | Ben Zwiehoff (Ger) Landeskader NRW/Bergamont/SV Steele | 0:02:37 |
6 | Christian Pfäffle (Ger) MTB Teck | 0:03:04 |
7 | Didier Bats (Bel) MTB Team Langdorp | 0:03:33 |
8 | Louis Wolf (Ger) mhw-cube-racing-team | 0:03:39 |
9 | Aaron Beck (Ger) Gonso-Rawoflex-Team/RSG Zollern-Alb | 0:03:57 |
10 | Martin Frey (Ger) GHOST Racing Team | 0:04:23 |
11 | Christopher Platt (Ger) | 0:04:27 |
12 | Martin Stosek (Cze) Ceska Sporitelna Specialized Junior Team | 0:04:28 |
13 | Jochen Weisenseel (Ger) BIKE Junior Team/ESV 1927 Regensburg | 0:05:15 |
14 | Michael Mayer (Aut) Tango-Cycling-FutureTeam | 0:05:44 |
15 | Boris Cara (Bel) Windose Granville Team | 0:05:48 |
16 | Tobias Bremser (Ger) Team Merida Schulte | 0:05:54 |
17 | Erik Jonsson (Swe) Team Dom-cycle-Merida | 0:06:04 |
18 | Jeroen van Eck (Ned) Giant Nederland | 0:06:20 |
19 | Pieter Geluykens (Bel) Trek KMC Trade Team | 0:07:24 |
20 | Simon Schilli (Ger) JB Felt Team | 0:08:19 |
21 | Severin Lehmann (Ger) Team Bergamont/Voralb Custom | 0:08:35 |
22 | Felix Huschle (Ger) RSV Staubwolke Haslach | 0:08:54 |
23 | Jan Kalt (Ger) Team Bergamont/Voralb Custom | 0:09:17 |
24 | Jonas Zimmer (Ger) RSG Offenburg-Fessenbach | 0:09:25 |
25 | Simon Krautloher (Ger) Tune Junior Team | 0:09:42 |
26 | Matthias Baldauf (Ger) RSV Sonthofen | 0:09:49 |
27 | Lutz Staake (Ger) Zweirad Stellwag | 0:09:52 |
28 | Joël Haubensak (Swi) JB Felt Team | 0:10:00 |
29 | Philipp Lenz (Ger) Gonso-Rawoflex-Team/RSG Zollern-Alb | 0:10:09 |
30 | Marcel Lehrian (Ger) Bikers Treff Bensheim | 0:10:13 |
31 | Martin Pollinger (Ita) Sunshine Racers ASV Nals | 0:10:51 |
32 | Niklas Grobert (Ger) Team Rothaus-Poison Bikes | 0:11:16 |
33 | Felix Legler (Ger) Schwalbe Team Sachsen | 0:11:35 |
34 | Henrik Grobert (Ger) Lexware Racing Team | 0:11:41 |
35 | Michael Oberrauch (Ita) Sunshine Racers ASV Nals | 0:11:44 |
36 | Marco Holzschuher (Ger) 29er-Racing | 0:12:28 |
37 | Sam Weber (Ger) mhw-cube-racing-team | 0:12:51 |
38 | Tobias Sindlinger (Ger) Gonso-Rawoflex-Team/RSG Zollern-Alb | 0:13:23 |
39 | Alessandro Sepp (Ger) Team Fuji-GELITA/Easton Rockets | 0:13:34 |
40 | Louis Schreyer (Ger) mhw-cube-racing-team | 0:13:45 |
41 | Jonas Müller (Ger) MSC-Wiesenbach | 0:14:08 |
-1lap | Robert Schwenk (Ger) MSC-Wiesenbach | |
-1lap | Clemens Zech (Ger) Focus Bad Salzdetfurth Racing | |
-1lap | Mike Haußmann (Ger) Conway TSV Weilheim | |
-1lap | Manuel Schreier (Ger) TSV Böbingen Fun Riders | |
-1lap | Bastian Beck (Ger) Gonso-Rawoflex-Team/RSG Zollern-Alb | |
DNF | Benedikt Helbig (Ger) Bike Sport Bühne Bayreuth | |
DNF | Felix Gliese (Ger) Team Radon/Voralb Custom | |
DNF | Yannik Brischle (Ger) JB Felt Team | |
DNF | Heiko Hog (Ger) eam Rothaus Poison-Bikes/Hochschwarzwald | |
DNF | Christian Schöllhorn (Ger) Gonso-Rawoflex-Team/RSG Zollern-Alb | |
DNF | Mirko Jurik (Ger) HWG Gedern Radsportteam | |
DNS | Florian Kortüm (Ger) Landeskader NRW/Bergamont/MBC Bochum | |
DNS | Alexander Gläser (Ger) Landeskader NRW/Nutrixxon/Adler Lüttringhausen | |
DNS | Pavel Kuzma (Cze) | |
DNF | Enea Vetsch (Swi) bsk Graf | |
DNF | Lars Carstens (Ger) MTB-Teck Radstudio-Küttner/Specialized |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Lena Putz (Ger) Team DAP | 0:53:56 |
2 | Andrea Waldis (Swi) GU plus/ thomyk/ VC Gersau | 0:00:42 |
3 | Johanna Techt (Ger) Ghost Factory Racing Team | 0:00:48 |
4 | Chiara Eberle (Ger) Mountain Heroes | 0:05:11 |
5 | Saskia Hauser (Ger) Team Weiss automotive | 0:07:46 |
6 | Markéta Drahovzalová (Cze) Ceska Sporitelna Specialized Junior Team | 0:08:07 |
7 | Vanessa Kleih (Ger) Team Schneiderhan/Bergamont | 0:11:34 |
8 | Julia Thaler (Ger) RSV Garching | 0:11:45 |
9 | Majlen Müller (Ger) Landeskader NRW/Bionicon/Velo Solingen | 0:11:51 |
10 | Sophia Panzer (Ger) Scott Team Fabry, SC Wunsiedel | 0:15:11 |
11 | Nadine Krause (Ger) MTB Race Team Höxter/ Rebell Bikes | 0:19:27 |
DNF | Lena Hauser (Ger) Team Weiss automotive | |
DNF | Katja Hoffmann (Ger) TSV Weilheim |

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