German Cross Country National Championships 2009: Results

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Elite men's podium (Image credit: Armin Küstenbrück)

Olympic Champion Sabine Spitz (Central Ghost) won her tenth German national title on Sunday, while Wolfram Kurschat took the men's title.

Spitz took the lead immediately and had 30 seconds after the first of five laps. She went on to win by 2:27 over Adelheid Morath (Rothaus-Cube MTB Team) with Hanna Klein (Rothaus-Cube MTB Team) third. “Championships are always something special,” Spitz said. “I am very happy to be able to wear the the German national champion's jersey for another year.”

The men's race started out as a hard-fought duel between Kurschat and Moritz Milatz, with the two staying close for the first half of the race. Kurschat took off on the fourth of seven rounds and went on to a solo win, over two minutes ahead of Milatz. Jochen Käss finished third. “It was great to win the the jersey back again,” said Kurschat, who last year finished third, after winning the title in 2007.

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Elite men
1	Wolfram Kurschat	1:40:48
2	Moritz Milatz	0:02:21
3	Jochen Käß	0:03:21
4	Robert Mennen (Topeak Ergon Racing Team)	0:08:36
5	Benjamin Sonntag (Monavie-Connondale)	0:09:53
6	Markus Bauer (Lexware Racing Team)	0:10:50
7	Christopher Maletz (Zweirad Riese Racingteam)	0:11:23
8	Torsten Marx (DS-Rennsport)	0:12:26
9	Heiko Gutmann (Rothaus-Cube MTB Team)	0:12:52
10	Olaf Rochow (Fuji Bikes Europe)	0:13:36
11	Fabian Strecker (Lexware Racing Team)	0:13:49
12	Andi Weinhold (Fuji Bikes Europe)	0:15:27
13	Marco Schätzing (Zwillingscraft)	0:16:49
14	Simon Stiebjahn (Team Bulls)	0:17:40
-1lap	Steffen Thum (Mayer Arbeitsbühnen/Stevens Bikes)	Row 14 - Cell 2
-2laps	Andy Eyring (Team Marin Bikes)	Row 15 - Cell 2
-2laps	Pascal Ketterer (Bergamont Race-Team)	Row 16 - Cell 2
-2laps	Daniel Eiermann (Votec Racing Team)	Row 17 - Cell 2
-2laps	Rumen Voigt (Mühle Racing Team)	Row 18 - Cell 2
-2laps	Andy Römhild (Team Germina)	Row 19 - Cell 2
-3laps	Michael Wießner	Row 20 - Cell 2
-3laps	Sebastian Bergmann (Ghost Racing Team)	Row 21 - Cell 2
-3laps	Lutz Baumgärtel	Row 22 - Cell 2
-3laps	Michael Rieder (Ghost Racing Team)	Row 23 - Cell 2
-3laps	Vero Lüscher (Mayer Arbeitsbühnen/Stevens Bikes)	Row 24 - Cell 2
-3laps	David Hofmann (Lexware Racing Team)	Row 25 - Cell 2
-3laps	Severin Schweisguth	Row 26 - Cell 2
-3laps	Christian Dörfler	Row 27 - Cell 2
-3laps	Kai Kautz	Row 28 - Cell 2
-3laps	Achim Beckedahl	Row 29 - Cell 2
-3laps	Lutz Babilon	Row 30 - Cell 2
-4laps	Sebastian Weigel (Zweirad Riese Racingteam)	Row 31 - Cell 2
-4laps	Alexander Speisekorn (Team Nolte-Küchen)	Row 32 - Cell 2
-4laps	Mario Waibel (Team Cmtb)	Row 33 - Cell 2
-4laps	Michael Fischer	Row 34 - Cell 2
-4laps	Sascha Schwindling (Team Endorfin-Solvis)	Row 35 - Cell 2
-4laps	Sönke Wegner (Reitter Racing Team)	Row 36 - Cell 2
-4laps	Oliver Vonhausen (Ghost Racing Team)	Row 37 - Cell 2
-4laps	Christoph Baumann	Row 38 - Cell 2
-4laps	Gerrit Rosenkranz (Team Bergwerk)	Row 39 - Cell 2
-4laps	Tobias Trautmann	Row 40 - Cell 2
-4laps	Jan-Niklas Droste (Powerslide Racing)	Row 41 - Cell 2
-5laps	Lukas Schmitz (Team Bergamont)	Row 42 - Cell 2

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Elite women
1	Sabine Spitz	1:33:56
2	Adelheid Morath (Rothaus-Cube MTB Team)	0:02:27
3	Hanna Klein (Rothaus-Cube MTB Team)	0:03:15
4	Anja Gradl (central Ghost Pro Team)	0:04:17
5	Ivonne Kraft (Tam Haibike)	0:05:09
6	Nina Wrobel (Multivan Merida Biking Team)	0:05:13
7	Elisabeth Brandau (Tam Haibike)	0:08:45
8	Katrin Schwing (Team Trek)	0:10:25
9	Melanie Späth	0:12:20
10	Nina Kunz (Merida Deutschland)	0:13:38
11	Gesa Brüchmann	0:16:21
12	Mailin Franke (Team Fuji Bikes Europe)	0:18:26
-1lap	Kerstin Kögler (FX Sports)	Row 12 - Cell 2