International Mountainbike Race Bern 2010: Results

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Julien Absalon (Orbea) sits near the front of the men's bunch during the start loop.(Image credit: Armin Küstenbrück)

Julien Absalon (Orbea) and Irina Kalentieva (Topeak Ergon) won the Swiss Bike Trophy, a UCI category HC race in Bern on Sunday.

Absalon and Sauser both repeated their performances of last year. In 2009, they also finished first and third respectively.

In the women's race, Swiss champion Katrin Leumann (Goldwurst-power.ch/Sputnik) dictated the early race pace. She was part of a three-woman lead group with Irina Kalentieva (Topeak Ergon) of Russia and the Olympic champion Sabine Spitz (Central Pro) from Germany.

Kalentieva fought the second half of the race alone and won by six seconds. She also won this race in 2007 and 2008. Spitz was second and Leumann finished in third.

Full Results

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Elite men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Julien Absalon (Fra) Orbea	1:48:45
2	Nino Schurter (Swi) Scott Swisspower MTB-Team	0:01:21
3	Christoph Sauser (Swi) Specialized Factory Racing	0:01:47
4	Florian Vogel (Swi) Scott Swisspower MTB-Team	0:02:03
5	Lukas Flückiger (Swi) Trek World Racing	0:03:44
6	Moritz Milatz (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team	0:03:51
7	Martin Gujan (Swi) Cannondale Factory Racing	0:04:57
8	Mathias Flückiger (Swi) Trek World Racing	0:05:12
9	Marco Fontana (Ita) Cannondale Factory Racing	0:05:16
10	Jose Hermida (Spa) Multivan Merida Biking Team	0:05:25
11	Martin Fanger (Swi) Giant Swiss Team	0:06:05
12	Wolfram Kurschat (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team	0:06:44
13	Fabian Giger (Swi) Rabobank Giant Offroad Team	0:07:05
14	Henk-Jaap Moorlag (Ned) Rabobank Giant Offroad Team	0:07:53
15	Thomas Litscher (Swi) M.I.G. Team	0:09:59
16	Nicola Rohrbach (Swi) Stevens	0:10:34
17	Lukas Kaufmann (Swi) Trek Brentjens MTB Team	0:10:52
18	Giuseppe Lamastra (Ita) Hard Rock FRW	0:12:14
19	Marcel Wildhaber (Swi) Scott Swisspower MTB-Team	0:12:15
20	Sepp Freiburghaus (Swi) Thömus Racing Team	0:12:29
21	Robert Mennen (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team	0:12:49
22	Severin Disch (Swi) Giant Swiss Team	0:13:12
23	Jérémy Huguenin (Swi) Giant Swiss Team	0:15:13
-1lap	Roberto Crisi (Ita) Hard Rock FRW	Row 23 - Cell 2
-1lap	Daniel Eymann (Swi) Thömus Racing Team	Row 24 - Cell 2
-1lap	Cristobal Silva Ibaceta (Chi) Quaker-Cannondale	Row 25 - Cell 2
-1lap	Martin Loo (Est) Infotre-Leecougan	Row 26 - Cell 2
-1lap	Benjamin Büchi (Swi) GS Domaine du Frigoulet	Row 27 - Cell 2
-1lap	Dirk Peters (NZl) New Zealand	Row 28 - Cell 2
-1lap	Heiko Gutmann (Swi) Rothaus Cube MTB Team	Row 29 - Cell 2
-1lap	Cal Britten (Aus)	Row 30 - Cell 2
-1lap	Florian Meyer (Swi) Free Mountain / Koba	Row 31 - Cell 2
-1lap	Matthias Allenspach (Swi) Tower Sports- VCE	Row 32 - Cell 2
-1lap	Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Cycling Association	Row 33 - Cell 2
-2laps	Matthias Stirnemann (Swi) Merida Suisse Team	Row 34 - Cell 2
-2laps	Christian Bickel (Swi) RV Winterthur	Row 35 - Cell 2
-2laps	Philipp Gerber Thömus Racing Team	Row 36 - Cell 2
-3laps	Martino Di Pierdomenico (Ita) Hard Rock FRW	Row 37 - Cell 2
-3laps	Dumeni Vincenz (Swi) Thömus Racing Team	Row 38 - Cell 2
-3laps	Lucien Besançon (Swi)	Row 39 - Cell 2
-3laps	Zach Keller (USA) USA National Team	Row 40 - Cell 2
-3laps	Adrian Sauer (Ger) SC Hausach Neumayer Tekfor	Row 41 - Cell 2
-4laps	Dror Pekatch (Isr) Subaru - Gary Fischer	Row 42 - Cell 2
-4laps	Bradford Perley (USA) USA National Team	Row 43 - Cell 2
-4laps	Adam Parke (USA) USA National Team	Row 44 - Cell 2
-5laps	Nate Byrom (USA) USA National Team	Row 45 - Cell 2
DNF	Catriel Soto Auer (Arg) Infotre-Leecougan	Row 46 - Cell 2
DNF	Giancarlo Sax (Swi) Thömus Racing Team	Row 47 - Cell 2
DNF	Pascal Meyer (Swi) M.I.G. Team	Row 48 - Cell 2
DNF	Emil Lindgren (Swe) Rabobank Giant Offroad Team	Row 49 - Cell 2
DNF	Rourke Croeser (RSA)	Row 50 - Cell 2
DNF	Pascal Schmutz (Swi) Corratec World Team	Row 51 - Cell 2
DNF	Michael Hutter (Swi) Pink Gilli Swiss	Row 52 - Cell 2
DNF	Armand Oland (Swi) Thömus	Row 53 - Cell 2
DNF	Daniel Mcconnell (Aus) TORQ Nutrition Australia	Row 54 - Cell 2
DNS	Ralph Näf (Swi) Multivan Merida Biking Team	Row 55 - Cell 2
DNS	Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Team Lapierre	Row 56 - Cell 2
DNS	Patrik Gallati (Swi) Scott Swisspower MTB-Team	Row 57 - Cell 2
DNS	Shlomi Haimy (Isr) Infotre-Leecougan	Row 58 - Cell 2
DNS	Fabio Castaneda (Col) Infotre-Leecougan	Row 59 - Cell 2
DNS	Sebastian Batchelor (GBr) Infotre-Leecougan	Row 60 - Cell 2
DNS	Matthias Rupp (Swi) Scott Swisspower MTB-Team	Row 61 - Cell 2
DNS	Federico Rizza (Ita) Infotre-Leecougan	Row 62 - Cell 2
DNS	Davide Finetto (Ita) Infotre-Leecougan	Row 63 - Cell 2
DNS	Francesco Niccoli (Ita) Hard Rock FRW	Row 64 - Cell 2
DNS	Michael Caille (Swi) Pythoud Cycles	Row 65 - Cell 2
DNS	Jochen Conconcelli (Ger) Radwerk Racing Team	Row 66 - Cell 2
DNS	Vittorio Oliva (Ita) Infotre-Leecougan	Row 67 - Cell 2
DNS	David Rodrigues (Por) Infotre-Leecougan	Row 68 - Cell 2
DNS	Claudio Wenger (Swi) Thömus/Bergsportcenter	Row 69 - Cell 2

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Elite women
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Irina Kalentieva (Rus) Topeak Ergon Racing Team	1:52:34
2	Sabine Spitz (Ger) Central Pro Team	0:00:07
3	Katrin Leumann (Swi) Goldwurst-power.ch/Sputnik	0:00:37
4	Nathalie Schneitter (Swi) Colnago Cap Arreghini	0:03:58
5	Eva Lechner (Ita) Colnago Cap Arreghini	0:06:14
6	Emily Batty (Can) Trek World Racing	0:07:40
7	Sabrina Enaux (Fra) Felt Ötztal X-Bionic	0:09:44
8	Kathrin Stirnemann (Swi) Merida Suisse Team	0:10:18
9	Fanny Bourdon (Fra) Look Beaume de Venise	0:11:08
10	Elisabeth Brandau (Ger) Haibike / RSC Schönaich	Row 9 - Cell 2
11	Tatjana Dold (Ger) Easton Rockets	0:12:49
12	Fabienne Niederberger (Swi)	0:15:11
-1lap	Vivienne Meyer (Swi) Colnago Cap Arreghini	Row 12 - Cell 2
-1lap	Corina Gantenbein (Swi) Fischer BMC	Row 13 - Cell 2
-2laps	Asa Erlandsson (Swe) Club-Biketoyz	Row 14 - Cell 2
-2laps	Marina Giger (Swi) Towersports-VCE	Row 15 - Cell 2
-2laps	Rebecca Henderson (Aus)	Row 16 - Cell 2
-3laps	Déborah Motsch (Fra) Culture vélo Nice	Row 17 - Cell 2
-3laps	Lydia Tanner (USA) USA National Team	Row 18 - Cell 2
DNF	Ivonne Kraft (Ger) MBC Bochum	Row 19 - Cell 2
DNF	Alexandra Engen (Swe) Rothaus Cube MTB Team	Row 20 - Cell 2
DNF	Sarah Koba (Swi) Giant Swiss Team	Row 21 - Cell 2
DNF	Michelle Hediger (Swi) Fischer BMC Racing Team	Row 22 - Cell 2
DNF	Jennifer Sägesser (Swi) Thömus Racing Team	Row 23 - Cell 2
DNF	Deborah Spescha (Swi) Thömus Racing Team	Row 24 - Cell 2
DNS	Suzanne Clarke (GBr) Cannondale Racing	Row 25 - Cell 2
DNS	Anna Emma Oberparlaiter (Ita) Hard Rock FRW	Row 26 - Cell 2
DNS	Nadine Rieder (Ger) FBI racingteam.youngstars	Row 27 - Cell 2
DNS	Kay Sherwood (USA) USA National Team	Row 28 - Cell 2
DNS	Tanja Starkermann (Swi) Fischer Junior MTB Team	Row 29 - Cell 2

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Junior men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Richard Anderson (NZl) Avanti Bikes	1:44:36
2	Sascha Bleher (Ger) M.I.G Team	0:01:35
3	Severin Sägesser (Swi) Thömus Racing Team	0:03:37
4	Jonas Loretz (Swi) Thömus Racing Team	0:04:39
5	Erik Jonsson (Swe) Jonsson-Merida-Dom Cycle	0:06:23
6	Philipp Nediger (Swi) Fischer Junior MTB Team	0:07:22
7	Claude Koster (Swi) MTB Cycletech Racing Team	0:08:47
8	Michael Stünzi (Swi) Haibike-Swiss IT Repair	0:13:02
9	Rico Von Burg (Swi) Thömus Racing Team	0:13:11
10	Brian Borg (Swi) Free Mountain Koba	0:17:53
11	Herman Bester (RSA) Team Falke	0:18:53
-1lap	Luc Desvaux De Marigny (RSA) Team Falke	Row 11 - Cell 2
-1lap	Tobias Schraner (Swi) Fischer BMC	Row 12 - Cell 2
-1lap	Justin Pictor (RSA) Team Falke	Row 13 - Cell 2
-1lap	Johannes Scribante (RSA) Team Falke	Row 14 - Cell 2
DNF	Kevin Krieg (Swi) PBR-Matic Swiss MTB Team	Row 15 - Cell 2
DNF	Dylan Page (Swi) Domcycle	Row 16 - Cell 2
DNS	Roger Walder (Swi) SCOTT Swisspower MTB-Team	Row 17 - Cell 2

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Junior women
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Helen Grobert (Ger) Lexware Racing Team	1:28:54
DNF	Romaine Wenger (Swi) Thömus/Bergsportcenter	Row 1 - Cell 2

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Amateurs
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Lukas Loretz (Swi) Giant Swiss Team	1:44:34
2	Daniel Kaufmann (Swi) Haibike Swiss IT Repair MTB	0:00:34
3	Michael Wildhaber (Swi) Towersports-VCE	0:02:12
4	Marcus Nirdai (Ger) Team Bulls	0:04:10
5	Marc Stutzmann (Swi) Free Mountain Koba	0:04:38
6	Matthias Lauk (Swi) Energie MTB Team	0:05:21
7	Emilien Barben (Swi) Zeta Cycling Club Colombier	0:06:02
8	Rick Reimann (Swi) PBR MATIC Swiss MTB Team	0:08:04
9	Claudio Wenger (Swi) Thömus/Bergsportcenter	0:08:57
10	Fabian Obrist (Swi) Stevens	0:11:35
11	Mirco Zürcher (Swi) bsk/Graf	0:11:57
12	Jeremias Marti (Swi) TG Zentralschweiz	0:13:08
13	Richard Hoechstra (Swi) Thömus	0:18:05
14	Patrick Daniel Hediger (Swi) RV Merishausen/Russenberger	0:18:21
15	Simon Fankhauser (Swi) MTB Cycletech Racing Team	0:20:35
-1lap	Cyrill Meier (Swi) Goodsport-Giant	Row 15 - Cell 2
-1lap	Luca Formoso (Swi) Cycle Shop/RV Winterthur	Row 16 - Cell 2
-1lap	Adrian Bitterli (Swi) Veloplus	Row 17 - Cell 2
DNF	Yannick Sarret (Swi)	Row 18 - Cell 2
DNF	Giuseppe Laspina (Swi)	Row 19 - Cell 2

Absalon wins in Bern

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