Estonian Martin Loo (InfoTre Lee Cougan) won the UCI category C2 Yokneam race in northern Israel today in a tight battle with Austrian Hannes Metzler (Muskelkater Genesis Team). Switzerland's Mathias Rupp (eam Firebike Droessiger) was third.
The race, held under a clear blue sky in the forest surrounding Kibbutz Mishmar Haemek covered 6.5 laps of a 5.3km circuit.
Loo and Metzler rode away from the rest of the field on the second lap and stayed together until the last lap, when Loo opened a small gap over Metzler and held it on to the finish.
Former Israeli Champion Shlomi Haimi (Focus MIG) suffered from two flat tires, but was able to finish 11th among a strong international field of 40 riders.
In the women's race the winner was Hungarian Barbara Benko (Euroone-Cube MTB UCI Team), who took an early lead over local crowd favorite Inbar Ronen (CCC) and maintained it. Belgian champion Kristien Nelen (Scott - Goeman UCI Team) was third.
Riders from 10 countries participated in the race, and they are expected to return to participate in tomorrow's C1 race in Haifa.
Full Results
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Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Martin Loo (Est) InfoTre Lee Cougan
1:42:05
2
Hannes Metzler (Aut) Muskelkater Genesis Team
0:00:06
3
Mattias Rupp (Swi) Team Firebike Droessiger
0:02:28
4
Matthias Leisling (Ger) Muskelkater Genesis Team
0:02:56
5
Szilard Buruczki (Hun) Euroone-Cube MTB UCI Team
0:03:56
6
Sebastian Szraucner (Ger) Team Berg
0:04:15
7
Evgeny Pechenin (Rus) Forward-Udmurtia
0:06:14
8
Wolfgang Krenn (Aut) Bike Team Kaiser
0:06:41
9
Christopher Maletz (Ger) Team Easton Rockets
0:06:56
10
Benjamin Büchi (Swi) Swiss GS Domaine du Frigoulet
