iXS European Downhill Cup - Pila Gressan 2011: Results

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Miriam Ruchti races in Pila Gressen, Italy(Image credit: Thomas Dietze)

Florent Payet and Miriam Ruchti won the fifth leg of the iXS European Downhill Cup in Pila, Italy. With 337 competitors from 26 countries, the race was the most international of the series to date. And the course also had all the makings for a World Cup event.

At the end of the day his time was, however, only good enough for third place, despite being only 36 hundredths of second slower than the winner. Second place went to junior rider Loic Bruni (Lapierre) who was thus able to leave all the major favourites behind him. Only one of the final top 20 was able to better his time by 14 hundredths of a second. Florent Payet (SC-Intense) took 4:19 to complete his run, winning one of the Cup's most hotly contested races by the narrowest of margins.

In the masters category it looked as if Wilfred van de Haterd (Bike Service Eisenach) would clearly dominate the entire weekend. Despite falling he won the seeding run with just under five seconds' lead. However a flat tyre in the finals put paid to his hopes of gaining a fourth Cup victory. This left the way clear for Marcel Waldmann (Fatwork) to take his first win of the season. Heinz Hostettler (BanditBike.ch) came in second, ahead of Javier Santiago (Moser Sport).

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Elite men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Florent Payet (Fra)	0:04:19.39
2	Loic Bruni (Fra)	0:00:00.14
3	Johann Potgieter (RSA)	0:00:00.36
4	Markus Pekoll (Aut)	0:00:00.86
5	Joshua Button (Aus)	0:00:01.39
6	Matti Lehikoinen (Fin)	0:00:01.58
7	Robin Wallner (Swe)	0:00:02.33
8	Joseph Smith (GBr)	0:00:02.83
9	Connor Fearon (Aus)	0:00:02.93
10	Ruaridh Cunningham (GBr)	0:00:04.09
11	Marco Milivinti (Ita)	0:00:04.13
12	Lewis Buchanan (GBr)	0:00:04.52
13	Andréa Gamenara (Ita)	0:00:04.75
14	Dominik Gspan (Swi)	0:00:04.84
15	Ben Cathro (GBr)	0:00:05.24
16	Matthew Simmonds (GBr)	0:00:05.39
17	Adam Vagner (Cze)	0:00:06.09
18	Stuart Macdonald (Aus)	0:00:07.18
19	Lutz Weber (Swi)	0:00:07.42
20	Claudio Cozzi (Ita)	0:00:09.30
21	Fraser Mcglone (GBr)	0:00:09.31
22	Matthew Beer (Can)	0:00:09.44
23	Quentin Chanudet (Fra)	0:00:10.20
24	Basil Weber (Swi)	0:00:10.26
25	Mauricio Andres Acuna Quintana (Chi)	0:00:10.94
26	David Mcmillan (Aus)	0:00:10.96
27	Rhys Willemse (Aus)	0:00:11.05
28	Oscar Harnstrom (Swe)	0:00:11.17
29	Ben Power (Aus)	0:00:11.20
30	Martin Frei (Swi)	0:00:11.36
31	Ziga Pandur (Slo)	0:00:11.40
32	Ludovic May (Swi)	0:00:11.51
33	Stefan Garlicki (RSA)	0:00:11.84
34	Nejc Rutar (Slo)	0:00:11.99
35	Riku Lansio (Fin)	0:00:12.18
36	Jono Jones (GBr)	0:00:12.96
37	Marcel Beer (Swi)	0:00:13.16
38	Mark Scott (GBr)	0:00:13.43
39	Gerard Wolfe (Irl)	0:00:13.63
40	Matthias Stonig (Aut)	0:00:13.77
41	Benny Strasser (Ger)	0:00:14.05
42	Justyn Norek (Ita)	0:00:14.07
43	Mathew Stuttard (GBr)	0:00:14.56
44	Lars Peyer (Swi)	0:00:14.60
45	Phillip Piazza (Aus)	0:00:15.06
46	Andrea Mocellin (Ita)	0:00:15.23
47	Jeremias Maio (Arg)	0:00:15.38
48	Sam Shucksmith (GBr)	0:00:15.68
49	Joe Flanagan (GBr)	0:00:15.77
50	Gregory Brunache (Fra)	0:00:16.42
51	Fabian Bieli (Swi)	0:00:16.58
52	Joe Vejvoda (Aus)	0:00:16.77
53	Francesco Locatelli (Ita)	0:00:17.21
54	Robin Van Goubergen (Bel)	0:00:17.51
55	Elliott Machin (GBr)	0:00:17.92
56	Daniel Franks (NZl)	0:00:17.93
57	Ian Schaad (Swi)	0:00:18.23
58	Nils Correvon (Swi)	0:00:19.15
59	Mario Milani (Ita)	0:00:19.43
60	Niklas Wallner (Swe)	0:00:19.61
61	Gareth Brewin (GBr)	0:00:19.76
62	Thomas Jeandin (Swi)	0:00:20.01
63	Davide Sottocornola (Ita)	0:00:20.04
64	Antoine Bagnoud (Swi)	0:00:20.67
65	Ziki Fontana (Swi)	0:00:20.73
66	Antti Lampen (Fin)	0:00:20.82
67	Marius Paccolat (Swi)	0:00:20.89
68	Kevin Bessi (Fra)	0:00:20.91
69	Belli Walter (Ita)	0:00:21.10
70	Carlo Caire (Ita)	0:00:21.37
71	Scott Laughland (Irl)	0:00:21.49
72	Roman Roschi (Swi)	0:00:21.66
73	Maximilian Bender (Ger)	0:00:21.74
74	Christian Textor (Ger)	0:00:22.28
75	Rom Devouassoux (Fra)	0:00:22.70
76	Randy Van Goubergen (Bel)	0:00:22.86
77	Christian Vogt (Ger)	0:00:22.93
78	Samuel Baumann (Swi)	0:00:22.95
79	Willi Lutzeler (Ger)	0:00:23.10
80	Leopold Köllner (Aut)	0:00:23.31
81	Maxime Chapuis (Swi)	0:00:23.38
82	Colin Favre (Swi)	0:00:24.04
83	Marcus Neumann (Ger)	0:00:24.46
84	Benjamin Oluoch (Ger)	0:00:24.53
85	Tiaan Odendaal (RSA)	0:00:24.59
86	Callum Dew (GBr)	0:00:25.09
87	Nicolas Walser (Swi)	0:00:25.29
88	Joseph Taylor (GBr)	0:00:25.59
89	Philipp Bünnemann (Ger)	0:00:26.52
90	George Belk (GBr)	0:00:26.66
91	Sam Wakefield (GBr)	0:00:26.69
92	Tom Housman (GBr)	0:00:26.78
93	Mario Reinbacher (Aut)	0:00:27.16
94	Dominik Mai (Ger)	0:00:27.38
95	Alex Holowko (GBr)	0:00:28.81
96	Nicolas Mathieu (Bel)	0:00:29.03
97	Tim Kaelin (Swi)	0:00:29.15
98	Davide Dolfin (Ita)	0:00:29.72
99	Dale Russell (GBr)	0:00:30.01
100	Julien Juglair (Ita)	0:00:30.70
101	Oliver Morris (GBr)	0:00:31.24
102	Jack Graham (GBr)	0:00:31.38
103	Gustavo Cisneros (Arg)	0:00:31.82
104	Simon Brum (Fra)	0:00:32.09
105	Jonathan-James Foster-Smith (GBr)	0:00:32.13
106	Etienne Bosch (Fra)	0:00:32.17
107	Cameron Cole (NZl)	0:00:32.42
108	Lucas Frigout (Fra)	0:00:32.49
109	Patrik Deuss (Swi)	0:00:32.51
110	Maik Pfeifer (Ger)	0:00:33.15
111	Dave Reinhardt (Ger)	0:00:33.43
112	David Pache (Swi)	0:00:33.63
113	Michel Angelini (Ita)	0:00:34.27
114	Jonas Bernet (Swi)	0:00:34.41
115	Aviv Yanowski (Isr)	0:00:34.87
116	Chris Kilmurray (Irl)	0:00:35.43
117	Thomas Düber (Ger)	0:00:36.26
118	Stefan Beck (Ger)	0:00:36.67
119	Moritz Kruse (Ger)	0:00:36.90
120	Christoph Schnettler (Ger)	0:00:37.16
121	Luca Guglielmucci (Ita)	0:00:37.47
122	Jim Shaw (GBr)	0:00:37.90
123	Josh Lewis (GBr)	0:00:38.35

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Elite women
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Miriam Ruchti (Swi)	0:05:11.27
2	Elisa Canepa (Ita)	0:00:04.61
3	Diana Marggraff (Ecu)	0:00:08.54
4	Louise Paulin (Swe)	0:00:09.13
5	Alia Marcellini (Ita)	0:00:09.43
6	Nicole Beege (Ger)	0:00:10.75
7	Sarah Atkin (NZl)	0:00:16.08
8	Harriet Rucknagel (Ger)	0:00:23.25
9	Madeline Taylor (NZl)	0:00:26.70
10	Joanne Muoser (Swi)	0:00:28.23
11	Amy Laird (NZl)	0:00:28.87
12	Anita Gehrig (Swi)	0:00:36.83
13	Monica Ghione (Ita)	0:01:04.80