Jose Antonio Hermida (Multivan Merida) won the Merida Bike Vysocina, a race held at Nove Mesto na morave that is part of the Czech Cup. Hermida finished ahead of teammate Ralph Naf and Merida's Jirí Friedl. Tereza Huríková (Ceská sporitelna MTB) won the women's race ahead of Katarzyna Solus and Pavlína Šulcová (Samba Chic Racing).
Hermida ruled the men's race from start to finish.
"Right from the start, I felt great. In the first half-lap, I found myself alone at the front with a 15-20 second gap over my teammate Ralf Naef, who was chasing alone in second," said Hermida.
"I slowed a bit and we then go together for the rest of the race. Ralf had a problem on the final descent and that gave me a slight advantage, so I arrived at the finish line alone.
Hermida was happy with his performance - especially since the race is sponsored by one of his team's main sponsors, Merida.
The Spaniard will resume preparation, including intensity training, for the European Championships in a few weeks. Referring to the sprint he also raced on Saturday, Hermida said, "A double-race weekend like this is perfect to help me improve my explosivity".
| 1 | José Antonio Hermida (Multivan Merida Biking Team) | 1:41:25 |
| 2 | Ralph Naf (Multivan Merida Biking Team) | 0:00:34 |
| 3 | Jirí Friedl (Multivan Merida Biking Team) | 0:04:10 |
| 4 | Milan Spešný (Ceská sporitelna MTB) | 0:05:14 |
| 5 | Tomáš Vokrouhlík (Factor bike team Teplice) | 0:05:25 |
| 6 | Jan Škarnitzl (Giant MTB Team) | 0:06:06 |
| 7 | Pavel Boudný (Odlo Specialized) | 0:06:35 |
| 8 | Christoph Soukup (Multivan Merida Biking Team) | 0:06:49 |
| 9 | Umberto Corti (Team CBE Tecnoimpianti A.S.D.) | 0:06:56 |
| 10 | Yader Zoli (Torpado 4US) | 0:08:18 |
| 11 | Samuele Porro (Team CBE Tecnoimpianti A.S.D.) | 0:08:37 |
| 12 | Lukáš Hanus (Merida Biking Team) | 0:09:01 |
| 13 | Josef Kamler (Ceská sporitelna MTB) | 0:09:50 |
| 14 | Tomáš Doležal (Axit Doldy) | 0:12:00 |
| 15 | Matej Nepustil (Ceská sporitelna MTB) | 0:12:12 |
| 16 | Marek Rauchfuss (Samba Chic Racing) | 0:12:13 |
| 17 | Tomáš Pešek (Scott-Scania-Team-Kolín) | 0:13:19 |
| 18 | Nikola Ivanov (SK CNC Produkt) | 0:13:26 |
| 19 | Lukáš Sáblík (Scott-Scania-Team-Kolín) | 0:15:13 |
| 20 | Ondrej Cink (Multivan Merida Biking Team) | 0:15:33 |
| 21 | Michal Kanera (Axit Doldy) | 0:16:37 |
| 22 | František Žilák (KED-Cyklomax) | 0:16:42 |
| 23 | Tomáš Satinský (Scott-Scania-Team-Kolín) | 0:17:40 |
| 24 | Ondrej Zelený (Rubena Specialized) | 0:20:06 |
| 25 | Zdenek Cerný (KED-Cyklomax) | 0:22:16 |
| -1lap | Jakub Janda (Axit Doldy) | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | David Kášek (CT Budvar Tábor) | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Radovan Bierski (SK CNC Produkt) | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Zdenek Vobecký (Krabcycles) | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Radek Sventý (Ghost-Mojekolo.cz) | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Tomáš Nový (CT Budvar Tábor) | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
| -2laps | Martin Zlámalík (Volvo Auto Hase MTB TEam) | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
| -2laps | Kamil Ausbuher (Prodoli Racing Team) | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
| -2laps | Filip Adel (CT Budvar Tábor) | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
| -2laps | Jakub Magnusek (Ceská sporitelna MTB) | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
| -3laps | Ivan Rybarík (Volvo Auto Hase MTB TEam) | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
| -3laps | Adam Pilcík (Ghost-Mojekolo.cz) | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
| -4laps | Ondrej Bambula (CT Budvar Tábor) | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
| -4laps | Maciej Dombrowski | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
| -4laps | Michal Kozel (TJ Favorit Brno) | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
| -5laps | Stanislav Bambula (CT Budvar Tábor) | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
| DNS | Oldrich Hakl (Volvo Auto Hase MTB TEam) | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
| DNS | Tomáš Legnavský (Outsiterz Novatec) | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
| DNS | Marci Karczynski | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
| 1 | Tereza Huríková (Ceská sporitelna MTB) | 1:27:24 |
| 2 | Katarzyna Solus | 0:01:52 |
| 3 | Pavlína Šulcová (Samba Chic Racing) | 0:04:21 |
| 4 | Lucie Veselá (GT Czech Team) | 0:04:53 |
| 5 | Janka Števková (CK MTB Dohnany) | 0:09:30 |
| 6 | Katarína Uhlaríková (Merida biking team) | 0:10:02 |
| 7 | Lenka Bulisová (4EVER Cyklo Bulis Team) | 0:11:15 |
| 8 | Pavla Nováková (Merida biking team II) | 0:12:06 |
| 9 | Jitka Škarnitzlová (Giant Mountain Bike Team) | 0:13:32 |
| 10 | Jana Valešová (Ceská sporitelna MTB) | 0:17:44 |
| -1lap | Sona Jurková (Baník Ostrava OKD) | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Petra Krticková (Cyklo Stratílek Litomyšl) | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
| 1 | Pavel Skalický | 1:16:16 |
| 2 | Emanuel Piaskowy | 0:00:31 |
| 3 | David Vostrcil | 0:01:33 |
| 4 | Tomasz Starzyk | 0:01:47 |
| 5 | Macies Adamczyk | 0:02:27 |
| 6 | Jan Svorada | 0:04:54 |
| 7 | Michael Borož | 0:05:19 |
| 8 | Michal Sadel | 0:06:09 |
| 9 | Jakub Berka | 0:08:10 |
| 10 | Jakub Fabián | 0:08:14 |
| 11 | Milan Damek | 0:08:34 |
| 12 | Vojtech Papež | 0:11:44 |
| 13 | Michal Sláma | 0:15:00 |
| 14 | Tomáš Kubek | 0:17:34 |
| 15 | Radek Barák | 0:18:51 |
| -2laps | Rosta Krejcí | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
| -3laps | Roman Bulis | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
| -3laps | Roman Šepton | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
| DNS | Michal Vašícek | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
| DNS | Dominik Rezek | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
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