MTB World Cup Cross Country #3 2011: Elite men cross country Results

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Julien Absalon (Orbea) takes his 5th win on the Offenburg circuit.(Image credit: Tour of Japan)

A group of 12 riders formed at the front of the race on the first lap of seven, and rode away from the rest of the field along with Absalon, Kulhavy and Marotte, Burry Stander (Specialized), Christoph Sauser (Specialized), world champion Jose Hermida (Multivan Merida), Nino Schurter (Scott-Swisspower), Marco Fontana (Cannondale), Thomas Litscher (Felt Oetztal X-Bionic), Nicolas Coloma (Wildwolf-Trek), Rudi van Houts and Ivan Alvarez Gutierrez (Giant Italia).

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"In the third and fourth lap, I was waiting on the downhill and I attacked just at the first feed zone and I did the long climb at the front. After I took 15 sec on Kulhavy, I felt good. I made no mistakes. To win a World Cup you need to do a perfect race because the gaps are small. I planned the beginning of my season to peak for this race because I like it so much and it is only two hours from my home." He was greeted with hugs and kisses from his wife and baby.

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#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Julien Absalon (Fra) Orbea	1:46:21
2	Jaroslav Kulhavy (Cze) Specialized Racing	0:00:29
3	Maxime Marotte (Fra) BH - Suntour - Peisey Vallandry	0:00:41
4	Burry Stander (RSA) Specialized Racing	0:01:05
5	Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spa) Wildwolf - Trek Racing	0:02:30
6	Fabian Giger (Swi) Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team	0:02:33
7	Nino Schurter (Swi) Scott - Swisspower MTB - Racing	0:02:35
8	Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) Cannondale Factory Racing	0:02:36
9	Thomas Litscher (Swi) Felt Oetztal X - Bionic Team	0:02:45
10	Ivan Alvarez Gutierrez (Spa) Giant Italia Team	0:02:53
11	Rudi Van Houts (Ned)	0:02:57
12	Inaki Lejarreta Errasti (Spa) Orbea	0:03:06
13	Christoph Sauser (Swi) Specialized Racing	0:03:20
14	Moritz Milatz (Ger) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team	0:03:29
15	José Antonio Hermida Ramos (Spa) Multivan Merida Biking Team	0:03:31
16	Liam Killeen (GBr) Giant Factory Off-Road Team	Row 15 - Cell 2
17	Florian Vogel (Swi) Scott - Swisspower MTB - Racing	0:03:40
18	Karl Markt (Aut) Felt Oetztal X - Bionic Team	0:03:44
19	Stéphane Tempier (Fra) TX Active Bianchi	0:04:02
20	Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez (Spa) Wildwolf - Trek Racing	0:04:21
21	Lukas Flückiger (Swi) Trek World Racing	0:04:43
22	Mathias Flückiger (Swi) Trek World Racing	0:04:45
23	Martin Gujan (Swi) Cannondale Factory Racing	0:04:47
24	Martin Fanger (Swi) Giant Swiss SR - Suntour	Row 23 - Cell 2
25	Jan Skarnitzl (Cze) Rubena - Birell - Specialized Cycling Team	0:04:53
26	Derek Zandstra (Can)	0:04:56
27	Henk Jaap Moorlag (Ned) Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team	0:05:09
28	Manuel Fumic (Ger) Cannondale Factory Racing	0:05:30
29	Ralph Naef (Swi) Multivan Merida Biking Team	0:05:31
30	Catriel Andres Soto (Arg) Team Protek	0:05:38
31	Wolfram Kurschat (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team	0:05:39
32	Martino Fruet (Ita)	0:05:48
33	Todd Wells (USA) Specialized Racing	0:05:50
34	Sepp Freiburghaus (Swi) Thoemus Racing Team	0:05:51
35	Kevin Van Hoovels (Bel) Versluys - Evenza Team	0:05:54
36	Andras Parti (Hun) Euro One - Cube MTB Team	0:06:05
37	Balz Weber (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team	0:06:17
38	Matous Ulman (Cze) S&H Superior MTB Team	0:06:21
39	Daniel Mcconnell (Aus)	0:06:23
40	Uwe Hochenwarter (Aut) Muskelkater Genesis Team	0:06:28
41	Kohei Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor	0:06:33
42	Nicola Rohrbach (Swi) Elettroveneta - Corratec	0:06:50
43	Cédric Ravanel (Fra) GT Skoda Chamonix	0:06:56
44	Marek Galinski (Pol) JGB - 2 Professional MTB Team	0:07:17
45	Samuel Schultz (USA) Subaru - Trek	0:07:29
46	Jochen Kass (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team	0:07:38
47	Periklis Ilias (Gre) Team Protek	0:07:45
48	Oliver Beckingsale (GBr)	Row 47 - Cell 2
49	Irjan Luttenberg (Ned) MPL Specialized MTB Team	0:07:48
50	Hannes Metzler (Aut) Muskelkater Genesis Team	0:07:49
51	Martin Loo (Est) Infotre - Bi & Esse - Leecougan	0:07:53
52	Filip Eberl (Cze)	0:08:29
53	Patrik Gallati (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team	0:08:35
54	Michal Lami (Svk)	0:08:40
55	Niels Wubben (Ned) Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team	0:08:47
56	Lukas Kaufmann (Swi)	0:08:53
57	Jiri Novak (Cze) S&H Superior MTB Team	0:09:07
58	Rene Tann (Ger)	0:09:12
59	Marc Colom (Fra) Team Newcycling	0:09:27
60	Robert Mennen (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team	0:09:44
61	Sergji Rysenko (Ukr) Isd Cycling Team	0:09:55
62	Adam Craig (USA) Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team	0:10:11
63	Ole Christian Fagerli (Nor)	0:10:24
64	Bjorn Brems (Bel) Versluys - Evenza Team	0:10:32
65	Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Milka Trek MTB Racing Team	0:10:36
66	Giuseppe Lamastra (Ita) Elettroveneta - Corratec	0:10:40
67	Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (USA) Subaru - Trek	0:10:54
68	Andrew Watson (Can)	0:11:10
69	Jonathan Galante (Fra)	0:11:28
70	Philip Buys (RSA)	0:11:33
71	Milan Spesny (Cze) S&H Superior MTB Team	0:11:35
72	Julien Taramarcaz (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team	0:11:39
73	Geoff Kabush (Can) Team Maxxis - Rocky Mountain	0:11:54
74	Mattias Wengelin (Swe)	0:12:02
75	Torsten Marx (Ger)	0:12:13
76	Cristian Cominelli (Ita) TX Active Bianchi	Row 75 - Cell 2
77	Tim Wynants (Bel) Milka Trek MTB Racing Team	0:12:17
78	Yader Zoli (Ita) Torpado Surfing Shop	0:12:32
79	Matthias Leisling (Ger) Muskelkater Genesis Team	0:12:58
80	Pascal Hossay (Bel) G - Skin - Deforche MTB Racing Team	0:13:09
81	Pascal Schmutz (Swi)	0:13:14
82	Karl Platt (Ger) Team Bulls	0:13:23
83	Ludovic Dubau (Fra) Team Newcycling	0:13:43
84	Jiri Friedl (Cze) Rubena - Birell - Specialized Cycling Team	0:14:31
85	Michele Casagrande (Ita) Elettroveneta - Corratec	0:14:40
-1lap	Benjamin Wittrup Justesen (Den)	Row 85 - Cell 2
-1lap	Umberto Corti (Ita) Team Cbe Tecnoimpianti A.S.D.	Row 86 - Cell 2
-1lap	Jelmer Pietersma (Ned) Milka Trek MTB Racing Team	Row 87 - Cell 2
-1lap	Jonas Baumann (Swi)	Row 88 - Cell 2
-1lap	Simon Scheiber (Aut) Felt Oetztal X - Bionic Team	Row 89 - Cell 2
-1lap	Simon Gegenheimer (Ger)	Row 90 - Cell 2
-1lap	Alexis Chenevier (Fra) Scott Les Saisies	Row 91 - Cell 2
-1lap	Jeroen Boelen (Ned) Milka Trek MTB Racing Team	Row 92 - Cell 2
-1lap	Cristobal Silva Ibaceta (Chi)	Row 93 - Cell 2
-1lap	Marc Bassingthwaighte (Nam)	Row 94 - Cell 2
-1lap	Kazuhiro Yamamoto (Jpn)	Row 95 - Cell 2
-1lap	Severin Disch (Swi) Thoemus Racing Team	Row 96 - Cell 2
-2laps	Jorgen Flion (Bel)	Row 97 - Cell 2
-2laps	Marco Schätzing (Ger) Team Firebike - Droessiger	Row 98 - Cell 2
-2laps	Bas Peters (Ned) Team Merida Combee	Row 99 - Cell 2
-2laps	Michael Broderick (USA)	Row 100 - Cell 2
-2laps	Paul Remy (Fra)	Row 101 - Cell 2
-2laps	Seiya Hirano (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor	Row 102 - Cell 2
-2laps	Christopher Maletz (Ger)	Row 103 - Cell 2
-2laps	Samuele Porro (Ita)	Row 104 - Cell 2
-2laps	Giancarlo Sax (Swi) Thoemus Racing Team	Row 105 - Cell 2
-2laps	Lukas Sablik (Cze)	Row 106 - Cell 2
-2laps	Steffen Thum (Ger)	Row 107 - Cell 2
-2laps	Klaus Nielsen (Den)	Row 108 - Cell 2
-2laps	Heiko Gutmann (Ger)	Row 109 - Cell 2
-2laps	Artyom Golovaschenko (Kaz)	Row 110 - Cell 2
-2laps	Raphael Gagne (Can)	Row 111 - Cell 2
-2laps	Marco Arnold (Swi) Giant Swiss SR - Suntour	Row 112 - Cell 2
-2laps	Sang Hoon Na (Kor)	Row 113 - Cell 2
-2laps	Marios Athanasiadis (Cyp)	Row 114 - Cell 2
-2laps	Robby De Bock (Bel)	Row 115 - Cell 2
-3laps	Emil Lindgren (Swe) Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team	Row 116 - Cell 2
-3laps	Spencer Paxson (USA) Kona	Row 117 - Cell 2
-3laps	Georgios Pattes-Toumanis (Gre) Team Protek	Row 118 - Cell 2
-3laps	Gabor Bogar (Hun) Euro One - Cube MTB Team	Row 119 - Cell 2
-3laps	Brian Lopes (USA)	Row 120 - Cell 2
-3laps	Rafal Hebisz (Pol)	Row 121 - Cell 2
-3laps	Kirill Kazantsev (Kaz)	Row 122 - Cell 2
-3laps	Brice Scholtes (Bel) G - Skin - Deforche MTB Racing Team	Row 123 - Cell 2
-3laps	Lucien Besancon (Swi)	Row 124 - Cell 2
-4laps	Chris Jongewaard (Aus)	Row 125 - Cell 2
-4laps	Matthias Waldhart (Aut)	Row 126 - Cell 2
-5laps	Frank Schotman (Ned) MPL Specialized MTB Team	Row 127 - Cell 2
-5laps	Besik Gavasheli (Geo)	Row 128 - Cell 2
DNF	Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra)	Row 129 - Cell 2
DNF	Christoph Soukup (Aut)	Row 130 - Cell 2
DNF	Pascal Meyer (Swi) Thoemus Racing Team	Row 131 - Cell 2
DNF	Evgeny Nikolaev (Rus)	Row 132 - Cell 2
DNF	Andrea Tiberi (Ita) Torpado Surfing Shop	Row 133 - Cell 2
DNF	Oleksandr Gerashchenko (Ukr) Isd Cycling Team	Row 134 - Cell 2
DNF	Ruben Ruzafa Cueto (Spa) Orbea	Row 135 - Cell 2
DNF	Magnus Darvell (Swe)	Row 136 - Cell 2
DNF	Matthias Lauk (Swi)	Row 137 - Cell 2
DNF	Tony Longo (Ita) TX Active Bianchi	Row 138 - Cell 2
DNF	Pierre-Geoffroy Plantet (Fra) Team Newcycling	Row 139 - Cell 2
DNF	Daniel Federspiel (Aut)	Row 140 - Cell 2
DNF	Fabio Ursi (Ita) Team Cbe Tecnoimpianti A.S.D.	Row 141 - Cell 2
DNF	Alban Lakata (Aut) Topeak Ergon Racing Team	Row 142 - Cell 2
DNF	Max Plaxton (Can)	Row 143 - Cell 2
DNS	Pierre Lebreton (Fra) BH - Suntour - Peisey Vallandry	Row 144 - Cell 2

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#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Specialized Racing	83	pts
2	Orbea	59	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Wildwolf - Trek Racing	39	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Scott - Swisspower MTB - Racing	38	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Felt Oetztal X - Bionic Team	35	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Cannondale Factory Racing	34	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	BH - Suntour - Peisey Vallandry	32	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team	30	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Giant Italia Team	21	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Trek World Racing	19	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Multivan Merida Biking Team	18	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	BMC Mountainbike Racing Team	17	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Giant Factory Off-Road Team	15	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	TX Active Bianchi	12	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Giant Swiss SR - Suntour	7	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Rubena - Birell - Specialized Cycling Team	6	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Team Protek	1	Row 16 - Cell 3

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#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Julien Absalon (Fra) Orbea	650	pts
2	Jaroslav Kulhavy (Cze) Specialized Racing	610	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Nino Schurter (Swi) Scott - Swisspower MTB - Racing	470	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) Cannondale Factory Racing	410	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Maxime Marotte (Fra) Bh - Suntour - Peisey Vallandry	395	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Burry Stander (RSA) Specialized Racing	360	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spa) Wildwolf - Trek Racing	325	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Manuel Fumic (Ger) Cannondale Factory Racing	320	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	José Antonio Hermida Ramos (Spa) Multivan Merida Biking Team	298	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Christoph Sauser (Swi) Specialized Racing	270	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Moritz Milatz (Ger) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team	268	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Stéphane Tempier (Fra) Tx Active Bianchi	268	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Fabian Giger (Swi) Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team	260	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Thomas Litscher (Swi) Felt Oetztal X - Bionic Team	259	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Ivan Alvarez Gutierrez (Spa) Giant Italia Team	231	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Rudi Van Houts (Ned)	226	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Martin Gujan (Swi) Cannondale Factory Racing	214	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Todd Wells (USA) Specialized Racing	209	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Inaki Lejarreta Errasti (Spa) Orbea	205	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Lukas Flückiger (Swi) Trek World Racing	194	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Florian Vogel (Swi) Scott - Swisspower MTB - Racing	188	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Liam Killeen (GBr) Giant Factory Off-Road Team	172	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	Karl Markt (Aut) Felt Oetztal X - Bionic Team	168	Row 22 - Cell 3
24	Martin Fanger (Swi) Giant Swiss Sr - Suntour	168	Row 23 - Cell 3
25	Derek Zandstra (Can)	144	Row 24 - Cell 3
26	Mathias Flückiger (Swi) Trek World Racing	138	Row 25 - Cell 3
27	Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez (Spa) Wildwolf - Trek Racing	136	Row 26 - Cell 3
28	Jan Skarnitzl (Cze) Rubena - Birell - Specialized Cycling Team	122	Row 27 - Cell 3
29	Jochen Kass (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team	118	Row 28 - Cell 3
30	Ralph Naef (Swi) Multivan Merida Biking Team	114	Row 29 - Cell 3
31	Oliver Beckingsale (GBr)	108	Row 30 - Cell 3
32	Ruben Ruzafa Cueto (Spa) Orbea	102	Row 31 - Cell 3
33	Nicola Rohrbach (Swi) Elettroveneta - Corratec	99	Row 32 - Cell 3
34	Henk Jaap Moorlag (Ned) Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team	96	Row 33 - Cell 3
35	Geoff Kabush (Can) Team Maxxis - Rocky Mountain	91	Row 34 - Cell 3
36	Matous Ulman (Cze) S&H Superior MTB Team	91	Row 35 - Cell 3
37	Wolfram Kurschat (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team	89	Row 36 - Cell 3
38	Patrik Gallati (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team	87	Row 37 - Cell 3
39	Kevin Van Hoovels (Bel) Versluys - Evenza Team	86	Row 38 - Cell 3
40	Martino Fruet (Ita)	79	Row 39 - Cell 3
41	Uwe Hochenwarter (Aut) Muskelkater Genesis Team	79	Row 40 - Cell 3
42	Andras Parti (Hun) Euro One - Cube MTB Team	77	Row 41 - Cell 3
43	Pierre-Geoffroy Plantet (Fra) Team Newcycling	75	Row 42 - Cell 3
44	Jiri Friedl (Cze) Rubena - Birell - Specialized Cycling Team	73	Row 43 - Cell 3
45	Daniel Mcconnell (Aus)	73	Row 44 - Cell 3
46	Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (USA) Subaru - Trek	70	Row 45 - Cell 3
47	Marek Galinski (Pol) JBG - 2 Professional MTB Team	65	Row 46 - Cell 3
48	Lukas Kaufmann (Swi)	64	Row 47 - Cell 3
49	Jelmer Pietersma (Ned) Milka Trek MTB Racing Team	56	Row 48 - Cell 3
50	Samuel Schultz (USA) Subaru - Trek	52	Row 49 - Cell 3
51	Jiri Novak (Cze) S&H Superior MTB Team	50	Row 50 - Cell 3
52	Marc Colom (Fra) Team Newcycling	48	Row 51 - Cell 3
53	Chris Jongewaard (Aus)	47	Row 52 - Cell 3
54	Catriel Andres Soto (Arg) Team Protek	46	Row 53 - Cell 3
55	Christoph Soukup (Aut)	42	Row 54 - Cell 3
56	Sepp Freiburghaus (Swi) Thoemus Racing Team	38	Row 55 - Cell 3
57	Robert Mennen (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team	38	Row 56 - Cell 3
58	Irjan Luttenberg (Ned) MPL Specialized MTB Team	37	Row 57 - Cell 3
59	Niels Wubben (Ned) Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team	37	Row 58 - Cell 3
60	Emil Lindgren (Swe) Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team	35	Row 59 - Cell 3
61	Cédric Ravanel (Fra) GT Skoda Chamonix	33	Row 60 - Cell 3
62	Balz Weber (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team	32	Row 61 - Cell 3
63	Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra)	32	Row 62 - Cell 3
64	Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Milka Trek MTB Racing Team	30	Row 63 - Cell 3
65	Hannes Metzler (Aut) Muskelkater Genesis Team	30	Row 64 - Cell 3
66	Jeremiah Bishop (USA)	29	Row 65 - Cell 3
67	Tony Longo (Ita) Tx Active Bianchi	29	Row 66 - Cell 3
68	Kohei Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor	27	Row 67 - Cell 3
69	Michal Lami (Svk)	24	Row 68 - Cell 3
70	Milan Spesny (Cze) S&H Superior MTB Team	22	Row 69 - Cell 3
71	Periklis Ilias (Gre) Team Protek	21	Row 70 - Cell 3
72	Max Plaxton (Can)	20	Row 71 - Cell 3
73	Michele Casagrande (Ita) Elettroveneta - Corratec	19	Row 72 - Cell 3
74	Pascal Meyer (Swi) Thoemus Racing Team	19	Row 73 - Cell 3
75	Adam Craig (USA) Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team	18	Row 74 - Cell 3
76	Martin Loo (Est) Infotre - Bi & Esse - Leecougan	17	Row 75 - Cell 3
77	Filip Eberl (Cze)	16	Row 76 - Cell 3
78	Alban Lakata (Aut) Topeak Ergon Racing Team	13	Row 77 - Cell 3
79	Severin Disch (Swi) Thoemus Racing Team	11	Row 78 - Cell 3
80	Rene Tann (Ger)	10	Row 79 - Cell 3
81	Umberto Corti (Ita) Team CBE Tecnoimpianti A.S.D.	9	Row 80 - Cell 3

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