World Cup cross country series leader Jaroslav Kulhavy (Specialized) led the fifth race of the 2011 World Cup in Windham from start to finish. His race was one of true dominance, with the Czech rider able to open a lead on the first climb, stretching it to 11 seconds by the end of the first lap and increasing it every lap from there.
It was a truly dominating performance, affording Kulhavy the luxury of backing off on the final lap but still winning by a margin of 29 seconds over second place. Kulhavy's winning time was 1:35:34 for six laps of the race course, as he took his third World Cup victory of the season.
"This course does not suit me as well as Mont-Sainte-Anne last week," said Kulhavy. "But I decided that I would try to take the lead on the first lap on the climb, and it worked."
With Kulhavy running away from the field, it became very serious business to claim that second place. By lap four, there was a chase group of eight men hoping to claim a podium spot. Marco Fontana (Cannondale) and Nino Schurter and Florian Vogel (Scott-Swisspower) had a small lead over Christoph Sauser (Specialized) and Maxime Marotte (BH-Suntour-Peisey Vallandry), with Burry Stander (Specialized), Jose Hermida (Multivan Merida), and Manuel Fumic (Cannondale) just a few seconds behind.
From this select group, which included current (Hermida) and past (Sauser) World Champions, a fight was going to be waged over the last two laps. Schurter and Stander were the first to gain a few seconds of advantage, with Sauser in hot pursuit as Fontana began to fade.
On the last lap, it was Sauser who made the initial attack, with Schurter responding as Stander and Fontana were dropped. Shortly after this move, Stander left Fontana behind. Schurter and Sauser battled hard through the final descent, with Schurter claiming second place, only one second clear of Sauser. Stander soloed in alone for fourth, 18 seconds behind third place and Marotte hung on for fifth to complete the podium.
With his third win of the season, Kulhavy now has 1110 points in the World Cup series to second placed Schurter's 870. In third place in the points race is Julien Absalon, who decided not to race in North America this or last weekend. Even with only three races to his credit this season, Absalon has 650 points.
Full Results
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaroslav Kulhavy (Cze) Specialized Racing | 1:35:34 |
| 2 | Nino Schurter (Swi) Scott - Swisspower MTB - Racing | 0:00:29 |
| 3 | Christoph Sauser (Swi) Specialized Racing | 0:00:30 |
| 4 | Burry Stander (RSA) Specialized Racing | 0:00:48 |
| 5 | Maxime Marotte (Fra) BH - Suntour - Peisey Vallandry | 0:01:14 |
| 6 | Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) Cannondale Factory Racing | 0:01:24 |
| 7 | José Antonio Hermida Ramos (Spa) Multivan Merida Biking Team | 0:01:33 |
| 8 | Stéphane Tempier (Fra) TX Active Bianchi | 0:02:39 |
| 9 | Lukas Flückiger (Swi) Trek World Racing | 0:02:49 |
| 10 | Mathias Flückiger (Swi) Trek World Racing | 0:02:52 |
| 11 | Todd Wells (USA) Specialized Racing | 0:03:04 |
| 12 | Florian Vogel (Swi) Scott - Swisspower MTB - Racing | 0:03:24 |
| 13 | Manuel Fumic (Ger) Cannondale Factory Racing | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
| 14 | Thomas Litscher (Swi) Felt Oetztal X - Bionic Team | 0:03:36 |
| 15 | Rudi Van Houts (Ned) Multivan Merida Biking Team | 0:03:45 |
| 16 | Patrik Gallati (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | 0:03:47 |
| 17 | Liam Killeen (GBr) Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 0:04:01 |
| 18 | Geoff Kabush (Can) Team Maxxis - Rocky Mountain | 0:04:18 |
| 19 | Adam Craig (USA) Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team | 0:04:26 |
| 20 | Cédric Ravanel (Fra) GT Skoda Chamonix | 0:04:30 |
| 21 | Jan Skarnitzl (Cze) Rubena - Birell - Specialized Cycling Team | 0:04:51 |
| 22 | Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez (Spa) Wildwolf - Trek Racing | 0:04:57 |
| 23 | Jochen Kass (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team | 0:05:04 |
| 24 | Inaki Lejarreta Errasti (Spa) Orbea | 0:05:10 |
| 25 | Matous Ulman (Cze) S&H Superior MTB Team | 0:05:14 |
| 26 | Marc Colom (Fra) Team Newcycling | 0:05:18 |
| 27 | Fabian Giger (Swi) Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team | 0:05:21 |
| 28 | Ralph Naef (Swi) Multivan Merida Biking Team | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
| 29 | Jeremiah Bishop (USA) | 0:05:37 |
| 30 | Martin Fanger (Swi) Giant Swiss Sr - Suntour | 0:05:51 |
| 31 | Kohei Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor | 0:06:05 |
| 32 | Ivan Alvarez Gutierrez (Spa) Giant Italia Team | 0:06:41 |
| 33 | Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (USA) Subaru - Trek | 0:06:56 |
| 34 | Derek Zandstra (Can) | 0:07:04 |
| 35 | Andras Parti (Hun) Euro One - Cube MTB Team | 0:07:13 |
| 36 | Marek Galinski (Pol) Jbg - 2 Professional MTB Team | 0:07:25 |
| 37 | Pascal Meyer (Swi) Thoemus Racing Team | 0:07:35 |
| 38 | Martin Gujan (Swi) Cannondale Factory Racing | 0:07:38 |
| 39 | Severin Disch (Swi) Thoemus Racing Team | 0:07:43 |
| 40 | Wolfram Kurschat (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team | 0:07:54 |
| 41 | Oliver Beckingsale (GBr) | 0:08:08 |
| 42 | Pierre-Geoffroy Plantet (Fra) Lapierre International | 0:08:49 |
| 43 | Moritz Milatz (Ger) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | 0:09:05 |
| 44 | Henk Jaap Moorlag (Ned) Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team | 0:09:16 |
| 45 | Samuel Schultz (USA) Subaru - Trek | 0:09:24 |
| 46 | Lukas Kaufmann (Swi) | 0:09:29 |
| 47 | Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spa) Wildwolf - Trek Racing | 0:09:42 |
| 48 | Matthew Hadley (Can) | 0:09:46 |
| 49 | Emil Lindgren (Swe) Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team | 0:10:02 |
| 50 | Lachlan Norris (Aus) Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 0:10:06 |
| 51 | Rotem Ishai (Isr) | 0:10:14 |
| 52 | Adam Morka (Can) | 0:10:20 |
| 53 | Benjamin Wittrup Justesen (Den) | 0:10:24 |
| 54 | Michal Lami (Svk) | 0:10:42 |
| 55 | Sepp Freiburghaus (Swi) Thoemus Racing Team | 0:10:43 |
| 56 | Karl Markt (Aut) Felt Oetztal X - Bionic Team | 0:10:51 |
| 57 | Irjan Luttenberg (Ned) MPL Specialized MTB Team | 0:11:04 |
| 58 | Andrew Watson (Can) | 0:11:29 |
| 59 | Peter Glassford (Can) | 0:11:56 |
| 60 | Jiri Novak (Cze) S&H Superior MTB Team | 0:12:28 |
| 61 | Eric Batty (Can) | 0:12:32 |
| 62 | Spencer Paxson (USA) Kona | 0:13:10 |
| 63 | Niels Wubben (Ned) Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team | 0:14:00 |
| 64 | Pierre Lebreton (Fra) BH - Suntour - Peisey Vallandry | 0:14:19 |
| -1lap | Uwe Hochenwarter (Aut) Muskelkater Genesis Team | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | José Juan Escarcega (Mex) | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Cristobal Silva Ibaceta (Chi) | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Justin Lindine (USA) | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Seiya Hirano (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Troy Wells (USA) | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Travis Woodruff (USA) | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Michael Broderick (USA) | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Klaus Nielsen (Den) | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Nicola Rohrbach (Swi) Elettroveneta - Corratec | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Cameron Jette (Can) | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
| -2laps | Ignacio Torres (Mex) Turbo Bike Team | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
| -2laps | Christian Bickel (Swi) | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
| -2laps | Marc-Andre Daigle (Can) | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
| -2laps | Leni Trudel (Can) | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
| -2laps | Emmanuel Valencia (Mex) Turbo Bike Team | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
| -2laps | Christopher Hamlin (USA) | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
| -3laps | Michael Mccalla (USA) | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
| -3laps | Alex Ryan (USA) | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Specialized Racing | 102 | pts |
| 2 | Scott - Swisspower MTB - Racing | 54 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Multivan Merida Biking Team | 48 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
| 4 | Cannondale Factory Racing | 44 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
| 5 | Trek World Racing | 43 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
| 6 | BH - Suntour - Peisey Vallandry | 28 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
| 7 | TX Active Bianchi | 23 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
| 8 | Felt Oetztal X - Bionic Team | 17 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
| 9 | Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team | 16 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
| 10 | BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | 15 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
| 11 | Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 14 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
| 12 | Team Maxxis - Rocky Mountain | 13 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
| 13 | GT Skoda Chamonix | 11 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
| 14 | Rubena - Birell - Specialized Cycling Team | 10 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
| 15 | Wildwolf - Trek Racing | 9 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
| 16 | Orbea | 7 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
| 17 | S&H Superior MTB Team | 6 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
| 18 | Team Newcycling | 5 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
| 19 | Giant Swiss SR - Suntour | 1 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaroslav Kulhavy (Cze) Specialized Racing | 1110 | pts |
| 2 | Nino Schurter (Swi) Scott - Swisspower MTB - Racing | 870 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Julien Absalon (Fra) Orbea | 650 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
| 4 | Burry Stander (RSA) Specialized Racing | 640 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
| 5 | Maxime Marotte (Fra) BH - Suntour - Peisey Vallandry | 620 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
| 6 | José Antonio Hermida Ramos (Spa) Multivan Merida Biking Team | 578 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
| 7 | Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) Cannondale Factory Racing | 540 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
| 8 | Christoph Sauser (Swi) Specialized Racing | 540 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
| 9 | Manuel Fumic (Ger) Cannondale Factory Racing | 478 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
| 10 | Stéphane Tempier (Fra) TX Active Bianchi | 468 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
| 11 | Thomas Litscher (Swi) Felt Oetztal X - Bionic Team | 437 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
| 12 | Florian Vogel (Swi) Scott - Swisspower MTB - Racing | 413 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
| 13 | Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spa) Wildwolf - Trek Racing | 410 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
| 14 | Mathias Flückiger (Swi) Trek World Racing | 383 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
| 15 | Rudi Van Houts (Ned) Multivan Merida Biking Team | 370 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
| 16 | Todd Wells (USA) Specialized Racing | 369 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
| 17 | Lukas Flückiger (Swi) Trek World Racing | 366 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
| 18 | Fabian Giger (Swi) Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team | 364 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
| 19 | Martin Gujan (Swi) Cannondale Factory Racing | 339 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
| 20 | Ivan Alvarez Gutierrez (Spa) Giant Italia Team | 339 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
| 21 | Moritz Milatz (Ger) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | 331 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
| 22 | Inaki Lejarreta Errasti (Spa) Orbea | 323 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
| 23 | Liam Killeen (GBr) Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 288 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
| 24 | Geoff Kabush (Can) Team Maxxis - Rocky Mountain | 281 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
| 25 | Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez (Spa) Wildwolf - Trek Racing | 252 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
| 26 | Patrik Gallati (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | 241 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
| 27 | Ralph Naef (Swi) Multivan Merida Biking Team | 240 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
| 28 | Karl Markt (Aut) Felt Oetztal X - Bionic Team | 238 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
| 29 | Jochen Kass (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team | 218 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
| 30 | Martin Fanger (Swi) Giant Swiss Sr - Suntour | 214 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
| 31 | Jan Skarnitzl (Cze) Rubena - Birell - Specialized Cycling Team | 201 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
| 32 | Derek Zandstra (Can) | 200 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
| 33 | Matous Ulman (Cze) S&H Superior MTB Team | 183 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
| 34 | Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (USA) Subaru - Trek | 166 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
| 35 | Cédric Ravanel (Fra) GT Skoda Chamonix | 141 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
| 36 | Samuel Schultz (USA) Subaru - Trek | 137 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
| 37 | Oliver Beckingsale (GBr) | 135 | Row 36 - Cell 3 |
| 38 | Lukas Kaufmann (Swi) | 134 | Row 37 - Cell 3 |
| 39 | Andras Parti (Hun) Euro One - Cube MTB Team | 134 | Row 38 - Cell 3 |
| 40 | Marc Colom (Fra) Team Newcycling | 130 | Row 39 - Cell 3 |
| 41 | Henk Jaap Moorlag (Ned) Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team | 128 | Row 40 - Cell 3 |
| 42 | Wolfram Kurschat (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team | 127 | Row 41 - Cell 3 |
| 43 | Pierre-Geoffroy Plantet (Fra) Lapierre International | 125 | Row 42 - Cell 3 |
| 44 | Nicola Rohrbach (Swi) Elettroveneta - Corratec | 125 | Row 43 - Cell 3 |
| 45 | Marek Galinski (Pol) Jbg - 2 Professional MTB Team | 124 | Row 44 - Cell 3 |
| 46 | Jiri Friedl (Cze) Rubena - Birell - Specialized Cycling Team | 123 | Row 45 - Cell 3 |
| 47 | Kohei Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor | 117 | Row 46 - Cell 3 |
| 48 | Adam Craig (USA) Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team | 115 | Row 47 - Cell 3 |
| 49 | Severin Disch (Swi) Thoemus Racing Team | 114 | Row 48 - Cell 3 |
| 50 | Ruben Ruzafa Cueto (Spa) Orbea | 102 | Row 49 - Cell 3 |
| 51 | Jeremiah Bishop (USA) | 100 | Row 50 - Cell 3 |
| 52 | Uwe Hochenwarter (Aut) Muskelkater Genesis Team | 99 | Row 51 - Cell 3 |
| 53 | Jiri Novak (Cze) S&H Superior MTB Team | 90 | Row 52 - Cell 3 |
| 54 | Kevin Van Hoovels (Bel) Versluys - Evenza Team | 86 | Row 53 - Cell 3 |
| 55 | Irjan Luttenberg (Ned) MPL Specialized MTB Team | 82 | Row 54 - Cell 3 |
| 56 | Martino Fruet (Ita) | 79 | Row 55 - Cell 3 |
| 57 | Daniel Mcconnell (Aus) | 73 | Row 56 - Cell 3 |
| 58 | Sepp Freiburghaus (Swi) Thoemus Racing Team | 68 | Row 57 - Cell 3 |
| 59 | Jelmer Pietersma (Ned) Milka Trek MTB Racing Team | 56 | Row 58 - Cell 3 |
| 60 | Emil Lindgren (Swe) Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team | 54 | Row 59 - Cell 3 |
| 61 | Pascal Meyer (Swi) Thoemus Racing Team | 51 | Row 60 - Cell 3 |
| 62 | Chris Jongewaard (Aus) | 47 | Row 61 - Cell 3 |
| 63 | Catriel Andres Soto (Arg) Team Protek | 46 | Row 62 - Cell 3 |
| 64 | Adam Morka (Can) | 43 | Row 63 - Cell 3 |
| 65 | Christoph Soukup (Aut) | 42 | Row 64 - Cell 3 |
| 66 | Robert Mennen (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team | 38 | Row 65 - Cell 3 |
| 67 | Michal Lami (Svk) | 38 | Row 66 - Cell 3 |
| 68 | Niels Wubben (Ned) Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team | 37 | Row 67 - Cell 3 |
| 69 | Matthew Hadley (Can) | 34 | Row 68 - Cell 3 |
| 70 | Balz Weber (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | 32 | Row 69 - Cell 3 |
| 71 | Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) | 32 | Row 70 - Cell 3 |
| 72 | Andrew Watson (Can) | 32 | Row 71 - Cell 3 |
| 73 | Spencer Paxson (USA) Kona | 30 | Row 72 - Cell 3 |
| 74 | Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Milka Trek MTB Racing Team | 30 | Row 73 - Cell 3 |
| 75 | Lachlan Norris (Aus) Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 30 | Row 74 - Cell 3 |
| 76 | Hannes Metzler (Aut) Muskelkater Genesis Team | 30 | Row 75 - Cell 3 |
| 77 | Tony Longo (Ita) TX Active Bianchi | 29 | Row 76 - Cell 3 |
| 78 | Peter Glassford (Can) | 25 | Row 77 - Cell 3 |
| 79 | Milan Spesny (Cze) S&H Superior MTB Team | 22 | Row 78 - Cell 3 |
| 80 | Periklis Ilias (Gre) Team Protek | 21 | Row 79 - Cell 3 |
| 81 | Max Plaxton (Can) | 20 | Row 80 - Cell 3 |
| 82 | Eric Batty (Can) | 19 | Row 81 - Cell 3 |
| 83 | Michele Casagrande (Ita) Elettroveneta - Corratec | 19 | Row 82 - Cell 3 |
| 84 | Rotem Ishai (Isr) | 17 | Row 83 - Cell 3 |
| 85 | Martin Loo (Est) Infotre - Bi & Esse - Leecougan | 17 | Row 84 - Cell 3 |
| 86 | Filip Eberl (Cze) | 16 | Row 85 - Cell 3 |
| 87 | Benjamin Wittrup Justesen (Den) | 15 | Row 86 - Cell 3 |
| 88 | Raphael Gagne (Can) | 13 | Row 87 - Cell 3 |
| 89 | Alban Lakata (Aut) Topeak Ergon Racing Team | 13 | Row 88 - Cell 3 |
| 90 | Joshua Carlson (Aus) | 11 | Row 89 - Cell 3 |
| 91 | Rene Tann (Ger) | 10 | Row 90 - Cell 3 |
| 92 | Michael Broderick (USA) | 9 | Row 91 - Cell 3 |
| 93 | Umberto Corti (Ita) Team CBE Tecnoimpianti A.S.D. | 9 | Row 92 - Cell 3 |
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