Markt wins ahead of Gehbauer, Litscher
Enaux speeds to victory in women's race
Tough climbs and daredevil downhills were the perfect ground for the Felt Ötztal X-Bionic World Cup riders at the Ötztaler Mountain Bike Festival on May 1. Charly Markt won the men's race while Sabrina Enaux earned a victory in the women's race.
Markt's dreams came true when he won the UCI-inscripted race held in his hometown, Haiming. After the first lap, Markt took the lead and neither Ralph Näf (Multivan Merida) nor any of the others could follow him up the hill.
Markt won by 53 seconds over Alexander Gehbauer, so he had plenty of time to celebrate and enjoy the applause of fans in the final meters. Thomas Litscher was third.
"It's awesome. The race was brutal and I'm so happy I finally made it to the top here in my hometown with all my fans cheering on the track," said Markt. "My tactics worked great: I kept the speed very high from the beginning so that nobody could ride into striking distance."
In the women's race, Enaux took her first win of the season. The petite French woman crossed the finish line with over one minute time advantage - and second was nobody other than the world's number one ranked Lisi Osl.
"The course was very technical and perfect," said Enaux. "A full suspension bike helped me ride fast through stones and roots, and the course was full with these technical sections."
Blaza Klemencic, who still is struggling with the aftermath of her painful crash last weekend at the World Cup in South Africa, came in third and was happy with the result.
"To race here was important for me because I don't want to slow down between the World Cups - even if the bruises still hurt a bit," said Klemencic.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Karl Markt (Aut) | 1:38:10 |
2 | Alexander Gehbauer (Aut) | 0:00:15 |
3 | Thomas Litscher (Swi) | 0:00:23 |
4 | Uwe Hochenwarter (Aut) | 0:00:53 |
5 | Martino Fruet (Ita) | 0:01:46 |
6 | Ralph Naef (Swi) | 0:03:18 |
7 | Matous Ulman (Cze) | 0:03:26 |
8 | Catriel Andres Soto (Arg) | 0:03:51 |
9 | Michele Casagrande (Ita) | 0:04:02 |
10 | Nicola Rohrbach (Swi) | 0:04:08 |
11 | Paul Van Der Ploeg (Aus) | 0:05:12 |
12 | Cristian Cominelli (Ita) | 0:06:03 |
13 | Severin Disch (Swi) | 0:06:50 |
14 | Michal Lami (Svk) | 0:07:52 |
15 | Simon Scheiber (Aut) | 0:08:02 |
16 | Ivan Smirnov (Rus) | 0:08:54 |
17 | Matthias Leisling (Ger) | 0:09:05 |
18 | Christopher Maletz (Ger) | 0:09:27 |
19 | Tony Longo (Ita) | 0:09:32 |
20 | Gregor Raggl (Aut) | 0:10:47 |
21 | Matthias Waldhart (Aut) | 0:11:26 |
22 | Paul Remy (Fra) | 0:11:37 |
23 | Michael Hutter (Swi) | 0:11:53 |
24 | Maximilian Holz (Ger) | 0:12:12 |
25 | Dominic Calitz (RSA) | 0:12:33 |
26 | Timofei Ivanov (Rus) | 0:12:39 |
27 | Andi Weinhold (Ger) | 0:13:48 |
28 | Mykhaylo Batsutsa (Ukr) | 0:14:11 |
29 | Matthias Hoi (Aut) | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Manfred Zöger (Aut) | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Evgeny Nikolaev (Rus) | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Markus Preiss (Aut) | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Martino Di Pierdomenico (Ita) | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Maximilian Knapp (Ita) | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Zdenek Vobecky (Cze) | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Mikhail Baryshnikov (Rus) | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Nejc Cernilogar (Slo) | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Simon Seehofer (Aut) | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Dumeni Vincenz (Swi) | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Matthias Grick (Aut) | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Martin Haring (Svk) | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Florian Kremmaier (Aut) | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Gunther Huber (Ita) | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Michael Wiessner (Ger) | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Christian Moitzi (Aut) | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Pawel Wojczal (Pol) | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Armin Keibacher (Ita) | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Severin Sagesser (Swi) | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Rumen Voigt (Ger) | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Richard Gantner (Aut) | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Anton Liyubuy (Ukr) | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Julian Scherer (Aut) | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Thomas Forer (Ita) | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Martin Loo (Est) | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Robert Gehbauer (Aut) | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Giuseppe Lamastra (Ita) | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rafal Hebisz (Pol) | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Daniel Geismayr (Aut) | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Giancarlo Sax (Swi) | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rafal Alchimowiz (Pol) | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Simon Costa (Aut) | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Daniel Federspiel (Aut) | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lukas Hollrigl (Aut) | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lysander Kiesel (Ger) | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Frederick Thoni (Aut) | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Michael (Jr) Schweizer (Ger) | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Michal Straka (Svk) | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Markus Loisl (Aut) | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Sabrina Enaux (Fra) | 1:21:46 |
2 | Elisabeth Osl (Aut) | 0:01:16 |
3 | Blaza Klemencic (Slo) | 0:07:24 |
4 | Yana Belomoyna (Ukr) | 0:08:53 |
5 | Maria Osl (Aut) | 0:09:45 |
6 | Michelle Hediger (Swi) | 0:10:16 |
7 | Lisa Mitterbauer (Aut) | 0:12:38 |
8 | Sabrina Maurer (Swi) | 0:13:55 |
9 | Anna Oberparleiter (Ita) | 0:14:50 |
10 | Michalina Ziolkowska (Pol) | 0:16:04 |
11 | Mailin Franke (Ger) | 0:19:32 |
12 | Marta Tereshchuk (Ukr) | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Tanja Starkermann (Swi) | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Paulina Hebisz Rydzik (Pol) | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marielle Saner-Guinchard (Swi) | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Stephanie Wiedner (Aut) | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Michaela Malarikova (Svk) | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
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