Fullana wins Spanish championship
By Daniel Simms published
Hermida victorious in men's race
Marga Fullana (Massi) and Jose Antonio Hermida (Multivan Merida) won the Spanish cross country national championships this weekend on the mountain of Montjuich in Barcelona.
Fullana collected her 11th national title after dominating the women's race. While racing the women, she encountered many masters 30+ and juniors on the course at the same time.
"I am very happy because it is a very important title for me," said Fullana. "In the race, there was a lot of traffic," she referred to the multiple categories on the course at once.
Fullana defeated Rocio Gamonal and Sandra Santanyes (Cemelorca-Trek), who were second and third.
José Antonio Hermida (Multivan-Merida) won the men's race ahead of Ruben Ruzafa (Orbea) and Ivan Alvarez (Giant Italia).
A group of six favorites emerged in the first kilometers of the race. On the second of five laps, Hermida opened a gap of 25 seconds over three men from the original leaders' group. The chasers included Iván Álvarez, Iñaki Lejarreta and Sergio Mantecón. Behind them, Ruzafa, Carlos Coloma and Marti Gispert chased.
Hermida rode alone to the win, ultimately with a gap of about 1:30.
"The first moments were quite tense. The Orbea guys were pushing hard and, although I was feeling comfortable with the pace, I didn't want to let them rule the competition," said Hermida. "This is why I attacked so early. I am surprised about the circuit. With the riders riding on it during the races, it has become tougher and more technical than a couple of days ago. This championship is special for me and gives me a lot of confidence and morale when facing the coming World Cups at Canada."
Hermida flew on Monday to Canada.
Third placed Alvarez said after the race, "I didn't push hard at the end of the last lap, when I was in second. Something was wrong with my bike."
On lap two, Massi's Israel Núñez suffered bad luck with a crash. Two laps later, he flatted far from the technical zone.
"It has been a weekend for to forget," said Núñez. "Friday, I broke a chain in the team relay. This Sunday, I crashed. Too bad," he said.
1 | José Antonio Hermida (Multivan-Merida) | 1:32:36 |
2 | Ruben Ruzafa (Orbea) | 0:01:16 |
3 | Ivan Alvarez | 0:02:05 |
4 | Iñaki Lejarreta (Orbea) | 0:02:27 |
5 | Martí Gispert (MSC Bikes) | 0:02:50 |
6 | Carlos Coloma (MSC Bikes) | 0:03:25 |
7 | Sergio Mantecon (Cemelorca-Trek-) | 0:03:40 |
8 | Alejandro Diaz De La | 0:04:24 |
9 | Pedro Trujillo Juan | 0:05:13 |
10 | Marc Trayter (Commençal) | 0:06:20 |
11 | Adolfo Garcia | 0:06:22 |
12 | Patxi Cia | 0:07:20 |
13 | Joan Llordella (Ambisist) | 0:08:25 |
14 | Oriol Morata (Radikal Bikes) | 0:09:24 |
15 | Jose Carlos Macias | 0:10:26 |
16 | Francesc Freixer (Bicicletes Esteve) | 0:10:41 |
17 | Daniel Bernal (Dr. Bike) | 0:11:27 |
18 | David Escolar (Villarosa C.C) | 0:11:40 |
19 | Israel Nuñez (Massi) | 0:12:32 |
20 | Josep Betalu (Alcoletge Cc) | 0:12:45 |
21 | Roger Argelaguer (Pocara Joiers) | 0:13:21 |
22 | Unai Yus (Ciclos Sport) | 0:13:41 |
23 | Jordi Carnicer (Lab Circuits-Ma) | 0:13:43 |
24 | Isaka De La Fuent (Cmaquina Bike) | 0:14:11 |
25 | Isidoro Perez | 0:14:28 |
26 | Alexander Ordeñana | 0:14:52 |
27 | Adelino Moll | 0:15:12 |
28 | Pablo Egeda (Ayala Team) | 0:15:35 |
29 | Jordi Martorell (Biciaccion) | 0:15:36 |
30 | Milton Javie Ramos | 0:16:05 |
31 | Xavier Viñas (Bicicletes Esteve) | 0:16:10 |
32 | Francisco Tarancon | 0:16:13 |
33 | Miguel Angel Cantero (Ciclos Sarabi) | 0:16:28 |
34 | Eric Diaz (Ambisist) | 0:17:06 |
35 | Juan Carlos Nieto (Racing Bike) | 0:17:23 |
36 | Joseba Leon | 0:18:14 |
37 | Raúl Vitoria | 0:18:16 |
38 | Xavier Bosch (Big Mat) | 0:18:20 |
39 | Robert Soley (Schwalbe-Kogami) | 0:18:31 |
40 | Chivato Borja | 0:19:01 |
41 | Oscar Juarez | 0:19:02 |
42 | Juan Antoni Ortigosa (Kadus Borrascas) | 0:19:32 |
43 | Diego Andre Escudero | 0:19:45 |
44 | Jose Antonio Lopez | 0:20:10 |
45 | Xavier Jornet (Biciaccion) | 0:20:22 |
46 | Xavier Mascaro | 0:20:57 |
47 | Jose Antonio Diez | 0:21:35 |
48 | Juan Bautist Garcia (Suraventura) | 0:21:50 |
49 | Antonio Torres (Cmaquina Bike) | 0:22:28 |
50 | Miguel Capo (Cala D´Or) | 0:23:16 |
51 | Enric Martorell (Biciaccion) | 0:23:23 |
52 | Sergi Boix (Bicicletes Esteve) | 0:23:29 |
53 | David Carneros (Medina Llagoste) | 0:24:02 |
54 | Guillem Marti (B.Caldentey-Rco) | 0:24:33 |
55 | Luis Llanderrozo (Eo C.C.) | 0:24:47 |
56 | Eloy Anton (Ccla Valldign ) | 0:24:59 |
57 | Josu Frias (Erandio U C) | 0:27:34 |
58 | Marc Plans (Selección) | 0:25:25 |
59 | Ivan Vila (Libre) | 0:26:10 |
60 | Albert Turnemas (Libre) | 0:26:11 |
61 | Prieto Bruno (Selección) | 0:26:44 |
62 | Jofre Prunera (Biciaccion) | 0:27:20 |
63 | Ivan Segarra (Big Mat) | 0:28:35 |
64 | Carlos Javie Gaspar (Schwalbe-Kogami) | 0:31:27 |
65 | Jose Luis Blanco | 0:31:35 |
1 | Margarita Fullana (Massi) | 1:29:38 |
2 | Rocio Gamonal | |
3 | Sandra Santanyes (Cemelorca-Trek) | |
4 | Anna Villar (Massi) | |
5 | Cristina Mascarreras (Conor-Camping) | |
6 | Mercé Tusell (Ambisist) | |
7 | Merce Petit (Vivers Pelegri) | |
8 | Olatz Odriozola | |
9 | Maröa Calleja | |
10 | Estela Belda | |
11 | Beatriz Gallego | |
12 | Del Mar Sancho | |
13 | Nuria Espinosa (Dracbikers) | |
14 | Vanessa Fernandez (Villarosa C.C) | |
-1lap | Marta Antolino | |
-1lap | Arantxa Millan |
1 | David Lozano (Cemelorca-Trek) | 1:40:25 |
2 | Umbert Almenara (Ecp Continental) | 0:04:09 |
3 | Diego Latasa | 0:05:55 |
4 | Cristofer Bosque (Ambisist) | 0:07:06 |
5 | Francesc Guerra (8 Per Cent) | 0:07:26 |
6 | Arnau Planas (Lab Circuits-Ma) | 0:10:50 |
7 | Noel Trillo (Bicicletes Esteve) | 0:11:52 |
8 | Javier Jurado | 0:11:59 |
9 | Lorenzo Bosch | 0:13:37 |
10 | Joan Marc Perarnau (Oki-Orbea) | 0:14:50 |
11 | David Valero | 0:14:51 |
12 | Pablo Gonzalo | 0:15:15 |
13 | Jairo Alvarez | 0:15:26 |
14 | José Angel Gonzalez (Ccmonover) | |
15 | Ruben Trillo (Bicicletes Esteve) | 0:15:25 |
16 | Eduardo Recasens (Obra Nova Bigor) | 0:16:11 |
17 | Juan Jose Martinez (Kadus Borrascas) | 0:16:21 |
18 | Jonathan Paz | 0:18:05 |
19 | Borja Murillo (Oki-Orbea) | 0:19:01 |
20 | Alvaro Olasolo | 0:19:24 |
21 | Oliver Medina | 0:19:34 |
22 | Carlos Ruiz (Dr. Bike Gran) | 0:19:58 |
23 | Josep Puigpinos (Basella Mc Segr) | 0:20:00 |
24 | Jorge Torres | 0:23:47 |
25 | Jorge Cantalicio (Citroón Amn) | 0:24:35 |
1 | Margarita Garcia (Cemelorca-Trek) | 1:48:38 |
2 | Lucia Gonzalez | |
-1lap | Ingrid Carbones ( 2C ) |
1 | Yago Sardina | 1:23:54 |
2 | Josep Nadal | |
3 | Aitor Tur | |
4 | Alejand Gomez Ever (Pedal Sports) | |
5 | Jose Anton Rodriguez | |
6 | Antxon Sarasketa | |
7 | Daniel Guasch | |
8 | Manuel Ramon Rueda | |
9 | Jon Gomez | |
10 | Fabian Molina | |
11 | Cristian Cofine | |
12 | Pablo Bravo | |
13 | Ivan Vega | |
14 | Aitor Escobar | |
15 | Francesc Zurita (La Siesta Calella) | |
16 | Jorge Blanco | |
17 | Carles Sabadell | |
18 | Alberto Pedreira | |
19 | Alberto Ibañez | |
20 | Xavier Calaf | |
21 | Oriol Domenech | |
22 | Alfonso Guirado | |
23 | Jesus Lopez | |
24 | Iñigo Gomez | |
25 | Jose Maria Sanchez | |
26 | Pablo Guerrero | |
27 | Brais Chas | |
28 | Jordi Canillas (Ambisist) | |
29 | Gregorio Becerra | |
30 | Iago Garcia | |
31 | Andres Echeverria | |
32 | Ruben Roda | |
33 | Ignacio Bueno | |
34 | Carlos Gomez | |
35 | Luis Grasa | |
36 | Rafel Sastre | |
37 | Adria Bachs (Bicicletes Este) | |
38 | Cristian Gomez | |
39 | Alberto Sainz | |
40 | David Romanos (Ambisist) | |
41 | Joan Quintana (Radikal Bikes) | |
42 | Carlos Lorente | |
43 | Daniel Perez (Citroón Amn ) | |
44 | Jorda Cullell (Remiendos) | |
45 | Marc Espinosa (One To One) | |
46 | Eduard Figueras (Medina Llagostera) | |
47 | Roberto Martin | |
48 | Javier Prado (Bikeñeke Bicia) | |
49 | Jorge Cavero | |
50 | Jose Enrique Gallego | |
51 | Kepa Alonso | |
52 | David Gonzalez | |
53 | Joaquim Martinez (Eitwo Red Bull) | |
54 | Matias Adrover (Caldentey-Rco) | |
-1lap | Adrià Marti (Ambisist) | |
-1lap | Marc Busquets (Tupedala) | |
-1lap | Joaquin Rufat |

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