Frenchman Absalon wins Spanish cross country season opener
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The Spanish Superprestigio Massi series kicked off with a round in Banyoles, near Girona, this weekend. The race drew many international stars looking for some early season fitness in advance of the upcoming Cape Epic stage race and World Cups.
The track offered demanding conditions, with lots of mud, after last week's snow.
In the men's race, Frenchman Julien Absalon took the top spot ahead of Spaniards Inaki Lejarreta Errasti, Ruben Ruzafa Cueto, Carlos Coloma Nicolas and José Antonio Hermida Ramos. Lejaretta was Absalon's closest competitor - he finished 41 seconds after the Olympic champion.
Hermida lost some time on the opening lap due to a crash. "I couldn't control my bike and I crashed, momentarily losing a shoe," said Hermida. "From then on, I worked to pass back many riders and I felt good." The Spanish start also said he was happy that his knee was doing ok after he's had a case of tendonitis over the winter.
In the elite women's race, Anna Villar won. Former World Champion Marga Fullana withdrew from the race after a problem with her dropout. Villar finished ahead of Belgian Githa Michiels, Spaniard Rocio Gamonal Ferrera, Finland's Carina Ketonen and fellow Spaniard Rocio Martin Rodriguez.
Xavi Carnicer won the Master 30+ race while Jose Luis Morales won the Masters 50+ race.
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Julien Absalon (Fra) | 1:33:52 |
| 2 | Inaki Lejarreta Errasti (Spa) | 0:00:41 |
| 3 | Ruben Ruzafa Cueto (Spa) | 0:02:16 |
| 4 | Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spa) | 0:03:31 |
| 5 | José Antonio Hermida Ramos (Spa) | 0:03:32 |
| 6 | Milan Spesny (Cze) | 0:04:09 |
| 7 | Jelmer Jubbega (Ned) | 0:04:40 |
| 8 | Marco Minnaard (Ned) | 0:04:41 |
| 9 | Kristian Hynek (Cze) | 0:05:01 |
| 10 | Milan Spesny (Cze) | 0:05:04 |
| 11 | Juan Pedro Trujillo Hernandez (Spa) | 0:06:03 |
| 12 | Ruben Scheire (Bel) | 0:06:06 |
| 13 | Ismael Ventura Sanchez (Spa) | 0:06:08 |
| 14 | Jimmy Tielens (Bel) | 0:06:11 |
| 15 | Marc Trayter Alemany (Spa) | 0:06:15 |
| 16 | Dries Govaerts (Bel) | 0:06:16 |
| 17 | Joan Llordella Prat (Spa) | 0:07:09 |
| 18 | Tiago Jorge Oliveira Ferreira (Por) | 0:07:23 |
| 19 | Tim Lammers (Ned) | 0:07:33 |
| 20 | Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) | 0:08:31 |
| 21 | David Pons (Spa) | 0:08:39 |
| 22 | Josep Betalu (Spa) | 0:08:40 |
| 23 | Daniel Bernal Enriquez (Spa) | 0:09:05 |
| 24 | Rob Vangenechten (Bel) | 0:09:10 |
| 25 | Erik Groen (Ned) | 0:09:28 |
| 26 | Jose Maria Sanchez (Spa) | 0:09:57 |
| 27 | Borja Chivato (Spa) | 0:10:11 |
| 28 | Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) | 0:10:12 |
| 29 | Francesc Freixer (Spa) | 0:10:15 |
| 30 | Jakub Magnusek (Cze) | 0:10:25 |
| 31 | Isaka De La Fuente Raistrick (Spa) | 0:10:31 |
| 32 | Mario Luis Miranda Costa (Por) | 0:10:41 |
| 33 | Patxi Cia Apezteguia (Spa) | 0:11:27 |
| 34 | Jonas De Backer (Bel) | 0:11:49 |
| 35 | Diego Latasa Abancens (Spa) | 0:11:53 |
| 36 | Jose Luis Arce Ballesteros (Spa) | 0:11:58 |
| 37 | Israel Nunez Baticon (Spa) | 0:12:10 |
| 38 | Alejandro Diaz De La Pena Lopez (Spa) | 0:12:38 |
| 39 | Clément Koretzky (Fra) | 0:12:47 |
| 40 | Jordi Carnicer (Spa) | 0:12:55 |
| 41 | Juan Antonio Ortigosa (Spa) | 0:13:14 |
| 42 | Ramon Sagues Portabella (Spa) | 0:13:21 |
| 43 | Umbert Almenara Verges (Spa) | 0:13:33 |
| 44 | Jordi Martorell (Spa) | 0:13:34 |
| 45 | Xavier Bosch (Spa) | 0:13:55 |
| 46 | Adelino Moll Mut (Spa) | 0:14:03 |
| 47 | Llibert Mill Garcia (Spa) | 0:14:19 |
| 48 | Jakub Silar (Cze) | 0:14:35 |
| 49 | Jose Manuel Benito (Spa) | 0:14:42 |
| 50 | Daniel Guasch Tur (Spa) | 0:15:19 |
| 51 | Christian Collados (Spa) | 0:15:28 |
| 52 | Milton Javier Ramos Gamez (Spa) | 0:16:13 |
| 53 | Josep Puigpinos (Spa) | 0:16:14 |
| 54 | Jesus Bacaicoa (Spa) | 0:16:16 |
| 55 | Yago Sardina Carrillo (Spa) | 0:16:24 |
| 56 | Alex Salazar (Spa) | 0:16:43 |
| 57 | Lucas Arcos (Spa) | 0:17:09 |
| 58 | Joan Marc Perarnau Garcia (Spa) | 0:17:26 |
| 59 | Enrique Morcillo (Spa) | 0:17:36 |
| 60 | Xavier Vinyas (Spa) | 0:17:39 |
| 61 | Carlos Portilla Parrilla (Spa) | 0:18:05 |
| 62 | Sergi Boix (Spa) | 0:18:26 |
| 63 | Pierre Pous (Fra) | 0:18:29 |
| 64 | Pablo Bravo Alonso (Spa) | 0:18:30 |
| 65 | Albert Aubet (Spa) | 0:18:54 |
| 66 | Jose Anton Rodriguez (Spa) | 0:19:34 |
| 67 | Raul Vitoria (Spa) | 0:19:50 |
| 68 | Jose Angel Gonzalez (Spa) | 0:20:04 |
| 69 | Guillem Marti (Spa) | 0:20:37 |
| 70 | Alejandro Olid (Spa) | 0:20:47 |
| 71 | Aitor Tur (Spa) | 0:20:51 |
| 72 | Albert Codinach (Spa) | 0:20:54 |
| 73 | Rafel Sastre (Spa) | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
| 74 | Juan Antonio Ruiz (Spa) | 0:21:06 |
| 75 | Raul Mena (Spa) | 0:22:09 |
| 76 | Ever Alejandro Gomez (Bol) | 0:22:32 |
| 77 | Oscar Berral (Spa) | 0:22:33 |
| 78 | Jofre Prunera (Spa) | 0:23:17 |
| 79 | Salvador Moll (Spa) | 0:23:20 |
| 80 | Mickael Campourcy (Spa) | 0:24:01 |
| 81 | Vicente Solbes (Spa) | 0:24:06 |
| 82 | Jose Antonio Lopez (Spa) | 0:24:47 |
| 83 | Jose Luis De Abajo (Spa) | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
| 84 | Joseba Leon Gutierrez (Spa) | 0:24:48 |
| 85 | Victor Selles (Spa) | 0:26:21 |
| 86 | Jordá Cullell (Spa) | 0:26:46 |
| 87 | Raul Cots (Spa) | 0:28:23 |
| 88 | Jody Burnett (Spa) | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
| 89 | David Peñaloza (Spa) | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
| 90 | Alex Marrase (Spa) | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
| 91 | Jesus E. Hernandez (Spa) | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
| 92 | Erik Melon (Spa) | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
| 93 | Noel Trillo Flores (Spa) | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
| 94 | Albert Bargallo (Spa) | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
| 95 | Roger Serrano (Spa) | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
| 96 | Alvaro Olasolo Don (Spa) | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
| 97 | Sergi Guell (Spa) | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
| 98 | Frco Javier Pascual (Spa) | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
| 99 | Ramon Lozano (Spa) | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
| 100 | Victor Rodriguez (Spa) | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
| 101 | Ruben Morcillo (Spa) | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
| 102 | Albert Oller Piferrer (Spa) | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
| 103 | Carlos Javier Gaspar (Spa) | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
| 104 | José Villanueva (Spa) | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
| 105 | Oscar Sabiote (Spa) | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
| 106 | Fco. Javier Vargas (Spa) | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
| 107 | Albert Carreras (Spa) | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
| 108 | Josep Chavarria (Spa) | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
| 109 | Daniel Perez (Spa) | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
| 110 | Borja Murillo Caballero (Spa) | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
| 111 | Cristian Navarro (Spa) | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
| 112 | Julio Pintado (And) | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
| 113 | Eduard Figueras (Spa) | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
| 114 | Vladimir Loginov (Rus) | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
| 115 | Matias Adrover (Spa) | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
| 116 | Jordi Espinar (Spa) | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
| 117 | José Manuel Blanco (Spa) | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
| 118 | Marcos Segura (Spa) | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
| 119 | Albert Mendoza (Spa) | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
| 120 | Sergi Pujabet (Spa) | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
| 121 | José Albano Alvarez (Spa) | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
| 122 | Pau Bosch (Spa) | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
| 123 | Oriol Domenech (Spa) | Row 122 - Cell 2 |
| 124 | Marc Coll (Spa) | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
| 125 | Francisco Lopez (Spa) | Row 124 - Cell 2 |
| 126 | Florian Prudhomme (Fra) | Row 125 - Cell 2 |
| 127 | Sergio Muñoz (Spa) | Row 126 - Cell 2 |
| 128 | Santiago Jurado (Spa) | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
| 129 | Gerard Colomer (Spa) | Row 128 - Cell 2 |
| 130 | Oriol Aguilera (Spa) | Row 129 - Cell 2 |
| 131 | Vincent Thomas (Fra) | Row 130 - Cell 2 |
| 132 | Xavier Clopes (Spa) | Row 131 - Cell 2 |
| 133 | Zeuxis Romero (Spa) | Row 132 - Cell 2 |
| 134 | Galderic Jover (Spa) | Row 133 - Cell 2 |
| 135 | Alejandro Moral (Spa) | Row 134 - Cell 2 |
| 136 | Josep Juanola (Spa) | Row 135 - Cell 2 |
| 137 | Eloi Preckler (Spa) | Row 136 - Cell 2 |
| 138 | Bernat Costa Pérez (Spa) | Row 137 - Cell 2 |
| 139 | Ismael Rosillo (Spa) | Row 138 - Cell 2 |
| 140 | Ricardo Gutierrez (Spa) | Row 139 - Cell 2 |
| 141 | Joan Ramio (Spa) | Row 140 - Cell 2 |
| 142 | Marc Donadeu (Spa) | Row 141 - Cell 2 |
| 143 | Guillaume Guilbaud (Fra) | Row 142 - Cell 2 |
| 144 | Gerard Arenos (Spa) | Row 143 - Cell 2 |
| 145 | Raül Gallego (Spa) | Row 144 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Fco. Javier Macias (Spa) | Row 145 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | David Lozano Riba (Spa) | Row 146 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Marti Gispert Labarta (Spa) | Row 147 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Hugo Drechou (Fra) | Row 148 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Frederic Balaguer (Fra) | Row 149 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Luis Alberto Costa Leao Pinto (Por) | Row 150 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | David Escolar Ballesteros (Spa) | Row 151 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | José Carlos Macias Bonano (Spa) | Row 152 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Oriol Morata Abril (Spa) | Row 153 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Arnau Planas (Spa) | Row 154 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Cristofer Bosque (Spa) | Row 155 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Juan Jose Martinez (Spa) | Row 156 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Xavier Jornet (Spa) | Row 157 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Jordi Sanmartin (Spa) | Row 158 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Enric Martorell (Spa) | Row 159 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Ruben Trillo (Spa) | Row 160 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Pablo Carrera (Spa) | Row 161 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Adrià Valls (Spa) | Row 162 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Diego Fernandez (Spa) | Row 163 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Ivan Segarra (Spa) | Row 164 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Alejandro Castrillo (Spa) | Row 165 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Fco. Daniel Gonzalez (Spa) | Row 166 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Eusebio Lopez (Spa) | Row 167 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Alberto Perez (Spa) | Row 168 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Hugo Vazquez (Spa) | Row 169 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Miguel Saez (Spa) | Row 170 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Bernat Canellas (Spa) | Row 171 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Marc Plans Beltran (Spa) | Row 172 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Yohan Trimoulet (Fra) | Row 173 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Xavier Clua (Spa) | Row 174 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Alvaro Herrera (Spa) | Row 175 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Enric Vidal (Spa) | Row 176 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Marc Casellas (Spa) | Row 177 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Sebastien Moya (Fra) | Row 178 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Alejandro Gonzalez (Spa) | Row 179 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Miguel Angel Rubio (Spa) | Row 180 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Samuel Ruiz (Spa) | Row 181 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Jose Manuel Padilla (Spa) | Row 182 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Antonio Moreno (Spa) | Row 183 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Pablo Franco (Spa) | Row 184 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Gerardo Martinez (Spa) | Row 185 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Marc Soler (Spa) | Row 186 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | David Garcia (Spa) | Row 187 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Tomas Muñoz (Spa) | Row 188 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Marcos Vasquez (Spa) | Row 189 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Antonio Guerrero Sanchez (Spa) | Row 190 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Oscar Ruiz (Spa) | Row 191 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Damia Purti (Spa) | Row 192 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Boris Ivan Campos (Chi) | Row 193 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Jordi Cunill (Spa) | Row 194 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Xavier Torres (Spa) | Row 195 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Enric Costas (Spa) | Row 196 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Sergio Borjabad (Spa) | Row 197 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | José Raul Hernandez (Spa) | Row 198 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Daniel Lopez (Spa) | Row 199 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | David Barroso (Spa) | Row 200 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Javier Vazquez (Spa) | Row 201 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Thomas Janin (Fra) | Row 202 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Matous Ulman (Cze) | Row 203 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Marti Samper (Spa) | Row 204 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Marc Caro (Spa) | Row 205 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Javier Garcia (Spa) | Row 206 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | David Caceres (Spa) | Row 207 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Judith Sanchez (Spa) | Row 208 - Cell 2 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anna Villar Argente (Spa) | 1:37:14 |
| 2 | Githa Michiels (Bel) | 0:02:15 |
| 3 | Rocio Gamonal Ferrera (Spa) | 0:04:09 |
| 4 | Carina Ketonen (Fin) | 0:04:48 |
| 5 | Rocio Martin Rodriguez (Spa) | 0:07:19 |
| 6 | Kristien Nelen (Bel) | 0:08:32 |
| 7 | Joana Barbosa (Por) | 0:08:55 |
| 8 | Cristina Mascarreras Sabria (Spa) | 0:09:45 |
| 9 | Olatz Odriozola Mujika (Spa) | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
| 10 | Mercedes Pacios Pujalo (Spa) | 0:10:13 |
| 11 | Mercé Tusell Quevedo (Spa) | 0:10:46 |
| 12 | Maroa Calleja (Spa) | 0:11:46 |
| 13 | Muriel Bouhet (Fra) | 0:12:46 |
| 14 | Lourdes Torrescasana (Spa) | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
| 15 | Lucia Vazquez (Spa) | 0:14:34 |
| 16 | Beatriz Gallego Carbajo (Spa) | 0:15:20 |
| 17 | Mariana Catedra Fernando (Spa) | 0:18:31 |
| 18 | Valentine Segrestan (Fra) | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
| 19 | Nuria Espinosa (Spa) | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
| 20 | Maria Elena Amoros (Spa) | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
| 21 | Marta Antolino De Celis (Spa) | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
| 22 | Maria Del Mar Sancho Bauza (Spa) | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
| 23 | Rosa Maria Riera Trtias (Spa) | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
| 24 | Clara Soms (Spa) | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
| 25 | Vanesa Fernandez Vidueira (Spa) | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
| 26 | Ingrid Carbones (Spa) | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Audrey Lanouziere (Fra) | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Margarita Fullana Riera (Spa) | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Merce Petit (Spa) | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Raquel Serra (Spa) | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Noemia Lopes (Spa) | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Marta Viladoms (Spa) | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Esther Hernandez (Spa) | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Maria Jorda (Spa) | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
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Sue George is an editor at Cyclingnews. She coordinates all of the site's mountain bike race coverage and assists with the road, 'cross and track coverage.
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