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Florian Vogel (Scott Swisspower) won the Swiss cross country championship this weekend. Vogel succesfully defended his title in Chur.
Four favorites competed for three places on the podium. World Champion Christoph Sauser (Specialized Factory Racing) found a track with a long climb and rough descent that suited his skills. Nino Schurter (Scott Swisspower) lives only meters away from the start/finish and wanted to put on a good show in front of the home crowd. With his good World Cup results thus far in 2009, Ralph Näf (Multivan Merida) was the man to beat, but of course, Vogel wanted to keep the national title.
Lukas Flückiger (23 Degrees/ Trek) and Martin Gujan (Cannondale) were also in the medal hunt.
The pace was tremendously high from the beginning. Soon it became clear that Sauser and Schurter would not be able to contend for the title. Schurter has been fighting bronchitis for two weeks. He's back to good health, but still struggled breathing.
One third of the way into the race, Gujan and Vogel put a gap on Flückiger and Näf. At the half-way point, Vogel looked confident and tried for a solo attack. At first, his gap back to Gujan held at 20 seconds. On the last three laps, nothing held the reigning champion back, and he won by nearly two minutes. This win was welcome after he struggled on the World Cup scene this spring.
Gujan earned a silver, and Flückiger completed the podium. The other favorites Näf (fourth), Sauser (fifth) and Schurter (sixth) had to go home without medals.
Vogel will head next to Zoetermeer, Holland, to defend his European Championship title.
Katrin Leumann (goldwurst-power / Sputnik) won the women's race in 1:35:50. Esther Süss (Wheeler-IXS Pro Team) followed just eight seconds behind, and Petra Henzi (Fischer-BMC) was third at 1:53.
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| 1 | Florian Vogel (Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing) | 1:40:34 |
| 2 | Martin Gujan (Cannondale Factory Racing) | 0:01:53 |
| 3 | Lukas Flückiger (23 deegres/Trek) | 0:02:05 |
| 4 | Christoph Sauser (Specialized) | 0:02:21 |
| 5 | Ralph Näf (Multivan Merida Biking Team) | 0:05:01 |
| 6 | Nino Schurter (Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing) | 0:06:52 |
| 7 | Nicola Rohrbach (central GHOST Pro Team) | 0:07:34 |
| 8 | Christof Bischof (ISD Sportsclub) | 0:09:35 |
| 9 | Balz Weber (DS-Rennsport) | 0:10:41 |
| 10 | Joris Boillat (Frenetic-Bernasconi) | 0:12:03 |
| 11 | Patrick Tresch (GU Plus/Thomyk/VMC Silenen) | 0:13:03 |
| -1lap | Ueli Schädler (Energie MTB Team) | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Markus Bless (Tower Sports-VC Eschenbach) | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Silvio Bundi (Giant-Swiss-Team) | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Jonas Baumann (Haibike-Swiss IT Repair MTB) | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Manuel Scheidegger (Velobern Racing Team) | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Silvio Büsser (BiXS - iXS Swiss Team) | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Ivan Planzer (Giant-Swiss-Team) | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Michael Hutter (Pink Gili Swiss) | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Lucien Peterhans (Velo Franz/Univega) | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Florian Meyer (MTB Cycletech Racing Team) | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Tobias Hollenstein (Bike Team Ramsauer-Micarna) | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Joel Graf (Fehr Velos Erlen) | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Klemens Bont (Gaetzi.com/RMC Gossau) | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Marcel Wildhaber (Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing) | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Rudolf Biedermann (Team Mahu) | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Alexandre Moos (BMC) | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
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| 1 | Katrin Leumann (goldwurst-power / Sputnik) | 1:35:50 |
| 2 | Esther Süss (Wheeler-IXS Pro Team) | 0:00:08 |
| 3 | Petra Henzi (Fischer-BMC) | 0:01:53 |
| 4 | Marielle Saner-Guinchard (BikePark.ch) | 0:03:44 |
| 5 | Nathalie Schneitter (Colnago Cap Arreghini) | 0:04:44 |
| 6 | Fabienne Heinzmann (BikePark.ch) | 0:08:18 |
| 7 | Sarah Koba (Giant-Swiss-Team) | 0:10:03 |
| 8 | Lilian Huwyler (Bike Team Ramsauer-Micarna) | 0:12:25 |
| 9 | Corina Gantenbein (ewz.biketeam.gr) | 0:14:45 |
| -1lap | Catherine Lohri (Free Mountain/Koba) | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Silvia Mölk (Bike4Fun) | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Fabienne Niederberger (X.O.-Felt) | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
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| 1 | Matthias Stirnemann (Merida Suisse Team) | 1:25:08 |
| 2 | Reto Indergand (TG Zentralschweiz/IG RS-Uri) | 0:00:44 |
| 3 | Roger Walder (Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing) | 0:02:50 |
| 4 | Patrick Lüthi (Prof - Raiffeisen) | 0:04:20 |
| 5 | Fabian Paumann (Merida Suisse Team) | 0:04:23 |
| 6 | Emilien Barben (Zeta Cycling Club) | 0:04:37 |
| 7 | Michael Stünzi (Haibike-Swiss IT Repair MTB) | 0:04:49 |
| 8 | Marc Stutzmann (MTB Cycletech Racing Team) | 0:05:28 |
| 9 | Stefan Peter (TG Zentralschweiz) | 0:05:29 |
| 10 | Janos Ruch (Fischer Junior MTB Team) | 0:07:03 |
| 11 | Martin Strebel (Fischer Junior MTB Team) | 0:07:43 |
| 12 | Claude Koster (MTB Cycletech Racing Team) | 0:07:45 |
| 13 | Kevin Krieg (RRC Diessenhofen) | 0:08:20 |
| 14 | Lukas Loretz (Giant-Swiss-Team) | 0:09:09 |
| 15 | Fabian Obrist (Stevens) | 0:09:43 |
| 16 | Rick Reimann (PBR-Matic Swiss Team) | 0:10:00 |
| 17 | Anthony Grand (DOM Cycle / VC Rennaz) | 0:10:01 |
| 18 | Florian Kaufmann (Hobi-Bau/MF.Hügler Wetzikon) | 0:11:42 |
| 19 | Johannes Gujan (VC Surselva) | 0:11:59 |
| 20 | Severin Sägesser (Thömus Racing Team) | 0:13:24 |
| 21 | Lukas Wick (Yeti Ullmann/RRC Diessenhoffen) | 0:13:31 |
| 22 | Mike Schuler (TG Zentralschweiz) | 0:14:08 |
| 23 | Ralph Federer (Bike Team Ramsauer-Micarna) | 0:14:42 |
| -1lap | Simon Faust (Hobi-Bau/MF.Hügler Wetzikon) | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Rafael Haubensak (Sherpa Tensing Pedalerie) | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Marco Wildhaber (Suso Bike Walenstadt) | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Marc Flury (Thömus Racing Team) | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Tobias Fedier (VC Horgen) | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Samuel Bieri (Tower Sports-VC Eschenbach) | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Marc Hermann (ewz.biketeam.gr) | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Robin Böhi (Velothek-Baloise) | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Pascal Stettler (Fischer Junior MTB Team) | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Remo Bislin (Bike 4 Fun) | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Christoph Fässler (thomyk / VC Gersau) | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Daniel Humm (VC Wädenswil/Radnroll Bike Team) | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Nico Tambarikas (RT-Bike/RV Buchs) | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Fabian Aschwanden (VMC Silenen/IG Radsport Uri) | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
| -2laps | Benedikt (Lie) Mündle (Merida Liechtenstein) | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
| -2laps | Daniel Hagmann (Koba.ch) | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
| -6laps | Ronny Koller (RSS Rheintal) | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Marc Schärli (RC Gränichen) | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Basil Fanti (RRZ Goldwurst.ch Nordwest) | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Maxime Schmid (BikePark.ch) | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
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| 1 | Michelle Hediger (Fischer-BMC) | 1:16:00 |
| 2 | Vania Schumacher (Top Cycle) | 0:01:33 |
| 3 | Nicole Hanselmann (bike-import.ch/RV Wetzikon) | 0:02:10 |
| 4 | Tanja Starkermann (Fischer Junior MTB Team) | 0:07:46 |
| 5 | Céline Ernst (Stöckli Racing Team) | 0:10:34 |
| 6 | Aurelia Sonderegger (PBR-Matic Swiss MTB Team) | 0:10:41 |
| 7 | Seraina Gasser (Tower Sports-VC Eschenbach) | 0:14:28 |
| 8 | Carmen Gehriger (Team-Brander.ch) | 0:15:40 |
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| 1 | Fabian Giger (SKS M.I.G. Team) | 1:30:58 |
| 2 | Sepp Freiburghaus (Thömus Racing Team) | 0:02:00 |
| 3 | Pascal Meyer (SKS M.I.G. Team) | 0:02:33 |
| 4 | Thomas Litscher (SKS M.I.G. Team) | 0:03:50 |
| 5 | Martin Fanger (Giant-Swiss-Team) | 0:04:03 |
| 6 | Jeremy Huguenin (Giant-Swiss-Team) | 0:05:05 |
| 7 | Severin Disch (Giant-Swiss-Team) | 0:05:48 |
| 8 | Lukas Kaufmann (Rothaus-Cube MTB Team) | 0:06:09 |
| 9 | Patrik Gallati (Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing) | 0:06:44 |
| 10 | Marco Arnold (Gisler-Craft) | 0:09:50 |
| 11 | Daniel Eymann (Thömus Racing Team) | 0:11:28 |
| 12 | Konny Looser (BiXS - iXS Swiss Team) | 0:12:27 |
| -1lap | Simon Weber (Merida Suisse Team) | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Benjamin Büchi (Scott RV Winterthur) | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Giancarlo Sax (Thömus Racing Team) | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Philipp Gerber (Thömus Racing Team) | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Valentin Scherz (Pro Cycles - Scott - Newwork) | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Arian Berger (Schötz go-in.ch) | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Matthias Allenspach (Tower Sports-VC Eschenbach) | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Christian Bickel (Total Sport/Steda) | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Lucien Besancon (Velocenter Wangen a.A.) | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Daniel Kaufmann (Haibike-Swiss IT Repair MTB) | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Benoit Beaud (BikePark.ch) | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Michael Wildhaber (Tower Sports-VC Eschenbach) | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Sandro Hediger (Fischer Junior MTB Team) | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Jeremias Marti (TG-Zentralschweiz.ch) | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Marc Metzler (Pink Gili Swiss) | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Patrick Hediger (RV Merishausen/Russenberger) | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Oliver Windler (Ullmann Yeti) | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
| 2laps | Benjamin Walker (VMC Erstfeld/IG RS Uri) | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
| 2laps | Luca Formoso (Cycle Shop/RV Winterthur) | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Matthias Rupp (Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing) | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Mirco Widmer (Fischer Junior MTB Team) | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Sandro Kessler (ewz.biketeam.gr) | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Mathias Flückiger (23 deegres/Trek) | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Arnaud Grand (Thömus Racing Team) | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Mirco Zürcher (BSK Graf/VC Volketswil) | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | David Bieri (Krapf Bike Wave) | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Jörg Egli (Wheeler-IXS Swiss Team) | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Manuel Ritter (MTB Cycletech Racing Team) | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Dumeni Vincenz (Thömus Racing Team) | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Florian Thie (MTB Cycletech Racing Team) | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Pascal Schmutz (Corratec World Team) | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
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| 1 | Vivienne Meyer (Colnago Cap Arreghini) | 1:27:47 |
| 2 | Kathrin Stirnemann (Merida Suisse Team) | 0:02:18 |
| 3 | Virginie Pointet (BikePark.ch) | 0:03:24 |
| 4 | Joelle Schmutz (Corratec Worl Team) | 0:05:44 |
| 5 | Marina Giger (Tower Sports-VC Eschenbach) | 0:06:43 |
| 6 | Jennifer Sägesser (Thömus Racing Team) | 0:11:05 |
| 7 | Deborah Spescha (ewz.biketeam.gr) | 0:11:08 |
| 8 | Karin Rappo (Mahu) | 0:15:49 |
| -1lap | Céline Farner (Velo Franz/Univega) | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Andrea Wilhelm (Stevens Tröhler/VC Hittnau) | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Daniela Stünzi (Haibike-Swiss IT Repair MTB) | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Lorraine Truong (Prof Flühlmann / CCL) | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
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| 1 | René Wildhaber (Schwinn OBG) | 1:30:03 |
| 2 | David Baumann (Haibike-Swiss IT Repair MTB) | 0:00:51 |
| 3 | Roland Häfeli (Fischer-BMC) | 0:01:51 |
| 4 | Beat Morf (Chälbli Bikes & Service) | 0:02:33 |
| 5 | Stefan Huber (Alptours/Pneu Egger) | 0:03:05 |
| 6 | Marcel Knecht (CSI Group MTB Team) | 0:04:30 |
| 7 | Daniel Huber (ewz.biketeam.gr) | 0:05:09 |
| 8 | Roger Dittli (Stöckli-Craft) | 0:06:47 |
| 9 | Andreas Bruder (Bike4Fun) | 0:06:48 |
| 10 | Marco Hinrichs (Stöckli) | 0:08:06 |
| 11 | Claudius Thommen (Merida Suisse Team) | 0:11:39 |
| 12 | Lee Mazzoleni (VC Industrie Zürich) | 0:11:47 |
| -3laps | 50083 N.N. | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
| -5laps | Alain Bischofberger (veloschöpfli.ch) | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
| -5laps | Martin Steiert (Kraftstoff Bike-Werkstatt) | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
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| 1 | Tobias Spescha (VC Surselva) | 0:51:09 |
| 2 | Andri Frischknecht (VC Eschenbach Hakle) | 0:00:12 |
| 3 | Erik Jonsson (Corratec World Team) | 0:00:33 |
| 4 | Lars Forster (VC Eschenbach Hakle) | 0:00:45 |
| 5 | Florian Chenaux (VC Fribourg/Cycles Pache) | 0:01:53 |
| 6 | Valentin Berset (Procycle/Scott/New York) | 0:02:14 |
| 7 | Jan Gafner (Ski-Velo-Center.ch) | 0:02:14 |
| 8 | Dominik Risi (TG Zentralschweiz) | 0:02:50 |
| 9 | Philipp Hediger (Fischer Junior MTB Team) | 0:03:01 |
| 10 | Marcel Guerrini (Energie MTB Team) | 0:03:19 |
| 11 | Isak Jonsson (Corratec World Team) | 0:03:24 |
| 12 | Roger Jenny (Bike 4 Fun) | 0:03:35 |
| 13 | Jonas Loretz (Tropical Solothurn) | 0:03:43 |
| 14 | Silvan Kälin (TG-Zentralschweiz/RV Einsiedeln) | 0:04:12 |
| 15 | Dominic Zumstein (VC Eschenbach Hakle) | 0:04:29 |
| 16 | Nick Albrecht (bikebrothers.ch/RV Winterthur) | 0:04:43 |
| 17 | Manuel Boog (Hobi-Bau) | 0:05:16 |
| 18 | Dylan Page (Dom Cycle / VC Rennaz) | 0:05:18 |
| 19 | Nicola Conrad (Fischer Junior MTB Team) | 0:06:22 |
| 20 | Rico Von Burg (Tropical Solothurn) | 0:06:27 |
| 21 | Maurus Dürr (Koba.ch) | 0:06:56 |
| 22 | Ciril Spescha (VC Surselva) | 0:08:11 |
| 23 | Joel Haubensak (Sherpa Tensing Pedalerie) | 0:08:13 |
| 24 | Kilian Motzer (RV Altenrhein) | 0:08:14 |
| 25 | Roman Gisler (TG Zentralschweiz /IG RS Uri) | 0:08:58 |
| 26 | Gabriel Senn (Hobi-Bau/MF.Hügler Wetzikon) | 0:09:21 |
| 27 | Patrik Koller | 0:09:28 |
| 28 | Joel Koller (VC Eschenbach Hakle) | 0:10:04 |
| 29 | Ismael Müller (Felt Cycles Centre) | 0:10:21 |
| 30 | Fabian Kiser (TG Zentralschweiz) | 0:10:29 |
| 31 | Pascal Dieterich (Hobi-Bau/MF.Hügler Wetzikon) | 0:11:19 |
| 32 | Fabian Bucher (Merida Rookies Team) | 0:11:26 |
| 33 | Kilian Oertli (Radteam Degersheim) | 0:11:28 |
| 34 | Samuel Schwendener (Koba.ch) | 0:11:43 |
| 35 | Silvan Gisler (VMC Silenen/IG Radsport Uri) | 0:12:47 |
| 36 | Thomas Eymann (Thömus Factory Team) | 0:13:43 |
| 37 | Kilian Badrutt | 0:14:46 |
| 38 | Albin Gehriger | 0:15:07 |
| -1lap | Nicolas Allenspach (Koba.ch) | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
| -2laps | Florian Suter (Fischer Junior MTB Team) | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
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| 1 | Andrea Waldis (thomyk/VC Gersau/TG Zentral) | 0:56:55 |
| 2 | Linda Indergand (TG Zentralschweiz/IG RS-Uri) | 0:02:25 |
| 3 | Jolanda Neff (RV Altenrhein) | 0:03:37 |
| 4 | Eliane Müggler (RV Altenrhein) | 0:09:34 |
| 5 | Julia Vontobel (RV Wetzikon) | 0:09:42 |
| 6 | Fabienne Andres (Cannondale Küttel) | 0:10:47 |
| 7 | Deborah Inauen (Danis Bike/RMC Appenzell) | 0:11:54 |
| 8 | Jil Saxer (MTB Racing Team Hägglingen) | 0:11:54 |
| 9 | Ramona * Forchini (Velothek-Baloise) | 0:13:31 |
| 10 | Laura Fedier (VC Horgen) | 0:14:09 |
| 11 | Michelle Vollenweider (Haibike-Swiss IT Repair MTB) | 0:20:24 |
| -1lap | Larissa Zimmermann (RBT Glarnerland Oel Hauser) | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
| -3laps | Janine Hanselmann (Hobi-Bau/MF.Hügler Wetzikon) | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
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