August 13/11 10:01 am - Nove Mesto Na Morave World Cup: U23 Men's XC report, photos and results
Posted by Editoress on 08/13/11
Gerhard Kerschbaumer (TX Active Bianchi) locked up the Under-23 men's World Cup cross-country title on Saturday, with his fourth victory of the season in Nove Mesto na Morave, Czech Republic. Kerschbaumer followed the attack of local favourite Ondrej Cink (Merida), and the two dropped the rest of the field on the start loop. From that point on, Kerschbaumer easily sat on the wheel of Cink, as the Czech rider tried repeatedly to drop him on the climbs, before launching his own attack on the third lap and riding 20 seconds clear. Marek Konwa (Milka Trek) had joined the two leaders briefly on lap two before being dropped for good and soloing in for third.
Behind Konwa, a group of six battled for fourth and fifth, with American Stephen Ettinger (BMC) moving into fourth on lap five with Shlomi Haimy (Focus MIG), before both faded on the last lap. Sebastien Carabin (Belgian National) surged into fourth on the last lap, with Ettinger taking fifth. The American revealed after the race that he had burped his front tire and rode it in half-inflated.
With this victory, Kerschbaumer now has an unbeatable 452 points in the overall standings, with one race remaining. The battle for second is still wide open, with Alexander Gehbauer (Austria) at 250 points, Fabien Canal (GT Skoda Chamonix) at 234, Carabin at 199 and Konwa at 190.
Results from the U23 Men's XC race at Nove Mesto Na Morave, Czech Republic
| U23 Men, 28.4 km | |
| 1 Gerhard Kerschbaumer (Ita) TX Active Bianchi | 1:31:13 |
| 2 Ondrej Cink (Cze) Merida Biking Team | at 0:23 |
| 3 Marek Konwa (Pol) Milka Trek MTB Racing Team | 1:20 |
| 4 Sebastien Carabin (Bel) Versluys - Evenza Team | 2:13 |
| 5 Stephen Ettinger (USA) BMC Development | 2:20 |
| 6 Ruben Scheire (Bel) | 2:20 |
| 7 Shlomi Haimy (Isr) Focus MIG Team | 2:27 |
| 8 Reto Indergand (Sui) MK - Zentralschweiz | 2:28 |
| 9 Fabien Canal (Fra) GT Skoda Chamonix | 2:44 |
| 10 Dmytro Titarenko (Ukr) ISD Cycling Team | 2:50 |
| 11 Jeff Luyten (Bel) MPL Specialized MTB Team | 3:05 |
| 12 Markus Schulte-Luenzum (Ger) Focus MIG Team | 4:12 |
| 13 Felix Euteneuer (Ger) | 4:39 |
| 14 Piotr Brzozka (Pol) JBG - 2 Professional MTB Team | 5:12 |
| 15 Daniel Geismayr (Aut) | 5:31 |
| 16 Daniel Eymann (Sui) Thoemus Racing Team | 5:53 |
| 17 Julian Schelb (Ger) | 6:13 |
| 18 Cristofer Bosque (Esp) | 6:27 |
| 19 Erik Groen (Ned) Feenstra Stevens Bike Team | 6:31 |
| 20 Benjamin Buchi (Sui) | 6:31 |
| 21 Fabian Strecker (Ger) | 6:31 |
| 22 Marc Metzler (Sui) | 6:47 |
| 23 Mirco Widmer (Sui) Giant Swiss SR - Suntour | 7:02 |
| 24 Jonas Pedersen (Den) | 7:18 |
| 25 Simon Stiebjahn (Ger) | 7:47 |
| 26 Jaime Yesid Chia Amaya (Col) | 7:55 |
| 27 Jose Maria Sanchez Ruiz (Esp) | 8:08 |
| 28 Matej Nepustil (Cze) Merida Biking Team | 8:11 |
| 29 Michiel Van Der Heijden (Ned) Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team | 8:24 |
| 30 Olof Jonsson (Swe) Rocky Roads - Orbea | 8:36 |
| 31 Gregor Raggl (Aut) | 8:39 |
| 32 Martin Gluth (Ger) Keine Mannschaft CC | 8:39 |
| 33 Tomas Paprstka (Cze) | 8:54 |
| 34 Jan Nesvadba (Cze) | 9:19 |
| 35 Rourke Croeser (Rsa) Orange Monkey / Cannondale | 9:27 |
| 36 Jakub Magnusek (Cze) S&H Superior MTB Team | 9:41 |
| 37 Paul Van Der Ploeg (Aus) Felt Oetztal X - Bionic Team | 9:58 |
| 38 Kenta Gallagher (GBr) | 10:10 |
| 39 Mike Schuler (Sui) MK - Zentralschweiz | 10:27 |
| 40 Dimitrios Antoniadis (Gre) | 10:39 |
| 41 Diego Rosa (Ita) Giant Italia Team | 10:51 |
| 42 Marek Rauchfuss (Cze) | 11:05 |
| 43 Marco Minnaard (Ned) Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team | 11:09 |
| 44 Zsolt Juhasz (Hun) Euro One - Cube MTB Team | 11:38 |
| 45 Henrique Avancini (Bra) ISD Cycling Team | 11:38 |
| 46 Fabrice Mels (Bel) Rocky Roads - Orbea | 12:00 |
| 47 Emilien Barben (Sui) | 12:10 |
| 48 Martino Di Pierdomenico (Ita) Infotre - Bi & Esse - Leecougan | -1 Lap |
| 49 Bart De Vocht (Bel) | -1 Lap |
| 50 Maximilian Holz (Ger) | -1 Lap |
| 51 Stefan Peter (Sui) MK - Zentralschweiz | -1 Lap |
| 52 Matthias Hoi (Aut) | -1 Lap |
| 53 Tomas Bartak (Cze) | -1 Lap |
| 54 David Simon (Ger) Team Firebike - Droessiger | -1 Lap |
| 55 Rens De Bruin (Ned) | -1 Lap |
| 56 Kevin Krieg (Sui) | -1 Lap |
| 57 Tim Lemmers (Ned) | -1 Lap |
| 58 Tobias Saether (Nor) Team United Bakeries | -1 Lap |
| 59 Sebastian Batchelor (GBr) Infotre - Bi & Esse - Leecougan | -1 Lap |
| 60 Jan Svorada (Cze) Merida Biking Team | -2 Laps |
| 61 Mark Csielka (Hun) Euro One - Cube MTB Team | -2 Laps |
| 62 Ludwig Döhl (Ger) | -2 Laps |
| 63 Mykhaylo Batsutsa (Ukr) Infotre - Bi & Esse - Leecougan | -2 Laps |
| 64 Markus Preiss (Aut) | -2 Laps |
| 65 Brad Hudson (NZl) | -2 Laps |
| 66 Severin Sagesser (Sui) Fischer Junior MTB Team | -2 Laps |
| 67 Richard Gantner (Aut) | -2 Laps |
| 68 Urban Ferencak (Slo) Torpado Surfing Shop | -2 Laps |
| 69 Samuel Shaw (NZl) | -2 Laps |
| 70 Vadim Arko (Aut) | -2 Laps |
| 71 Anton Liyubuy (Ukr) | -3 Laps |
| 72 Alexander Laugesen (Den) | -3 Laps |
| 73 Dominic Furkert (NZl) | -3 Laps |
| DNF Jérémy Huguenin (Sui) Giant Swiss SR - Suntour | |
| DNF Andras Szatmary (Hun) Euro One - Cube MTB Team | |
| DNF Ole Hem (Nor) Team United Bakeries | |
| DNF Thomas Lapeyrie (Fra) Lapierre International | |
| DNF Hugo Drechou (Fra) | |
| DNF Jhonnatan Botero Villegas (Col) | |
| DNF Marcus Nicolai (Ger) Keine Mannschaft CC | |
| DNF Merlin Spranz (Aus) |
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