August 20/11 5:05 am - World Cup Val di Sole: U23 Men's XC report and results
Posted by Editoress on 08/20/11
World Cup leader Gerhard Kerschbaumer (TX Active Bianchi) easily took his fifth victory of the World Cup series at the final round in Val di Sole, Italy. Kerschbaumer had already won the overall title coming into the race, but was clearly anxious to win in front of his home fans. Marek Konwa (Milka Trek) took second and Markus Schulte-Luenzum (Focus MIG) third. Evan McNeely (Team Canada) was the only Canadian starter, finishing in 37th place. National champion Leandre Bouchard (Team Canada) missed the start after misunderstanding the start time, and was warming up when the race began.
A lead group of ten broke away on the first lap of the five lap race, which was whittled down to six by lap two, Kerschbaumer, Konwa, Schulte-Luenzum, Fabien Canal (GT Skoda Chamonix), Reto Indergand (MK-Zentralschweiz) and Matthias Stirnemann (Thoemus Racing). This group stayed intact until late in lap three, when Kerschbaumer attacked and soloed away to victory. The chasers stayed together until the final lap.
In the final standings, Kerschbaumer finished with 542 points, nearly double of second place Canal at 274, with Konwa finishing third at 260 points. The top North American was Stephen Ettinger (BMC) in eighth overall, with NcNeely the top Canadian in 25th.
| U23 Men, 23.7 km | |
| 1 Gerhard Kerschbaumer (Ita) TX Active Bianchi | 1:14:41 |
| 2 Marek Konwa (Pol) Milka Trek MTB Racing Team | at 0:09 |
| 3 Markus Schulte-Luenzum (Ger) Focus MIG Team | 0:19 |
| 4 Reto Indergand (Sui) MK - Zentralschweiz | 0:30 |
| 5 Fabien Canal (Fra) GT Skoda Chamonix | 0:44 |
| 6 Matthias Stirnemann (Sui) Thoemus Racing Team | 0:48 |
| 7 Ruben Scheire (Bel) | 1:07 |
| 8 Stephen Ettinger (USA) BMC Development | 1:12 |
| 9 Piotr Brzozka (Pol) JBG - 2 Professional MTB Team | 1:19 |
| 10 Michiel Van Der Heijden (Ned) Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team | 1:28 |
| 11 Jeff Luyten (Bel) MPL Specialized MTB Team | 1:37 |
| 12 Andy Eyring (Ger) | 1:47 |
| 13 Shlomi Haimy (Isr) Focus MIG Team | 2:10 |
| 14 Ondrej Cink (Cze) Merida Biking Team | 2:17 |
| 15 Marco Minnaard (Ned) Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team | 2:23 |
| 16 Marcel Fleschhut (Ger) | 2:30 |
| 17 Diego Rosa (Ita) Giant Italia Team | 2:47 |
| 18 Olof Jonsson (Swe) Rocky Roads - Orbea | 2:54 |
| 19 Jordan Sarrou (Fra) Scott Les Saisies | 3:00 |
| 20 Marek Rauchfuss (Cze) | 3:06 |
| 21 Hugo Drechou (Fra) | 3:10 |
| 22 Luca Braidot (Ita) | 3:14 |
| 23 Nicholas Pettina (Ita) Elettroveneta - Corratec | 3:33 |
| 24 Benjamin Buchi (Sui) | 3:42 |
| 25 Dmytro Titarenko (Ukr) ISD Cycling Team | 3:42 |
| 26 Jhonnatan Botero Villegas (Col) | 3:43 |
| 27 Jérémy Huguenin (Sui) Giant Swiss Sr - Suntour | 3:50 |
| 28 Jan Nesvadba (Cze) | 3:51 |
| 29 Jaime Yesid Chia Amaya (Col) | 4:03 |
| 30 Kenta Gallagher (GBr) | 4:27 |
| 31 Timofei Ivanov (Rus) | 4:32 |
| 32 Markus Bauer (Ger) | 4:32 |
| 33 Erik Groen (Ned) Feenstra Stevens Bike Team | 4:42 |
| 34 Tomas Paprstka (Cze) | 4:47 |
| 35 Thomas Lapeyrie (Fra) Lapierre International | 4:52 |
| 36 Marc Stutzmann (Sui) | 4:54 |
| 37 Evan McNeely (Can) Team Canada | 4:55 |
| 38 Zsolt Juhasz (Hun) Euro One - Cube MTB Team | 5:00 |
| 39 Dirk Peters (NZl) | 5:01 |
| 40 Matej Nepustil (Cze) Merida Biking Team | 5:06 |
| 41 Cristofer Bosque Ruano (Esp) | 5:06 |
| 42 Marc Metzler (Sui) | 5:47 |
| 43 Thibaut Bellanger (Fra) Team Veloroc Lapierre | 5:54 |
| 44 James Reid (RSA) | 5:58 |
| 45 Felix Euteneuer (Ger) | 6:01 |
| 46 Jose Maria Sanchez Ruiz (Esp) | 6:04 |
| 47 Mirco Widmer (Sui) Giant Swiss Sr - Suntour | 6:16 |
| 48 Martino Di Pierdomenico (Ita) Infotre - Bi & Esse - Leecougan | 6:43 |
| 49 Simon Stiebjahn (Ger) | 6:47 |
| 50 Wenzel Böhm-Gräber (Ger) | 6:48 |
| 51 Claude Koster (Sui) | 7:04 |
| 52 Tim Lemmers (Ned) | 7:14 |
| 53 Henrique Avancini (Bra) ISD Cycling Team | 7:17 |
| 54 Martin Gluth (Ger) | 7:21 |
| 55 Sebastian Batchelor (GBr) Infotre - Bi & Esse - Leecougan | 7:49 |
| 56 Ivan Smirnov (Rus) | 8:15 |
| 57 Rens De Bruin (Ned) | 8:20 |
| 58 Maximilian Vieider (Ita) | 8:51 |
| 59 Emilien Barben (Sui) | 9:03 |
| 60 Fabian Rabensteiner (Ita) | 9:23 |
| 61 Brad Hudson (NZl) | 9:41 |
| 62 Michael Crosbie (Aus) | 9:55 |
| 63 Roger Walder (Sui) Scott - Swisspower MTB - Racing | 10:01 |
| 64 Mike Schuler (Sui) MK - Zentralschweiz | 10:01 |
| 65 Maximilian Holz (Ger) | 10:26 |
| 66 Andrea Cina (Ita) Team Dayco Titici | 10:43 |
| 67 Trenton Day (Aus) | 11:12 |
| 68 Fabrice Mels (Bel) Rocky Roads - Orbea | 11:17 |
| 69 Adrian Sauer (Ger) | 11:18 |
| 70 Matthias Hoi (Aut) | 11:22 |
| 71 Samuel Shaw (NZl) | 12:26 |
| 72 Lucas Garbellotto (Fra) | 12:29 |
| 73 Cameron Ivory (Aus) | 12:32 |
| 74 Mykhaylo Batsutsa (Ukr) Infotre - Bi & Esse - Leecougan | 13:13 |
| 75 Urban Ferencak (Slo) Torpado Surfing Shop | 13:20 |
| 76 Ludwig Döhl (Ger) | 13:29 |
| 77 Federico Andres Mallo (Arg) | -1 Lap |
| 78 Merlin Spranz (Aus) | -1 Lap |
| 79 Fabian Strecker (Ger) | -1 Lap |
| 80 Marcus Nicolai (Ger) | -1 Lap |
| 81 Dominic Furkert (NZl) | -2 Laps |
| DNF Sebastien Carabin (Bel) Versluys - Evenza Team | |
| DNF Rourke Croeser (RSA) Orange Monkey / Cannondale | |
| DNF Paul Van Der Ploeg (Aus) Felt Oetztal X - Bionic Team | |
| DNF Matthias Rupp (Sui) Team Firebike - Droessiger | |
| DNF Anton Liyubuy (Ukr) | |
| DNF Bart De Vocht (Bel) | |
| DNF Daniele Braidot (Ita) | |
| DNF David Simon (Ger) Team Firebike - Droessiger | |
| DNF Sascha Bleher (Ger) | |
| DNF Jakub Magnusek (Cze) S&H Superior MTB Team | |
| DNF Giacomo Antonello (Ita) Giant Italia Team | |
| DNF Jan Svorada (Cze) Merida Biking Team | |
| DNS Leandre Bouchard (Can) Team Canada | |
| Final World Cup standings | |
| 1 Gerhard Kerschbaumer (Ita) TX Active Bianchi | 542 pts |
| 2 Fabien Canal (Fra) GT Skoda Chamonix | 274 |
| 3 Marek Konwa (Pol) Milka Trek MTB Racing Team | 260 |
| 4 Alexander Gehbauer (Aut) | 250 |
| 5 Matthias Stirnemann (Sui) Thoemus Racing Team | 215 |
| 6 Markus Schulte-Luenzum (Ger) Focus MIG Team | 208 |
| 7 Sebastien Carabin (Bel) Versluys - Evenza Team | 199 |
| 8 Stephen Ettinger (USA) BMC Development | 174 |
| 9 Ruben Scheire (Bel) | 171 |
| 10 David Fletcher (GBr) British National Team | 137 |
| 11 Ondrej Cink (Cze) Merida Biking Team | 132 |
| 12 Piotr Brzozka (Pol) JBG - 2 Professional MTB Team | 120 |
| 13 Michiel Van Der Heijden (Ned) Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team | 116 |
| 14 Marco Minnaard (Ned) Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team | 111 |
| 15 Markus Bauer (Ger) | 100 |
| 16 Reto Indergand (Sui) MK - Zentralschweiz | 80 |
| 17 Jordan Sarrou (Fra) Scott Les Saisies | 76 |
| 18 Zsolt Juhasz (Hun) Euro One - Cube MTB Team | 64 |
| 19 Diego Rosa (Ita) Giant Italia Team | 61 |
| 20 Jérémy Huguenin (Sui) Giant Swiss Sr - Suntour | 58 |
| 25 Evan McNeely (Can) Team Canada | 34 |
| 28 Leandre Bouchard (Can) Team Canada | 28 |
| 35 Jeremy Martin (Can) | 18 |
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