July 28

Race highlights from the 2009 Mt. Saint Anne World Cup. In preparation for next year's World Championships being held here in Canada, all 100 of the top XC racers from around the globe made the trip out to North America for this years race. After a rainy morning, the course saw a lot of riders struggle to complete the six lap race, and positions changed (dramatically) over the last few laps. In the end, a proven champion would stand on top of the podium. The top North American was not far from his side...

1 Julien Absalon (Fra) Orbea 2:06:05 2 Jos 0041ntonio Hermida Ramos (Spa) Multivan Merida Biking Team 0:00:32 3 Geoff Kabush (Can) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles 0:02:48 4 Ralph Naef (Swi) Multivan Merida Biking Team 0:04:50 5 Burry Stander* (RSA) Specialized Factory Racing 0:05:42 6 Florian Vogel (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB-Racing 0:07:11 7 Lukas Flc006b006900670065r (Swi) Trek World Racing 0:07:16 8 Ivan Alvarez Gutierrez (Spa) Giant Italia Team 0:07:21 9 Martin Gujan (Swi) Cannondale Factory Racing 0:07:45 10 Stp0068ane Tempier (Fra) TX Active Bianchi 0:07:48 11 Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez (Spa) Cemelorca-Trek-Lorca Taller Del Tiempo 0:08:16 12 Adam Craig (USA) Giant Mountain Bike Team 0:08:20 13 Nino Schurter (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB-Racing 0:08:43 14 Cd0072ic Ravanel (Fra) Lapierre International 0:08:47 15 Todd Wells (USA) Specialized Factory Racing 0:08:53 16 Jaroslav Kulhavy (Cze) 0:09:05 17 Moritz Milatz (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team 0:09:20 18 Jiri Friedl (Cze) Merida Biking Team 0:09:36 19 Alexis Vuillermoz* (Fra) Lapierre International 0:09:43 20 Martin Fanger* (Swi) Giant Mountain Bike Team 0:10:16 21 Christoph Sauser (Swi) Specialized Factory Racing 0:10:45 22 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Trek-Brentjens Mountainbike Racing Team 0:10:49 23 Rudi Van Houts (Ned) Multivan Merida Biking Team 0:11:19 24 Samuel Schultz (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 25 Seamus Mcgrath (Can) 0:12:13 26 Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 0:12:44 27 Lukas Kaufmann* (Swi) 0:12:53 28 Pierre Geoffroy Plantet (Fra) Lapierre International 0:13:13 29 Jan Skarnitzl (Cze) Giant Mountain Bike Team 0:13:31 30 Derek Zandstra (Can) 0:13:39 31 Frano0069s Bailly Maitre (Fra) Team Scott Valloire Galibier 0:14:05 32 Ludovic Dubau (Fra) 0:14:20 33 Raphael Gagne* (Can) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles 0:14:26 34 Christof Bischof (Swi) ISD Cycling Team 0:14:53 35 Roel Paulissen (Bel) Cannondale Factory Racing 0:15:06 36 Guillaume Vinit* (Fra) Team Scott Valloire Galibier 0:15:17 37 Wolfram Kurschat (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team 0:15:42 38 Irjan Luttenberg* (Ned) 0:15:56 39 Maxime Marotte (Fra) BH-Suntour 0:16:25 40 Bjorn Brems (Bel) Team Saeco 0:17:12 41 Christoph Soukup (Aut) Merida Biking Team 0:17:34 42 Giuseppe Lamastra (Ita) 0:17:50 43 Michael Broderick (USA) 0:17:59 44 Bas Peters (Ned) 45 Matous Ulman (Cze) Scott & Hagget MTB Team 0:18:31 46 Stefan Widmer (Can) 0:19:17 47 Marc Colom (Fra) 0:19:59 48 Milan Spesny (Cze) Ceska Sporitelna MTB 0:20:20 49 Josef Kamler* (Cze) Ceska Sporitelna MTB 0:20:35 50 Fabien Canal* (Fra) Lapierre International 0:22:06 -1lap Renay Groustra (RSA) -1lap Kris Sneddon (Can) Kona -1lap Carl Decker (USA) Giant Mountain Bike Team -1lap Robert Mennen (Ger) -1lap Robbie Squire* (USA) -1lap Matthew Hadley (Can) -1lap Rotem Ishai (Isr) -1lap Barry Wicks (USA) Kona -1lap Lachlan Norris* (Aus) Discovertasmania.com -1lap Colin Cares* (USA) -1lap Martin Lazarski (Can) -1lap Julien Fillion (Can) -1lap Adam Snyder (USA) -1lap Cristobal Silva Ibaceta (Chi) -1lap Andrew Watson (Can) -2laps Manuel Prado Gutierrez (CRc) -2laps Pierre Lebreton (Fra) BH-Suntour -2laps Jiri Hudecek (Cze) Scott & Hagget MTB Team -2laps Andrew Blair (Aus) -2laps Leni Trudel* (Can) -2laps Craig Richey (Can) -2laps Eric Batty (Can) -2laps Patxi Cia Apezteguia (Spa) Conor - Camping La Siesta -2laps Cal Britten* (Aus) Torq Performance Nutrition -2laps Charlton Durie* (Aus) Discovertasmania.com -2laps Andrew Freye (USA) -2laps Mark Leishman (NZl) -2laps Paul Van Der Ploeg* (Aus) Discovertasmania.com -2laps Juan Pedro Trujillo Hernandez (Spa) Cemelorca-Trek-Lorca Taller Del Tiempo -2laps Ryan Atkins* (Can) -2laps Travis Livermon* (USA) -2laps Niels Wubben* (Ned) -2laps Nick Both (Aus) -2laps Mike Garrigan (Can) -2laps Ethan Gilmour* (USA) -2laps Cameron Jette* (Can) -2laps Stephen Ettinger* (USA) -2laps Peter Glassford (Can) -3laps Daniel Sessford (Can) -3laps Victor Galvez Perez (Chi) -3laps Aaron Snyder* (USA) DNF Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Massi DNF Umberto Corti (Ita) Team Cbe Tecnoimpianti A.S.D. DNF Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) Cannondale Factory Racing DNF Oliver Beckingsale (GBr) Giant Mountain Bike Team Gmt DNF Max Plaxton (Can) DNF Benoit Simard (Can) DNF Connor Mcconvey* (Irl) De Brink-Ten Tusscher DNF Nathan Haas* (Aus) Discovertasmania.Com DNF Daniel Mcconnell (Aus) Torq Performance Nutrition DNF Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spa) MSC Bikes DNF Liam Killeen (GBr) Trek World Racing DNF Troy Wells (USA) DNF Brian Bain (Can) DNS Jochen Kass (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team