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A crowd welcomed the 2012 Crocodile Trophy winners Ivan Rybarik and Kate Major on Grassy Hill in Cooktown on Sunday. Josef Benetseder took the final stage win for Austria ahead of Mike Mulkens of Belgium and Australian Luke Haines. Ondrej Fojtik claimed the overall second place behind his fellow Czech rider Rybarik while Wolfgang Krenn finished third.
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Eybl-Gastrogas.at | 4:48:45 |
| 2 | Mike Mulkens (Bel) | 0:02:36 |
| 3 | Luke Haines (Aus) | 0:13:04 |
| 4 | Paul Mashford (Aus) Tenni's / SKM | 0:16:38 |
| 5 | Ritchie Motke (Ned) | 0:17:27 |
| 6 | Mike Blewitt (Aus) Subaru/marathonMTB.com | 0:17:30 |
| 7 | Evan Corry (Aus) RUOK Corry Cycles 1 | 0:17:50 |
| 8 | Cory Wallace (Can) | 0:20:12 |
| 9 | Michiel Van Aelbroeck (Bel) O2 Bikers - WMTB.be - Schwalbe | 0:21:09 |
| 10 | Steven Rankine (Aus) Tenni's / SKM | 0:21:14 |
| 11 | Dominick Hrinkow (Aut) | 0:21:23 |
| 12 | Ondrej Slezak (Cze) Rubena Rocky Trail Racing CZE | 0:22:12 |
| 13 | Ivan Rybarik (Cze) Rubena Rocky Trail Racing CZE | 0:23:44 |
| 14 | Wolfgang Krenn (Aut) | 0:23:45 |
| 15 | Ondrej Fojtik (Cze) | 0:23:47 |
| 16 | Patrick Konrad (Aut) | 0:32:54 |
| 17 | Peter Fröhlich (Aut) Rams Cycling Black tusk | 0:47:13 |
| 18 | Guillaume Bourgeois (Swi) | 0:55:02 |
| 19 | Sebastian Einsle (Lux) CT Toproad Roeserbann 01 | 0:55:14 |
| 20 | Justin Morris (Aus) Subaru/marathonMTB.com | 0:58:56 |
| 21 | Matthew Page (GBr) | 1:07:56 |
| 22 | Evert Desmidt (Bel) | 1:23:13 |
| 23 | Francis Ransley (Aus) RUOK Corry Cycles 2 | 1:32:44 |
| 24 | Stefan Hackl (Aut) | 1:33:09 |
| 25 | Lukas Babor (Cze) | 1:36:48 |
| 26 | Tommy Arnoldy (Lux) CT Toproad Roeserbann 02 | 1:53:58 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kate Major (Aus) | 6:03:11 |
| 2 | Tinneke Van de Voorde (Bel) | 0:38:16 |
| 3 | Alice Pirard (Bel) O2 Bikers - WMTB.be - Schwalbe | 0:41:58 |
| 4 | Kirsten De Keyser (Bel) | 1:05:43 |
| 5 | Annie van der linde (Ned) | 1:31:58 |
| 6 | Jade Forsyth (Aus) | 1:39:30 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Davy Blancquaert (Bel) Belgium F-16 Ridley Team | 5:03:25 |
| 2 | Kris Hendrickx (Bel) Belgium F-16 Ridley Team | 0:00:18 |
| 3 | Bjorn De Baets (Bel) WACKY | 0:00:37 |
| 4 | Ken De Trogh (Bel) Belgium F-16 Ridley Team | 0:02:49 |
| 5 | Henri Delheye (Bel) WACKY | 0:03:39 |
| 6 | Werner van der Merwe (GBr) Subaru/marathonMTB.com | 0:06:02 |
| 7 | Raf De Bakker (Bel) Belgian Connections MTB Team | 0:06:40 |
| 8 | Jeremy Ross (Aus) Crocodile Tears | 0:07:27 |
| 9 | Michal Kafka (Cze) Rubena Rocky Trail Racing CZE | 0:15:29 |
| 10 | Wesley Reibel (Aus) RUOK Corry Cycles 1 | 0:17:37 |
| 11 | David Osmond (Aus) Crocodile Tears | 0:19:06 |
| 12 | Christof Marien (Bel) | 0:32:44 |
| 13 | Peter Lister (Aus) RUOK Corry Cycles 2 | 0:38:15 |
| 14 | Pieter van der Eijk (Ned) | 0:40:37 |
| 15 | Gunter Selleslagh (Bel) | 0:47:04 |
| 16 | Christophe Heinix (Bel) Team Lingier-Versluys-Beachbikers | 0:48:38 |
| 17 | Barry Sey (Bel) Wacky Immobilia Team | 0:48:54 |
| 18 | Stephen Jackson (Aus) RUOK Corry Cycles 2 | 0:50:24 |
| 19 | David Carrillo (Spa) | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
| 20 | Lukas Mraz (Cze) | 1:10:26 |
| 21 | Ryan Corry (Aus) RUOK Corry Cycles 1 | 1:27:12 |
| 22 | Wim Verheyen (Bel) | 1:40:34 |
| 23 | Kris Van De Putte (Bel) | 1:40:37 |
| 24 | Martin Wisata (Aut) Rubena Rocky Trail Racing Master | 1:43:19 |
| 25 | Mathias Deleu (Bel) | 2:28:01 |
| DNF | Jason Chalker (Aus) Crocodile Tears | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bart Heirewegh (Bel) | 5:00:41 |
| 2 | Marc Baechli (Swi) | 0:06:12 |
| 3 | Alain De Munter (Bel) Fietsen Mertens | 0:16:20 |
| 4 | Hans Planckaert (Bel) Smart Cycling Team | 0:18:26 |
| 5 | Bart De Boeck (Bel) | 0:29:03 |
| 6 | Peter Roelands (Bel) | 0:34:21 |
| 7 | Guy Sorensen (Aus) Superior Screens | 0:34:39 |
| 8 | Brendon Skerke (Aus) Tenni's / SKM | 0:41:38 |
| 9 | Stephen Billington (Aus) Rubena Rocky Trail Racing Master | 0:42:13 |
| 10 | Peter Urdl (Aut) | 0:59:04 |
| 11 | Jakob Steen-Petersen (Den) HMTBK SRAM | 1:03:43 |
| 12 | Johan Frooninckx (Bel) Belgian Connections MTB Team | 1:14:33 |
| 13 | Nicholas Westwood (Aus) Koiled imports /cleanskin coffee racing | 1:19:50 |
| 14 | Alex Moonen (Bel) ATB kempen | 1:24:03 |
| 15 | Bohuslav Babor (Cze) | 1:27:06 |
| 16 | James Heron (Aus) Rubena Rocky Trail Racing Master | 1:28:33 |
| 17 | Johny Thielemans (Bel) | 1:41:55 |
| 18 | Rik Rohart (Bel) | 1:42:47 |
| 19 | Allen Liversage (RSA) | 1:43:32 |
| 20 | Stefan Plas (Bel) | 1:52:03 |
| 21 | Jaroslav Hrdlicka (Cze) | 1:58:35 |
| 22 | Chris Neal (Aus) | 2:00:53 |
| 23 | Thierry Ide (Bel) Wacky 2XL-team | 2:25:32 |
| 24 | Sven Demunter (Bel) Wacky 2XL-team | 2:34:02 |
| 25 | Peter Stubbe (Bel) Wacky Immobilia Team | 3:08:53 |
| 26 | Barto Du Plessis (Aus) | 3:16:27 |
| 27 | Kelly Duhig (Aus) | 3:16:58 |
| 28 | Paul Fitzgerald (Bel) Wacky 2XL-team | 3:17:36 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milan Spolc (Cze) | 5:04:22 |
| 2 | Sam Sprunger (Swi) GVFI Fleisch gibt Kraft | 0:17:24 |
| 3 | Ruedi Senn (Swi) Top Müller.ch | 0:30:46 |
| 4 | Erik Defillet (Bel) Fitopia Bikers | 0:38:59 |
| 5 | Freddy Cassiers (Bel) | 0:47:50 |
| 6 | Guy Vandijck (Bel) | 0:50:46 |
| 7 | Johannes Sewald (Ger) bavarian-riders | 0:51:00 |
| 8 | Georg Schollerer (Ger) bavarian-riders | 1:04:32 |
| 9 | Manfred Ertl (Ger) bavarian-riders | 1:04:34 |
| 10 | Rudy Motke (Ned) | 1:24:01 |
| 11 | Robert de la Motte (Aus) | 1:26:18 |
| 12 | Luc Janssens (Bel) | 1:34:49 |
| 13 | Robrecht De Meyer (Bel) Fitopia Bikers | 1:43:40 |
| 14 | Andrew Radcliffe (Aus) | 1:56:43 |
| 15 | Philippe Maertens (Bel) Belgian Connections MTB Team | 3:25:38 |
| DNF | Freddy Vekens (Bel) | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pierre Paligot (Bel) CROCO RR Team Habay | 7:38:04 |
| 1 | Dirk Abeloos (Bel) CROCO RR Team Habay | 7:38:10 |
| 1 | Mark Griffin (Aus) Rubena RockyTrail Racing | 5:05:41 |
| 1 | Aaron Lakeman (Aus) Rubena Rocky Trail Racing | 5:07:15 |
| 2 | Szymon Wojciech Zacharski (Pol) Team KUBIS Gomola Trans Airco | 0:35:20 |
| 2 | Filip Kuzniak (Pol) Team KUBIS Gomola Trans Airco | 0:00:04 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
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| 3 | Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Eybl-Gastrogas.at | 25 | pts |
| 6 | Mike Mulkens (Bel) | 20 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 8 | Bart Heirewegh (Bel) | 15 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
| 13 | Luke Haines (Aus) | 10 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
| 14 | Davy Blancquaert (Bel) Belgium F-16 Ridley Team | 5 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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| 1 | Ivan Rybarik (Cze) Rubena Rocky Trail Racing CZE | 34:08:59 |
| 2 | Ondrej Fojtik (Cze) | 0:17:55 |
| 3 | Wolfgang Krenn (Aut) | 0:49:18 |
| 4 | Cory Wallace (Can) | 1:11:06 |
| 5 | Ondrej Slezak (Cze) Rubena Rocky Trail Racing CZE | 1:28:25 |
| 6 | Michiel Van Aelbroeck (Bel) O2 Bikers - WMTB.be - Schwalbe | 1:35:00 |
| 7 | Steven Rankine (Aus) Tenni's / SKM | 1:56:08 |
| 8 | Dominick Hrinkow (Aut) | 2:08:37 |
| 9 | Mike Blewitt (Aus) Subaru/marathonMTB.com | 2:55:06 |
| 10 | Ritchie Motke (Ned) | 3:12:21 |
| 11 | Matthew Page (GBr) | 3:19:22 |
| 12 | Evan Corry (Aus) RUOK Corry Cycles 1 | 3:41:17 |
| 13 | Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Eybl-Gastrogas.at | 3:42:29 |
| 14 | Paul Mashford (Aus) Tenni's / SKM | 3:45:32 |
| 15 | Mike Mulkens (Bel) | 4:35:23 |
| 16 | Luke Haines (Aus) | 4:52:54 |
| 17 | Justin Morris (Aus) Subaru/marathonMTB.com | 5:21:16 |
| 18 | Peter Fröhlich (Aut) Rams Cycling Black tusk | 6:50:22 |
| 19 | Patrick Konrad (Aut) | 7:16:57 |
| 20 | Guillaume Bourgeois (Swi) | 7:23:50 |
| 21 | Sebastian Einsle (Lux) CT Toproad Roeserbann 01 | 13:10:58 |
| 22 | Tommy Arnoldy (Lux) CT Toproad Roeserbann 02 | 13:46:38 |
| 23 | Stefan Hackl (Aut) | 14:53:14 |
| 24 | Francis Ransley (Aus) RUOK Corry Cycles 2 | 14:56:03 |
| 25 | Evert Desmidt (Bel) | 15:15:08 |
| 26 | Lukas Babor (Cze) | 15:18:33 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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| 1 | Kate Major (Aus) | 42:23:17 |
| 2 | Alice Pirard (Bel) O2 Bikers - WMTB.be - Schwalbe | 3:15:12 |
| 3 | Tinneke Van de Voorde (Bel) | 10:50:27 |
| 4 | Annie van der linde (Ned) | 17:01:16 |
| 5 | Jade Forsyth (Aus) | 17:46:06 |
| 6 | Kirsten De Keyser (Bel) | 22:44:45 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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| 1 | Werner van der Merwe (GBr) Subaru/marathonMTB.com | 35:15:54 |
| 2 | Jeremy Ross (Aus) Crocodile Tears | 1:18:05 |
| 3 | Henri Delheye (Bel) WACKY | 1:41:41 |
| 4 | Raf De Bakker (Bel) Belgian Connections MTB Team | 2:41:52 |
| 5 | Wesley Reibel (Aus) RUOK Corry Cycles 1 | 3:17:40 |
| 6 | David Osmond (Aus) Crocodile Tears | 3:22:45 |
| 7 | Michal Kafka (Cze) Rubena Rocky Trail Racing CZE | 3:27:15 |
| 8 | Davy Blancquaert (Bel) Belgium F-16 Ridley Team | 3:49:48 |
| 9 | Kris Hendrickx (Bel) Belgium F-16 Ridley Team | 4:27:21 |
| 10 | Ken De Trogh (Bel) Belgium F-16 Ridley Team | 4:29:54 |
| 11 | Bjorn De Baets (Bel) WACKY | 4:53:18 |
| 12 | Jason Chalker (Aus) Crocodile Tears | 5:36:52 |
| 13 | Peter Lister (Aus) RUOK Corry Cycles 2 | 5:56:30 |
| 14 | Christophe Heinix (Bel) Team Lingier-Versluys-Beachbikers | 6:47:50 |
| 15 | Christof Marien (Bel) | 7:45:24 |
| 16 | David Carrillo (Spa) | 7:51:37 |
| 17 | Barry Sey (Bel) Wacky Immobilia Team | 8:58:01 |
| 18 | Stephen Jackson (Aus) RUOK Corry Cycles 2 | 9:12:06 |
| 19 | Ryan Corry (Aus) RUOK Corry Cycles 1 | 10:25:58 |
| 20 | Kris Van De Putte (Bel) | 10:39:34 |
| 21 | Martin Wisata (Aut) Rubena Rocky Trail Racing Master | 11:47:59 |
| 22 | Wim Verheyen (Bel) | 12:44:55 |
| 23 | Lukas Mraz (Cze) | 12:53:14 |
| 24 | Pieter van der Eijk (Ned) | 12:55:31 |
| 25 | Mathias Deleu (Bel) | 22:17:53 |
| 26 | Gunter Selleslagh (Bel) | 22:34:32 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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| 1 | Marc Baechli (Swi) | 37:14:45 |
| 2 | Hans Planckaert (Bel) Smart Cycling Team | 1:25:30 |
| 3 | Bart Heirewegh (Bel) | 2:00:25 |
| 4 | Stephen Billington (Aus) Rubena Rocky Trail Racing Master | 2:04:28 |
| 5 | Bart De Boeck (Bel) | 2:51:46 |
| 6 | Peter Urdl (Aut) | 3:27:12 |
| 7 | Alain De Munter (Bel) Fietsen Mertens | 3:51:53 |
| 8 | Johan Frooninckx (Bel) Belgian Connections MTB Team | 4:13:39 |
| 9 | Brendon Skerke (Aus) Tenni's / SKM | 4:52:00 |
| 10 | Peter Roelands (Bel) | 5:07:45 |
| 11 | Jakob Steen-Petersen (Den) HMTBK SRAM | 5:52:56 |
| 12 | Guy Sorensen (Aus) Superior Screens | 7:00:14 |
| 13 | James Heron (Aus) Rubena Rocky Trail Racing Master | 7:05:08 |
| 14 | Nicholas Westwood (Aus) Koiled imports /cleanskin coffee racing | 10:26:50 |
| 15 | Rik Rohart (Bel) | 10:30:03 |
| 16 | Johny Thielemans (Bel) | 11:34:53 |
| 17 | Bohuslav Babor (Cze) | 13:09:08 |
| 18 | Alex Moonen (Bel) ATB kempen | 14:06:54 |
| 19 | Allen Liversage (RSA) | 15:43:38 |
| 20 | Stefan Plas (Bel) | 16:32:46 |
| 21 | Jaroslav Hrdlicka (Cze) | 16:38:52 |
| 22 | Peter Stubbe (Bel) Wacky Immobilia Team | 17:59:02 |
| 23 | Chris Neal (Aus) | 23:25:58 |
| 24 | Kelly Duhig (Aus) | 23:30:29 |
| 25 | Thierry Ide (Bel) Wacky 2XL-team | 24:56:12 |
| 26 | Sven Demunter (Bel) Wacky 2XL-team | 25:07:47 |
| 27 | Barto Du Plessis (Aus) | 26:23:47 |
| 28 | Paul Fitzgerald (Bel) Wacky 2XL-team | 29:16:32 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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| 1 | Milan Spolc (Cze) | 39:28:15 |
| 2 | Sam Sprunger (Swi) GVFI Fleisch gibt Kraft | 2:28:53 |
| 3 | Ruedi Senn (Swi) Top Müller.ch | 2:53:39 |
| 4 | Freddy Cassiers (Bel) | 3:32:06 |
| 5 | Johannes Sewald (Ger) bavarian-riders | 4:34:12 |
| 6 | Robrecht De Meyer (Bel) Fitopia Bikers | 6:15:40 |
| 7 | Erik Defillet (Bel) Fitopia Bikers | 7:58:46 |
| 8 | Andrew Radcliffe (Aus) | 8:54:12 |
| 9 | Manfred Ertl (Ger) bavarian-riders | 9:11:34 |
| 10 | Georg Schollerer (Ger) bavarian-riders | 9:23:20 |
| 11 | Rudy Motke (Ned) | 9:48:21 |
| 12 | Luc Janssens (Bel) | 13:55:19 |
| 13 | Guy Vandijck (Bel) | 14:07:51 |
| 14 | Philippe Maertens (Bel) Belgian Connections MTB Team | 19:58:15 |
| 15 | Robert de la Motte (Aus) | 20:23:04 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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| 1 | Pierre Paligot (Bel) CROCO RR Team Habay | 57:53:25 |
| 1 | Dirk Abeloos (Bel) CROCO RR Team Habay | 57:53:38 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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| 1 | Mark Griffin (Aus) Rubena RockyTrail Racing | 37:48:50 |
| 1 | Aaron Lakeman (Aus) Rubena Rocky Trail Racing | 37:50:34 |
| 2 | Szymon Wojciech Zacharski (Pol) Team KUBIS Gomola Trans Airco | 1:46:38 |
| 2 | Filip Kuzniak (Pol) Team KUBIS Gomola Trans Airco | 0:00:15 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
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| 1 | Ivan Rybarik (Cze) Rubena Rocky Trail Racing CZE | 160 | pts |
| 2 | Ondrej Fojtik (Cze) | 115 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Mike Mulkens (Bel) | 85 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
| 4 | Wolfgang Krenn (Aut) | 67 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
| 5 | Cory Wallace (Can) | 60 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
| 6 | Michiel Van Aelbroeck (Bel) O2 Bikers - WMTB.be - Schwalbe | 40 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
| 6 | Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Eybl-Gastrogas.at | 40 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
| 8 | Jason English (Aus) RUOK Rocky Tail Racing | 15 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
| 8 | Ondrej Slezak (Cze) Rubena Rocky Trail Racing CZE | 15 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
| 8 | Dominick Hrinkow (Aut) | 15 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
| 8 | Werner van der Merwe (GBr) Subaru/marathonMTB.com | 15 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
| 8 | Bart Heirewegh (Bel) | 15 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
| 13 | Luke Haines (Aus) | 10 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
| 14 | Patrick Konrad (Aut) | 5 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
| 14 | Davy Blancquaert (Bel) Belgium F-16 Ridley Team | 5 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rubena Rocky Trail Racing CZE | 108:29:32 |
| 2 | Subaru/marathonMTB.com | 3:20:42 |
| 3 | Tenni\'s / SKM | 7:36:51 |
| 4 | Belgium F-16 Ridley Team | 10:05:13 |
| 5 | RUOK? Corry Cycles 1 | 13:36:10 |
| 6 | Rubena Rocky Trail Racing Master | 22:13:27 |
| 7 | X-sports.cz | 23:34:02 |
| 8 | RUOK? Corry Cycles 2 | 26:15:54 |
| 9 | W acky Zilvertoren Team | 27:55:45 |
| 10 | Belgian Connections MTB TE T09 | 30:23:08 |
| 11 | GER bavarian-riders | 33:04:19 |
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