Litscher wins his second stage
Langvad takes stage win and jumps into overall women's lead
Thomas Litscher repeated yesterday's win again during stage 2 of the Club la Santa MTB race while Annika Langvad took over as women's leader.
After the relatively easy first stage, racers faced a more demanding stage 2 with more than 60km over a variety of terrain. The day started with a rocky track followed by singletrack through the heart of the Timanfaya National Park. After that, a long climb would be the toughest section of the whole route. Pavement connected to another section of trails until a final 9km section of doubletrack.
The Felt X-Bionic riders Litscher and Karl Markt set a fast pace from the start, and soon the lead group was reduced to eight racers. At times, Litscher was alone off the front.
Entering Timanfaya, Ismael Ventura took the lead. Benjamin Justesen had an untimely fall off his bike just as he was riding strong.
Upon exiting the Timanfaya section, three riders were leading: Litscher, Luis Leao Pinto of Portugal and Ventura. The latter would drop off as the two others increased their rhythm, and at the end of the uphill, he was caught by Justesen and Markt.
Litscher and Pinto inceased their lead while behind them, Markt was slowing down the chasers' group for his teammate Litscher.
Close to the final stretch, Pinto punctured, which left Litscher alone to go for a second stage victory and consolidate his overall lead.
In the chasing group, Markt took the opportunity to attack and managed a second place in front of third placed Ventura, thus repeating top three of day 1.
Justesen performed well, and despite of his hard crash, came in fourth, and he is also in fourth overall.
In the women's race, marathon world champion Annika Langvad imposed her strong condition on her way to winning stage 2. She took over the overall race lead. Behind her, Sally Bigham won the sprint for second place, ahead of the winner of stage 1, German Adelheid Morath.
Stage 3 will consist of a demanding time trial on a 25km course climbing 800m. Wind could play a considerable role.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Thomas Litscher (Swi) | 2:15:17 |
2 | Karl Markt (Aut) | 0:01:40 |
3 | Ismael Sanchez Ventura (Spa) | 0:02:33 |
4 | Benjamin Justesen (Den) | 0:03:10 |
5 | Casper Saltoft (Den) | 0:04:44 |
6 | James Angus Ouchterlony (GBr) | 0:05:19 |
7 | Karl Platt (Ger) | 0:07:47 |
8 | Luis Leão Pinto (Por) | 0:07:48 |
9 | Roland Golderer (Ger) | 0:08:25 |
10 | Erik Knudsen (Den) | 0:09:32 |
11 | Jose Maria Sanchez Ruiz (Spa) | 0:09:35 |
12 | Johnni Junker Nielsen (Den) | 0:09:37 |
13 | Thomas Bundgaard (Den) | 0:09:40 |
14 | Michael Schuchardt (Ger) | 0:10:45 |
15 | Christian Kreuchler (Ger) | 0:10:46 |
16 | Victor Del Corral Morales (Spa) | 0:10:49 |
17 | Niels Rasmussen (Den) | 0:10:56 |
18 | Francisco Jose Perez Cruz (Spa) | 0:12:45 |
19 | Manuel Rojo Nieto (Spa) | 0:14:28 |
20 | Simon Scheiber (Aut) | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Sylvain Garde (GBr) | 0:14:29 |
22 | Ruben Calvo Gomez (Spa) | 0:15:37 |
23 | Adriano Cordovés Dorta (Spa) | 0:18:14 |
24 | Oliver Medina Moreno (Spa) | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Louis Bendixen (Den) | 0:18:15 |
26 | Jacobo Reyes Mesa (Spa) | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Mads Bødker (Den) | 0:18:22 |
28 | Christian Schneidawind (Ger) | 0:18:25 |
29 | Marco Almeida (Por) | 0:19:35 |
30 | Neftali Ladislao Rodriguez Jimenez (Spa) | 0:19:55 |
31 | Jose Agustin Perez Morera (Spa) | 0:20:11 |
32 | Ashleim Jones (Den) | 0:21:21 |
33 | Kris De Nef (Bel) | 0:22:03 |
34 | Fabián Molina Delgado (Spa) | 0:23:18 |
35 | Barry Wilson (GBr) | 0:23:45 |
36 | Aitor Navarro Hita (Spa) | 0:24:12 |
37 | Steve Ferguson (GBr) | 0:24:14 |
38 | Thomas Nyvang Hansen (Den) | 0:24:37 |
39 | Rafael Jesus Sanchez Ruiz (Spa) | 0:24:48 |
40 | Jose Luis Agra Torres (Spa) | 0:24:49 |
41 | Jose Angel Lemes Clavijo (Spa) | 0:25:12 |
42 | Juan Jose Sosa Rodriguez (Spa) | 0:26:25 |
43 | Jakob Holm Lauritsen (Den) | 0:26:39 |
44 | Jaime Menendez de Luarca (Spa) | 0:27:34 |
45 | Paul Davies (GBr) | 0:27:37 |
46 | Benno Weber (Ger) | 0:28:04 |
47 | Sebastiaan Brouwer (Ned) | 0:28:29 |
48 | Fernando De Armas Hernandez (Spa) | 0:28:42 |
49 | Gerald Moser (Fra) | 0:29:05 |
50 | Frederik Mørkeberg Mikkelsen (Den) | 0:29:35 |
51 | Danny Files (Bel) | 0:30:13 |
52 | James Roe (GBr) | 0:30:14 |
53 | Aureliano Negrin (Spa) | 0:30:26 |
54 | Juaquin David Martin Hernandez (Spa) | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Bo Falck Hansen (Den) | 0:30:31 |
56 | Joan Cabrera Esplugas (Spa) | 0:30:41 |
57 | Antonio Maldonado Fernandez (Spa) | 0:31:08 |
58 | Victor De Leon Tejera (Spa) | 0:31:26 |
59 | Ricardo Santana Moreno (Spa) | 0:32:14 |
60 | Octavio Bonilla (Spa) | 0:32:20 |
61 | Saúl Ventura Carmona (Spa) | 0:33:11 |
62 | Wilson José Cruz Laguna (Cub) | 0:33:27 |
63 | Rico Busk (Den) | 0:33:33 |
64 | Jamie Jones Nielsen (Den) | 0:35:00 |
65 | Ayoze Hernandez (Spa) | 0:35:32 |
66 | Derek Waight (GBr) | 0:36:38 |
67 | Jose David Suarez Fernandez (Spa) | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Juan Carlos Benasco Guillén (Spa) | 0:36:58 |
69 | Javier Jesus Cabrera Arteaga (Spa) | 0:37:35 |
70 | Jose Maceira Rodriguez (Spa) | 0:37:55 |
71 | Henrik Helmer (Den) | 0:38:11 |
72 | Jeppe Hjort (Den) | 0:38:54 |
73 | Niels Bay Pedersen (Den) | 0:39:06 |
74 | Thomas Atkinson (GBr) | 0:39:10 |
75 | Daniel Casanova Expósito (Spa) | 0:40:10 |
76 | Eduardo Ramos Megolla (Spa) | 0:40:31 |
77 | Santiago Suarez Navarro (Spa) | 0:40:32 |
78 | Pedro Baltasar de la Paz (Spa) | 0:42:20 |
79 | Antonio Acosta Brito (Spa) | 0:42:43 |
80 | Domingo Morin Rodriguez (Spa) | 0:42:45 |
81 | Juan Francisco Betancourt Robayna (Spa) | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Richard Rodriguez de La Sierra (Spa) | 0:44:19 |
83 | Jose Maria Ferreiro (Spa) | 0:44:30 |
84 | Edmundo Esplugas Ramos (Spa) | 0:45:31 |
85 | Isidro manuel Martin Perez (Spa) | 0:45:45 |
86 | Marcel Martens (Ger) | 0:47:25 |
87 | Omar González Lorenzo (Spa) | 0:47:49 |
88 | Silverio Antonio Rodriguez Moreno (Spa) | 0:48:12 |
89 | Alexis Alvarez Curbelo (Spa) | 0:48:43 |
90 | Andre Van't Hof (Ned) | 0:50:41 |
91 | Aristeo Acosta Santana (Spa) | 0:50:45 |
92 | Miguel Acosta Reyes (Spa) | 0:51:01 |
93 | Elwin Van Groningen (Ned) | 0:51:10 |
94 | Francisco Jesus Perdomo Gonzalez (Spa) | 0:51:52 |
95 | Alexander Nontesino Negrin (Spa) | 0:54:06 |
96 | Javier Santiago Núñez Díez (Spa) | 0:54:08 |
97 | Antonio Acosta Hernandez (Spa) | 0:54:09 |
98 | Jaime Alexis Gonzalez Cabrera (Spa) | 0:54:34 |
99 | Jose Santana Dominguez (Spa) | 0:55:46 |
100 | Marc Ellwood (GBr) | 0:56:09 |
101 | Alan Hamshaw (UAE) | 0:56:26 |
102 | Hugo Cantineau (Bel) | 0:56:28 |
103 | Cristobal Angel Sanchez (Spa) | 0:57:12 |
104 | Jorge Espinel Cejas (Spa) | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
105 | Iván Rivero Fuentes (Spa) | 0:57:23 |
106 | Christian Birch (Den) | 0:57:49 |
107 | Fernando Mainar Val (Spa) | 0:57:55 |
108 | Benoit Sepulte (Bel) | 0:59:02 |
109 | Javier Guillen Romero (Spa) | 0:59:27 |
110 | Samuel Cabrera Ramirez (Spa) | 0:59:59 |
111 | Heribert Camejo Colmenates (Spa) | 1:00:10 |
112 | Francisco Carlos Ruiz Hernandez (Spa) | 1:00:41 |
113 | Christophe Meurice (Bel) | 1:01:09 |
114 | Mahy Febles Diaz (Spa) | 1:01:18 |
115 | Juan Francisco Martin Gonzalez (Spa) | 1:01:41 |
116 | Alexandre Asselberghs (Bel) | 1:01:43 |
117 | Andres Serrano Pascual (Spa) | 1:02:24 |
118 | Roberto Carlos Duarte Luzardo (Spa) | 1:02:26 |
119 | Francisco Javier Godoy Fernandez (Spa) | 1:02:35 |
120 | Juan Frolilan Betancor Rivero (Spa) | 1:02:41 |
121 | dave overton (GBr) | 1:03:14 |
122 | Fernando Chissotti (Spa) | 1:03:19 |
123 | Adrian Hernandez Corujo (Spa) | 1:04:50 |
124 | Israel Chinea Marrero (Spa) | 1:06:40 |
125 | Jes Steen (Den) | 1:07:04 |
126 | Ernesto García Rodríguez (Spa) | 1:07:37 |
127 | Yeray Rodrigo Lorenzo Hernandez (Spa) | 1:08:51 |
128 | Raimundo Fontes Fontes (Spa) | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
129 | Daniel Kafunek (Den) | 1:09:33 |
130 | Jean-Marie Colla (Bel) | 1:11:10 |
131 | Anders Primdahl Haubro (Den) | 1:11:59 |
132 | Lee Holdaway (GBr) | 1:15:04 |
133 | Gustavo Adolfo García Ramírez (Spa) | 1:15:11 |
134 | David Alvarez Martinez (Spa) | 1:17:22 |
135 | Raul Gonzalez Romero (Spa) | 1:18:36 |
136 | Rafael Rodriguez Rodriguez (Spa) | 1:26:06 |
137 | Daniel Taboada Margalejo (Spa) | 1:26:15 |
138 | Régis Vanoli (Fra) | 1:27:47 |
139 | Manuel Mesa García (Spa) | 1:28:55 |
140 | Matias Sebastien Reveron Afonso (Spa) | 1:29:34 |
141 | Jose Vicente Diaz Corujo (Spa) | 1:30:38 |
142 | Juan Carlos Luis Ravelo (Spa) | Row 141 - Cell 2 |
143 | Denis Detinne (Bel) | 1:30:39 |
144 | Angel Fernando Alvarez Ramos (Spa) | 1:32:06 |
145 | Yave Socas (Spa) | 1:32:20 |
146 | David Monzon Martin (Spa) | 1:38:47 |
147 | Luis González Hernández (Spa) | 1:41:52 |
148 | Juan Pablo Gonzalez Hernandez (Spa) | Row 147 - Cell 2 |
149 | Alejandro Gonzalez Hernandez (Spa) | 1:41:53 |
150 | Paul Cook (GBr) | 1:44:12 |
151 | Marcos Arufe Oviedo (Spa) | 1:44:37 |
152 | Nicolás Galván Roger (Spa) | Row 151 - Cell 2 |
153 | Ivan Curbelo Fernandez (Spa) | 1:44:46 |
154 | Marcelino Gonzalez Elvira (Spa) | 1:45:40 |
155 | Jacky Smets (Bel) | 1:46:37 |
156 | Kræn Jens Knude (Den) | 1:49:12 |
157 | Andrés Manuel Cabrera Cabrera (Spa) | 2:03:42 |
158 | Javier Santos Alocen (Spa) | 2:34:43 |
159 | Jorge Hernandez Sierra (Col) | 2:45:43 |
160 | Leonel Augusto Clavijo (Col) | Row 159 - Cell 2 |
161 | Gilberto Clavijo (Col) | Row 160 - Cell 2 |
162 | Leonel Clavijo Roman (Col) | Row 161 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nicholas Peter Ward Muñoz (GBr) | 6:45:06 |
DNF | Kevin Parmentier (Bel) | Row 163 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alberto Bonilla Toledo (Spa) | Row 164 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Thomas Goosens (Bel) | Row 165 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Annika Langvad (Den) | 2:30:47 |
2 | Sally Bigham (GBr) | 0:03:08 |
3 | Adelheid Morath (Ger) | 0:03:10 |
4 | Rikke Kornvig (Den) | 0:34:08 |
5 | Sandra Santanyes Murillo (Spa) | 0:34:34 |
6 | Bettina Uhlig (Ger) | 0:35:14 |
7 | Lucia Funes Mendez (Spa) | 0:46:55 |
8 | Darrelle Parker (GBr) | 0:48:32 |
9 | Cristi Alonso Lugo (Spa) | 1:04:19 |
10 | Tove Andersen (Den) | 1:05:46 |
11 | María José Peláez Noé (Spa) | 1:17:35 |
12 | Elena Marrero (Spa) | 1:23:26 |
13 | Yaiza Rodríguez Aranda (Spa) | 1:37:24 |
DNS | Gunn Rita Dahle Flesjaa (Nor) | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Valerie Heeren (Bel) | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Blaza Klemencic (Slo) | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Thomas Litscher (Swi) | 3:26:02 |
2 | Karl Markt (Aut) | 0:01:50 |
3 | Ismael Sanchez Ventura (Spa) | 0:02:44 |
4 | Benjamin Justesen (Den) | 0:03:25 |
5 | Casper Saltoft (Den) | 0:06:33 |
6 | James Angus Ouchterlony (GBr) | 0:08:46 |
7 | Luis Leão Pinto (Por) | 0:08:48 |
8 | Karl Platt (Ger) | 0:09:39 |
9 | Roland Golderer (Ger) | 0:10:33 |
10 | Erik Knudsen (Den) | 0:11:23 |
11 | Thomas Bundgaard (Den) | 0:14:43 |
12 | Victor Del Corral Morales (Spa) | 0:15:03 |
13 | Michael Schuchardt (Ger) | 0:15:20 |
14 | Johnni Junker Nielsen (Den) | 0:15:48 |
15 | Jose Maria Sanchez Ruiz (Spa) | 0:16:23 |
16 | Christian Kreuchler (Ger) | 0:16:25 |
17 | Francisco Jose Perez Cruz (Spa) | 0:17:20 |
18 | Simon Scheiber (Aut) | 0:18:54 |
19 | Manuel Rojo Nieto (Spa) | 0:21:17 |
20 | Sylvain Garde (GBr) | 0:22:56 |
21 | Louis Bendixen (Den) | 0:24:03 |
22 | Ruben Calvo Gomez (Spa) | 0:24:53 |
23 | Jacobo Reyes Mesa (Spa) | 0:26:32 |
24 | Adriano Cordovés Dorta (Spa) | 0:27:22 |
25 | Christian Schneidawind (Ger) | 0:28:14 |
26 | Marco Almeida (Por) | 0:28:48 |
27 | Jose Agustin Perez Morera (Spa) | 0:30:23 |
28 | Ashleim Jones (Den) | 0:30:36 |
29 | Kris De Nef (Bel) | 0:31:11 |
30 | Oliver Medina Moreno (Spa) | 0:32:00 |
31 | Fabián Molina Delgado (Spa) | 0:32:04 |
32 | Neftali Ladislao Rodriguez Jimenez (Spa) | 0:32:18 |
33 | Mads Bødker (Den) | 0:33:43 |
34 | Niels Rasmussen (Den) | 0:34:13 |
35 | Rafael Jesus Sanchez Ruiz (Spa) | 0:34:16 |
36 | Aitor Navarro Hita (Spa) | 0:35:38 |
37 | Juan Jose Sosa Rodriguez (Spa) | 0:35:40 |
38 | Steve Ferguson (GBr) | 0:36:22 |
39 | Barry Wilson (GBr) | 0:36:54 |
40 | Jose Luis Agra Torres (Spa) | 0:37:18 |
41 | Jaime Menendez de Luarca (Spa) | 0:38:44 |
42 | Thomas Nyvang Hansen (Den) | 0:38:47 |
43 | Paul Davies (GBr) | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Jakob Holm Lauritsen (Den) | 0:39:03 |
45 | Jose Angel Lemes Clavijo (Spa) | 0:40:00 |
46 | Benno Weber (Ger) | 0:40:07 |
47 | Danny Files (Bel) | 0:40:43 |
48 | Gerald Moser (Fra) | 0:41:01 |
49 | Frederik Mørkeberg Mikkelsen (Den) | 0:41:59 |
50 | Fernando De Armas Hernandez (Spa) | 0:43:35 |
51 | Juaquin David Martin Hernandez (Spa) | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Aureliano Negrin (Spa) | 0:44:26 |
53 | Bo Falck Hansen (Den) | 0:44:50 |
54 | Joan Cabrera Esplugas (Spa) | 0:46:32 |
55 | Victor De Leon Tejera (Spa) | 0:46:49 |
56 | Jose Maceira Rodriguez (Spa) | 0:47:09 |
57 | James Roe (GBr) | 0:47:12 |
58 | Jose David Suarez Fernandez (Spa) | 0:48:28 |
59 | Ricardo Santana Moreno (Spa) | 0:48:43 |
60 | Saúl Ventura Carmona (Spa) | 0:50:10 |
61 | Niels Bay Pedersen (Den) | 0:51:08 |
62 | Juan Carlos Benasco Guillén (Spa) | 0:54:00 |
63 | Rico Busk (Den) | 0:54:17 |
64 | Javier Jesus Cabrera Arteaga (Spa) | 0:54:37 |
65 | Jamie Jones Nielsen (Den) | 0:55:34 |
66 | Santiago Suarez Navarro (Spa) | 0:55:55 |
67 | Thomas Atkinson (GBr) | 0:56:18 |
68 | Henrik Helmer (Den) | 0:58:11 |
69 | Daniel Casanova Expósito (Spa) | 0:59:17 |
70 | Antonio Acosta Brito (Spa) | 1:01:39 |
71 | Eduardo Ramos Megolla (Spa) | 1:02:41 |
72 | Richard Rodriguez de La (Spa) | 1:03:15 |
73 | Domingo Morin Rodriguez (Spa) | 1:03:38 |
74 | Edmundo Esplugas Ramos (Spa) | 1:05:34 |
75 | Moreno (Spa) | 1:06:25 |
76 | Pedro Baltasar de la Paz (Spa) | 1:06:59 |
77 | Isidro manuel Martin Perez (Spa) | 1:07:09 |
78 | Omar González Lorenzo (Spa) | 1:11:52 |
79 | Aristeo Acosta Santana (Spa) | 1:14:47 |
80 | Andre Van't Hof (Ned) | 1:16:12 |
81 | Jorge Espinel Cejas (Spa) | 1:18:05 |
82 | Jaime Alexis Gonzalez (Spa) | 1:18:49 |
83 | Miguel Acosta Reyes (Spa) | 1:19:28 |
84 | Elwin Van Groningen (Ned) | 1:19:38 |
85 | Jose Santana Dominguez (Spa) | 1:20:06 |
86 | Christian Birch (Den) | 1:20:10 |
87 | Alexander Nontesino Negrin (Spa) | 1:20:14 |
88 | Javier Santiago Núñez Díez (Spa) | 1:20:16 |
89 | Antonio Acosta Hernandez (Spa) | 1:20:46 |
90 | Fernandez (Spa) | 1:22:03 |
91 | Marc Ellwood (GBr) | 1:22:06 |
92 | Fernando Mainar Val (Spa) | 1:22:16 |
93 | Iván Rivero Fuentes (Spa) | 1:26:30 |
94 | Fernando Chissotti (Spa) | 1:27:57 |
95 | Samuel Cabrera Ramirez (Spa) | 1:28:26 |
96 | Heribert Camejo Colmenates (Spa) | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
97 | dave overton (GBr) | 1:29:17 |
98 | Javier Guillen Romero (Spa) | 1:29:26 |
99 | Hugo Cantineau (Bel) | 1:29:29 |
100 | Christophe Meurice (Bel) | 1:29:35 |
101 | Benoit Sepulte (Bel) | 1:29:45 |
102 | Hernandez (Spa) | 1:29:52 |
103 | Mahy Febles Diaz (Spa) | 1:30:47 |
104 | Ernesto García Rodríguez (Spa) | 1:33:07 |
105 | Anders Primdahl Haubro (Den) | 1:33:11 |
106 | Alan Hamshaw (UAE) | 1:33:59 |
107 | Roberto Carlos Duarte (Spa) | 1:34:21 |
108 | Gonzalez (Spa) | 1:34:48 |
109 | Alexandre Asselberghs (Bel) | 1:34:50 |
110 | Israel Chinea Marrero (Spa) | 1:37:17 |
111 | Jes Steen (Den) | 1:44:16 |
112 | Jean-Marie Colla (Bel) | 1:46:05 |
113 | Lee Holdaway (GBr) | 1:46:15 |
114 | Daniel Kafunek (Den) | 1:50:14 |
115 | Denis Detinne (Bel) | 1:52:36 |
116 | Matias Sebastien Reveron Afonso ESp | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
117 | Régis Vanoli (Fra) | 2:03:33 |
118 | Rafael Rodriguez Rodriguez (Spa) | 2:04:32 |
119 | Jose Vicente Diaz Corujo (Spa) | 2:05:36 |
120 | Angel Fernando Alvarez Ramos (Spa) | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
121 | David Monzon Martin (Spa) | 2:26:34 |
122 | Kræn Jens Knude (Den) | 2:30:28 |
123 | Juan Pablo Gonzalez Hernandez (Spa) | 2:40:04 |
124 | Alejandro Gonzalez Hernadez (Spa) | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
125 | Paul Cook (GBr) | 2:42:47 |
126 | Jorge Hernandez Sierra (Col) | 3:43:45 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Annika Langvad (Den) | 3:50:11 |
2 | Sally Bigham (GBr) | 0:03:09 |
3 | Adelheid Morath (Ger) | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Bettina Uhlig (Ger) | 0:48:07 |
5 | Sandra Santanyes Murillo (Spa) | 0:48:27 |
6 | Rikke Kornvig (Den) | 0:56:24 |
7 | Lucia Funes Mendez (Spa) | 1:10:22 |
8 | Darrelle Parker (GBr) | 1:11:03 |
9 | Cristi Alonso Lugo (Spa) | 1:31:42 |
10 | Tove Andersen (Den) | 1:42:11 |
11 | María José Peláez Noé (Spa) | 1:56:56 |
12 | Elena Marrero (Spa) | 2:04:09 |
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