Justesen, Langvad wrap up wins in Lanzarote

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On day two, Danish rider Benjamin Justesen (T-Bikes) showed himself to be the strongest racer once again, and after around 25km, he pulled away from the lead group and went on to take victory. Behind him, his chasers had a tougher and closer race.

At the very beginning, Dane Thomas Bundgaard, Spaniard Ismael Ventura, Dane Rasmus Jessing and Brit James Angus Ouchterlony were battling each other.

Ventura suffered from a puncture early on, but fixed it quickly and gradually picked off Ouchterlony, Jessing and Bundgaard to finish second on day two and second overall. Bundgaard came home in a comfortable third with no threat from chasing Ouchterlony, who had taken a wrong turn and was subsequently disqualified.

In the women's 60km race, Annika Langvad (Easton Rockets) earned another 12-minute advantage on runner-up, Sally Bigham. Langvad managed a total victory margin of more than 17 minutes. The gap between Bigham and Gunn Rita Dahle Flesjaa was slightly less, but over the two days, Bigham was 11 minutes and 48 seconds faster than Dahle Flesjaa.

The women repeated Saturday's podium on Sunday.

Three-time world champion Dahle Flesjaa enjoyed the course and promised to return for the 2012 race. "I would also like to see many more Norwegians in this race and will make sure to promote the race in my home country," she said.

Dahle Flesjaa is building her fitness slowly after two months of sickness and complete lack of exercise. At the start of January she got back on her bike. On her website, she said, "We're leaving a tough period behind us and are looking towards new goals and challenges."

A happy Lucia Funes from Tenerife was the top Spanish female finisher. She is used to technical courses. "There were stones, stones and more stones. It seemed like they put them there on purpose for us!" she said, "and mud. The mud was there in such a quantity that it seemed it was gathered all in one place."

Full Results

Final general classification