Crocodile Trophy 2016: Stage 7 Results

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The riders line up at the start of stage 7(Image credit: Crocodile Trophy / Regina Stanger)

Urs Huber (Team Bulls) won his fffth stage of the 2016 Crocodile Trophy while Annemiek van Vleuten (Orica-AIS/Scott) won her third of the race with just the final day 30km Wetherby Station to Port Douglas time trial to come. Huber is all but assured of sealing his fourth overall victory while Alice Pirard (Merida-Wallonie MTB Team) will win her first edition of the race as long she finishes stage 8.

"Urs is never tired - the first part of each stage is not a problem for me, because I know I can stay with him, but the second half of each stage I know that I might have a moment of weakness, but not him. It means that I'm not as confident as him, but I'm feeling good about tomorrow's last stage," said Carabin. "Second behind Urs is a good result, I'm close to him - he's such a strong rider and famous in the cross-country world. To be not far off from him is good."

"Today was wonderful, I really enjoyed the stage. I'm here to see some of Australia and today we had a lot of nice views. But I saw a lot of my front wheel because I suffered a lot today," she said. "I surprised myself a little bit this week - at first I came here starting the race for a holiday, but half-way through I suddenly got into the race mode. On the not-so-technical stages I felt really well and I enjoy to race hard and also with the guys here, it's really wonderful to race together.

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Elite Men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Urs Huber (Team Bulls)	3:25:57
2	Sebastien Carabin (Merida Wallonie-Vojo Mag)	0:00:01
3	Bas Peters (Mijnbadliv/Giant Offroad Team)	0:00:53
4	Michiel Van Aelbroeck (Wmtb.Be)	Row 3 - Cell 2
5	Manuel Pliem (Team Ktm-Rad.Sport.Szene)	0:01:50
6	Matthias Grick (Ktm Ebner Transporte Cycling Team Graz)	0:01:55
11	Stef De Louwere (Veco Cycling Team)	0:29:30
12	Frédéric Ischard (Team Velochannel.Com)	0:30:23

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General Classification after stage 7
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Urs Huber (Team Bulls)	22:59:52
2	Sebastien Carabin (Merida Wallonie-Vojo Mag)	0:01:42
3	Michiel Van Aelbroeck (Wmtb.Be)	1:03:38
4	Bas Peters (Mijnbadliv/Giant Offroad Team)	1:07:49
5	Manuel Pliem (Team Ktm-Rad.Sport.Szene)	1:13:23
6	Matthias Grick (Ktm Ebner Transporte Cycling Team Graz)	1:57:16
7	Stef De Louwere (Veco Cycling Team)	2:49:03
8	Frédéric Ischard (Team Velochannel.Com)	4:46:26

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Elite Women
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Annemiek Van Vleuten (Orica-Ais / Scott)	3:41:21
2	Ruth Corset	0:18:11
3	Alice Pirard (Merida-Wallonie Mtb Team)	0:20:25
4	Sarah Kaehler (Astute Financial Racing Team)	1:12:45

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General Classification after stage 7
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Alice Pirard (Merida-Wallonie Mtb Team)	29:24:48
2	Annemiek Van Vleuten (Orica-Ais / Scott)	0:50:26
3	Ruth Corset	1:10:54
4	Sarah Kaehler (Astute Financial Racing Team)	5:32:15