Medvedev wins European marathon title
Sundstedt victorious in women's championship race
Alexey Medvedev (Elettroveneta-Corratec) and Pia Sundstedt won the European marathon championships in Kleinzell, Austria, on Sunday. The men raced 100km while the women race 80km.
The Russian Medvedev won the race with a time of 4:01:45 after outsprinting Jukka Vastaranta (Milka Trek), who finished second, just four seconds later. Tim Bohme (Team Bulls) was a bit further back in third.
He leveraged his recent fitness from the AlpenTour Trophy and held off rivals.
"They tried to kill me in every way," said Medvedev. "We were a bunch of 10 riders until 30km from the finish. The most active in a combative way were Bohme and (Hannes) Genze (Merida), but I anticipated the attack on the hard hill of Pisling with 10km to go."
Current marathon world champion Alban Lakata (Topeak Ergon) was eighth after having a rough day. He was absent from the lead group during the first half of the race after a mechanical problem. He was not able to pull back enough time to make the podium and finished at 1:20.
"Naturally I had set out to achieve a better result today. I am happy with my form, but still, with Trans Germany still very recently in my legs, I just couldn't do it today," said Lakata, somewhat disappointed in the finish zone.
Pia Sundstedt won the women's race in a time of 4:04:11. Sally Bigham (Topeak Ergon) was second 8:47 back while Elena Giacomuzzi finished third at 16:54.
Bigham was happy with his silver medal. "It was a rush to the first bit of singletrack. On the climb at the first feed zone, I was able to pull away from Pia. By the third feed zone, I had to let her move ahead. I was able to build my gap over third place all the same though." She described the result at the highlight of her career so far.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Alexey Medvedev (Rus) | 4:01:45 |
2 | Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) | 0:00:04 |
3 | Tim Bohme (Ger) | 0:00:23 |
4 | Hannes Genze (Ger) | 0:00:44 |
5 | Christoph Soukup (Aut) | 0:00:51 |
6 | Marc Trayter Alemany (Spa) | 0:00:59 |
7 | Urs Huber (Swi) | 0:01:06 |
8 | Alban Lakata (Aut) | 0:01:20 |
9 | Konny Looser (Swi) | 0:03:39 |
10 | Thomas Dietsch (Fra) | 0:03:49 |
11 | Karl Platt (Ger) | 0:05:27 |
12 | Matthias Leisling (Ger) | 0:06:10 |
13 | Thomas Stoll (Swi) | 0:08:33 |
14 | Alexandre Moos (Swi) | 0:08:54 |
15 | Massimo De Bertolis (Ita) | 0:09:52 |
16 | Bas Peters (Ned) | 0:10:52 |
17 | Frans Claes (Bel) | 0:11:10 |
18 | Marzio Deho (Ita) | 0:11:37 |
19 | Ramses Bekkenk (Ned) | 0:11:59 |
20 | Christian Schneidawind (Ger) | 0:12:55 |
21 | Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez (Spa) | 0:14:12 |
22 | Jakob Nimpf (Aut) | 0:15:36 |
23 | Dmitry Medvedev (Rus) | 0:17:57 |
24 | David Schöggi (Aut) | 0:19:07 |
25 | Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) | 0:19:25 |
26 | Jeroen Boelen (Ned) | 0:20:03 |
27 | Claus Crone (Den) | 0:21:51 |
28 | Thomas Strobl (Aut) | 0:22:15 |
29 | Frank Schotman (Ned) | 0:23:22 |
30 | Allan Bachmann (Den) | 0:24:37 |
31 | Michael Schuchardt (Ger) | 0:24:41 |
32 | Axel Bult (Ned) | 0:26:07 |
33 | Manuel Pliem (Aut) | 0:26:09 |
34 | Uwe Hardter (Ger) | 0:29:41 |
35 | Roland Golderer (Ger) | 0:30:51 |
36 | Thomas Bundgaard (Den) | 0:32:45 |
37 | Heinz Zörweg (Aut) | 0:33:04 |
38 | Irjan Luttenberg (Ned) | 0:33:24 |
39 | Bartosz Janowski (Pol) | 0:34:45 |
40 | Martin Kellermann (Aut) | 0:35:18 |
41 | Johannes Holas (Aut) | 0:36:42 |
42 | Bram Rood (Ned) | 0:38:22 |
43 | Ewald Robeischl (Aut) | 0:41:25 |
44 | Florian Kremmaier (Aut) | 0:43:29 |
45 | Friedrich Hofmann (Ger) | 0:43:45 |
46 | Valentin Fiderer (Ger) | 0:46:41 |
47 | Frederick Thoni (Aut) | 0:49:10 |
48 | Gerhard Kaufmann (Aut) | 0:49:23 |
49 | Christopher Schwab (Aut) | 0:53:05 |
50 | Sebastian Lachmayr (Aut) | 0:54:03 |
51 | Rudolf Berger (Aut) | 0:56:09 |
52 | Simon Seehofer (Aut) | 0:59:32 |
53 | Tobias Six (Ger) | 1:01:55 |
54 | Erich Baumgartner (Aut) | 1:07:11 |
55 | Martin Foger (Aut) | 1:07:36 |
56 | Franz Pfeffer (Aut) | 1:07:43 |
57 | Thomas Widhalm (Aut) | 1:08:55 |
58 | Leopold Heigl (Aut) | 1:09:42 |
59 | Andreas Hartmann (Ger) | 1:19:21 |
60 | Stephan Hochmüller (Aut) | 1:26:54 |
61 | David Rauch (Aut) | 2:09:24 |
DNF | Lukas Buchli (Swi) | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Markus Loisl (Aut) | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Roman Rametsteiner (Aut) | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Wolfgang Mayer (Ger) | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Branko Grah (Aut) | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Andreas Kugler (Swi) | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tim Höme (Ger) | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Christian Kreuchler (Ger) | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Christoph Hochmüller (Aut) | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Daniel Federspiel (Aut) | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Pia Sundstedt (Fin) | 4:04:11 |
2 | Sally Bigham (GBr) | 0:04:35 |
3 | Elena Giacomuzzi (Ita) | 0:12:42 |
4 | Jane Nussli (GBr) | 0:15:03 |
5 | Milena Landtwing (Swi) | 0:16:10 |
6 | Laura Turpijn (Ned) | 0:21:03 |
7 | Birgit Söllner (Ger) | 0:22:14 |
8 | Nina Gaessler (Ger) | 0:23:32 |
9 | Annette Griner (Ger) | 0:31:51 |
10 | Inbar Ronen (Isr) | 0:35:07 |
11 | Verena Krenslehner (Aut) | 0:35:59 |
12 | Martina Miessgang (Aut) | 0:48:23 |
13 | Sofia Pezzatti (Swi) | 0:49:16 |
14 | Elisabeth Unterbuchschachner (Aut) | 0:50:01 |
15 | Theresia Kellermayr (Aut) | 0:58:43 |
16 | Christina Verhas (Aut) | 1:05:30 |
17 | Nicoletta De Jager (Ned) | 1:09:14 |
18 | Jasmin Erhardt (Ger) | 1:19:24 |
19 | Sonja Brodbeck (Ger) | 1:29:11 |
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