Spitz, Kurschat take German titles
Tenth national title for women's Olympic Champion











Olympic Champion Sabine Spitz (Central Ghost) won her tenth German national title on Sunday, while Wolfram Kurschat took the men's title.
Spitz took the lead immediately and had 30 seconds after the first of five laps. She went on to win by 2:27 over Adelheid Morath (Rothaus-Cube MTB Team) with Hanna Klein (Rothaus-Cube MTB Team) third. “Championships are always something special,” Spitz said. “I am very happy to be able to wear the the German national champion's jersey for another year.”
The men's race started out as a hard-fought duel between Kurschat and Moritz Milatz, with the two staying close for the first half of the race. Kurschat took off on the fourth of seven rounds and went on to a solo win, over two minutes ahead of Milatz. Jochen Käss finished third. “It was great to win the the jersey back again,” said Kurschat, who last year finished third, after winning the title in 2007.
1 | Wolfram Kurschat | 1:40:48 |
2 | Moritz Milatz | 0:02:21 |
3 | Jochen Käß | 0:03:21 |
4 | Robert Mennen (Topeak Ergon Racing Team) | 0:08:36 |
5 | Benjamin Sonntag (Monavie-Connondale) | 0:09:53 |
6 | Markus Bauer (Lexware Racing Team) | 0:10:50 |
7 | Christopher Maletz (Zweirad Riese Racingteam) | 0:11:23 |
8 | Torsten Marx (DS-Rennsport) | 0:12:26 |
9 | Heiko Gutmann (Rothaus-Cube MTB Team) | 0:12:52 |
10 | Olaf Rochow (Fuji Bikes Europe) | 0:13:36 |
11 | Fabian Strecker (Lexware Racing Team) | 0:13:49 |
12 | Andi Weinhold (Fuji Bikes Europe) | 0:15:27 |
13 | Marco Schätzing (Zwillingscraft) | 0:16:49 |
14 | Simon Stiebjahn (Team Bulls) | 0:17:40 |
-1lap | Steffen Thum (Mayer Arbeitsbühnen/Stevens Bikes) | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Andy Eyring (Team Marin Bikes) | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Pascal Ketterer (Bergamont Race-Team) | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Daniel Eiermann (Votec Racing Team) | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Rumen Voigt (Mühle Racing Team) | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Andy Römhild (Team Germina) | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | Michael Wießner | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | Sebastian Bergmann (Ghost Racing Team) | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | Lutz Baumgärtel | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | Michael Rieder (Ghost Racing Team) | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | Vero Lüscher (Mayer Arbeitsbühnen/Stevens Bikes) | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | David Hofmann (Lexware Racing Team) | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | Severin Schweisguth | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | Christian Dörfler | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | Kai Kautz | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | Achim Beckedahl | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | Lutz Babilon | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
-4laps | Sebastian Weigel (Zweirad Riese Racingteam) | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
-4laps | Alexander Speisekorn (Team Nolte-Küchen) | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
-4laps | Mario Waibel (Team Cmtb) | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
-4laps | Michael Fischer | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
-4laps | Sascha Schwindling (Team Endorfin-Solvis) | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
-4laps | Sönke Wegner (Reitter Racing Team) | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
-4laps | Oliver Vonhausen (Ghost Racing Team) | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
-4laps | Christoph Baumann | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
-4laps | Gerrit Rosenkranz (Team Bergwerk) | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
-4laps | Tobias Trautmann | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
-4laps | Jan-Niklas Droste (Powerslide Racing) | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
-5laps | Lukas Schmitz (Team Bergamont) | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
1 | Sabine Spitz | 1:33:56 |
2 | Adelheid Morath (Rothaus-Cube MTB Team) | 0:02:27 |
3 | Hanna Klein (Rothaus-Cube MTB Team) | 0:03:15 |
4 | Anja Gradl (central Ghost Pro Team) | 0:04:17 |
5 | Ivonne Kraft (Tam Haibike) | 0:05:09 |
6 | Nina Wrobel (Multivan Merida Biking Team) | 0:05:13 |
7 | Elisabeth Brandau (Tam Haibike) | 0:08:45 |
8 | Katrin Schwing (Team Trek) | 0:10:25 |
9 | Melanie Späth | 0:12:20 |
10 | Nina Kunz (Merida Deutschland) | 0:13:38 |
11 | Gesa Brüchmann | 0:16:21 |
12 | Mailin Franke (Team Fuji Bikes Europe) | 0:18:26 |
-1lap | Kerstin Kögler (FX Sports) | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
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