29.05.11 17:22
A dream come true: Absalon wins for the fifth time in a row! Results
Legendary: Absalons fifth strike in Offenburg, Bresset makes French day perfect
After 1:46:21 h the fairy tail became true at the UCI MTB Word Cup in Offenburg. French rider and two time Olympic winner Absalon added another unique title to his career. For the fifth time in a row, the French rider wins the World Cup race in Offenburg, leaving the Czech Jaroslav Kulhavy (1:46:50) and the French Maxime Marotte (1:47:02) behind. Until the third round, the race was close. A group of ten riders rode together through the drops of Offenburg, and a massive crowd of thousands of spectators cheered loudly for each of them. Absalon, staying behind the leading Fontana and Kulhavy, waited for the right moment for his attack!
In the fourth round, at the uphill section, Absalon metaphorically took the gloves off and left the whole group behind, riding to his fifth consecutive title in Offenburg.
1 2 FRA19800816 ABSALON Julien ORBEA 1:46:21 250
2 1 CZE19850108 KULHAVY Jaroslav SPECIALIZED RACING +00:29 200
3 6 FRA19861205 MAROTTE Maxime BH - SUNTOUR - PEISEY VALLANDRY +00:41 160
4 8 RSA19870916 STANDER Burry SPECIALIZED RACING +01:05 150
5 12 ESP19810928 COLOMA NICOLAS Carlos WILDWOLF - TREK RACING +02:30 140
6 18 SUI19870718 GIGER Fabian RABOBANK - GIANT OFF-ROAD TEAM +02:33 130
7 3 SUI19860513 SCHURTER Nino SCOTT - SWISSPOWER MTB - RACING +02:35 120
8 4 ITA19841012 FONTANA Marco Aurelio CANNONDALE FACTORY RACING +02:36 110
9 14 SUI19890514 LITSCHER Thomas FELT OETZTAL X - BIONIC TEAM +02:45 100
10 17 ESP19811218 ALVAREZ GUTIERREZ Ivan GIANT ITALIA TEAM +02:53 95
With his win in Offenburg, Absalon also took the lead in the World Cup Ranking.
The French national anthem was played twice on Sunday in Offenburg, Julie Bresset won the Women Elite Race, last years winner Catharina Pendrel came in second and Eva Lechner was third.