July 14, 2008 – Nino Schurter (Sui) Swisspower Mountainbike-Team and Eva Lechner (Ita) Colnago won the sixth event of the Swisspower Cup series on Saturday in Savognin, Switzerland. Gujan Martin (Sui) Athleticum MTB Team and Maroussia Rusca (Sui) Scott Allianz Suisse lead the men’s and women’s overall standings, while Canada’s Sandra Walter (Can) X.0-Felt Women’s MTB Team is fourth in the women’s standings. She did not take part in the July 12 race. The next and final race of the series takes place on September 7 in Bern, Switzerland. For full results, visit www.swisspowercup.ch.

Results (brief)

Elite Women
1. Eva Lechner (Ita) Colnago 1:48:05.3
2. Petra Henzi (Sui) Fischer-BMC 0:29.1
3. Nathalie Schneitter (Sui) Colnago 2:51.4
4. Katrin Leumann (Sui) goldwurst-power / Sputnik 4:42.5
5. Maroussia Rusca (Sui) Scott Allianz Suisse 7:46.9
6. Fabienne Niederberger (Sui) X.0-Felt Women’s MTB Team 9:59.7
7. Evelyn Staffler (Ita) Andriano Colnago 11:35.5
8. Sarah Koba (Sui) Koba 12:39.0
9. Corina Gantenbein (Sui) Biketeam.gr 18:24.1
10. Nadia Walker (Sui) X.0-Felt Women’s MTB Team 18:45.5

Elite Men
1. Nino Schurter (Sui) Swisspower Mountainbike-Team 1:48:43.3
2. Mathias Flückiger (Sui) Athleticum MTB Team at 0:32.2
3. Martin Gujan (Sui) Athleticum MTB Team 1:38.9
4. Marco-Aurelio Fontana (Ita) Hard Rock FRW 2:07.2
5. Till Marx (Sui) Swisspower Mountainbike-Team 02:37.3
6. Gion Manetsch (Sui) Athleticum MTB Team 03:09.9
7. Marco Arnold (Sui) Gisler-Craft 03:43.1
8. Lukas Flückiger (Sui) Ochlenberg Athleticum MTB Team 04:56.4
9. Marcel Wildhaber (Sui) Tower Sports 04:56.4
10. Martin Fanger (Sui) Giant-Swiss-Team 06:23.2

Series Standings after six events (brief)

Elite Women
1. Maroussia Rusca (Sui) Scott Allianz Suisse 330 points
2. Katrin Leumann (Sui) goldwurst-power / Sputnik 315
3. Marielle Saner Guinchard (Sui) Bikepark.ch / BMC 297
4. Sandra Walter (Can) X.0-Felt Women’s MTB Team 244
5. Fabienne Niederberger (Sui) X.0-Felt Women’s MTB Team 233

Elite Men
1. Gujan Martin (Sui) Athleticum MTB Team 330 points
2. Florian Vogel (Sui) Swisspower Mountainbike-Team 300
3. Marco-Aurelio Fontana (Ita) Hard Rock FRW 277
4. Nino Schurter (Sui) Swisspower Mountainbike-Team 250
5. Mathias Flückiger (Sui) Athleticum MTB Team 246