July 8, 2007 (Villabassa/Niederdorf, Italy) — Massimo Debertolis (Ita) from Italy won the Nissan UCI World Cup MTB Marathon #2 ahead of Colombian Julio Caro Silva (Col) and France’s Thomas Dietsch (Fra). Debertolis now leads the Nissan UCI World Cup series after two races. Canada’s Tim Carleton (Can) finished 55th. Switzerland’s Esther Süss (Sui) took the win, beating World Cup leader Pia Sundstedt (Fin) and Dolores Rupp (Sui). Canada’s Marg Fedyna (Can) finished 14th and Charlotte Klein (Can) did not finish. The riders covered over 120 km and included nearly 4000 vertical metres of climbing.

Debertolis completed the challenging race in 4: 49:18 followed by Silva at 2:50, and Dietsch at 3:41 seconds. Marzio Deho (Ita) finished fourth, Lukas Büchli (Sui) was fifth, and local Hannes Pallhuber (Ita) was sixth.

“I dedicate this victory to my mother and my father, who no longer are among us,” Debertolis said at the finish. “At the moment I am in a top shape, and I prepared the Südtirol Dolomiti Superbike very conscientiously. This is a very important victory for me.”

One kilometre before the ascent to Prato Piazza/Plätzwiese (at km 96) Debertolis broke away from a group of five consisting of Dietsch, Deho, Silva, and Pallhuber and began the climb on his own. “I had a precise strategy in mind, and it worked out,” stated the winner. “Hannes Pallhuber and I already attacked on the climb to the Croda Rossa/Rotwand at km 53. However, the group caught up on the flats. The average speed of the winner was 24.8 km/h.

“Last year’s winner, Leonardo Paez (Col), who is injured, sent me text message this morning, telling me it would be my day,” said Silva. “During the race I had a problem with my rear shifting and lost 1.5 minutes. It was very difficult,” Silva stated.

“Today was a really really tough battle,” said Dietsch. “I am really happy with my third place at the Südtirol Dolomiti Superbike. If I consider I was completely out if shape only one month ago, this really is an excellent result. I challenged with Julio for the second place on the climb to Prato Piazza, but I could not keep up with him.”

Women’s Race

The winning women’s time was 5:43:01. Thirty-three-year-old Süss successfully defended last year’s win, finishing 1:34 ahead of over 32-year-old Sundstedt. Rupp finished third, 5:15 back. Fourth place went to Annabella Stropparo (Ita) and fifth went to Blaza Klemncic (Slo).

“During the first two hours it was Stropparo setting the pace,” said Süss. “On the last climb, Pia and I were still together. Then I tried to increase my speed, and it worked out.”

“It’s true, I couldn’t keep up,” affirmed Sundstedt. “Congratulations to Esther for her great victory.”

Both ladies knew the race would be decided on the last climb. “Whoever had more left at that point would be the winner,” the Süss and Sundstedt agreed.

Rupp, the 34-year-old mother from Valens in St.Gallen, spent some time in the lead. “My result is more than I expected. I am not that strong technically, so I was surprised to be in the lead in some downhills and on some singletrack sections,” she said.

Results

Women

1. Esther Süss (SUI) 5:43:01
2. Pia Sundstedt (FIN) Gewiss Bianchi at 1:34
3. Dolores Rupp (SUI) 5:15
4. Annabella Stropparo (ITA) 15:21
5. Blaza Klemencic (SLO) Pintatim Full Dynamix 18:00
6. Elena Gaddoni (ITA) 20:51
7. Katrin Schwing (GER) Trek-VW 24:58
8. Michela Benzoni (ITA) (MI) 25:24
9. Alexandra Hober (ITA) (BZ) 25:25
10. Fabienne Heinzmann (SUI) Trek-VW 30:12
11. Andrea Kuster (SUI) 31:33
12. Elena Giacomuzzi (ITA) (TN) 34:09
13. Asa Erlandsson (SWE) Subaru/Gary Fisher 34:38
14. Marg Fedyna (Can) 38:33
15. Milena Landtwing (SUI) 40:57
16. Elizabeth Scalia (ITA) 45:32
17. Barbora Radova (CZE) 48:22
18. Kathrin Heimberg (SUI) 49:03
19. Kerstin Brachtendorf (GER) 1:10:58
20. Barbara Oberdorfer (ITA) 1:10:58
21. Jo-Anne Bennett (AUS) 1:13:23
22. Karolina Stolarova (CZE) 1:35:14
23. Daniela Campuzano (MEX) 1:48:19
24. Alexa Hüni (GER) 2:07:14
DNF Roberta Gasparini (ITA)
DNF Charlotte Klein (CAN)

Men

1. Massimo De Bertolis (ITA) Full Dynamix 4:49:18
2. Julio Humberto Caro Silva (COL) Full Dynamix 2:50
3. Thomas Dietsch (FRA) Gewiss Bianchi 3:41
4. Marzio Deho (ITA) 3:59
5. Lukas Buchli (SUI) 6:20
6. Johann Pallhuber (ITA) 7:01
7. Alban Lakata (AUT) Trek-VW 8:51
8. Mirko Pirazzoli (ITA) 10:21
9. Heinz Verbnjak (AUT) 10:39
10. Thomas Zahnd (SUI) 10:39
11. Urs Huber (SUI) 10:41
12. Johnny Cattaneo (ITA) 11:30
13. Walter Costa (ITA) 13:34
14. Karl Markt (AUT) 13:51
15. Martin Kraler (AUT) 14:24
16. Tim Bohme (GER) GOLD Mountainbike 16:55
17. Mike Felderer (ITA) 18:113
18. Nicolas Vermeulen (BEL) Lingier Versluvs MTB Team 22:37
19. Marco Lang (SUI) 23:39
20. Benjamin Sonntag (GER) 24:174
21. Martin Horak (CZE) 24:45
22. Eero Jappinen (FIN) 24:57
23. Joseba Lizaso Albizu (ESP) 25:25
24. Samuele Pisu (ITA) 27:16
25. Giancarlo Paperini (ITA) 27:23
26. David Schoggl (AUT) 31:30
27. Mannie Heymans (NAM) 32:064
28. Ramon Bianchi (ITA) 32:065
29. Thomas Paccagnella (ITA) 33:30
30. Ivan Rybarik (CZE) 34:31
31. Roman Peter (SUI) 34:31
32. Bjorn Rondelez (BEL) Lingier Versluvs MTB Team 35:47
33. William Bjergfelt (GBR) 36:56
34. Kris Henderieckx (BEL) 38:21
35. Lucien Peterhans (SUI) 39:23
36. Paolo Alberati (ITA) 42:48
37. Daniel Gathof (GER) 43:18
38. Flurin Riedi (SUI) 43:51
39. Daniele Zucconi (SUI) 44:02
40. Werner Hobarth (AUT) 44:41
41. Michael Borup (DEN) N 46:57
42. Max Friedrich (GER) 48:07
43. Klemens Bont (SUI) 48:10
44. Piero Pellegrini (ITA) 48:444
45. Matthias Ball (GER) Trek-VW 52:34
46. Dario Steinacher (ITA) 53:07
47. Milan Spolc (CZE) 54:07
48. Robby De Bock (BEL) 56:12
49. Bart van Hecke (BEL) Lingier Versluvs MTB Team 57:12
50. Michael Schucard (GER) 58:02
51. Stephan Andreas Tobler (SUI) 58:41
52. Uros Breski (SLO) 59:48
53. Tim Bennett (AUS) 1:00:15
54. Nico Berckmans (BEL) 1:01:39
55. Tim Carleton (Can) 1:03:51
56. Michael Iversen (DEN) 1:05:09
57. Simon Turner (GBR) 1:05:44
58. James Fraser-Moodle (GBR) 1:07:10
59. Luca Dal Bo (ITA) 1:12:02
60. Hans Planckaert (BEL) Lingier Versluys MTB Team 1:12:14
61. Leo Bont (SUI) 1:12:34
62. Paolo Mencacci (ITA) 1:14:32
63. Peter Ven (BEL) 1:14:42
64. Giuseppe Vian (ITA) 1:14:45
65. Emil Makan (SLO) 1:16:55
66. Kris Hertsens (BEL) Lingier Versluvs MTB Team 1:20:00
66. Mathias Smet (BEL) 1:20:00
68. Petr Simera (CZE) 1:20:23
69. Daniel Horak (CZE) 1:21:25
70. Georg Widmann (ITA) 1:21:36
71. Simon Klavz (SLO) 1:22:25
72. Michal Mikyna (CZE) 1:22:38
73. Mauro Zambelli (ITA) 1:24:00
74. Alberto Bolla (ITA) 1:24:31
75. Alessandro Zasso (ITA) 1:24:44
76. Achim Scholz (GER) 1:27:20
77. Michele Benamati (ITA) 1:30:35
78. Rok Kolar (SLO) 1:33:08
79. Alessio Rainato (ITA) 1:33:09
80. Olivier Guth (FRA) 1:33:24
81. Pietro Lauro (ITA) 1:35:23
82. Gianluca Bertoli (ITA) 1:38:57
83. Luca Stopar (ITA) 1:39:05
84. Jorg Scherle (GER) 1:39:49
85. Marco Cassetta (ITA) 1:40:47
86. Andreas Gatterer (AUT) 1:42:54
87. Marco Discacciati (ITA) 1:43:40
88. Nico Prinsen (BEL) 1:43:43
89. Roberto Montanari (ITA) 1:48:31
90. Alessandro Dora (ITA) 1:50:11
91. Stefan Hackl (AUT) 1:53:30
92. Andrea Massaccesi (ITA) 1:53:37
93. Youssef Mansour (ESP) 1:54:04
94. Primoz Gulin (SLO) 1:54:31
95. Joze Marinko (SLO) 1:55:04
96. Stefano Mazgon (ITA) 1:55:33
97. Alessandro Gava (ITA) 1:55:33
98. Alessandro Spampinato (ITA) 1:56:14
99. Andrea Festi (ITA) 1:56:16
100. Roberto Chiappa (ITA) 2:00:58
101. Eric Weber (FRA) 2:02:34
102. Andrew Gwatkin (GBR) 2:10:14
103. Carlo Clerici (ITA) 2:11:56
104. Tiziano Pelizzari (ITA) 2:13:48
105. Fernando Pena (ESP) 2:14:27
106. Claudio Santioni (ITA) 2:19:59
107. Stefano Pancera (ITA) 2:21:10
108. Paolo Zanetti (ITA) 2:22:49
109. Nerio Gainotti (ITA) 2:26:11
110. Diego Robert Degano (ITA) 2:27:10
111. Edoardo Fusar Bassini (ITA) 2:33:08
112. Raimondo Deidda (ITA) 2:33:47
113. Damijan Lutman (ITA) 2:37:33
114. Raffaele Pasetti (ITA) 2:40:21
115. Sven Schrevens (BEL) 2:40:27
116. Raf Dilissen (BEL) 2:40:58
117. Maurizio Mussi (ITA) 2:43:10
118. Enrico Bucefalo (ITA) 2:45:18
119. Mauro Rusconi (ITA) 2:49:53
120. Davide Tosi (ITA) 3:03:59
121. Antonio Fabi (ITA) 3:04:43
122. Giuseppe Testa (ITA) 3:22:00
123. Angelo Marinelli (ITA) 3:25:56
124. Luca Posati (ITA) 3:27:38
125. Jàn Sestina (SVK) 3:34:36
126. Tiziano Gheza (ITA) 3:36:36
127. Roberto Gennaro (ITA) 3:59:47
128. Lorenzo Donzelli (ITA) 4:09:46
129. Emanuele Moratto (ITA) 4:16:14
130. Sandro Chieruzzi (ITA) 4:20:48
131. Vincente Colomer Romero (ESP) 4:25:55
132. Salvatore Dessi’ (ITA) 4:30:21
133. Aldo Baggioli (ITA) 4:40:49
134. Francesco Prato (ITA) 5:14:07
DNF Martino Fruet (ITA)
DNF Arno Viljoen (NAM)
DNF Dario Acquaroli (ITA)
DNF Wolfgang Mayer (GER) Ghost Racing Team
DNF Ismael Ventura (ESP)
DNF Benjamin Schmieg (ITA)
DNF Lars Frederic Nordbakken (NOR)
DNF Sebastian Ebwein (ITA)
DNF Wim Deroover (BEL)
DNF Christian Schuldt (GER)
DNF Cesare Maffoni (ITA)
DNF Bostjan Lavtar (SLO)
DNF Thomas Gilfedder (AUS)
DNF Erwin Pauwels (BEL)
DNF Ivan Lise (ITA)
DNF Jan Hofmeyer (GER)