Mountain bike marathon world championships 2010

The 2010 Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships took place from August 6th to 8th in St. Wendel , Germany .

Men

space	country	athlete	time
1	AUT	Alban Lakata	3: 49: 55.3 hours
2	ITA	Mirko Celestino	+ 5.0 s
3	RSA	Burry Stander	+ 5.5 s
4th	SUI	Ralph Näf	+ 5.8 s
5	SUI	Christoph Sauser	+ 6.9 s
6th	ESP	José Antonio Hermida Ramos	+ 8.8 s
7th	GER	Karl Platt	+ 24.9 s
8th	ESP	Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez	+ 27.8 s

Date: August 8, 2010, 9:45
am Length: 107.93 km Elevation gain
: 2,556 m

A total of 107 drivers reached the destination. 12 drivers gave up.

The men's race was decided in the sprint at the end. The first six drivers crossed the finish line within 10 seconds. Last year the winner Alban Lakata from Austria finished second behind the Belgian Roel Paulissen . Paulissen gave a positive doping test at the Belga Cup at the beginning of the year and resigned immediately.

Women

space	country	Athlete	time
1	SUI	Esther Süss	4:33: 46.8 hours
2	GER	Sabine Spitz	+1: 56.7 min
3	THE	Annika Langvad	+ 2: 53.9 min
4th	GER	Elisabeth Brandau	+ 7: 50.5 min
5	GER	Birgit Söllner	+ 7: 54.3 min
6th	NOR	Gunn-Rita Dahle	+ 8: 12.2 min
7th	THE	Kristine Noergaard	+ 8: 58.9 min
8th	GBR	Sally Bigham	+ 9: 55.9 min

Date: August 8, 2010, 9:00 am
Length: 107.93 km Elevation gain
: 2,556 m

37 riders reached the destination; six gave up.

In the women's category, the Swiss Esther Süss won ahead of the reigning world and Olympic champion Sabine Spitz from Germany, to whom she was barely defeated in the previous year.

Web links

• Organizer website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ NZZ Online : With patience and perseverance . Retrieved August 13, 2010.