Mountain Bike Orienteering World Championships 2011
The 2011 Mountain Bike Orienteering World Championships took place from August 20 to 28, 2011 in and around Vicenza , Italy . It was the first and so far only time Italy hosted these championships.
Men's
sprint
| space | country | athlete | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RUS | Anton Foliforov | 26:28 min |
| 2 | CZE | Jiři Hradil | 26:59 min |
| 3 | THE | Erik Skovgaard Knudsen | 27:14 min |
| 4th | CZE | Radek Laciga | 27:25 min |
| 5 | RUS | Valery Gluchow | 27:26 min |
| 6th | POR | Davide Machado | 27:36 min |
| FRA | Yoann Guard | 27:36 min | |
| 8th | CZE | Marek Pospíšek | 27:52 min |
| 9 | FIN | Samuli Saarela | 27:56 min |
| 10 | SUI | Christian Hohl | 28:11 min |
Final : August 27, 2012, 2:00 p.m.
Location: Sossano
Length: 9 km
Incline: 145 m
Post: 23 of the
87 riders who started, 80 made it into the ranking, seven were disqualified.
Middle distance
| space | country | athlete | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIN | Samuli Saarela | 55:56 min |
| 2 | RUS | Ruslan Grizan | 58:42 min |
| 3 | AUT | Tobias Breitschädel | 59:37 min |
| 4th | RUS | Anton Foliforov | 59:45 min |
| 5 | CZE | Jiři Hradil | 59:47 min |
| 6th | RUS | Valery Gluchow | 59:49 min |
| 7th | CZE | František Bogar | 60:01 min |
| 8th | SUI | Beat Oklé | 60:27 min |
| 9 | SUI | Beat Schaffner | 60:53 min |
| 10 | CZE | Marek Pospíšek | 61:25 min |
Final : August 25, 2012, 10:00 am
Location: Pozzolo di Villaga
Length: 19.1 km
Incline: 450 m
Post: 16 of
90 riders who started, 88 were included in the ranking, two were disqualified.
Long distance
| space | country | athlete | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIN | Samuli Saarela | 2:00:12 h |
| 2 | THE | Erik Skovgaard Knudsen | 2:04:47 h |
| 3 | RUS | Ruslan Grizan | 2:06:27 h |
| 4th | SUI | Beat Oklé | 2:07:25 h |
| 5 | POR | Davide Machado | 2:07:55 h |
| 6th | ITA | Giaime Origgi | 2:07:56 h |
| 7th | SUI | Beat Schaffner | 2:09:53 h |
| 8th | CZE | Jiři Hradil | 2:10:22 h |
| 9 | RUS | Valery Gluchow | 2:10:48 h |
| 10 | SUI | Christian Hohl | 2:11:01 h |
Qualification : August 22, 2012, 9:30 am
Route: Zugliano - Chiuppano
For qualification, 87 drivers competed in three groups. The distance in the three groups was between 13.9 km and 14.2 km with 825 meters of altitude and 16 posts. Group A won Lasse Brun Pedersen ( DEN ) ahead of Beat Schaffner ( SUI ) and Christian Hohl ( SUI ). Group B won Samuli Saarela ( FIN ), followed by Tobias Breitschädel ( AUT ) and Piero Turra ( ITA ). In Group C, Erik Skovgaard Knudsen ( DEN ), Ruslan Grizan ( RUS ) and Giaime Origgi ( ITA) took the first three places.
Final : 23 August 2012, 9:30 a.m.
Course: Marostica - Bassano del Grappa
Length: 37.3 km
Gradient: 1350 m
Posts: 24 of
61 riders who started, 52 were classified, nine were disqualified. Javier García ( ESP ) won the B final over 24.4 km at 600 meters of altitude and 19 posts .
Season
| space | country | Athletes | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE |
Bjarke Refslund Lasse Brun Pedersen Erik Knudsen Skovgaard |
2:40:51 h |
| 2 | CZE |
Radek Laciga Jiři Hradil Marek Pospíšek |
2:42:59 h |
| 3 | FIN |
Jussi Laurila Pekka Niemi Samuli Saarela |
2:43:59 h |
| 4th | RUS |
Ruslan Grizan Valery Gluchow Anton Foliforov |
2:44:17 h |
| 5 | EST |
Lauri Malsroos Margus Hallik Tõnis Erm |
2:48:14 h |
| 6th | ITA |
Piero Turra Mario Ruggiero Giaime Origgi |
2:48:37 h |
| 7th | FIN 2 |
Juuso Jutila Samuel Pökälä Juho Saarinen |
2:49:04 h |
| 8th | SUI |
Beat Schaffner Christian Hohl Beat Oklé |
2:54:22 h |
| 9 | AUT |
Tobias Breitschädel Martin Moser Bernhard Schachinger |
2:54:54 h |
| 10 | AUT 2 |
Kevin Haselsberger Andreas Rief Christof Haingartner |
2:58:38 h |
Final : August 26, 2012, 10:30 am
Location: Alonte
Length: 3 × 13.8 km
Incline: 350 m
each Post: 22 each of the
27 relays, 24 were classified and three were disqualified.
Ladies
sprint
| space | country | Athlete | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FRA | Gaëlle Barlet | 26:36 min |
| 2 | FIN | Marika Hara | 26:38 min |
| 3 | AUT | Michaela Gigon | 26:43 min |
| 4th | SUI | Christine Schaffner | 26:44 min |
| 5 | SVK | Hana Bajtošová | 26:49 min |
| 6th | CZE | Martina Tichovská | 26:52 min |
| 7th | ITA | Laura Scaravonati | 27:10 min |
| 8th | FIN | Ingrid Stengård | 27:16 min |
| 9 | CZE | Renata Paulíčková | 27:40 min |
| 10 | SUI | Maja Rothweiler | 27:41 min |
Final : August 27, 2012, 2:00 p.m.
Location: Sossano
Length: 7.5 km
Incline: 115 m
Post: 19 of the
52 riders who started, 49 were included in the ranking, three were disqualified.
Middle distance
| space | country | Athlete | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AUT | Michaela Gigon | 58:02 min |
| 2 | POLE | Anna Kamińska | 58:17 min |
| 3 | THE | Rikke Kornvig | 59:04 min |
| 4th | FIN | Ingrid Stengård | 60:11 min |
| 5 | HUN | Anna Füzy | 61:03 min |
| 6th | SUI | Christine Schaffner | 61:23 min |
| 7th | RUS | Xenia Chernych | 61:35 min |
| 8th | SUI | Maja Rothweiler | 61:59 min |
| 9 | CZE | Martina Tichovská | 62:28 min |
| 10 | NOR | Marte Reenaas | 62:31 min |
Final : August 25, 2012, 10:00 am
Location: Pozzolo di Villaga
Length: 16.4 km
Incline: 390 m
Post: 14 of
52 riders who started, 50 were included in the ranking, two were disqualified.
Long distance
| space | country | Athlete | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE | Rikke Kornvig | 1:47:59 h |
| 2 | FIN | Ingrid Stengård | 1:54:12 h |
| 3 | ITA | Laura Scaravonati | 1:57:25 h |
| 4th | RUS | Xenia Chernych | 2:00:56 h |
| 5 | FIN | Susanna Laurila | 2:01:18 h |
| 6th | RUS | Olga Vinogradova | 2:02:57 h |
| 7th | AUT | Sonja Reisinger-Zinkl | 2:04:46 h |
| 8th | SUI | Maja Rothweiler | 2:05:43 h |
| 9 | SVK | Hana Bajtošová | 2:06:29 h |
| 10 | SUI | Ursina Jäggi | 2:07:46 h |
Qualification : August 22, 2012, 9:30 a.m.
Route: Zugliano - Chiuppano
For the qualification, 51 drivers competed in two groups. The distance in the two groups was 10.3 km and 10.4 km with zero vertical meters and 14 posts. Group A was won by Christine Schaffner ( SUI ) ahead of Marika Hara ( FIN ) and Ursina Jäggi ( SUI ). Group B won Rikke Kornvig ( DEN ), followed by Ingrid Stengård ( FIN ) and Laura Scaravonati ( ITA ).
Final : August 23, 2012, 9:30 am
Course: Marostica - Bassano del Grappa
Length: 27.5 km
Incline: 750 m
Posts: 21
45 of the 49 female riders who started were classified, four were disqualified.
Season
| space | country | Athletes | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SUI |
Maja Rothweiler Ursina Jäggi Christine Schaffner |
2:42:57 h |
| 2 | LTU |
Karolina Mickevičiūtė Asta Šimkonienė Ramune Arlauskienė |
2:46:02 h |
| 3 | SVK |
Daniela Trnovcová Stanislava Fajtová Hana Bajtošová |
2:47:58 h |
| 4th | RUS |
Nadja Mikrukowa Olga Winogradowa Xenia Tschernych |
2:48:06 h |
| 5 | FIN |
Susanna Laurila Marika Hara Ingrid Stengård |
2:50:12 h |
| 6th | ITA |
Laura Scaravonati Stella Varotti Milena Cipriani |
2:50:57 h |
| 7th | AUT |
Birgit Eisl Michaela Gigon Sonja Reisinger-Zinkl |
2:53:19 h |
| 8th | CZE |
Barbora Chudíková Renata Paulíčková Martina Tichovská |
2:54:22 h |
| 9 | GBR |
Emily Benham Helen Clayton Lucy Harris |
3:04:59 h |
| 10 | JPN |
Mikiko Minagawa Sakiko Miyauchi Naoko Kano |
3:07:41 h |
Final : August 26, 2012, 10:30 am
Location: Alonte
Length: 3 × 12 km
Incline: 300 m each
Post: 17 each of
14 reported relays, twelve were included in the ranking, Denmark was disqualified and Hungary did not compete.
Medal table
| space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Finland
|
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 |
 Denmark
|
2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 |
 Russia
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4th |
 Austria
|
1 | - | 2 | 3 |
| 5 |
 France
|
1 | - | - | 1 |
 Switzerland
|
1 | - | - | 1 | |
| 7th |
 Czech Republic
|
- | 2 | - | 2 |
| 8th |
 Poland
|
- | 1 | - | 1 |
 Lithuania
|
- | 1 | - | 1 | |
| 10 |
 Italy
|
- | - | 1 | 1 |
 Slovakia
|
- | - | 1 | 1 |
Most successful participant
| space | Athlete | gold | silver | bronze | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Samuli Saarela
|
2 | - | 1 | 3 |
| 2 |
Erik Skovgaard Knudsen
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 |
Rikke Kornvig
|
1 | - | 1 | 2 |
|
Michaela Gigon
|
1 | - | 1 | 2 |
Performance of participants from German-speaking nations
Germany
- Mark Huster : 29th place sprint, 40th place middle distance, 3rd place long distance (B-final)
- Matthias Jahn : 79th place sprint, 87th place middle distance
- Benjamin Michael : 27th place sprint, 71st place middle distance, 40th place long distance
- Kevin Stehling : 45th place sprint, 75th place middle distance
- Season: 13th place (Michael-Stehling-Huster)
- Anke Dannowski : 26th place sprint, 14th place middle distance, 21st place long distance
- Lydia Jahn : 36th place sprint, 38th place middle distance, 39th place long distance
Austria
- Tobias Breitschädel : 14th place sprint, 3rd place middle distance, 14th place long distance
- Christof Haingartner : -RI- Sprint, 32nd place middle distance, -RI- long distance
- Kevin Haselsberger : 31st place sprint, 80th place middle distance, -RI- long distance
- Martin Moser : 22nd place sprint, 31st place middle distance, 18th place long distance
- Andreas Rief : 51st place sprint, 46th place middle distance, 29th place long distance
- Bernhard Schachinger : 21st place sprint, 24th place middle distance, 26th place long distance
- Season A: 9th place (Breitschädel-Moser-Schachinger)
- Season B: 10th place (Haselsberger-Rief-Haingartner)
- Michaela Gigon : 3rd place sprint, 1st place middle distance, 11th place long distance
- Sonja Reisinger-Zinkl : 26th place sprint, 24th place middle distance, 7th place long distance
- Season: 7th place ( Birgit Eisl -Gigon-Reisinger)
Switzerland
- Christian Hohl : 10th place sprint, 19th place middle distance, 10th place long distance
- Beat Oklé : 17th place sprint, 8th place middle distance, 4th place long distance
- Beat Schaffner : 19th place sprint, 9th place middle distance, 7th place long distance
- Simon Seger : 38th place sprint, 26th place middle distance, 13th place long distance
- Rolf Wermelinger : 35th place sprint, 48th place middle distance, 36th place long distance
- Jonas Wicky : 28th place sprint, 35th place middle distance, 17th place long distance
- Season A: 8th place (Schaffner-Hohl-Oklé)
- Season B: 14th place (Wicky-Seger-Wermelinger)
- Corinne Hess : 34th place sprint, -RI- middle distance, 34th place long distance
- Claudia Hünig : 25th place sprint, 17th place middle distance, 27th place long distance
- Ursina Jäggi : 23rd place sprint, 19th place middle distance, 10th place long distance
- Maja Rothweiler : 10th place sprint, 8th place middle distance, 8th place long distance
- Christine Schaffner : 4th place sprint, 6th place middle distance, 12th place long distance
- Relay: 1st place (Rothweiler-Jäggi-Schaffner)
Web links
- Event website
- Results on the IOF website
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b MTBO 2011 - World Orienteering Championship - Sprint. (PDF; 34 kB) Retrieved November 19, 2012 (Italian).
- ↑ a b MTBO 2011 - World Orienteering Championship - Middle Distance Final. (PDF; 35 kB) Accessed November 19, 2012 (Italian).
- ↑ a b MTBO 2011 - World Orienteering Championship - Long Distance Qualification. (PDF; 40 kB) Accessed November 19, 2012 (Italian).
- ↑ a b MTBO 2011 - World Orienteering Championship - Long Distance. (PDF; 35 kB) Accessed November 19, 2012 (Italian).
- ↑ a b MTBO 2011 - World Orienteering Championship - Relay. (PDF; 32 kB) Accessed November 19, 2012 (Italian).
- ↑ Russia won the medal table. Retrieved November 19, 2012 (Italian).