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June 3rd, 1996

Furtado Wins First '96 World Cup

Having finished second in the first three World Cup events this year, Juli Furtado (GT) finally broke the curse. Alison Sydor (Volvo/Cannondale), who has won the previous three World Cup races, crashed on a Saturday training ride and only finished 11th giving Furtado the overall World Cup lead.

The men's field saw Miguel Martinez (Sunn-Chipie) win his first ever World Cup event finishing 39 seconds ahead of Thomas Frischnecht (Ritchey). With Tinker Juarez out of the picture after flatting twice, the men's field continued to be dominated by the Europeans. The top placing US rider was John Tomac (Giant/Tioga) finishing 4:40 back in 12 place. Next best, Don Myrah (Volkswagen/Trek), finished 24th.

Grundig/UCI World Cup X-Country #4 Results From Helen Georgia

Men
1. Miguel Martinez (Sunn-Chipie) 32.4 miles in 2:14:33
2. Thomas Frischknecht (Ritchey) @ 0:39
3. Jean-Christophe Savignoni (LaPierre) @ 1:25
4. Mike Kluge (Focus) @ 2:10
5. Gary Foord (Scott) @ 2:45
6. Jerome Chiotti (Peugeot/Sachs) @ 3:04
7. Andres Brenes (Ritchey) @ 3:08
8. Beat Wabel (BMW/ProFlex) @ 3:14
9. David Baker (GT) @ 3:18
10. Alessandro Fontana (Diamondback) @ 3:50
11. Ralph Berner (Diamondback) @ 4:19
12. John Tomac (Giant/Tioga) @ 4:40
13. Warren Sallenbach (Ritchey) @ 5:14
14. Danielle Bruschi (Marin) @ 5:32
15. Lennie Kristensen (Giant) @ 6:23
DNF- Tinker Juarez (Volvo/Cannondale)


Women
1. Juli Furtado (GT) 24.3 miles in 1:58:13
2. Eva Orvosova-Lowe (Schwinn) @ 0:43
3. Caroline Alexander (BMW/Klein) @ 1:30
4. Susan DeMattei (Diamondback) @ 2:00
5. Ruthie Matthes (Volvic/Powerbar) @ 3:07
6. Tammy Jaques (Schwinn) @ 4:36
7. Sara Ballantyne (Univega/L.Garneau) @ 5:03
8. Laurence Leboucher (MBK) @ 5:20
9. Shari Kain, Ritchey, @ 6:09
10. Daniela Glassmann (Wheeler) @ 6:44
11. Alison Sydor (Volvo/Cannondale) @ 6:46
12. Christina Redden (Rocky Mountain) @ 6:58
13. Mary Hearn (Bianchi Martini) @ 7:00
14. Gunn Rita Dahle (American Eagle) @ 7:30
15. Jan Bolland (Volvic/Powerbar) @ 9:00