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Bart Brentjens Wins Gold!
Bart Brentjens (Netherlands) won the men's 48.7km cross-country race in 2:17:37. Thomas Frischknecht (Switzerland) took the silver medal at 2:35 back. Miguel Martinez (France) won the bronze at 2:57 back.
1.Bart Brentjens (Nl), 48.7km in 2:17:38
2.Thomas Frischknecht (Swit), at 2:36
3.Miguel Martinez (F), at 2:58
4.Christphe Dupouey (F), at 7:25
5.Daniele Pontoni (I), at 7:30
6.Jose Andres Brennes (CR), at 8:13
7.Lennie Kristensen (DK), at 8:24
8.Luca Bramati (I), at 8:27
9.Cadel Evans (Aus), at 8:37
10.Ralph Berner (G), AT 10:07
11.Rune Hoydahl (N), at 10:38
12.Gary Foord (GB), at 11:32
13.Warren Sallenback (Can), at 12:19
14.Beat Wabel (Swit), at 14:39
15.David Baker (GB), at 14:52
16.Robert Woods (Aus), at 15:36
17.Roel Paulissen (B), at 16:15
18.Jan Erik Oestergaaard (Dk), at 16:52
19.David "Tinker" Juarez (USA), at 17:37
20.Don Myrah (USA), at 18:12
21.Roger Persson (S), at 19:39
22.Jokin Mujika (Sp), at 23:37
23.Jhon Arias Sanchez (Col), at 24:36
24.Radovan Fort (Cz), at 25:05
25.Martin Earley (Ire), at 26:18
26.Kyoshi Miura (Jpn), at 27:25
27.Marcio Ravelli (Bra), at 27:38
28.Ernst Danifl (A), at 27:56
29.Marek Galinski (Pl), at 28:16
30.Peter Hric (Svk), at 28:44
31.Andreas Hestler (Can), at 29:07
32.Alastair Martin (Ire), 30:08
33.Pavel Camrda (Cs), at 31:31
34.Juan Arias Acosta (Col), at 33:06
35.Ivanir Lopes (Bra), at 35:51
36.Slawomir Barul (Pl), at 36:36:18
37.Lautaro Chavez (Arg) no time, -1 lap
38.Rory Gonsalves (Ant) no time, -1 lap
DNF:
Mike Kluge (G)
Marcel Arntz (Nl)
Peter Van den Abeele (B)
Alges Maasikmets (Est)
Roberto Lezaun (Sp)
Jin-Ok Lee (SKor)
Paola Pezzo Wins the Gold!
Paola Pezzo (Italy) upset the unbeatable Alison Sydor on the 31.9km course in a time of 1:50:50. Alison Sydor (Canada), who has dominated the World Cup this year, finished 1:07 back to win the silver. Susan DeMattei, who has been riding at peak form recently, won the bronze, off by just 1:45.
1.Paola Pezzo (I), 31.9km in 1:50:51
2.Alison Sydor (Can), at 1:07
3.Susan DeMattei (USA), at 1:45
4.Gunn-Rita Dahle (N), at 2:59
5.Elsbeth Vink (Nl), at 3:47
6.Annabella Stropparo (I), at 5:05
7.Regina Marunde (G), at 6:30
8.Kathy Lynch (NZ), at 6:49
9.Eva Orvasova-Lowe (Svk), at 7:05
10.Juli Furtado (USA), at 7:41
11.Laurence Leboucher (F), at 8:09
12.Daniele Gassman (Swit), at 8:20
13.Lesley Tomlinson (Can), at 10:13
14.Alla Yepifanova (Rus), at 10:44
15.Mary Grigson (Aus), at 11:47
16.Silvia Furst (Swit), at 12:13
17.Erica Green (SA), at 12:15
18.Katrina Neumannova (Cz), at 13:12
19.Katerina Hanusova (Cz), at 13:14
20.Laura Blanco (Sp), at 13:28
21.Lanka Ilavska (Svk), at 13:62
22.Deb Murrel (GB), at 13:53
23.Kanako Tanikawa (Jpn), at 14:53
24.Sandra Temporelli ((F), 16:06
25.Hongying Gao (PRC), at 18:17
26.Silvia Rovira (Sp), at 18:28
27.Nadezhda Pashkova (Rus), at 25:45
DNF:
Caroline Alexander (GBR)
Sandra Ambrosio (Arg)