Ruzafa, Erbenova win XTERRA Portugal

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Golega, Portugal – Three-time XTERRA World Champion Ruben Ruzafa of Spain and three-time XTERRA European Tour Champion Helena Erbenova of the Czech Republic captured the elite titles at XTERRA Portugal on Saturday.

It was the third of 11 races on this year’s XTERRA European Tour.

“It was a good day in Portugal,” said XTERRA World Tour managing director Dave Nicholas.  “Mild temperature, clouds and some breeze made it perfect for the competitors.  Ruben Ruzafa is back to his dominating ways.  He made a power move on Francois Carloni on a steep uphill, passed into first and never looked back.  For the women, Helena had a good swim and worked with Myriam Guillot-Boisset to catch leaders Brigitta Poor and Renata Bucher.  Bucher, Myriam and Helena stayed together passing and repassing until the end when Erbenova was able to break away followed by Guillot-Boisset.”

In the highly competitive men’s race Ruzafa took the tape in 2:34:11, more than 1:20 ahead of Belgium star Yeray Luxem, with the reigning XTERRA European Tour Champ Roger Serrano in third.

“Carloni and Serrano were shadowed by Belgium Yeray Luxem until Luxem had a problem on a downhill,” explained Nicholas.  “He rode very hard to get back to the Franco-Spanish duo but headed on the run in 4th.  Carloni and Serrano ran together for the first 6K and then Roger pulled away.  Luxem caught Francois about 4k from the finish and passed Serrano when the Spaniard leapt over a fallen tree and immediately cramped.”

Here’s a look at the pro results:

Pos Name Time Points 1 Ruben Ruzafa Cueto 2:34:11 75 2 Yeray Luxem 2:35:38 67 3 Roger Serrano 2:36:28 61 4 Francois Carloni 2:37:50 56 5 Sam Osborne 2:40:52 51 6 José Estrangeiro 2:41:05 47 7 Maximilian Sasserath 2:41:51 43 8 Julen Loroño 2:43:45 39 9 Rui  Dolores 2:45:41 36 10 Hannes Wolpert 2:45:46 33 11 Tim Van Daele 2:46:56 30 12 Gonzalo Orosco 2:47:04 27 13 Llewellyn Holmes 2:48:54 25 14 Hönle Veit 2:50:34 23 15 Tiago Maia 2:54:11 21 16 Octavio Vicente 2:55:53 DNP 17 Renato Teixeira 2:58:22 DNP 18 Lars Van der Eerden 2:59:28 DNP         Pos Name Time Points 1 Helena Erbenová 2:59:53 75 2 Guillot-Boisset Myriam 3:00:40 67 3 Brigitta Poor 3:04:33 61 4 Carina Wasle 3:07:46 56 5 Renata  Bucher 3:11:52 51 6 Louise  Fox 3:18:04 47 7 Sara Bonilla Bernardez 3:30:24 43 8 Maud Golsteyn 3:31:26 39

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SERRANO, POOR LEAD XTERRA EUROPEAN TOUR STANDINGS

Roger Serrano is still the top ranked athlete in the XTERRA European Tour following two wins and a third-place showing in Portugal.  Brigitta Poor is tops amongst women having finished first, second, and third in the first three races this year.  Next up is the inaugural XTERRA Belgium off-road tri on June 11.

2016 XTERRA EUROPEAN TOUR POINT STANDINGS         After 3 – 5.21.16                     Men     S S S Pl Name, NAT TOTAL MLT GRE POR 1 Roger Serrano, ESP 211 75 75 61 2 Ruben Ruzafa, ESP 142 DNS 67 75 3 Francois Carloni, FRA 107 DNS 51 56 4 Brice Daubord, FRA 104 43 61 DNS 5 Pierre-Antoine Guilhem, FRA 82 61 21 DNS 6 Cedric Lassonde, FRA 69 30 39 DNS 7 Hannes Wolpert, GER 69 36 DNS 33 8 Jens Roth, GER 67 67 DNS DNS 9 Yeray Luxem, BEL 67 DNS DNS 67 10 Tim Van Daele, BEL 57 DNS 27 30 11 Maxim Chane, FRA 56 56 DNS DNS 12 Arthur Forissier, FRA 56 DNS 56 DNS 13 Peter Lehmann, GER 51 51 DNS DNS 14 Sam Osborne, NZL 51 DNS DNS 51 15 Fabrizio Bartoli, ITA 47 47 DNS DNS 16 Kris Coddens, BEL 47 DNS 47 DNS 17 José Estrangeiro, POR 47 DNS DNS 47 18 Tomas Kubek, CZE 43 DNS 43 DNS 19 Maximilian Sasserath, GER 43 DNS DNS 43 20 Dominik Wychera, AUT 39 39 DNS DNS 21 Julen Loroño, ESP 39 DNS DNS 39 22 Jan Kubicek, CZE 36 DNS 36 DNS 23 Rui Dolores, POR 36 DNS DNS 36 24 Fabien Combaluzier, FRA 33 33 DNS DNS 25 Jan Pyott, SUI 33 DNS 33 DNS 26 Max Neumann, AUS 30 DNS 30 DNS 27 Christophe Betard 27 27 DNS DNS 28 Gonzalo Orosco, ESP 27 DNS DNS 27 29 Markus Benesch 25 25 DNS DNS 30 Sebastian Norberg, GER 25 DNS 25 DNS 31 Llewellyn Holmes, GBR 25 DNS DNS 25 32 Julien Buffe, FRA 23 DNS 23 DNS 33 Veit Hoenle, GER 23 DNS DNS 23 34 Tiago Maia, POR 21 DNS DNS 21 Women     S S S Pl Name, NAT TOTAL MLT GRE POR 1 Brigitta Poor, HUN 203 75 67 61 2 Helena Erbenova, CZE 150 DNS 75 75 3 Morgane Riou, FRA 118 67 51 DNS 4 Louise Fox, GBR 103 DNS 56 47 5 Maud Golsteyn, NED 95 56 DNS 39 6 Myriam Guillot-Boisset, FRA 67 DNS DNS 67 7 Sandra Koblemueller, AUT 61 61 DNS DNS 8 Ladina Buss, SUI 61 DNS 61 DNS 9 Carina Wasle, AUT 56 DNS DNS 56 10 Alena Stevens, SVK 51 51 DNS DNS 11 Renata Bucher, SUI 51 DNS DNS 51 12 Diane Lee, GBR 47 47 DNS DNS 13 Kristina Nec Lapinova, SVK 43 43 DNS DNS 14 Sara Bonilla Bernardez, ESP 43 DNS DNS 43 15 Danica Spiteri, MLT 39 39 DNS DNS

2016 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS

XTERRA Portugal was the 16th of 37 events where the fastest amateur athletes from around the world could qualify to race at the 21st annual XTERRA World Championship at Kapalua, Maui on Oct 23.

DATE WORLD TOUR EVENT LOCATION or WINNERS
7-Feb XTERRA Philippines Brad Weiss/Lizzie Orchard 21-Feb XTERRA South Africa Brad Weiss/Flora Duffy 5-Mar XTERRA Motatapu Olly Shaw/Mary Gray 12-Mar XTERRA Saipan Brodie Gardner/Carina Wasle 20-Mar XTERRA Costa Rica Karl Shaw/Myriam Guillot-Boisset 26-Mar XTERRA Argentina Josiah Middaugh/Myriam Guillot 3-Apr XTERRA Malta Roger Serrano/Brigitta Poor 16-Apr XTERRA New Zealand Braden Currie/Lizzie Orchard 17-Apr XTERRA La Reunion Ruben Ruzafa/Carina Wasle 23-Apr XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship Braden Currie/Lizzie Orchard 7-May XTERRA Malaysia / XTERRA Asia-Pacific Tour Championship Ben Allen/Jacqui Slack 7-May XTERRA Brazil Albert Soley/Sabrina Gobbo 7-May XTERRA Greece Roger Serrano/Helena Erbenova 14-May XTERRA Tahiti Josiah Middaugh/Lesley Paterson 21-May XTERRA Oak Mountain State Park Josiah Middaugh/Suzie Snyder 21-May XTERRA Portugal Ruben Ruzafa/Helena Erbenova 11-Jun XTERRA Belgium Namur 25-Jun XTERRA Switzerland Vallee de Joux 25-Jun XTERRA Mine over Matter Milton, Ontario, Canada 3-Jul XTERRA France Xonrupt 10-Jul XTERRA Victoria Victoria, B.C., Canada 16-Jul XTERRA Beaver Creek Beaver Creek, CO, USA 23-Jul XTERRA Parry Sound Ontario, Canada 31-Jul XTERRA Italy Lago Di Scanno 31-Jul XTERRA Dominican Republic Barahona 6-Aug XTERRA Mexico Tapalpa 7-Aug XTERRA Poland Krakow 13-Aug XTERRA Sweden Hellsgaarten, Stockholm 14-Aug XTERRA Canmore Canmore, Alberta, Canada 20-Aug XTERRA Germany – XTERRA European Championship Zittau 27-Aug XTERRA Sleeping Giant Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada 27-Aug XTERRA Korea Daeahn Reservoir, Wonju City 3-Sep  XTERRA Japan Hokkaido 4-Sep XTERRA Denmark Mons Klint 4-Sep XTERRA Quebec Quebec City, Quebec 11-Sep XTERRA Woolastook New Brunswick, Canada 17-Sep XTERRA USA / Pan Am Championship Ogden, Utah, USA 23-Oct XTERRA World Championship Kapalua, Maui

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