Ruzafa, Poor win XTERRA Portugal

Reigning XTERRA European Tour Champions Ruben Ruzafa of Spain and Brigitta Poor from Hungary captured the fourth-annual XTERRA Portugal Championship race in Golega this afternoon.

The win is the 27th of Ruzafa’s career, his fourth of the season, fourth straight in Portugal, and third-in-a-row on the European Tour. For Poor, it’s her third win of the year and in the other two races she finished runner-up to Helena Erbenova.

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In the men’s race Ruben Ruzafa broke away from a pack of four at about 7km into the bike and never looked back, crossing the line with a winning time of 2:33:46.

Yeray Luxem and Francois Carloni were together for much of the bike, however, Luxem pulled away on the run for a solid 2nd-place finish, with Carloni two-minutes back in third, last year’s overall amateur XTERRA World Champ turned pro Xavier Dafflon in fourth and Xavier Jove Riart in fifth.

ELITE RESULTS (TENTATIVE)

Pl Name, NAT Time Points 1 Ruben Ruzafa, ESP 2:33:46 75 2 Yeray Luxem, BEL 2:37:23 67 3 Francois Carloni, FRA 2:39:02 61 4 Xavier Dafflon, SUI 2:39:41 56 5 Xavier Jové, ESP 2:40:25 51 6 Rui Dolores, POR 2:41:08 47 7 Mattia De Paoli, ITA 2:43:57 43 8 Dominik Wychera, AUT 2:45:38 39 9 Wolpert Hannes, GER 2:48:23 36 10 Llewellyn Holmes, GBR 2:48:51 33 11 Alejandro Tenorio, ESP 2:58:29 30 12 Rafael Gomes, POR 2:59:05 27 13 Octavio Vicente, POR 3:19:52 25 Pl Name, NAT Time Points 1 Brigitta Poór, HUN 3:00:48 75 2 Carina Wasle, AUT 3:04:18 67 3 Helena Erbenová, CZE 3:05:43 61 4 Maud Golsteyn, NED 3:13:08 56 5 Ladina Buss, SUI 3:13:23 51 6 Rocio Espada Vazquez, ESP 3:21:16 47 7 Sheila Azevedo Marques, POR 3:38:49 43

 

In the women’s race it was all Brigitta Poor right from the start.  Her strong swim gave her a lead she would never relinquish, and she crossed the line in 3:00:48, more than three-minutes ahead of runner-up Carina Wasle.

Helena Erbenova, who won this race last year, came in third at 3:05:43, with Maud Golsteyn in fourth and Ladina Buss in 5th.

A more in-depth report will be posted soon at http://www.xterraeurope.com/xterra-news

 

XTERRA EUROPEAN TOUR ELITE STANDINGS

With his win today Ruzafa jumps into the pole position on the XTERRA European Tour, with Carloni right behind in 2nd and Roger Serrano and Yeray Luxem tied for third.

In the women’s chase Poor remains in the top spot with three wins and two runner-ups, followed by Erbenova who has won two, was second at Malta and third in Portugal today.  Maud Golsteyn sits in third, followed by Morgane Riou and Carina Wasle.

The next stop on the XTERRA European Tour is XTERRA Belgium on June 10, followed a week later by the inaugural XTERRA Finland in Imatra on June 18.

2017 XTERRA EUROPEAN TOUR PRO POINTS STANDINGS
After 5 – 5.27

Men S S S S S Pl Name, NAT TOTAL MLT CYP GRE ESP POR 1 Ruben Ruzafa, ESP 225 DNS DNS 75 75 75 2 Francois Carloni, FRA 212 61 47 43 DNS 61 3 Roger Serrano, ESP 142 75 DNS 67 DNS DNS 4 Yeray Luxem, BEL 142 DNS 75 DNS DNS 67 5 Maximilian Sasserath, GER 128 67 DNS DNS 61 DNS 6 Rui Dolores, POR 122 DNS DNS 39 36 47 7 Xavier Jove Riart, ESP 118 DNS DNS DNS 67 51 8 Jens Roth, GER 117 DNS DNS 61 56 DNS 9 Jan Pyott, SUI 114 56 DNS 25 33 DNS 10 Xavier Dafflon, SUI 103 DNS DNS 47 DNS 56 11 Oivind Bjerkseth, NOR 100 33 67 DNS DNS DNS 12 Thomas Kerner, GER 94 DNS 61 33 DNS DNS 13 Julien Buffe, FRA 79 DNS 56 23 DNS DNS 14 Hannes Wolpert, BEL 79 DNF 43 DNP DNS 36 15 Maxim Chane, FRA 66 30 DNS 36 DNS DNS 16 Stephan Radeck, GER 64 25 39 DNS DNS DNS 17 Arthur Serrieres , FRA 61 DNS DNS DNS 61 DNS 18 Llewellyn Holmes, GRB 58 DNS DNS DNS 25 33 19 Kris Coddens, BEL 56 DNS DNS 56 DNS DNS 20 Jörg Scheiderbauer, GER 51 51 DNS DNS DNS DNS 21 Sebastian Neef, GER 51 DNS 51 DNS DNS DNS 22 Arthur Forissier, FRA 51 DNS DNS 51 DNS DNS 23 Tomas Kubek, SVK 47 47 DNS DNS DNS DNS 24 Albert Soley, ESP 47 DNS DNS DNS 47 DNS 25 Mark Hamersma, NED 43 43 DNS DNS DNS DNS 26 Pau Botella Tarres, ESP 43 DNS DNS DNS 43 DNS 27 Mattia De Paoli, ITA 43 DNS DNS DNS DNS 43 28 Jim Thijs, BEL 39 39 DNS DNS DNS DNS 29 Jan Honza Kubicek 39 DNS DNS DNP 39 DNS 30 Dominik Wycgera, AUT 39 DNS DNS DNS DNS 39 31 Geert Lauryssen, BEL 36 36 DNS DNS DNS DNS 32 Tiago Maia, POR 30 DNS DNS 30 DNS DNF 33 Guillaume Jeannin, FRA 30 DNS DNS DNS 30 DNS 34 Alejandro Salmeron Tenorio, ESP 30 DNS DNS DNS DMP 30 35 Doug Hall, GBR 27 27 DNS DNS DNS DNS 36 Tim Van Daele, BEL 27 DNS DNS 27 DNS DNS 37 Peter Lehmann, GER 27 DNS DNS DNS 27 DNS 38 Rafael Gomes, POR 27 DNS DNS DNS DNS 27 39 Octavio Vicente, POR 25 DNS DNS DNS DNS 25 40 Callum Hughes, GBR 23 23 DNS DNS DNS DNS 41 Javier Oliver Vives, ESP 23 DNS DNS DNS 23 DNS 42 Markus Benesch, AUT 21 DNS DNS 21 DNS DNS 43 Zeus Gutierrez Ochoa, ESP 21 DNS DNS DNS 21 DNS 44 Barret Fisher, USA 0 DNS DNS DNS DNP DNF 45 Ivan Munoz, ESP 0 DNS DNS DNS DNP DNS 46 Nil Riudavets, ESP 0 DNS DNS DNS DNP DNS 47 Diego Silva , POR 0 DNS DNS DNS DNP DNS WM S S S S S Pl Name, NAT TOTAL MLT CYP GRE ESP POR 1 Brigitta Poor, HUN 359 75 75 67 67 75 2 Helena Erbenova, CZE 278 67 DNS 75 75 61 3 Maud Golsteyn, NED 159 56 DNS 47 DNS 56 4 Morgane Riou, FRA 123 DNS 67 56 DNS DNS 5 Carina Wasle, AUT 118 51 DNS DNS DNS 67 6 Cecila Jessen, SWE 100 39 61 DNS DNS DNS 7 Kathrin Mueller, GER 89 33 DNS DNS 56 DNS 8 Anna Pauline Sasserath, GER 79 36 DNS DNS 43 DNS 9 Nicole Walkers, GBR 61 61 DNS DNS DNS DNS 10 Miriam Casillas Garcia, ESP 61 DNS DNS 61 DNS DNS 11 Sara Bonilla, ESP 61 DNS DNS DNS 61 DNS 12 Daz Parker, GBR 56 DNS 56 DNS DNS DNS 13 Marika Wagner, SWE 51 DNS 51 DNS DNS DNS 14 Isabelle Ferrer, FRA 51 DNS DNS 51 DNS DNS 15 Rocío Espada, ESP 51 DNS DNS DNS 51 DNS 16 Ladina Buss, SUI 51 DNS DNS DNS DNS 51 17 Kristina Lapinova, SLK 47 47 DNS DNS DNS DNS 18 Aina Picas, ESP 47 DNS DNS DNS 47 DNS 19 Rocio Espada, ESP 47 DNS DNS DNS DNS 47 20 Louise Fox, GRB 43 43 DNS DNS DNS DNS 21 Renata Bucher, SUI 43 DNS DNS 43 DNF DNS 22 Sheila Marques, POR 43 DNS DNS DNS DNS 43 23 Marta Menditto, ITA 30 30 DNS DNS DNS DNS

 

2017 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFYING SERIES SCHEDULE

XTERRA Portugal was the 19th of 41 events where amateur athletes from around the world can qualify to race at the 22nd annual XTERRA World Championship in Maui on October 29.

Date Race Elite Winners or Location Feb 25 XTERRA South Africa Richard Murray / Flora Duffy Mar 4 XTERRA Motatapu Dougal Allan / Josie Wilcox Mar 18 XTERRA Saipan + Silver Sam Osborne / Carina Wasle Mar 25 XTERRA Argentina # Silver Gonzalo Tellechea / Suzie Snyder Apr 1 XTERRA Thailand + Silver Kieran McPherson / Renata Bucher Apr 1 XTERRA Chile # Silver Felipe Barraza / Barbara Riveros Apr 2 XTERRA Malta * Silver Roger Serrano / Brigitta Poor Apr 8 XTERRA New Zealand + Silver Sam Osborne / Jacqui Allen Apr 9 XTERRA Costa Rica # Silver Josiah Middaugh / Suzie Snyder Apr 16 XTERRA La Reunion Ruben Ruzafa / Carina Wasle Apr 23 XTERRA Danao + GOLD Bradley Weiss / Carina Wasle Apr 23 XTERRA Cyprus * Silver Yeray Luxem / Brigitta Poor Apr 29 XTERRA Langkawi + GOLD Osborne,Allen,Weiss,McPherson/Wasle Apr 30 XTERRA Greece * Silver Ruben Ruzafa, Helena Erbenova May 6 XTERRA Tahiti + Silver Sam Osborne / Jacqui Allen May 13 XTERRA Brazil # Silver Felipe Moletta / Sabrina Gobbo May 14 XTERRA Spain * Silver Ruben Ruzafa / Helena Erbenova May 20 XTERRA Oak Mountain # GOLD Josiah Middaugh / Suzie Snyder May 27 XTERRA Portugal * Silver Ruben Ruzafa / Brigitta Poor Jun 10 XTERRA Belgium * Silver Namur Jun 17 XTERRA Mine over Matter ^ Milton, Ontario, Canada Jun 18 XTERRA Finland * Silver Imatra Jun 24 XTERRA Switzerland * GOLD Vallee de Joux Jul 2 XTERRA France * GOLD Xonrupt Jul 9 XTERRA Victoria # Silver Victoria, B.C., Canada Jul 15 XTERRA Beaver Creek # GOLD Beaver Creek, CO, USA Jul 30 XTERRA Abruzzo * Silver Scanno, Abruzzo, Italy Aug 5 XTERRA Mexico # GOLD Tapalpa Aug 5 XTERRA Norway * Silver Norefjell Aug 6 XTERRA Canmore ^ Canmore, Alberta, Canada Aug 12 XTERRA Quebec ^ Quebec City, Canada Aug 12 XTERRA Parry Sound ^ Ontario, Canada Aug 13 XTERRA Dominican Republic # Silver Barahona Aug 13 XTERRA Poland * Silver Krakow Aug 19 XTERRA Germany * GOLD Zittau Aug 26 XTERRA Sweden * Silver Hammarbybacken, Stockholm Aug 26 XTERRA Sleeping Giant ^ Thunder Bay, ON, Canada Sep 2 XTERRA Japan + Silver Hokkaido Sep 3 XTERRA European Championship (DEN) * GOLD Mons Klint Sep 16 XTERRA Pan Am Championship / USA # D-GOLD Ogden, Utah, USA Oct 29 XTERRA World Championship Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii

* XTERRA European Tour / # XTERRA Pan American Tour / + Asia-Pacific Tour
Silver = Min. $7,500 pro purse & 75-point scale // GOLD = Min $15,000 pro purse & 100-point scale

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