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.
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
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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