Crespi and Eiter win in Bulgaria
The Lead Worldcup 2005 started in Bulgaria's Veliko Tarnovo last weekend and was won by Italian Flavio Crespi and Austrian Angela Eiter.
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| The Difficulty World Cup 2005 started in Bulgaria's Veliko Tarnovo last weekend and was won by Italian Flavio Crespi and Austrian Angela Eiter. The competition, apart from confirming Crespi's great form (this is his second WC victory) and Eiter's absolute leadership, held a series of surprises in store. Such as 19 year old Jorg Verhoeven's great second place; after winning the Junior title in 2004, the flying Dutchman couldn't have got off to a better start in the senior category. And Cédric Lachat returned to a podium position, a year to date after his 2nd place in the 2004 WC in Puurs. But perhaps the most surprising positive result is that of Ivailo Krastev, who was lifted into 4th place by the home crowd. His best previous result was 17th in the European Championship way back in 2000... But that's not all! The nicest surprise of all was the unexpected return of Yuji Hirayama who re-debuted with an incredible 6th place. Let's hope the cat-like Japanese continues, he's simply too spectacular to watch. All these novelties obviously come at a price. The brunt of the reverse side of the coin was felt by the French squad which, for once, performed somewhat under par. Had it not been for Caroline Ciavaldini's second place in the women's event, things would have turned into a true debacle: none of the men qualified for the final, Sylvain Millet finished best at 15th, while Alexandre Chabot slipped to 29th, the last in the Semifinal. The dominator of the last 3 World Cups had never fared so badly, and the only (mere) consolation is that his greatest rival, Tomà s Mrazek, placed 9th, while the two Spaniards Usobiaga and Puigblanque had to make do with 7th and 8th respectively. But regardless of how one interprets it, this is an incredible, unbelievable result. And we're sure that the tune will change in the next competition. The women's competition was much more tranquil, with results more in line with forecasts. Eiter's victory and Ciavaldini's 2nd place is joined by a 3rd place at the hands of Natalija Gros, 4th place for Muriel Sarkany eand 5th for Maja Vidmar. These results indicate that 2005 may truly be the season of the changing of the guards, in which Sarkany will have to fend off not just Eiter. Perhaps the greatest surprise in the women's event was that no athlete topped out in the Semifinal. Not many men reached the finishing jug either, and only men Crespi, Verhoeven, Lachat and Usobiaga topped out in the that round. In the Final Flavio Crespi and Verhoeven climbed head and shoulders above the rest, who stopped much, much further down! The long 2005 season is composed of 10 events. The next WC Difficulty is just around the corner, on 29-30 April at Puurs in Belgium. This weekend we'll be just that bit wiser! Veliko Tarnovo (Bulgaria) Final results men 1 Crespi Flavio ITA 2 Verhoeven Jorg NED 3 Lachat Cédric SUI 4 Krastev Ivailo BUL 5 Zardini Luca ITA 6 Hirayama Yuji JPN 7 Usobiaga Patxi ESP 8 Puigblanque Ramón Julián ESP 9 Mrázek Tomás CZE 10 Petrenko Maxim UKR 11 Garbov Kalin BUL 12 Dugit Fabien FRA 13 PreuÃler Timo GER 14 Oleksy Tomasz POL 15 Millet Sylvain FRA 16 Repcik Juraj SVK 16 Videnovski Milen BUL 18 Marin Garcia Eduard ESP 19 Vinokur Vadim USA 20 Winkler Daniel SUI 21 Lalov Boyko BUL 22 Droetto Fabrizio ITA 23 Sharafutdinov Dmitry RUS 24 Hoppe Markus GER 25 Lazarov Blagovest BUL 26 Avramov Stefan BUL 26 Kaourov Ivan RUS 28 Ito Hidekazu JPN 29 Chabot Alexandre FRA 30 Magin Philipp GER 30 Tishchenko Andriy UKR 32 Fuselier Mickael FRA 33 Sadyrov Marat RUS 33 Zhao Lei CHN 35 Becan Klemen SLO 35 Desgranges Romain FRA 37 Ovtchinnikov Evgueni RUS 38 Stosic Milos SCG Final results women 1 Eiter Angela AUT 2 Ciavaldini Caroline FRA 2 Gros Natalija SLO 4 Sarkany Muriel BEL 5 Vidmar Maja SLO 6 Krivonos Olena UKR 7 Kobayashi Yuka JPN 8 Lavarda Jenny ITA 9 Januel Caroline FRA 10 Minoret Chloé FRA 11 Franko Lucjia SLO 12 Bacher Barbara AUT 12 Eyer Alexandra SUI 14 Graftiaux Chloé BEL 15 Saurwein Katharina AUT 16 Ostapenko Alena UKR 16 Raffetseder Gerda AUT 18 Yakovleva Olga RUS 19 Shalahina Olha UKR 20 Giroux Elodie FRA 21 Djambazova Ina BUL 22 Ruh Nadine GER 23 Dobrota Gabriela SCG 24 Garbova Petya BUL 25 Bakalova Plamena BUL 26 Kojuharova Cveta BUL 27 Kutinska Siana BUL |
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