1 / 1Lama and Eiter win second stage of Lead World Cup in Dresden
on 20/05/06 David Lama and Angela Eiter from Austria won the second stage of Lead World Cup in Dresden. The final was called off due to storms.
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Giulio Malfer| The second leg of the World Cup Lead 2006 held in Dresden last weekend wasn't particularly lucky. Wind, rain, a collapsed isolation tent (fortunately none of the 110 athletes competing were injured), and a final called off just 10 minutes before a massive storm... No, the risk taken by the German organisation to hold the event outdoors certainly didn't pay off. Add to this the fact that no extra day had been scheduled in case of bad weather (and Jupiter, punctual as ever, never forgives such imprudence...) and you'll see what a risk it was. The final was cancelled and the competition ground to a halt with the results of Saturday's Semifinal. This second round of the Men's Lead Cup was won therefore by Austrian child prodigy David Lama who, at almost 16 years of age and competing in only his second World Cup, claimed his first victory. In the women's event the "usual" Angela Eiter won her second Lead competition this season. Add to this her outstanding third place in the Bouldering World Cup in Rovereto last week and you wouldn't be wrong in thinking that this athlete has no limits whatsoever! David Lama won the competition by climbing to within circa two meters of the top of the Semifinal, beating Sylvain Millet from France, Jorg Verhoeven from Holland and Markus Hoppe from Germany. Mickael Fuselier and Fabien Dugit from France qualified for the Final, as did Flavio Crespi from Italy. Illustrious victims in Dresden's semifinal included Spaniards Usobiaga and Puigblanque who, finding it hard to start their 2006 season, finished 12th and 22nd respectively. After the Semifinal all was set for the final decisive round which as all know never got underway. David Lama not only won the event, he also leapfrogged into provisional first place in the World Cup ranking, 40 points ahead of Flavio Crespi who had qualified eighth in the Final. A similar story could be seen in the women's event, with Sandrine Levet from France placing second once again. Muriel Sarkany regained her past form and placed third, ahead of Natalija Gros from Slovenia. Emily Harrington placed 5th, Caroline Ciavaldini 6th, Olha Shalagina 7th and Charlotte Durif 8th. The two young Austrians now lead the provisional 2006 ranking and their hometown Innsbruck can be justly satisfied with this result. The Dresden "missed final" is disappointing, but the road is still long and the season has only just started. Without a doubt there will be plenty more duels and surprises in store somewhere along the line. The Lead World Cup continues on 29-30 July in Qinghai, China. In the meantime focus shifts east to Ekatarinburg, Russia, which will host the European Championship from 29 June to 3 July. Results men - 2nd stage Dresden (GER) 1. Lama David AUT 2. Millet Sylvain FRA 3. Verhoeven Jorg NED 4. Mr‡zek Tom‡s CZE 5. Hoppe Markus GER 6. Fuselier Mickael FRA 7. Dugit Fabien FRA 8. Crespi Flavio ITA 9. PreuÃler Timo GER 10. Anma Sachi JPN 11. Borowka Andre GER 12. Usobiaga Patxi ESP 13. Lachat Cédric SUI 14. Neumärker Felix GER 14. Winkler Daniel SUI 16. Marin Garcia Eduard ESP 17. Mogaki Keita JPN 18. De Girolamo Vincent FRA 19. Becan Klemen SLO 20. Tsuiki Takaaki JPN 21. Stranik Martin CZE 22. Midtboe Magnus NOR 22. Puigblanque Ram—n Juli‡n ESP 22. Zardini Luca ITA 25. Lagni Bernardino ITA 26. Droetto Fabrizio ITA 27. Dugit Stephane FRA 28. Kryukov Valeriy UKR 29. Wszolek Marcin POL 30. Sova Matej SLO complete results on www.icc-info.org Results women - 2nd stage Dresden (GER) 1. Eiter Angela AUT 2. Levet Sandrine FRA 3. Sarkany Muriel BEL 4. Gros Natalija SLO 5. Harrington Emily USA 6. Ciavaldini Caroline FRA 7. Shalagina Olha UKR 8. Durif Charlotte FRA 9. Markovic Mina SLO 10. Schmid Christina SUI 11. Kobayashi Yuka JPN 12. Chereshneva Yana RUS 13. Vidmar Maja SLO 14. Rajfova Silva CZE 15. KNOCHE Lisa GER 16. Noguchi Akiyo JPN 17. Franko Lucjia SLO 18. Ostapenko Alena UKR 19. Winter Julia GER 20. Cufar Martina SLO 21. Kryvonis Olena UKR 22. Bacher Barbara AUT 23. Creamer Lucy GBR 24. Lavarda Jenny ITA 25. Raffetseder Gerda AUT 26. Ociepka Kinga POL 27. Minoret Chloé FRA 28. Neumärker Luisa GER 29. Kudrova Nelly CZE 30. Wurm Juliane GER complete results on www.icc-info.org |
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