Puigblanque and Eiter win in Puurs
Angela Eiter from Austria and Ramón Julián Puigblanque from Spain have won the second round of the Lead Worldcup 2005 held in Puurs, Belgium, last weekend.
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| Puurs, second stage of the World Cup Difficulty. Or rather, the Lead World Cup as it has now been entitled. This Belgian stage was won by none other than Angela Eiter from Austria and Ramón Julián Puigblanque from Spain. Eiter is definitely the woman to beat, but with two straight victories in 2005 she is currently on top form and unstoppable. The young Austrian topped out on all three routes, and was the only athlete to complete the difficult Semi-Final. She was followed in second place by Sandrine Levet, the only athlete capable of winning both the Lead and Bouldering disciplines, while Maja Vidmar placed 3rd, Caroline Ciavaldini 4th and Muriel Sarkany a somewhat under par 5th. Nothing can be taken for granted in the men's event, where the physical and technical gap between the best is stripped to a bare minimum and even the smallest mistake can cost dearly. European Champion Puigblanque beat Italian Flavio Crespi into second place, and one week after his disastrous 29th position in Veliko Tarnovo Alexandre Chabot set the record straight and placed 3rd. Tomas Mrazek is finding it hard to lift off this season; after his 9th place last week, he now placed 8th overall, while Usobiaga surprisingly failed to qualify for the final and placed a disappointing 10th. These gaps were filled by the likes of the fresh faces (Verhoeven 6th), a Swissman back on form (Lachat, 4th) and 32 year old "veteran" Luca Zardini (7th). To get an idea of the overall picture, take a look at the team results: Italy is currently in the lead with 290 points, ahead of Spain (233) and Switzerland (174). France trails in 4th place with 137 points, without a doubt the most surprising result so far. Will the French squad continue to perform so poorly? Presumably not, seeing that the women have taken the lead with a smooth 417 points, ahead of Slovenia (354) and Italy (330). There's plenty of time to think and reflect: the next stop is in Imst, Austria, on 27-28 May. Puurs (Belgium) Final results men 1 Puigblanque Ramón Julián ESP 2 Crespi Flavio ITA 3 Chabot Alexandre FRA 4 Lachat Cédric SUI 5 Vinokur Vadim USA 6 Verhoeven Jorg NED 7 Zardini Luca ITA 8 Mrázek Tomás CZE 9 Bindhammer Christian GER 10 Usobiaga Patxi ESP 11 PreuÃler Timo GER 12 Ovtchinnikov Evgueni RUS 13 Sapey Anthony SUI 14 Fuselier Mickael FRA 15 Desgranges Romain FRA 16 Sova Matej SLO 17 Dugit Fabien FRA 18 Winkler Daniel SUI 19 Legrand Yannick FRA 20 Becan Klemen SLO 21 Favresse Olivier BEL 22 Brenna Cristian ITA 23 Ten Sijthoff Casper NED 24 Droetto Fabrizio ITA 25 Magin Philipp GER 26 Valjavec Tomaz SLO 27 Ito Hidekazu JPN 28 Schmid Thomas SUI 29 Hirayama Yuji JPN 29 Sommer Remo SUI 31 Repcik Juraj SVK 32 Guerimand Flavien FRA 33 Bindhammer Andreas GER 33 Tak Timo NED 35 Marin Garcia Eduard ESP 36 Mottart Didier BEL 37 Giupponi Luca ITA 38 Timmermans Michael BEL 39 De Girolamo Vincent FRA 39 Millet Sylvain FRA 39 Reis Jürgen AUT 42 Gambaro Matteo ITA 43 Libot Wanne BEL 44 Thomas Jonathan BEL 45 Materne Florian BEL Final results women 1 Eiter Angela AUT 2 Levet Sandrine FRA 3 Vidmar Maja SLO 4 Ciavaldini Caroline FRA 5 Sarkany Muriel BEL 6 Gros Natalija SLO 7 Franko Lucjia SLO 8 Giroux Elodie FRA 9 Kobayashi Yuka JPN 10 Bacher Barbara AUT 11 Eyer Alexandra SUI 12 Januel Caroline FRA 13 Graftiaux Chloé BEL 14 Zjilstra Vera NED 15 Chevrier Anne-Laure FRA 16 Graftiaux Alix BEL 17 Cufar Martina SLO Minoret Chloé FRA 19 Stendal Linn Karin NOR 20 Piola Anouk SUI 21 Ruh Nadine GER 22 Markovic Mina SLO 23 Caprez Nina SUI 24 Harnisch Martina AUT 25 Guggisberg Annina SUI 26 Raffetseder Gerda AUT 27 Louis Stéphanie SUI Saurwein Katharina AUT 29 Steenackers Katie BEL 30 Nilwik Rachel NED Zijlstra Evelien NED 32 Anthoni Kim BEL 33 Lavarda Jenny ITA 34 Brumagne Mathilde BEL |
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