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LAST YEAR AT THE XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Ruben Ruzafa, 24, from Spain and Julie Dibens, 33, from England won the men’s and women’s XTERRA World Championship titles on a trademark tropical day in Maui. Ruzafa, competing in his first XTERRA, became the youngest racer to win the crown by edging Austrian Olympic mountain biker Michael Weiss by 34 seconds after 28 grueling miles of swimming, mountain biking and running. “I decided to do this race two months ago after talking with (fellow countryman and 2003/04 XTERRA World Champ) Eneko Llanos,” said the current Spanish mountain biking champion. “I didn’t know I could do so well, but I thought if I didn’t lose too much time on the swim I would be able to catch up on the bike and hopefully hold on during the run.” That’s exactly how it played out. Ruzafa, who only started swimming a year ago, came out of the swim more than two minutes behind a tight pack of leaders – Brent McMahon, Craig Evans, Branden Rakita, Eneko Llanos, Olivier Marceau, Seth Wealing, Hektor Llanos, Franky Batelier, and Conrad Stoltz – but was able to work his way to the front of the pack by about mile 14 on the bike. Early on, this race showed all the signs of a Stoltz world championship run. The “Caveman” was out of the water with the leaders, passed everyone by the fourth mile of the bike where he had already put 30 seconds on Marceau, Dan Hugo, Batelier, and Eneko Llanos. From there he extended the gap, and was up 1:30 by mile 10 and with less than two miles left of heavy climbing before “The Plunge” steep downhill section where Stoltz’ is at his best, it looked like he was well on his way to a 4th World Title. “I felt really good today, best I’ve felt in a long time. I was relaxed and riding really fast on the technical stuff, and even had quite a bit in the tank for the run, but then it came down to luck,” said Stoltz, who got a slow-leak somewhere around mile 13 or so that forced him to stop, repair, and watch as Ruzafa went by. The run belonged to the speedy Brent McMahon who turned in a 43:18 (two minutes quicker than anyone else). McMahon passed a half-dozen others and finished in third, the same spot he placed here in 2005. One of the last guys McMahon passed was Vine, who settled in for fourth place, and the consummate pro Olivier Marceau rounded out the top five. Eneko Llanos was sixth and won the Hawaiian Airlines Double for the third straight year, and Middaugh came in as the top American in 7th. DIBENS DOUBLES XTERRA WORLD TITLE COUNT Dibens dominated the women’s race for the second straight year, taking the lead from the very start of the swim all the way through the finish line with a winning time of 3:03:57, a full minute ahead of runner-up Danelle Kabush from Canada. Dibens is just the second woman to win the XTERRA World Championship in back-to-back years (following Melanie McQuaid’s 2005 and 2006 titles). “I think this one was harder, it definitely took more out of me,” said the former All-American swimmer at Louisiana State University and 2004 Olympic triathlete. “I was hurting out there on the run and the heat really got to me, and just before the finish a guy passed me and said that Danelle was right behind so I had to sprint to the finish and that was murder. Despite that, XTERRA is awesome. I just wished I would have got into this earlier. It’s just something where everyone who tries it loves it, and then it’s addictive.” Melanie McQuaid was supposed to provide Dibens stiffest competition, but “some kind of intestinal thing” turned out to be her chief rival and after regurgitating over and over in the early portions of the run, there was nothing left to do but wait for next year. “I want a mulligan, can we race tomorrow,” said the threetime World Champ. “I tried to keep going but just kept catapulting backwards, it was the worst.” Stoltz bad luck aside, Ruzafa and Weiss came in with heavy mountain bike credentials and lived up to every bit of it – posting the two fastest splits in 1:30:25 and 1:30:33 respectively. To put that in perspective, American Josiah Middaugh who had the fastest split on this course two years ago - had the third best time in 1:33:39. 48 Shonny Vanlandingham solidified her reputation as being the best women’s biker this course has seen by turning in the fastest bike for the third time in four years.
2008 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS TOP 15 PRO MEN Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse 1 Ruben Ruzafa 24 Malaga, Spain 2:37:36 $25,000 2 Michael Weiss 27 Vienna, Austria 2:38:10 $15,000 3 Brent McMahon 28 Victoria, B.C., Canada 2:40:56 $8,000 4 Mike Vine 35 Victoria, B.C., Canada 2:41:37 $5,000 5 Olivier Marceau 35 Vallavris, Switzerland 2:42:01 $3,000 6 Eneko Llanos 31 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain 2:42:49 $1,750 7 Josiah Middaugh 30 Vail, Colorado 2:42:56 $1,200 8 Dan Hugo 23 Stellenbosch, South Africa 2:43:28 $1,000 9 Brian Smith 32 Gunnison, Colorado 2:43:47 $800 10 Chris Legh 35 Melbourne, Australia 2:45:20 $700 Also: Seth Wealing ($600), Conrad Stoltz ($500), Jim Thijs ($400), Ryan Ignatz ($300), Franky Batelier ($300) TOP 15 PRO WOMEN Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse 1 Julie Dibens 33 Bath, United Kingdom 3:03:57 $25,000 2 Danelle Kabush 33 Canmore, Alberta, Canada 3:04:56 $15,000 3 Shonny Vanlandingham 39 Durango, Colorado 3:10:49 $8,000 4 Renata Bucher 31 Lucerne, Switzerland 3:11:06 $5,000 5 Christine Jeffrey 35 Guelph, Ontario, Canada 3:11:50 $3,000 6 Jennifer Smith 35 Westport, New Zealand 3:15:59 $1,750 7 Jenny Tobin 39 Boise, Idaho 3:16:08 $1,200 8 Carina Wasle 22 Kundl, Austria 3:17:31 $1,000 9 Sara Tarkington 26 Boulder, Colorado 3:19:16 $800 10 Lesley Paterson 27 Sterling, Scotland 3:19:53 $700 Also: Kristy Lanier, Fabiola Corona, Emma Garrard, Sibylle Matter, Sari Anderson. . Fastest swim (1-mile): Brent McMahon (18:13), Linda Gallo (18:16) taken out of T1 Fastest bike (20-miles): Ruben Ruzafa (1:30:25), Shonny Vanlandingham (1:48:12) Fastest run (7-miles): Brent McMahon (43:18), Danelle Kabush (49:55) XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (MALE AGE GROUP) Division Name Time Hometown 15 - 19 Julian Langer 3:01:35 Vienna, Austria 20 - 24 Francois Carloni 2:54:26 Saint Raphael, France 25 - 29 Peter Hawkins 2:58:24 Gloustershire, United Kingdom 30 - 34 James Walsh 2:55:17 Carlsbad, CA 35 - 39 Patrick Harvey 2:59:46 Auckland, New Zealand 40 - 44 Dirk Pauling 2:56:24 Rupperswil, Switzerland 45 - 49 (7) Tom Lyons 3:13:51 Reno, Nevada 50 - 54 Franz Pretzl 3:23:00 Teublilz, Germany 55 - 59 Randy Beckner 3:26:32 Helena, Montana 60 - 64 Bruce Wacker 4:02:08 Colorado Springs, Colorado 65 - 69 (5) Peter Wood 4:09:11 La Jolla, California 70+ Manfred Klittich 5:18:25 Eschborn, Germany Physically Challenged Division: David Kyle, 4:59:04, Athens, Florida 49 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (FEMALE AGE GROUP) Division Name Time Hometown 15 - 19 Charlotte McShane 3:35:01 Victoria, Australia 20 - 24 Erin Kummer 3:36:31 Boulder, Colorado 25 - 29 Emma Smith 3:40:25 London, United Kingdom 30 - 34 Dominique Angerer 3:44:43 Elsbethen, Austria 35 - 39 Sarah McMahan 3:45:04 Incline Village, Nevada 40 - 44 Keri Grosse 3:34:04 Leavenworth, Washington 45 - 49 Ulrike Striednig 3:53:56 Klagenfurt, Austria 50 - 54 (3) Beverly Enslow 3:55:47 Metamora, Illinois 55 - 59 Beverly Watson 4:19:39 Priddis, Alberta, Canada 60+ Kathy Frank 5:51:52 Bend, Oregon Physically Challenged Division: Megan Fisher, 5:09:47, Missoula, MT (#) denotes number of World Championships won Top Amateurs
Page 1 and 2: OCTOBER 25 - MAUI 2009 PRESS GUIDE
Page 3 and 4: THE 14TH ANNUAL XTERRA WORLD CHAMPI
Page 5 and 6: 2009 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS All events
Page 7 and 8: QUICK FACTS ON THE XTERRA WORLD CHA
Page 9 and 10: XTERRA UNIVERSITY, PRESENTED BY PAU
Page 11 and 12: BIKE RECORD: Gender Name Time Year
Page 13 and 14: PRO START LIST Women (in order of f
Page 15 and 16: “KAHUNA DAVE’S” PRO RACE PREV
Page 17 and 18: MICHI WEISS Vienna, Austria FINAL 2
Page 19 and 20: OLIVIER MARCEAU Cannes, France 2007
Page 21 and 22: JOSIAH MIDDAUGH Vail, Colorado 2009
Page 23 and 24: CHRIS LEGH Melbourne, Australia 200
Page 25 and 26: CONRAD “The Caveman” STOLTZ Ste
Page 27 and 28: BRANDEN RAKITA Manitou Springs, Col
Page 29 and 30: ROM AKERSON Tambor, Costa Rica 2009
Page 31 and 32: JASPER BLAKE Victoria, B.C., Canada
Page 33 and 34: WILL KELSAY Boulder, Colorado FINAL
Page 35 and 36: LUKE McKENZIE Sunshine Beach, Austr
Page 37 and 38: DANELLE KABUSH Calgary, Alberta, Ca
Page 39 and 40: RENATA BUCHER Lucerne, Switzerland
Page 41 and 42: JENNY TOBIN Boise, Idaho FINAL 2009
Page 43 and 44: EMMA GARRARD Truckee, California FI
Page 45 and 46: MELANIE McQUAID Victoria, B.C., Can
Page 47: THE HAWAIIAN AIRLINES DOUBLE The Ha
Page 51 and 52: 2006 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE
Page 53 and 54: 2004 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RESU
Page 55 and 56: TOP THREE PROS FROM MAUI’S PAST 2
Page 57 and 58: 2009 XTERRA EUROPEAN TOUR RESULTS F
Page 59 and 60: 2010 XTERRA GLOBAL TOUR SCHEDULE Te
Page 61 and 62: MISCELLANEOUS NOTES XTERRA WARRIOR
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Page 66 and 67: 2009 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AMAT
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