SUNSHINE CUP SERIES & AFXENTIA STAGE RACE
It was the Afxentia Stage Race that served as the second and third rounds of the Cyprus Sunshine Cup. The three day, three stage event began Friday with a point-to-point cross-country, followed Saturday with a 4.6 mile time trial, and concluding Sunday with an Olympic length cross-country. Only Stage 1 and Stage 3, and not the Afxentia Stage 2 Time Trial  or General Classification, are included in the Sunshine Cup Series.
 
RACE NOTES
Last week's winner of the opening round of the Sunshine Cup, Norba #4
Heather Irmiger, suffered flat trouble this weekend.
 
STAGE 1 MANTRA-KIONIA-MANTRA POINT-TO-POINT XC RESULTS
1. Roel Paulissen (Bel)...Vredestein Cannondale...1:44:49
2. Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe)...Full Dynamix...+1:47
3. Emil Lindgren (Swe)...Full Dynamix...1:53
4. Andreas Kugler (Swi)...Fisher-BME...2:31
5. Magnus Darvell (Swe)...Rietumu...4:03
6. Karl Markt (Aut)...SRM-Stevens...4:36
7. JEREMY HORGAN-KOBELSKI (USA)...Subaru-Gary Fisher...4:42
8. Alexander Wetterhall (Swe)...4:52
9. Jaroslav Kulhavy (Cze)...Czech National...4:58
10. Karl Platt (Ger)...Bulls...5:02
WOMEN
1. Sabine Spitz (Ger)...Ghost...1:52:48
2. Tereza Hurikova (Cze)...Czech National...+0:04
3. Petra Henzi (Swi)...Fisher BMC...1:54
4. Alexandra Engen (Swe)...Merida Sweden...6:30
5. Elena Gaddoni (Ita)...7:05
6. Ivonne Kraft (Ger)...8:40
7. HEATHER IRMIGER...Subaru-Gary Fisher...10:18
8. Maaike Polspoel (Bel)...Belgian National...11:17
9. Nataliya Krompets (Ukr)...Ukranian National...12:03
10. Githa Michiels (Bel)...13:00
 
STAGE 2 MACHERAS MOUNTAINS TT RESULTS
1. Roel Paulissen (Bel)...Cannondale Vredestein...19:39
2. Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe)...Full Dynamix...+0:29
3. Magnus Darvell (Swe)...Rietumu...0:32
4. Jaroslav Kulhavy (Cze)...Czech National...0:40
5. Emil Lindgren (Swe)...Full Dynamix...0:45
6. Karl Platt (Ger)...Bulls...0:48
7. Makcim Gogolev (Rus)...0:56
8. Jan Skarnitzl (Cze)...Czech National...0:57
9. Jiri Friedl (Cze)...Merida...0:59
10. Milan Spesny (Cze)...Czech National...1:01
12. JEREMY HORGAN-KOBELSKI...Subaru-Gary Fisher...1:13
WOMEN
1. Tereza Hurikova (Cze)...Czech National...25:01
2. Alexandra Engen (Swe)...Merida sweden...+0:30
3. HEATHER IRMIGER...Subaru-Gary Fisher...0:41
4. Ksenia Chernykh (Rus)...Russian National...2:45
5. Natalia Krompets (Ukr)...ISD...3:21
6. Evgenia Belozerova (Rus)...Russian National...4:52
 
STAGE 3 MANTRA TOU KAMPIOU OLYMPIC XC
1. Jaroslav Kulhavy (Cze)...Czech National...1:57:25
2. Roel Paulissen (Bel)...+0:27
3. Andreas Kugler (Swi)...0:44
4. Christoph Soukup (Aut)...1:25
5. Milan Spesny (Cze)...Czech National...1:40
6. Jiri Friedl (Cze)...Merida...2:36
7. Makcim Gogolev (Rus)...2:40
8. Jan Skarnitzl (Cze)...Dimp Giant...3:15
9. Alexander Wetterhall (Swe)...3:22
10. Sergiy Rysenko (Ukr)...3:39
11. JEREMY HORGAN-KOBELSKI...Subaru-Gary Fisher...4:22
WOMEN
1. Sabine Spitz (Ger)...Ghost...1:57:43
2. Tereza Hurikova (Cze)...Czech National...+0:15
3. Petra Henzi (Swi)...Fisher BMC...1:12
4. Elisabeth Osl (Aut)...Ghost...2:08
5. Alexandra Engen (Swe)...Merida Sweden...3:28
6. Maria Osl (Aut)...3:51
7. Ivonne Kraft (Ger)...5:14
8. Elena Gaddoni (Ita)...6:36
9. Nataliya Krompets (Ukr)...Ukrainian...8:13
10. HEATHER IRMIGER...Subaru-Gary Fisher...8:46
 
FINAL GENERAL CLASSIFICATION
1. Roel Paulissen (Bel)...Vredestein Cannondale...4:02:20
2. Jaroslav Kulhavy (Cze)...Czech National...+5:11
3. Milan Spesny (Cze)...Czech National...8:17
4. Jiri Friedl (Cze)...Merida...9:39
5. JEREMY HORGAN-KOBELSKI...Subaru-Gary Fisher...9:50
6. Jan Skarnitzl (Cze)...Dimp Giant...10:18
7. Karl Platt (Ger)...Bulls...10:23
8. Makcim Gogolev (Rus)...11:30
9. Nicolas Vermeulen (Bel)...Belgian National...14:42
10. Stefan Sahm (Ger)...Bulls...15:50
WOMEN
1. Tereza Hurikova (Cze)...Czech National...4:15:51
2. Alexandra Engen (Swe)...Merida Sweden...+10:09
3. HEATHER IRMIGER...Subaru-Gary Fisher...19:26
4. Nataliya Krompets (Ukr)...Ukranian National...23:18
5. Evgenia Belozerova (Rus)...Russian National...28:45
6. Ksenia Chernykh (Rus)...Russian National...37:01