The European Mountain Bike Championships took place in Zurich, last weekend, creating their usual ripple in the international racing pond. The unusual UCI status and media blindfold makes gathering information about the event a job for Inspector Morse, but here are the main results from the event:

Elite Men
1. José Antonio Hermida (Esp) 1:58.47
2. Lado Fumic (Ger) @ .42
3. Roel Paulissen (Bel) @ .43
4. Christophe Dupouey (Fra) @ .46
5. Christophe Sauser (Ch) @ .58
6. Thomas Frischknecht (Ch) @ 2.23
7. Jose Marquez (Esp) @ 2.24
8. Marco Bui (Ita) @ 2.36
9. Alejandro Diaz (Esp) @ 3.12
10. Bart Brentjens (Ned) @ 3.24
Brits:
42. Nick Craig @ 12 mins
46. Zak Toogood @ 12.49

Espoirs
1. Julien Absalon (Fra) 1:27.40
2. Florien Vogel (Fra) @ .45
3. Inaki Lejarreta (Esp) @ .45
Brits:
24. Phil Spencer @ 4.13
38. Phil Dixon
41. Simon Richardson
43. Jordan Aveyard

Women
1. Gunn-Rita Dahle (Ned) 1:42.4
2. Laurence Leboucher (Fra) @ .4
3. Sabine Spitz (Ger) @ 1.55
4. Alla Epifanova (Rus) @ 2.09
5. Barbara Blatter (Ch) @ 3.11
Brits:
10. Sue Thomas @ 5.28