XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPS

Press Release / 27.05.2010

The start list includes 43 pros representing 14 countries, including reigning European Tour champions Franky Batelier and Renata Bucher, Olympians Olivier Marceau and Sibylle Matter, and XTERRA World Champions Nico Lebrun and Melanie McQuaid.

Batelier is the man to beat in the menâ€™s race, having not lost in Europe since 2008. The 32-year-old military officer from Normandy, France won all four races on the Tour last year, and the inaugural XTERRA Portugal Championship on April 3 to start the 2010 season. Last year in Italy, Batelier came into the bike-to-run transition with the 2008 XTERRA World Champ, Ruben Ruzafa, and ran more than a minute faster than the Spaniard to take the crown.

Menâ€™s Pro Start List
Austria - Julian Langer
Belgium - Yeray Luxem, Jim Thijs
Czech Republic - Karel Zadak
Denmark - Ole Vinnergaard
France - Franky Batelier, Nico Lebrun
Germany - Jens Buder, Ronny Dietz, Nico Pfitzenmaier, Felix Schumann
Italy - Fabrizio Baralla, Gianpietro De Faveri, Fabio Guidelli, Luca Molteni, Alessio Picco
Netherlands - Lars Van Der Eerden
South Africa - Lieuwe Boonstra, Carl Pasio
Spain - Ricard Calmet Calveras, Borja Conde
Switzerland - Jean Marc Cattori, Olivier Marceau
United Kingdom - Tom Curtis, Sam Gardner, Llewellyn Homes , Graham Wadsworth