UCI MTB World Cup XCO #2 Albstadt 2017: Elite Men Results

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Nino Schurter (Scott-SRAM MTB Racing Team) wins(Image credit: Robert Jones)

Pre-race, there was considerable speculation as to how multi-time cyclo-cross world champion Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands) would fare, after finishing eighth a week earlier in the first round. The race quickly became a battle between Round 1 winner and world champion Nino Schurter (Scott-SRAM) and van der Poel. In the early laps the pair were joined at the front by Matthias Fluckiger (Radon Factory) until he crashed and had to abandon the race. van der Poel also crashed but was able to catch up to Schurter temporarily, until the Swiss rider attacked on the fourth lap and steadily pulled away to record his 22nd World Cup win. Anton Cooper (Trek Factory) finished third.

"I made a stupid mistake," admitted van der Poel, "and crashed pretty hard [on Lap 3]. I lost contact with the [front] group and hurt my knee a little bit. It was hard to get my pace back on. I'm very happy with the race, only a bit disappointed with the stupid mistake; otherwise it was a nice battle with Nino. I'm really starting to like it mountain biking, especially when you can start from the first row; I enjoyed it a lot today."

"It is a tough course and the conditions today were brutally hot," said Schurter. "It was a hard fight with van der Poel. I got a bit nervous when he [van der Poel] was at the front. I have never raced with him really and this was the first time I saw him race. It is always a bit strange when you have someone with you that you don't know; where his strengths or weaknesses are. I was glad when I was finally able to drop him."

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#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Nino Schurter (Swi) Scott-SRAM MTB Racing Team	1:33:38
2	Mathieu van der Poel (Ned)	0:00:26
3	Anton Cooper (NZl) Trek Factory Racing XC	0:00:49
4	David Valero Serrano (Spa) MMR Factory Racing Team	0:01:00
5	Maxime Marotte (Fra) Cannondale Factory Racing XC	0:01:28
6	Stephane Tempier (Fra) Bianchi Countervail	0:01:56
7	Julien Absalon (Fra) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team	0:02:21
8	Florian Vogel (Swi) Focus XC Team	0:02:28
9	Manuel Fumic (Ger) Cannondale Factory Racing XC	0:02:29
10	Jan Škarnitzl (Cze) SRAM Mitas Trek	0:02:30
11	Pablo Rodriguez Guede (Spa) MMR Factory Racing Team	0:02:46
12	Hans Becking (Ned) CST Sandd American Eagle MTB Racing Team	0:03:02
13	Mirko Tabacchi (Ita)	0:03:24
14	Markus Schulte-Luenzum (Ger) Focus XC Team	0:03:34
15	Gerhard Kerschbaumer (Ita) Torpado Gabogas	0:03:39
16	Leandre Bouchard (Can) BH-Srsuntour-KMC	0:03:50
17	Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spa) Primaflor Mondraker	0:04:03
18	Martin Fanger (Swi)	0:04:06
19	Titouan Carod (Fra) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team	0:04:22
20	Andri Frischknecht (Swi) Scott-SRAM MTB Racing Team	0:04:33
21	Matthias Stirnemann (Swi) Scott-SRAM MTB Racing Team	0:04:35
22	Gregor Raggl (Aut) Moebel Maerki MTB Pro Team	0:04:37
23	Jordan Sarrou (Fra) BH-Srsuntour-KMC	0:04:45
24	Derek Zandstra (Can) Cannondale-3Rox Racing	0:04:46
25	Hugo Drechou (Fra) Massi	0:04:57
26	Ruben Scheire (Bel) Habitat Mountainbike Team	0:05:16
27	Bartlomiej Wawak (Pol) Kross Racing Team	0:05:18
28	Victor Koretzky (Fra) BH-Srsuntour-KMC	0:05:23
29	Lukas Flueckiger (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team	0:05:28
30	Karl Markt (Aut) Moebel Maerki MTB Pro Team	0:05:33
31	Daniel Mcconnell (Aus)	0:05:46
32	Andrea Righettini (Ita)	0:05:47
33	Anton Sintsov (Rus) JBg - 2 Professional MTB Team	0:06:09
34	Marek Konwa (Pol) Volkswagen Samochody Uzytkowe MTB Team	0:06:15
35	Luca Braidot (Ita)	0:06:31
36	Reto Indergand (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team	0:06:37
37	Jens Schuermans (Bel) Scott Creuse Oxygene Gueret	Row 36 - Cell 2
38	Fabian Giger (Swi) Kross Racing Team	0:06:45
39	Moritz Milatz (Ger)	0:06:51
40	Christian Pfäffle (Ger) Moebel Maerki MTB Pro Team	0:07:13
41	Raphael Gagne (Can) Cannondale-3Rox Racing	0:07:17
42	Thomas Litscher (Swi) JB Brunex Felt Team	0:07:19
43	Catriel Andres Soto (Arg) Primaflor Mondraker	0:07:20
44	Didier Bats (Bel) CST Sandd American Eagle MTB Racing Team	0:07:37
45	Martin Gluth (Ger) Omx Pro Team	Row 44 - Cell 2
46	Michiel Van Der Heijden (Ned) Scott-SRAM MTB Racing Team	0:07:44
47	Arnis Petersons (Lat) ZZK	0:07:47
48	Timofei Ivanov (Rus) Format-Udmurtia	0:07:58
49	Grant Ferguson (GBr) CST Sandd American Eagle MTB Racing Team	0:08:12
50	David Rosa (Por)	0:08:20
51	Thomas Griot (Fra) Materiel-Velo.Com	0:08:23
52	Florian Chenaux (Swi)	0:08:26
53	Edoardo Bonetto (Ita) Elios-Srsuntour Pro Team	0:08:45
54	Wolfram Kurschat (Ger) Kurschat Consulting Racing Team	0:08:47
55	András Parti (Hun) Nella Trek Team	0:08:52
56	Ivan Seledkov (Rus)	0:08:56
57	Andrea Tiberi (Ita) Team NOB Selle Italia	0:09:13
58	Maximilian Vieider (Ita) Torpado Gabogas	0:09:34
59	Daniele Braidot (Ita)	0:09:46
60	Markus Bauer (Ger)	0:09:58
61	Marcel Guerrini (Swi) Focus XC Team	0:10:06
62	Martin Loo (Est)	0:10:11
63	Sebastien Carabin (Bel) Merida Wallonie MTB Team	0:10:23
64	Frank Beemer (Ned) Habitat Mountainbike Team	0:10:37
65	Bart De Vocht (Bel) KTM Bike Vision	0:10:53
66	Antoine Bouqueret (Fra) Scott Creuse Oxygene Gueret	0:11:22
67	Jhonnatan Botero Villegas (Col)	Row 66 - Cell 2
68	Andrew L'esperance (Can)	Row 67 - Cell 2
69	Shlomi Haimy (Isr)	Row 68 - Cell 2
70	Pavel Priadein (Rus)	Row 69 - Cell 2
71	Guilherme Gotardelo Muller (Bra)	Row 70 - Cell 2
72	Maximilian Holz (Ger) German Technology Racing	Row 71 - Cell 2
73	Kohei Yamamoto (Jpn) BH-Srsuntour-KMC	Row 72 - Cell 2
74	José Dias (Por)	Row 73 - Cell 2
75	Emelien Joseph De Poortere (Fra)	Row 74 - Cell 2
76	Gerrit Rosenkranz (Ger)	Row 75 - Cell 2
77	Nicholas Pettina' (Ita)	Row 76 - Cell 2
78	Tobias Rotermund (Ger)	Row 77 - Cell 2
79	Octavien Maillard (Fra)	Row 78 - Cell 2
80	Wietse Bosmans (Bel)	Row 79 - Cell 2
81	Dario Alejandro Gasco (Arg)	Row 80 - Cell 2
82	Erik Groen (Ned) Stappenbelt-Specialized MTB Team	Row 81 - Cell 2
83	Ben Zwiehoff (Ger)	Row 82 - Cell 2
84	Philipp Hediger (Swi) Fischer-BMC	Row 83 - Cell 2
85	Keegan Swenson (USA) Cannondale-3Rox Racing	Row 84 - Cell 2
86	Rubens Donizete Valeriano (Bra)	Row 85 - Cell 2
87	Nick De Vries (Bel)	Row 86 - Cell 2
88	Robin Vanden Abeele (Bel) Cube Pro Fermetures Sefic	Row 87 - Cell 2
89	Heiko Hog (Ger)	Row 88 - Cell 2
90	Stuart Marais (RSA)	Row 89 - Cell 2
91	Florian Trigo (Fra) Massi	Row 90 - Cell 2
92	Fabian Paumann (Swi) Fischer-BMC	Row 91 - Cell 2
93	Ruslan Boredskiy (Rus)	Row 92 - Cell 2
94	Sebastian Jayne (Aus)	Row 93 - Cell 2
95	Sajjad Taheri (IRI)	Row 94 - Cell 2
96	Farzad Khodayari (IRI)	Row 95 - Cell 2
97	Jan Withaar (RSA)	Row 96 - Cell 2
98	Zdenek Vobecký (Cze)	Row 97 - Cell 2
99	Simon Gegenheimer (Ger) Rose Vaujany Fueled by Ultrasports	Row 98 - Cell 2
100	Vadim Zhuravlev (Rus)	Row 99 - Cell 2
101	Aaron Beck (Ger)	Row 100 - Cell 2
102	Marcel Lehrian (Ger)	Row 101 - Cell 2
103	Murray Spink (Aus)	Row 102 - Cell 2
104	Antoine Le Coq (Fra) Cube Pro Fermetures Sefic	Row 103 - Cell 2
105	Lysander Kiesel (Ger) German Technology Racing	Row 104 - Cell 2
106	Till Drobisch (Nam)	Row 105 - Cell 2
107	Russell Nankervis (Aus)	Row 106 - Cell 2
108	Kirill Kazantsev (Kaz)	Row 107 - Cell 2
109	Fabian Obrist (Swi)	Row 108 - Cell 2
110	Luiz Henrique Cocuzzi (Bra)	Row 109 - Cell 2
111	Artyom Golovachshenko (Kaz)	Row 110 - Cell 2
112	Dmitry Zhirnov (Rus)	Row 111 - Cell 2
113	Evan Mcneely (Can)	Row 112 - Cell 2
114	Kevin Ingratta (Arg)	Row 113 - Cell 2
115	Jan Schär (Swi)	Row 114 - Cell 2
116	Christopher Hamlin (USA)	Row 115 - Cell 2
117	Mathias Alig (Swi)	Row 116 - Cell 2
118	Pedri Danilo Aviles Gangas (Chi)	Row 117 - Cell 2
119	Robert Schwenk (Ger)	Row 118 - Cell 2
120	George-Vlad Sabau (Rom)	Row 119 - Cell 2
DNF	Mário Costa (Por) Primaflor Mondraker	Row 120 - Cell 2
DNF	Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) Bianchi Countervail	Row 121 - Cell 2
DNF	Mathias Flueckiger (Swi) Radon Factory XC Team	Row 122 - Cell 2
DNF	Benoit Igoulen (Fra) Look - Beaumes De Venise	Row 123 - Cell 2
DNF	Samuel Gaze (NZl) Specialized Racing	Row 124 - Cell 2
DNF	Jan Nesvadba (Cze) Expres CZ-Scott Team Kolin	Row 125 - Cell 2
DNF	Marc Stutzmann (Swi)	Row 126 - Cell 2
DNF	Kevin Panhuyzen (Bel) Habitat Mountainbike Team	Row 127 - Cell 2
DNF	Cameron Ivory (Aus)	Row 128 - Cell 2
DNF	Pascal Nay (Swi)	Row 129 - Cell 2
DNF	Jaroslav Kulhavý (Cze) Specialized Racing	Row 130 - Cell 2
DNS	Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez (Spa) Trek Factory Racing XC	Row 131 - Cell 2
DNS	Michael Stünzi (Swi)	Row 132 - Cell 2