Leandre Bouchard (Canada) and Andre Fonseca (Costa Rica)(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
Nino Schurter and Jaroslav Kulhavy(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
Kulhavy, Schurter, Coloma(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
Mix Zone, post race interviews(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
Olympic Champion, Nino Schurter(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
The Race Start(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
Marco Aurelio Fontana (Italy) leading at Start(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
The Start(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
Nino Schurter and Jaroslav Kulhavy(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
Carlos Coloma and Nino Schurter(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
Nino Schurter (Switzerland)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Leandre Bouchard (Canada)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Mathias Flückiger (Switzerland)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Mathias Flückiger (Switzerland)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Having crossed the line, Nino Schurter (Switzerland) circles around to celebrate his gold medal(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
A dissapointed Julien Absalon (France) crosses the line(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Julien Absalon (France) takes in the race after finishing in 8th(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Jens Schuermans (Belgium)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The men's race get's underway(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Bad luck to break a chain on the start loop - Phetetso Monese (Lesotho)(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
Victor Koretzky (France), Kohei Yamamoto (Japan), Daniel McConnell (Australia)(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
Peter Sagan moves up on the start loop(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
Jose Hermida (Spain) racing his 6th and probably final Olympics(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
Daniel McConnell (Australia)(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
Daniel McConnell (Australia)(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
Carlos Coloma (Spain) leading Nino Schurter and Jaroslav Kulhavy(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
Julien Absalon (France)(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
Maxime Marotte (France) and Luca Braidot (Italy)(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
Julien Absalon (France) never seemed to get going(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
Peter Sagan (Slovakia)(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
Howard Grotts (USA)(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
Ruben Scheire (Belgium)(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
Jaroslav Kulhavy (Czech Republic) leads on lap 1(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
Shlomi Haimy (Israel) was with the leaders until a flat(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
Mathias Fluckiger (Switzerand) leads the chasers(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
Victor Koretzky (France)(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
Jhonnatan Botero Villegas (Colombia)(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
Marco Fontana (Italy) and Peter Sagan (Slovakia) both had flats(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
Peter Sagan (Slovakia) had his hopes dashed by flat tires(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
Grant Ferguson (Great Britain) riding to 17th(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
Jaroslav Kulhavy (Czech Republic)(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
Victor Koretzky (France)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Jaroslav Kulhavy (Czech Republic) congratulates Nino Schurter (Switzerland)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spain) celebrates his bronze medal ride(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Silver medallist Jaroslav Kulhavy (Czech Republic)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spain) is thrilled with bronze(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The men's podium(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The men's Olympic MTB race(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Peter Lombard II (Guam) about to hit the deck(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Peter Lombard II (Guam) crashes hard(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Manuel Fumic (Germany)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Jaroslav Kulhavy (Czech Republic)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spain)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Mathias Flückiger (Switzerland)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Samuel Gaze (New Zealand)(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
L to r: Jaroslav Kulhavy, Nino Schurter, Carlos Coloma(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
Nino Schurter, Olympic Champion, FINALLY(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
the men get ready to start their race.
Andrea Tiberi of Italy
Alexander Gehbauer of Austria
Andras Parti of Hungary
Rubens Donizete Valeriano of Brazil
Leandre Bouchard of Canada
Howard Grotts of the United States
Dimitrios Antoniadis of Greece
Peter Sagan runs with his bike after his puncture
Peter Sagan runs with his bike after his puncture
Nino Schurter goes airborne on his way to Gold.
Nino Schurter celebrates his Olympic gold medal
Alexander Gehbauer of Austria
Second placed Czech Republic's Jaroslav Kulhavy, winner Switzerland's Nino Schurter and third placed Spain's Carlos Coloma
Peter Sagan runs with his bike after his puncture
The men's race gets underway.
The men's race gets underway.
Nino Schurter on his way to winning gold
Nino Schurter celebrates his Olympic gold medal
Nino Schurter celebrates his Olympic gold medal
Nino Schurter celebrates his Olympic gold medal
Second placed Czech Republic's Jaroslav Kulhavy, winner Switzerland's Nino Schurter and third placed Spain's Carlos Coloma
Nino Schurter celebrates his Olympic gold medal
Coloma lays on the gorund after the race
Schurter congratulates Kulhavy
Nino Schurter celebrates his Olympic gold medal
World Champion Nino Schurter (Switzerland) proved to be the strongest Sunday during the Olympic MTB cross country race in Rio, riding away from the leaders in the closing laps to take the gold medal ahead of Jaroslav Kulhavy (Czech Republic) and Carlos Coloma (Spain).
Road world champion Peter Sagan (Slovakia) put in an impressive opening lap, moving smoothly from the back of the field into the lead group by the end of the first circuit, but his Olympic-medal dream came to a quick end when a flat tire at the beginning of the second lap knocked him out of contention.
Schurter took the early lead with Coloma, but Kulhavy soon joined them as Coloma lost the pace. France's Julien Absalon faded to two minutes back as the leaders set a blistering pace.
Starting the fifth of seven laps, Schurter and Kulhavy had 30 seconds on a two-man chase of Coloma and Maxime Marotte (France), while Switzerland's Mathias Fluckiger was chasing in fifth, more than a minute behind. The lead duo held an initial gap of more than 30 seconds over Marotte and Coloma, who by this time appeared to be racing for bronze.
Schurter left Kulhavy behind as they approached a technical rock section, opening a gap that he would hold until the finish. The Swiss riders started the final lap with a 33-second gap over Kulhavy, while Marotte and Coloma were 1:19 behind.
Schurter continued to open his gap over the final lap, holding a 44-second gap to Kulhavy at the halfway point and 1:50 over Coloma and Marotte.
Full Results
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Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Nino Schurter (Switzerland)
1:33:28
2
Jaroslav Kulhavy (Czech Republic)
0:00:50
3
Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spain)
0:01:23
4
Maxime Marotte (France)
0:01:33
5
Jhonnatan Botero Villegas (Colombia)
0:02:16
6
Mathias Flückiger (Switzerland)
0:02:24
7
Luca Braidot (Italy)
0:02:57
8
Julien Absalon (France)
0:03:15
9
David Valero Serrano (Spain)
0:03:32
10
Victor Koretzky (France)
0:03:59
11
Ruben Scheire (Belgium)
0:04:08
12
Anton Sintsov (Russian Federation)
0:04:10
13
Manuel Fumic (Germany)
0:04:11
14
Ondrej Cink (Czech Republic)
0:04:50
15
José Antonio Hermida Ramos (Spain)
0:04:53
16
Daniel McConnell (Australia)
0:05:14
17
Grant Ferguson (Great Britain)
0:05:42
18
Jens Schuermans (Belgium)
0:06:02
19
Andrea Tiberi (Italy)
0:06:05
20
Marco Aurelio Fontana (Italy)
0:06:57
21
Kohei Yamamoto (Japan)
0:07:06
22
Jan Skarnitzl (Czech Republic)
0:07:43
23
Henrique Avancini (Brazil)
0:07:50
24
Andras Parti (Hungary)
0:07:52
25
Catriel Andres Soto (Argentina)
0:08:33
26
Alan Hatherly (South Africa)
0:08:35
27
Leandre Bouchard (Canada)
0:09:15
28
Moritz Milatz (Germany)
0:09:46
29
Shlomi Haimy (Israel)
0:10:02
30
Rubens Donizete Valeriano (Brazil)
0:10:33
31
Dimitrios Antoniadis (Greece)
0:10:49
32
Chun Hing Chan (Hong Kong, China)
0:11:13
33
Andrey Fonseca (Costa Rica)
0:11:26
34
Simon Andreassen (Denmark)
0:14:16
35 LAP
Peter Sagan (Slovakia)
Row 34 - Cell 2
36 LAP
Scott Bowden (Australia)
Row 35 - Cell 2
37 LAP
Samuel Gaze (New Zealand)
Row 36 - Cell 2
38 LAP
Howard Grotts (United States of America)
Row 37 - Cell 2
39 LAP
Tiago Jorge Oliveira Ferreira (Portugal)
Row 38 - Cell 2
40 LAP
Raphael Gagne (Canada)
Row 39 - Cell 2
41 LAP
Nathan Byukusenge (Rwanda)
Row 40 - Cell 2
42 LAP
James Reid (South Africa)
Row 41 - Cell 2
43 LAP
Zhen Wang (People's Republic of China)
Row 42 - Cell 2
44 LAP
David Joao Serralheiro Rosa (Portugal)
Row 43 - Cell 2
DNF
Lars Forster (Switzerland)
Row 44 - Cell 2
DNF
Alexander Gehbauer (Austria)
Row 45 - Cell 2
DNF
Peter Lombard II (Guam)
Row 46 - Cell 2
DNF
Rudi van Houts (Netherlands)
Row 47 - Cell 2
DNF
Phetetso Monese (Lesotho)
Row 48 - Cell 2
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