Schurter seals World Cup with second place
Kulhavy claims final round
The 2010 UCI cross country Mountain Bike World Cup concluded on Saturday in Windham, New York, and a new champion was crowned: Nino Schurter (Scott-Swisspower). Schurter had to settle for second place in the final race behind first time World Cup winner Jaroslav Kulhavy (Rubena-Birell-Specialized), who became the first Czech rider to win a World Cup cross country event.
"I was more conservative in the beginning, to preserve my third place [in the overall standings] from [Jose] Hermida," said Kulhavy. "But we dropped him, and I could see that I was riding the technical sections better than the others, so I was able to move up there.
"I tried to get by Nino before the downhill, but he beat me there, so I just had to wait for the right moment," he said. "This is an incredible win, the highest of my career, and it is very good timing, just before the world championships."
The 5.4-kilometre course was straightforward: a long climb followed by a quick descent. The riders zig-zagged their way up the climb, alternating open double track with loose, rocky and rooty single track, then descended through more of the same back to the start.
The six-lap race pitted Schurter against his season-long rival Julien Absalon (Orbea), the defending champion, with only 26 points separating the pair. Coming through the finish line at the end of the first lap, a group of five riders were at the front - Schurter, his teammate Florian Vogel, Burry Stander (Specialized), Manuel Fumic (Cannondale) and Martin Gujan (Cannondale). Absalon was just behind, having had a slightly slower start.
The race also saw the beginning of a flurry of flats and mechanicals, especially among the North Americans, with Geoff Kabush (Maxxis-Rocky Mountain), Adam Craig (Giant), Todd Wells (Specialized), Adam Morka and Peter Glassford (Toronto Trek Store) and Andrew Watson (Norco) all affected. Kabush pulled out after a very lengthy stop in the pits that dropped him to the back of the field.
However Absalon was the most significant, flatting on the second lap, having to run to the pits for service, and dropping to the high teens. There then became two races - the one at the front, and the one behind as Absalon tried to claw his way back into contention, working his way through the traffic of slower riders. He made a magnificent effort, turning in some of the fastest laps of the race, but could only move up as high as sixth by the finish.
Schurter and Vogel were the only consistent riders to stay at the front of the race, as they poured on the power to keep Absalon at bay. Stander, Gujan and Fumic eventually burned out, and were replaced by Christoph Sauser (Specialized), Lukas Flückiger (Trek World Racing) and Kulhavy, who joined the leaders on the fourth lap.
By the final lap, it was still these five, with Vogel doing the pace making. Kulhavy finally made his move just before the top of the climb, but Schurter immediately responded, taking the lead into the descent. Kulhavy then made a brilliant pass on the descent to take the lead. Sauser also managed to get by Schurter, but then crashed, allowing both Schurter and Vogel to pass as Kulhavy extended his lead. This would be the final order, with Schurter taking second, Vogel third and Sauser fourth. Flückiger held off Absalon by 26 seconds for the final podium spot.
Schurter took the overall title with 1136 points, followed by Absalon at 1040 and Kulhavy, also at 1040 points. Absalon got the nod for second, but it took some calculating: they both had one win, but Absalon had two second places results to Kuhavy's one making it a very tight finish to the season. Vogel jumped from sixth to fourth overall and Jose Hermida (Multivan Merida) took the fifth and final podium spot.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Jaroslav Kulhavy (Cze) Rubena-Birell-Specialized Cycling Team | 1:39:28 |
2 | Nino Schurter (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB-Racing | 0:00:14 |
3 | Florian Vogel (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB-Racing | 0:00:15 |
4 | Christoph Sauser (Swi) Specialized Factory Racing | 0:00:17 |
5 | Lukas Flückiger (Swi) Trek World Racing | 0:00:44 |
6 | Julien Absalon (Fra) Orbea | 0:01:11 |
7 | José Antonio Hermida Ramos (Spa) Multivan Merida Biking Team | 0:01:19 |
8 | Burry Stander (RSA) Specialized Factory Racing | 0:01:57 |
9 | Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) Cannondale Factory Racing | 0:02:31 |
10 | Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez (Spa) Trek-Lorca Taller Del Tiempo | 0:02:41 |
11 | Martin Gujan (Swi) Cannondale Factory Racing | 0:02:49 |
12 | Liam Killeen (GBr) | 0:02:54 |
13 | Manuel Fumic (Ger) Cannondale Factory Racing | 0:03:15 |
14 | Cédric Ravanel (Fra) Lapierre International | 0:03:56 |
15 | Marek Galinski (Pol) JBG-2 Professional MTB Team | 0:04:20 |
16 | Inaki Lejarreta Errasti (Spa) Orbea | 0:04:38 |
17 | Maxime Marotte (Fra) BH-Suntour | 0:04:49 |
18 | Mathias Flückiger* (Swi) Trek World Racing | 0:04:58 |
19 | Ralph Naef (Swi) Multivan Merida Biking Team | 0:05:42 |
20 | Ruben Ruzafa Cueto (Spa) Orbea | 0:06:24 |
21 | Patrik Gallati* (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB-Racing | 0:06:34 |
22 | Samuel Schultz (USA) Subaru-Trek | 0:06:47 |
23 | Ivan Alvarez Gutierrez (Spa) Giant Italia Team | 0:06:51 |
24 | Todd Wells (USA) Specialized Factory Racing | 0:07:05 |
25 | Umberto Corti (Ita) Team Cbe Tecnoimpianti A.S.D. | 0:07:23 |
26 | Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Trek-Brentjens Mountainbike Racing Team | 0:07:24 |
27 | Alexis Vuillermoz* (Fra) Lapierre International | 0:07:33 |
28 | Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spa) MSC Bikes | 0:07:46 |
29 | Fabian Giger (Swi) Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team | 0:08:08 |
30 | Henk Jaap Moorlag* (Ned) Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team | 0:08:14 |
31 | Jelmer Pietersma (Ned) Trek-Brentjens Mountainbike Racing Team | 0:08:28 |
32 | Magnus Darvell (Swe) | 0:08:37 |
33 | Rudi Van Houts (Ned) Multivan Merida Biking Team | 0:08:56 |
34 | Matous Ulman (Cze) S&H Superior MTB Team | 0:09:21 |
35 | Jelmer Jubbega* (Ned) Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team | 0:09:29 |
36 | Jochen Kass (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team | 0:09:34 |
37 | Kohei Yamamoto (Jpn) | 0:10:08 |
38 | Matthew Hadley (Can) | 0:10:29 |
39 | Oliver Beckingsale (GBr) Giant Factory Team | 0:10:32 |
40 | Stéphane Tempier (Fra) TX Active Bianchi | 0:10:38 |
41 | Derek Zandstra (Can) | 0:10:52 |
42 | Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (USA) Subaru-Trek | 0:10:58 |
43 | Adam Craig (USA) Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team | 0:11:06 |
44 | Wolfram Kurschat (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team | 0:11:12 |
45 | Moritz Milatz (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team | 0:11:21 |
46 | Jan Skarnitzl (Cze) | 0:11:28 |
47 | Michael Broderick (USA) | 0:11:41 |
48 | Robert Mennen (Ger) | 0:12:07 |
49 | Martin Loo* (Est) Infotre - Leecougan | 0:12:10 |
50 | David Fletcher* (GBr) | 0:12:54 |
51 | Hannes Metzler (Aut) Muskelkater Genesis Team | 0:12:56 |
52 | Lachlan Norris (Aus) | 0:12:59 |
53 | Carl Decker (USA) Giant Factory Team | 0:13:13 |
54 | Spencer Paxson (USA) | 0:13:36 |
55 | Rotem Ishai (Isr) | 0:14:12 |
56 | Cameron Jette (Can) | 0:14:41 |
57 | Kyosuke Takei (Jpn) | 0:14:52 |
58 | Troy Wells (USA) | 0:15:17 |
-1lap | Fabian Strecker* (Ger) | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Michael Northcott (NZl) | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Felix Euteneuer* (Ger) | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Pierre Lebreton (Fra) BH-Suntour | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Eric Batty (Can) | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Emil Lindgren (Swe) Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Zhen Wang* (Chn) | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Benjamin Buchi* (Swi) | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Stephen Ettinger* (USA) | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Jianhua Ji (Chn) | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Karl Markt (Aut) Felt Oetztal X-Bionic Team | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Andy Eyring* (Ger) | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Peter Glassford (Can) | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Michael Mccalla (USA) | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Carl Jones* (NZl) | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Félix Cote* (Can) | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Bryan Alders (USA) | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Mitch Hoke* (USA) | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Jack Hinkens* (USA) | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Pete Ostroski* (USA) | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Thomas Sampson* (USA) | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Zsolt Juhasz* (Hun) Euro One-Cube MTB Team | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Markus Bauer* (Ger) | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Yu Takenouchi* (Jpn) | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Kerry Werner* (USA) | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Russell Finsterwald* (USA) Subaru-Trek | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Seamus Powell* (USA) | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Ryan Atkins (Can) | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Ethan Gilmour* (USA) | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | Stuart Houltham (NZl) | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | Scott Green* (NZl) | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | Adam Morka (Can) | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | Robbie Squire* (USA) | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | Eudaldo Asencio Rosario (PuR) | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | Cal Britten* (Aus) | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | Adrian Retief* (NZl) | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | Andy Schultz (USA) | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | Alex Ryan* (USA) | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Zachary Hughes* (Can) | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nicolas Jeantet* (Ita) ISD Cycling Team | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Geoff Kabush (Can) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Adam Snyder (USA) | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Andrew Watson (Can) | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Zhiqiang Duan (Chn) | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Mattias Wengelin* (Swe) Team Firebike-Droessiger | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing | 77 | pts |
2 | Specialized Factory Racing | 60 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Cannondale Factory Racing | 60 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Orbea | 52 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Trek World Racing | 41 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Rubena - Birell - Specialized Cycling Team | 40 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Multivan Merida Biking Team | 36 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Trek-Lorca Taller Del Tiempo | 21 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Lapierre International | 21 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | JBG-2 Professional MTB Team | 16 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | BH-Suntour | 14 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Subaru-Gary Fisher | 9 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Giant Italia Team | 8 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Team CBE Tecnoimpianti A.S.D. | 6 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Trek-Brentjens Mountain Bike Racing Team | 5 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | MSC Bikes | 3 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team | 3 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Nino Schurter (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing | 1136 | pts |
2 | Julien Absalon (Fra) Orbea | 1040 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Jaroslav Kulhavy (Cze) Rubena - Birell - Specialized Cycling Team | 1040 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Florian Vogel (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing | 795 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | José Antonio Hermida Ramos (Spa) Multivan Merida Biking Team | 795 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Mathias Flückiger* (Swi) Trek World Racing | 710 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Christoph Sauser (Swi) Specialized Factory Racing | 590 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Manuel Fumic (Ger) Cannondale Factory Racing | 570 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Burry Stander (RSA) Specialized Factory Racing | 567 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Ruben Ruzafa Cueto (Spa) Orbea | 494 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Lukas Flückiger (Swi) Trek World Racing | 489 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Ralph Naef (Swi) Multivan Merida Biking Team | 488 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez (Spa) Trek-Lorca Taller Del Tiempo | 429 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Wolfram Kurschat (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team | 384 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Stéphane Tempier (Fra) TX Active Bianchi | 372 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) Cannondale Factory Racing | 368 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Maxime Marotte (Fra) BH-Suntour | 354 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Ivan Alvarez Gutierrez (Spa) Giant Italia Team | 342 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Todd Wells (USA) Specialized Factory Racing | 341 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Fabian Giger (Swi) Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team | 332 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spa) MSC Bikes | 322 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Inaki Lejarreta Errasti (Spa) Orbea | 321 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Jochen Kass (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team | 318 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Rudi Van Houts (Ned) Multivan Merida Biking Team | 300 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Moritz Milatz (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team | 287 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Martin Gujan (Swi) Cannondale Factory Racing | 286 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Cédric Ravanel (Fra) Lapierre International | 278 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Henk Jaap Moorlag* (Ned) Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team | 269 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Alexis Vuillermoz* (Fra) Lapierre International | 263 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Roel Paulissen (Bel) Cannondale Factory Racing | 229 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Geoff Kabush (Can) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain | 228 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher | 203 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
33 | Martin Fanger* (Swi) Giant Swiss Team | 202 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
34 | Jan Skarnitzl (Cze) | 198 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
35 | Pierre-Geoffroy Plantet (Fra) Team New Cycling | 198 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
36 | Samuel Schultz (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher | 185 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
37 | Patrik Gallati* (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing | 183 | Row 36 - Cell 3 |
38 | Tony Longo (Ita) | 182 | Row 37 - Cell 3 |
39 | Adam Craig (USA) Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team | 175 | Row 38 - Cell 3 |
40 | Marek Konwa* (Pol) Elettroveneta-Corratec | 172 | Row 39 - Cell 3 |
41 | Matous Ulman (Cze) S&H Superior MTB Team | 165 | Row 40 - Cell 3 |
42 | Jelmer Pietersma (Ned) Trek-Brentjens Mountain Bike Racing Team | 160 | Row 41 - Cell 3 |
43 | Thomas Litscher* (Swi) M.I.G. Team | 152 | Row 42 - Cell 3 |
44 | Christoph Soukup (Aut) Merida Biking Team | 148 | Row 43 - Cell 3 |
45 | Emil Lindgren (Swe) Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team | 143 | Row 44 - Cell 3 |
46 | Robert Mennen (Ger) | 138 | Row 45 - Cell 3 |
47 | François Bailly Maitre (Fra) Scott Les Saisies | 136 | Row 46 - Cell 3 |
48 | Sven Nys (Bel) | 132 | Row 47 - Cell 3 |
49 | Karl Markt (Aut) Felt Oetztal X-Bionic Team | 132 | Row 48 - Cell 3 |
50 | Liam Killeen (GBr) | 130 | Row 49 - Cell 3 |
51 | Umberto Corti (Ita) Team CBE Tecnoimpianti A.S.D. | 118 | Row 50 - Cell 3 |
52 | Kohei Yamamoto (Jpn) | 114 | Row 51 - Cell 3 |
53 | Oliver Beckingsale (GBr) Giant Factory Team | 114 | Row 52 - Cell 3 |
54 | Marek Galinski (Pol) JBG-2 Professional MTB Team | 113 | Row 53 - Cell 3 |
55 | Derek Zandstra (Can) | 113 | Row 54 - Cell 3 |
56 | Jelmer Jubbega* (Ned) Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team | 109 | Row 55 - Cell 3 |
57 | Martino Fruet (Ita) | 108 | Row 56 - Cell 3 |
58 | Johnny Cattaneo (Ita) | 102 | Row 57 - Cell 3 |
59 | Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Trek-Brentjens Mountain Bike Racing Team | 102 | Row 58 - Cell 3 |
60 | Bas Peters (Ned) Team Merida Combee | 102 | Row 59 - Cell 3 |
61 | Nicola Rohrbach (Swi) | 96 | Row 60 - Cell 3 |
62 | Gerhard Kerschbaumer* (Ita) | 88 | Row 61 - Cell 3 |
63 | Magnus Darvell (Swe) | 77 | Row 62 - Cell 3 |
64 | Niels Wubben* (Ned) Team Merida Combee | 75 | Row 63 - Cell 3 |
65 | Hannes Metzler (Aut) Muskelkater Genesis Team | 75 | Row 64 - Cell 3 |
66 | Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) | 70 | Row 65 - Cell 3 |
67 | Pascal Meyer* (Swi) M.I.G. Team | 63 | Row 66 - Cell 3 |
68 | Marcel Wildhaber (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing | 62 | Row 67 - Cell 3 |
69 | Fabien Canal* (Fra) Keops ITWO | 54 | Row 68 - Cell 3 |
70 | Marc Colom (Fra) | 52 | Row 69 - Cell 3 |
71 | Filip Eberl (Cze) | 49 | Row 70 - Cell 3 |
72 | Lukas Kaufmann (Swi) Trek-Brentjens Mountain Bike Racing Team | 49 | Row 71 - Cell 3 |
73 | Frank Schotman (Ned) Stappenbelt Specialized MTB Team | 48 | Row 72 - Cell 3 |
74 | Alexander Gehbauer* (Aut) | 48 | Row 73 - Cell 3 |
75 | Michael Broderick (USA) | 47 | Row 74 - Cell 3 |
76 | Giuseppe Lamastra (Ita) Hard Rock FRW A.S.D. | 46 | Row 75 - Cell 3 |
77 | Alexey Medvedev (Rus) Elettroveneta-Corratec | 44 | Row 76 - Cell 3 |
78 | Marco Minnaard* (Ned) Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team | 40 | Row 77 - Cell 3 |
79 | Milan Spesny (Cze) S&H Superior MTB Team | 38 | Row 78 - Cell 3 |
80 | Piotr Brzozka* (Pol) JBG-2 Professional MTB Team | 37 | Row 79 - Cell 3 |
81 | Cristian Cominelli* (Ita) TX Active Bianchi | 34 | Row 80 - Cell 3 |
82 | Christof Bischof (Swi) | 33 | Row 81 - Cell 3 |
83 | Andrea Tiberi (Ita) Surfing Shop | 32 | Row 82 - Cell 3 |
84 | Matthew Hadley (Can) | 30 | Row 83 - Cell 3 |
85 | Robert Gehbauer (Aut) | 29 | Row 84 - Cell 3 |
86 | Sebastien Carabin* (Bel) Lingier-Versluys Team | 28 | Row 85 - Cell 3 |
87 | Alban Lakata (Aut) Topeak Ergon Racing Team | 27 | Row 86 - Cell 3 |
88 | Sergji Rysenko (Ukr) ISD Cycling Team | 26 | Row 87 - Cell 3 |
89 | Lachlan Norris (Aus) | 24 | Row 88 - Cell 3 |
90 | Jiri Novak (Cze) | 22 | Row 89 - Cell 3 |
91 | Guillaume Vinit (Fra) BH-Suntour | 21 | Row 90 - Cell 3 |
92 | Balz Weber (Swi) | 20 | Row 91 - Cell 3 |
93 | Martin Loo* (Est) Infotre - Leecougan | 19 | Row 92 - Cell 3 |
94 | Sepp Freiburghaus (Swi) Thoemus Racing Team | 19 | Row 93 - Cell 3 |
95 | David Fletcher* (GBr) | 18 | Row 94 - Cell 3 |
96 | Kevin Van Hoovels (Bel) Lingier-Versluys Team | 18 | Row 95 - Cell 3 |
97 | Uwe Hochenwarter (Aut) Muskelkater Genesis Team | 17 | Row 96 - Cell 3 |
98 | Carl Decker (USA) Giant Factory Team | 15 | Row 97 - Cell 3 |
99 | Bjorn Brems (Bel) G-Skin-Deforche MTB Racing Team | 15 | Row 98 - Cell 3 |
100 | Spencer Paxson (USA) | 14 | Row 99 - Cell 3 |
101 | Rubens Valeriano (Bra) | 14 | Row 100 - Cell 3 |
102 | Matthias Rupp* (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing | 14 | Row 101 - Cell 3 |
103 | Rotem Ishai (Isr) | 13 | Row 102 - Cell 3 |
104 | Jiri Friedl (Cze) Merida Biking Team | 13 | Row 103 - Cell 3 |
105 | Cameron Jette (Can) | 12 | Row 104 - Cell 3 |
106 | Rene Tann (Ger) | 12 | Row 105 - Cell 3 |
107 | Michele Casagrande (Ita) Elettroveneta-Corratec | 12 | Row 106 - Cell 3 |
108 | Kyosuke Takei (Jpn) | 11 | Row 107 - Cell 3 |
109 | Severin Disch* (Swi) Giant Swiss Team | 11 | Row 108 - Cell 3 |
110 | Maxim Gogolev (Rus) | 11 | Row 109 - Cell 3 |
111 | Sebastian Szraucner (Ger) | 11 | Row 110 - Cell 3 |
112 | Daniel Mcconnell (Aus) Torq Performance Nutrition | 11 | Row 111 - Cell 3 |
113 | Troy Wells (USA) | 10 | Row 112 - Cell 3 |
114 | Andrew Watson (Can) | 10 | Row 113 - Cell 3 |
115 | Fabian Strecker* (Ger) | 9 | Row 114 - Cell 3 |
116 | Thomas Lapeyrie* (Fra) Scott Les Saisies | 9 | Row 115 - Cell 3 |
117 | David Joao Serralheiro Rosa (Por) | 9 | Row 116 - Cell 3 |
118 | Markus Bauer* (Ger) | 9 | Row 117 - Cell 3 |
119 | Michael Northcott (NZl) | 8 | Row 118 - Cell 3 |
120 | Irjan Luttenberg* (Ned) Trek-Brentjens Mountain Bike Racing Team | 8 | Row 119 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Multivan Merida Biking Team | 374 | pts |
2 | Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing | 359 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Orbea | 335 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Specialized Factory Racing | 286 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Cannondale Factory Racing | 261 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Trek World Racing | 243 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Rubena - Birell - Specialized Cycling Team | 193 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team | 107 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Trek-Lorca Taller Del Tiempo | 91 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Lapierre International | 87 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | TX Active Bianchi | 66 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Topeak Ergon Racing Team | 61 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Giant Italia Team | 58 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | BH-Suntour | 57 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | MSC Bikes | 45 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Merida Biking Team | 30 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain | 29 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | M.I.G. Team | 27 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Subaru-Gary Fisher | 26 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Giant Swiss Team | 25 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Elettroveneta-Corratec | 20 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | JBG-2 Professional MTB Team | 16 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Scott Les Saisies | 11 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Team CBE Tecnoimpianti A.S.D. | 7 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Team New Cycling | 7 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Trek-Brentjens Mountain Bike Racing Team | 5 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Felt Oetztal X-Bionic Team | 5 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | S&H Superior MTB Team | 4 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Team Merida Combee | 3 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
Race notes
Nino Schurter raced in the world champion's rainbow stripes rather than the World Cup leader's jersey, a big no-no, for which he received a substantial 5000 Swiss Franc ($4865 US) fine. Team director Thomas Frischknecht claimed that the leader's jersey he had been provided with was too small to race in. Frischknecht also pointed to Julien Absalon as the source of the protest that saw Schurter fined, sending out an inflammatory e-mail:
Julien was at all times a great sportsmen when I raced against him and after too. I did not only respect him for his great results, I liked him as a person as well. Now he showed his real face of a sorry loser. Nino beat him over the whole season fair and square. A wrong jersey does not change the fact that Nino was better in 2010.
When I raced against the French armada with Martinez, Dupouey, Chiotti and Absalon I had to live with a second place many times. Sometimes even under special circumstances [when Chiotti won the world title and later admitted to doping]. But I tried to be a fair loser. A champion, and as such I counted Julien up ‘til today, also is a champion in losing.
Sorry Julien. I don't know what you were thinking!
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