Schurter back to winning ways in front of home crowd
Koba surprises with victory in women's race over Leumann, Engen
Nino Schurter (Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing) and Sarah Koba (Giant Swiss SR-Suntour) won round six of the Racer Bikes Cup in Chur, Switzerland, on Sunday. A total of 571 racers from 17 nations participated.
In the men's race, two national champions, Schurter of Switzerland and Moritz Milatz (BMC) of Germany, did battle. From the beginning, they established their dominance, getting away on the second of nine total laps.
Almost all of the top racers were fresh from an altitude training camp in Engadin and they seemed to have little trouble with the heat.
Schurter, who did much of the pace-making, made his decisive attack on the last long climb. Racing in front of a home crowd in Chur, spectators celebrated wildly as the former world champion raced to the victory. Milatz was second.
Engelberg-winner Lukas Flückiger (Trek World Racing) was more than two minutes behind in third. The best U23 rider Thomas Litscher (Felt Öztal X-Bionic) finished in eighth ahead of other U23 racers Matthias Stirnemann (Thömus Racing Team) and Frenchman Fabien Canal (GT/Skoda/Chamonix).
In the women's race, Sarah Koba took her first victory since 2006. She was with the leaders from the start of the race and that group included Kathrin Leumann (Ghost Factory Racing Team), Cécile Ravanel (GT Skoda Chamonix) and Alexandra Engen (Team Rothaus Poison-Bikes).
On the third lap, Koba and Leumann were at the front and with three laps to go, Koba got away for the solo victory while Leumann hung on for second at 1:59. Engen was third ahead of Ravenel in fourth.
"I'm a little surprised that that I won on such a fast course," said Koba. She will skip the upcoming World Cups and prepare for the Swiss Championships.
"The dream is the national jersey, and my goal is the podium," she said.
Frenchman Maxime Urruty (Scott les Saisies) won the junior race by narrrowly defeating Andri Frischknecht and Dominic Zumstein (both Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing).
In the junior women's race German Johanna Techt (Ghost Factory Racing Team) celebrated a solo victory. Her lap times during her five-lap race were faster than those of the elite women who did seven laps total. Last year's Swiss U17 champion Andrea Waldis (GU plus/ thomy k/ VC Gersau) was second by over seven minutes.
Matthias Allenspach (Tower Sports-VC Eschenbach) celebrated his first victory among the Amateurs & Masters.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Nino Schurter (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing | 1:42:38 |
2 | Moritz Milatz (Ger) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | 0:00:17 |
3 | Lukas Flückiger (Swi) Trek World Racing Team | 0:02:21 |
4 | Florian Vogel (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing | 0:02:31 |
5 | Fabian Giger (Swi) Rabobank-Giant Offroad | 0:02:45 |
6 | Patrik Gallati (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | 0:03:35 |
7 | Martin Gujan (Swi) Cannondale Factory Racing | 0:05:42 |
8 | Thomas Litscher (Swi) Felt Öztal X-Bionic | 0:06:15 |
9 | Matthias Stirnemann (Swi) Thömus Racing Team | 0:06:34 |
10 | Cédric Ravanel (Fra) GT Skoda Chamonix | 0:06:46 |
11 | Fabien Canal (Fra) GT/Skoda/Chamonix | 0:08:09 |
12 | Jérémy Huguenin (Swi) Giant Swiss SR-Suntour | 0:08:30 |
13 | Severin Disch (Swi) Thömus Racing Team | 0:09:10 |
14 | Balz Weber (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | 0:10:01 |
15 | Reto Indergand (Swi) MTB Kader Zentralschweiz/IG RS Uri | 0:10:55 |
16 | Martino Fruet (Ita) L'Arcobaleno Carraro | 0:11:23 |
17 | Sepp Freiburghaus (Swi) Thömus Racing Team | 0:12:07 |
18 | Dirk Peters (NZl) Santacruz Bicycles NZ | 0:13:35 |
19 | Pierre Geoffroy Plantet (Fra) Lapierre International | 0:14:45 |
-1lap | Giancarlo Sax (Swi) Thömus Racing Team | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Thibaut Bellanger (Fra) Team Veloroc Lapierre | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Daniel Eymann (Swi) Thömus Racing Team | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Matthias Rupp (Swi) Firebike-Drössiger | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Mirco Widmer (Swi) Giant Swiss SR-Suntour | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Tony Longo (Ita) TX-Active Bianchi | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Michael Wildhaber (Swi) Tower Sports-VC Eschenbach | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Marc Stutzmann (Swi) FreeMountain Scott/RSC Aaretal | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Silvio Büsser (Swi) BiXS - iXS Swiss Team | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Fabian Strecker (Ger) Lexware Racing Team | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Michael Crosbie (Aus) | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Cristian Cominelli (Ita) TX-Active Bianchi | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Samuel Shaw (NZl) Wildland Consultants | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Daniel Kaufmann (Swi) Haibike-Swiss IT Repair MTB | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Tobias Hollenstein (Swi) bischibikes/internetstore.ch | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Benjamin Büchi (Swi) GS Domaine du Frigoulet | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Skyler Trujillo (USA) USA National MTB Team | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Christian Bickel (Swi) Soltop / RV Winterthur | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Rick Reimann (Swi) JB Felt Team | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Carl Jones (NZl) Bergamont NZ | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Nicolas Samparisi (Ita) Garda Sport ASD | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Mike Schuler (Swi) MTB Kader Zentralschweiz | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Kevin Kane (USA) USA National MTB Team | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Matthias Lauk (Swi) Zollinger Sport - BH Bike | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Zachary Keller (USA) USA National MTB Team | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Kyle Ward (Aus) Australian National Team | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Shlomi Haimy (Isr) Focus MIG Team | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Emilien Barben (Swi) Zeta cycling club | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Julien Trarieux (Fra) GT Skoda Chamonix | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Pascal Meyer (Swi) Thömus Racing Team | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Trenton Day (Aus) DiscoverTasmania.com | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marcel Wildhaber (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Patrick Tresch (Swi) GU plus/thomik/VMC Silenen | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Fabian Obrist (Swi) Stevens/Zweiradsport.ch | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Pascal Schmutz (Swi) Goldwurst-Power-Trek | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tobias Reiser (Ger) Team Aktiv3/ Centurion | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Dumeni Vincenz (Swi) Thömus Racing Team | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Daniel Mcconnell (Aus) Anytime Fitness / Torq Nutrition | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Cameron Ivory (Aus) DiscoverTasmania.com | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Bryan Falaschi (Ita) Prof Raiffeisen | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Martin Fanger (Swi) Giant Swiss SR-Suntour | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Paul Van Der Ploeg (Aus) Felt Öztal X-Bionic | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Julien Taramarcaz (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lukas Loretz (Swi) Giant Swiss SR-Suntour | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lucien Besancon (Swi) Zollinger Sport/BH Bikes | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Peter O'donnell (USA) USA National MTB Team | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marc Metzler (Swi) Pink Gili Swiss RV | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Samuel Reichen (Swi) RC Gränichen | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Sarah Koba (Swi) Giant Swiss SR-Suntour | 1:39:19 |
2 | Katrin Leumann (Swi) Ghost Factory Racing Team | 0:01:59 |
3 | Alexandra Engen (Swe) Team Rothaus Poison-Bikes / Hochschwarzwald | 0:02:28 |
4 | Cécile Ravanel (Fra) GT Skoda Chamonix | 0:02:40 |
5 | Marielle Saner-Guinchard (Swi) BikePark.ch/Scott | 0:02:54 |
6 | Hanna Klein (Ger) Team Rothaus Poison-Bikes / Hochschwarzwald | 0:02:59 |
7 | Sabrina Enaux (Fra) Felt Öztal X-Bionic | 0:03:49 |
8 | Fabienne Niederberger (Swi) Scott | 0:08:13 |
9 | Maria Osl (Aut) Fischer-BMC | 0:08:41 |
10 | Samara Sheppard (NZl) Wheeler iXS Pro Team | 0:09:06 |
11 | Åsa Erlandsson (Swe) Cube-Biketoyz | 0:11:08 |
12 | Sabrina Maurer (Swi) bsk Graf | 0:12:02 |
13 | Mona Eiberweiser (Ger) Ghost Factory Racing Team | 0:13:20 |
14 | Tanja Starkermann (Swi) Fischer Junior MTB Team | 0:13:42 |
15 | Katherine O'neill (NZl) Bergamont NZ | 0:14:22 |
16 | Mélanie Gay (Swi) Zeta Cycling Club | 0:16:16 |
17 | Marina Giger (Swi) Tower Sports-VC Eschenbach | 0:17:08 |
-1lap | Franziska Ebinger (Swi) Radsport Lafranchi Madiswil | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Caitlin De Wet (RSA) Bizhub Ladies Team | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Déborah Motsch (Fra) Véloroc Lapierre | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Celine Ernst (Swi) Stöckli Shop Team Kloten | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rebecca Henderson (Aus) Crowne Plaza/bechenderson.com.au | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kathrin Stirnemann (Swi) Central Haibike ProTeam | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lorraine Truong (Swi) Team Prof Raiffeisen/ccl | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Maxime Urruty (Fra) scott les saisies | 1:15:01 |
2 | Andri Frischknecht (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing | 0:00:04 |
3 | Dominic Zumstein (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing | 0:00:32 |
4 | Christian Pfäffle (Ger) Team Rothaus Poison-Bikes /Hochschwarzwald | 0:01:49 |
5 | Enea Vetsch (Swi) Rv Altenrhein/ Bsk-Graf | 0:02:08 |
6 | Tobias Spescha (Swi) Imholz Bike Racing | 0:02:57 |
7 | Bryan Allemann (Swi) CC Moutier / L'Alex Moos | 0:03:39 |
8 | Mathieu Chaussepied (Fra) Vélo Club La Pomme Marseille | 0:03:43 |
9 | Christopher Platt (Ger) AMC Rodheim Bieber | 0:04:22 |
10 | Yannik Brischle (Ger) JB Felt Team | 0:04:46 |
11 | Martin Frey (Ger) GHOST Racing Team | 0:04:59 |
12 | Dylan Page (Swi) Dom Cycle-Merida | 0:05:14 |
13 | Jonas Loretz (Swi) Thömus Racing Team | 0:05:29 |
14 | Joel Koller (Swi) Tower Sports-VC Eschenbach | 0:05:56 |
15 | Lorenzo Samparisi (Ita) Garda Sport ASD | 0:06:00 |
16 | Simon Schilli (Ger) JB Felt Team | 0:06:34 |
17 | Marcel Guerrini (Swi) Focus MIG Team | 0:06:41 |
18 | Nick Albrecht (Swi) Race Team - RV Stadt Winterthur | 0:07:00 |
19 | Silvan Kälin (Swi) MTB Kader Zentralschweiz | 0:07:07 |
20 | Alessandro Giacomo Repetti (Ita) Infotre / Bi&Esse / Leecougan | 0:07:23 |
21 | Daniel Zugg (Aut) Intersport Racing Team | 0:07:30 |
22 | Maurus Dürr (Swi) RV Buchs - Merida Liechtenstein | 0:07:46 |
23 | Patrik Koller (Swi) | 0:07:50 |
24 | Dominik Risi (Swi) MTB Kader Zentralschweiz | 0:07:53 |
25 | Rico Von Burg (Swi) Thömus Racing Team | 0:08:21 |
26 | Niculin Just (Swi) biketeam.gr | 0:08:28 |
27 | Heiko Hog (Ger) Team Rothaus Poison-Bikes / Hochschwarzwald | 0:08:51 |
28 | Tobias Schraner (Swi) Fischer-BMC | 0:08:54 |
29 | Ulisse Fieschi (Swi) VC Bellinzona | 0:08:57 |
30 | Joël Haubensak (Swi) JB Felt Team | 0:08:57 |
31 | Yann Rausis (Swi) Happy sport Vallée du Trient | 0:09:09 |
32 | Stefano Giuseppe Valdrighi (Ita) Infotre / Bi&Esse / Leecougan | 0:10:04 |
33 | Jan Gafner (Swi) Raiffeisen/Bike Club Spiez | 0:10:04 |
34 | Sebastian Egger (Swi) Bike Sport Simplon/VC International | 0:10:06 |
35 | Sylvain Engelmann (Swi) Alouettes.ch/VCTramelan | 0:10:45 |
36 | Florian Suter (Swi) Fischer Junior MTB Team | 0:11:10 |
37 | Manuel Boog (Swi) Tower Sports-VC Eschenbach | 0:12:02 |
38 | Henrik Grobert (Ger) SV Kirchzarten | 0:12:13 |
39 | Roman Gisler (Swi) MTB Kader Zentralschweiz/IG RS Uri | 0:12:59 |
40 | Kilian Oertli (Swi) Team Gaetzi/RMC Gossau | 0:13:21 |
-1lap | Silvan Gisler (Swi) VMC Silenen/IG Radsport Uri | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Cirl Spescha (Swi) biketeam.gr | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Nicolas Allenspach (Swi) Koba Team / RV Buchs | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Kilian Badrutt (Swi) biketeam.gr | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Fabian Bucher (Swi) Merida-Suisse-Team | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Romain Corti (Swi) Texner BMC Groupe Mutuel | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Tobias Gees (Swi) Bergamont Swiss Team | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Dominik Marti (Swi) Bluecycle Racing/RC Gränichen | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Alex Stefanides (Swi) RC Gränichen | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Yannik Michel (Swi) Thömus Racing Team | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Samuel Schwendener (Swi) Koba | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Roger Jenny (Swi) Merida-Suisse-Team | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Romain Bannwart (Swi) Prof Raiffeisen CCL | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Felix Huschle (Ger) RSV Staubwolke Haslach | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jan Fergg (Swi) Bluecycle Racing/VMC Hägglingen | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Valentin Berset (Swi) | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Isak Jonsson (Swe) DOM cycle- Merida | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tobias Bremser (Ger) Team Merida Schulte | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Johanna Techt (Ger) Ghost Factory Racing Team | 1:10:36 |
2 | Andrea Waldis (Swi) GU plus/ thomy k/ VC Gersau | 0:07:35 |
3 | Ramona Forchini (Swi) MTB Kader Zentralschweiz | 0:09:04 |
4 | Eliane Müggler (Swi) Signer Felt / RV Altenrhein | 0:10:08 |
5 | Deborah Inauen (Swi) Danis Bike/RMC Appenzell | 0:10:48 |
6 | Romaine Wenger (Swi) Thömus Racing Team | 0:11:36 |
7 | Jil Saxer (Swi) Fischer Junior MTB Team | 0:14:18 |
8 | Arianna Cusini (Ita) Melavì Tirano Bike | 0:17:35 |
-1lap | Jennifer Kupferschmied (Swi) Bike Club Spiez / Velo Schneiter Thun | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Fabienne Andres (Swi) Cannondale Küttel Team/ VMC Hägglingen | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marine Strappazzon (Fra) Scott le Saises | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lena Wehrle (Ger) Team Rothaus Poison-Bikes / Hochschwarzwald | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Matthias Allenspach (Swi) Tower Sports-VC Eschenbach | 1:15:22 |
2 | Kevin Krieg (Swi) JB Felt Team | 0:00:10 |
3 | Andreas Zünd (Swi) Pink Gili Swiss | 0:01:13 |
4 | Claude Koster (Swi) Bergamont Swiss Team | 0:01:55 |
5 | Guillaume Payot (Swi) MACS Frenetic Bernasconi | 0:02:28 |
6 | Markus Bless (Swi) Tower Sports-VC Eschenbach | 0:02:47 |
7 | Adrian Sauer (Ger) SC Hausach Neumayer Tekfor | 0:02:58 |
8 | Sebastian Ostertag (Swi) VC Wädenswil/velo-reichmuth.ch | 0:03:06 |
9 | Gustav Wildhaber (Swi) Zaboo proteam/Raiffeisen | 0:03:54 |
10 | Sandro Soncin (Swi) Zollinger Sport - BH Bikes | 0:03:56 |
11 | Patrick Hediger (Swi) RV Merishausen/Russenberger Velosport | 0:04:51 |
12 | Sandro Kessler (Swi) biketeam.gr | 0:05:14 |
13 | Ronny Koller (Swi) bischibikes/internetstore.ch | 0:05:30 |
14 | Joel Graf (Swi) Team bischibikes/internetstore.ch | 0:05:31 |
15 | Adrian Berger (Swi) Rennshop.ch / Cannondale | 0:05:35 |
16 | Stefan Peter (Swi) MTB Kader Zentralschweiz | 0:06:08 |
17 | Stefan Braun (Ger) SC Hausach/ Neumayer Tekfor | 0:06:08 |
18 | Michael Frei (Swi) Velo Franz- Focus | 0:06:10 |
19 | Fabian Paumann (Swi) Merida-Suisse-Team | 0:06:42 |
20 | Marcel Knecht (Swi) zaboo pro team29 | 0:06:43 |
21 | David Baumann (Swi) BH Bikes - Zollinger Sport | 0:06:59 |
22 | Jan Schär (Swi) Thömus Racing Team | 0:07:05 |
23 | Claudio Andenmatten (Swi) Merida-Suisse-Team | 0:07:23 |
24 | Severin Sägesser (Swi) Fischer Junior MTB Team | 0:07:36 |
25 | Jeremias Marti (Swi) MTB Kader Zentralschweiz | 0:07:57 |
26 | Gerhard Kaufmann (Aut) Kraftstoff MP-Team | 0:08:22 |
27 | Thomas Weber (Swi) biketeam.gr | 0:08:24 |
28 | Thomas Schmid (Swi) bsk-graf | 0:09:58 |
29 | Mauro Carabotti (Swi) Alouettes.ch / C.C. Moutier | 0:10:25 |
30 | Nico Tambarikas (Swi) Lindi-Bike Race Team | 0:10:41 |
31 | Brian Brog (Swi) Free-Mountain Scott | 0:10:56 |
32 | Julien Oppliger (Swi) Bergamont Swiss Team | 0:11:09 |
33 | Virgile Stiedel (Fra) Evolution VTT Saint Dié | 0:11:51 |
34 | Ronny Riedel (Ger) RSG 52 Stollberg | 0:13:00 |
35 | Luca Formoso (Swi) Cycle-Shop / RV Winterthur | 0:15:07 |
-1lap | Johannes Közle (Ger) Team Cmtb | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Mirco Zürcher (Swi) BSK-Graf | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Benno Heussi (Swi) GU - Plus / thomyk Team | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Silvan Casutt (Swi) biketeam.gr | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Roger Walder (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Benoît Grelier (Fra) Scott | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Daniel Waibel (Ger) Team CMTB | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marc Schärli (Swi) Fischer BMC | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kevin Georges (Swi) Texner BMC Groupe Mutuel | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Michael Wicki (Swi) Team bischibikes / internetstore.ch | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
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