Gaze claims U23 Men's XC World Championship
Koretzky, Guerrini round out podium
New Zealand's Samuel Gaze continues his domination of the Under-23 men's category this season, adding the world title on Saturday to his two World Cup wins, at the 2016 Mountain Bike World Championships in Nove Mesto na Morave, Czech Republic. Victor Koretzky (France), who was a member of the winning French squad in the Team Relay took second, with Marcel Guerrini (Switzerland) finishing third to complete the podium.
Five riders took the lead on the start lap - Gaze, Koretzky, Guerrini, Titouan Carod (France) and Simon Andreassen (Denmark). The Danish rider was dropped by the second lap, and Carod was starting to come adrift on the steep climbs each lap.
Gaze attacked on the fourth lap, on the longest climb, immediately opening a gap on Koretzky and Guerrini. By the end of the lap, and starting the final lap, Gaze was 24 seconds clear and continue to extend his lead to finish 50 seconds ahead of Koretzky, with Guerrini a further 14 seconds behind.
"I knew Victor was the one I had to watch," said Gaze. "I tried to stay relaxed and wait until the right moment to attack. This is incredible; I have always dreamed of winning the world championship, and now it has happened. It's crazy."
Full results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Samuel Gaze (New Zealand) | 1:17:57 |
2 | Victor Koretzky (France) | 0:00:50 |
3 | Marcel Guerrini (Switzerland) | 0:01:04 |
4 | Georg Egger (Germany) | 0:01:52 |
5 | Arnis Petersons (Latvia) | 0:02:03 |
6 | Titouan Carod (France) | 0:02:28 |
7 | Ben Zwiehoff (Germany) | 0:02:30 |
8 | Milan Vader (Netherlands) | 0:03:35 |
9 | Lukas Baum (Germany) | 0:03:37 |
10 | Kevin Panhuyzen (Belgium) | 0:03:39 |
11 | Antoine Bouqueret (France) | 0:03:56 |
12 | Andri Frischknecht (Switzerland) | 0:04:00 |
13 | Martins Blums (Latvia) | 0:04:41 |
14 | Sasu Halme (Finland) | 0:04:55 |
15 | Gioele Bertolini (Italy) | 0:05:10 |
16 | Simon Andreassen (Denmark) | 0:05:26 |
17 | Alan Hatherly (South Africa) | 0:05:30 |
18 | Goncalo Duarte Amado (Portugal) | 0:05:41 |
19 | Matej Prudek (Czech Republic) | 0:05:47 |
20 | Scott Bowden (Australia) | 0:05:48 |
21 | Manuel Fasnacht (Switzerland) | 0:05:59 |
22 | Romain Seigle (France) | 0:06:07 |
23 | Marton Dina (Hungary) | 0:06:08 |
24 | Sebastian Carstensen Fini (Denmark) | 0:06:10 |
25 | Jan Vastl (Czech Republic) | 0:06:31 |
26 | Jonas Lindberg (Denmark) | 0:06:41 |
27 | Max Foidl (Austria) | 0:06:42 |
28 | Maximilian Brandl (Germany) | 0:07:04 |
29 | Jose Pedro Dias (Portugal) | 0:07:11 |
30 | David Nordeman (Netherlands) | 0:07:16 |
31 | Stefano Valdrighi (Italy) | 0:07:26 |
32 | Iain Paton (Great Britain) | 0:07:34 |
33 | Felix Ritzinger (Austria) | 0:07:35 |
34 | Petter Fagerhaug (Norway) | 0:07:37 |
35 | Ben Oliver (New Zealand) | 0:07:47 |
36 | Marc Andre Fortier (Canada) | 0:08:00 |
37 | Keegan Swenson (United States Of America) | 0:08:05 |
38 | Luca Schwarzbauer (Germany) | 0:08:10 |
39 | Jack Compton (New Zealand) | 0:08:11 |
40 | Peteris Janevics (Latvia) | 0:08:14 |
41 | Peter Disera (Canada) | 0:08:20 |
42 | Marceli Boguslawski (Poland) | 0:08:26 |
43 | Jan Rajchart (Czech Republic) | 0:08:27 |
44 | Arsentii Vavilov (Russian Federation) | 0:08:41 |
45 | Niels Rasmussen (Denmark) | 0:08:47 |
46 | Jakub Zamrozniak (Poland) | 0:08:49 |
47 | Josep Duran Reig (Spain) | 0:08:50 |
48 | Andrin Beeli (Switzerland) | 0:08:55 |
49 | Simon Vitzthum (Switzerland) | 0:09:12 |
50 | Raphael Gay (France) | 0:09:14 |
51 | Jonathan Josue Meija Gonzalez (Venezuela) | 0:09:36 |
52 | Marc-Antoine Nadon (Canada) | 0:09:42 |
53 | Bieken Nazaerbieke (People's Republic of China) | 0:09:45 |
54 | Filippo Colombo (Switzerland) | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Gonzalo Artal Lokman (Argentina) | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Vlad Dascalu (Romania) | 0:10:03 |
57 | Anders Bregnhoj (Denmark) | 0:10:21 |
58 | Guy Niv (Israel) | 0:10:44 |
59 | Ruslan Boredskiy (Russian Federation) | 0:10:47 |
60 | Reece Tucknott (Australia) | 0:10:49 |
61 | Lukas Kobes (Czech Republic) | 0:11:41 |
62 | Denis Fumarola (Italy) | 0:12:14 |
63 | Diego Solano (Costa Rica) | 0:12:16 |
64 | Jose Gerardo Ulloa (Mexico) | 0:12:34 |
65 | Martin Stosek (Czech Republic) | 0:12:40 |
66 | Gregor Krajnc (Slovenia) | 0:13:09 |
67 | Guy Sessler (Israel) | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Alexandre Vialle (Canada) | 0:13:57 |
69 | Craig Oliver (New Zealand) | 0:14:48 |
70 | Rok Naglic (Slovenia) | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Volodymyr Kozlovskyy (Ukraine) | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Martin Gallardo (Argentina) | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Ari Hirabayashi (Japan) | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Matej Ulik (Slovakia) | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Kohei Maeda (Japan) | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Jakub Kurty (Slovakia) | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Aleksandar Roman (Serbia) | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Jodok Salzmann (Austria) | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Jose Luciano Martinez Ronconi (Argentina) | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Komborero Bere (Zimbabwe) | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | James Curry (Ireland) | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Tomas Salak (Slovakia) | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Stepan Schubert (Czech Republic) | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
84 | Tristan De Lange (Namibia) | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
85 | Ondrej Glajza (Slovakia) | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
86 | Kostiantyn Prykhodko (Ukraine) | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
87 | Matija Mestric (Croatia) | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
88 | Nicolas Patricio Delich Pardo (Chile) | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
89 | Alen Tomasev (Croatia) | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
90 | Ede-Karoly Molnar (Romania) | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
91 | Sergey Kovalchuk (Kazakhstan) | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
92 | Shakir Adilov (Kazakhstan) | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
93 | Artem Shevtsov (Ukraine) | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
94 | Kirill Smirnov (Russian Federation) | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
95 | Ricardo Ernesto Colque Dominguez (Argentina) | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
96 | Dmytro Tsvetov (Ukraine) | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
97 | Tasman Nankervis (Australia) | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nadir Colledani (Italy) | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Martin Setterberg (Sweden) | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ainur Akhmetov (Russian Federation) | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Oleksandr Konyaev (Ukraine) | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Filip Helta (Poland) | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Emil Linde (Sweden) | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Toki Sawada (Japan) | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
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