Hatherly, Keller claim U23 World titles
By Cycling News
South African tops Bevin, Switzerland 1-2 with Frei
U23 Women
Host nation Switzerland took their third title in three days at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships on Friday in Lenzerheide. Swiss teammates Alessandra Keller and Sina Frei finished 1-2 before a cheering crowd.
Switzerland was favoured for the women's race and they did not disappoint, with defending champion Frei and Keller riding away from the rest of the field on the first lap. The pair rode together until the third lap when Keller attacked, opening a 38 second gap by the end of the lap and extending it to 1:22 by the finish. Frei rode the rest of the race in second, holding off a late effort by Marika Tovo of Italy to make it a 1-2 finish for the Swiss. This is the third gold medal for the host nation in five events contested so far. "
There are no words," said Keller, "the crowd was amazing, cheering for me - it was so loud. It's a big dream to win this title, I was unlucky last year with a crash, and I was sick at Europeans [Championships], so this is a dream come true."
U23 Men
South Africa became the third nation at the 2018 Mountain Bike World Championships to win a rainbow jersey in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, with a dominating performance by Alan Hatherly, last year's silver medalist. Hatherly follows in the footsteps of the late Burry Stander, who became South Africa's first XCO world champion as a U23 rider in 2009.
The men's race saw a group of ten form at the front on the first lap, including Hatherly, World Cup champion Petter Fagerhaug (Norway), Christopher Blevins (USA) and David Nordemann (Netherlands). Hatherly was the most aggressive, and by the third lap only Blevins was still with him. The pair rode together for the remainder of the race, with Hatherly finally dropping Blevins in the last half lap to solo in for the win, 27 seconds ahead of the American. Nordemann took third.
"I had a taste of victory at Mont-Ste-Anne [World Cup] about a month ago," said Hatherly, "and since then I've just been preparing. I knew the possibility of winning was quite good, so it was a matter of making sure the final preparations were perfect. It's pretty unbelievable; these aren't the sort of conditions we get in South Africa, and at altitude where I normally struggle. A dream come true. I knew Chris has a pretty good kick from his road racing, so the last thing I wanted was for it to come down to a sprint. So on the last lap I just wound it up and kept my head down the whole way."
Full Resulta
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Alan Hatherly (South Africa) | 1:21:22 |
2 | Christopher Blevins (United States Of America) | 0:00:27 |
3 | David Nordemann (Netherlands) | 0:01:05 |
4 | Petter Fagerhaug (Norway) | 0:01:24 |
5 | Jonas Lindberg (Denmark) | 0:01:28 |
6 | Vital Albin (Switzerland) | 0:01:47 |
7 | Jofre Cullell Estape (Spain) | 0:01:53 |
8 | Simon Andreassen (Denmark) | 0:02:00 |
9 | Antoine Philipp (France) | 0:02:18 |
10 | Luca Schwarzbauer (Germany) | 0:02:36 |
11 | Jose Gerardo Ulloa Arevalo (Mexico) | 0:02:38 |
12 | Márton Dina (Hungary) | 0:02:49 |
13 | Noah Blöchlinger (Switzerland) | 0:02:50 |
14 | Sean Fincham (Canada) | 0:03:09 |
15 | Martin Emil Siggerud (Norway) | 0:03:20 |
16 | Filippo Colombo (Switzerland) | 0:03:32 |
17 | Ben Oliver (New Zealand) | 0:03:35 |
18 | Thomas Bonnet (France) | 0:03:59 |
19 | Erik Hægstad (Norway) | 0:04:11 |
20 | Marc Andre Fortier (Canada) | 0:04:16 |
21 | Marc Bouwmeester (Netherlands) | 0:04:22 |
22 | Vlad Dascalu (Romania) | |
23 | Eden Cruise (New Zealand) | 0:04:37 |
24 | Pierre De Froidmont (Belgium) | 0:04:55 |
25 | Milan Vader (Netherlands) | 0:04:57 |
26 | Niklas Schehl (Germany) | 0:05:14 |
27 | Quinton Disera (Canada) | 0:05:16 |
28 | Matej Prudek (Czech Republic) | 0:05:22 |
29 | Emil Hedlund (Sweden) | 0:05:39 |
30 | Attila Valter (Hungary) | 0:05:45 |
31 | Joel Roth (Switzerland) | 0:05:51 |
32 | Raphael Auclair (Canada) | 0:05:54 |
33 | Simon Schneller (Germany) | 0:05:56 |
34 | Neïlo Perrin Ganier (France) | 0:06:02 |
35 | Gunnar Holmgren (Canada) | 0:06:03 |
36 | Juri Zanotti (Italy) | 0:06:52 |
37 | Jakub Zamrozniak (Poland) | 0:07:13 |
38 | Joshua Dubau (France) | 0:07:31 |
39 | Joris Ryf (Switzerland) | 0:07:34 |
40 | Tobias Johannessen (Norway) | |
41 | Julian Jessop (South Africa) | 0:07:43 |
42 | Lukáš Kobes (Czech Republic) | |
43 | Jerry Dufour (United States Of America) | 0:07:49 |
44 | Rok Naglic (Slovenia) | 0:08:04 |
45 | Alessio Agostinelli (Italy) | 0:08:13 |
46 | Filip Helta (Poland) | 0:08:29 |
47 | Ivan Filatov (Russian Federation) | 0:08:36 |
48 | Jaromír Skála (Czech Republic) | 0:08:41 |
49 | Ramon Lauener (Switzerland) | 0:08:47 |
50 | Sandy Floren (United States Of America) | 0:09:02 |
51 | Alessandro Saravalle (Italy) | 0:09:04 |
52 | Carson Beckett (United States Of America) | 0:11:37 |
53 | Tomer Zaltsman (Israel) | |
54 | Cameron Orr (Great Britain) | |
55 | Axel Zingle (France) | |
56 | Callum Carson (Australia) | |
57 | Volodymyr Kozlovskyy (Ukraine) | |
58 | Sasu Halme (Finland) | |
59 | Alessandro Naspi (Italy) | |
60 | Guy Leshem (Israel) | |
61 | Cole Paton (United States Of America) | |
62 | Frazer Clacherty (Great Britain) | |
63 | Arsentii Vavilov (Russian Federation) | |
64 | Reece Tucknott (Australia) | |
65 | Nicolas Patricio Delich Pardo (Chile) | |
66 | Zsombor Palumby (Hungary) | |
67 | Fernando Contreras (Argentina) | |
68 | Ori Leonzini (Israel) | |
69 | Jhon Fredy Garzon Gonzalez (Colombia) | |
70 | Michael Harris (Australia) | |
71 | Tristan De Lange (Namibia) | |
72 | Tomasz Budzinski (Poland) | |
73 | Moritz Bscherer (Austria) | |
74 | Tom Reho (Ukraine) | |
75 | Alex Lack (Australia) | |
76 | Pavel Lunde (Russian Federation) | |
77 | Marcin Budzinski (Poland) | |
78 | Jorge Gomez Mora (Spain) | |
79 | Filip Sklenarik (Slovakia) | |
80 | Pavlo Lukan (Ukraine) | |
81 | Habouria Maher (Tunisia) | |
82 | Matija Meštric (Croatia) | |
83 | Amando Martinez Galvan (Mexico) | |
84 | Joaquin Plomer (Argentina) | |
85 | Luke Brame (Australia) | |
86 | Riki Kitabayashi (Japan) | |
87 | Aleksandar Roman (Serbia) | |
88 | Brent Rees (Australia) | |
89 | Cristobal Omar Gonzalez Cornejo (Chile) | |
90 | Ari Hirabayashi (Japan) | |
91 | Tumelo Makae LES | |
92 | Yuki Kobayashi (Japan) | |
93 | Josip Meštric (Croatia) | |
DNF | Josep Duran Reig (Spain) | |
DNF | Maximilian Brandl (Germany) | |
DNF | Gonzalo Artal Lokman (Argentina) | |
DNF | Joel Ramirez Miranda (Mexico) |
Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Alessandra Keller (Switzerland) | 1:22:53 |
2 | Sina Frei (Switzerland) | 0:01:22 |
3 | Marika Tovo (Italy) | 0:01:40 |
4 | Ronja Eibl (Germany) | 0:02:32 |
5 | Caroline Bohé (Denmark) | 0:03:25 |
6 | Sophie Von Berswordt (Netherlands) | 0:04:00 |
7 | Rocio Del Alba Garcia Martinez (Spain) | 0:04:26 |
8 | Malene Degn (Denmark) | 0:05:16 |
9 | Nicole Koller (Switzerland) | 0:05:21 |
10 | Loana Lecomte (France) | 0:05:36 |
11 | Lucie Urruty (France) | 0:06:51 |
12 | Haley Batten (United States Of America) | 0:07:03 |
13 | Savilia Blunk (United States Of America) | 0:07:20 |
14 | Chiara Teocchi (Italy) | 0:07:33 |
15 | Martina Berta (Italy) | 0:07:36 |
16 | Giorgia Marchet (Italy) | 0:07:47 |
17 | Aline Seitz (Switzerland) | 0:07:48 |
18 | Antonia Daubermann (Germany) | 0:08:08 |
19 | Felicitas Geiger (Germany) | 0:09:01 |
20 | Emily Unterberger (Canada) | 0:10:24 |
21 | Laurie Arseneault (Canada) | 0:10:48 |
22 | Gwendalyn Gibson (United States Of America) | 0:11:21 |
23 | Nadja Heigl (Austria) | 0:11:50 |
24 | Anna Spielmann (Austria) | 0:12:13 |
25 | Isla Short (Great Britain) | |
26 | Leidy Johana Mera Cadena (Colombia) | |
27 | Mackenzie Myatt (Canada) | |
28 | Kristina Ilina (Russian Federation) | |
29 | Jana Czeczinkarová (Czech Republic) | |
30 | Ramona Kupferschmied (Switzerland) | |
31 | Erika Monserrath Rodriguez Suarez (Mexico) | |
32 | Lisa Pasteiner (Austria) | |
33 | Corina Druml (Austria) | |
34 | Lena Mettraux (Switzerland) | |
35 | Leonie Daubermann (Germany) | |
36 | Ida Jansson (Sweden) | |
37 | Regina Schmidel (Hungary) | |
38 | Emeline Detilleux (Belgium) | |
39 | Marta Branco (Portugal) | |
40 | Lara Krähemann (Switzerland) | |
41 | Megan Williams (Australia) | |
42 | Juliette Tetreault (Canada) | |
43 | Patrycja Swierczynska (Poland) | |
44 | Warinothorn Phetpraphan (Thailand) | |
45 | Viktoria Kirsanova (Russian Federation) | |
46 | Maria Sherstiuk (Ukraine) | |
47 | Natalie Panyawan (Thailand) | |
48 | Sarah Tucknott (Australia) | |
49 | Matshidiso Bakang Ebudilwe BOT | |
DNF | Charlotte Culver (Australia) | |
DNF | Evie Richards (Great Britain) | |
DNS | Gabriela Wojtyla (Poland) |
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