UCI MTB World Championships: Finn Treudler takes home victory for Switzerland in U23 XCO

CRANS-MONTANA, SWITZERLAND - SEPTEMBER 13: Finn Treudler of Switzerland wins the U23 Men Cross Country Race during the UCI Mountain Bike World Championship Valais 2025 on September 13, 2025 in Crans-Montana, Switzerland. (Photo by Billy Ceusters/Getty Images)
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Finn Treudler (Switzerland) won the gold medal in the men's Under-23 Cross-country Olympic race at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships on Saturday. The 22-year-old put local spectators into a frenzy with a dominant performance. Canadian Cole Punchard finished second, 54 seconds behind, while Denmark's Gustav Pedersen (21) secured the bronze medal, 2:14 minutes behind. The biggest mover of the day was Denmark's Mikkle Lose, who moved from 28th position to finish fifth. Rens Teunissen van Manen (Netherlands), ranked second overall in the men's U23 XCO World Cup standings, finished sixth.

A field of 83 riders took the start on the Crans Montana course prior to the XCO race for elite women. Adrien Boichis (France) took the early lead, then Punchard took over after the second lap. Across the next half lap, Treudler took charge.

Results

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U23 Men's XCO result

Position

Rider (Nation)

Time Gap

1

Finn Treudler (Switzerland)

1:20:25

2

Cole Punchard (Canada)

+0:54

3

Gustav Pedersen (Denmark)

+2:14

4

Paul Schehl (Germany)

+2:34

5

Mikkel Lose (Denmark)

+2:43

6

Rens Teunissen van Manen (Netherlands)

+2:44

7

Sivert Ekroll (Norway)

+2:55

8

Adrien Boichis (France)

+3:12

9

Nael Rouffiac (France)

+3:35

10

Khalid Sidahmed (Switzerland)

+3:52

11

Thibaut Francois Baudry (Spain)

+3:56

12

Nikolaj Hougs (Denmark)

+3:58

13

Maxime Lhomme (Switzerland)

+4:31

14

Nicolas Halter (Switzerland)

+4:35

15

Massimiliano Ambrosi (South Africa)

+4:36

16

Oleksandr Hudyma (Ukraine)

+4:55

17

Fabian Eder (Germany)

+4:59

18

Matteo Siffredi (Italy)

+4:59

19

Ian Ackert (Canada)

+5:03

20

Ivan Sippy (United States)

+5:05

21

Alejandro Garcia Vazquez (Spain)

+5:05

22

Daniel English (United States)

+5:14

23

Zorak Paille (Canada)

+5:21

24

Leo Lounela (Sweden)

+5:43

25

William Handley (Norway)

+5:50

26

Julius Scherrer (Austria)

+5:51

27

Chris van Dijk (Netherlands)

+5:57

28

Owen Clark (Canada)

+6:06

29

Felix Sprenger (Liechtenstein)

+6:09

30

Fabio Bassignana (Italy)

+6:11

31

Giulio Peruzzo (Italy)

+6:18

32

Nils Johansson (Sweden)

+6:24

33

Hugo Franco Gallego (Spain)

+6:34

34

Jack Spranger (United States)

+6:35

35

Marius Aune (Norway)

+6:35

36

Francesc Barber Arguimbau (Spain)

+6:36

37

Tom Schellekens (Netherlands)

+6:38

38

Loris Hattenschwiler (Switzerland)

+7:13

39

Sigurd Stubberud (Norway)

+7:19

40

Alix Andre Gallis (France)

+7:30

41

Corran Carrick-Anderson (Great Britain)

+8:03

42

Benjamin Kruger (Germany)

+8:26

43

Elian Paccagnella (Italy)

-1LAP

44

Freek Bouten (Netherlands)

-1LAP

45

Brajan Swider (Poland)

-1LAP

46

Nicolas Reynoso (Argentina)

-1LAP

47

Sondre Rokke (Norway)

-1LAP

48

Ondřej Novotny (Czech Republic)

-1LAP

49

Vince Daniel Kiss (Hungary)

-1LAP

50

Birk Strand Ronnestad (Norway)

-1LAP

51

Ethan Rose (New Zealand)

-1LAP

52

Edvin Elofsson (Sweden)

-1LAP

53

Luca Ruwiel (South Africa)

-1LAP

54

Eiki Yamauchi Leoncio (Brazil)

-2LAP

55

Antonio Gomez Ortiz (Colombia)

-2LAP

56

Martin E Farstadvoll (Norway)

-2LAP

57

Ernest Roets (South Africa)

-2LAP

58

Maxime St Onge (Canada)

-2LAP

59

Patrik Černy (Czech Republic)

-2LAP

60

Harry Doye (Australia)

-2LAP

61

Ignatius du Preez (South Africa)

-2LAP

62

Victor Aron-Alexandru (Romania)

-2LAP

63

Filip Utranker (Slovenia)

-2LAP

64

Vinicius Howe (Brazil)

-2LAP

65

Max Greensill (Great Britain)

-2LAP

66

Nathan Cornillon (France)

-2LAP

67

Romano Puntener (Liechtenstein)

-3LAP

68

Alexandru Ilie-Andrei (Romania)

-3LAP

69

František Hojka (Czech Republic)

-3LAP

70

Coen Nicol (New Zealand)

-3LAP

71

Blaz Kavcic (Slovenia)

-3LAP

72

Antoine Jamin (Belgium)

-3LAP

73

Nils Daniel Gutierrez Guzman (Mexico)

-3LAP

74

Tomer Caspi (Israel)

-3LAP

75

Johan Gomez Tobon (Colombia)

-3LAP

76

Tomaš Moňok (Slovakia)

-3LAP

77

Roger Turne Marinello (Andorra)

-3LAP

78

Alex Andres Pabon Bastidas (Colombia)

-4LAP

79

Volodymyr Obukhivskyi (Ukraine)

-4LAP

80

Eismar Raul Rodriguez Aguado (Mexico)

-4LAP

81

Parham Shahsavari (Refugee Team)

-5LAP

DNF

Joao Cruz (Portugal)

DNF

DNF

Joel Dodds (Australia)

DNF

DNS

Jack Ward (Australia)

DNS

Jackie Tyson
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Jackie has been involved in professional sports for more than 30 years in news reporting, sports marketing and public relations. She founded Peloton Sports in 1998, a sports marketing and public relations agency, which managed projects for Tour de Georgia, Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah and USA Cycling. She also founded Bike Alpharetta Inc, a Georgia non-profit to promote safe cycling. She is proud to have worked in professional baseball for six years - from selling advertising to pulling the tarp for several minor league teams. She has climbed l'Alpe d'Huez three times (not fast). Her favorite road and gravel rides are around horse farms in north Georgia (USA) and around lavender fields in Provence (France), and some mtb rides in Park City, Utah (USA).

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