Flueckiger tops Van der Poel in Albstadt

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Sarrou rounds out podium

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Mathias Flueckiger (Thömus-RN Racing Team)(Image credit: Rob Jones)

Mathias Flueckiger (Thomus RN Swiss Bike) took the second World Cup win of his career in Albstadt, Germany, on Sunday, flying through the rain and mud that everyone else struggled with.

The men's race began with light rain, that turned into a deluge for nearly 30 minutes mid-race, before the sun came out for the final lap and a half. World champion Nino Schurter (Scott-SRAM) and his usual rival, short track winner Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon Circus) took the lead on the start loop, but van der Poel then struggled for the next lap and a half, dropping back as far as 12th. Schurter was joined at the front by Flueckiger, Jordan Sarrou (Absolute-Absalon), Florian Vogel (KMC-Ekoi-Orbea) and Henrique Avancini (Cannondale Factory), but the group was quickly whittled down to Schurter, Flueckiger and Sarrou by Lap 3.

A lap later, and Flueckiger was off on his own in front, while the others struggled in the slippery mud. Van der Poel was recovering quickly, moving up to third behind Sarrou while Schurter was uncharacteristically falling back to eventually finish sixth. Flueckiger rolled in for the second World Cup win of his career, while van der Poel caught Sarrou in the final half lap to take second. Van der Poel keeps the World Cup jersey with 325 points, followed by Flueckiger with 305, and Schurter at 210.

"I just rode my own race," said Flueckiger. "I never had to go over my limit, just on the limit. And then I was in the lead and I had wings! I was just in a tunnel and riding to the finish line; in those conditions you just have to ride your own race."

"It was one of the most fun World Cups I've done so far," said van der Poel. "I said to my team that I was hoping for rain, so I was glad when it started pouring. It was a little bit stupid to follow Nino at the beginning and I blew the engine a little bit. It took me a few laps to get back on my pace. I got better and better, but unfortunately it was for second place."

Full Results

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#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Mathias Flueckiger (Swi)1:23:54
2Mathieu Van Der Poel (Ned)0:00:32
3Jordan Sarrou (Fra)0:00:33
4Titouan Carod (Fra)0:01:20
5Florian Vogel (Swi)0:01:22
6Nino Schurter (Swi)0:01:39
7Maxime Marotte (Fra)0:01:44
8Reto Indergand (Swi)0:01:55
9Andri Frischknecht (Swi)0:02:08
10David Valero Serrano (Spa)0:02:28
11Stephane Tempier (Fra)0:02:31
12Jens Schuermans (Bel)0:02:37
13Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez (Spa)0:02:39
14Gerhard Kerschbaumer (Ita)0:02:49
15Thomas Litscher (Swi)0:03:01
16Joshua Dubau (Fra)0:03:25
17Nadir Colledani (Ita)Row 16 - Cell 2
18Henrique Avancini (Bra)0:03:41
19Peter Disera (Can)0:03:53
20Martin Fanger (Swi)0:04:08
21Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spa)0:04:13
22Jan Škarnitzl (Cze)0:04:24
23Milan Vader (Ned)0:04:33
24Pablo Rodriguez Guede (Spa)0:04:47
25Jose Gerardo Ulloa Arevalo (Mex)0:04:49
26Matthias Stirnemann (Swi)0:04:55
27Georg Egger (Ger)0:05:02
28Karl Markt (Aut)0:05:06
29Gioele Bertolini (Ita)0:05:09
30Ben Zwiehoff (Ger)0:05:10
31Sebastian Fini Carstensen (Den)0:05:16
32Jan Vastl (Cze)0:05:22
33Luca Braidot (Ita)0:05:29
34Daniel James Mcconnell (Aus)0:05:36
35Thomas Griot (Fra)Row 34 - Cell 2
36Anton Cooper (NZl)0:05:48
37Alan Hatherly (RSA)0:06:00
38Márton Dina (Hun)0:06:07
39Manuel Fumic (Ger)0:06:17
40Anton Sintsov (Rus)0:06:20
41Daniele Braidot (Ita)0:06:23
42Nicholas Pettina' (Ita)0:06:33
43Martin Haring (Svk)0:06:34
44Luiz Henrique Cocuzzi (Bra)Row 43 - Cell 2
45Catriel Soto (Arg)0:06:38
46Lukas Flueckiger (Swi)0:06:58
47Luca Schwarzbauer (Ger)0:07:01
48Jakub Zamrozniak (Pol)0:07:03
49Victor Koretzky (Fra)0:07:09
50Gregor Raggl (Aut)0:07:11
51Ben Oliver (NZl)0:07:17
52Grant Ferguson (GBr)0:07:30
53Martin Gluth (Ger)0:07:36
54Andrew L'Esperance (Can)0:07:45
55Simon Vitzthum (Swi)0:07:56
56Mário Costa (Por)0:07:58
57Julian Schelb (Ger)0:08:07
58Cameron Ivory (Aus)0:08:26
59Martin Loo (Est)0:08:31
60Fabian Giger (Swi)0:08:51
61Kevin Panhuyzen (Bel)0:09:00
62Raphael Gay (Fra)0:09:06
63Timofei Ivanov (Rus)0:09:07
64Sergey Nikolaev (Rus)0:09:08
65Florian Chenaux (Swi)0:09:09
66Sven Strähle (Ger)0:09:16
67Thibaud Saint Guilhem (Fra)0:09:28
68Shlomi Haimy (Isr)0:09:44
69Nicola Rohrbach (Swi)0:09:49
70Keegan Swenson (USA)0:09:50
71Noah Blöchlinger (Swi)0:09:51
72Raphael Gagne (Can)Row 71 - Cell 2
73Leandre Bouchard (Can)0:10:11
74Florian Trigo (Fra)Row 73 - Cell 2
75Krzysztof Lukasik (Pol)0:10:12
76Martins Blums (Lat)Row 75 - Cell 2
77David Rosa (Por)0:10:39
78Lorenzo Pellegrini (Ita)0:10:52
79Rok Naglič (Slo)Row 78 - Cell 2
80Luke Vrouwenvelder (USA)0:10:59
81Léo Lhomme (Swi)0:11:06
82Zsombor Palumby (Hun)0:11:13
83Denis Fumarola (Ita)0:11:35
84Ruslan Boredskiy (Rus)0:11:51
85Edoardo Bonetto (Ita)0:11:59
86Vincent Sibille (Fra)0:12:10
87Lukáš Kobes (Cze)0:12:21
88András Parti (Hun)Row 87 - Cell 2
89Davide Clerici (Ita)Row 88 - Cell 2
90Tobias Eise (Ger)Row 89 - Cell 2
91Moritz Bscherer (Aut)Row 90 - Cell 2
92Lucas Dubau (Fra)Row 91 - Cell 2
93Harold Flandre (Fra)Row 92 - Cell 2
94Kohei Yamamoto (Jpn)Row 93 - Cell 2
95Severin Disch (Swi)Row 94 - Cell 2
96Nick Vanpol (Bel)Row 95 - Cell 2
97Marc Andre Fortier (Can)Row 96 - Cell 2
98Christian Pfäffle (Ger)Row 97 - Cell 2
99Erwin Bakker (Ned)Row 98 - Cell 2
100Rob Vanden Haesevelde (Bel)Row 99 - Cell 2
101Bastien Rolland (Fra)Row 100 - Cell 2
102Bruno Vitali (Swi)Row 101 - Cell 2
103Zdeněk Vobecký (Cze)Row 102 - Cell 2
104Jakob Hartmann (Ger)Row 103 - Cell 2
105Mingrun Chen (Chn)Row 104 - Cell 2
106Guy Sessler (Isr)Row 105 - Cell 2
107Heiko Hog (Ger)Row 106 - Cell 2
108Rémi Groslambert (Fra)Row 107 - Cell 2
109Manuel Sanchez Aldeguer (Spa)Row 108 - Cell 2
110Andreas Egger (Ger)Row 109 - Cell 2
111Oleksandr Koniaiev (Ukr)Row 110 - Cell 2
112Samuel Shaw (NZl)Row 111 - Cell 2
113Mattia Setti (Ita)Row 112 - Cell 2
114Stefan Schairer (Ger)Row 113 - Cell 2
115Jan Withaar (RSA)Row 114 - Cell 2
116Victor Selles Pardo (Spa)Row 115 - Cell 2
117Henrik Jansson (Swe)Row 116 - Cell 2
118Rodolphe Lestievent (Fra)Row 117 - Cell 2
119Arthur Tropardy (Fra)Row 118 - Cell 2
120Niklas Grobert (Ger)Row 119 - Cell 2
121David Duggan (GBr)Row 120 - Cell 2
122Tobias Sindlinger (Ger)Row 121 - Cell 2
123Clément Noel (Fra)Row 122 - Cell 2
124Tumelo Makae (Les)Row 123 - Cell 2
125Adrian Heinz Willi Horchler (Ger)Row 124 - Cell 2
DNFHugo Drechou (Fra)Row 125 - Cell 2
DNFJochen Käß (Ger)Row 126 - Cell 2
DNFRicardo Marinheiro (Por)Row 127 - Cell 2
DNFMaximilian Foidl (Aut)Row 128 - Cell 2
DNFErno Mccrae (Bel)Row 129 - Cell 2
DNFOndřej Cink (Cze)Row 130 - Cell 2
DNFLars Forster (Swi)Row 131 - Cell 2
DNFAndrea Tiberi (Ita)Row 132 - Cell 2
DNFBartlomiej Wawak (Pol)Row 133 - Cell 2
DNFMarkus Schulte-Lünzum (Ger)Row 134 - Cell 2
DNFJaroslav Kulhavý (Cze)Row 135 - Cell 2
DNFWout Alleman (Bel)Row 136 - Cell 2
DNSAndrin Beeli (Swi)Row 137 - Cell 2
DNSGoran Cerovic (Mne)Row 138 - Cell 2

 

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