UCI MTB World Cup XCO #1 2017: Elite Men Results

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Nino Schurter (Scott-SRAM MTB Racing Team) (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

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Marco Aurelio Fontana (Bianchi Countervail) (Image credit: Rob Jones)

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Stephane Tempier (Bianchi Countervail) leading the chase (Image credit: Rob Jones)

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Shimano Finland or Scotland? (Image credit: Rob Jones)

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The start was marred by a crash in the first few metres (Image credit: Rob Jones)

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The crash cascades across the back of the bunch (Image credit: Rob Jones)

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Thomas Litscher (JB Brunex Felt Team) leading Nino Schurter (Image credit: Rob Jones)

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Lukas Fluckiger (BMC Mountainbike Racing Team) (Image credit: Rob Jones)

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Mathias Fluckiger (Radon Factory XC Team) (Image credit: Rob Jones)

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Thomas Litscher (JB Brunex Felt Team) (Image credit: Rob Jones)

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Jordan Sarrou (BH-SRSuntour-KMC) (Image credit: Rob Jones)

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Julien Absalon (BMC Mountainbike Racing Team (Image credit: Rob Jones)

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Jordan Sarrou (BH-SRSuntour-KMC) and Julien Absalon (Image credit: Rob Jones)

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David Valero Serrano (MMR Factory Racing Team) (Image credit: Rob Jones)

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Anton Cooper (Trek Factory Racing XC) (Image credit: Rob Jones)

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Nino Schurter (Scott-SRAM MTB Racing Team) wins elite men's race (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

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Elite Men's podium - L to r: Maxime Marotte, David Valero Serrano, Nino Schurter, Julien Absalon, Jordan Sarrou (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

World and Olympic champion Nino Schurter (Scott-SRAM) continued his domination of the Nove Mesto course at the opening round of the Cross-country World Cup on Sunday, taking his fifth win in the seven years of racing at this Czech Republic venue (six World Cups and one world championship, last year).

Last year, Schurter won the world title here and, on a course little changed, the Swiss rider once again showed that he is the top rider in the world at this time. The start was marred by a crash in the first few metres, when Matthias Stirnemann (Scott-SRAM) went over the bars after his chain broke, causing a pileup behind him.

Thomas Litscher (JB Brunex Felt) jumped into the lead on the start loop, but he was quickly overtaken by Schurter and David Valero (MMR Factory) once the riders began their six laps of the course. Valero hung on with Schurter for the first half of the race as the pair opened a gap on a chase group containing Julien Absalon (BMC), Maxime Marotte (Cannondale Factory) and Jordan Sarrou (BH-SR Suntour-KMC), but when Schurter put the hammer down on a climb the Spaniard was quickly dropped.

Schurter cruised to his 21st World Cup victory, with Valero holding on for second. Absalon dropped the rest of the chase group to take third.

"I had a really good start and I felt pretty good," said Schurter. "This course really suits me well, it's a perfect course, one of my favourites. David showed a great performance. The first lap or so he attacked quite hard and made me suffer. I'm really happy to win here again. For me it is totally different this year. I have much less pressure, I had a great winter, did some good training but everything comes with less pressure, less expectations. It is going well so far and I'm really stoked."

Full Results

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Nino Schurter (Swi) Scott-SRAM MTB Racing Team	1:27:35
2	David Valero Serrano (Spa) MMR Factory Racing Team	0:00:26
3	Julien Absalon (Fra) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team	0:01:46
4	Maxime Marotte (Fra) Cannondale Factory Racing XC	0:01:51
5	Jordan Sarrou (Fra) BH-Srsuntour-KMC	0:01:59
6	Stephane Tempier (Fra) Bianchi Countervail	0:02:09
7	Titouan Carod (Fra) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team	0:02:41
8	Mathieu Van Der Poel (Ned)	0:02:51
9	Anton Cooper (NZl) Trek Factory Racing XC
10	Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) Bianchi Countervail
11	Pablo Rodriguez Guede (Spa) MMR Factory Racing Team	0:02:59
12	Manuel Fumic (Ger) Cannondale Factory Racing XC	0:03:04
13	Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spa) Primaflor Mondraker	0:03:18
14	Reto Indergand (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team	0:03:27
15	Hans Becking (Ned) CST Sandd American Eagle MTB Racing Team	0:03:44
16	Gerhard Kerschbaumer (Ita) Torpado Gabogas	0:04:01
17	Gregor Raggl (Aut) Moebel Maerki MTB Pro Team	0:04:05
18	Lukas Fluckiger (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team	0:04:06
19	Andrea Tiberi (Ita) Team Nob Selle Italia	0:04:08
20	Arnis Petersons (Lat) ZZK	0:04:12
21	Thomas Litscher (Swi) Jb Brunex Felt Team	0:04:27
22	Andri Frischknecht (Swi) Scott-SRAM MTB Racing Team	0:04:33
23	Hugo Drechou (Fra) Massi	0:04:41
24	Marcel Guerrini (Swi) Focus XC Team	0:04:49
25	Bartlomiej Wawak (Pol) Kross Racing Team	0:04:56
26	Florian Chenaux (Swi)	0:05:07
27	Jan Skarnitzl (Cze) SRAM Mitas Trek	0:05:36
28	Derek Zandstra (Can) Cannondale-3Rox Racing	0:05:42
29	Ruben Scheire (Bel) Habitat Mountainbike Team
30	Mario Costa (Por) Primaflor Mondraker	0:05:50
31	Mathias Fluckiger (Swi) Radon Factory XC Team	0:05:53
32	Martin Loo (Est)	0:06:00
33	Daniele Braidot (Ita)	0:06:09
34	Martin Fanger (Swi)
35	Karl Markt (Aut) Moebel Maerki MTB Pro Team
36	Jose Dias (Por)	0:06:15
37	Bart De Vocht (Bel) KTM Bike Vision	0:06:18
38	Nicola Rohrbach (Swi)	0:06:23
39	Leandre Bouchard (Can) BH-Srsuntour-KMC	0:06:25
40	Michiel Van Der Heijden (Ned) Scott-SRAM MTB Racing Team	0:06:26
41	Christian Pfaffle (Ger) Moebel Maerki MTB Pro Team	0:06:27
42	Wolfram Kurschat (Ger) Kurschat Consulting Racing Team	0:06:46
43	Ivan Seledkov (Rus)	0:06:48
44	Marek Konwa (Pol) Volkswagen Samochody Uzytkowe MTB Team	0:06:49
45	Moritz Milatz (Ger)	0:06:53
46	Kevin Panhuyzen (Bel) Habitat Mountainbike Team	0:07:03
47	Martin Gluth (Ger) Omx Pro Team	0:07:05
48	Fabian Giger (Swi) Kross Racing Team
49	Jan Nesvadba (Cze) Expres Cz-Scott Team Kolin	0:07:17
50	Luiz Henrique Cocuzzi (Bra)
51	Jhonnatan Botero Villegas (Col)	0:07:27
52	Andrea Righettini (Ita)
53	Jens Schuermans (Bel) Scott Creuse Oxygene Gueret	0:07:33
54	Thomas Griot (Fra) Materiel-Velo.Com	0:07:35
55	Jaroslav Kulhavy (Cze) Specialized Racing	0:07:38
56	Mirko Tabacchi (Ita)	0:08:00
57	Marek Rauchfuss (Cze)	0:08:03
58	Andras Parti (Hun) Nella Trek Team	0:08:15
59	Michael Stunzi (Swi)	0:08:26
60	Florian Trigo (Fra) Massi	0:08:38
61	Catriel Soto (Arg) Primaflor Mondraker	0:08:48
62	Sebastien Carabin (Bel) Merida Wallonie MTB Team	0:08:59
63	Tomas Paprstka (Cze) Expres Cz-Scott Team Kolin	0:09:09
64	Raphael Gagne (Can) Cannondale-3Rox Racing	0:09:14
65	Matthias Stirnemann (Swi) Scott-SRAM MTB Racing Team	0:09:17
66	Cameron Ivory (Aus)	0:10:05
67	Guilherme Gotardelo Muller (Bra)	0:10:20
68	Martin Frey (Ger) Team Bulls	0:10:25
69	Kirill Kazantsev (Kaz)	0:10:38
70	Jan Withaar (RSA)	0:10:39
71	Shlomi Haimy (Isr)	0:10:48
72	Stuart Marais (RSA)	0:11:15
73	Frank Beemer (Ned) Habitat Mountainbike Team	0:11:26
74	Evan McNeely (Can)	0:11:42
75	Grant Ferguson (GBr) CST Sandd American Eagle MTB Racing Team	0:11:58
76	Martin Stosek (Cze)	0:12:31
77	David Rosa (Por)	0:12:50
78	Lysander Kiesel (Ger) German Technology Racing
79	Maximilian Vieider (Ita) Torpado Gabogas
80	Edoardo Bonetto (Ita) Elios-Srsuntour Pro Team
81	Zdenek Vobecky (Cze)
82	Sakari Lehtinen (Fin)
83	Rubens Donizete Valeriano (Bra)
84	Maximilian Holz (Ger) German Technology Racing
85	Dario Gasco (Arg)
86	Steffen Thum (Ger) Rose Vaujany Fueled By Ultrasports
87	Simon Gegenheimer (Ger) Rose Vaujany Fueled By Ultrasports
88	Victor Selles Pardo (Spa)
89	Louis Wolf (Ger)
90	Russell Nankervis (Aus)
91	Kohei Yamamoto (Jpn) BH-Srsuntour-KMC
92	Tobias Rotermund (Ger)
93	Farzad Khodayari (IRI)
94	Keegan Swenson (USA) Cannondale-3Rox Racing
95	Andrew L'Esperance (Can)
96	Manfred Zoger (Aut)
97	Maciej Jeziorski (Pol)
98	Philipp Wetzelberger (Aut)
99	Faraz Shokri (IRI)
100	Antoine Le Coq (Fra) Cube Pro Fermetures Sefic
101	Ondrej Glajza (Svk)
102	Pavel Priadein (Rus)
103	Fabian Paumann (Swi) Fischer-BMC
104	Murray Spink (Aus)
105	Antoine Bouqueret (Fra) Scott Creuse Oxygene Gueret
106	Robin Vanden Abeele (Bel) Cube Pro Fermetures Sefic
107	Sajad Taheri (IRI)
108	Artyom Golovachshenko (Kaz)
109	Ingvar Omarsson ISL
110	Vadim Zhuravlev (Rus)
111	Oriol Domenech Fernandez (Spa)
112	Sebastian Jayne (Aus)
113	Philipp Hediger (Swi) Fischer-BMC
114	Robert Schwenk (Ger)
115	Dmitry Zhirnov (Rus)
116	George-Vlad Sabau (Rom)
DNF	Victor Koretzky (Fra) BH-Srsuntour-KMC
DNF	Samuel Gaze (NZl) Specialized Racing
DNF	Luca Braidot (Ita)
DNF	Ruslan Boredskiy (Rus)
DNF	Lars Forster (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team
DNF	Markus Schulte-Luenzum (Ger) Focus XC Team
DNF	Ben Zwiehoff (Ger)
DNF	Anton Sintsov (Rus) Jbg - 2 Professional MTB Team
DNF	Daniel McConnell (Aus)
DNF	Kevin Ingratta (Arg)
DNS	Florian Vogel (Swi) Focus XC Team
DNS	Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez (Spa) Trek Factory Racing XC
DNS	Didier Bats (Bel) CST Sandd American Eagle MTB Racing Team