UCI MTB World Cup XCO #2 Albstadt 2016: Elite men cross country Results

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Nino Schurter (Scott-Odlo MTB Racing Team) nips Julien Absalon (BMC Mountainbike Racing Team) at the line to win(Image credit: Tour of Japan)

Nino Schurter (Scott-Odlo) finally won the one World Cup that has been eluding him, when he took the win in Albstadt, Germany for round 2 of the cross-country World Cup. However, it was not an easy victory; he won over arch rival Julien Absalon (BMC) in a sprint by only half a bike length.

The men's race quickly came down to Schurter and Absalon, as it usually does. The pair rode wheel to wheel for the entire race, and neither could drop the other. Behind, a chase group formed, consisting of Maxime Marotte (BH-SR Suntour-KMC), Jaroslav Kulhavy (Specialized) and Lars Forster (BMC). Forster was dropped by the other two, and then Marotte finally dropped Kulhavy with a lap and a half to go.

On the final lap, Schurter and Absalon took turns attacking each other, but neither could open a gap. Last year, Schurter took chances on the final descent and crashed, handing the victory to Absalon, so this year he waited for the sprint out of the final corner onto pavement. Absalon led out of the corner, but Schurter clearly had a stronger kick and came around his rival in the final five metres.

"Yeah, that was really close," said Schurter. "It was a great race for me, it was a tough battle with Julien, and I would say we were both the same [fitness]. I knew maybe I had a chance on a sprint, so, yeah, it worked out pretty good for me. I tried once or twice to get away, to see, but I never really got a gap. Julien also tried to drop me on the climb. I would say we were both the same strength, and I knew on a sprint finish I could maybe beat him. That straight finish is also long enough and I was lucky to win it in a sprint."

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#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Nino Schurter (Swi) Scott-Odlo MTB Racing Team	1:28:38
2	Julien Absalon (Fra) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team	Row 1 - Cell 2
3	Maxime Marotte (Fra) BH-SR Suntour-KMC	0:00:55
4	Jaroslav Kulhavy (Cze) Specialized Racing	0:01:36
5	Lars Forster (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team	0:02:02
6	Luca Braidot (Ita)	0:03:00
7	Fabian Giger (Swi) Kross Racing Team	0:03:15
8	David Valero (Spa) MMR Factory Racing Team	0:03:23
9	Pablo Rodriguez Guede (Spa) MMR Factory Racing Team	0:03:25
10	Reto Indergand (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team	Row 9 - Cell 2
11	Martin Loo (Est)	0:03:34
12	Victor Koretzky (Fra) BH-SR Suntour-KMC	0:03:42
13	Ondrej Cink (Cze) Multivan Merida Biking Team	0:03:49
14	Lukas Fluckiger (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team	0:03:57
15	Grant Ferguson (GBr) Cst Superior Brentjens Mountainbike Racing Team	0:04:02
16	Derek Zandstra (Can) Scott-3Rox Racing	0:04:06
17	Martin Fanger (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team	0:04:11
18	Jan Skarnitzl (Cze) Sram Mitas Trek	0:04:28
19	Stephane Tempier (Fra) Bianchi Countervail	0:04:40
20	Manuel Fumic (Ger) Cannondale Factory Racing XC	0:04:49
21	Jose Antonio Hermida Ramos (Spa) Multivan Merida Biking Team	0:04:52
22	Daniel Mcconnell (Aus) Trek Factory Racing XC	0:04:56
23	Matthias Stirnemann (Swi) Moebel Maerki MTB Pro Team	0:05:16
24	Andrea Tiberi (Ita) FRM Factory Racing Team	0:05:22
25	Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spa) MMR Factory Racing Team	0:05:27
26	Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) Cannondale Factory Racing XC	0:05:34
27	Daniele Braidot (Ita)	0:05:38
28	Raphael Gagne (Can)	0:05:43
29	Anton Sintsov (Rus) Jbg - 2 Professional MTB Team	0:05:47
30	Jordan Sarrou (Fra) BH-SR Suntour-KMC	0:05:54
31	Howard Grotts (USA) Specialized Racing	0:05:55
32	Alexander Gehbauer (Aut)	0:05:57
33	Ruben Scheire (Bel) Habitat Mountainbike Team	0:06:07
34	Mathieu Van Der Poel (Ned)	0:06:09
35	Catriel Andres Soto (Arg) MMR Factory Racing Team	Row 34 - Cell 2
36	Moritz Milatz (Ger)	0:06:19
37	Karl Markt (Aut) Haibike Oetztal Pro Team	0:06:25
38	Henrique Avancini (Bra) Cannondale Factory Racing XC	0:06:35
39	Jeff Luyten (Bel)	0:06:37
40	Markus Schulte-Luenzum (Ger) Focus XC Team	0:06:49
41	David Joao Serralheiro Rosa (Por)	0:07:06
42	Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez (Spa) Trek Factory Racing XC	0:07:17
43	Jhonnatan Botero Villegas (Col)	0:07:26
44	Thomas Litscher (Swi) Multivan Merida Biking Team	0:07:35
45	Stephen Ettinger (USA)	0:07:50
46	Andras Parti (Hun) Waberer's Evopro MTB Team	0:07:52
47	Christian Pfaffle (Ger)	0:07:55
48	Mathias Fluckiger (Swi) Stöckli Pro Team	0:08:06
49	Hugo Drechou (Fra) Calvisson VTT	0:08:12
50	Ivan Seledkov (Rus)	0:08:14
51	Anton Cooper (NZl) Cannondale Factory Racing XC	0:08:25
52	Wolfram Kurschat (Ger) Koch Engineering / Muesing Racing Team	0:08:26
53	Michiel Van Der Heijden (Ned) Scott-Odlo MTB Racing Team	0:08:41
54	Nicola Rohrbach (Swi)	0:08:55
55	Kohei Yamamoto (Jpn) Trek Factory Racing XC	0:08:56
56	Cameron Ivory (Aus)	0:09:34
57	Simon Stiebjahn (Ger) Team Bulls	0:09:53
58	Andrea Righettini (Ita)	0:09:55
59	Bart De Vocht (Bel) Versluys Team	0:10:00
60	Hector Leonardo Paez Leon (Col)	0:10:05
61	Kevin Van Hoovels (Bel) Versluys Team	Row 60 - Cell 2
62	Mario Luis Miranda Costa (Por)	0:10:07
63	Marc Stutzmann (Swi)	0:10:13
64	Hector Riveros (Col)	Row 63 - Cell 2
65	Hans Becking (Ned) Cst Superior Brentjens Mountainbike Racing Team	0:10:46
66	Miguel Martinez (Fra)	0:11:14
67	Jiri Novak (Cze) Cst Superior Brentjens Mountainbike Racing Team	0:11:24
68	Florian Chenaux (Swi)	0:12:07
69	Mirko Tabacchi (Ita)	0:12:30
70 (-1 lap)	Fabio Hernando Castaneda Monsalve (Col)	Row 69 - Cell 2
71	Gerhard Kerschbaumer (Ita) Bianchi Countervail	Row 70 - Cell 2
72	Jan Nesvadba (Cze) Expres Cz-Merida Team Kolin	Row 71 - Cell 2
73	Jens Schuermans (Bel) Versluys Team	Row 72 - Cell 2
74	Martin Gujan (Swi) Wheeler Pro Team	Row 73 - Cell 2
75	Dimitrios Antoniadis (Gre)	Row 74 - Cell 2
76	Didier Bats (Bel)	Row 75 - Cell 2
77	Tomas Paprstka (Cze) Expres Cz-Merida Team Kolin	Row 76 - Cell 2
78	Steffen Thum (Ger) Rose Vaujany Fueled By Ultrasports	Row 77 - Cell 2
79	Frank Beemer (Ned) Habitat Mountainbike Team	Row 78 - Cell 2
80	Michal Lami (Svk)	Row 79 - Cell 2
81 (-2 laps)	Geoff Kabush (Can) Scott-3Rox Racing	Row 80 - Cell 2
82	Shlomi Haimy (Isr) Novus Omx Pro Team	Row 81 - Cell 2
83	Maximilian Holz (Ger)	Row 82 - Cell 2
84	Martin Haring (Svk)	Row 83 - Cell 2
85	Spencer Paxson (USA) Kona Factory Team XC	Row 84 - Cell 2
86	Marcel Wildhaber (Swi) Scott-Odlo MTB Racing Team	Row 85 - Cell 2
87	Emil Lindgren (Swe) Serneke Allebike MTB Team	Row 86 - Cell 2
88	James Reid (RSA)	Row 87 - Cell 2
89	Gregor Raggl (Aut) Haibike Oetztal Pro Team	Row 88 - Cell 2
90	Keegan Swenson (USA)	Row 89 - Cell 2
91	Martin Gluth (Ger) Novus Omx Pro Team	Row 90 - Cell 2
92	Severin Saegesser (Swi)	Row 91 - Cell 2
93	Pierre-Geoffroy Plantet (Fra) Btwin MTB Racing Team	Row 92 - Cell 2
94	Pieter Geluykens (Bel) Focus Rotor G-Skin Racing Team	Row 93 - Cell 2
95	Fabian Paumann (Swi) Wheeler Pro Team	Row 94 - Cell 2
96	Evan Guthrie (Can)	Row 95 - Cell 2
97	Travis Walker (RSA)	Row 96 - Cell 2
98	Matthias Grick (Aut)	Row 97 - Cell 2
99	Periklis Ilias (Gre) Team Protek By Marconi Project's	Row 98 - Cell 2
100 (-3 laps)	Emilien Barben (Swi)	Row 99 - Cell 2
101	Sakari Lehtinen (Fin)	Row 100 - Cell 2
102	Maximilian Maier (Ger)	Row 101 - Cell 2
103	Chris Baddick (GBr)	Row 102 - Cell 2
104	Zhen Wang (Chn) China Jiangsu Zgl MTB Team	Row 103 - Cell 2
105	Brendan Johnston (Aus)	Row 104 - Cell 2
106	Kornel Osicki (Pol)	Row 105 - Cell 2
107	Maximilian Vieider (Ita)	Row 106 - Cell 2
108	Rotem Ishay (Isr)	Row 107 - Cell 2
109	Simon Gegenheimer (Ger) Rose Vaujany Fueled By Ultrasports	Row 108 - Cell 2
110	Phillip Pearce (GBr)	Row 109 - Cell 2
111	Michael Stunzi (Swi)	Row 110 - Cell 2
112	Tobias Rotermund (Ger)	Row 111 - Cell 2
113	Thomas Sampson (USA)	Row 112 - Cell 2
114	Rick Reimann (Swi)	Row 113 - Cell 2
115	Zsolt Juhasz (Hun) Waberer's Evopro MTB Team	Row 114 - Cell 2
116	Lysander Kiesel (Ger)	Row 115 - Cell 2
117	Louis Wolf (Ger)	Row 116 - Cell 2
118	Tudor Oprea Ovidiu (Rom)	Row 117 - Cell 2
119	Jan Withaar (RSA)	Row 118 - Cell 2
120	Russell Finsterwald (USA) Sram/Tld Racing	Row 119 - Cell 2
121	Sergji Rysenko (Ukr) Bps MTB Team	Row 120 - Cell 2
122	Zdenek Vobecky (Cze)	Row 121 - Cell 2
123	Roger Jenny (Swi)	Row 122 - Cell 2
124	Daniel Eymann (Swi) Fischer-BMC	Row 123 - Cell 2
125	Russell Nankervis (Aus)	Row 124 - Cell 2
126 (-4 laps)	Remi Laffont (Fra) Rose Vaujany Fueled By Ultrasports	Row 125 - Cell 2
127	Aaron Beck (Ger)	Row 126 - Cell 2
128	Abdulkadir Kelleci (Tur)	Row 127 - Cell 2
129	Luiz Cocuzzi (Bra)	Row 128 - Cell 2
130	Tomas Visnovsky (Svk)	Row 129 - Cell 2
131	Jorgen Flion (Bel)	Row 130 - Cell 2
132	Kirill Kazantsev (Kaz) Fastos Development Team	Row 131 - Cell 2
133	Lucian Logigan (Rom)	Row 132 - Cell 2
134	Nathan Byukusenge (Rwa)	Row 133 - Cell 2
135	George-Bogdan Duca (Rom)	Row 134 - Cell 2
136 (-5 laps)	Cristian Correa (Chi)	Row 135 - Cell 2
137	Stuart Marais (RSA)	Row 136 - Cell 2
138	Juul Van Loon (Ned)	Row 137 - Cell 2
139	George-Vlad Sabau (Rom)	Row 138 - Cell 2
DNF	Florian Vogel (Swi) Focus XC Team	Row 139 - Cell 2
DNF	Sebastien Carabin (Bel) Merida Wallonie MTB Team	Row 140 - Cell 2
DNF	Bartlomiej Wawak (Pol) Kross Racing Team	Row 141 - Cell 2
DNF	Karl Platt (Ger) Team Bulls	Row 142 - Cell 2
DNF	Tom Meeusen (Bel)	Row 143 - Cell 2
DNF	Michele Casagrande (Ita)	Row 144 - Cell 2
DNF	Leandre Bouchard (Can)	Row 145 - Cell 2
DNF	Pascal Nay (Swi)	Row 146 - Cell 2
DNF	Ismael Ventura Sanchez (Spa) Primaflor Orbea Racing Team	Row 147 - Cell 2

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Rankings
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Nino Schurter (Swi) Scott-Odlo MTB Racing Team	500	pts
2	Julien Absalon (Fra) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team	360	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Maxime Marotte (Fra) BH-SR Suntour-KMC	360	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Lars Forster (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team	270	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Fabian Giger (Swi) Kross Racing Team	230	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Luca Braidot (Ita)	208	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Matthias Stirnemann (Swi) Moebel Maerki MTB Pro Team	180	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Mathias Fluckiger (Swi) Stöckli Pro Team	170	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	David Valero (Spa) MMR Factory Racing Team	160	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) Cannondale Factory Racing XC	154	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spa) MMR Factory Racing Team	151	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Jaroslav Kulhavy (Cze) Specialized Racing	150	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Grant Ferguson (GBr) Cst Superior Brentjens Mountainbike Racing Team	148	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Florian Vogel (Swi) Focus XC Team	140	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Raphael Gagne (Can)	135	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Reto Indergand (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team	133	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Martin Fanger (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team	130	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Catriel Andres Soto (Arg) MMR Factory Racing Team	126	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Jordan Sarrou (Fra) BH-SR Suntour-KMC	126	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Derek Zandstra (Can) Scott-3Rox Racing	122	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Andrea Tiberi (Ita) FRM Factory Racing Team	114	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Manuel Fumic (Ger) Cannondale Factory Racing XC	112	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	Ondrej Cink (Cze) Multivan Merida Biking Team	110	Row 22 - Cell 3
24	Daniel McConnell (Aus) Trek Factory Racing XC	106	Row 23 - Cell 3
25	Lukas Fluckiger (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team	102	Row 24 - Cell 3
26	Karl Markt (Aut) Haibike Oetztal Pro Team	102	Row 25 - Cell 3
27	Pablo Rodriguez Guede (Spa) MMR Factory Racing Team	100	Row 26 - Cell 3
28	Victor Koretzky (Fra) BH-SR Suntour-KMC	98	Row 27 - Cell 3
29	Stephane Tempier (Fra) Bianchi Countervail	97	Row 28 - Cell 3
30	Daniele Braidot (Ita)	92	Row 29 - Cell 3
31	Martin Loo (Est)	90	Row 30 - Cell 3
32	Jose Antonio Hermida Ramos (Spa) Multivan Merida Biking Team	90	Row 31 - Cell 3
33	Kohei Yamamoto (Jpn) Trek Factory Racing XC	89	Row 32 - Cell 3
34	Stephen Ettinger (USA)	89	Row 33 - Cell 3
35	Thomas Litscher (Swi) Multivan Merida Biking Team	86	Row 34 - Cell 3
36	Mathieu Van Der Poel (Ned)	80	Row 35 - Cell 3
37	Michiel Van Der Heijden (Ned) Scott-Odlo MTB Racing Team	79	Row 36 - Cell 3
38	Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez (Spa) Trek Factory Racing XC	78	Row 37 - Cell 3
39	Martin Gujan (Swi) Wheeler Pro Team	74	Row 38 - Cell 3
40	Jan Skarnitzl (Cze) Sram Mitas Trek	70	Row 39 - Cell 3
41	Leandre Bouchard (Can)	68	Row 40 - Cell 3
42	Anton Sintsov (Rus) Jbg - 2 Professional MTB Team	65	Row 41 - Cell 3
43	Gerhard Kerschbaumer (Ita) Bianchi Countervail	60	Row 42 - Cell 3
44	Gregor Raggl (Aut) Haibike Oetztal Pro Team	54	Row 43 - Cell 3
45	David Joao Serralheiro Rosa (Por)	52	Row 44 - Cell 3
46	Henrique Avancini (Bra) Cannondale Factory Racing XC	51	Row 45 - Cell 3
47	Moritz Milatz (Ger)	50	Row 46 - Cell 3
48	Simon Stiebjahn (Ger) Team Bulls	45	Row 47 - Cell 3
49	Howard Grotts (USA) Specialized Racing	44	Row 48 - Cell 3
50	Cameron Ivory (Aus)	44	Row 49 - Cell 3
51	Markus Schulte-Luenzum (Ger) Focus XC Team	43	Row 50 - Cell 3
52	Alexander Gehbauer (Aut)	42	Row 51 - Cell 3
53	Hugo Drechou (Fra) Calvisson VTT	42	Row 52 - Cell 3
54	Ruben Scheire (Bel) Habitat Mountainbike Team	40	Row 53 - Cell 3
55	Martin Gluth (Ger) Novus Omx Pro Team	36	Row 54 - Cell 3
56	Jeff Luyten (Bel)	29	Row 55 - Cell 3
57	Bartlomiej Wawak (Pol) Kross Racing Team	28	Row 56 - Cell 3
58	Shlomi Haimy (Isr) Novus Omx Pro Team	27	Row 57 - Cell 3
59	Jhonnatan Botero Villegas (Col)	25	Row 58 - Cell 3
60	Andras Parti (Hun) Waberer's Evopro MTB Team	22	Row 59 - Cell 3
61	Mirko Tabacchi (Ita)	22	Row 60 - Cell 3
62	Christian Pfaffle (Ger)	21	Row 61 - Cell 3
63	Miguel Martinez (Fra)	20	Row 62 - Cell 3
64	Karl Platt (Ger) Team Bulls	19	Row 63 - Cell 3
65	Ivan Seledkov (Rus)	18	Row 64 - Cell 3
66	Michal Lami (Svk)	18	Row 65 - Cell 3
67	Anton Cooper (NZl) Cannondale Factory Racing XC	17	Row 66 - Cell 3
68	Wolfram Kurschat (Ger) Koch Engineering / Muesing Racing Team	16	Row 67 - Cell 3
69	Nicola Rohrbach (Swi)	14	Row 68 - Cell 3
70	Spencer Paxson (USA) Kona Factory Team XC	14	Row 69 - Cell 3
71	Geoff Kabush (Can) Scott-3Rox Racing	12	Row 70 - Cell 3
72	Evan Guthrie (Can)	11	Row 71 - Cell 3
73	Andrea Righettini (Ita)	10	Row 72 - Cell 3
74	Andrew L'esperance (Can)	10	Row 73 - Cell 3
75	Bart De Vocht (Bel) Versluys Team	9	Row 74 - Cell 3
76	Simon Gegenheimer (Ger) Rose Vaujany Fueled By Ultrasports	9	Row 75 - Cell 3
77	Hector Leonardo Paez Leon (Col)	8	Row 76 - Cell 3
78	Phillip Pearce (GBr)	8	Row 77 - Cell 3