Schurter wins Val di Sole mountain bike World Cup

Nino Schurter (Scott-SRAM) took his third consecutive win of the 2018 of the UCI Mountain Bike XCO World Cup at Round 4 in Val di Sole, Italy, on Sunday, extending his lead in the overall standings.

Henrique Avancini (Cannondale Factory) led through the start loop before the first of seven laps, but after that it was all Schurter, as he attacked on the first climb. Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon-Circus), second in the overall standings, was the only one to stay with Schurter on the initial attack, although Luca Braidot (Centro Sportivo Carabinieri - Cicli Olympia) did join them for a short time at the end of the lap.

Schurter then dropped both Van der Poel and Braidot on a descent on the second lap and powered away to a 30-second lead over the chase group that formed behind, containing Van der Poel, Braidot, Florian Vogel (Focus XC), Italian champion Gerhard Kerschbaumer (Torpado Gabogas), Avancini, Mathias Flueckiger (Thomus - RN Racing) and Stephane Tempier (Bianchi Countervail).

Over the next two laps the chase dropped down to just Kerschbaumer and Van der Poel, with the Italian rider doing much of the work and finally dropping Van der Poel late in the fourth lap. By Lap six, Kerschbaumer had caught Schurter.

The pair rode together for the last lap and a half, with Kerschbaumer trying one attack on a climb that Schurter easily foiled, before countering as they entered the final descent to pull away for the win. Van der Poel hung on for third ahead of Avancini, who became the first Brazilian to finish on the World Cup podium.

"I was mainly worried about Mathieu but it was Gerhard who joined me," said Schurter. "I was able to recover a little bit on the last lap and then do one last attack. The finish straight here is super short and bumpy, so my goal was to be at the front at the top of the downhill, get a little gap on the downhill and then go all out to the finish."

Schurter now leads the overall standings with 1130 points, 310 more than second place van der Poel, who replaces Maxime Marotte (Cannondale Factory), with the French rider slipping to third at 711 points.

Full Results

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#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Nino Schurter (Swi)1:26:32
2Gerhard Kerschbaumer (Ita)0:00:06
3Mathieu Van Der Poel (Ned)0:01:09
4Henrique Avancini (Bra)0:01:14
5Florian Vogel (Swi)0:01:32
6David Valero Serrano (Spa)0:02:02
7Stephane Tempier (Fra)0:02:16
8Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez (Spa)0:02:33
9Gioele Bertolini (Ita)0:02:38
10Thomas Litscher (Swi)0:02:40
11Daniele Braidot (Ita)0:02:44
12Howard Grotts (USA)0:02:54
13Victor Koretzky (Fra)0:03:00
14Andri Frischknecht (Swi)0:03:02
15Nicola Rohrbach (Swi)0:03:08
16Nadir Colledani (Ita)0:03:11
17Jens Schuermans (Bel)0:03:28
18Jordan Sarrou (Fra)0:03:31
19Martin Loo (Est)0:03:32
20Lars Forster (Swi)0:03:47
21Anton Cooper (NZl)0:03:51
22Lukas Flueckiger (Swi)0:03:56
23Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spa)0:04:00
24Maxime Marotte (Fra)0:04:07
25Matthias Stirnemann (Swi)0:04:14
26Hugo Drechou (Fra)0:04:27
27Nicholas Pettina' (Ita)0:04:29
28Fabian Giger (Swi)Row 27 - Cell 2
29Daniel Mcconnell (Aus)0:04:32
30Gregor Raggl (Aut)0:04:54
31Pablo Rodriguez Guede (Spa)0:04:58
32Jaroslav Kulhavý (Cze)0:04:59
33Martin Fanger (Swi)0:05:01
34Karl Markt (Aut)0:05:05
35Mirko Tabacchi (Ita)Row 34 - Cell 2
36Manuel Fumic (Ger)Row 35 - Cell 2
37Ondrej Cink (Cze)0:05:40
38Catriel Soto (Arg)0:05:52
39Thomas Griot (Fra)0:05:54
40Bartlomiej Wawak (Pol)0:05:57
41Luca Braidot (Ita)0:06:05
42Kevin Panhuyzen (Bel)0:06:12
43Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita)0:06:22
44Shlomi Haimy (Isr)0:06:49
45Georg Egger (Ger)0:06:54
46Reto Indergand (Swi)0:06:58
47Kohei Yamamoto (Jpn)0:07:00
48Jhonatan Botero Villegas (Col)0:07:07
49Martin Gluth (Ger)0:07:08
50Titouan Carod (Fra)0:07:15
51Jan Škarnitzl (Cze)0:07:30
52Michiel Van Der Heijden (Ned)0:07:39
53Grant Ferguson (GBr)0:07:51
54Sergey Nikolaev (Rus)0:07:57
55Leandre Bouchard (Can)0:08:00
56Marcel Guerrini (Swi)0:08:06
57Christian Pfäffle (Ger)0:08:09
58Ricardo Marinheiro (Por)0:08:16
59Mathias Flueckiger (Swi)Row 58 - Cell 2
60Lorenzo Pellegrini (Ita)0:08:23
61Sven Strähle (Ger)0:08:26
62Raphael Gagne (Can)0:08:34
63Markus Schulte-Lünzum (Ger)Row 62 - Cell 2
64Ruben Scheire (Bel)0:09:13
65Simon Vitzthum (Swi)0:09:20
66Martins Blums (Lat)0:09:40
67Jan Vastl (Cze)0:10:00
68Andrea Righettini (Ita)0:10:03
69Andrin Beeli (Swi)0:10:16
70Florian Trigo (Fra)0:10:49
71Tom Meeusen (Bel)0:11:36
72Lukas Baum (Ger)0:13:10
73Denis Fumarola (Ita)Row 72 - Cell 2
74Florian Chenaux (Swi)Row 73 - Cell 2
75Dmytro Titarenko (Ukr)Row 74 - Cell 2
76Keegan Swenson (USA)Row 75 - Cell 2
77Wolfram Kurschat (Ger)Row 76 - Cell 2
78Peter Disera (Can)Row 77 - Cell 2
79Andrea Tiberi (Ita)Row 78 - Cell 2
80Maxime Loret (Fra)Row 79 - Cell 2
81Michael Stünzi (Swi)Row 80 - Cell 2
82Faraz Shokri (IRI)Row 81 - Cell 2
83Samuel Gaze (NZl)Row 82 - Cell 2
84Arnis Petersons (Lat)Row 83 - Cell 2
85Mário Costa (Por)Row 84 - Cell 2
86Guy Sessler (Isr)Row 85 - Cell 2
87Maximilian Holz (Ger)Row 86 - Cell 2
88Edoardo Bonetto (Ita)Row 87 - Cell 2
89András Parti (Hun)Row 88 - Cell 2
90Andrew L'esperance (Can)Row 89 - Cell 2
91Mattia Setti (Ita)Row 90 - Cell 2
92Marek Konwa (Pol)Row 91 - Cell 2
93Raphael Gay (Fra)Row 92 - Cell 2
94Timofei Ivanov (Rus)Row 93 - Cell 2
95Domenico Valerio (Ita)Row 94 - Cell 2
96Farzad Khodayari (IRI)Row 95 - Cell 2
97Arthur Tropardy (Fra)Row 96 - Cell 2
98Harold Flandre (Fra)Row 97 - Cell 2
99Lorenzo Samparisi (Ita)Row 98 - Cell 2
100Sakari Lehtinen (Fin)Row 99 - Cell 2
101José Aurelio Hernandez De Jesus (Mex)Row 100 - Cell 2
102Zdenek Vobecký (Cze)Row 101 - Cell 2
103Pierrick Kersuzan (Fra)Row 102 - Cell 2
104Alexandre Vialle (Can)Row 103 - Cell 2
105Gregor Krajnc (Slo)Row 104 - Cell 2
106Mohammad Poursharif (IRI)Row 105 - Cell 2
107Franco Nicolas Adaos Alvarez (Chi)Row 106 - Cell 2
108Robert Schwenk (Ger)Row 107 - Cell 2
DNFLuiz Henrique Cocuzzi (Bra)Row 108 - Cell 2
DNFErno Jacob Mccrae (Bel)Row 109 - Cell 2
DNFAnton Sintsov (Rus)Row 110 - Cell 2
DNFSebastian Fini Carstensen (Den)Row 111 - Cell 2
DNFBen Zwiehoff (Ger)Row 112 - Cell 2
DNFSamuel Shaw (NZl)Row 113 - Cell 2
DNSMaximilian Foidl (Aut)Row 114 - Cell 2

 

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