Round 6 of the UCI Mountain Bike XCO World Cup at Mont Sainte-Anne, Quebec, saw multiple lead changes on Sunday, as leading contenders crashed or suffered mechanicals. In the end, it was Mathias Flueckiger (Thomus RN Racing) that prevailed, taking his first ever World Cup victory. World champion and World Cup leader Nino Schurter (Scott-SRAM) wrapped up the overall title with one race remaining in the series, despite finishing seventh after breaking his chain while in the lead.
Kerschbaumer crashed on the sixth lap, and Carod lost contact, leaving just Cooper and Flueckiger at the front. Coming down the rocky Beatrice descent, Cooper crashed hard, losing his bike off the side of the hill and having to scramble down to retrieve it. Flueckiger safely navigated the final lap to take his first win, with Kerschbaumer recovering to finish just in front of Carod.
"I'm so happy to win, because I've had bad luck before at World Cups," said Flueckiger. "In my career I've had many podiums and been close many times, but today everything came together. I felt good on Friday after getting third in the short track, but it's a really hard track here and the other guys were strong. In 2010 I won the under-23 World Championship here, so this track is really special for me."
In the overall standings, Schurter has an insurmountable lead with 1,546 points, 466 more than second place Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon-Circus), who did not race at Mont-Ste-Anne.
Full Results
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mathias Flueckiger (Swi) | 1:27:26 |
| 2 | Gerhard Kerschbaumer (Ita) | 0:00:15 |
| 3 | Titouan Carod (Fra) | 0:00:23 |
| 4 | Maxime Marotte (Fra) | 0:00:38 |
| 5 | Luca Braidot (Ita) | 0:01:05 |
| 6 | Anton Cooper (NZl) | 0:01:41 |
| 7 | Nino Schurter (Swi) | 0:02:37 |
| 8 | David Valero Serrano (Spa) | 0:02:59 |
| 9 | Henrique Avancini (Bra) | 0:03:03 |
| 10 | Daniele Braidot (Ita) | 0:03:09 |
| 11 | Andri Frischknecht (Swi) | 0:03:17 |
| 12 | Reto Indergand (Swi) | 0:03:27 |
| 13 | Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez (Spa) | 0:03:32 |
| 14 | Jordan Sarrou (Fra) | 0:03:54 |
| 15 | Lars Forster (Swi) | 0:04:07 |
| 16 | Ondrej Cink (Cze) | 0:04:11 |
| 17 | Gregor Raggl (Aut) | 0:04:19 |
| 18 | Matthias Stirnemann (Swi) | 0:04:21 |
| 19 | Jens Schuermans (Bel) | 0:04:34 |
| 20 | Martin Loo (Est) | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
| 21 | Nicola Rohrbach (Swi) | 0:05:10 |
| 22 | Anton Sintsov (Rus) | 0:05:18 |
| 23 | Bartlomiej Wawak (Pol) | 0:05:31 |
| 24 | Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) | 0:05:56 |
| 25 | Raphael Gagne (Can) | 0:06:05 |
| 26 | Karl Markt (Aut) | 0:06:07 |
| 27 | Stephane Tempier (Fra) | 0:06:16 |
| 28 | Nadir Colledani (Ita) | 0:06:47 |
| 29 | Victor Koretzky (Fra) | 0:07:04 |
| 30 | Shlomi Haimy (Isr) | 0:07:13 |
| 31 | Luke Vrouwenvelder (USA) | 0:07:15 |
| 32 | Nicholas Pettina' (Ita) | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
| 33 | Fabian Giger (Swi) | 0:07:45 |
| 34 | Martin Fanger (Swi) | 0:07:58 |
| 35 | Thomas Litscher (Swi) | 0:08:11 |
| 36 | Peter Disera (Can) | 0:08:22 |
| 37 | Andrew L'esperance (Can) | 0:08:49 |
| 38 | Catriel Soto (Arg) | 0:09:05 |
| 39 | Luiz Henrique Cocuzzi (Bra) | 0:09:08 |
| 40 | Hugo Drechou (Fra) | 0:09:23 |
| 41 | Keegan Swenson (USA) | 0:09:33 |
| 42 | Michiel Van Der Heijden (Ned) | 0:09:40 |
| 43 | Daniel Mcconnell (Aus) | 0:09:56 |
| 44 | Leandre Bouchard (Can) | 0:10:08 |
| 45 | Jan Vastl (Cze) | 0:11:00 |
| 46 | Florian Chenaux (Swi) | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
| 47 | Richard Cypress Gorry (USA) | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
| 48 | Andrin Beeli (Swi) | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
| 49 | Jan Škarnitzl (Cze) | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
| 50 | Pablo Rodriguez Guede (Spa) | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
| 51 | Alexandre Vialle (Can) | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
| 52 | Thomas Griot (Fra) | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
| 53 | Jaime Miranda Jaime (Mex) | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
| 54 | Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spa) | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
| 55 | Ivan Seledkov (Rus) | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
| 56 | Kohei Maeda (Jpn) | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
| 57 | Gustavo Pedroza Sicaeros (Mex) | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Jaroslav Kulhavý (Cze) | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
| DNS | Samuel Gaze (NZl) | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
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