Schurter wins in La Bresse to secure UCI World Cup

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Kerschbaumer, Marotte round out podium

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Nino Schurter (Scott-SRAM MTB Racing) takes World Cup win #30(Image credit: Rob Jones)

Despite having already mathematically won the 2018 UCI XCO World Cup after the penultimate sixth round, Nino Schurter (Scott-SRAM) did not hold back in the final round in La Bresse, France, on Sunday, taking his 30th career World Cup win, putting him in an exclusive club with Julien Absalon and Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå.

Schurter attacked on the opening lap and led for all but one lap. Gerhard Kerschbaumer (Torpado Gabogas) and Corendon-Circus' Mathieu Van der Poel kept Schurter within 15 seconds for the first three laps, with Van der Poel actually joining the world champion at the front on lap 2, but they both began to lose ground in the second half of the race.

Kerschbaumer rallied in the final lap to pull to within 12 seconds and take second place, but Van der Poel crashed and suffered a slow puncture, and was overtaken by Maxime Marotte (Cannondale Factory) for third in the last lap.

"It was my plan to attack right from the beginning and see how the others responded," said Schurter. "I want to try to win every World Cup race, and my 30th World Cup win was a big goal. And it's a good feeling to go into the world championships with a good result."

Schurter ended the season with 1,861 points. Van der Poel remained in second, a distant 506 points back, while Marotte moved into third, bumping Henrique Avancini (Cannondale Factory).

Full Results

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#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Nino Schurter (Swi)1:26:25
2Gerhard Kerschbaumer (Ita)0:00:12
3Maxime Marotte (Fra)0:01:32
4Mathieu Van Der Poel (Ned)0:02:19
5Victor Koretzky (Fra)0:02:32
6Mathias Flueckiger (Swi)0:02:49
7Anton Cooper (NZl)0:02:59
8Florian Vogel (Swi)0:03:09
9Titouan Carod (Fra)0:03:24
10Andri Frischknecht (Swi)0:03:34
11Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez (Spa)0:03:47
12Daniele Braidot (Ita)0:03:56
13David Valero Serrano (Spa)0:04:05
14Thomas Litscher (Swi)0:04:15
15Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spa)0:04:39
16Manuel Fumic (Ger)0:04:50
17Henrique Avancini (Bra)0:04:51
18Anton Sintsov (Rus)0:04:52
19Matthias Stirnemann (Swi)0:04:59
20Jordan Sarrou (Fra)0:05:11
21Ondrej Cink (Cze)Row 20 - Cell 2
22Reto Indergand (Swi)0:05:37
23Marcel Guerrini (Swi)0:05:41
24Jens Schuermans (Bel)0:05:50
25Kevin Panhuyzen (Bel)0:06:02
26Maxime Loret (Fra)0:06:09
27Karl Markt (Aut)0:06:14
28Stephane Tempier (Fra)0:06:28
29Luca Braidot (Ita)0:06:36
30Gioele Bertolini (Ita)0:06:59
31Lukas Flueckiger (Swi)0:07:10
32Jaroslav Kulhavý (Cze)0:07:19
33Bartlomiej Wawak (Pol)0:07:23
34Jan Vastl (Cze)0:07:28
35Gregor Raggl (Aut)0:07:42
36Ben Zwiehoff (Ger)0:07:44
37Hugo Drechou (Fra)0:07:51
38Andrea Tiberi (Ita)Row 37 - Cell 2
39Georg Egger (Ger)0:07:57
40Catriel Soto (Arg)0:08:05
41Martin Fanger (Swi)0:08:08
42Fabian Giger (Swi)0:08:33
43Kohei Yamamoto (Jpn)0:08:36
44Martin Loo (Est)0:08:48
45Nadir Colledani (Ita)Row 44 - Cell 2
46Raphael Gay (Fra)0:09:11
47Leandre Bouchard (Can)Row 46 - Cell 2
48András Parti (Hun)0:09:21
49Michiel Van Der Heijden (Ned)0:09:34
50Shlomi Haimy (Isr)0:09:53
51Florian Trigo (Fra)0:09:58
52Martin Gluth (Ger)0:10:04
53Arnold Jeannesson (Fra)0:10:22
54Nicholas Pettina' (Ita)0:10:43
55Simon Vitzthum (Swi)0:10:46
56Jhonatan Botero Villegas (Col)0:11:03
57Daniel Mcconnell (Aus)0:11:07
58Bruno Vitali (Swi)0:11:16
59Carlos Herrera Arroyo (CRc)0:11:29
60Andrin Beeli (Swi)0:11:45
61Grant Ferguson (GBr)0:11:54
62Maximilian Foidl (Aut)0:12:58
63Howard Grotts (USA)0:14:18
64Sven Strähle (Ger)Row 63 - Cell 2
65Florian Chenaux (Swi)Row 64 - Cell 2
66Mirko Tabacchi (Ita)Row 65 - Cell 2
67Ruben Scheire (Bel)Row 66 - Cell 2
68Erno Jacob Mccrae (Bel)Row 67 - Cell 2
69Mário Costa (Por)Row 68 - Cell 2
70Raphael Gagne (Can)Row 69 - Cell 2
71Peter Disera (Can)Row 70 - Cell 2
72Markus Schulte-Lünzum (Ger)Row 71 - Cell 2
73Alexis Paris (Fra)Row 72 - Cell 2
74Martins Blums (Lat)Row 73 - Cell 2
75Vincent Sibille (Fra)Row 74 - Cell 2
76Davide Clerici (Ita)Row 75 - Cell 2
77Edoardo Bonetto (Ita)Row 76 - Cell 2
78Sebastian Alejandro Miranda Maldonado (Chi)Row 77 - Cell 2
79Harold Flandre (Fra)Row 78 - Cell 2
80Antoine Le Coq (Fra)Row 79 - Cell 2
81Fabien Bragagia (Fra)Row 80 - Cell 2
82Anthony Ralle (Fra)Row 81 - Cell 2
83Phillip Pearce (GBr)Row 82 - Cell 2
84Pierre Billaud (Fra)Row 83 - Cell 2
85Jakob Hartmann (Ger)Row 84 - Cell 2
86Zdenek Vobecký (Cze)Row 85 - Cell 2
87Lysander Kiesel (Ger)Row 86 - Cell 2
88Maximilian Holz (Ger)Row 87 - Cell 2
89Pierrick Kersuzan (Fra)Row 88 - Cell 2
90Guy Sessler (Isr)Row 89 - Cell 2
91Seiya Hirano (Jpn)Row 90 - Cell 2
92Mattia Setti (Ita)Row 91 - Cell 2
93Sebastian Jayne (Aus)Row 92 - Cell 2
94Titouan Perrin Ganier (Fra)Row 93 - Cell 2
95Lorenzo Pellegrini (Ita)Row 94 - Cell 2
96Corentin Cousteur (Fra)Row 95 - Cell 2
97Filip Kubín (Cze)Row 96 - Cell 2
98Alex Orillard (Fra)Row 97 - Cell 2
99Joe Griffiths (GBr)Row 98 - Cell 2
100Frédéric Ischard (Fra)Row 99 - Cell 2
101Ingvar Omarsson ISLRow 100 - Cell 2
102Julien Estivalet (Fra)Row 101 - Cell 2
103Markus Siebert (Ger)Row 102 - Cell 2
104Sébastien Welter (Fra)Row 103 - Cell 2
105Rodolphe Lestievent (Fra)Row 104 - Cell 2
106Tobias Sindlinger (Ger)Row 105 - Cell 2
DNFJulian Schelb (Ger)Row 106 - Cell 2
DNFSebastian Fini Carstensen (Den)Row 107 - Cell 2
DNFPablo Rodriguez Guede (Spa)Row 108 - Cell 2
DNFLars Forster (Swi)Row 109 - Cell 2
DNFThomas Griot (Fra)Row 110 - Cell 2
DNFPatricio Maximiliano Farias Diaz (Chi)Row 111 - Cell 2
DNFMarek Konwa (Pol)Row 112 - Cell 2
DNFErwin Bakker (Ned)Row 113 - Cell 2
DNFNicola Rohrbach (Swi)Row 114 - Cell 2
DNFChristian Pfäffle (Ger)Row 115 - Cell 2
DNFAndrew L'esperance (Can)Row 116 - Cell 2
DNFDavid Rosa (Por)Row 117 - Cell 2
DNSMarco Aurelio Fontana (Ita)Row 118 - Cell 2
DNSJulian Biefang (Ger)Row 119 - Cell 2

 

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