Schurter wins last World Cup of the season
Swiss rider celebrates World Cup overall title
In the final round of the UCI cross country World Cup in Val d'Isere, France, Nino Schurter (Scott-Swisspower) earned his fourth win of the season, as many riders put the final touches on their form for the Olympic Games coming up in two weeks. Schurter took his second World Cup series title with his victory.
Schurter, who skipped the previous round in Windham, New York, for Olympic preparation, showed that his form is better than ever by leading the men's race from start to finish. The newly titled national Swiss champion rocketed off the front of the field on the first lap, opening up a gap on a chase group containing teammate Florian Vogel, Marco Fontana (Cannondale), Ralf Naef (Multivan-Merida), Sergio Gutierrez (Wildwolf-Trek), Windham winner Burry Stander (Specialized) and Julien Absalon (Orbea).
Vogel and Fontana steadily began to gain ground on Schurter, while the others fell back, with Absalon struggling in particular in the muddy conditions, eventually pulling into the pit to change tires and then abandoning.
Fontana and Vogel bridged up to Schurter by mid-race, but Vogel was gapped after crashing and never regained the leaders. Lukas Flückiger (Trek World Racing) moved forward into third and Fontana's teammate Manuel Fumic into fourth as others faded from the intense pace. On the final lap, Schurter attacked again to solo in for victory, while Flückiger caught the fading Fontana for second.
"My tactic today was to start really fast," said Schurter, "Because Burry always has problems at the beginning of the race when it's really fast, as does Absalon. So I decided to start very fast and that strategy was quite good. Neither Burry nor Absalon were in the leading group after the first lap. It was a perfect race for me. With Marco (Fontana) and Flo (Florian Vogel) together, we were a strong group in the lead."
"It is awesome for me to win the World Cup in an Olympic year," said Schurter. " It gives me a good feeling now for the upcoming Olympic Games. It was not my biggest target to win the World Cup, but now I am super happy; it is a bit of a surprise for me."
Schurter finishes the season with 1200 points to Stander's 1058, with defending champion Jaroslav Kulhavy (Specialized) third at 865 points.
Looking ahead to the Olympic race in two weeks, for which Schurter is the obvious favorite by virtue of recent race performances, he said, "The Olympics will be different than here. It was a hard race here because of the altitude. The Olympics will be a much faster race, and I hope I can perform as well as here."
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Nino Schurter (Swi) Scott - Swisspower MTB Racing Team | 1:34:03 |
2 | Lukas Flückiger (Swi) Trek World Racing | 0:00:13 |
3 | Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) Cannondale Factory Racing | 0:00:33 |
4 | Manuel Fumic (Ger) Cannondale Factory Racing | 0:01:17 |
5 | José Antonio Hermida Ramos (Spa) Multivan Merida Biking Team | 0:01:22 |
6 | Florian Vogel (Swi) Scott - Swisspower MTB Racing Team | 0:01:49 |
7 | Burry Stander (RSA) Specialized Racing | 0:02:16 |
8 | Ralph Naef (Swi) Multivan Merida Biking Team | 0:02:28 |
9 | Stéphane Tempier (Fra) TX Active Bianchi | 0:02:54 |
10 | Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez (Spa) Wildwolf - Trek Pro Racing | 0:03:08 |
11 | Fabian Giger (Swi) Rabobank Giant Offroad Team | 0:03:37 |
12 | Maxime Marotte (Fra) BH - SR Suntour - Peisey Vallandry | 0:04:05 |
13 | Jaroslav Kulhavy (Cze) Specialized Racing | 0:05:11 |
14 | Christoph Sauser (Swi) Specialized Racing | 0:05:12 |
15 | Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spa) Wildwolf - Trek Pro Racing | 0:05:20 |
16 | Marek Konwa* (Pol) Milka-Superior MTB Racing Team | 0:05:21 |
17 | Jan Skarnitzl (Cze) Rubena Auto-Mencik Specialized | 0:05:23 |
18 | Cédric Ravanel (Fra) GT Skoda Chamonix | 0:05:43 |
19 | Kevin Van Hoovels (Bel) Versluys Team | 0:05:52 |
20 | Jochen Kass (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team | 0:06:02 |
21 | Martin Fanger (Swi) Giant Swiss SR - Suntour | 0:06:05 |
22 | Emil Lindgren (Swe) Rabobank Giant Offroad Team | 0:06:22 |
23 | Michal Lami (Svk) | 0:06:57 |
24 | Martin Gujan (Swi) Cannondale Factory Racing | 0:06:58 |
25 | Inaki Lejarreta Errasti (Spa) Orbea Racing Team | |
26 | Adam Craig (USA) Rabobank Giant Offroad Team | 0:07:08 |
27 | Thomas Litscher (Swi) Felt Oetztal X - Bionic Team | 0:07:15 |
28 | Martin Loo (Est) Hard Rock Canossa Merida | 0:07:29 |
29 | Periklis Ilias (Gre) Team Protek | 0:07:51 |
30 | Marcel Wildhaber (Swi) Scott - Swisspower MTB Racing Team | |
31 | Martino Fruet (Ita) | 0:07:52 |
32 | Jiri Novak (Cze) | 0:07:53 |
33 | Moritz Milatz (Ger) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | 0:08:19 |
34 | Milan Spesny (Cze) S&H Superior MTB Team | 0:08:23 |
35 | Samuel Schultz (USA) Subaru - Trek | 0:08:24 |
36 | Nicola Rohrbach (Swi) | 0:08:34 |
37 | Andrea Tiberi (Ita) Torpado Surfing Shop | 0:08:35 |
38 | Philip Buys (RSA) | |
39 | Geoff Kabush (Can) Scott-3Roxracing | 0:08:53 |
40 | Daniel Mcconnell (Aus) | 0:09:05 |
41 | Andy Eyring (Ger) | 0:09:08 |
42 | Fabien Canal (Fra) GT Skoda Chamonix | 0:09:34 |
43 | Andras Parti (Hun) Euroone-Waberer's-Cube MTB Team | 0:09:51 |
44 | Paolo Cesar Montoya Cantillo (CRc) | 0:10:13 |
45 | Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Milka-Superior MTB Racing Team | 0:10:17 |
46 | Alexis Chenevier (Fra) Scott Les Saisies | 0:10:23 |
47 | Jürg Graf (Swi) Bskgraf Rollmat-Koba MTB Team | 0:10:32 |
48 | Jiri Friedl (Cze) Rubena Auto-Mencik Specialized | 0:10:43 |
49 | Catriel Andres Soto (Arg) Wildwolf - Trek Pro Racing | 0:11:19 |
50 | Lukas Sablik (Cze) Rubena Auto-Mencik Specialized | 0:11:26 |
51 | Sebastien Carabin (Bel) Versluys Team | 0:11:31 |
52 | Kohei Yamamoto (Jpn) Specialized Racing | 0:11:40 |
53 | Julien Taramarcaz (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | 0:11:52 |
54 | Piotr Brzozka (Pol) JBG - 2 Professional MTB Team | 0:12:01 |
55 | Umberto Corti (Ita) Team CBE Tecnoimpianti A.S.D. | 0:12:07 |
56 | Jérémy Huguenin (Swi) Giant Swiss SR - Suntour | 0:12:19 |
57 | David Fletcher (GBr) Orange Monkey-Cannondale | 0:12:34 |
58 | Jan Jobanek (Cze) Merida Biking Team | 0:13:14 |
59 | Giancarlo Sax (Swi) Thoemus Racing Team | 0:14:22 |
-1lap | Hans Becking (Ned) Milka-Superior MTB Racing Team | |
-1lap | Ramon Sagues Portabella (Spa) | |
-1lap | Filip Eberl (Cze) | |
-1lap | Gareth Montgomerie (GBr) | |
-1lap | Pascal Meyer (Swi) Jb Felt Team | |
-1lap | Giuseppe Lamastra (Ita) | |
-1lap | Pierre-Geoffroy Plantet (Fra) Lapierre International | |
-1lap | Wolfram Kurschat (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team | |
-1lap | Patrik Gallati (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | |
-1lap | Florian Thie (Swi) | |
-1lap | Ruben Almeida (Por) | |
-1lap | Jonas Baumann (Swi) Wheeler - Ixs Team | |
-1lap | David Joao Serralheiro Rosa (Por) | |
-2laps | Daniel Eymann (Swi) Thoemus Racing Team | |
-2laps | Shlomi Haimy (Isr) Focus MIG Team | |
-2laps | Paul Van Der Ploeg (Aus) Felt Oetztal X - Bionic Team | |
-2laps | Rafal Hebisz (Pol) | |
-2laps | Marios Athanasiadis (Cyp) | |
-2laps | Michael Broderick (USA) | |
-2laps | Dave Henderson (GBr) | |
-2laps | Sepp Freiburghaus (Swi) Thoemus Racing Team | |
-2laps | Sang Hoon Na (Kor) | |
-3laps | Seiya Hirano (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor Cycling Team | |
-3laps | Tiago Jorge Oliveira Ferreira (Por) Bi&Esse - Infotre Protek | |
-3laps | Robby De Bock (Bel) | |
-4laps | John Whittington (GBr) | |
DNF | Julien Absalon (Fra) Orbea Racing Team | |
DNF | Michele Casagrande (Ita) Elettroveneta - Corratec | |
DNF | Ruben Ruzafa Cueto (Spa) Orbea Racing Team | |
DNF | Ismael Ventura Sanchez (Spa) | |
DNF | Robert Wardell (GBr) | |
DNF | Matous Ulman (Cze) S&H Superior MTB Team | |
DNF | Kornel Osicki (Pol) JBG - 2 Professional MTB Team | |
DNF | Mathias Flückiger (Swi) Trek World Racing | |
DNS | Liam Killeen (GBr) Giant Factory Off-Road Team | |
DNS | Ivan Alvarez Gutierrez (Spa) Elettroveneta - Corratec | |
DNS | Peter Glassford (Can) | |
DNS | Thomas Christian Bonne (Den) |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Cannondale Factory Racing | 69 | pts |
2 | Scott - Swisspower MTB Racing Team | 67 | |
3 | Multivan Merida Biking Team | 62 | |
4 | Specialized Racing | 59 | |
5 | Wildwolf - Trek Pro Racing | 37 | |
6 | Trek World Racing | 35 | |
7 | Rabobank Giant Offroad Team | 34 | |
8 | TX Active Bianchi | 22 | |
9 | BH - SR Suntour - Peisey Vallandry | 19 | |
10 | Milka-Superior MTB Racing Team | 15 | |
11 | Rubena Auto-Mencik Specialized | 14 | |
12 | GT Skoda Chamonix | 13 | |
13 | Versluys Team | 12 | |
14 | Giant Swiss SR - Suntour | 10 | |
15 | Orbea Racing Team | 6 | |
16 | Felt Oetztal X - Bionic Team | 4 | |
17 | Hard Rock Canossa Merida | 3 | |
18 | Team Protek | 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Nino Schurter (Swi) Scott - Swisspower MTB Racing Team | 1200 | pts |
2 | Burry Stander (RSA) Specialized Racing | 1058 | |
3 | Jaroslav Kulhavy (Cze) Specialized Racing | 865 | |
4 | Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) Cannondale Factory Racing | 830 | |
5 | José Antonio Hermida Ramos (Spa) Multivan Merida Biking Team | 797 | |
6 | Florian Vogel (Swi) Scott - Swisspower MTB Racing Team | 760 | |
7 | Manuel Fumic (Ger) Cannondale Factory Racing | 715 | |
8 | Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez (Spa) Wildwolf - Trek Pro Racing | 697 | |
9 | Fabian Giger (Swi) Rabobank Giant Offroad Team | 660 | |
10 | Lukas Flückiger (Swi) Trek World Racing | 657 | |
11 | Julien Absalon (Fra) Orbea Racing Team | 650 | |
12 | Ralph Naef (Swi) Multivan Merida Biking Team | 595 | |
13 | Maxime Marotte (Fra) BH - SR Suntour - Peisey Vallandry | 562 | |
14 | Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spa) Wildwolf - Trek Pro Racing | 543 | |
15 | Stéphane Tempier (Fra) TX Active Bianchi | 529 | |
16 | Christoph Sauser (Swi) Specialized Racing | 506 | |
17 | Max Plaxton (Can) | 472 | |
18 | Mathias Flückiger (Swi) Trek World Racing | 456 | |
19 | Martin Gujan (Swi) Cannondale Factory Racing | 450 | |
20 | Moritz Milatz (Ger) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | 430 | |
21 | Geoff Kabush (Can) Scott-3Roxracing | 405 | |
22 | Jochen Kass (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team | 394 | |
23 | Rudi Van Houts (Ned) Multivan Merida Biking Team | 383 | |
24 | Emil Lindgren (Swe) Rabobank Giant Offroad Team | 380 | |
25 | Samuel Schultz (USA) Subaru - Trek | 359 | |
26 | Thomas Litscher (Swi) Felt Oetztal X - Bionic Team | 336 | |
27 | Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) | 331 | |
28 | Kohei Yamamoto (Jpn) Specialized Racing | 306 | |
29 | Martin Fanger (Swi) Giant Swiss SR - Suntour | 304 | |
30 | Liam Killeen (GBr) Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 304 | |
31 | Todd Wells (USA) Specialized Racing | 295 | |
32 | Karl Markt (Aut) Felt Oetztal X - Bionic Team | 258 | |
33 | Daniel Mcconnell (Aus) | 248 | |
34 | Catriel Andres Soto (Arg) Wildwolf - Trek Pro Racing | 247 | |
35 | Wolfram Kurschat (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team | 243 | |
36 | Jan Skarnitzl (Cze) Rubena Auto-Mencik Specialized | 230 | |
37 | Marek Konwa* (Pol) Milka-Superior MTB Racing Team | 217 | |
38 | Inaki Lejarreta Errasti (Spa) Orbea Racing Team | 216 | |
39 | Henk Jaap Moorlag* (Ned) Rabobank Giant Offroad Team | 199 | |
40 | Cédric Ravanel (Fra) GT Skoda Chamonix | 193 | |
41 | Ivan Alvarez Gutierrez (Spa) Elettroveneta - Corratec | 190 | |
42 | Fabien Canal (Fra) GT Skoda Chamonix | 188 | |
43 | Adam Craig (USA) Rabobank Giant Offroad Team | 173 | |
44 | Milan Spesny (Cze) S&H Superior MTB Team | 162 | |
45 | Jeremiah Bishop (USA) Cannondale Factory Racing | 158 | |
46 | Martin Loo (Est) Hard Rock Canossa Merida | 150 | |
47 | Derek Zandstra (Can) Scott-3Roxracing | 144 | |
48 | Martino Fruet (Ita) | 142 | |
49 | Marcel Wildhaber (Swi) Scott - Swisspower MTB Racing Team | 137 | |
50 | Philip Buys (RSA) | 136 | |
51 | Michele Casagrande (Ita) Elettroveneta - Corratec | 135 | |
52 | Jiri Novak (Cze) | 133 | |
53 | Kevin Van Hoovels (Bel) Versluys Team | 121 | |
54 | Jürg Graf (Swi) Bskgraf Rollmat-Koba MTB Team | 119 | |
55 | Tony Longo (Ita) TX Active Bianchi | 111 | |
56 | Stephen Ettinger (USA) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | 111 | |
57 | Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Lapierre International | 105 | |
58 | Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Milka-Superior MTB Racing Team | 105 | |
59 | Raphael Gagne (Can) | 104 | |
60 | Jérémy Huguenin (Swi) Giant Swiss SR - Suntour | 102 | |
61 | Andrea Tiberi (Ita) Torpado Surfing Shop | 102 | |
62 | Sven Nys (Bel) | 100 | |
63 | Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (USA) Subaru - Trek | 88 | |
64 | Andras Parti (Hun) Euroone-Waberer's-Cube MTB Team | 88 | |
65 | Julien Taramarcaz (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | 86 | |
66 | Sepp Freiburghaus (Swi) Thoemus Racing Team | 84 | |
67 | David Fletcher (GBr) Orange Monkey-Cannondale | 81 | |
68 | Periklis Ilias (Gre) Team Protek | 75 | |
69 | Michal Lami (Svk) | 70 | |
70 | Matous Ulman (Cze) S&H Superior MTB Team | 68 | |
71 | Nicola Rohrbach (Swi) | 68 | |
72 | Ruben Ruzafa Cueto (Spa) Orbea Racing Team | 67 | |
73 | Piotr Brzozka (Pol) JBG - 2 Professional MTB Team | 65 | |
74 | Umberto Corti (Ita) Team CBE Tecnoimpianti A.S.D. | 61 | |
75 | Paolo Cesar Montoya Cantillo (CRc) | 60 | |
76 | Lukas Sablik (Cze) Rubena Auto-Mencik Specialized | 60 | |
77 | Severin Disch (Swi) Thoemus Racing Team | 56 | |
78 | Uwe Hochenwarter (Aut) Muskelkater Genesis Team | 56 | |
79 | Andy Eyring (Ger) | 54 | |
80 | Adam Morka (Can) | 48 | |
81 | Andrew Watson (Can) | 46 | |
82 | Lachlan Norris (Aus) Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 41 | |
83 | Alexis Chenevier (Fra) Scott Les Saisies | 41 | |
84 | Marek Galinski (Pol) JBG - 2 Professional MTB Team | 37 | |
85 | Mitchell Hoke (USA) | 36 | |
86 | Michael Broderick (USA) | 32 | |
87 | Peter Glassford (Can) | 31 | |
88 | Robert Mennen (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team | 30 | |
89 | Alex Grant (USA) Cannondale Factory Racing | 29 | |
90 | Alban Lakata (Aut) Topeak Ergon Racing Team | 29 | |
91 | Sebastien Carabin (Bel) Versluys Team | 27 | |
92 | Neal Kindree (Can) | 26 | |
93 | Spencer Paxson (USA) Kona | 24 | |
94 | Patrik Gallati (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | 24 | |
95 | Hector Riveros (Col) | 23 | |
96 | Cameron Jette (Can) Scott-3Roxracing | 23 | |
97 | Matthys Beukes (RSA) | 21 | |
98 | Jiri Friedl (Cze) Rubena Auto-Mencik Specialized | 20 | |
99 | Rotem Ishai (Isr) | 20 | |
100 | Kristian Hynek (Cze) | 20 | |
101 | Daniel Eymann (Swi) Thoemus Racing Team | 18 | |
102 | Paul Van Der Ploeg (Aus) Felt Oetztal X - Bionic Team | 16 | |
103 | Rubens Valeriano (Bra) | 15 | |
104 | Matthew Hadley (Can) | 15 | |
105 | Sergji Rysenko (Ukr) Isd MTB Team | 15 | |
106 | Ignacio Torres (Mex) | 14 | |
107 | Pete Ostroski (USA) | 13 | |
108 | Ruben Almeida (Por) | 13 | |
109 | Sid Taberlay (Aus) | 12 | |
110 | Hannes Metzler (Aut) | 12 | |
111 | Kris Sneddon (Can) Kona | 11 | |
112 | Kevin Pauwels (Bel) | 11 | |
113 | Jan Jobanek (Cze) Merida Biking Team | 10 | |
114 | Craig Richey (Can) | 10 | |
115 | David Joao Serralheiro Rosa (Por) | 10 | |
116 | Giancarlo Sax (Swi) Thoemus Racing Team | 9 | |
117 | Justin Lindine (USA) | 9 | |
118 | Marc Bassingthwaighte (Nam) | 9 | |
119 | Hans Becking (Ned) Milka-Superior MTB Racing Team | 8 | |
120 | Luciano Caraccioli (Arg) | 8 | |
121 | Dave Henderson (GBr) | 8 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Specialized Racing | 504 | pts |
2 | Cannondale Factory Racing | 413 | |
3 | Multivan Merida Biking Team | 380 | |
4 | Scott - Swisspower MTB Racing Team | 352 | |
5 | Wildwolf - Trek Pro Racing | 244 | |
6 | Trek World Racing | 214 | |
7 | Rabobank Giant Offroad Team | 201 | |
8 | Orbea Racing Team | 140 | |
9 | BH - SR Suntour - Peisey Vallandry | 114 | |
10 | TX Active Bianchi | 96 | |
11 | Bmc Mountainbike Racing Team | 81 | |
12 | Scott-3Roxracing | 73 | |
13 | Felt Oetztal X - Bionic Team | 67 | |
14 | Subaru - Trek | 45 | |
15 | Giant Swiss SR - Suntour | 42 | |
16 | Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 31 | |
17 | Rubena Auto-Mencik Specialized | 27 | |
18 | GT Skoda Chamonix | 27 | |
19 | Elettroveneta - Corratec | 24 | |
20 | Topeak Ergon Racing Team | 23 | |
21 | Milka-Superior MTB Racing Team | 18 | |
22 | Versluys Team | 12 | |
23 | Thoemus Racing Team | 6 | |
24 | Lapierre International | 6 | |
25 | Hard Rock Canossa Merida | 6 | |
26 | S&H Superior MTB Team | 5 | |
27 | Team Protek | 2 | |
28 | Euroone-Waberer's-Cube MTB Team | 1 |
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