Nino Schurter (Scott Swisspower) leading a climb on lap three (Image credit: Dave McElwaine)
Swiss Cycling has selected 30 cross country and four cross riders for the Swiss National Team heading to the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships on September 1-5. The worlds will be held in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Quebec, Canada.
Current World Champion Nino Schurter will be going for his second consecutive title. He'll be joined by former World Champion Christoph Sauser, Lukas Flückiger, Fabian Giger, Martin Gujan, Ralph Näf and recent World Cup winner Florian Vogel.
On the women's side, European cross country champion Katrin Leumann will lead a strong team including newly crowned marathon World Champion Esther Süss, World Cup round winner Nathalie Schneitter and Sarah Koba and Marielle Saner-Guinchard.
The Swiss team often excels in international-level men's and women's individual cross country events at the junior, U23 and elite levels, and after winning the European Championship in July, it is also a favorite for the team relay at worlds.
Not as well known for its four cross accomplishments, the Swiss team will send two men and one woman: David Graf, Roger Rinderknecht and Lucia Oetjen for that event.
The downhill roster is still pending following the European Championships this past weekend.
Swiss National Team for the 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships
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Cross Country
Elite men Lukas Flückiger Fabian Giger Martin Gujan Ralph Näf Christoph Sauser Nino Schurter Florian Vogel
Elite women Katrin Leumann Sarah Koba Marielle Saner-Guinchard Nathalie Schneitter Esther Süss
Under 23 men Severin Disch Mathias Flückiger Martin Fanger Patrik Gallati Thomas Litscher Pascal Meyer
Under 23 women Michelle Hediger Vivienne Meyer Kathrin Stirnemann
Junior women Jolanda Neff Vania Schumacher
Junior men Claude Koster Fabian Paumann Stefan Peter Roger Walder
Sue George is an editor at Cyclingnews. She coordinates all of the site's mountain bike race coverage and assists with the road, 'cross and track coverage.
