Andri Frischknecht (Switzerland) in action in the junior men's race(Image credit: Armin Küstenbrück)
The Swiss Cycling Federation has selected its riders for the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships from August 31 to September 9 at Leogang and Salfelden, Austria. Twenty six racers and two alternates were named to the cross country portion of the Swiss team.
Among the elite riders are Swiss Olympians Ralph Näf, Nino Schurter and Florian Vogel and Esther Süss and Katrin Leumann. In 2011, Schurter was the silver medallist in the cross country world championship. Switzerland was also second in the team relay.
The selections for the eliminator and team relay will be made two weeks prior to the Worlds.
Swiss Cross country Team for the 2012 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships
Elite men Lukas Flückiger (Team Trek World Racing) Mathias Flückiger (Team Trek World Racing) Fabian Giger (Rabobank Offroad Team) Ralph Näf (Multivan Merida Biking Team) Christoph Sauser (Specialized Racing Team) Nino Schurter (Scott Swisspower MTB Racing) Florian Vogel (Scott Swisspower MTB Racing) Thomas Litscher (Felt Ötztal X-Bionic) (alternate) Martin Gujan (Cannondale Factory Racing) (alternate)
Elite women Sarah Koba (RV Buchs) Katrin Leumann (Ghost Factory Racing Team) Marielle Saner-Guinchard (Team BikePark.ch) Kathrin Stirnemann (Sabine Spitz Haibike Pro Team) Esther Süss (Wheeler_iXS Team)
U23 men Reto Indergand (BMC Mountain Bike Racing Team) Matthias Stirnemann (Thömus Racing Team) Mirco Widmer (Giant Swiss SR-Suntour)
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