Australians McConnell and Henderson dominate Swiss race

Two Australians, Daniel McConnell and Rebecca Henderson, won the fifth leg of the BMC Racing Cup in Montsevelier. They both celebrated their first triumph in the most important Swiss cross country racing series. McConnell crossed the line ahead of Fabian Giger in second and European Champion Julien Absalon in third. In the women's race, Andrea Waldis was second ahead of German Nina Wrobel in third.

The racers fought out a tough race of attrition on the physically demanding course in Montsevelier. They had to cope with hefty climbs and - after some rainfall the day before - slippery descents as well as with sultry hot summer weather. And most of the top riders had tired legs from recent training camps ahead of the second half of the season.

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Elite men
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Daniel McConnell (Aus)1:32:44
2Fabian Giger (Swi)0:01:08
3Julien Absalon (Fra)0:02:01
4Martin Fanger (Swi)0:05:57
5Martin Gujan (Swi)0:07:51
6Cameron Ivory (Aus)0:08:16
7Andreas Moser (Swi)0:08:22
8Reto Indergand (Swi)0:08:31
9Emilien Barben (Swi)0:08:35
10Giuseppe Lamastra (Ita)0:10:16
11Lukas Winterberg (Swi)0:11:01
12Daniel Eymann (Swi)0:11:27
13Jonas Baumann (Swi)0:11:34
14Bryan Allemann (Swi)0:12:03
15Enea Vetsch (Swi)0:13:44
16Lucien Besancon (Swi)0:14:06
17Romain Bannwart (Swi)0:14:20
18Marios Athanasiadis (Cyp)0:15:37
19Michael Stünzi (Swi)0:16:08
20Patrick Lüthi (Swi)0:16:36
21Claude Koster (Swi)0:18:03
22Roger Jenny (Swi)0:18:56
23Severin Saegesser (Swi)0:19:39
24Andrew Blair (Aus)0:21:00
25Sandro Soncin (Swi)Row 24 - Cell 2
26Matthias Allenspach (Swi)Row 25 - Cell 2
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Elite women
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Rebecca Henderson (Aus)1:37:34
2Andrea Waldis (Swi)0:01:18
3Nina Wrobel (Ger)0:03:01
4Ramona Forchini (Swi)0:03:24
5Hielke Elferink (Ned)0:06:42
6Eliane Mueggler (Swi)0:13:00
7Marine Groccia (Swi)0:14:36
8Janina Wüst (Swi)0:16:55
9Franziska Brun (Swi)0:18:01
10Chantal Eheim (Swi)0:18:37
11Romaine Wenger (Swi)0:21:28
12Franziska Ebinger (Swi)0:21:32
13Alessia Nay (Swi)0:26:10
14Jennifer Kupferschmied (Swi)Row 13 - Cell 2
15Mallory Barth (Swi)Row 14 - Cell 2

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