Kulhavy dominates cross country World Cup
Czech racer leads from start to finish
The fourth round of the men's World Cup cross country was dominated by Jaroslav Kulhavy (Specialized), who rode away from the rest of the field to win by nearly two minutes. In the absence of World Cup leader Julien Absalon (Orbea), who had stated that he would not attend Monte-Sainte-Anne or Windham [New York] as he prepared for the world championships, Kulhavy easily resumed the lead in the standings.
While Kulhavy rode away from the rest of the field on the first lap, behind him it was carnage on the infamous "Beatrice" rock garden descent, with almost every rider in the top-20 crashing at least once, many suffering mechanical problems, or cuts and bruises as they went tumbling down the rocks.
Nino Schurter (Scott-Swisspower) took control of second place immediately, with four riders fighting for the remaining podium spots - world champion Jose Hermida (Multivan-Merida), Mathias Flückiger (Trek World Racing), Florian Vogel (Scott-Swisspower) and Burry Stander (Specialized). The four rode consistently together until Stander crashed heavily on Beatrice on lap three, and dropped off the back of the chase group to limp home in sixth.
Hermida, who won the world title here last year, was conserving energy, and attacked very hard with a lap and a half to go, moving into third for the final lap, and almost catching Schurter in second at the line. Flückiger and Vogel rounded out the top-five.
"I knew that it would be better to be front," said Kulhavy, "so that I could avoid the traffic that would be a problem at the Beatrice. So I went hard on the first climb to get in front, and then I could go my own pace. This is a very hard course, but I like it, and I knew that I could take back the [World Cup] lead here."
Race Notes
- Kulhavy now leads the men's standings with 860 points, followed by Schurter at 670 and Absalon falls to third with 650 points.
- Geoff Kabush (Maxxis-Rocky Mountain) was the top North American, finishing in seventh after a strong final lap and a half. Kabush jumped 10 spots in the standings, to 25th with 211 points. "I'm really glad to be back running with the top guys at the front, after a frustrating early season in Europe," said Kabush. "I've had a really good month of training in June, and this course suits me well. I hope this is the start of a strong second half to the season."
- Gerhard Kerschbaumer (TX Active Bianchi) won the Under 23 race earlier in the day, riding away from Fabien Canal (GT Skoda Chamonix) on the third lap. He took over the World Cup lead with his win.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Jaroslav Kulhavy (Cze) Specialized Racing | 1:35:51 |
2 | Nino Schurter (Swi) Scott - Swisspower MTB - Racing | 0:01:42 |
3 | José Antonio Hermida Ramos (Spa) Multivan Merida Biking Team | 0:01:54 |
4 | Mathias Flückiger (Swi) Trek World Racing | 0:02:33 |
5 | Florian Vogel (Swi) Scott - Swisspower MTB - Racing | 0:02:51 |
6 | Burry Stander (RSA) Specialized Racing | 0:03:42 |
7 | Geoff Kabush (Can) Team Maxxis - Rocky Mountain | 0:04:14 |
8 | Christoph Sauser (Swi) Specialized Racing | 0:04:31 |
9 | Thomas Litscher (Swi) Felt Oetztal X - Bionic Team | 0:04:33 |
10 | Martin Gujan (Swi) Cannondale Factory Racing | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Stéphane Tempier (Fra) TX Active Bianchi | 0:04:56 |
12 | Maxime Marotte (Fra) BH - Suntour - Peisey Vallandry | 0:05:09 |
13 | Patrik Gallati (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | 0:05:20 |
14 | Manuel Fumic (Ger) Cannondale Factory Racing | 0:05:48 |
15 | Ralph Naef (Swi) Multivan Merida Biking Team | 0:06:56 |
16 | Severin Disch (Swi) Thoemus Racing Team | 0:07:09 |
17 | Lukas Flückiger (Swi) Trek World Racing | 0:07:38 |
18 | Todd Wells (USA) Specialized Racing | 0:07:43 |
19 | Rudi Van Houts (Ned) Multivan Merida Biking Team | 0:07:51 |
20 | Ivan Alvarez Gutierrez (Spa) Giant Italia Team | 0:08:34 |
21 | Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spa) Wildwolf - Trek Racing | 0:08:42 |
22 | Samuel Schultz (USA) Subaru - Trek | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Inaki Lejarreta Errasti (Spa) Orbea | 0:08:47 |
24 | Karl Markt (Aut) Felt Oetztal X - Bionic Team | 0:09:03 |
25 | Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (USA) Subaru - Trek | 0:09:07 |
26 | Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez (Spa) Wildwolf - Trek Racing | 0:09:20 |
27 | Fabian Giger (Swi) Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team | 0:09:40 |
28 | Jiri Friedl (Cze) Rubena - Birell - Specialized Cycling Team | 0:09:59 |
29 | Lukas Kaufmann (Swi) | 0:10:04 |
30 | Kohei Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor | 0:10:21 |
31 | Liam Killeen (GBr) Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 0:10:44 |
32 | Cédric Ravanel (Fra) GT Skoda Chamonix | 0:11:16 |
33 | Jochen Kass (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team | 0:12:02 |
34 | Moritz Milatz (Ger) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | 0:12:16 |
35 | Matous Ulman (Cze) S&H Superior MTB Team | 0:12:32 |
36 | Irjan Luttenberg (Ned) MPL Specialized MTB Team | 0:12:50 |
37 | Jiri Novak (Cze) S&H Superior MTB Team | 0:13:37 |
38 | Spencer Paxson (USA) Kona | 0:13:49 |
39 | Adam Craig (USA) Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team | 0:13:55 |
40 | Marc Colom (Fra) Team Newcycling | 0:14:08 |
41 | Adam Morka (Can) | 0:14:10 |
42 | Nicola Rohrbach (Swi) Elettroveneta - Corratec | 0:14:33 |
43 | Marek Galinski (Pol) JBG - 2 Professional MTB Team | 0:15:39 |
44 | Pierre-Geoffroy Plantet (Fra) Lapierre International | 0:16:06 |
-1lap | Jeremiah Bishop (USA) | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Andrew Watson (Can) | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Andras Parti (Hun) Euro One - Cube MTB Team | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Uwe Hochenwarter (Aut) Muskelkater Genesis Team | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Eric Batty (Can) | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Derek Zandstra (Can) | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Sepp Freiburghaus (Swi) Thoemus Racing Team | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Peter Glassford (Can) | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Jan Skarnitzl (Cze) Rubena - Birell - Specialized Cycling Team | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Matthew Hadley (Can) | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Raphael Gagne (Can) | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Lachlan Norris (Aus) Giant Factory Off-Road Team | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Joshua Carlson (Aus) | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Wolfram Kurschat (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Michael Broderick (USA) | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Henk Jaap Moorlag (Ned) Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Niels Wubben (Ned) Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Seiya Hirano (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Cameron Jette (Can) | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Marc-Andre Daigle (Can) | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Félix Cote (Can) | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | Rotem Ishai (Isr) | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | Travis Woodruff (USA) | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | Christian Bickel (Swi) | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | Pierre Lebreton (Fra) BH - Suntour - Peisey Vallandry | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | Sid Taberlay (Aus) | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | Michal Lami (Svk) | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
-4laps | Christopher Hamlin (USA) | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Martin Fanger (Swi) Giant Swiss Sr - Suntour | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Pascal Meyer (Swi) Thoemus Racing Team | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) Cannondale Factory Racing | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Emil Lindgren (Swe) Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Cristobal Silva Ibaceta (Chi) | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Troy Wells (USA) | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Leni Trudel (Can) | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Specialized Racing | 89 | pts |
2 | Scott - Swisspower MTB - Racing | 63 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Multivan Merida Biking Team | 60 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Trek World Racing | 44 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Cannondale Factory Racing | 38 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Felt Oetztal X - Bionic Team | 29 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Team Maxxis - Rocky Mountain | 24 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | TX Active Bianchi | 20 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | BH - Suntour - Peisey Vallandry | 19 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | 18 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Thoemus Racing Team | 15 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Wildwolf - Trek Racing | 15 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Subaru - Trek | 15 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Giant Italia Team | 11 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Orbea | 8 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team | 4 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Rubena - Birell - Specialized Cycling Team | 3 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Team Bridgestone Anchor | 1 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jaroslav Kulhavy (Cze) Specialized Racing | 860 | pts |
2 | Nino Schurter (Swi) Scott - Swisspower MTB - Racing | 670 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Julien Absalon (Fra) Orbea | 650 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Burry Stander (RSA) Specialized Racing | 490 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Maxime Marotte (Fra) BH - Suntour - Peisey Vallandry | 480 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | José Antonio Hermida Ramos (Spa) Multivan Merida Biking Team | 458 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) Cannondale Factory Racing | 410 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Manuel Fumic (Ger) Cannondale Factory Racing | 398 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spa) Wildwolf - Trek Racing | 389 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Christoph Sauser (Swi) Specialized Racing | 380 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Thomas Litscher (Swi) Felt Oetztal X - Bionic Team | 359 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Stéphane Tempier (Fra) TX Active Bianchi | 358 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Florian Vogel (Swi) Scott - Swisspower MTB - Racing | 328 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Fabian Giger (Swi) Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team | 312 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Martin Gujan (Swi) Cannondale Factory Racing | 309 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Moritz Milatz (Ger) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | 306 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Ivan Alvarez Gutierrez (Spa) Giant Italia Team | 297 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Rudi Van Houts (Ned) Multivan Merida Biking Team | 294 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Mathias Flückiger (Swi) Trek World Racing | 288 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Todd Wells (USA) Specialized Racing | 279 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Lukas Flückiger (Swi) Trek World Racing | 266 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Inaki Lejarreta Errasti (Spa) Orbea | 265 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Karl Markt (Aut) Felt Oetztal X - Bionic Team | 226 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Liam Killeen (GBr) Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 216 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Geoff Kabush (Can) Team Maxxis - Rocky Mountain | 211 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Ralph Naef (Swi) Multivan Merida Biking Team | 190 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez (Spa) Wildwolf - Trek Racing | 190 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Martin Fanger (Swi) Giant Swiss Sr - Suntour | 168 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Patrik Gallati (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | 167 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Derek Zandstra (Can) | 162 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Jochen Kass (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team | 158 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Jan Skarnitzl (Cze) Rubena - Birell - Specialized Cycling Team | 137 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
33 | Matous Ulman (Cze) S&H Superior MTB Team | 127 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
34 | Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (USA) Subaru - Trek | 126 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
35 | Nicola Rohrbach (Swi) Elettroveneta - Corratec | 125 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
36 | Jiri Friedl (Cze) Rubena - Birell - Specialized Cycling Team | 123 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
37 | Samuel Schultz (USA) Subaru - Trek | 114 | Row 36 - Cell 3 |
38 | Lukas Kaufmann (Swi) | 112 | Row 37 - Cell 3 |
39 | Oliver Beckingsale (GBr) | 108 | Row 38 - Cell 3 |
40 | Henk Jaap Moorlag (Ned) Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team | 104 | Row 39 - Cell 3 |
41 | Ruben Ruzafa Cueto (Spa) Orbea | 102 | Row 40 - Cell 3 |
42 | Pierre-Geoffroy Plantet (Fra) Lapierre International | 99 | Row 41 - Cell 3 |
43 | Wolfram Kurschat (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team | 99 | Row 42 - Cell 3 |
44 | Uwe Hochenwarter (Aut) Muskelkater Genesis Team | 99 | Row 43 - Cell 3 |
45 | Andras Parti (Hun) Euro One - Cube MTB Team | 98 | Row 44 - Cell 3 |
46 | Marek Galinski (Pol) JBG - 2 Professional MTB Team | 90 | Row 45 - Cell 3 |
47 | Kevin Van Hoovels (Bel) Versluys - Evenza Team | 86 | Row 46 - Cell 3 |
48 | Severin Disch (Swi) Thoemus Racing Team | 85 | Row 47 - Cell 3 |
49 | Jiri Novak (Cze) S&H Superior MTB Team | 82 | Row 48 - Cell 3 |
50 | Martino Fruet (Ita) | 79 | Row 49 - Cell 3 |
51 | Marc Colom (Fra) Team Newcycling | 76 | Row 50 - Cell 3 |
52 | Cédric Ravanel (Fra) GT Skoda Chamonix | 75 | Row 51 - Cell 3 |
53 | Kohei Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor | 73 | Row 52 - Cell 3 |
54 | Daniel Mcconnell (Aus) | 73 | Row 53 - Cell 3 |
55 | Irjan Luttenberg (Ned) MPL Specialized MTB Team | 71 | Row 54 - Cell 3 |
56 | Jelmer Pietersma (Ned) Milka Trek MTB Racing Team | 56 | Row 55 - Cell 3 |
57 | Sepp Freiburghaus (Swi) Thoemus Racing Team | 55 | Row 56 - Cell 3 |
58 | Jeremiah Bishop (USA) | 52 | Row 57 - Cell 3 |
59 | Chris Jongewaard (Aus) | 47 | Row 58 - Cell 3 |
60 | Adam Craig (USA) Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team | 47 | Row 59 - Cell 3 |
61 | Catriel Andres Soto (Arg) Team Protek | 46 | Row 60 - Cell 3 |
62 | Christoph Soukup (Aut) | 42 | Row 61 - Cell 3 |
63 | Robert Mennen (Ger) Topeak Ergon Racing Team | 38 | Row 62 - Cell 3 |
64 | Niels Wubben (Ned) Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team | 37 | Row 63 - Cell 3 |
65 | Emil Lindgren (Swe) Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team | 35 | Row 64 - Cell 3 |
66 | Balz Weber (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | 32 | Row 65 - Cell 3 |
67 | Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) | 32 | Row 66 - Cell 3 |
68 | Spencer Paxson (USA) Kona | 30 | Row 67 - Cell 3 |
69 | Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Milka Trek MTB Racing Team | 30 | Row 68 - Cell 3 |
70 | Hannes Metzler (Aut) Muskelkater Genesis Team | 30 | Row 69 - Cell 3 |
71 | Tony Longo (Ita) TX Active Bianchi | 29 | Row 70 - Cell 3 |
72 | Adam Morka (Can) | 27 | Row 71 - Cell 3 |
73 | Michal Lami (Svk) | 24 | Row 72 - Cell 3 |
74 | Andrew Watson (Can) | 22 | Row 73 - Cell 3 |
75 | Milan Spesny (Cze) S&H Superior MTB Team | 22 | Row 74 - Cell 3 |
76 | Periklis Ilias (Gre) Team Protek | 21 | Row 75 - Cell 3 |
77 | Max Plaxton (Can) | 20 | Row 76 - Cell 3 |
78 | Eric Batty (Can) | 19 | Row 77 - Cell 3 |
79 | Michele Casagrande (Ita) Elettroveneta - Corratec | 19 | Row 78 - Cell 3 |
80 | Pascal Meyer (Swi) Thoemus Racing Team | 19 | Row 79 - Cell 3 |
81 | Martin Loo (Est) Infotre - Bi & Esse - Leecougan | 17 | Row 80 - Cell 3 |
82 | Peter Glassford (Can) | 16 | Row 81 - Cell 3 |
83 | Eberl Filip (Cze) | 16 | Row 82 - Cell 3 |
84 | Hadley Matthew (Can) | 14 | Row 83 - Cell 3 |
85 | Gagne Raphael (Can) | 13 | Row 84 - Cell 3 |
86 | Lakata Alban (Aut) Topeak Ergon Racing Team | 13 | Row 85 - Cell 3 |
87 | Norris Lachlan (Aus) Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 12 | Row 86 - Cell 3 |
88 | Carlson Joshua (Aus) | 11 | Row 87 - Cell 3 |
89 | Tann Rene (Ger) | 10 | Row 88 - Cell 3 |
90 | Broderick Michael (USA) | 9 | Row 89 - Cell 3 |
91 | Corti Umberto (Ita) Team Cbe Tecnoimpianti A.S.D. | 9 | Row 90 - Cell 3 |
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