Schurter wins home race
Süss victorious in women's contest
There were no surprises at the Racer Bikes Cup round in Flims, Switzerland, on Saturday afternoon, when World Champion Nino Schurter (Scott Swisspower) and Esther Süss (Wheeler-IXS Pro Team) won.
Local hero Schurter finished 12 seconds ahead of Lukas Flückiger (Trek World Racing) at the the finish. Heat and the circuit proved to be selective in determining the race's outcome. On lap one of eight total, Schurter, Martin Gujan (Cannondale) and the two Flückiger brothers established themselves quickly as the leaders, with a gap to the rest of the field.
The world's best ranked Under 23 rider Matthias Flückiger (Trek World Racing) put in a strong performance, but suffered a flat tire during lap two and had to make a comeback to work his way back onto the podium.
Schurter got away on lap four and got himself a lead of almost a minute. On the finale lap, Lukas Flückiger managed to come close to Schurter, but the local favorite held on for the victory.
Despite his flat, Matthias Flückiger worked his way back into third place.
In the women's race, European marathon champion Esther Süss won her final test before the European Championships next week in Israel. She built a steady lead from the start of the six-lap race, and at the end, she finished one and a half minutes ahead of German Elisabeth Brandau (Team Haibike) and the third-placed Sarah Koba (Team Giant Swiss).
Roger Walder (Scott Swisspower) and Linda Indergand (FRM TG Zentralschweiz/IG-RS Uri) won the junior men's and women's races while Matthias Stirnemann (Merida Suisse) won the amateur and masters category.
The next major Swiss race is the National Championships in Gränichen in two weekends although the race will not count toward the Racer Bikes Cup series.
Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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1 | Nino Schurter (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing | 1:42:15 |
2 | Lukas Flückiger (Swi) Trek World Racing | 0:00:12 |
3 | Mathias Flückiger (Swi) Trek World Racing | 0:02:37 |
4 | Martin Gujan (Swi) Cannondale Factory Racing | 0:03:37 |
5 | Marcel Wildhaber (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing | 0:04:37 |
6 | Pascal Meyer (Swi) M.I.G Bike Team | 0:06:33 |
7 | Sepp Freiburghaus (Swi) Thömus Racing Team | 0:07:31 |
8 | Silvio Bundi (Swi) ewz-Giant MTB-Team | 0:08:16 |
9 | Severin Disch (Swi) Giant-Swiss-Team | 0:08:31 |
10 | Balz Weber (Swi) DS-Rennsport | 0:08:53 |
11 | Chun Hing Chan (HKg) National Team Hong Kong | 0:09:23 |
12 | Patrik Gallati (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing | 0:09:37 |
13 | Giancarlo Sax (Swi) Thömus Racing Team | 0:09:43 |
14 | Christian Bickel (Swi) christianbickel.ch/RV Winterthur | 0:10:42 |
15 | Mirco Widmer (Swi) Giant-Swiss-Team | 0:11:26 |
16 | Dirk Peters (NZl) Rotorua | 0:12:02 |
17 | Michele Casagrande (Ita) Elettroveneta Corratec (Italia) | 0:12:35 |
18 | Michael Hutter (Swi) Pink Gili Swiss | 0:13:18 |
19 | Pascal Ketterer (Ger) Wheeler- iXS Team | 0:14:22 |
-1lap | Daniel Eymann (Swi) Thömus Racing Team | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Dumeni Vincenz (Swi) Thömus Racing Team | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Florian Thie (Swi) MTB Cycletech Racing Team | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Tobias Hollenstein (Swi) Giant-Swiss-Team | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Manuel Ebert (Ita) A.S.C. Tiroler Radler Bozen | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Florian Meyer (Swi) Freemountain - Koba | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Matthias Allenspach (Swi) Tower Sports-VC Eschenbach | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Samuel Reichen (Swi) Haibike-Swiss IT Repair MTB | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Lucien Peterhans (Swi) Velo Franz/Univega | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Bradford Perley (USA) USA National MTB Team | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Markus Bless (Swi) Tower Sports-VC Eschenbach | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Zachary Keller (USA) USA National MTB Team | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Nate Byrom (USA) USA National MTB Team | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Adam Parke (USA) USA National MTB Team | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Matthias Rupp (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Robert Kircher (Aut) Tango-Cycling-Future Team | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Patrick Tresch (Swi) GU Plus/Thomyk/VMC Silenen | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marc Metzler (Swi) Pink Gili Swiss | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jonas Baumann (Swi) Haibike-Swiss IT Repair MTB | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Yves Corminboeuf (Swi) | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mathias Krähemann (Swi) Bike Team Ramsauer-Micarna | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lucien Besançon (Swi) MTB Cycletech Racing Team | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Esther Süss (Swi) Wheeler-IXS Pro Team | 1:30:05 |
2 | Elisabeth Brandau (Ger) Team Haibike | 0:01:33 |
3 | Sarah Koba (Swi) Giant-Swiss-Team | 0:04:13 |
4 | Marielle Saner-Guinchard (Swi) BikePark.ch/Scott | 0:05:28 |
5 | Kathrin Stirnemann (Swi) Merida Suisse Team | 0:07:08 |
6 | Hanna Klein (Ger) Rothaus-CUBE MTB Team | 0:08:43 |
7 | Fabienne Niederberger (Swi) Felt | 0:12:05 |
8 | Asa Erlandsson (Swe) Cube-Biketoyz / Varbergs MTB | 0:12:59 |
9 | Michelle Hediger (Swi) Fischer-BMC | 0:13:09 |
10 | Renata Bucher (Swi) Stöckli - Craft | 0:15:20 |
11 | Lorraine Truong (Swi) Prof Raiffeisen/ccl | 0:15:43 |
12 | Nadine Rieder (Ger) FBI racingteam.youngstars | 0:16:15 |
13 | Nicole Hanselmann (Swi) bike-import.ch | 0:18:16 |
14 | Cornelia Schuster (Ita) SSV Pichl Gsies Raiffeisen | 0:18:56 |
-1lap | Alexa Hüni (Ger) VAUDE Simplon Team | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Corina Gantenbein (Swi) Fischer-BMC | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Marina Giger (Swi) Tower Sports-VC Eschenbach | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Catherine Lohri (Swi) Koba | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Tanja Starkermann (Swi) Fischer Junior MTB Team | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Lydia Tanner (USA) USA National MTB Team | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Darya Zaytseva (Rus) KARO Film | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Virginie Pointet (Swi) BikePark.ch/Scott | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Therese Rhodes (Aus) Merida Flight Centre Australia | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Céline Farner (Swi) Velo Franz/Univega | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Roger Walder (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing | 1:23:08 |
2 | Michael Stünzi (Swi) Haibike-Swiss IT Repair MTB | 0:01:36 |
3 | Tobias Spescha (Swi) Merida Suisse Team | 0:01:55 |
4 | Janos Ruch (Swi) Fischer Junior MTB Team | 0:02:04 |
5 | Lars Forster (Swi) Tower Sports-VC Eschenbach | 0:02:27 |
6 | Fabian Paumann (Swi) Merida Suisse Team | 0:02:35 |
7 | Jonas Loretz (Swi) Thömus Racing Team | 0:02:36 |
8 | Richard Anderson (NZl) Avanti Bikes | 0:02:37 |
9 | Claude Koster (Swi) MTB Cycletech Racing Team | 0:03:12 |
10 | Valentin Berset (Swi) ACBroye / Dom Cycle | 0:03:46 |
11 | Roger Jenny (Swi) Bike 4 Fun | 0:03:58 |
12 | Florian Chenaux (Swi) Vélo-Club Fribourg/ Cycles Pache | 0:04:17 |
13 | Philipp Hediger (Swi) Fischer Junior MTB Team | 0:04:38 |
14 | Severin Sägesser (Swi) Thömus Racing Team | 0:05:14 |
15 | Armin Kiebacher (Ita) A.S.V. St. Lorenzen | 0:05:42 |
16 | Bryan Allemann (Swi) BikePark.ch/Scott | 0:06:27 |
17 | Florian Suter (Swi) Fischer Junior MTB Team | 0:06:37 |
18 | Silvan Kälin (Swi) TG Zentralschweiz/RV Einsiedeln | 0:06:58 |
19 | Kevin Krieg (Swi) PBR-Matic Swiss MTB Team | 0:07:15 |
20 | Erik Jonsson (Swi) Jonsson Dom Cycle-Merida | 0:08:06 |
21 | Dylan Page (Swi) Dom Cycle / VC Rennaz | 0:08:34 |
22 | Matthias Zink (Ger) Lexware Racing Team | 0:09:15 |
23 | Even Sverdrup Augdal (Nor) Ringerike Sykkelklubb | 0:09:38 |
24 | Marc Schärli (Swi) Fischer-BMC | 0:11:06 |
25 | Alexey Solovyev (Rus) KARO Film | 0:11:17 |
26 | Ronny Koller (Swi) RSS Rheintal | 0:11:32 |
27 | Nikita Chubukov (Rus) KARO Film | 0:11:50 |
28 | Lukas Überall (Aut) Tom's Pro Kirchberg | 0:12:03 |
29 | Dominik Risi (Swi) TG Zentralschweiz/RMC Kerns | 0:12:39 |
30 | Patrick Lüthi (Swi) Prof Raiffeisen CCL | 0:12:54 |
31 | Jan Gafner (Swi) Prof Raiffeisen CCL | 0:13:09 |
32 | Brian Brog (Swi) Free-Mountain-Koba-Team | 0:13:16 |
33 | Daniel Humm (Swi) Tempo-Sport Cannondale/VC Wädenswil | 0:14:57 |
34 | Fredrik Haraldseth (Nor) BOC | 0:15:53 |
35 | Yann Rausis (Swi) | 0:16:12 |
36 | Rico Von Burg (Swi) Thömus Racing Team | 0:17:14 |
37 | Maxi Maier (Ger) MTB-Club-München / Team Merida-Schulte | 0:19:48 |
-1lap | Michael Grod (Swi) VBT-Seetal | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Nick Albrecht (Swi) Race Team - RV Stadt Winterthur | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Felix Wiesbauer (Aut) Tom's Pro Kirchberg | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Maxime Ebel (Swi) Frenetic Bernasconi HiRe | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Pascal Nay (Swi) Thömus Bike Team | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Tobias Schraner (Swi) Fischer-BMC | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Niculin Just (Swi) biketeam.gr | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Elia Omodei (Swi) VC Wohlen/Scott Radsport Stutz | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | James Hanus (Aus) | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Pascal Stettler (Swi) Fischer Junior MTB Team | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sascha Bleher (Ger) M.I.G Bike Team | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nico Tambarikas (Swi) RSS-Rheintal | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Silvan Casutt (Swi) biketeam.gr | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Linda Indergand (Swi) FRM TG Zentralschweiz/IG-RS Uri | 1:19:51 |
2 | Lisa Rabensteiner (Ita) Profi Bike Team | 0:09:45 |
3 | Fabienne Andres (Swi) Cannondale Küttel Team/VMC Hägglingen | 0:10:14 |
4 | Julia Tanner (Ita) A.B.C. Egna Neumarkt | 0:11:10 |
5 | Svetlana Poverina (Rus) KARO FILM | 0:13:05 |
6 | Theresa Wolfrum (Ger) BIKE Junior Team | 0:14:14 |
7 | Veronika Widmann (Ita) A.B.C. Egna Neumarkt | 0:20:04 |
DNF | Jolanda Neff (Swi) ewz-Giant MTB Team | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Katja Schuster (Ita) SSV Pichl Gsies Raiffeisen | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jil Saxer (Swi) Fischer Junior MTB Team | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lena Wehrle (Ger) RSV St.Märgen / Rothaus-Cube U21 | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Matthias Stirnemann (Swi) Merida Suisse Team | 1:21:06 |
2 | Reto Indergand (Swi) FRM TG Zentralschweiz/ IG-RS Uri | 0:01:40 |
3 | Lukas Loretz (Swi) Giant-Swiss-Team | 0:02:01 |
4 | Marc Stutzmann (Swi) Free Mountain-Koba/RSC Aaretal | 0:02:09 |
5 | Xavier Dafflon (Swi) Team PRO Cycles-Scott-NewWork | 0:02:27 |
6 | Daniel Kaufmann (Swi) Haibike-Swiss IT Repair MTB | 0:04:27 |
7 | Matthias Lauk (Swi) Energie MTB Team | 0:04:47 |
8 | Mike Schuler (Swi) FRM TG Zentralschweiz | 0:06:00 |
9 | Michael Wildhaber (Swi) Tower Sports-VC Eschenbach | 0:06:28 |
10 | Sebastian Ostertag (Swi) VC Wädenswil/velo-reichmuth.ch | 0:06:31 |
11 | Marcus Nicolai (Ger) Team Bulls | 0:06:32 |
12 | Benoit Grelier (Fra) SCOTT / P.B. | 0:06:32 |
13 | Urs Baumann (Swi) BiXS - iXS Swiss Team | 0:07:15 |
14 | Benjamin Dorn (Ger) Focus Bad Salzdetfurth racing | 0:07:29 |
15 | Rick Reimann (Swi) PBR Matic Swiss MTB Team | 0:07:41 |
16 | Fabian Obrist (Swi) RV Winterthur/ Stevens | 0:08:08 |
17 | Michael Wicki (Swi) RSS Rheintal / Team Radsport Frei | 0:08:17 |
18 | Andreas Zünd (Swi) Pink Gili Swiss | 0:08:21 |
19 | Sandro Kessler (Swi) biketeam.gr | 0:08:47 |
20 | Roland Häfeli (Swi) Fischer-BMC | 0:08:50 |
21 | Jörg Egli (Swi) Wheeler-IXS Swiss Team | 0:09:22 |
22 | Andrea Pendini (Ita) ADV Corratec | 0:10:09 |
23 | Roland Abächerli (Swi) Giant-Swiss-Team | 0:10:24 |
24 | Michael Frei (Swi) Velo Franz-Univega | 0:10:27 |
25 | Jeremias Marti (Swi) TG-Zentralschweiz | 0:11:29 |
26 | Benedikt Mündle (Lie) Merida Liechtenstein | 0:11:55 |
27 | Roger Dittli (Swi) Stöckli-Craft | 0:11:57 |
28 | David Baumann (Swi) Haibike-Swiss IT Repair MTB | 0:12:21 |
29 | Marcel Reiser (Ger) VAUDE Simplon Team | 0:12:54 |
30 | Simon Fankhauser (Swi) MTB Cycletech Racing Team | 0:13:11 |
31 | Sandro Soncin (Swi) Goodsport | 0:13:19 |
32 | Pim Heinrich (Swi) FRM TG Zentralschweiz | 0:13:42 |
33 | Adrian Amsler (Swi) Velo Franz-Univega | 0:13:55 |
34 | Martin Strebel (Swi) Fischer Junior MTB Team | 0:15:01 |
35 | Ralph Federer (Swi) Bike Team Ramsauer-Micarna | 0:15:20 |
36 | Michel Woerner (Swi) VCReinach Goldwurst-power Pete's Bikeshop | 0:16:01 |
37 | Marcel Bader (Swi) Bike Zone / VBT Seetal | 0:00:16 |
38 | Roger Winkler (Swi) BikeZone/VBC Rupperswil | 0:00:53 |
39 | Lars Frederic Nordbakken (Nor) Romeriksåsen SK | 0:01:27 |
40 | Jens Frey Halling (Den) Team Hareskov Cykler - Scott | 0:01:44 |
41 | Rafael Haubensak (Swi) www.fehr-velos.ch | 0:02:03 |
42 | Ben Dekker (Ned) dirty hill | 0:08:12 |
DNF | René Wildhaber (Swi) Trek | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Robin Böhi (Swi) Bike Team Ramsauer- Micarna | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Emilien Barben (Swi) Zeta cycling club | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alain Bischofberger (Swi) Felt / Velo Weidmann | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mirco Zürcher (Swi) BSK Graf/VC Volketswil | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Emiel Blok (Ned) Dirty Hill | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Luca Formoso (Swi) Cycle-Shop / RV Winterthur | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
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