Hatherly, Keller claim U23 World titles
South African tops Bevin, Switzerland 1-2 with Frei
U23 Women
Host nation Switzerland took their third title in three days at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships on Friday in Lenzerheide. Swiss teammates Alessandra Keller and Sina Frei finished 1-2 before a cheering crowd.
Switzerland was favoured for the women's race and they did not disappoint, with defending champion Frei and Keller riding away from the rest of the field on the first lap. The pair rode together until the third lap when Keller attacked, opening a 38 second gap by the end of the lap and extending it to 1:22 by the finish. Frei rode the rest of the race in second, holding off a late effort by Marika Tovo of Italy to make it a 1-2 finish for the Swiss. This is the third gold medal for the host nation in five events contested so far. "
There are no words," said Keller, "the crowd was amazing, cheering for me - it was so loud. It's a big dream to win this title, I was unlucky last year with a crash, and I was sick at Europeans [Championships], so this is a dream come true."
U23 Men
South Africa became the third nation at the 2018 Mountain Bike World Championships to win a rainbow jersey in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, with a dominating performance by Alan Hatherly, last year's silver medalist. Hatherly follows in the footsteps of the late Burry Stander, who became South Africa's first XCO world champion as a U23 rider in 2009.
The men's race saw a group of ten form at the front on the first lap, including Hatherly, World Cup champion Petter Fagerhaug (Norway), Christopher Blevins (USA) and David Nordemann (Netherlands). Hatherly was the most aggressive, and by the third lap only Blevins was still with him. The pair rode together for the remainder of the race, with Hatherly finally dropping Blevins in the last half lap to solo in for the win, 27 seconds ahead of the American. Nordemann took third.
"I had a taste of victory at Mont-Ste-Anne [World Cup] about a month ago," said Hatherly, "and since then I've just been preparing. I knew the possibility of winning was quite good, so it was a matter of making sure the final preparations were perfect. It's pretty unbelievable; these aren't the sort of conditions we get in South Africa, and at altitude where I normally struggle. A dream come true. I knew Chris has a pretty good kick from his road racing, so the last thing I wanted was for it to come down to a sprint. So on the last lap I just wound it up and kept my head down the whole way."
Full Resulta
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Alan Hatherly (South Africa) | 1:21:22 |
2 | Christopher Blevins (United States Of America) | 0:00:27 |
3 | David Nordemann (Netherlands) | 0:01:05 |
4 | Petter Fagerhaug (Norway) | 0:01:24 |
5 | Jonas Lindberg (Denmark) | 0:01:28 |
6 | Vital Albin (Switzerland) | 0:01:47 |
7 | Jofre Cullell Estape (Spain) | 0:01:53 |
8 | Simon Andreassen (Denmark) | 0:02:00 |
9 | Antoine Philipp (France) | 0:02:18 |
10 | Luca Schwarzbauer (Germany) | 0:02:36 |
11 | Jose Gerardo Ulloa Arevalo (Mexico) | 0:02:38 |
12 | Márton Dina (Hungary) | 0:02:49 |
13 | Noah Blöchlinger (Switzerland) | 0:02:50 |
14 | Sean Fincham (Canada) | 0:03:09 |
15 | Martin Emil Siggerud (Norway) | 0:03:20 |
16 | Filippo Colombo (Switzerland) | 0:03:32 |
17 | Ben Oliver (New Zealand) | 0:03:35 |
18 | Thomas Bonnet (France) | 0:03:59 |
19 | Erik Hægstad (Norway) | 0:04:11 |
20 | Marc Andre Fortier (Canada) | 0:04:16 |
21 | Marc Bouwmeester (Netherlands) | 0:04:22 |
22 | Vlad Dascalu (Romania) | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Eden Cruise (New Zealand) | 0:04:37 |
24 | Pierre De Froidmont (Belgium) | 0:04:55 |
25 | Milan Vader (Netherlands) | 0:04:57 |
26 | Niklas Schehl (Germany) | 0:05:14 |
27 | Quinton Disera (Canada) | 0:05:16 |
28 | Matej Prudek (Czech Republic) | 0:05:22 |
29 | Emil Hedlund (Sweden) | 0:05:39 |
30 | Attila Valter (Hungary) | 0:05:45 |
31 | Joel Roth (Switzerland) | 0:05:51 |
32 | Raphael Auclair (Canada) | 0:05:54 |
33 | Simon Schneller (Germany) | 0:05:56 |
34 | Neïlo Perrin Ganier (France) | 0:06:02 |
35 | Gunnar Holmgren (Canada) | 0:06:03 |
36 | Juri Zanotti (Italy) | 0:06:52 |
37 | Jakub Zamrozniak (Poland) | 0:07:13 |
38 | Joshua Dubau (France) | 0:07:31 |
39 | Joris Ryf (Switzerland) | 0:07:34 |
40 | Tobias Johannessen (Norway) | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Julian Jessop (South Africa) | 0:07:43 |
42 | Lukáš Kobes (Czech Republic) | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Jerry Dufour (United States Of America) | 0:07:49 |
44 | Rok Naglic (Slovenia) | 0:08:04 |
45 | Alessio Agostinelli (Italy) | 0:08:13 |
46 | Filip Helta (Poland) | 0:08:29 |
47 | Ivan Filatov (Russian Federation) | 0:08:36 |
48 | Jaromír Skála (Czech Republic) | 0:08:41 |
49 | Ramon Lauener (Switzerland) | 0:08:47 |
50 | Sandy Floren (United States Of America) | 0:09:02 |
51 | Alessandro Saravalle (Italy) | 0:09:04 |
52 | Carson Beckett (United States Of America) | 0:11:37 |
53 | Tomer Zaltsman (Israel) | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Cameron Orr (Great Britain) | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Axel Zingle (France) | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Callum Carson (Australia) | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Volodymyr Kozlovskyy (Ukraine) | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Sasu Halme (Finland) | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Alessandro Naspi (Italy) | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Guy Leshem (Israel) | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Cole Paton (United States Of America) | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Frazer Clacherty (Great Britain) | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Arsentii Vavilov (Russian Federation) | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Reece Tucknott (Australia) | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Nicolas Patricio Delich Pardo (Chile) | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Zsombor Palumby (Hungary) | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Fernando Contreras (Argentina) | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Ori Leonzini (Israel) | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Jhon Fredy Garzon Gonzalez (Colombia) | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Michael Harris (Australia) | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Tristan De Lange (Namibia) | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Tomasz Budzinski (Poland) | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Moritz Bscherer (Austria) | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Tom Reho (Ukraine) | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Alex Lack (Australia) | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Pavel Lunde (Russian Federation) | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Marcin Budzinski (Poland) | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Jorge Gomez Mora (Spain) | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Filip Sklenarik (Slovakia) | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Pavlo Lukan (Ukraine) | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Habouria Maher (Tunisia) | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Matija Meštric (Croatia) | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Amando Martinez Galvan (Mexico) | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
84 | Joaquin Plomer (Argentina) | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
85 | Luke Brame (Australia) | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
86 | Riki Kitabayashi (Japan) | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
87 | Aleksandar Roman (Serbia) | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
88 | Brent Rees (Australia) | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
89 | Cristobal Omar Gonzalez Cornejo (Chile) | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
90 | Ari Hirabayashi (Japan) | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
91 | Tumelo Makae LES | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
92 | Yuki Kobayashi (Japan) | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
93 | Josip Meštric (Croatia) | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Josep Duran Reig (Spain) | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Maximilian Brandl (Germany) | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Gonzalo Artal Lokman (Argentina) | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Joel Ramirez Miranda (Mexico) | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Alessandra Keller (Switzerland) | 1:22:53 |
2 | Sina Frei (Switzerland) | 0:01:22 |
3 | Marika Tovo (Italy) | 0:01:40 |
4 | Ronja Eibl (Germany) | 0:02:32 |
5 | Caroline Bohé (Denmark) | 0:03:25 |
6 | Sophie Von Berswordt (Netherlands) | 0:04:00 |
7 | Rocio Del Alba Garcia Martinez (Spain) | 0:04:26 |
8 | Malene Degn (Denmark) | 0:05:16 |
9 | Nicole Koller (Switzerland) | 0:05:21 |
10 | Loana Lecomte (France) | 0:05:36 |
11 | Lucie Urruty (France) | 0:06:51 |
12 | Haley Batten (United States Of America) | 0:07:03 |
13 | Savilia Blunk (United States Of America) | 0:07:20 |
14 | Chiara Teocchi (Italy) | 0:07:33 |
15 | Martina Berta (Italy) | 0:07:36 |
16 | Giorgia Marchet (Italy) | 0:07:47 |
17 | Aline Seitz (Switzerland) | 0:07:48 |
18 | Antonia Daubermann (Germany) | 0:08:08 |
19 | Felicitas Geiger (Germany) | 0:09:01 |
20 | Emily Unterberger (Canada) | 0:10:24 |
21 | Laurie Arseneault (Canada) | 0:10:48 |
22 | Gwendalyn Gibson (United States Of America) | 0:11:21 |
23 | Nadja Heigl (Austria) | 0:11:50 |
24 | Anna Spielmann (Austria) | 0:12:13 |
25 | Isla Short (Great Britain) | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Leidy Johana Mera Cadena (Colombia) | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Mackenzie Myatt (Canada) | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Kristina Ilina (Russian Federation) | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Jana Czeczinkarová (Czech Republic) | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Ramona Kupferschmied (Switzerland) | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Erika Monserrath Rodriguez Suarez (Mexico) | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Lisa Pasteiner (Austria) | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Corina Druml (Austria) | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Lena Mettraux (Switzerland) | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Leonie Daubermann (Germany) | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Ida Jansson (Sweden) | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Regina Schmidel (Hungary) | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Emeline Detilleux (Belgium) | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Marta Branco (Portugal) | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Lara Krähemann (Switzerland) | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Megan Williams (Australia) | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Juliette Tetreault (Canada) | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Patrycja Swierczynska (Poland) | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Warinothorn Phetpraphan (Thailand) | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Viktoria Kirsanova (Russian Federation) | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Maria Sherstiuk (Ukraine) | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Natalie Panyawan (Thailand) | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Sarah Tucknott (Australia) | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Matshidiso Bakang Ebudilwe BOT | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Charlotte Culver (Australia) | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Evie Richards (Great Britain) | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Gabriela Wojtyla (Poland) | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
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