Late-race surge nets Switzerland Team Relay title at MTB Worlds

Switzerland took the opening title of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Les Gets, France, with a dramatic late-race surge to the front. Italy took the silver medal and the United States the bronze.

The Team Relay consists of six riders each doing a lap of the XCO course. Each team contains male and female riders in the junior, under-23 and elite categories. Teams can choose whichever order they wish to send off riders.

Italy took a strong early lead on the first lap, but their second lap rider suffered mechanical issues, dropping to fifth by the end of the lap. 

Swipe to scroll horizontally
Results
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Switzerland 1:17:14
Row 1 - Cell 0 Dario Lillo
Row 2 - Cell 0 Khalid Sidahmed
Row 3 - Cell 0 Ramona Forchini
Row 4 - Cell 0 Ronja Blöchlinger
Row 5 - Cell 0 Anina Hutter
Row 6 - Cell 0 Nino Schurter
2Italy 0:00:06
Row 8 - Cell 0 Luca Braidot
Row 9 - Cell 0 Marco Betteo
Row 10 - Cell 0 Martina Berta
Row 11 - Cell 0 Valentina Corvi
Row 12 - Cell 0 Giada Specia
Row 13 - Cell 0 Simone Avondetto
3United States 0:00:14
Row 15 - Cell 0 Christopher Blevins
Row 16 - Cell 0 Cayden Parker
Row 17 - Cell 0 Madigan Munro
Row 18 - Cell 0 Bailey Cioppa
Row 19 - Cell 0 Haley Batten
Row 20 - Cell 0 Riley Amos
4Denmark 0:01:19
Row 22 - Cell 0 Gustav Pedersen
Row 23 - Cell 0 Oliver Sølvhøj
Row 24 - Cell 0 Julie Lillelund
Row 25 - Cell 0 Sofie Pedersen
Row 26 - Cell 0 Caroline Bohé
Row 27 - Cell 0 Jonas Lindberg
5France 0:01:35
Row 29 - Cell 0 Adrien Boichis
Row 30 - Cell 0 Alexandre Martins
Row 31 - Cell 0 Loana Lecomte
Row 32 - Cell 0 Line Burquier
Row 33 - Cell 0 Tatiana Tournut
Row 34 - Cell 0 Jordan Sarrou
6Netherlands 0:02:13
Row 36 - Cell 0 Tom Schellekens
Row 37 - Cell 0 Rens Teunissen van Manen
Row 38 - Cell 0 Puck Pieterse
Row 39 - Cell 0 Lauren Molengraaf
Row 40 - Cell 0 Anne Terpstra
Row 41 - Cell 0 Chris Van Dijk
7Canada 0:02:28
Row 43 - Cell 0 Ian Ackert
Row 44 - Cell 0 Peter Disera
Row 45 - Cell 0 Laurie Arseneault
Row 46 - Cell 0 Emilly Johnston
Row 47 - Cell 0 Isabella Holmgren
Row 48 - Cell 0 Carter Woods
8Great Britain 0:02:45
Row 50 - Cell 0 Max Greensill
Row 51 - Cell 0 Cameron Orr
Row 52 - Cell 0 Elena Mcgorum
Row 53 - Cell 0 Ella Maclean-howell
Row 54 - Cell 0 Isla Short
Row 55 - Cell 0 Charlie Aldridge
9Czech Republic 0:03:17
Row 57 - Cell 0 Jan Zatloukal
Row 58 - Cell 0 Ondřej Novotný
Row 59 - Cell 0 Adéla Holubová
Row 60 - Cell 0 Simona Spěšná
Row 61 - Cell 0 Tereza Tvarůžková
Row 62 - Cell 0 Ondřej Cink
10Germany 0:03:45
Row 64 - Cell 0 Leon Reinhard Kaiser
Row 65 - Cell 0 Benjamin Krüger
Row 66 - Cell 0 Nadine Rieder
Row 67 - Cell 0 Finja Lipp
Row 68 - Cell 0 Antonia Weeger
Row 69 - Cell 0 Niklas Schehl
11Austria 0:03:48
Row 71 - Cell 0 Gregor Raggl
Row 72 - Cell 0 Mario Bair
Row 73 - Cell 0 Laura Stigger
Row 74 - Cell 0 Tamara Wiedmann
Row 75 - Cell 0 Katrin Embacher
Row 76 - Cell 0 Alexander Hammerle
12Belgium 0:04:15
Row 78 - Cell 0 Jente Michels
Row 79 - Cell 0 Kay De Bruyckere
Row 80 - Cell 0 Julia Grégoire
Row 81 - Cell 0 Fleur Moors
Row 82 - Cell 0 Pierre De Froidmont
Row 83 - Cell 0 Emeline Detilleux
13Spain 0:04:19
Row 85 - Cell 0 David Domingo Campos Motos
Row 86 - Cell 0 Rocio Del Alba Garcia Martinez
Row 87 - Cell 0 Marta Cano Espinosa
Row 88 - Cell 0 Joan Mir Mascaro
Row 89 - Cell 0 Lucia Gomez Andreu
Row 90 - Cell 0 David Valero Serrano
14Australia 0:04:33
Row 92 - Cell 0 Sam Fox
Row 93 - Cell 0 Jack Ward
Row 94 - Cell 0 Zoe Cuthbert
Row 95 - Cell 0 Ruby Dobson
Row 96 - Cell 0 Katherine Hosking
Row 97 - Cell 0 Daniel Mcconnell
15Poland 0:05:04
Row 99 - Cell 0 Krzysztof Lukasik
Row 100 - Cell 0 Piotr Krynski
Row 101 - Cell 0 Paula Gorycka
Row 102 - Cell 0 Matylda Szczecinska
Row 103 - Cell 0 Natalia Grzegorzewska
Row 104 - Cell 0 Mateusz Szyszko
16Ukraine 0:12:03
Row 106 - Cell 0 Oleksandr Hudyma
Row 107 - Cell 0 Dmytro Titarenko
Row 108 - Cell 0 Yana Belomoina
Row 109 - Cell 0 Mariia Sukhopalova
Row 110 - Cell 0 Bohdan Chynchyk
Row 111 - Cell 0 Iryna Shymanska
17Sloakia 0:13:09
Row 113 - Cell 0 Martin Hrtánek
Row 114 - Cell 0 Michal Minár
Row 115 - Cell 0 Ján Vierik
Row 116 - Cell 0 Janka Keseg Števková
Row 117 - Cell 0 Tereza Kurnická
Row 118 - Cell 0 Terézia Ciriaková

Latest on Cyclingnews