Schurter wins in La Bresse to secure UCI World Cup
Kerschbaumer, Marotte round out podium
Despite having already mathematically won the 2018 UCI XCO World Cup after the penultimate sixth round, Nino Schurter (Scott-SRAM) did not hold back in the final round in La Bresse, France, on Sunday, taking his 30th career World Cup win, putting him in an exclusive club with Julien Absalon and Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå.
Schurter attacked on the opening lap and led for all but one lap. Gerhard Kerschbaumer (Torpado Gabogas) and Corendon-Circus' Mathieu Van der Poel kept Schurter within 15 seconds for the first three laps, with Van der Poel actually joining the world champion at the front on lap 2, but they both began to lose ground in the second half of the race.
Kerschbaumer rallied in the final lap to pull to within 12 seconds and take second place, but Van der Poel crashed and suffered a slow puncture, and was overtaken by Maxime Marotte (Cannondale Factory) for third in the last lap.
"It was my plan to attack right from the beginning and see how the others responded," said Schurter. "I want to try to win every World Cup race, and my 30th World Cup win was a big goal. And it's a good feeling to go into the world championships with a good result."
Schurter ended the season with 1,861 points. Van der Poel remained in second, a distant 506 points back, while Marotte moved into third, bumping Henrique Avancini (Cannondale Factory).
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Nino Schurter (Swi) | 1:26:25 |
2 | Gerhard Kerschbaumer (Ita) | 0:00:12 |
3 | Maxime Marotte (Fra) | 0:01:32 |
4 | Mathieu Van Der Poel (Ned) | 0:02:19 |
5 | Victor Koretzky (Fra) | 0:02:32 |
6 | Mathias Flueckiger (Swi) | 0:02:49 |
7 | Anton Cooper (NZl) | 0:02:59 |
8 | Florian Vogel (Swi) | 0:03:09 |
9 | Titouan Carod (Fra) | 0:03:24 |
10 | Andri Frischknecht (Swi) | 0:03:34 |
11 | Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez (Spa) | 0:03:47 |
12 | Daniele Braidot (Ita) | 0:03:56 |
13 | David Valero Serrano (Spa) | 0:04:05 |
14 | Thomas Litscher (Swi) | 0:04:15 |
15 | Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spa) | 0:04:39 |
16 | Manuel Fumic (Ger) | 0:04:50 |
17 | Henrique Avancini (Bra) | 0:04:51 |
18 | Anton Sintsov (Rus) | 0:04:52 |
19 | Matthias Stirnemann (Swi) | 0:04:59 |
20 | Jordan Sarrou (Fra) | 0:05:11 |
21 | Ondrej Cink (Cze) | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Reto Indergand (Swi) | 0:05:37 |
23 | Marcel Guerrini (Swi) | 0:05:41 |
24 | Jens Schuermans (Bel) | 0:05:50 |
25 | Kevin Panhuyzen (Bel) | 0:06:02 |
26 | Maxime Loret (Fra) | 0:06:09 |
27 | Karl Markt (Aut) | 0:06:14 |
28 | Stephane Tempier (Fra) | 0:06:28 |
29 | Luca Braidot (Ita) | 0:06:36 |
30 | Gioele Bertolini (Ita) | 0:06:59 |
31 | Lukas Flueckiger (Swi) | 0:07:10 |
32 | Jaroslav Kulhavý (Cze) | 0:07:19 |
33 | Bartlomiej Wawak (Pol) | 0:07:23 |
34 | Jan Vastl (Cze) | 0:07:28 |
35 | Gregor Raggl (Aut) | 0:07:42 |
36 | Ben Zwiehoff (Ger) | 0:07:44 |
37 | Hugo Drechou (Fra) | 0:07:51 |
38 | Andrea Tiberi (Ita) | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Georg Egger (Ger) | 0:07:57 |
40 | Catriel Soto (Arg) | 0:08:05 |
41 | Martin Fanger (Swi) | 0:08:08 |
42 | Fabian Giger (Swi) | 0:08:33 |
43 | Kohei Yamamoto (Jpn) | 0:08:36 |
44 | Martin Loo (Est) | 0:08:48 |
45 | Nadir Colledani (Ita) | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Raphael Gay (Fra) | 0:09:11 |
47 | Leandre Bouchard (Can) | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | András Parti (Hun) | 0:09:21 |
49 | Michiel Van Der Heijden (Ned) | 0:09:34 |
50 | Shlomi Haimy (Isr) | 0:09:53 |
51 | Florian Trigo (Fra) | 0:09:58 |
52 | Martin Gluth (Ger) | 0:10:04 |
53 | Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) | 0:10:22 |
54 | Nicholas Pettina' (Ita) | 0:10:43 |
55 | Simon Vitzthum (Swi) | 0:10:46 |
56 | Jhonatan Botero Villegas (Col) | 0:11:03 |
57 | Daniel Mcconnell (Aus) | 0:11:07 |
58 | Bruno Vitali (Swi) | 0:11:16 |
59 | Carlos Herrera Arroyo (CRc) | 0:11:29 |
60 | Andrin Beeli (Swi) | 0:11:45 |
61 | Grant Ferguson (GBr) | 0:11:54 |
62 | Maximilian Foidl (Aut) | 0:12:58 |
63 | Howard Grotts (USA) | 0:14:18 |
64 | Sven Strähle (Ger) | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Florian Chenaux (Swi) | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Mirko Tabacchi (Ita) | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Ruben Scheire (Bel) | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Erno Jacob Mccrae (Bel) | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Mário Costa (Por) | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Raphael Gagne (Can) | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Peter Disera (Can) | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Markus Schulte-Lünzum (Ger) | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Alexis Paris (Fra) | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Martins Blums (Lat) | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Vincent Sibille (Fra) | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Davide Clerici (Ita) | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Edoardo Bonetto (Ita) | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Sebastian Alejandro Miranda Maldonado (Chi) | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Harold Flandre (Fra) | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Antoine Le Coq (Fra) | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Fabien Bragagia (Fra) | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Anthony Ralle (Fra) | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Phillip Pearce (GBr) | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
84 | Pierre Billaud (Fra) | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
85 | Jakob Hartmann (Ger) | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
86 | Zdenek Vobecký (Cze) | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
87 | Lysander Kiesel (Ger) | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
88 | Maximilian Holz (Ger) | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
89 | Pierrick Kersuzan (Fra) | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
90 | Guy Sessler (Isr) | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
91 | Seiya Hirano (Jpn) | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
92 | Mattia Setti (Ita) | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
93 | Sebastian Jayne (Aus) | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
94 | Titouan Perrin Ganier (Fra) | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
95 | Lorenzo Pellegrini (Ita) | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
96 | Corentin Cousteur (Fra) | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
97 | Filip Kubín (Cze) | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
98 | Alex Orillard (Fra) | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
99 | Joe Griffiths (GBr) | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
100 | Frédéric Ischard (Fra) | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
101 | Ingvar Omarsson ISL | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
102 | Julien Estivalet (Fra) | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
103 | Markus Siebert (Ger) | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
104 | Sébastien Welter (Fra) | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
105 | Rodolphe Lestievent (Fra) | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
106 | Tobias Sindlinger (Ger) | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Julian Schelb (Ger) | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sebastian Fini Carstensen (Den) | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Pablo Rodriguez Guede (Spa) | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lars Forster (Swi) | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Thomas Griot (Fra) | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Patricio Maximiliano Farias Diaz (Chi) | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marek Konwa (Pol) | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Erwin Bakker (Ned) | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nicola Rohrbach (Swi) | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Christian Pfäffle (Ger) | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Andrew L'esperance (Can) | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
DNF | David Rosa (Por) | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Julian Biefang (Ger) | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
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