Schuermans wins U23 cross country World Cup in Nove Mesto
Intergand rides to second ahead of Van Der Heijden in third
In the second round of the cross country series for the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, in Nove Mesto na Morave, Czech Republic, a new face topped the under 23 men's podium, with Jens Schuermans (Versluys) taking the victory and the overall lead in the men's standings.
The race began with a mechanical problem for World Cup leader Markus Schulte-Luenzum (Focus XC), who broke his chain and had to run to the first tech zone. His day got worse when he immediately broke a second chain, followed by a flat tire and finally a third broken chain, before, quite deservedly, calling it a day.
At the front, Italy's Luca Braidot had jumped into the lead, opening a few second gap on Schuermans in the first two laps before the Belgian rider caught and dropped him at the halfway point in the race. Schuermans was clearly on fire, setting the fastest lap times for four out of the five laps in the race.
Behind, Reto Indergand (BMC) was steadily overtaking Braidot, moving into second place with a lap and a half to go. The Italian continue to lose ground, with Michiel van der Heijden (Giant Pro XC) also overtaking him to grab the final podium spot.
Schuermans now leads the men's standings after two rounds with 160 points, followed by van der Heijden at 120, Indergand at 97, and former leader Schulte-Luenzum at 90.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Jens Schuermans (Bel) Versluys Team | 1:15:51 |
2 | Reto Indergand (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | 0:01:14 |
3 | Michiel Van Der Heijden (Ned) Giant Pro XC Team | 0:01:38 |
4 | Jeff Luyten (Bel) Versluys Team | 0:01:58 |
5 | Luca Braidot (Ita) | 0:02:19 |
6 | Jordan Sarrou (Fra) Focus/Rotor/Coaching-System.Fr | 0:02:30 |
7 | Howard Grotts (USA) Specialized Racing XC | 0:02:39 |
8 | Victor Koretzky (Fra) Bikepark.Ch Adrisport | 0:03:22 |
9 | Nicholas Pettina (Ita) | 0:03:29 |
10 | Hugo Drechou (Fra) Calvisson VTT | 0:03:31 |
11 | Jan Nesvadba (Cze) | 0:03:32 |
12 | Martin Gluth (Ger) | 0:03:53 |
13 | Dirk Peters (NZl) | 0:03:54 |
14 | Julian Schelb (Ger) | 0:03:57 |
15 | Pablo Rodriguez Guede (Spa) BH - SR Suntour - KMC | 0:04:21 |
16 | Grant Ferguson (GBr) Superior Brentjens Mountainbike Racing Team | 0:04:36 |
17 | Andrea Righettini (Ita) Focus XC Italy Team | 0:04:56 |
18 | James Reid (RSA) | 0:05:00 |
19 | Emilien Barben (Swi) | 0:05:04 |
20 | Christian Pfäffle (Ger) | 0:05:11 |
21 | Truls Engen Korsaeth (Nor) Merida NTG | 0:05:15 |
22 | Marc Stutzmann (Swi) | 0:05:19 |
23 | Andri Frischknecht (Swi) Scott Swisspower MTB Racing Team | 0:05:32 |
24 | Krystof Bogar (Cze) | 0:05:49 |
25 | Ruben Scheire (Bel) Feenstra Felt Powered By Kenda | 0:05:55 |
26 | Matthias Stirnemann (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | 0:05:56 |
27 | Leandre Bouchard (Can) | 0:06:10 |
28 | Jeremy Martin (Can) | 0:06:23 |
29 | Kenta Gallagher (GBr) Superior Brentjens Mountainbike Racing Team | 0:06:40 |
30 | Didier Bats (Bel) Toka Print MTB Team | 0:06:41 |
31 | Luke Roberts (RSA) | 0:07:07 |
32 | Marvin Gruget (Fra) Look - Beaumes De Venise | 0:07:17 |
33 | Tomas Paprstka (Cze) | 0:07:24 |
34 | Markus Preiss (Aut) | 0:07:33 |
35 | Thijs Zuurbier (Ned) Feenstra Felt Powered By Kenda | 0:07:45 |
36 | Romain Seigle (Fra) Asptt Definitive Tec | 0:07:52 |
37 | Louis Wolf (Ger) | 0:08:01 |
38 | Mitchell Bailey (Can) | 0:08:05 |
39 | Florian Chenaux (Swi) | 0:08:12 |
40 | Steven James (GBr) | 0:08:18 |
41 | Brendon Davids (RSA) | 0:08:24 |
42 | Stefan Peter (Swi) Strübi MTB Kader | 0:08:30 |
43 | Bart De Vocht (Bel) Goeman Scott Cycling Team Vzw | 0:08:55 |
44 | Julien Trarieux (Fra) | 0:09:18 |
45 | Zach Mcdonald (USA) | 0:09:19 |
46 | David Simon (Ger) | 0:09:26 |
47 | Martin Stosek (Cze) Ceska Sporitelna Specialized Junior MTB Team | 0:09:38 |
48 | Arnaud Cannau (Fra) Aix VTT Thrifty | 0:09:39 |
49 | Aaron Beck (Ger) | 0:09:47 |
50 | Russell Finsterwald (USA) Trek Factory Racing | 0:09:49 |
51 | Fabian Paumann (Swi) | 0:09:52 |
52 | Philipp Hediger (Swi) Fischer-BMC | 0:10:20 |
53 | Kerry Werner (USA) | 0:10:31 |
54 | Peteris Janevics (Lat) | 0:10:59 |
55 | Patrick Lüthi (Swi) | 0:11:00 |
56 | Ben Zwiehoff (Ger) | 0:11:01 |
57 | Jonas Loretz (Swi) | 0:11:09 |
58 | Titouan Perrin Ganier (Fra) Focus/Rotor/Coaching-System.Fr | 0:11:22 |
59 | Christopher Platt (Ger) | 0:11:31 |
60 | Nicolas Sessler (Bra) Caloi | 0:11:32 |
61 | Mario Luis Miranda Costa (Por) | 0:11:43 |
62 | Antoine Bouqueret (Fra) Scott La Clusaz | 0:11:56 |
63 | Michael Mayer (Aut) | 0:12:10 |
64 | Tymur Rusiia (Ukr) ISD MTB Team | 0:12:28 |
65 | Radim Kovar (Cze) | 0:13:05 |
-1lap | Christoph Mick (Aut) | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Travis Walker (RSA) | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Pieter Geluykens (Bel) Team Merida Wallonie MTB | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Arno Du Toit (RSA) | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Sturla Aune (Nor) | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Matis Preimanis (Lat) | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Urban Ferencak (Slo) Calcit Bike Team | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Keegan Swenson (USA) Cannondale Factory Racing | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Marcel Guerrini (Swi) | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Ruslan Boredskiy (Rus) | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Samuel Shaw (NZl) | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Gonçalo Duarte Basilio Amado (Por) | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Edvard Vea Iversen (Nor) | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Andrey Fonseca (CRc) Bi&Esse Carrera | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Adria Noguera Soldevila (Spa) | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Frantisek Lami (Svk) | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Maximilian Maier (Ger) | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Tomas Bohata (Cze) | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Thibault Geneste (Fra) Newcycling | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Rok Korosec (Slo) Calcit Bike Team | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Philipp Wetzelberger (Aut) | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Arnis Petersons (Lat) | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Paul Rodenbach (RSA) Superior Brentjens Mountainbike Racing Team | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Mark Csielka (Hun) | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Omer Shubi (Isr) | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Mattia Penna (Ita) | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Matthijs Eversdijk (Ned) | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Lars Forster (Swi) | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Robbert De Nijs (Ned) Feenstra Felt Powered By Kenda | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Markus Schulte-Luenzum (Ger) Focus XC Team | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Mykolay Shepel (Ukr) | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Luis Camacho (CRc) Bi&Esse Carrera | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Artem Shevtsov (Ukr) Cycling Club Roma MTB Team | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Adrian Retief (NZl) | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Jozef Bebcak (Svk) | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Fabian Costa (Aut) | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Maxime Urruty (Fra) Creuse Oxygene | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Ben Comfort (Aus) | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Toki Sawada (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor Cycling Team | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Andrey Myshakov (Rus) | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Roland Gantner (Aut) | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | Anton Korolev (Rus) Forward - Udmurtia | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | Gergo Meggyesi (Hun) | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Fabrice Mels (Bel) Salcano Alanya | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kevin Panhuyzen (Bel) Trek-KMC Trade Team | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rourke Croeser (RSA) Orange Monkey Pro Team | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ricardo Paulo Reis Marinheiro (Por) | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Daniele Braidot (Ita) | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Gregor Raggl (Aut) Ötztal Scott Racing Team | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Olivier Bruwiere (Bel) | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tomas Visnovsky (Svk) | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Bartlomiej Wawak (Pol) JBG - 2 Professional MTB Team | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jonas Pedersen (Den) | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Martin Frey (Ger) | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Fabien Doubey (Fra) Asptt Definitive Tec | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rens De Bruijn (Ned) Sbj Bike Team | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Yago Sardina Carrillo (Spa) | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Maciej Jeziorski (Pol) | Row 122 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jens Schuermans (Bel) Versluys Team | 160 | pts |
2 | Michiel Van Der Heijden (Ned) Giant Pro XC Team | 120 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Reto Indergand (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | 97 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Markus Schulte-Luenzum (Ger) Focus XC Team | 90 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Jordan Sarrou (Fra) Focus/Rotor/Coaching-System.Fr | 85 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Jeff Luyten (Bel) Versluys Team | 80 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Nicholas Pettina (Ita) | 46 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Hugo Drechou (Fra) Calvisson VTT | 46 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Luca Braidot (Ita) | 40 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Julien Trarieux (Fra) | 40 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Howard Grotts (USA) Specialized Racing XC | 36 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Daniele Braidot (Ita) | 35 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Victor Koretzky (Fra) Bikepark.Ch Adrisport | 27 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Martin Gluth (Ger) | 26 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Grant Ferguson (GBr) Superior Brentjens Mountainbike Racing Team | 24 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Ruben Scheire (Bel) Feenstra Felt Powered By Kenda | 21 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Julian Schelb (Ger) | 21 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Jan Nesvadba (Cze) | 20 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Dirk Peters (NZl) | 20 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Rourke Croeser (RSA) Orange Monkey Pro Team | 18 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Christian Pfäffle (Ger) | 18 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Pablo Rodriguez Guede (Spa) BH - SR Suntour - KMC | 17 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Matthias Stirnemann (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | 16 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | James Reid (RSA) | 11 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Kenta Gallagher (GBr) Superior Brentjens Mountainbike Racing Team | 10 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Andrea Righettini (Ita) Focus XC Italy Team | 9 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Didier Bats (Bel) Toka Print MTB Team | 9 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Emilien Barben (Swi) | 9 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Truls Engen Korsaeth (Nor) Merida NTG | 5 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Marc Stutzmann (Swi) | 4 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Andri Frischknecht (Swi) Scott Swisspower MTB Racing Team | 3 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Krystof Bogar (Cze) | 2 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
33 | Bartlomiej Wawak (Pol) JBG - 2 Professional MTB Team | 1 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
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