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September 5, 2021
MTB World Cup 2021 – 6 – WE XCO – Lenzerheide
The UCI Mountain Bike World Cup is a multi-round mountain bike racing series that is sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale.
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September 5, 2021
MTB World Cup 2021 – 6 – WE XCO – Lenzerheide
The UCI Mountain Bike World Cup is a multi-round mountain bike racing series that is sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale. The first World Cup series – which was composed of cross-country events – was held in 1989. The Downhill World Cup was inaugurated two years later, and the Dual Slalom World Cup was launched in 1998. The dual-slalom format – which involved knock-out heats with two riders on the parallel courses in each heat – evolved into four-cross (with four riders on a single course per heat) in 2002 before being dropped after the 2011 season. Riders win points according to their placing in each event. The reigning series leaders in each class are identified by a special jersey.
Victor Koretzky (KMC-Orbea) took the second World Cup win of his career on Sunday in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, spoiling a home crowd win for Nino Schurter (Scott SRAM), who finished second. World Cup leader Mathias Flückiger (Thomus RN Swiss Bike) could only manage third, and will have to wait for the final round in two weeks time to clinch the World Cup title.
Riders in Lenzerheide faced a circuit with long climbs and technical, rooted descents. This is a course with almost nowhere to rest. The men did six laps plus a start lap that replaced the opening dirt climb with a long asphalt climb.
Besides the winning of a World Cup, this race had a number of subplots. Schurter, starting his 100th World Cup, 20 minutes from his home, is still looking for his 33rd win, to match the record of Julien Absalon. With a win and a poor showing by second placed Ondrej Cink (Kross Orlen), Flückigerr could have wrapped up the overall World Cup title here in his home country.
Flückiger’s race did not start well, with him mired in 15th place partway through the start loop. He managed to work his way back to the lead group of nine midway through the first lap, but maybe that extra effort made the difference at the end of the race.
At the front, Koretzky, Schurter and Henrique Avancini (Cannondale Factory) were setting the pace and a lap later the lead group was down to these three plus Flückiger and Alan Hatherly (Cannondale Factory). When Schurter started to push the pace a lap later, Avancini was dropped, to eventually finish sixth. The remaining four rode steadily together at the front, with the two Swiss riders doing most of the pace setting.
On the penultimate fifth lap, Flückiger launched a massive attack on the main climb, opening a small gap on the other three, but they clawed their way back before the end of the lap. The leaders then slowed up the climb on the final lap, with no one attacking as they conserved their remaining energy.
Flückiger tried to attack on the last climb with a kilometre to go, but Koretzky went straight by him to take the lead and open a few seconds gap, which he held to the finish line. Schurter then made his way back to his Swiss rival on the rooty descent, and slipped by him on a corner in the final 300 metres to claim second.
“I’m super happy with this win,” said Koretzky. “My legs have been super good in the week [since the world championships]. It’s amazing to win a World Cup here, with all the crowds, all cheering Nino. When you are on a perfect race, full gas, you don’t feel your legs. I know Nino and Flueky [Flückiger] want to win here because it is a Swiss World Cup. I’m completely tired and kaput now.”
Flückiger has all but wrapped up the World Cup title going into the final round in two weeks, in Snowshoe, USA. His 1429 points is 340 ahead of Cink, with a total of 375 points on offer at Snowshoe. Koretzky, with his win, moves up one spot into third in the overall standings, a further 14 points back, so he also has a mathematical chance of catching Flückiger.
Results :
1 Victor Koretzky (Fra) 1:18:23
2 Nino Schurter (Swi) 0:00:02
3 Mathias Flückiger (Swi) 0:00:09
4 Alan Hatherly (RSA) 0:00:18
5 Titouan Carod (Fra) 0:00:31
6 Henrique Avancini (Bra) 0:00:37
7 Bartlomiej Wawak (Pol) 0:00:52
8 Ondřej Cink (Cze) 0:01:04
9 Maximilian Brandl (Ger) 0:01:05
10 Luca Schwarzbauer (Ger)
11 Samuel Gaze (NZl) 0:01:06
12 Maxime Marotte (Fra) 0:01:18
13 Jordan Sarrou (Fra) 0:01:33
14 Martins Blums (Lat) 0:01:34
15 Vlad Dascalu (Rom)
16 Simon Andreassen (Den) 0:01:38
17 David Valero Serrano (Spa) 0:02:15
18 Thomas Griot (Fra) 0:02:21
19 Luca Braidot (Ita) 0:02:29
20 Andri Frischknecht (Swi) 0:02:33
21 Daniele Braidot (Ita) 0:02:57
22 Milan Vader (Ned) 0:03:06
23 David Nordemann (Ned) 0:03:08
24 Jonas Lindberg (Den) 0:03:13
25 Vital Albin (Swi) 0:03:19
26 Erik Hægstad (Nor) 0:03:22
27 Jan Vastl (Cze) 0:03:23
28 Karl Markt (Aut) 0:03:24
29 Leandre Bouchard (Can) 0:03:25
30 Anton Cooper (NZl) 0:04:11
31 Georg Egger (Ger) 0:04:30
32 Anton Sintsov (Rus) 0:04:36
33 Lukas Flückiger (Swi) 0:04:47
34 Simon Vitzthum (Swi) 0:04:59
35 Gerhard Kerschbaumer (Ita) 0:05:00
36 Joshua Dubau (Fra) 0:05:04
37 Nadir Colledani (Ita) 0:05:19
38 Luiz Henrique Cocuzzi (Bra) 0:05:25
39 Lars Forster (Swi) 0:05:26
40 Nicholas Pettina’ (Ita) 0:05:36
41 Marc Andre Fortier (Can) 0:05:38
42 Ulan Bastos Galinski (Bra)
43 Gioele Bertolini (Ita) 0:05:40
44 Gregor Raggl (Aut) 0:05:46
45 Julian Schelb (Ger) 0:05:47
46 Thomas Litscher (Swi) 0:05:48
47 Marcel Guerrini (Swi) 0:05:52
48 Quinton Disera (Can) 0:05:56
49 Stephane Tempier (Fra) 0:05:57
50 Peter Disera (Can) 0:06:00
51 Reto Indergand (Swi) 0:06:14
52 Guilherme Gotardelo Muller (Bra) 0:06:17
53 Alessio Agostinelli (Ita) 0:06:21
54 Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez (Spa) 0:06:23
55 Jan Škarnitzl (Cze) 0:06:39
56 Ben Oliver (NZl) 0:06:47
57 Antoine Philipp (Fra) 0:06:56
58 Jofre Cullell Estape (Spa) 0:07:02
59 Mirko Tabacchi (Ita) 0:07:10
60 Nick Burki (Swi) 0:07:20
61 Ismael Esteban Aguero (Spa) 0:07:29
62 Andrin Beeli (Swi) 0:07:37
63 Bruno Vitali (Swi)
64 Georwill Pérez Román (PuR) 0:08:02
65 Lukáš Kobes (Cze) 0:08:05
66 Nicola Rohrbach (Swi) 0:08:22
67 Tobias Steinhart (Ger) 0:08:31
68 Sven Olivetti (Swi) 0:08:34
69 Filippo Colombo (Swi)
70 Sven Strähle (Ger) 0:09:02
71 Andrew L’Esperance (Can) 0:09:12
72 Arno Du Toit (RSA) 0:09:25
73 Silas Graf (Ger) 0:09:35
74 Basile Allard (Fra) 0:09:41
75 Mário Costa (Por) 0:09:43
76 Benoit Igoulen (Fra) 0:09:44
77 Nicolas Delich Pardo (Chi) 0:09:50
78 Edson Gilmar De Rezende Junior (Bra) 0:10:08
79 Sebastian Miranda Maldonado (Chi) 0:10:14
80 Hugo Drechou (Fra)
81 Fabian Giger (Swi)
82 Raphael Auclair (Can)
83 Cyril Bourdon (Fra)
84 Daniel Mcconnell (Aus)
85 Anthony Zaragoza (Fra)
86 Isaac Mundy (GBr)
87 Zdeněk Vobecký (Cze)
88 Matthias Stirnemann (Swi)
89 Pedro Aviles Gangas (Chi)
90 Serdar Depe (Tur)
91 Sandro Trevisani (Swi)
92 Gabriel Sindlinger (Ger)
93 Rob Vanden Haesevelde (Bel)
94 Cristobal Gonzalez Cornejo (Chi)
95 Vincent Jonatan Beckmann (Ger)
96 Eduardo Gelpes Sayavedra (Uru)
DNF Joris Ryf (Swi)
DNF Ursin Spescha (Swi)
DNF Amando Martinez Galvan (Mex)
DNF Remy Duquesne (Fra)
DNF Luis Neff (Ger)
DNF Clément Auvin (Fra)
DNF Sebastian Fini Carstensen (Den)
DNF Ryo Takeuchi (Jpn)
DNF Jaime Miranda Jaime (Mex)
DNF Dario Thoma (Swi)
DNF Maxime Loret (Fra)
DNF Kevin Krieg (Swi)
DNF Niklas Schehl (Ger)
DNF Armin Embacher (Aut)
DNS Maximilian Foidl (Aut)
DNS Moritz Bscherer (Aut)
DNS Jens Schuermans (Bel)
 in 2002 before being dropped after the 2011 season. Riders win points according to their placing in each event. The reigning series leaders in each class are identified by a special jersey.
Victor Koretzky (KMC-Orbea) took the second World Cup win of his career on Sunday in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, spoiling a home crowd win for Nino Schurter (Scott SRAM), who finished second. World Cup leader Mathias Flückiger (Thomus RN Swiss Bike) could only manage third, and will have to wait for the final round in two weeks time to clinch the World Cup title.
Riders in Lenzerheide faced a circuit with long climbs and technical, rooted descents. This is a course with almost nowhere to rest. The men did six laps plus a start lap that replaced the opening dirt climb with a long asphalt climb.
Besides the winning of a World Cup, this race had a number of subplots. Schurter, starting his 100th World Cup, 20 minutes from his home, is still looking for his 33rd win, to match the record of Julien Absalon. With a win and a poor showing by second placed Ondrej Cink (Kross Orlen), Flückigerr could have wrapped up the overall World Cup title here in his home country.
Flückiger's race did not start well, with him mired in 15th place partway through the start loop. He managed to work his way back to the lead group of nine midway through the first lap, but maybe that extra effort made the difference at the end of the race.
At the front, Koretzky, Schurter and Henrique Avancini (Cannondale Factory) were setting the pace and a lap later the lead group was down to these three plus Flückiger and Alan Hatherly (Cannondale Factory). When Schurter started to push the pace a lap later, Avancini was dropped, to eventually finish sixth. The remaining four rode steadily together at the front, with the two Swiss riders doing most of the pace setting.
On the penultimate fifth lap, Flückiger launched a massive attack on the main climb, opening a small gap on the other three, but they clawed their way back before the end of the lap. The leaders then slowed up the climb on the final lap, with no one attacking as they conserved their remaining energy.
Flückiger tried to attack on the last climb with a kilometre to go, but Koretzky went straight by him to take the lead and open a few seconds gap, which he held to the finish line. Schurter then made his way back to his Swiss rival on the rooty descent, and slipped by him on a corner in the final 300 metres to claim second.
"I'm super happy with this win," said Koretzky. "My legs have been super good in the week [since the world championships]. It's amazing to win a World Cup here, with all the crowds, all cheering Nino. When you are on a perfect race, full gas, you don't feel your legs. I know Nino and Flueky [Flückiger] want to win here because it is a Swiss World Cup. I'm completely tired and kaput now."
Flückiger has all but wrapped up the World Cup title going into the final round in two weeks, in Snowshoe, USA. His 1429 points is 340 ahead of Cink, with a total of 375 points on offer at Snowshoe. Koretzky, with his win, moves up one spot into third in the overall standings, a further 14 points back, so he also has a mathematical chance of catching Flückiger.
<strong>Results : </strong>
1 Victor Koretzky (Fra) 1:18:23
2 Nino Schurter (Swi) 0:00:02
3 Mathias Flückiger (Swi) 0:00:09
4 Alan Hatherly (RSA) 0:00:18
5 Titouan Carod (Fra) 0:00:31
6 Henrique Avancini (Bra) 0:00:37
7 Bartlomiej Wawak (Pol) 0:00:52
8 Ondřej Cink (Cze) 0:01:04
9 Maximilian Brandl (Ger) 0:01:05
10 Luca Schwarzbauer (Ger)
11 Samuel Gaze (NZl) 0:01:06
12 Maxime Marotte (Fra) 0:01:18
13 Jordan Sarrou (Fra) 0:01:33
14 Martins Blums (Lat) 0:01:34
15 Vlad Dascalu (Rom)
16 Simon Andreassen (Den) 0:01:38
17 David Valero Serrano (Spa) 0:02:15
18 Thomas Griot (Fra) 0:02:21
19 Luca Braidot (Ita) 0:02:29
20 Andri Frischknecht (Swi) 0:02:33
21 Daniele Braidot (Ita) 0:02:57
22 Milan Vader (Ned) 0:03:06
23 David Nordemann (Ned) 0:03:08
24 Jonas Lindberg (Den) 0:03:13
25 Vital Albin (Swi) 0:03:19
26 Erik Hægstad (Nor) 0:03:22
27 Jan Vastl (Cze) 0:03:23
28 Karl Markt (Aut) 0:03:24
29 Leandre Bouchard (Can) 0:03:25
30 Anton Cooper (NZl) 0:04:11
31 Georg Egger (Ger) 0:04:30
32 Anton Sintsov (Rus) 0:04:36
33 Lukas Flückiger (Swi) 0:04:47
34 Simon Vitzthum (Swi) 0:04:59
35 Gerhard Kerschbaumer (Ita) 0:05:00
36 Joshua Dubau (Fra) 0:05:04
37 Nadir Colledani (Ita) 0:05:19
38 Luiz Henrique Cocuzzi (Bra) 0:05:25
39 Lars Forster (Swi) 0:05:26
40 Nicholas Pettina' (Ita) 0:05:36
41 Marc Andre Fortier (Can) 0:05:38
42 Ulan Bastos Galinski (Bra)
43 Gioele Bertolini (Ita) 0:05:40
44 Gregor Raggl (Aut) 0:05:46
45 Julian Schelb (Ger) 0:05:47
46 Thomas Litscher (Swi) 0:05:48
47 Marcel Guerrini (Swi) 0:05:52
48 Quinton Disera (Can) 0:05:56
49 Stephane Tempier (Fra) 0:05:57
50 Peter Disera (Can) 0:06:00
51 Reto Indergand (Swi) 0:06:14
52 Guilherme Gotardelo Muller (Bra) 0:06:17
53 Alessio Agostinelli (Ita) 0:06:21
54 Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez (Spa) 0:06:23
55 Jan Škarnitzl (Cze) 0:06:39
56 Ben Oliver (NZl) 0:06:47
57 Antoine Philipp (Fra) 0:06:56
58 Jofre Cullell Estape (Spa) 0:07:02
59 Mirko Tabacchi (Ita) 0:07:10
60 Nick Burki (Swi) 0:07:20
61 Ismael Esteban Aguero (Spa) 0:07:29
62 Andrin Beeli (Swi) 0:07:37
63 Bruno Vitali (Swi)
64 Georwill Pérez Román (PuR) 0:08:02
65 Lukáš Kobes (Cze) 0:08:05
66 Nicola Rohrbach (Swi) 0:08:22
67 Tobias Steinhart (Ger) 0:08:31
68 Sven Olivetti (Swi) 0:08:34
69 Filippo Colombo (Swi)
70 Sven Strähle (Ger) 0:09:02
71 Andrew L'Esperance (Can) 0:09:12
72 Arno Du Toit (RSA) 0:09:25
73 Silas Graf (Ger) 0:09:35
74 Basile Allard (Fra) 0:09:41
75 Mário Costa (Por) 0:09:43
76 Benoit Igoulen (Fra) 0:09:44
77 Nicolas Delich Pardo (Chi) 0:09:50
78 Edson Gilmar De Rezende Junior (Bra) 0:10:08
79 Sebastian Miranda Maldonado (Chi) 0:10:14
80 Hugo Drechou (Fra)
81 Fabian Giger (Swi)
82 Raphael Auclair (Can)
83 Cyril Bourdon (Fra)
84 Daniel Mcconnell (Aus)
85 Anthony Zaragoza (Fra)
86 Isaac Mundy (GBr)
87 Zdeněk Vobecký (Cze)
88 Matthias Stirnemann (Swi)
89 Pedro Aviles Gangas (Chi)
90 Serdar Depe (Tur)
91 Sandro Trevisani (Swi)
92 Gabriel Sindlinger (Ger)
93 Rob Vanden Haesevelde (Bel)
94 Cristobal Gonzalez Cornejo (Chi)
95 Vincent Jonatan Beckmann (Ger)
96 Eduardo Gelpes Sayavedra (Uru)
DNF Joris Ryf (Swi)
DNF Ursin Spescha (Swi)
DNF Amando Martinez Galvan (Mex)
DNF Remy Duquesne (Fra)
DNF Luis Neff (Ger)
DNF Clément Auvin (Fra)
DNF Sebastian Fini Carstensen (Den)
DNF Ryo Takeuchi (Jpn)
DNF Jaime Miranda Jaime (Mex)
DNF Dario Thoma (Swi)
DNF Maxime Loret (Fra)
DNF Kevin Krieg (Swi)
DNF Niklas Schehl (Ger)
DNF Armin Embacher (Aut)
DNS Maximilian Foidl (Aut)
DNS Moritz Bscherer (Aut)
DNS Jens Schuermans (Bel))
