August 31/13 8:59 am - Mountain Bike World Championships: Men's XC Updates
Posted by Editoress on 08/31/13
Men are ready to start
After rain last night course is in best shape of the week - dust is down, trail feels not as slippery - at least in the open, but the rain will have made the rocky and rooty sections in the dark under the trees a bit slippery. Beautiful sunny day, around 20C, bit of a breeze.
See our preview from earlier in the week.
75 riders on the startline for today's 7 laps of the 4.7 km course
Specialized doing very brisk business with 'I Ride for Burry' t-shirts, lots of people wearing them. Proceeds to Burry's foundation.
Julian Absalon had two big crashes - Tuesday in the rock garden, broke his bike. Thursday a "stupid mistake", over the bars hit ribs pretty hard. He says been getting lots of physio and much better, but makes Nino look even more unbeatable.
Lap 1
And the Swiss at the front as they head out
Up the climb and it is Nino Schurter (Switzerland) and Fabian Giger (Switzerland) leading
Australia's Daniel Mcconnell (Australia) crashed at the start and has injured his leg - maybe torn on the fence
He's up and will continue on
1/2 way round
Still a long long line, but at the front are the Swiss riders Schurter (defending World Champ) and Giger.
Max Plaxton (Canada) sitting 21st 31s back
Geoff Kabush (Canada) 23rd at 33s
Cameron Jette (Canada) 47th 1:13
Manuel Fumic (Germany) crashes at TreeHouse rock garden
Lap 2
starting the 2nd lap
Schurter leading with José Antonio Hermida Ramos (Spain) at 10s, Giger on his wheel.
4 Henrique Avancini (Brazil) also
Kabush 19th
Plaxton 36th
Gagne 42nd
Jette 48th
1/2 way round - 9:20 am
Schurter still hammering at teh front
2 Hermida at 7s
3 Giger at 10s
4 Maxime Marotte (France) at 15s
5 Manuel Fumic (Germany) at 16s
9 Julien Absalon at 28s
Kabush 20th at 1:03
Plaxton 36th at 1:41
Gagne 41st at 1:55
Derek Zandstra 46th
Cam Jette 47th
Lap 3/7 9:28 am ET
Schurter heads out with a gap of 7s on Hermida and 10 s on Giger
4 Fumic at 16s
5 Marotte s.t.
6 Ondrej Cink (Czech Republic) 31s
7 Julien Absalon (France) 32s
8 Miguel Martinez (France) s.t.
9 Florian Vogel (Switzerland) 33s
10 Moritz Milatz (Germany) 34s
22 Kabush 1:31
34 Plaxton 2:05
9:35 am - 1/2 way round
Schurter, Hermeida at 8s, Giger at 10s, Fumic at 15s
Absalon is riding with broken ribs after crashing during training earlier in the week (see above)
9:50 am - 1/2 way round
Schurter w. Hermida at 7 s
3 Fumic at 21s, 4 Marotte 35s, 5 Cink 48s, 6 Giger 52s, 7 Absalon 57s
24 Kabush
36 Gagne
37 Plaxton
Lap 5/7 start 9:56 am
Schurter heads out having opened the gap to Hermida to 17s, and Fumic is closing the gap to 2nd now at 22s, 4 Marotte 42s, 5 Milatz 1:14, 6 Cink s.t.
25 Kabush
10am
Fumic has caught Hermida up the climb
1/2 way 10:03 am ET
Schurter continues to open the gap to 2nd. Fumic and HeErmida together at 24s back
4 Marotte 49s, 5 Milatz 1:24
26 Kabush 3:45
Fumic gaps Hermida at the TreeHouse rock garden
Lap 6/7 start
10:12 am ET
Schurter heads out on the 2nd last lap with a gap of 21s on Fumic and 23s on Hermida
4 Marotte 49s,
5 Milatz 1:33,
6 Absalon 1:34
24 Stephen Ettinger (USA)at 4:14
26 Kabush at 4:15
10:18 am ET
Schurter hits the halfway mark w. a 23s gap on Fumic and 29s on Hermida
4 Marotte 53s
5 Jaroslav Kulhavy (Czech Republic) 1:35
6 Ondrej Cink (Czech Republic) 1:38
25 Ettinger
26 Kabush
Last Lap
10:25
Schurter starts the last lap with a gap of 22s on Fumic, 3 Hermida at 28s, 4 Marotte 50s
Kulhavy seems to have found his 2nd wind and heads out on the last lap in 5th spot with a deficit of 1:30
1/2 lap to go - Schurter has 23s on Fumic, 3 Hermida at 32s, 4 Marotte 54s, 5 Kulhavy 1:31
Schurter goes down in the dust on a corner, but this will reduce his lead over Fumic
Finish
1 Nino Schurter (Switzerland) 1:40:17
2 Manuel Fumic (Germany) at 0:07
3 José Antonio Hermida Ramos (Spain) 0:21
4 Maxime Marotte (France) 0:53
5 Jaroslav Kulhavy (Czech Republic) 1:17
Course Map
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