September 4/10 13:42 pm - MTB World Championships: Men's XC UPDATES
Posted by Editoress on 09/4/10
Welcome to our coverage of the Men's XC, the final cross country event of the 2010 championships in Mont-Ste-Anne Quebec
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There are 84 men starting and they will do 2 start loops and 6 full laps of the 4.8 km course
Geoff Kabush has appeared on the line with semi-shaved sideburns
Nino Schurter (Switzerland) is the defending champion and he will be under pressure by multi world champ Julien Absalon (France), last weeks World Cup winner Jaroslav Kulhavy (Czech Republic), José Hermida (Spain) who has won on this course before, and Geoff Kabush (Canada) who was 3rd here at the World Cup in 2009
Start loop
HEading out it is Burry Stander (South Africa) leading out with Nino Schurter (Switzerland), Florian Vogel (Switzerland), Lukas Flückiger (Switzerland), Jaroslav Kulhavy (Czech Republic), Ralph Naef (Switzerland), Marco Aurelio Fontana (Italy)
Up the climb it is Kulhavy leading 2 Swiss
At the rock garden: Kulhavy leading Schurter, Vogel, Marco Aurelio Fontana (Italy) and they all ride the rocks
Lukas Flückiger (Switzerland) crashed hard on his butt, Stander , Ralph Näf (Switzerland), Maxime Marotte (France)
Most of the riders are running down the rocks
On the rocks for the 2nd time: Schurter leading Kulhavy by 3 sec, Stander 3rd at 20 sec, Naf 4th at 23 sec, Fontana, Marotte and Absalon together, then José Hermida (Spain), Sauser, Manuel Fumic (Germany)
Lap 1
As they head out onto the first full lap
Kulhavy leading Schurter by 1 sec, Stander 3rd at 14 sec, Naf 4th at 19 sec, Fontana, Marotte,
Kabush sitting 15th, Zandstra 37th, Plaxton 39th, Sam Schultz (USA) 41st, Gagne 42nd, Sneddon 50th,
And it has started to rain again
14:25 pm
Heading up the early climb and there are 2 leaders: Schurter and Kulhavy with a gap of 5 sec on Stander, Fontana, Naf
At the rock garden: Schurter with a gap of 5 sec on Kulhavy both riding the rocks. the 3 chasers
Up the climb
Schurter leading Kulhavy,
The a group of 5: Fontana, Stander, Naf, Hermida, Absalon all together at 15 sec
Kabush 15th at 1:30 back
Lap 2
Starting the 2nd lap it is Kulhavy leading after a flat by Schurter, Naf 2nd at 8 sec, Fontana 3rd at 9 sec, Schurter 4th at 13 sec, Stander 5th at 14 sec, Hermida 6th at 17 sec, Absalon 7th at 21 sec
Kabush 14th at 1:40 back, Plaxton 35th, Zandstara 36th
2:40 pm
Kulhavy leading with a small gap on Schurter and Fontana as they head up the small climb and now they have been joined again by Stander, Hermida, Naf, then Absalon is a few seconds back in 7th
Sauser has had a mechanical and so has Vogel
2:45 pm
At the ZigZag climb
Schurter has retaken the lead and has a 2 sec gap on Kulhavy. then 10 sec to Fontana, Hermida, Stander. another 8 sec to Naf, then 10 sec to Absalon
Kabush is 11th at 1:48 back with Moritz Milatz (Germany) on his wheel
Lap 3
As they start the 3rd lap: Schurter leading with Kulhavy on his at 1 sec, Hermida 3rd at 4 sec, Stander 4th at 7 sec, Naf 5th at 26 sec, Absalon 6th at 38 sec
Kabush 11th at nearly 2 min back. Zandstra 35th, Plaxton 36th, Gagne 41st, Sneddon 54th
Absalon and Fontana have both had flats
2:55
Schurter has had a flat
Now Kulhavy and Stander leading and Hermida in 3rd on the climb
Schurter in 4th with Naf 5th and Absalon 6th
3pm
Stander is starting to gap Kulhavy on the descent. Hermida 3rd at 10 sec. Schurter 4th, Absalon, Naf, Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spain), Manuel Fumic (Germany), Ivan Alvarez Gutierrez (Spain), Florian Vogel (Switzerland)
Lap 4
Across the line to start the 4th lap. Stander leading Kulhavy. Hermida 3rd at 9 sec, Absalon 4th at 35 sec, Schurter 5th at s.t., Naf 6th at 49 sec, Coloma 7th, Fumic 8th, Kileen 9th, Gutierrez 10th, Kabush 11th
Schultz 29th, Zandstra 32nd, Plaxton 35th,
3:12 pm
Heading up the climb after the singletrack section
Hermida has caught the leaders and has taken the lead with Stander and Kulhavy following
Schurter 4th at 10 sec, Absalon 5th and Naf in 6th
Fumic has had a flat,
At the ZigZag Climb
Hermida leading, Stander 2nd and Kulhavy 3rd, Schurter 4th at 25 sec. Absalon is at 45 sec back
Kabush is now 9th
3:20 pm
Hermida has a gap of 8 sec on Stander and Kulhavy
Lap 5
Startiing the 5th lap
Hermida leading, with Stander at 8 sec and Kulhavy at 9 sec. Schurter 4th at 37 sec, Absalon 5th at 1: 02 back, Coloma 6th, Naf 7th, Killeen 8th, Kabush 9th,
Todd Wells (USA) 17th, Schultz 27th, Zandstra 33rd, Plaxton 37th, Gagne 41st
3:28 pm
Starting up the climb again and Kulhavy has dropped Stander and is chasing Hermida and closing the gap, Stander looks like he has run outta gas
Kabush has passed Naf and will now be in 7th or 8th
3:33
At the ZigZag climb: Hermida with Kulhavy on his wheel. Stander 3rd at 15 sec. Schurter 4th at 25 sec. Absalon 5tgh
Last Lap
Hermida leading Kulhavy by 3 sec, Stander at 22 sec, Schurter at 51 sec, Absalon at 1:30, Killeen 6th at 2:20, Coloma 7th, Kabush 8th almost 3 min
Wells 17th
3:45 pm
Hermida leading Kulhavy by 12 sec as they start up the climb. Stander holding onto 3rd, but drifting back
3:49 pm
At the ZigZag climb
Hermida leading Kurchat by 15 sec. Stander at 58 sec. Schurter at 1:37.
Final
Unofficial
1 José Antonio Hermida Ramos (Spain), 1:52:26
2 Jaroslav Kulhavy (Czech Republic), at 0:29
3 Burry Stander (South Africa), 1:10
4 Nino Schurter (Switzerland), 2:03
5 Julien Absalon (France), 2:23
6 Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spain) 2:23
7 Liam Killeen (Great Britain) 2:51
8 Geoff Kabush (Canada) 3:58
Course
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