{"id":189716,"date":"2018-08-13T18:47:23","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T16:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/?p=189716\/"},"modified":"2018-08-13T18:47:23","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T16:47:23","slug":"racing-msa-xc-worldcup-flueckiger-neff-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/racing-msa-xc-worldcup-flueckiger-neff-win\/","title":{"rendered":"[Racing] MSA XC Worldcup &#8211; Fl\u00fceckiger &#038; Neff Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media.mtb-mag.com\/pv\/31279\/embed\" width=\"760\" height=\"432\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>After\u00a0his big win in Vallnord, we all wondered how Gerhard Kerschbaumer would manage in Canada.\u00a0He made a hell of an effort, but in the end, he would succumb to\u00a0Fl\u00fceckiger.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/39138587_1994743777214288_2996119054831321088_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-189706 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/39138587_1994743777214288_2996119054831321088_o.jpg\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/39138587_1994743777214288_2996119054831321088_o.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/39138587_1994743777214288_2996119054831321088_o-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/39138587_1994743777214288_2996119054831321088_o-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>During the third lap, Nino Schurter broke his chain again. &#8220;Again&#8221; because a few weeks ago he had the same inconvenience\u00a0during the Swiss championships, which prevented him from defending the red-shirt jersey.\u00a0Fortunately for him it was not too far from the tech zone, where the mechanics were waiting for him with a new chain in hand.\u00a0However, he lost some time, having to push the bike on the climbs.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WJRUXAKW2111_news.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-189683 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WJRUXAKW2111_news.jpg\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WJRUXAKW2111_news.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WJRUXAKW2111_news-750x499.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WJRUXAKW2111_news-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This created a quartet composed of, the Italian, Fl\u00fcckiger, Carod and Cooper, with about a minute and a half ahead of Nino.\u00a0On the sixth lap Fl\u00fckiger began to push\u00a0hard on the\u00a0downhills, putting pressure on his opponents.\u00a0And here is where it got hectic: Kerschbaumer fell, badly bumping shoulder and landing face down.\u00a0It took time to recover and get up again&#8230;time that Fl\u00fckinger and Cooper use to ward off what would be the first victory of a world cup race for one of the two.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/39060310_1994745510547448_5367138128337305600_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-189708 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/39060310_1994745510547448_5367138128337305600_o.jpg\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/39060310_1994745510547448_5367138128337305600_o.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/39060310_1994745510547448_5367138128337305600_o-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/39060310_1994745510547448_5367138128337305600_o-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And that is how they begin to fight each other in a rather unprecedented show, given that in recent years it was always Schurter\u00a0on the attacks going for the victory.\u00a0Meanwhile, however, Kerschbaumer began to push again, reaching deep and overtaking Carod in third place, despite bleeding knees and who knows what other various pains.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WJRUYS4D2111_news.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-189684 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WJRUYS4D2111_news.jpg\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WJRUYS4D2111_news.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WJRUYS4D2111_news-750x499.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WJRUYS4D2111_news-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was then Cooper&#8217;s turn to crash on the brutal track, with bikes constantly rolling down the mountain.\u00a0And here, Kerschbaumer grabbed the opportunity and took the second position, but Fl\u00fckiger had a sufficient advantage to take him to his first career victory in a world cup race.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/39036902_1993754720646527_1336386938235518976_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-189704 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/39036902_1993754720646527_1336386938235518976_n.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/39036902_1993754720646527_1336386938235518976_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/39036902_1993754720646527_1336386938235518976_n-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/39036902_1993754720646527_1336386938235518976_n-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-12-at-22.28.16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-189664 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-12-at-22.28.16.jpg\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-12-at-22.28.16.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-12-at-22.28.16-750x644.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-12-at-22.28.16-768x660.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-12-at-22.28.16-1281x1100.jpg 1281w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Men&#8217;s podium:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/39086619_1994747447213921_7023440271165620224_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-189707 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/39086619_1994747447213921_7023440271165620224_o.jpg\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/39086619_1994747447213921_7023440271165620224_o.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/39086619_1994747447213921_7023440271165620224_o-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/39086619_1994747447213921_7023440271165620224_o-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the end of the day, Schurter took home the 2018 World Cup Overall, despite a puncture just before the finish, which put him back seventh position. Bad luck for him today, but he&#8217;s still the champ.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/mtsa_xco_me_results_x.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Complete men results<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media.mtb-mag.com\/pv\/31278\/embed\" width=\"770\" height=\"432\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The women&#8217;s field saw absolute domination by Jonalda Neff that, just 5 days after her victory at European Championships in Scotland, repeats a superb performance on the other side of the Atlantic,\u00a0beating\u00a0Langvad by over a minute.\u00a0Third place went to the darling of the Canadian public, Emily Batty, on home turf\u00a0 fared quite well on the difficult track of MSA.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WJRUUASS2111_news.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-189681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WJRUUASS2111_news-750x499.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WJRUUASS2111_news-750x499.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WJRUUASS2111_news-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WJRUUASS2111_news.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WJRUGE6S2111_news.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-189678\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WJRUGE6S2111_news-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WJRUGE6S2111_news-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WJRUGE6S2111_news-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WJRUGE6S2111_news.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WJRUWM7H2111_news.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-189682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WJRUWM7H2111_news-750x499.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WJRUWM7H2111_news-750x499.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WJRUWM7H2111_news-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WJRUWM7H2111_news.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/mtsa_xco_we_results.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Complete Women&#8217;s Results<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After\u00a0his big win in Vallnord, we all wondered how Gerhard Kerschbaumer would manage in Canada.\u00a0He made a hell of an effort, but in the end, he would succumb to\u00a0Fl\u00fceckiger. During the third lap, Nino Schurter broke his chain again. &#8220;Again&#8221; because a few weeks ago he had the same inconvenience\u00a0during the Swiss championships, which prevented him from defending the red-shirt jersey.\u00a0Fortunately for him it was not too far from the tech zone, where the mechanics were waiting for him with a new chain in hand.\u00a0However, he lost some time, having to push the bike on the climbs. 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