{"id":190579,"date":"2018-08-26T21:22:19","date_gmt":"2018-08-26T19:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/?p=190579\/"},"modified":"2018-08-26T21:22:19","modified_gmt":"2018-08-26T19:22:19","slug":"racing-la-bresse-xc-world-cup-schurter-beats-kerschbaumer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/racing-la-bresse-xc-world-cup-schurter-beats-kerschbaumer\/","title":{"rendered":"[Racing] La Bresse XC World Cup &#8211; Schurter Beats Kerschbaumer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redbullcontentpool.com\/embed\/video\/5b82d6da7f6a8400acf47cc7?_=1535301346783\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The 2018 World Cup season ended today with an epic race in La Bresse.\u00a0Nino Schurter has already cinched the so-called &#8220;overall&#8221; with early dominance throughout the season, but today marks his 30th World Cup win.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6K56XN2111_news.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-190575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6K56XN2111_news-750x499.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6K56XN2111_news-750x499.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6K56XN2111_news-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6K56XN2111_news.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s race is 4.1 km long with a 201m of climbing.\u00a0Start with a dirt\u00a0sections of track with average grades\u00a0of 16%, before becoming more technical but less steep.\u00a0Downhill, from a technical point of view, nothing is missing: from technical sections in the forest to jumps, drop and artificial rock gardens.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6K89AW2111_news.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-190576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6K89AW2111_news-750x499.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6K89AW2111_news-750x499.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6K89AW2111_news-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6K89AW2111_news.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In short, a\u00a0track on which Schurter is able to capitalize on\u00a0his excellent technical skills: the Swiss was in fact in the lead for the first two laps of the race, closely followed by Van del Poel and Avancini.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6KXMGD2111_news.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-190562\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6KXMGD2111_news-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6KXMGD2111_news-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6KXMGD2111_news-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6KXMGD2111_news.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gehrard Kerschbaumer followed at 30 seconds back.\u00a0At the start of the fourth lap, Schurter gave way to Van der Poel, while Kerschbaumer, who gradually gained 15 seconds, was in third place.\u00a0Avancini, on the other hand, slipped back into the chasing group.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6K6QSN2111_news.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-190573\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6K6QSN2111_news-750x499.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6K6QSN2111_news-750x499.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6K6QSN2111_news-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6K6QSN2111_news.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>During the fourth lap, even Van der Poel could not keep up and left Kerschbaumer to chase Schurter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6KWQ7N2111_news.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-190561\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6KWQ7N2111_news-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6KWQ7N2111_news-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6KWQ7N2111_news-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6KWQ7N2111_news.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Italian, however,\u00a0had to stop\u00a0a few seconds, due to\u00a0losing a chain, and inevitably losing precious seconds (nine).\u00a0Overcome by Van del Poel, the Italian reconquered second position\u00a0on the next lap to recover ground on Schurter and at the same time leaving\u00a0behind all the others.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6KYDSW2111_news.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-190563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6KYDSW2111_news-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6KYDSW2111_news-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6KYDSW2111_news-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6KYDSW2111_news.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But there was nothing that could be done, the time required to get back on\u00a0Schurter&#8217;s wheel was devastating, and at the end of the fifth lap, Kerschbaumer&#8217;s chain fell again.\u00a0Another 30 seconds lost.<\/p>\n<p>There was plenty of anger for Van der Poel in the last lap: a puncture to his front tire and the consequent fall made him lose third position\u00a0to Marotte.<\/p>\n<p>The race then concluded with Schurter first and Kerschbaumer second despite the various technical problems he faced.\u00a0Maxime Marotte would land on the third step of the podium.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6KYXCN2111_news.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-190564\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6KYXCN2111_news-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6KYXCN2111_news-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6KYXCN2111_news-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6KYXCN2111_news.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Followed by Van der Poel, Koretzky, Fl\u00fcckinger, Cooper and Vogel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6KCUF12111_news.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-190577\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6KCUF12111_news-750x499.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6KCUF12111_news-750x499.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6KCUF12111_news-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6KCUF12111_news.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-26-at-16.45.20.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-190554\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-26-at-16.45.20-750x553.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-26-at-16.45.20-750x553.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-26-at-16.45.20-768x566.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-26-at-16.45.20-1493x1100.jpg 1493w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-26-at-16.45.20.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The overall ranking of the XCO 2018 World Cup is therefore the following:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Nino Schurter 1861<\/li>\n<li>Mathieu Van der Poel 1355<\/li>\n<li>Maxime Marotte 1242<\/li>\n<li>Henrique Avancini 1213<\/li>\n<li>Gerhard Kerschbaumer 1154<\/li>\n<li>Mathias Fl\u00fcckinger 993<\/li>\n<li>Anton Cooper 978<\/li>\n<li>Florian Vogel 962<\/li>\n<li>Lars Forster 902<\/li>\n<li>Titouan Carod 867<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure id=\"attachment_190574\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-190574\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6K9SWN2111_news.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-190574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6K9SWN2111_news-750x499.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6K9SWN2111_news-750x499.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6K9SWN2111_news-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6K9SWN2111_news.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-190574\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Winners of the Overall World Cup\u00a0XC 2018: Schurter &amp; Neff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Among women, at the end of a crazy race that saw four athletes fight for victory, Neff predominated.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redbullcontentpool.com\/embed\/video\/5b82d704a5b5750098e8bf61?_=1535301387267\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-26-at-16.44.50.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-190553\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-26-at-16.44.50-750x442.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-26-at-16.44.50-750x442.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-26-at-16.44.50-768x453.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-26-at-16.44.50.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a 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srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6KPXDS2111_news-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6KPXDS2111_news-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6KPXDS2111_news.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6K1EC52111_news.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-190571\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6K1EC52111_news-750x499.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6K1EC52111_news-750x499.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6K1EC52111_news-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6K1EC52111_news.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6KUWHD2111_news.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-190567\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6KUWHD2111_news-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6KUWHD2111_news-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6KUWHD2111_news-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6KUWHD2111_news.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-190569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6JZFP92111_news-750x499.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6JZFP92111_news-750x499.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6JZFP92111_news-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6JZFP92111_news.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_190565\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-190565\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6M364D2111_news.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-190565 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6M364D2111_news-750x500.jpg\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6M364D2111_news-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6M364D2111_news-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/AP-1WQ6M364D2111_news.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-190565\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Overall podium: 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In two weeks World Championships arrives in Lenzerheide , stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2018 World Cup season ended today with an epic race in La Bresse.\u00a0Nino Schurter has already cinched the so-called &#8220;overall&#8221; with early dominance throughout the season, but today marks his 30th World Cup win. Today&#8217;s race is 4.1 km long with a 201m of climbing.\u00a0Start with a dirt\u00a0sections of track with average grades\u00a0of 16%, before becoming more technical but less steep.\u00a0Downhill, from a technical point of view, nothing is missing: from technical sections in the forest to jumps, drop and artificial rock gardens. In short, a\u00a0track on which Schurter is able to capitalize on\u00a0his excellent technical skills: the Swiss<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":190576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3683,3674],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.3 (Yoast SEO v19.7.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>[Racing] La Bresse XC World Cup - Schurter Beats Kerschbaumer | MTB-MAG.COM<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/racing-la-bresse-xc-world-cup-schurter-beats-kerschbaumer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"[Racing] La Bresse XC World Cup - Schurter Beats Kerschbaumer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The 2018 World Cup season ended today with an epic race in La Bresse.\u00a0Nino Schurter has already cinched the so-called &#8220;overall&#8221; with early dominance throughout the season, but today marks his 30th World Cup win. 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