Finn Treudler (Switzerland) won the gold medal in the men's Under-23 Cross-country Olympic race at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships on Saturday. The 22-year-old put local spectators into a frenzy with a dominant performance. Canadian Cole Punchard finished second, 54 seconds behind, while Denmark's Gustav Pedersen (21) secured the bronze medal, 2:14 minutes behind. The biggest mover of the day was Denmark's Mikkle Lose, who moved from 28th position to finish fifth. Rens Teunissen van Manen (Netherlands), ranked second overall in the men's U23 XCO World Cup standings, finished sixth.
A field of 83 riders took the start on the Crans Montana course prior to the XCO race for elite women. Adrien Boichis (France) took the early lead, then Punchard took over after the second lap. Across the next half lap, Treudler took charge.
There was no one near Treudler for several laps and into the flat run-in to the finish line, quite different than his battle against Boichis five days before in the XCC race, where he was beaten in a photo finish by the Frenchman.
Treudler is the current MTB World Cup leader in XCO for U23 men, having won five rounds this year.
Results
Position |
Rider (Nation) |
Time Gap |
|---|---|---|
1 |
Finn Treudler (Switzerland) |
1:20:25 |
2 |
Cole Punchard (Canada) |
+0:54 |
3 |
Gustav Pedersen (Denmark) |
+2:14 |
4 |
Paul Schehl (Germany) |
+2:34 |
5 |
Mikkel Lose (Denmark) |
+2:43 |
6 |
Rens Teunissen van Manen (Netherlands) |
+2:44 |
7 |
Sivert Ekroll (Norway) |
+2:55 |
8 |
Adrien Boichis (France) |
+3:12 |
9 |
Nael Rouffiac (France) |
+3:35 |
10 |
Khalid Sidahmed (Switzerland) |
+3:52 |
11 |
Thibaut Francois Baudry (Spain) |
+3:56 |
12 |
Nikolaj Hougs (Denmark) |
+3:58 |
13 |
Maxime Lhomme (Switzerland) |
+4:31 |
14 |
Nicolas Halter (Switzerland) |
+4:35 |
15 |
Massimiliano Ambrosi (South Africa) |
+4:36 |
16 |
Oleksandr Hudyma (Ukraine) |
+4:55 |
17 |
Fabian Eder (Germany) |
+4:59 |
18 |
Matteo Siffredi (Italy) |
+4:59 |
19 |
Ian Ackert (Canada) |
+5:03 |
20 |
Ivan Sippy (United States) |
+5:05 |
21 |
Alejandro Garcia Vazquez (Spain) |
+5:05 |
22 |
Daniel English (United States) |
+5:14 |
23 |
Zorak Paille (Canada) |
+5:21 |
24 |
Leo Lounela (Sweden) |
+5:43 |
25 |
William Handley (Norway) |
+5:50 |
26 |
Julius Scherrer (Austria) |
+5:51 |
27 |
Chris van Dijk (Netherlands) |
+5:57 |
28 |
Owen Clark (Canada) |
+6:06 |
29 |
Felix Sprenger (Liechtenstein) |
+6:09 |
30 |
Fabio Bassignana (Italy) |
+6:11 |
31 |
Giulio Peruzzo (Italy) |
+6:18 |
32 |
Nils Johansson (Sweden) |
+6:24 |
33 |
Hugo Franco Gallego (Spain) |
+6:34 |
34 |
Jack Spranger (United States) |
+6:35 |
35 |
Marius Aune (Norway) |
+6:35 |
36 |
Francesc Barber Arguimbau (Spain) |
+6:36 |
37 |
Tom Schellekens (Netherlands) |
+6:38 |
38 |
Loris Hattenschwiler (Switzerland) |
+7:13 |
39 |
Sigurd Stubberud (Norway) |
+7:19 |
40 |
Alix Andre Gallis (France) |
+7:30 |
41 |
Corran Carrick-Anderson (Great Britain) |
+8:03 |
42 |
Benjamin Kruger (Germany) |
+8:26 |
43 |
Elian Paccagnella (Italy) |
-1LAP |
44 |
Freek Bouten (Netherlands) |
-1LAP |
45 |
Brajan Swider (Poland) |
-1LAP |
46 |
Nicolas Reynoso (Argentina) |
-1LAP |
47 |
Sondre Rokke (Norway) |
-1LAP |
48 |
Ondřej Novotny (Czech Republic) |
-1LAP |
49 |
Vince Daniel Kiss (Hungary) |
-1LAP |
50 |
Birk Strand Ronnestad (Norway) |
-1LAP |
51 |
Ethan Rose (New Zealand) |
-1LAP |
52 |
Edvin Elofsson (Sweden) |
-1LAP |
53 |
Luca Ruwiel (South Africa) |
-1LAP |
54 |
Eiki Yamauchi Leoncio (Brazil) |
-2LAP |
55 |
Antonio Gomez Ortiz (Colombia) |
-2LAP |
56 |
Martin E Farstadvoll (Norway) |
-2LAP |
57 |
Ernest Roets (South Africa) |
-2LAP |
58 |
Maxime St Onge (Canada) |
-2LAP |
59 |
Patrik Černy (Czech Republic) |
-2LAP |
60 |
Harry Doye (Australia) |
-2LAP |
61 |
Ignatius du Preez (South Africa) |
-2LAP |
62 |
Victor Aron-Alexandru (Romania) |
-2LAP |
63 |
Filip Utranker (Slovenia) |
-2LAP |
64 |
Vinicius Howe (Brazil) |
-2LAP |
65 |
Max Greensill (Great Britain) |
-2LAP |
66 |
Nathan Cornillon (France) |
-2LAP |
67 |
Romano Puntener (Liechtenstein) |
-3LAP |
68 |
Alexandru Ilie-Andrei (Romania) |
-3LAP |
69 |
František Hojka (Czech Republic) |
-3LAP |
70 |
Coen Nicol (New Zealand) |
-3LAP |
71 |
Blaz Kavcic (Slovenia) |
-3LAP |
72 |
Antoine Jamin (Belgium) |
-3LAP |
73 |
Nils Daniel Gutierrez Guzman (Mexico) |
-3LAP |
74 |
Tomer Caspi (Israel) |
-3LAP |
75 |
Johan Gomez Tobon (Colombia) |
-3LAP |
76 |
Tomaš Moňok (Slovakia) |
-3LAP |
77 |
Roger Turne Marinello (Andorra) |
-3LAP |
78 |
Alex Andres Pabon Bastidas (Colombia) |
-4LAP |
79 |
Volodymyr Obukhivskyi (Ukraine) |
-4LAP |
80 |
Eismar Raul Rodriguez Aguado (Mexico) |
-4LAP |
81 |
Parham Shahsavari (Refugee Team) |
-5LAP |
DNF |
Joao Cruz (Portugal) |
DNF |
DNF |
Joel Dodds (Australia) |
DNF |
DNS |
Jack Ward (Australia) |
DNS |
