Schurter Takes 8th World Championship as Höll, Frei, A’Hern Win at Mont-Sainte Anne
After riding alone for the final three laps of the race, Nino Schurter (SCOTT-SRAM) took his eighth Men’s Elite XC World Championship at Mont-Sainte-Anne, Quebec, Canada. Vali Höll (SRAM TLD Racing), Sina Frei (Ghost Factory Racing), and Kye A’Hern (Canyon Factory Downhill Team) also took championships at Mont-Sainte-Anne.
Troy Brosnan (Canyon Factory Downhill Team) took the silver in Men’s Elite DH, and Marine Cabirou (Madison Saracen Factory Team) took the Women’s Elite DH bronze.
Schurter was part of the front group on the first lap of the XC race, and opened a gap along with one other rider on the fourth lap. On the fifth lap, Schurter gained the lead and held it through the finish line, winning by a margin of 30 seconds.
Maxxis-sponsored riders won both Junior World Championships, with A’Hern winning the men’s and Höll winning the women’s. Frei won the Under 23 Women’s World Championship.
Danny Hart (Madison Saracen Factory Team) was fourth in men’s downhill at Mont-Sainte-Anne, with Greg Minnaar (Santa Cruz Syndicate) in fifth place. Emilie Siegenthaler (Pivot Factory Racing) was fifth in women’s DH, Vaea Verbeeck (Rocky Mountain) was eighth, and Sian A’Hern (SRAM/RockShox/Norco Bicycles/TLD/Maxxis) was ninth.
Gerhard Kerschbaumer (Torpado Ursus) was fifth in men’s XC. In women’s XC, Anne Terpstra (Ghost Factory Racing) was fourth, and Kate Courtney (SCOTT-SRAM) took fifth.
Maxxis wishes the best to Kate Weatherly as she recuperates from a broken vertebrae suffered during practice at Mont-Sainte-Anne. She is expected to fully recover, and everyone at Maxxis looks forward to seeing her back on the podium next year.