{"id":33491,"date":"2017-07-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maxxis.com\/us\/maxxis-sweeps-top-4-in-dh-at-lenzerheide-world-cup-schurter-wins-xc\/"},"modified":"2021-04-16T11:04:25","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T15:04:25","slug":"maxxis-sweeps-top-4-in-dh-at-lenzerheide-world-cup-schurter-wins-xc","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.maxxis.com\/us\/news\/maxxis-sweeps-top-4-in-dh-at-lenzerheide-world-cup-schurter-wins-xc\/","title":{"rendered":"Maxxis Sweeps Top 4 in DH at Lenzerheide World Cup; Schurter Wins XC"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Maxxis Sweeps  op 4 in DH at Lenzerheide World Cup; Schurter Wins XC<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p> he latest World Cup was a smashing success for Maxxis\u2019 sponsored riders, with <a href=\"\/sponsorship\/sponsorships\/sponsorship-28-santa-cruz-syndicate\">Santa Cruz Syndicate\u2019s<\/a> Greg Minnaar leading a sweep of the top four in men\u2019s <a href=\"\/tires\/bicycle\/downhill\">downhill<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/scott-sram.com\/team\/\">Scott-SRAM\u2019s<\/a> Nino Schurter taking his fourth World Cup <a href=\"\/tires\/bicycle\/mountain\">cross country<\/a> victory of the year.  he race was held July 8-9 in Lenzerheide, Switzerland.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Swiss native Schurter extended his winning streak by riding through a slippery, rain-drenched course replete with roots and steep climbs. According to cyclingnews.com, a finish of 22<sup>nd<\/sup> or better in one of the final two rounds will clinch his 2017 title.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Unlike <a href=\"\/tires\/bicycle\/mountain\">cross country<\/a> racers, <a href=\"\/tires\/bicycle\/downhill\">downhill<\/a> riders faced a dry, dusty course in Lenzerheide. Minnaar took his final, winning run in 2:57.042, with <a href=\"http:\/\/factoryracing.canyon.com\/downhill-team\/\">Canyon Factory  eam\u2019s<\/a>  roy Brosnan in second place, <a href=\"http:\/\/new.ms-racing.at\/home\/team\/\">MS Mondraker\u2019s<\/a> Danny Hart third and teammate Laurie Greenland fourth.  he victory was Minnaar\u2019s second World Cup win of the season; he is the only rider so far this year to have won two rounds.  he win was also the 75<sup>th<\/sup> podium for the legendary rider, who now leads World Cup <a href=\"\/tires\/bicycle\/downhill\">downhill<\/a> rankings. \u201c he funny thing is after 75 podiums, I am still having a fun time, and I honestly feel like I am 18 or 19,\u201d he told intocycling.co.za.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesja took second place in the women\u2019s <a href=\"\/tires\/bicycle\/mountain\">cross country<\/a> race. Starting strong, Dahle Flesja and another rider opened a substantial lead in the first lap. She took the lead solo halfway through the initial lap and held it until the final lap. &#8220;I&#8217;m really happy with my result, and I&#8217;m also happy for Annie [Last] winning her first World Cup ever.  here were a lot of strong women out there, and you need a good day to be top three,&#8221; she told cyclingnews.com.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In women\u2019s <a href=\"\/tires\/bicycle\/downhill\">downhill<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pivotcycles.com\/team\/pivotfactoryracing\/\">Pivot\u2019s<\/a> Emilie Siegenthaler claimed a podium spot for Maxxis when she finished third. Like Schurter, Siegenthaler, a six-time Swiss national champion, took a place on the World Cup podium in her home country. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Maxxis congratulates Nino Schurter and Greg Minnaar on their victories and thanks all of these riders for their fine performances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[],"news_category":[272],"class_list":["post-33491","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news_category-bicycle"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Maxxis Sweeps Top 4 in DH at Lenzerheide World Cup; Schurter Wins XC<\/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.maxxis.com\/us\/news\/maxxis-sweeps-top-4-in-dh-at-lenzerheide-world-cup-schurter-wins-xc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Maxxis Sweeps Top 4 in DH at Lenzerheide World Cup; 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