October 15, 2011 (Guadalajara, Mexico) – Max Plaxton won the silver for Canada as he battled with Colombia’s Hector Leonardo Paez who took the win in the Elite Men’s MTB XC race with Jeremiah Bishop (United States Of America) landing on the podium in 4th. Fellow Canuck Derek Zandstra made the top ten finishing in 8th.

Results

1. Hector Leonardo Paez (Colombia)     1:31:12
2. Max Plaxton (Canada)     0:00:17     
3. Jeremiah Bishop (United States Of America)     0:01:29
4. Mario Rojas (Colombia)     0:03:09
5. Rubens Valeriano (Brazil)     0:05:27
6. Edivando Cruz (Brazil)     0:05:38
7. Ignacio Torres (Mexico)     0:06:38
8. Derek Zandstra (Canada)     0:07:09     
9. Deiber Esquivel Benavidez (Costa Rica)     0:08:43
10. Federico Ramirez (Costa Rica)     0:09:32
11. Luciano Ariel Caraccioli (Argentina)     0:10:10
12. Ricardo Javier Hazbún (Chile)     0:10:48
13. Stephen Ettinger (United States Of America)     0:13:43
14. Antonio Guzman (Venezuela)     0:14:32
DNF     Charli Crueisi Quiñonez (El Salvador)
DNF     Lizardo Benitez (Cuba)
DNF     Vicente Sanabria (Cuba)
DNF     Jose Juan Escarcega (Mexico)
DNF     Javier Eduardo Puschel (Chile)
DSQ     Catriel Andres Soto (Argentina)
DNS     Kelvin Gonzalez (Puerto Rico)