May 22, 2016 (Albstadt, GER) – Derek Zandstra (Can) Scott-3ROX Racing had a superb day at the office placing a career-best 16th out of 157 starters in the Elite Men’s 33km race as Nino Schurter (Sui) Scott-Odlo MTB Racing Team out-dueled Julien Absalon (Fra) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team in drag race to finish. Raphael Gagne (Can) Team Canada made the top 30 finishing 28th.
Results
1. Nino Schurter (Sui) Scott-Odlo MTB Racing Team 1:28:38
2. Julien Absalon (Fra) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team
3. Maxime Marotte (Fra) BH-SR Suntour-KMC 0:55
4. Jaroslav Kulhavy (Cze) Specialized Racing 1:36
5. Lars Forster (Sui) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team 2:02
6. Luca Braidot (Ita) 3:00
7. Fabian Giger (Sui) Kross Racing Team 3:15
8. David Valero (Esp) MMR Factory Racing Team 3:23
9. Pablo Rodriguez Guede (Esp) MMR Factory Racing Team 3:25
10. Reto Indergand (Sui) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team
16. Derek Zandstra (Can) Scott-3ROX Racing 4:06
28. Raphael Gagne (Can) Team Canada 5:43
81. Geoff Kabush (Can) Scott-3ROX Racing -2 Laps
96. Evan Guthrie (Can) Norco Factory Team -2 Laps
DNF Leandre Bouchard (Can) Team Canada
Full results here.