August 24, 2014 (Meribel, France) – Following a minute of silence to honour Annefleur Kalvenhaar (Focus XC Team) the Elite Men’s race is now underway with the sun shining and a light wind for the final race of the 2o14 season. Nino Schurter (Sui) Scott Odlo and Julien Absalon (Fra) BMC will battle the Fluckiger Bros, Daniel McConnell (Aus) Trek Factory Racing, Jaroslav Kulhavy (Cze) Specialized and more. No Canadians are racing today. The men will complete  7 laps – full race report and photos here.

Results

1. Nino Schurter (Sui) Scott-Odlo MTB Racing Team 1:33:06
2. Julien Absalon (Fra) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team 0:13
3. Manuel Fumic (Ger) Cannondale Factory Racing 0:37
4. Lukas Flückiger (Sui) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team 0:46
5. Gerhard Kerschbaumer (Ita) I.Idro Drain Bianchi 1:12
6. Daniel McConnell (Aus) Trek Factory Racing 1:17
7. Ralph Naef (Sui) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team 1:48
8. Mathias Flückiger (Sui) Stöckli Pro Team 2:06
9. Florian Vogel (Sui) Scott-Odlo MTB Racing Team 2:07
10. José Antonio Hermida Ramos (Esp) Multivan Merida Biking Team 2:11

Full results here.

Final Overall Standings

1. Julien Absalon (Fra) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team 1,490 points
2. Nino Schurter (Sui) Scott-Odlo MTB Racing Team 1,330
3. Daniel McConnell (Aus) Trek Factory Racing 970
4. Manuel Fumic (Ger) Cannondale Factory Racing 856
5. Stéphane Tempier (Fra) BH-Suntour-KMC 785

31. Raphael Gagne (Can) Rocky Mountain    255
36. Geoff Kabush (Can) Scott-3Rox Racing    215
40. Derek Zandstra (Can) Scott-3Rox Racing    178

Full overall standings here.

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