September 08, 2018 (Lenzerheide, SUI) – Team Canada’s Emily Batty won bronze and Haley Smith took home a breakthrough 6th-place finish in the Elite Women’s 29.4 km race that featured a Start loop + 6 laps today at the 2018 MTB Worlds in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The victory went to Kate Courtney (USA) who passed Annika Langvad (Denmark) on the final lap for the win in her first year as an Elite rider.

In the Elite Men’s 33.6 km race that included a Start loop + 7 laps Nino Schurter (SUI) battled Gerhard Kerschbaumer (Italy) as he claimed his 4th consecutive title for a record seven MTB Worlds career victories. The top Canadian was Leandre Bouchard in 26th.

Results

Elite Women
1. Kate Courtney (USA) 1:34:55
2. Annika Langvad (Denmark) 0:47
3. Emily Batty (Canada) 1:58
4. Jolanda Neff (Switzerland) 2:13
5. Maja Wloszczowska (Poland) 3:15
6. Haley Smith (Canada) 3:39
7. Anne Tauber (Netherlands) 4:08
8. Elisabeth Brandau (Germany) 4:20
9. Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjaa (Norway) 4:29
10. Irina Kalentyeva (Russia) 4:47

14. Catharine Pendrel (Canada) 5:57
21. Sandra Walter (Canada) 7:58
31. Cindy Montambault (Canada) -1 Lap
38. Elyse Nieuwold (Canada) -1 Lap

Elite Men
1. Nino Schurter (Switzerland) 1:29:21
2. Gerhard Kerschbaumer (Italy) 0:11
3. Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands) 1:14
4. Henrique Avancini (Brazil) 1:53
5. Florian Vogel (Switzerland) 1:54
6. Mathias Flueckiger (Switzerland) 2:00
7. Titouan Carod (France) 2:16
8. Jordan Sarrou (France) 2:38
9. Daniele Braidot (Italy) 2:45
10. Thomas Litscher (Switzerland) 3:04

26. Leandre Bouchard (Canada) 4:53
48. Raphael Gagne (Canada) 7:56
49. Peter Disera (Canada) 7:56
60. Andrew L’Esperance (Canada) -2 Laps