September 05, 2018 (Lenzerheide, Switzerland) – Team Canada was as high as 4th during the 5-lap, 21km Team Relay competition, and finished 8th overall as the 2018 Mountain Bike World Championships kicked off in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. Sean Fincham (U23), Carter Woods (Jr), Laurie Arseneault (U23), Haley Smith (EW) and Peter Disera (EM) delivered a solid top-10 result as Disera, the final rider, moved up two spots to finish 8th as Switzerland won over Germany with Denmark 3rd.
Results
1. Switzerland 1:00:00
Filippo Colombo
Alexandre Balmer
Sina Frei
Jolanda Neff
Nino Schurter
2. Germany 0:13
Leon Reinhard Kaiser
Elisabeth Brandau
Maximilian Brandl
Ronja Eibl
Manuel Fumic
3. Denmark 0:34
Sebastian Fini Carstensen
Alexander Young Andersen
Annika Langvad
Malene Degn
Simon Andreassen
4. Italy 1:02
Gerhard Kerschbaumer
Filippo Fontana
Eva Lechner
Marika Tovo
Juri Zanotti
5. France 1:25
Joshua Dubau
Mathis Azzaro
Loana Lecomte
Pauline Ferrand Prevot
Maxime Marotte
6. USA 1:37
Christopher Blevins
Paul Fabian
Kate Courtney
Haley Batten
Keegan Swenson
7. Spain 2:03
Jofre Cullell Estape
David Domingo Campos Motos
Rocio del Alba Garcia Martinez
Claudia Galicia Cortina
Carlos Coloma Nicolas
8. Canada 2:23
Sean Fincham
Carter Woods
Laurie Arseneault
Haley Smith
Peter Disera
9. Netherlands 2:39
Tim Van Dijke
David Nordemann
Anne Terpstra
Sophie Von Berswordt
Mathieu Van Der Poel
10. Belgium 2:55
Pierre De Froidmont
Clement Horny
Githa Michiels
Emeline Detilleux
Jens Schuermans
11. Great Britain 3:26
Frazer Clacherty
Sean Flynn
Evie Richards
Annie Last
Grant Ferguson
12. Australia 3:29
Cameron Wright
Daniel McConnell
Reece Tucknott
Holly Harris
Zoe Cuthbert
13. Czech Republic 3:43
Matej Prudek
Jaroslav Kulhavy
Tereza Saskova
Jitka Skarnitzlova
Samuel Jirous
14. Sweden 5:08
Matthias Wengelin
Emil Hedlund
Ida Jansson
Vilgot Lindh
Linn Gustafzzon
15. Hungary 5:17
Marton Dina
Adam Istvan Fulop
Barbara Benko
Virag Buzsaki
Attila Valter
16. Colombia 5:17
Jhon Fredy Garzon Gonzalez
Jeronimo Bedoya Botero
Leidy Johana Mera Cadena
Laura Valentina Abril Restrepo
Fabio Hernando Castaneda Monsalve
17. Slovenia 6:04
Matevz Govekar
Rok Naglic
Tanja Zakelj
Vita Movrin
Miha Klemencic
18. Austria 6:20
Gregor Raggl
Emanuel Zangerle
Lisa Pasteiner
Anna Spielmann
Moritz Bscherer
19. Japan 6:53
Kohei Yamamoto
Ari Hirabayashi
Koutarou Murakami
Urara Kawaguchi
Akari Kobayashi
20. Russian Federation 6:58
Arsentii Vavilov
Kristina Ilina
Nikolay Ivanov
Viktoria Kirsanova
Ruslan Boredskiy
21. Slovakia 9:55
Filip Sklenarik
Martin Haring
Radka Paulechova
Janka Keseg Stevkova
Jakub Jencus
22. Ukraine 10:07
Volodymyr Kozlovskyy
Genadiy Moiseev
Iryna Popova
Maria Sherstiuk
Pavlo Lukan