August 28, 2013 (Pietermaritzburg, South Africa) – Canada placed 4th in the Team Relay as the 2013 UCI MTB World Championships get underway in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa with Italy battling France in a nailbiter for the gold to defend their title. The Canadian squad of Peter Disera (MJ) Derek Zandstra (ME) Mitchell Bailey (MU) Sandra Walter (WE) were only 11s behind Germany in 3rd.

Results

1. Italy 58:12
Marco Aurelio Fontana (ME)
Gioele Bertolini (MJ)
Eva Lechner (WE)
Gerhard Kerschbaumer (MU)

2. France
Jordan Sarrou (MU)
Raphael Gay (MJ)
Julie Bresset (WE)
Maxime Marotte (ME)

3. Germany 2:21
Markus Schulte-Luenzum (MU)
Georg Egger (MJ)
Hanna Klein (WE)
Manuel Fumic (ME)

4. Canada 2:32
Peter Disera (MJ)
Derek Zandstra (ME)
Mitchell Bailey (MU)
Sandra Walter (WE)

5. Switzerland 2:38
Marc Stutzmann (MU)
Andrin Beeli (MJ)
Jolanda Neff (WU)
Ralph Naef (ME)

Full Results here.