The final chapter of the 2018 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup for the Cross Country and Downhill disciplines comes this weekend in La Bresse (FRA) with the incomparable Nino Schurter (SUI) assured of his sixth career World Cup Cross Country title, but all of the others up for grabs:
Men/Cross Country:
1. 1,546 Nino Schurter (SUI)
2. 1,080 Mathieu van der Poel (NED)
3. 1,061 Henrique Avancini (BRA)
4. 1,022 Maxime Marotte (FRA)
5. 933 Gerhard Kerschbaumer (ITA)
Women/Cross Country:
1. 1,600 Jolanda Neff (SUI)
2. 1,458 Annika Langvad (DEN)
3. 1,077 Maja Wloszczowska (POL)
4. 1,070 Emily Batty (FRA)
5. 1,060 Alessandra Keller (SUI)
Men/Downhill:
1. 1,088 Amaury Pierron (FRA)
2. 781 Loris Vergier (FRA)
3. 776 Danny Hart (GBR)
4. 776 Troy Brosnan (AUS)
5. 648 Luca Shaw (USA)
Women/Downhill:
1. 1,226 Rachel Atherton (GBR)
2. 1,116 Tahnee Seagrave (GBR)
3. 905 Tracey Hannah (AUS)
4. 689 Monika Hrastnik (SLO)
5. 640 Myriam Nicole (FRA)
Schurter has run away with the Cross Country title, but 2017 World Champion Jolanda Neff and 2016 World Champion Annika Langvad (DEN) are still fighting for the women’s title. Neff won the World Cup in 2014 and 2015; this would be the first for Langvad.
In the Downhill, the surprise of the season has been France’s Amaury Pierron, who has won his first World Cup title after finishing 11th last year. The women’s race is ongoing, with Rachel Atherton and Tahnee Seagrave in an all-British fight for the title. Atherton has won the title five times in 2008-12-13-15-16, Seagrave was second last year and third in 2016.
Look for results and final standings here.
