UCI Mountain Bike World Series: Luca Schwarzbauer, Jenny Rissveds dominate Short Track World Cup

Luca Schwarzbauer (Canyon CLLCTV) and Jenny Rissveds (Team 31–Ibis Continentaland) picked up wins at the Cross-country Short Track World Cup in Lenzerheide, part of the UCI Mountain Bike World Series. Schwarzbauer claimed victory in the men's event courtesy of a powerful attack on the final lap. Ad The German national champion led much of the race from the front alongside Short Track world champion Samuel Gaze (Alpecin-Deceuninck) before Gaze crashed at the start of lap eight and took out home favourite Nino Schurter (Scott-Sram MTB Racing Team).

UCI Mountain Bike World SeriesSchwarzbauer powers to Cross-country Short Track World Cup win7 HOURS AGO Following the crash, Jordan Sarrou (Team BMC) came to the fore with Schwarzbauer on his wheel and Sebastian Fini Carstensen (Lapierre Mavic Unity) close behind. They finished closest to the German in second and third but were unable to respond to his race-winning move on the final lap. Schwarzbauer also took the overall lead of the Short Track rankings with Sarrou in second and Mathias Flückiger in third.

It was a superbly managed effort from Schwarzbauer throughout the 10 laps and once two of the other favourites crashed, he looked much too strong for the rest of the field. He had enough horsepower to beat Sarrou in a drag race up to the highest point of the 1km course and only extended his advantage on the descent, root sections and over the bridge, allowing him to punch the air and lift his arms as he crossed the line in front of the crowd. “My shape in general seems to be pretty good.

I’m quite speechless still, it goes so fast and it’s quite overwhelming,” Schwarzbauer told Eurosport. “Luckily I had the legs to overtake him [Sarrou] just on the last climb. “I thought it