(google translate)In Under23 race won favorite rider Gerard Kerschbaumer (Italy) which inflicts heavy detachments to all his opponents. Second place to German Julian Schelb (Germany) and third place for Michiel Van Der Heijden (Netherlands).
The Under23 men start to deal with 6 laps of the track. The favorite Kerschbaumer Gerhard (Italy) is immediate and goes under the 1st lap in the lead followed by German Schulte-Lunzum Markus and other Italian Braidot Luca. During the 2nd lap Schulte is the victim of a technical problem and falls in 15th position in the lead leaving Luca Braidot and Kerschbaumer which are chased by another italian rider Daniele Braidot (Luca's brother)! Meanwhile Jens Schuermans (Belgium), one of the favorites, was forced to retire.
During the 3rd and 4th round continues with the rule of Italy Luca Braidot that seems not to fear his teammate Gerhard Kerschbaumer by mutual agreement and continue leading the race with Braidot which seems to give everything to help fellow though mountain bike game has relatively teams . Behind them , almost a minute, chasing all but Daniele Braidot, always Italian.
In the group of pursuers excellent Van Der Heijden Michiel, Julian Schelb and Cristian Paffle fail to gain ground on the Italian trio unleashed with Jordan Sarrou that you keep a few seconds later.
A 2 laps from the end, however, is a reshuffling of the cards with Luca Braidot which yields (do not know if for a fall ), leaving the way open to teammate and is also taken up by the peloton. Luca Braidot meanwhile retires . At the passage of the last lap Kerschbaumer comes with a reassuring advantage over the minute on the German Julian Schelb. At 1'34" Michiel Van Der Heijden (Netherlands) and Daniele Braidot (Italy). Even Jordan Sarrou pays fatigue during the early laps and lost positions.
Goes on to win in all Kerschbaumer "tranquility" in 1h28'55 "with 58" ahead of Schelb Julian (Germany). Closes the podium Dutchman Michiel Van Der Heijden at 1'24". During the last lap Daniele Braidot comes off the group of pursuers. A great final round for Anton Cooper, the young champion New Zealander, who goes so far as to recover seconds on Kerschbaumer and comes in 4th place after 2 laps from the end was 12th place.
Tomorrow, provided the highlight of the Elite races with RedBull, all informations to bottom of article.
Results, U23 MEN:
1. Gerard Kerschbaumer (Italy) 1h28'55"
2. Julian Schelb (Germany) +58"
3. Michiel Van Der Heijden (Netherlands) +1'24"
4. Anton Cooper (New Zelanda) +1'31"
5. Julien Trarieux (France) +1'42"
6. Jordan Sarrou (France) +1'43"
7. Christian Pfaffle (Germany) +1'57"
8. victor Koretzky (France) +2'40"
9. Daniele Braidot (Italy) +3'10"
10. Markus Schulte-Luenzum (Germany) +3'16"
COMPLETE RESULTS
PROGRAMS (GMT+2):
SATURDAY 31 AUGUST:
12.30 - ELITE Women
15.00 - ELITE Men
SUNDAY 1 SEPTEMBER:
9.45 - XCE Qualifying Round
11.00 - XCE Finals
