First World Cup victory: Kerschbaumer celebrates historic success

Irresistible, this Gerhard Kerschbaumer! The humble contractor left all of the world's best mountain bikers behind at the World Cup in Vallnord and crossed the finish line first - a success that not only South Tyrol, but all of mountain bike Italy has been eagerly awaiting for more than a decade. Marco Bui celebrated the last World Cup victory of an “Azzurro” back in 2005.

On the 1.550 meter high circuit in the Pyrenees, Kerschbaumer fought a thrilling duel with the Olympic champion and six-time world champion Nino Schurter from Switzerland, who had defeated him in Val di Sole seven days ago. On the sixth of a total of eight laps, the reigning Italian champion from the Isarco Valley pulled away with an almost unbelievable performance. The greatest success of the 26-year-old's career was perfect. Schurter only remained in second place, 1,13 minutes behind, followed by Holland's exceptional talent Mathieu Van der Poel (+2,06 minutes) in third place.

“I’m just happy” Immediately after reaching the finish line, Kerschbaumer made this short statement: “I’m just happy. That was an incredible race, I just can’t think of anything else to say about it.” Lechner misses out on top placement In the women's World Cup competition, the 45-year-old Norwegian Gunn-Rita Dale was ahead. She won ahead of Jolanda Neff and Emily Batty. Eva Lechner, on the other hand, was unable to join the front field in Vallnord either. The experienced woman from Eppan crossed the finish line in 25th place, around eight and a half minutes behind.

Things went a little better for Greta Seiwald in the U23 competition, which the Pustertal native finished in 15th place. Sina Frei from Switzerland took the win.

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First World Cup victory: Kerschbaumer celebrates historic success

Just a week after coming second in Trentino, Gerhard Kerschbaumer went one better and sensationally achieved first place at the World Cup stage in Andorra.

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