Gerhard Kerschbaumer is U23 world champion!

Gerhard Kerschbaumer was at the front right from the start and almost won the race with a start-to-finish victory. The 22-year-old got off to a flying start and quickly formed a leading trio with his Italian teammates Luca Braidot and Daniele Braidot. From then on, the three “Azzurri” set the pace before one after the other had to give up - except for Kerschbaumer. He continually increased his lead and entered the final two laps with a reassuring lead of 1.46:58 minutes. Afterwards his strength weakened, but he never really risked having to give up the lead to the German Julian Schelb, who was now in second place. In the end, the South Tyrolean crossed the finish line with a lead of XNUMX seconds.

After seventh place at the World Championships last year and eighth place at this year's European Championships in Bern, Gerhard Kerschbaumer has made it to the top of international young mountain bike sport and at the same time won his second gold medal in the ongoing title fights in South Africa.

Schelb took second place, relegating Michel van der Hejiden from the Netherlands to third place. Beltain Schmid from Neumarkt, however, did not reach the finish line. It was over for him in the third round. Luca Braidot also didn't make it into the rankings in the end, while his twin brother Daniele took ninth place.

Lisa Rabensteiner misses top result

Unlike Kerschbaumer, Lisa Rabensteiner did not make it to the top of the women's U23 rankings on Friday. Despite her impressive performance, the mountain biker from Villandro had to settle for 20th place in the end. She crossed the finish line 13.55 minutes behind.

The gold medal was taken by the exceptional Swiss athlete Jolanda Neff, who left the entire competition behind with a time of 1:25:44 minutes. Pauline Ferrand Prevot from France and Ukrainian Yana Belomoyna completed the podium.

Eva Lechner has her big showdown on Saturday. Together with Anna Oberparleiter she pedals in the women's elite competition.

Results Mountain Bike World Championships in Pietermaritzburg (RSA):

U23 men 1. Gerhard Kerschbaumer (Verdings/ITA) 1:28:55 2. Julian Schelb (GER) +0:58 3. Michiel van der Hejiden (NED) +1:24 4. Anton Cooper (NZL) +1:31 5. Julien Trarieux (FRA) +1:42 6. Jordan Sarrou (FRA) +1:43 7. Christian Pfäffle (GER) +1:57 8. Victor Koretzky (FRA) +2:40 9. Daniele Braidot (ITA) +3:10 10. Markus Schulte-Luenzum (GER) +3:16 Out: Beltain Schmid (Neumarkt/ITA)

U23 women 1. Jolanda Neff (SUI) 1:25:44 2. Pauline Ferrand Prevot (FRA) +02:26 3. Yana Belomoyna (UKR) +03:45 4. Helen Grobert (GER) +05:59 5. Andrea Waldis (SUI) +06:31 6. Jenny Rissveds (SWE) +06:31 7. Linda Indergand (SUI) +07:20 8. Mariske Strauss (RSA) +09:07 9. Maghalie Rochette (CAN) +09:48 10. Rebecca Henderson (AUS) +10:03 20. Lisa Rabensteiner (Villanders/ITA) +13:55

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Gerhard Kerschbaumer is U23 world champion!

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