RACE HIGHLIGHTS | Elite Men XCC World Cup | Crans Montana, Switzerland

Check out the race highlights from the slip and slide that was the UCI Short Rack World Cup in Crans-Montana, Switzerland!

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[Music] the Swiss Manon range we’ve landed in may look like a chocolate box cover but believe me the tracks in this brand new cross country venue are far from sweet or indulgent add to that a volatile mix of riders trying to Peak for Paris and those pushing for World Cup glory and we have a feast of action for you this weekend in K Montana it is round five of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup let’s tuck in so an assful Sprint up the hill before a tight left hand turn heads up into the tree line and then two really fast wickedly off camber descent leads them back onto the black top again and they can Sprint then uphill towards the start finish circuit they’re under starters orders the lights are red and they go green and they are off Sam gears in the rainbow jersey of the UCI world champion launches right from the start Sam gaze getting the whole shot huge huge reserves of par from the New Zealand Rider out front the canyon Collective then sorry Alison theer excuse me alongside him now Jordan seru at the bottom of the climb this there of that other Rider just getting taken out a little bit locking bars meanwhile back at the front this is the Red Bull routs and roll section extremely steep off cber to sent Schwarz bar makes good work of as shter then it’s blooms in the green jersey for your shot in third place Thomas ler as well really good short track Rider in good form in cross country as well having a good start vadari in the Chilean National Jersey oh and big crash further down the pack for one of the Lex whereare Riders and again and poock on the right how a bobble Cuts between the trees trying to get R someone else’s crash so Switzerland second third and four for the time being L do as well good start from him he had a great result last week in val on home t one Rider missing in this short track Thomas Maxon Rider well we’re hearing from Josh Carlson apparently Tom pitock he did there he is through your shot now slipped a pedal on the start and went backwards through the pack like Stone so it definitely wasn’t tactical also going backwards it’s Sam G 29th now we saw that KN of his heavily strapped up as Thomas lecher off the front night laier mavic Unity Rider Swiss national champion and that red jersey yeah one of the original big names of M B racing power just going up the outside wants to get the position going into the woods smart move think oldest man to win a UCI World Cup as well that over 39 I think he was Legend still glav at the front though top of there clim and leter just Shuffle back into the pack slightly then Mar Gina dick rider just on the back of his group has four Swiss now in this front Group bedcock by my screen in the booth which is just updated has up been to ninth now Aldridge digging deep in the white jersey for canondale p coock now check over the shoulder sees Nino shter a lot of respect between those two Riders P coock just going clear with the two Scot into the front moves the hands in towards the stem filipo Columbo look at the size difference with him and Tom pck and he’s taking the scotch sham Riders clear off the group Tom pincock then heads up towards the start Finish Line Tom pitock crosses it with two laps to go and he’s got felipo Columbo and Nino shter in close contention here we go Tom PCO attacks the Red Bull roots and rules descent Al on a slightly different line has to turn hard left Dancing on the side W the tires up shter loses out a spot to lucao you know there just losing on one of the routs getting pushed offline did well to adjust though it’s just the pressure of pig coock forcing mistakes now in the other Riders so it’s pencock Aldridge Bridal shter there is Tom Pitcock Now can anyone live with this P up the climb look at the Cadence up there still punching still swinging Shel only four seconds off him you know yeah yeah he’s closing that Gap to pitock Luca Brio as well we know he’s in good form here he is in The Descent for the last time then Tom Pitcock we bonds absolutely no problem more shell bit crisis Management in the middle of that one get away with it behind him it’s Bridal then brandle then bevens the pig coocks got a great line down that roots and rocks and he has done what Tom pitcock tends to do Shel still plenty of fight in him look at that Gap now tom petock heads towards the line Tom Pitcock Stone last at the end of lap one and he’s not number one with a bullet gr Montana Tom pitock takes the win in the short track ahead of Julian Shel take a B on stoppable in Switzerland as the clouds continue to blow in Pitcock from Shel career best for him then Brio bevens brandle shurter Columbo gini Damon Aldridge your top 10 covered by what a display Tom Pitcock you made it hard on yourself from the very start tell us about that race from the very last position to the very first position oh yeah didn’t um make it easy that’s for sure um yeah to start I I I unclipped and then I was at the back and um and then I was actually just getting dropped at that first climb they were going so fast um you know coming from a weak St Long stage race it’s um a little bit different but um yeah then I just was riding full just to pick off every Riders every time on the climb and yeah that’s just was my Tac just right full gas enjoy the top step for Night P from Shell from Bri your top three here in Crown Montana