The final selections have been made - 57 athletes will be stepping on the gas at the World Championships! | Ride MTB

The final selections have been made - 57 athletes will be stepping on the gas at the World Championships!

On September 5, the Mountain Bike World Championships will open in Lenzerheide. Following the World Cup races in La Bresse, Swiss Cycling has allocated the final starting places, selecting two cross-country riders and eight downhill athletes. Unfortunately, the national team will have to do without two women in the cross-country women's race.

In the Downhill, Swiss Cycling announces eight reselections. Three for the women, including Janine Hübscher, Carolin Gehrig and Eva Battolla. Jérôme Caroli, Felix Klee and Janis Lehmann have been reselected for the men's race. But there are also two more riders in the juniors with Stefano Moser and Yannick Bächler.

In cross-country, the last two World Championship tickets go to the two u23 riders Joel Roth and Vital Albin. The latter is one of six athletes from the host canton of Graubünden for whom the home race will be particularly important.

However, the situation is different in the elite cross-country category, where seven women have been nominated. Only five athletes will be at the start. Corina Gantenbein (Klosters), who contracted Pfeiffer's glandular fever in early summer, is not yet in the condition required for a start at the World Championships. Katrin Leumann (Riehen) is looking forward to motherhood and will be competing in her farewell race next weekend as part of the Swiss Bike Cup in Muttenz.

In total, the line-up for the title fights at home comprises 25 female athletes and 32 male athletes. Nicola Rohrbach (XCO men's elite) is also entered as a replacement.

The complete selections

XCO elite men
Lukas Flückiger, 1984, Wynigen
Mathias Flückiger, 1988, Leimiswil
Andri Frischknecht, 1994, Feldbach
Lars Forster, 1993, Neuhaus SG
Reto Indergand, 1991, Schönenwerd
Thomas Litscher, 1989, Rheineck
Nino Schurter, 1986, Chur
Florian Vogel, 1982, Jona

XCO Elite Women
Ramona Forchini, 1994, Wattwil
Linda Indergand, 1993, Silenen
Jolanda Neff, 1993, Thal
Kathrin Stirnemann, 1989, Gränichen
Andrea Waldis, 1994, Morschach

XCO u23 women
Sina Frei, 1997, Uetikon am See
Alessandra Keller, 1996, Ennetbürgen
Nicole Koller, 1997, Schmerikon
Lara Krähemann, 1999, Egg near Zurich
Ramona Kupferschmied, 1998, Spiez
Léna Mettraux, 1998, Echallens
Aline Seitz, 1997, Buchs AG

XCO u23 men
Vital Albin, 1998, Tersnaus
Noah Blöchlinger, 1996, Gossau
Filippo Colombo, 1997, Bironico
Ramon Lauener, 1997, Sulgen
Joel Roth, 1999, Kölliken
Joris Ryf, 1997, Täuffelen

XCO juniors
Alexandre Balmer, 2000, La Chaux-de-Fonds
Nils Brun, 2000, Spiez
Kedup Gyagang, 2001, Zurich
Loris Rouiller, 2000, Belmont-sur-Lausanne
Luca Schätti, 2000, Horgen
Stiven Thür, 2001, Berneck
Simon Walter, 2000, Sulgen

XCO juniors
Lisa Baumann, 2001, Montalchez
Ronja Blöchlinger, 2001, Heiden
Noelle Buri, 2001, Oberburg
Fiona Eichenberger, 2000, Gränichen
Jacqueline Schneebeli, 2001, Hauptikon
Melanie Tresch, 2000, Silenen
Tina Züger, 2000, Rieden

DH Men
Jérôme Caroli, 1995, Le Chable
Felix Klee, 1994, Zurich
Janis Lehmann, 1998, Hessigkofen
Noel Niederberger, 1995, Kleindöttingen
Junior Paroz, 1994, Evilard
Basil Weber, 1992, Laax
Lutz Weber, 1992, Laax

DH women
Camille Balanche, 1990, Biel
Eva Battolla, 1998, Commugny
Carina Cappellari, 1991, Chur
Carolin Gehrig, 1987, Flims
Janine Hübscher, 1996, Oberschrot
Emilie Siegenthaler, 1986, Biel

DH juniors
Yannick Bächler, 2001, Giffers
Janosch Klaus, 2001, Bülach
Stefano Moser, 2000, Losone
Elia Saurer, 2000, Aeschlen ob Gunten




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