World Marathon Championships took place in Glentress Forest, Scotland. The Canyon Northwave MTB Team leaves with a silver medal. It was won by Martin Stošek. Marc Stutzmann also had a great performance, finishing 4th and Andreas Seewald 10th. Stefanie Dohrn finished 19th in the women's race.
Just from the start of the 96-kilometre race, Martin was close to the front. At the 70th kilometer, three riders broke away and Martin was among the medal aspirants. He fought for gold until the last downhill, where Brazilian Henrique Avancini made a small gap. Martin arrived at the finish with a loss of 28 seconds in 2nd place.
"Everything was decided on the last climb, or rather on the last descent, where I wasn't good enough for Avancini, it wasn't about technique, more about performance. He missed me and I wasn't even able to hold the handlebars anymore. In the end, it was not a bit," explained the 29-year-old biker, who followed up on his friend and team manager Kristián Hynek, who has a silver medal from the 2019 World Championships.
"I'm very happy with the race, I felt very good, I'm glad I managed to fine-tune the performance. The track was difficult, very technical, and in the wet conditions, so I'm quite happy that I was able to get such a result in conditions that don't suit me completely. I am very happy about the medal, before the race I thought and hoped that there would be a badge," commented Martin, who won his second medal at the World Championships. He won the first one in 2020 in Sakarya, Turkey.
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A great performance was also shown by the Swiss rider Marc Stutzmann, who finished in a great 4th place and recorded the greatest success of his career. In 10th position was Andreas Seewald, the 2021 World Champion, who returned to racing after a long illness.
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Stefanie Dohrn finished the women's race in 19th position.
Andreas Seewald immediately left Scotland for the United States, where he will take part in the legendary Leadville 100 MTB Race. Martin Stošek and Marc Stutzmann will represent the team at the Swiss Epic pairs stage race, which starts upcoming week.
Photo: Michal Červený
The last race of the 2023 Marathon World Cup took place in Snowshoe, USA. Martin Stošek took 6th place in the demanding race, Marc Stutzmann was 7th and Andreas Seewald finished 12th.
In the third race of the UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Cup Andreas Seewald takes the bronze medal.In the 100-kilometer race, he was not only able to beat the winning Colombian Leonardo Paez and the second Italian Diego Rosa. Marc Stutzmann finished in 15th position, Stefanie Dohrn did not finish the race and Martin Stošek did not start the race due to illness.
The third race of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup takes place on Saturday, September 16 in Morzine, France. Canyon Northwave MTB Team enters the race in full line-up, starting Martin Stošek, Marc Stutzmann, Stefanie Dohrn and Andreas Seewald.
