Men: Schurter overcomes early mishap
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Nino Schurter (Scott-Swisspower) gave himself the perfect 26th birthday present on Sunday when he won the elite men's cross country World Cup in Nove Mesto na Morave, Czech. On the final lap, Schurter powered away from home crowd favorite Jaroslav Kulhavy (Specialized) and Burry Stander (Specialized). Marco Fontana (Cannondale) and Ralph Naef (Multivan Merida) had been with the lead three for much of the race, but fell off their pace with just over one lap to go. They held on to fourth and fifth places respectively.
"I had a mistake in the first lap. I dropped my chain and had to catch back up to the lead group," said Schurter of his tough start to the race. "It was an awesome race in front of the Czech crowd."
Women: Bresset gets first win for the season
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Julie Bresset (BH-SR Suntour - Peisey Vallandry) raced to her first World Cup victory of the season in Nove Mesto na Morave on Sunday morning. She won by 29 seconds over Irina Kalentieva (Topeak Ergon) and by 48 seconds over Czech's own Katerina Nash (Luna). Georgia Gould put another Luna rider on the podium by out-sprinting Blaza Klemencic (Felt Oetzal) for fourth place