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Mathias Fluckiger returns to victory in the XC World Cup in Andorra

Mathias Fluckiger, after the problems he had last year, returns to victory in the World Cup! 2nd place for Thomas Griot and 3rd for Tom Pidock. Luca Braidot is 11th.

Written by

David Finetto

August 27 2023

In the men's race Flückiger (Thömus Maxon) won his first World Cup of the 2023 season after taking the lead on the second out of seven laps.

The Swiss rider was kept on his toes by the strong Frenchman Thomas Griot (Canyon CLLCTV) who left behind a group of chasers to get within 8 seconds of Flückiger on the penultimate lap. But Flückiger, who looked confident on the technical and wet descents, stretched the gap to take victory by around 23 seconds on the final lap.

Third place was decided in the closing seconds of the race when world champion Thomas Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) managed to catch up and pass Jordan Sarrou (Team BMC) ahead of the finishing straight.

The leader of the circuit Nino Schurter (Scott-SRAM MTB Racing Team) lost almost a minute due to a puncture but retains the leader's jersey after managing to finish in 12th place, just behind Luca Braidot who beat him in the sprint.

MEN'S ELITE RANKING

1.	FLÜCKIGER Mathias (THOMUS MAXON)	1:28:03
2.	GRIOT Thomas (CANYON CLLCTV)	1:28:26 +23
3.	PIDCOCK Thomas (INEOS GRENADIERS)	1:28:47 +44
4.	SARROU Jordan (TEAM BMC)	1:28:57 +54
5.	SCHWARZBAUER Luke (CANYON CLLCTV)	1:29:20 + 1: 17
6.	FORSTER Lars (THOMUS MAXON)	1:29:26 + 1: 23
7.	CAROD Titouan (TEAM BMC)	1:29:44 + 1: 41
8.	LITSCHER Thomas (LAPIERRE MAVIC UNITY)	1:29:53 + 1: 50
9.	DASCALU Vlad (TREK FACTORY RACING XC)	1:30:00 + 1: 57
10	ALBIN Vital (THOMUS MAXON)	1:30:14 + 2: 11
11	BRAIDOT Luke (SANTA CRUZ ROCKSHOX PRO TEAM)	1:30:21 + 2: 18

COMPLETE RANKING
GENERAL WORLD CUP

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Written by David Finetto

famac@famac.ind.br I am passionate about everything that has 2 wheels: in my youth I practiced competitive cycling on the road and on the track with good results. At the age of 18 I moved to cross country competing at national/international level as U23. Once I passed Elite, I made the choice to take things easier from the training point of view, and that's how my love for gravity disciplines was born, training as an FCI MTB instructor and guide. Now I have made my passion my profession by managing 3 MTB centers on the island of Elba (Elba MTB), creating the FANTAmtb and telling in an ironic but professional way, everything that revolves around MTB thanks to 365mountainbike and 365TV (YouTube 'PULITI dentro BIKER fuori').