Right after the start I had a good position and could ride in the first positions. The legs didn’t feel like I expected, they have been really good. It was important to be always in front of the group due to the lots of singletrails it has. The pace was everytime quite high so there was no time to recover. But I really had to recover for a short time. It never happend today. I always was at the limit and nearly exploded. Till the middle of the race I could stay just a little bit behind the group who was fighting for the second place. Unfortunately the gap was getting bigger and bigger. I crossed the finish line totally exhausted   on the 15th place.

The goal was  a top 10 place what I didn’t succeed. I tried everything but I couln’t go faster. The good thing is that I can fight with the best at the beginning. That makes me confident for the next World cup in Offenburg.

The whole race can be rewatched online

Pics

1	Jaroslav Kulhavy (Cze) Specialized Racing	1:40:53
2	Julien Absalon (Fra) Orbea	0:00:50
3	Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) Cannondale Factory Racing	0:01:39
4	Maxime Marotte (Fra) BH - Suntour - Peisey Vallandry
5	Manuel Fumic (Ger) Cannondale Factory Racing	0:01:40
6	Moritz Milatz (Ger) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team
7	Burry Stander (RSA) Specialized Racing	0:01:51
8	Christoph Sauser (Swi) Specialized Racing	0:01:52
9	Nino Schurter (Swi) Scott - Swisspower MTB - Racing	0:01:58
10	Thomas Litscher (Swi) Felt Oetztal X - Bionic Team	0:02:00
11	Stéphane Tempier (Fra) TX Active Bianchi	0:02:24
12	Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spa) Wildwolf - Trek Racing	0:02:29
13	Fabian Giger (Swi) Rabobank - Giant Off-Road Team	0:02:41
14	Rudi Van Houts (Ned)	0:02:56
15	Martin Gujan (Swi) Cannondale Factory Racing	0:03:06

Complete results on UCI.ch

In the overall ranking I'm now on the 15th place