Scott (Italy) – As Scott is celebrating 60 years of history, Nino Schurter was given a Spark RC 900 World Cup Retro Special Edition to race at the World Cup in Val di Sole, Italy - the Olympic Champion has honored this special event in style winning his 29th World Cup.

N1NO Schurter managed to win his 29th World Cup. In front of a huge crowd in Val di Sole, the Olympic Champion dominated the race from the first lap. However, at the end the 32 year old Swiss had to battle it out with local Gerhard Kerschbaumer. Like the two previous years, N1NO attacked at the very same spot he already decided races in 2016 and 2017 against Julien Absalon and Stephane Tempier.

N1NO Schurter now leads the Overall World Cup with 1130 pts ahead of Mathieu van der Poel (820 pts), who got 3rd.


N1NO Schurter was riding in style - not only with regards to his look.
Photos: Sven Martin, Jochen Haar, Armin Küstenbrück.

In World Cup racing, the eyes are on the Olympic and World Champion no matter what. Showing up with a 90ies-style Retro Spark in green and orange, a purple helmet and yellow shoes even boosts he attention to #nextlevel. The story of celebrating the 60th aniversary of Scott Sports with a special retro bike and kit that goes with it was in many ways a succseful one.


Another tight finish, another top podium result in the box - N1NO needs four more wins to equalize Julien Absalon's magic World Cup Victory Count.

N1NO launched an early attack and gained a 25 sec lead already in the 2nd lap. "That was a bit early to brake away and ride all the race on my own", N1NO said. "I focused on Mathieu van der Poel as I expected him to set the pace." The Dutch Road Champion won the Short track race two days earlier, everyone expected him to make a move.

N1NO managed to distance Gerhard Kerschbaumer and Mathieu van der Poel for the most part of the race- until the last lap. Thanks to Italian Kerschbaumers ultra-loud Italian Tifosi, he closed the gap to N1NO in the very last climb to take the lead. But Kerschbaumer didn't seem to remember how and where N1NO won the last two years on exactly this course: on the very last spot an attack would be possible, just before entering the very last downhill section. N1NO did just that- exactly how he outsprinted Absalon and Tempier the past two years. We're already excited today about next year's strategies of N1NO's competitors.


Podium: N1NO Schurter (1st), Gerhard Kerschbaumer (2nd), Mathieu van der Poel (3rd), Henrique Avanci (4th), Florian Vogel (5th).