This has never happened before! The Swiss MTB team Thömus maxon is currently number 1 in both the women’s and men’s world rankings. Since Tuesday, 5 September, Alessandra Keller and Lars Forster have been at the top of the international mountain bike ranking. With Mathias Flückiger in second place, the Swiss team even has a double lead in the men’s ranking. In the team ranking, Thömus maxon also climbs further up – to 2nd place.
Mathias Flückiger has doubled a week after his World Cup victory in Andorra and won his home race in Huttwil. At the same time Alessandra Keller won the final race of the ÖKK Bike Revolution.
After more than a year Mathias Flückiger is back on top of the World Cup podium! In the fifth World Cup race of the season in Andorra, the Swiss champion takes his tenth World Cup victory in his carreer. Alessandra Keller climbs to the second place on the podium and with her impressive performance ensures the second best career result at an XCO World Cup. With Lars Forster (6th), Luke Wiedmann (8th) and Vital Albin (10th) a fantastic team result succeeds for Thömus maxon.
After an animated women’s race, a no fewer exciting men’s race took place. While Alessandra Keller was able to take a victory, the race was half a lap too long for Mathias Flückiger to make it onto the podium.
Only little was missing and Alessandra Keller would have won a medal at the Elite World Championships. However, after a fantastic fight for bronze, the Swiss champion had to settle for fifth place. In the men’s race, Lars Forster, as the best of the Thömus maxon trio, took a strong 8th place – despite a defect.
At the World Championships in Glasgow, Alessandra finished sixth in the Short Track. Vital Albin finished 20th in the battle for the rainbow jersey.
Alessandra Keller and Lars Forster won the ÖKK Bike Revolution race in Davos on Sunday, July 9. With the second place of Vital Albin the team Thömus maxon could deliver a perfect weekend. In addition, Luke Wiedmann ensured a brilliant result in the colors of the national team with his fifth place at the U23 European Championships in Anadia.
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