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He was already an Olympic champion and an eight-time world champion. Now Nino Schurter completes his Palmarès with his first EM gold. The 34-year-old wins the European championships at home in Monte Tamaro.
Schurter wins against French Titouan Carod. In reality, the Frenchman has all the triumphs in hand and is in the lead. But with a blatant overtaking maneuver, Schurter passes shortly before the finish and then cannot take the gold. Behind the duo, bronze goes to Mathias Flückiger, who won silver at the World Cup last week.
“We talked about this trick in training and it suddenly occurred to me,” Schurter told SRF. “That was a shameless move. But when the going gets tough, you have to try everything. “
Satisfaction after disappointment at the World Cup
For Schurter, the first European title is a satisfaction after the short season so far has been disappointing. At the World Cup a week ago, Schurter had to settle for around ninth place. So now strike back in front of the local crowd.
The fact that the Bündner was not a European champion for a long time is due to the fact that Schurter hardly ever participated in the races. The focus was always on the World Cup, the World Cup or the Olympics, that’s different this year. Schurter last competed in a European Championship race in 2013, when there was silver behind Julien Absalon.
Swiss women leave empty-handed
The Swiss miss a medal at the European home championships in Ticino. Sina Frei, fourth in the World Cup a week ago, is fifth, 1:39 minutes behind. As expected, the victory goes to the French Pauline Ferrand-Prévot.
The 28-year-old triumphs with a 40-second lead over the Dutch Anne Terpstra. Gets double the World Cup and EM.
Jolanda Neff does not play a role in the fight for the medal table, not unexpectedly either. Ten months after his ruptured spleen and lung collapse in a training crash in the United States and two weeks after the disgusting World Cup in Nove Mesto, Neff had to let go in the first of five rounds and then gave up.
Return after depression
Ferrand-Prévot’s recent successes have a special note. Julien Absalon’s friend and Jolanda Neff’s long-time rival in the youth categories won the world road title in 2014 and 2015 in cycling and cross-country, but then fell into a hole and suffered from depression. In 2019 he reported the world cross-country title, which he defended impressively this year. She is without a doubt the strongest in the field right now.
Double victory in the Sub 23
There are Swiss applause in the U23 category. Joel Roth and Vital Albin secure a double Swiss victory. 21-year-old Roth from Aargau wins five seconds ahead of 22-year-old Grisons Albin and 27 seconds ahead of Italian Juri Zanotti at Monte Ceneri. Roth took silver at the World Cup nine days earlier. (SDA / SME)
