This weekend the UCI MTB World Cup stopped in Mont Sainte Anne, Canada for the fourth round of the series. After two rainy practice days, the Canadian weather showed its best side with blue skies and hot temperatures. CFR Riders Manuel Fumic, Marco Fontana and Martin Gujan started strong in the race and placed themselves early in the top group. Marco Aurelio Fontana did not have the best day and also suffered from an injured shoulder from a training crash two weeks ago, retiring from the race after two laps. Teammate Manuel Fumic rode strong in the chasing group behind the leaders Kulhavy and Schurter, and looked capable of another World Cup podium, until he had a fatal crash in the rock garden section, which resulted in a technical problem on his bike that got fixed one lap later in the tech zone. "I crashed pretty hard in the rock garden , and misjudged a technical problem on my bike. I should have stopped in the tech zone straight away, but thought I could make it," Fumic said at the finish line. "Due to that, I had to run a big portion of the lap and lost a lot of ground. I was capable of a podium today, but gave it away too easily," Fumic added, disappointed. He secured his eighth position overall in the World Cup standings.
Martin Gujan was constantly in the top ten, but also had a big crash. "Burry Stander crashed into me in the rock garden. I couldn't do anything and went down hard. I am super happy about my result though," Gujan said.
Teammate Marco Fontana had a bad day and quit the race. "My head was not there at all today and I still suffer under my training crash from two weeks ago, but I will do better in Windham."
Fontana is currently sitting in 7th, Fumic in 8th and Gujan in 15th in the overall classification. All three are looking forward to the race in Windham, New York next week and the following races in Europe.
All 3 riders opted for different bikes for the Mont Saint Anne race. Gujan choose the Flash 26, while Fontana used the Scalpel 26 and Manuel Fumic opted for the Flash 29.
