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In fact, Switzerland dominates all mountain biking for men anyway. The top three places in the world rankings are all Swiss – but now suddenly there is Marcel Guerrini (29), who provides a Swiss hammer in the last sprint of the season.
Guerrini, who lives in Lucerne, will fight for victory in the US for the first time in his career on Sunday. Only before the last corner do winner Jordan Sarrou (30, Fr) and legend Nino Schurter (37) pass him.
“It is very nice to be in the top three of the World Cup for the first time at this age. I have worked for it for a long time,” Guerrini happily tells Blick. But who is the late bloomer who, besides Schurter, Mathias Flückiger (35) and Lars Forster (30), is the fourth Swiss to reach the podium this season?
Good friend of the Flückigers
Guerrini became Swiss elite champion in 2016 and comes over from Rapperswil-Jona, but now lives with his girlfriend Samantha in Ufhusen LU, where he wants to settle in the long term.
Also sporty. There is a close connection with the Flückiger brothers Mathias and Lukas from nearby Huttwil BE. Guerrini: “I spend a lot of time on the bike with Math. And my friendship with Luk led to the project with Bixs; he is now my team manager.”
Guerrini has been the figurehead in the team of the bicycle manufacturer from Sursee LU since 2022. A fantastic environment for the cycling professional; his career was still in jeopardy in 2020. He no longer had a racing team, competed privately in races and increased his finances. There was also the issue of Guerrini missing the 2019 season due to a knee injury and then having World Cup points frozen due to the pandemic. The result? Guerrini always has to start from far back.
Actually the second podium place in a row
That’s why he makes crazy comebacks, like going from 150th on the grid to 21st.” Those were great races, but almost no one realizes that,” says Guerrini, “maybe success would have been possible earlier if the points problem had not has happened.” been there. »
But the driving instructor’s son perseveres. And now experience a mountain bike fairytale. This performance from the US is Guerrini’s first World Cup podium finish. But wait. Due to the mountain bike feature of the top 5 climbing the podium, it is actually the second in a row after fourth place in Les Gets (Fr).
“Now I want to continue with it and also get into the top 5 in Canada,” he says about the season finale on Sunday (SRFinfo live, 9:30 PM). For the first time in this area, Guerrini only achieved 5th place at the 2022 World Cup. But simply: the big World Cup breakthrough had to wait until Snowshoe.
Source : Blick
I’m Emma Jack, a news website author at 24 News Reporters. I have been in the industry for over five years and it has been an incredible journey so far. I specialize in sports reporting and am highly knowledgeable about the latest trends and developments in this field.
