Champions of the World Cup

Kate Courtney & N1NO Schurter are the 2019 World Cup Champions. Lars Forster wins his first ever World Cup race.

Snowshoe, West Virginia, USA - In the 18 years of SCOTT SRAM's team history there have been many moments Team Director Thomas Frischknecht said: "This is next level!" And we always wonder what's next. It's clear the worlds' most successful MTB team just reached one more at World Cup finals in Snowshoe, West Virginia. Truly a weekend to remember!

With both Kate Courtney and Nino Schurter winning the World Cup Champion title, Lars Forster reaching out for his first World Cup win, Nino Schurter winning his first XCC short track World Cup ever plus SCOTT-SRAM MTB Racing taking home the "Team of the Day" crown, it doesn't get any better than this.

Overall Results 2019 UCI MTB World Cup

Women Elite XCO:

Men Elite XCO:

After winning his 8th World Champion Title the week prior in Mont Sainte Anne, Canada, N1NO went into the last World Cup with full confidence. Snowshoe Mountain in West Virginia hosted the World Cup finals and proved to be a remote, but superb location for our athletes. A super fast track was waiting for Kate Courtney, N1NO, Lars Forster, and Andri Frischknecht in both the XCC short track and elite races. N1NO had the Overall almost in the pocket already before the weekend. In the absence of Mathieu van der Poel (he did not travel to North America), N1NO won his first ever XCC short track in style, securing with these points the World Cup overall.

Kate however, went into the weekend knowing she had to make up ground  to overtake World Cup leader Jolanda Neff in the Overalls, with only 32pts between them. Kate finished the XCC in a strong third, while Jolanda overpaced and fell back. With a great XCC race, Kate led the path for her powerful performance at Sunday's main event. She then only needed 20 pts to catch Jolanda but had to push beyond her limit to succeed.  A task that was eased  by the roaring home crowd. And the 23 year old delivered.

With a brave lead during the first laps, Kate Courtney set a high pace from the start. All eyes were on the battle of her and Neff. With thousands of supporters cheering for Kate, the young Californian probably got that extra mental boost which was needed for such a remarkable day. Despite Kate slightly falling back in the middle of the race, she came back in style and finished in 5th. Jolanda Neff finished in 11th, which meant the Overall World Cup victory belonged to Kate Courtney, the winner of three XCO World Cups in 2019!

"Today was an incredibly special day for me bringing home the World Cup overall title in front of my home crowd. I came into this race 20 points behind and fought with all I had to earn the jersey and finish my 2019 season with a bang. Coming into this season, I never imagined I would find myself in the battle for the overall. This win represents a season of hard work and consistency by each and every member of my team - I am just so proud I could bring it home."
Kate Courtney, SCOTT-SRAM
2019 UCI World Cup Champion

The mens' race unfolded as a super-fast one, with N1NO Schurter and Lars Forster in the front bunch from the beginning. At the end of lap 4, Brazilian, Henrique Avancini set an attack which only N1NO could follow. For almost two laps, the two rivals rode ahead of the bunch until N1NO faced a mechanical loosing air in his rear wheel. The pit stop cost him a precious 25 seconds. N1NO however fought his way back inside the chasing group. Together with teammate Lars Forster, the two were on the hunt for Avancini. Thanks to an incredible team effort, N1NO and Lars caught the leader already 1.5 laps after the puncture.

In best team work style, the two worked their way to the finish line and managed to distance the chasing group around Avancini, Mnauel Fumic, Stephane Tempier and Maxime Marotte. It was Lars Forster who turned out to be the one with the most power left for a final move. N1NO's Cape Epic winner companion accelerated in the last steep climb and passed N1NO to take home his first ever World Cup win of his career. A win, truly deserved after going down hard at the World Cup in Albstadt and suffering more lows in the past months.

"I can't say how big of a release this is for me. After my injury in Albstadt,  I had a hard time getting back to where I wanted to be. And with time going by, I was with my back to the wall. I was in good shape at Worlds already, but luck was not on my side. So it was ALL IN here at the final and I nailed it. After all I went through this year, this Word Cup win tastes even sweeter now."
Lars Forster, SCOTT-SRAM
Winner of the World Cup Finals in Snowshoe

"World Champion and World Cup Champion. I'm super proud earning both big international titles again. And I'm just as happy for my teammate's success.  Sharing this moment together is something very special. In particular my Cape Epic partner, Lars Forster had to go through some dark times this season. He deserves finishing off this season with such a great win more than anyone else."
Nino Schurter,
SCOTT-SRAMOlympic & 8x World Champion
7x World Cup Champion

"This is next level!" And we always wonder what's next. Well, there is always a #nextlevel how we would say. We just reached one more at World Cup finals in Snowshoe, West Virginia. Truly a weekend to remember!"
Thomas Frischknecht,
SCOTT-SRAM Team Director

The World Cup Champions' Bikes- SCOTT’s 2020 SPARK RC 900 WC N1NO LTD

Snowshoe World Cup winner Lars Forster, World and World Cup Champion Nino Schurter, World Cup Champion Kate Courtney and Andri Frischknecht raced a new Limited Edition, SCOTT's 2020 Spark RC 900 World Cup LTD frame kit. The exclusive frame kit, which will be on sale soon, comes with several custom features.