Video: Kulhavy enjoys first elite world championship win
Czech mountain bike star caps off perfect seaso𝄹n with rainbowꦐ stripes
Switzerland has been good to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jaroslav Kulhavy. After winning the junior cross country world championship title in , he rode to his 168ꩲ澳洲5最新开奖结果:first-ever elite cross country world title in Champery last weekend. The success capped off a perfect season for Kulhaᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚvy, who also won the o🐼verall World Cup just a few weeks ago.
"It's an incredible se🌠ason for me, the best season in my lif🐻e," said Kulhavy.
The Czech rid🌃er has taken over🔜 the dominant spot in the elite men's field this season, and he was only beaten twice at the World Cups - once by the sport's most recent dominant rider Julien Absalon and once by Nino Schurter.
Kulhavy sat next to Absalon at the post-Worlds presscon. The Frenchman had won a bronze medal. "It's like what Julien did. I hope I will be the best like him," 🐈said Kulhavy. "My future is just beginning. I think the Olympics will be a good race for me. I hope to get a medal."
Ab♉salon is a two-tim⛎e Olympic mountain bike champion.
Despite winning the World Cup and be♔ing called the favorite by all his rivals going into the world ch꧟ampionships, Kulhavy stayed cool beforehand.
🍌"I didn't feel pressure going into the race becauꦅse my season had been so good. I was very satisfied already before this race."
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All season, Kulhavy has ridden a 29er from his tra🐷de team sponsor Specialized. He's been a fixture on a full suspension rig while his rivals switched back and forth from hardtail to fu𓂃ll suspsension based on each course.
"I think the 29er bike was the best option for this course because it was so fast in the technical sections," said Kulhavy. "I think it was fast oꦗn the flat sections, too. Maybe in the corners it was a little slower, but that's just one minor problem."
It wasn't enough of a problem to keep Kulhavy ✨from winning ♏against those of his rivals who chose the 26" option.
During the race, Kulhavy ap🍸peared more fatigued than usual in the first half, but he came on strong in the last two laps to attack his last remaining challenger, Schurter. In 2003, Kulhavy had also battled Schurter for gold.
"In the beginning, the race was hard for me because Nino was really strong," said Kulhavy. "I was dead then. But durin♒g the race, I felt better and better which was good."
"I attacked Nino after th♈e hill because I felt strong on the flat sections. I kept it up and then had 10 seconds, 20 seconds, and it was good for me even though I made a lot of mistakes on the last downhill."
Sue George is an editor at Cyclingnews. She coordinates all of the ♎site's mountain 🍸bike race coverage and assists with the road, 'cross and track coverage.