Men: Schurter and Absalon in two-man battle The men's race started with perennial rivals Schurter and Julien Absalon (BMC) attacking the rest of the field. Olympic champion and former Val di Sole winner Jaroslav Kulhavy (Specialized Racing XC) managed to stay with the duo for one lap before having to slow to his own pace. The two leaders steadily pulled away from the rest of the field, never gaining more than a bike length on each other as lap after lap went by. Into the final lap the two we
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