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Lars Forster
Lars Forster at the 2018 European Mountain Bike Championships
Personal information
Full nameLars Forster
Born (1993-08-01) 1 August 1993 (age 31)
Locarno, Switzerland
Height177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Team information
Current teamThomus Maxon
DisciplineCyclo-cross, Cross-country mountain biking
RoleRider
Professional teams
2016–2018BMC Mountainbike Racing
2019–2022Scott–Sram Team
2023-Thömus Maxon
Major wins
Cyclo-cross
National Championships (2016, 2018, 2020)
Mountain bike
European XC Championships (2018, 2021)
XC World Cup
2 individual wins (2019, 2023)
Cape Epic (2019)

Lars Forster (born 1 August 1993) is a Swiss cyclo-cross and cross-country mountain biker. He represented his nation in the men's elite race at the 2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Heusden-Zolder, and in the men's cross-country race at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He was on the start list for the 2018 Cross-country European Championship and he finished 1st.

Major results

Cyclo-cross

2009–2010
1st National Junior Championships
2010–2011
1st UEC European Junior Championships
1st National Junior Championships
1st Junior Aigle
3rd Overall UCI Junior World Cup
1st Heusden-Zolder
5th Koksijde
5th Kalmthout
2011–2012
2nd National Under-23 Championships
2012–2013
1st National Under-23 Championships
2013–2014
1st National Under-23 Championships
2015–2016
1st National Championships
2nd Luzern
EKZ CrossTour
3rd Meilen
3rd Sion-Valais
2016–2017
1st Dagmersellen
2nd National Championships
EKZ CrossTour
2nd Meilen
2017–2018
1st National Championships
1st Madiswil
1st Dagmersellen
2018–2019
2nd Overall EKZ CrossTour
1st Eschenbach
2nd Meilen
2nd Luzern
3rd National Championships
2019–2020
1st National Championships
2nd Madiswil
EKZ CrossTour
3rd Meilen
2020–2021
2nd National Championships
3rd Overall EKZ CrossTour
1st Baden
3rd Hittnau
2021–2022
2nd Meilen
2022–2023
2nd National Championships

Mountain bike

2011
2nd Team relay, UCI World Championships
2nd Team relay, UEC European Championships
2014
1st Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships
2016
1st Team relay, UEC European Championships
3rd Team relay, UCI World Championships
2018
1st Cross-country, UEC European Championships
2019
1st Overall Cape Epic (with Nino Schurter)
UCI XCO World Cup
1st Snowshoe
Swiss Bike Cup
1st Basel
3rd Andermatt
3rd Lugano
3rd Solothurn
Internazionali d'Italia Series
1st San Marino
UCI XCC World Cup
2nd Albstadt
2020
1st Overall Swiss Epic (with Nino Schurter)
3rd Cross-country, National Championships
2021
1st Cross-country, UEC European Championships
Swiss Bike Cup
1st Savognin
2nd Basel
3rd Gränichen
Internazionali d’Italia Series
1st Andora
2022
Internazionali d’Italia Series
1st San Zeno di Montagna
Ökk Bike Revolution
1st Huttwil
Swiss Bike Cup
2nd Basel
2023
UCI XCO World Cup
1st Leogang
Ökk Bike Revolution
1st Davos
2nd Engelberg
2nd Cross-country, UEC European Championships
National Championships
2nd Cross-country
2nd Short track
2024
1st Short track, National Championships
Ökk Bike Revolution
2nd Davos

References

  1. "2016 Cyclo-cross World Championships: Entries list men's elite" (PDF). wk2016.be. p. 2. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  2. "Lars Forster". cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  3. "Lars Forster". BMC MTB Racing Team. Archived from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2017.

External links

Cape Epic men's classification winners
Yellow zebra jersey


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