Richards rides to commanding victory after catching and distancing defending champ Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, Schurter outsprints Mathias Flueckiger in thrilling final.
Here's what Mathias Flückiger, Chris Blevins, and others said after the multi-talented British rider won Olympic gold.
Pidcock attacked the field off his wheel while van der Poel crashed heavily in first lap and eventually abandoned. Mathias Flueckiger secured silver.
Here's the news making headlines for Monday, June 14.
Trek World Racing will end its XC program in 2013, but in doing so will shift its full attention to gravity, spearheaded by Aaron Gwin
It was the ride of the season for the Flückiger brothers
The Swiss continued their recent hammerlock on the international cross-country scene by sweeping the U23 men's race on Friday at the mountain bike world championships.
Along with her U-23 national cross-country victory, Emily Batty won the elite Sea Otter Classic short-track and posted a top-ten at the Offenburg World Cup in 2009.