{"id":86878,"date":"2025-08-22T06:49:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T06:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/86878\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T06:49:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T06:49:20","slug":"what-makes-him-so-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/86878\/","title":{"rendered":"What makes him so good?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The biggest news in cycling last weekend was undoubtedly the announcement that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idlprocycling.com\/pauline-ferrand-prevot\" title=\"Nino Schurter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nino Schurter<\/a> will be retiring in the near future. The Swiss rider revealed on social media that he will still compete at the World Championships in Crans Montana in September, and then one week later will call it a day after the World Cup in Lenzerheide.In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DNaxf8NM1qv\/?utm_source=ig_embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a post on social media<\/a>, Schurter explained why he will stop as a professional mountain biker after 2025: \u201cFor the past two decades, I\u2019ve given my body, my mind and my soul to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idlprocycling.com\/mountain-biking\" title=\"Mountain Biking\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">mountain biking<\/a>. A beautiful sport, but also brutal at pro level. It&#8217;s all or nothing,\u201d said the man who became world champion no fewer than ten (!) times.<\/p>\n<p>The 39-year-old Swiss also became European champion and won gold, silver and bronze medals at the Olympic Games. \u201cIt&#8217;s been one hell of a ride, but now it\u2019s time. Time to let my mind breathe, and to spend more moments with the people who have supported me through it all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read on below the video!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Schurter to Van der Poel: &#8220;See you in Crans Montana&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.idlprocycling.com\/mathieu-van-der-poel\" title=\"Mathieu van der Poel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mathieu van der Poel<\/a> took the time to respond to Schurter\u2019s post with a short and clear statement: \u201cLegend.\u201d He added a picture of a goat, referring to the popular term \u201cthe GOAT,\u201d aka Greatest of All Time.<\/p>\n<p>Schurter, in turn, replied to the Dutchman\u2019s message. \u201cProud to have had the honor of racing against you, legend. See you in Crans Montana,\u201d said the Swiss, referring to the World Championships on September 14.<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading below the photo!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/mathieu-van-der-poel-nino-schurter-2.jpg@webp.webp\" class=\"w-auto\" alt=\"Mathieu-van-der-poel-nino-schurter (2)\"\/>Van der Poel on Schurter: &#8220;Length of his career is very impressive&#8221;On Sunday, Van der Poel confirmed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idlprocycling.com\/cycling\/mathieu-van-der-poel-still-battling-pneumonia-after-the-tour-dutch-star-reveals-his-race-schedule-for-the-coming-weeks\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IDLProCycling.com<\/a> that the World Championships are indeed on his schedule after the Renewi Tour and the World Cup in Les Gets. In Etten-Leur, we asked the Dutchman &#8211; who is now picking up mountain biking again &#8211; about Schurter\u2019s retirement. \u201cThe most special thing about him is the length of his career. That\u2019s very impressive. Ten times world champion\u2026 that\u2019s quite something,\u201d Van der Poel said with respect in his voice.<\/p>\n<p>The Dutchman fought plenty of duels with Schurter and explained what made the Swiss such an icon. \u201cWhat makes him so good? Technically, he\u2019s excellent. And physically: he\u2019s muscular, solid, but not too big. His weight is still pretty okay, but he\u2019s very explosive, and because of that low weight he\u2019s also a strong climber.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The biggest news in cycling last weekend was undoubtedly the announcement that Nino Schurter will be retiring in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86879,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,85],"class_list":["post-86878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}