Nino Schurter

Every World Cup I want to try and win, and my 30th World Cup win was a big goal. And it's a good feeling to go into the world championships with a good result.

Winning the Absa Cape Epic already was a wonderful surprise. The World Cup was, for sure, my main goal, but winning all of them was nothing I had planned on.

Winning the Absa Cape Epic was the base for the perfect season. It really spiced up the soup.

Illness, mechanicals, and injuries is not something you can 100% avoid; you can only try to limit the risk.

The trails in South Africa are completely different to Europe: dusty and loose surface.

The lesson was an Absa Cape Epic can go all directions: to the good and to the bad.

One of my key mental fitness tips is to make sure you are aware of your target and develop a strategy - a routine that you can depend on while in the race. This is a crucial part of mental fitness and preparation.

Only when I saw I could be the first one to win five world cup races in a row did I get some extra motivation to go for it. And after winning five, I said to myself, 'Why not win them all?' The icing on the cake was the World Championship at the end.

I make sure I have ample sleep, so no late nights out, as sleep is so important for a healthy mind and body.

Every race is like training and preparation.