As elite racing launched on the new North American venue of Lake Placid on Saturday, Sina Frei (Specialized Factory Racing) and Victor Koretzky (Specialized Factory Racing) claimed victories within the short-track cross nation on the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup sequence.
Both crossed the road solo, with Frei breaking away with Jenny Rissveds within the last lap earlier than dropping her on the ultimate climb whereas Koretzky launched his profitable assault away from the main group of 5 as he approached the rock backyard, taking victory in his newly acquired World Champion’s jersey.
“It was wonderful,” stated Koretzky. “It was my first race [in the jersey] and it was lots of pleasure for me. It’s all the time particular if you put on this jersey. It’s just for one 12 months so you want to take pleasure in it.”
Simon Andreassen (Cannondale Factory Racing) was second within the elite males’s race whereas his teammate Alan Hatherly got here third. In the elite girls’s race it was world champion Evie Richards (Trek Factory Racing – Pirelli) who got here third behind Frei and Rissveds, outsprinting Loana Lecomte (Canyon CLLCTV). Eighth place was sufficient to safe the general short-track sequence victory for Alessandra Keller (Thömus Maxon) though there may be nonetheless one spherical to go.
“It’s wonderful,” stated Keller. “Securing the general means lots to me. Even right this moment I had a fairly good race, I made one mistake that principally price me the rostrum however nonetheless I’m very comfortable to be there once more and particularly to safe it one spherical earlier than the end.”
The short-track cross nation and cross nation Olympic sequence concludes in Mont-Sainte-Anne in Canada subsequent weekend.
Results – Elite Women XCC
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Results Elite Men XCC
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