UCI MTB World Championships – Albert Philipsen and Viktória Chladonová win junior XCO titles

Denmark’s Albert Withen Philipsen and Slovakia’s Viktória Chladonová have taken the junior XCO titles in dominant trend on the 2024 Mountain Bike World Championships in Pal Arinsal, Andorra.

Chladonová obtained the motion began early on Friday, opening up a 17-second benefit on the primary lap of the race and solely extending her benefit by to an eventual successful margin of 36 seconds from Rafaelle Carrier (Canada).

Defending champion Philipsen was equally dominant within the junior males’s race that adopted, scorching away from the sector on the opening lap to a lead of 1:04. The younger famous person then stamped his authority over the sector, extending his hole out to an enormous 1:55 on the end forward of Spain’s Hugo Franco Gallego.

Taking third within the males’s race was Philipsen’s compatriot Nikolaj Hougs, who misplaced out in a dash to Gallego, with Slovenia’s Marusa Tereza Serkezi rounding out the rostrum locations within the junior ladies’s race, 1:31 down on Chladonová.

Both winners are big prospects throughout the mountain bike, cyclocross and highway disciplines, with Chladonová including the rainbow jersey to her third place at CX Worlds from earlier this season, and Philipsen not solely defending his XCO world title however including it to his junior highway world title. 

The younger Dane has already joined Lidl-Trek as a marquee signing for his or her future, along with his WorldTout contract resulting from start in 2025 for a four-year deal. 

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Results – XCO Junior Women

Results – XCO Junior Women