Riley Amos outsprinted teammate Bjorn Riley because the United States went one-two within the males’s U23 brief observe cross-country contest on the 2024 Mountain Bike World Championships in Pal Arinsal, Andorra. Tobias Lillelund (Denmark) earned the bronze medal, trailing 4 seconds again.
Amos, who attacked from a big entrance group on the ultimate lap, entered the historical past books as the primary males’s U23 world champion, the UCI introducing the class to the championships for each women and men this 12 months.
The 22-year-old out of Durango, Colorado was essentially the most dominate U23 rider on the World Cup circuit this season and leads each the U23 standings for XCC and XCO, whereas Riley is second within the standings.
Dario Lillo (Switzerland) set the early tempo and led the entrance group of 14 riders, kicking up mud on the Pal Arinsal course. Taking transient turns on the entrance had been Riley and Jan Saska (Czechia), who would fall out of the group by the third circuit.
With two laps to go it was Lillelund who made a transfer to the lead, trailed by the US duo of Riley and Amos, Lillo and Cole Punchard (Canada).
Lillo suffered a mechanical and tried to battle his method again on the ultimate lap, however completed three seconds behind Lillelund to overlook the rostrum.
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Results – Short observe cross nation U23 males
