Loana Lecomte (Canyon CLLCTV) captured a solo win forward of a strung out elite girls’s subject on the WHOOP UCI MTB World Series Olympic cross-country race at Crans Montana.
Second-placed Alessandra Keller (Thömus Maxon) completed 46 seconds again and one other 47 seconds later Puck Pieterse (Alpecin-Decuninck) took third.
The absence of the general XCO chief Haley Batten (Specialized Factory Racing) and third place Savilia Blunk (Decathlon Ford Racing Team) left alternatives for the sector, with Keller positioned to take advantage of by transferring forward of Batten within the XCO standings.
Lecomte and Laura Stigger (Specialized Factory Racing) jumped to the entrance from the holeshot, but it surely was Keller who set the tempo for the primary foray into the woods. Kate Courtney (Scott-SRAM MTB Racing) moved forward in an off-camber part. Lecomte then struck with pace on a protracted descent and moved to a 15-second margin on the entrance.
After the opening circuit, Pieterse joined the entrance of the chase group, the place riders dismounted in a piece within the forest headed to a technical climb. Lecomte held her lead, with Pieterse gaining a small margin in her wake and Keller in third place.
On the second lap, the three leaders continued to battle however couldn’t catch one another’s wheels. Well behind Stigger and Jen Jackson (Liv Factory Racing) went forwards and backwards for fourth place.
After dismounting and working a steep, muddy part on the second lap, Pieterse took the lead, briefly. On one other uphill the place Pieterse used cyclocross expertise to run and carry her bike, Lecomte powered throughout the ascent on her bike and regained the lead, whereas Keller caught and handed Pieterse.
Once the bell rang for the ultimate lap, the rostrum had all however been determined, as Lecomte prolonged her hole with prowess by the various technical components of the course.
“It’s good to be again. I like this observe,” Lecomte mentioned after the win. “Even if we had a dry observe, it’s an actual mountain bike observe, with loads of technical sections, and really bodily. I can’t wait to be again right here for the World Championships subsequent 12 months. The secret is simply to be comfortable and have enjoyable on the bike.”
Stigger held on to fourth place, with Evie Richards (Trek Factory Racing-Pirelli) taking fifth. Courtney accomplished her trip in eleventh.
With her runner-up place at her house race, Keller took the lead from Haley Batten (Specialized Factory Racing) within the total girls’s World Cup standings.
“The house crowd was a terrific motivation. I gave every little thing I had. I used to be utterly focussed on myself. Because the observe was extraordinarily difficult; something might occur at any time,” mentioned Keller, who completed second to Pieterse within the XCC race on Saturday.
In the ladies’s U23 Olympic cross-country race, Olivia Onesti (Trinx Factory Team) received by greater than a minute over Madigan Munroe (Trek Factory Racing – Pirelli).
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