After an amazing day of flat out racing the results are in from Lenzerheide. In the U23 racing, there were two dominant riders. Mona Mitterwallner and Martin Vidaurre Kossmann took big wins and the top steps of the podium in their categories.
The Elite Women's race saw some very close racing for the first few laps, but a big attack on lap four saw the newly crowned World Champion Evie Richards win in Lenzerheide. Rebecca McConnell crossed the line in 2nd, 19 seconds back. Jenny Rissveds completed the top three riders after a last-lap puncture for Sina Frei. Loana Lecomte couldn't win today, but she does walk away with the 2021 World Cup overall title.
After a close battle for the Elite Men's win, it was a late attack by Victor Koretzky that took him over the line two seconds up on Nino Schurter. Mathias Flueckiger once again was passed by Nino Schurter on a wild inside line seeing him take third place today and missing out on closing the overall World Cup title before heading off to Snowshoe for the final race.
Check out the full results below.
Results:
Elite Women (5 Laps)
1st. Evie Richards: 1:19:16
2nd. Rebecca McConnell: +0:19
3rd. Jenny Rissveds: +0:58
4th. Loana Lecomte: +1:12
5th. Sina Frei: +1:20
Elite Men (6 Laps)
1st. Victor Koretzky: 1:18:23
2nd. Nino Schurter: +0:02
3rd. Mathias Flueckiger: +0:09
4th. Alan Hatherly: +0:18
5th. Titouan Carod: +0:31
U23 Women (4 Laps)
1st. Mona Mitterwallner: 1:08:35
2nd. Caroline Bohe: 1:10:22
3rd. Savilia Blunk: 1:10:56
4th. Leonie Daubermann: 1:11:25
5th. Gwendalyn Gibson: 1:11:28
U23 Men (5 Laps)
1st. Martin Vidaurre Kossmann: 1:09:24
2nd. Juri Zanotti: 1:09:40
3rd. Joel Roth: 1:09:59
4th. Mathis Azzaro: 1:09:59
5th. Charlie Aldridge: 1:10:00
Full Results:Elite WomenElite MenU23 WomenU23 Men
Live Race Updates:
7:09 am PDT
Victor Koretzky wins in Lenzerheide!
7:08 am PDT
Nino Schurter takes a wild inside line to pass Mathias Flueckiger.
7:07 am PDT
Victor Koretzky has opened up a big gap at the front, this is going to come right down to the line.
7:05 am PDT
Victor Koretzky now takes the lead after a big attack.
7:04 am PDT
It couldn't be closer between Mathias Flueckiger, Nino Schurter and Victor Koretzky. It looks like we are going to see a sprint finish.
6:58 am PDT
Going into the final lap the current top Elite Men are:
1st. Mathias Flueckiger: 1:07:32
2nd. Nino Schurter: +0:00
3rd. Victor Koretzky: +0:00
4th. Alan Hatherly: +0:01
5th. Titouan Carod: +0:05
6:48 am PDT
Mathias Flueckiger launches a huge attack up the first climb.
6:47 am PDT
After the fourth lap the current top Elite Men are:
1st. Nino Schurter: 56:08
2nd. Mathias Flueckiger: +0:00
3rd. Victor Koretzky: +0:00
4th. Alan Hatherly: +0:01
5th. Titouan Carod: +0:01
6:43 am PDT
Nino Schurter is attacking hard on the second half of the fourth lap.
6:39 am PDT
The pace is really being pushed at the front of the race with some incredible efforts from the top riders.
6:36 am PDT
After the third lap the current top Elite Men are:
1st. Mathias Flueckiger: 44:50
2nd. Victor Koretzky: +0:00
3rd. Nino Schurter: +0:01
4th. Henrique Avancini: +0:01
5th. Alan Hatherly: +0:01
6:28 am PDT
Nino Schurter is pushing very hard at the front of the race as we near the halfway point.
6:25 am PDT
After the second lap the current top Elite Men are:
1st. Nino Schurter: 33:32
2nd. Mathias Flueckiger: +0:00
3rd. Victor Koretzky: +0:00
4th. Henrique Avancini: +0:01
5th. Alan Hatherly: +0:02
6:12 am PDT
After the first lap the current top Elite Men are:
1st. Henrique Avancini: 10:31
2nd. Victor Koretzky: +0:00
3rd. Nino Schurter: +0:00
4th. Alan Hatherly: +0:01
5th. Mathias Flueckiger: +0:01
6:02 am PDT
After the start lap the current top Elite Men are:
1st. Henrique Avancini: 10:31
2nd. Victor Koretzky: +0:00
3rd. Nino Schurter: +0:00
4th. Alan Hatherly: +0:00
5th. Milan Vader: +0:00
5:50 am PDT
The Elite Men fly out of the start with Milan Vader leading out onto the start lap.
4:39 am PDT
Evie Richards wins in Lenzerheide a week after becoming the World Champion!
4:37 am PDT
Flat tire for Sina Frei on the second half of the last lap. This is a disaster for Sina as she was looking to get a third-place result.
4:27 am PDT
Going into the last lap the current top Elite Women are:
1st. Evie Richards:
2nd. Rebecca McConnell: +0:06
3rd. Sina Frei: +0:20
4th. Loana Lecomte: +0:34
5th. Jenny Rissveds: +0:35
4:19 am PDT
Evie Richards is riding away at the front as she builds a nine-second gap to Sina Frei in 2nd.
4:13 am PDT
After the third lap the current top Elite Women are:
1st. Rebecca McConnell: 53:02
2nd. Sina Frei: +0:01
3rd. Evie Richards: +0:01
4th. Loana Lecomte: +0:01
5th. Jenny Rissveds: +0:04
4:09 am PDT
Loana Lecomte almost has a massive crash over the rock roll feature. Loana somehow manages to ride it out on her top tube and is chasing down the top three riders.
4:06 am PDT
Evie Richards is now out front and pushing hard with Sina Frei and Rebecca McConnell chasing her down in second and third place.
4:01 am PDT
After the second lap the current top Elite Women are:
1st. Anne Tauber: 39:38
2nd. Sina Frei: +0:01
3rd. Jenny Rissveds: +0:01
4th. Rebecca McConnell: +0:01
5th. Loana Lecomte: +0:01
6th. Evie Richards: +0:01
3:53 am PDT
Loana Lecomte really seems to be struggling today as she sits in fifth place, five seconds off the pace.
3:48 am PDT
After the first lap the current top Elite Women are:
1st. Jenny Rissveds: 25:53
2nd. Rebecca McConnell: +0:00
3rd. Sina Frei: +0:00
4th. Loana Lecomte: +0:01
5th. Anne Tauber: +0:01
6th. Evie Richards: +0:01
3:40 am PDT
Jenny Rissveds and Sina Frei are picking up the pace at the front with Loana Lecomte falling slightly further back in third place.
3:33 am PDT
After the start lap the current top five Elite Women are:
1st. Loana Lecomte: 12:08
2nd. Jenny Rissveds: +1
3rd. Sina Frei: +9
4th. Evie Richards: +9
5th. Anne Tauber: +12
3:20 am PDT
The Elite Women are off with Jolanda Neff leading the race out of the start.
The 2021 World Cup XC racing continues with the fifth round in Lenzerheide.
The Women's racing kicks off on Red Bull TV at: PST 03:00 / EST 06:00 / BST 11:00 / CEST 12:00
The Men will start on Red Bull TV at: PST 05:30 / EST 08:30 / BST 13:30 / CEST 14:30
78 Comments
You sound like an Alain Prost. It's a race. If there is a gap, it will be exploited. Otherwise everyone should just stay home.
Like I said, you sound like an Alain Prost.
Sounds like you should stick with car racing …
PS: I saw no one put in to trees/barriers.
@magnusc: Go cry to mommy. It's World Cup racing. Not everyone gets a prize at these events. I'll say it again, 1 last time: IF there was NO gap there would be NO pass. This is a race.
I mean if he calls me out assaulting my character then I'm going to let him have it.
As an old fart it's important to remember he might have mental health issues so we should just leave it at that I think
That makes sense about Blevins.
Yep, he sure still is
Probably a fan of another rider being an asshat.