The eighth XC World Cup of 2022 provides some incredible racing on the challenging Mont-Sainte-Anne course. Check out the results below.
Results:Elite Women (5 Laps)
1st. Jolanda Neff: 1:26:53
2nd. Mona Mitterwallner: 1:27:49
3rd. Haley Batten: 1:27:49
4th. Martina Berta: 1:28:57
5th. Alessandra Keller: 1:29:02
Elite Men (6 Laps)
1st. Titouan Carod: 1:24:48
2nd. Filippo Colombo: 1:26:29
3rd. David Valero Serrano: 1:26:32
4th. Luca Braidot: 1:26:37
5th. Pierre De Froidmont: 1:26:37
U23 Women (4 Laps)
1st. Noëlle Buri: 1:07:05
2nd. Madigan Munro: 1:07:52
3rd. Sara Cortinovis: 1:08:50
4th. Virág Buzsáki: 1:10:46
5th. Raquel Queirós: 1:11:40
U23 Men (5 Laps)
1st. Martin Vidaurre Kossmann: 1:08:31
2nd. David Domingo Campos Motos: 1:09:26
3rd. Carter Woods: 1:09:29
4th. Mathias Azzaro: 1:09:55
5th. Luke Wiedmann: 1:10:55
Full Results:Elite WomenElite MenU23 WomenU23 Men
Overall Standings:
Elite Women
Elite Men
U23 Women
U23 Men
Live Race Updates:
The 2022 World Cup XC racing continues with the eighth round at Mont-Sainte-Anne.
The Women's racing kicks off on Red Bull TV at: 12:00pm EDT (9:00am PDT, 5:00pm BST, 4:00am +day NZST)
The Men will start on Red Bull TV at: 2:30pm EDT (11:30am PDT, 7:30pm BST, 6:00am NZST)
Elite WomenFirst up in the Elite racing is the Women and after the incredible short track race on Friday we could be in for some exciting racing. Riders are said to be loving the updated course this week and it is looking very dry, dusty and fast.
Course Preview:The Pivot Cycles - OTE team takes a tour of the course.
Who do you think will win?:
Race Updates:9:20 am PDT The Elite Women are off for two start loops before taking on five laps. Jolanda Neff leads off the line.
9:21 am PDT Disaster for Emily Batty as she crashes at the start. Emily looks to be injured from the crash.
9:23 am PDT After the first of two starts loops it looks like Alessandra Keller is leading the race.
9:25 am PDT Rebecca McConnell has now taken the lead and she is looking fast today.
9:26 am PDT After start loop two, Rebecca McConnell leads Anne Terpstra by two seconds.
9:29 am PDT The start loops have not split up the front of the race with a big group of nine riders.
9:33 am PDT Rebecca McConnell has built a three-second lead so far, she will be wanted to retake the leaders jersey with one race left.
9:36 am PDT Anne Terpstra has caught Rebecca McConnell with Martina Berta close behind.
9:37 am PDT After a mistake in the rocks the gap between McConnell and Terpstra is five seconds.
9:41 am PDT After lap one the top five are:
1st. Rebecca McConnell: 21:22
2nd. Alessandra Keller:
+73rd. Martina Berta:
+74th. Jolanda Neff:
+75th. Anne Terpstra:
+79:43 am PDT Jolanda Neff now leads the race.
9:46 am PDT Jolanda is mastering the tough climbs and builds an eight-second lead.
9:50 am PDT As Jolanda heads into the second half of the lap her lead is at 18 seconds.
9:54 am PDT It looks like Alessandra Keller has crashed somewhere. With Alessandra dropping back Jolanda now leads by over 30 seconds.
9:55 am PDT Rain is coming down hard on course, Jolanda will be loving these conditions.
9:57 am PDT After lap two the top five are:
1st. Jolanda Neff: 36:35
2nd. Anne Terpstra:
+313rd. Haley Batten:
+324th. Martina Berta:
+385th. Alessandra Keller:
+5110:02 am PDT The rocks are incredibly slippery on course as riders are struggling to stay upright.
10:03 am PDT Jolanda Neff is really making the course look easy, her lead is up to 50 seconds.
10:12 am PDT The rain is coming down so hard that it looks like the Red Bull feed is having some problems.
10:14 am PDT After lap three the top five are:
1st. Jolanda Neff: 53:18
2nd. Anne Terpstra:
+1:04 3rd. Haley Batten:
+1:04 4th. Martina Berta:
+1:255th. Alessandra Keller:
+1:3710:22 am PDT Jolanda Neff has extended her lead to 1:14 as the rain stops.
10:32 am PDT Going into the final lap the top five are:
1st. Jolanda Neff: 1:10:18
2nd. Haley Batten:
+1:11 3rd. Mona Mitterwallner:
+1:274th. Alessandra Keller:
+2:005th. Martina Berta:
+2:00 10:41 am PDT Mona Mitterwallner is right on Haley Batten's rear wheel. There is still half a lap left so this will be a big fight for second place.
10:45 am PDT Mona makes a mistake and loses Haley's wheel but she has caught her back up with nothing between them.
10:47 am PDT Jolanda Neff takes the win in Mont-Sainte-Anne!
Elite MenNext up is the Elite Men's racing where once again Nino Schurter will be on the hunt for a record-breaking win. There is some very heavy rain in the Women's race so we are definitely going to see some carnage on course.
XCC Highlights:While we wait for the men's racing to begin check out the highlights from Friday's XCC race.
Who do you think will win?:
Race Updates:11:50 am PDT The Elite Men are off with a rapid start. Filippo Colombo leads into the start loops.
11:55 am PDT After the two start loops Titouan Carod leads the race with Filippo Colombo in 2nd place followed by Alan Hatherly.
11:56 am PDT It's carnage going into the first woods, a massive pileup.
12:00 pm PDT A wild slide in the woods for Alan Hatherly. It may have stopped raining but it is still very slippery.
12:01 pm PDT Titouan Carod has built a great gap of 11 seconds back to Filippo Colombo.
12:08 pm PDT After lap one the top five are:
1st. Titouan Carod: 18:17
2nd. Pierre De Froidmont:
+223rd. Filippo Colombo:
+224th. Alan Hatherly:
+225th. Luca Braidot:
+2312:15 pm PDT Titouan Carod continues to extend his lead to 40 seconds as he flies on the tricky downhills.
12:23 pm PDT After lap two the top five are:
1st. Titouan Carod: 31:32
2nd. Pierre De Froidmont:
+543rd. Filippo Colombo:
+544th. Alan Hatherly:
+545th. Sebastian Fini Carstensen:
+5512:36 pm PDT After lap three the top five are:
1st. Titouan Carod: 44:43
2nd. Jose Gerardo Ulloa Arevalo:
+1:303rd. Filippo Colombo:
+1:304th. Pierre De Froidmont:
+1:305th. Luca Braidot:
+1:3012:39 pm PDT A mechanical problem for Jose Gerardo Ulloa Arevalo takes him out of the running, he goes from 2nd to 24th.
12:41 pm PDT A big crash for Alan Hatherly on one of the rocky climbs.
12:50 pm PDT After lap four the top five are:
1st. Titouan Carod: 57:58
2nd. Nino Schurter:
+1:463rd. Filippo Colombo:
+1:46 4th. Luca Braidot:
+1:465th. David Valero Serrano:
+1:4613:00 pm PDT Nino Schurter is pushing the pace hard in second place.
13:03 pm PDT Going into the final lap the top six are:
1st. Titouan Carod: 1:11:12
2nd. Nino Schurter:
+2:133rd. Pierre De Froidmont:
+2:134th. Filippo Colombo:
+2:13 5th. David Valero Serrano:
+2:146th. Luca Braidot:
+2:1713:05 pm PDT David Valero flies into second place as the chasing group head into the woods.
13:15 pm PDT What a race for Titouan Carod, he takes his first Elite World Cup in style.
Relegating her to the back row start at Val De Sole will take care of that sort of narcissism.
Cheating is cheating - she's a flat-out cheater.
A 10 second penalty would be sufficient to stop it
Also odd bc it's not like either of them got much out of it... watching the replay they didn't appear to sprint very hard out of the start and ended up like 8 places back at the first turn.
Really impressive rides from Neff/Carod!
RedBullTV anoys me with that, I don't even watch the race live anymore when I know I need to go away in the middle of it as I like to watch from start to finish.
Being in the PST timezone it's not usually a problem for me as the races in Europe are usually long over before I watch but with these races in North America it's been a gotcha for me.
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I figured that course would play to both her Tech & Tactical skills. The rain made it even more so.
She put on quite the clinic in bad weather riding, even with her almost mishap on the log roll. There's one for Sunday Saves.
Glad to see Haley riding well again too. Though I wish she would have won that sprint.
Rumor has it that Mona recently turned down a helmet on moral grounds. Jolanda's reputation would only go up if she had done the same back in the day.
Good on Jolo for rejecting poison in a can.
Batty back in the day always did well in wc circuit and in the nationals.
Kate world champion. Probably would have continued to do well if stayed uninjured.
In todays day and age self promoting is where the money is. Just being an amazing rider isnt enough. Got to have that image and I see nothing wrong with that. Where are you getting the ethics thing? Some athletes regardless of sports are primadonna's and whiners. Maybe you know something l don't and that is very possible lol
It is much easier to get on here and make a post when things go really well but I’m gunna try to keep it real Today was really tough, I had a mechanical in the first lap and when the rain came I just was struggling a bit and crashed right to my bad knee again. Usually a DNF is not an option to me but with Worlds just around the corner I had to make that really tough decision. My knee was starting to swell and I feared making it any worse. I’ve stressed if it was the right call but with more time I really think I did the best thing for my health. Maybe it felt like things were working against me today because the legs were there but sometimes that’s the game! I’m no stranger to challenges and I know that these days make you a better athlete so no doubt I’ll bounce back to get that XCO result I’ve been craving this year."
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LOL