The results are in from the 2022 Trophy of Nations. After some flat-out racing in Finale, it was a great day for the French and US teams as they took top-three finishes across multiple categories. The French team won in the Women's race while Team USA took top honours in both U21 races. The New Zealand team were unstoppable winning the Men's racing with strong stage finishes throughout the day. The Masters' race went to the trio of British riders.
Check out the results below.
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Results:Women
1st. France [Pugin // Charre // Courdurier]: 2:16:41.32
2nd. Germany [Bruchle // Thoma // Richter]: 2:18:13.13
3rd. Great Britain [Cook // Harnden // Baraona]: 2:18:14.80
Men
1st. New Zealand [Murray // Walker // Masters]: 1:58:55.14
2nd. France [Jeandel // Tordo // Rudeau]: 1:59:21.21
3rd. USA [Peterson // Nestoroff // Rude]: 2:00:27.80
U21 Women
1st. USA [Haggart // Bingham // Bixler]: 2:11:55.41
2nd. France [Planquart // Lassus // Henry]: 2:12:00.59
3rd. Italy [Pesse // Polo // Riva]: 2:25:09.17
U21 Men
1st. USA [Chapin // Fisher // Keller]: 1:47:41.32
2nd. France [Lesquir // Kaux // Bertini]: 1:48:54.84
3rd. Australia [Meier-Smith // Gilchrist // Meier-Smith]: 1:49:13.06
Master Men
1st. Great Britain [Lochhead // Edgworth // Austermuhle]: 1:53:18.47
2nd. France [Kirscher // Carrez // Amour]: 1:54:32.26
3rd. Italy [Modesti // Rossa // Fruet]: 1:56:20.49
Full Results:
Live Race Updates:Stage 1
Live Stage Updates3:00 am PDT The Master Men are through the first stage of the day, it looks like it's the British team leading as they go 1st, 2nd and 11th.
3:16 am PDT We have a clear winner of the U21 Men's first stage as the USA team takes 3rd, 4th and 5th.
3:27 am PDT In the U21 Women's racing we think it is a fight between the Canadian and Italian teams. Emmy Lan heads up the Canadian team with 1st followed by Elly Hoskin in 2nd and Lily Boucher sitting in 10th. The Italian team sees Sophie Riva in 3rd with Nicole Pesse in 6th and Emilie Polo 7th.
3:36 am PDT Gloria Scarsi leads the first stage for the Women with other strong results so far for the Italian team.
3:38 am PDT Ines Thoma goes fastest by over 11 seconds. Every second is important this weekend as the total time of all three team riders is added together for the overall results.
3:42 am PDT It's now Raphaela Richter who takes the lead, this makes it a German top two.
3:42 am PDT Harriet Harnden finds another second to go fastest.
3:44 am PDT Bex Baraona goes into third with Becky Cook taking fourth. Great results so far for the British team.
3:45 am PDT But the French team dominates as Isabeau Courdurier goes fastest with Morgane Charre 2nd and Melanie Pugin 4th.
4:03 am PDT It's a strong start for the Italian Men's team on the first stage as Tommaso Francardo currently leads with Simone Pelissero in 3rd and Mirco Vendemmia 5th. There are still a lot of teams left so the results could be shaken up more.
4:29 am PDT Elliott Heap takes the lead on the first stage by almost five seconds. Teammate Alex Storr is 4th but Mathew Stuttard is five minutes back in 53rd.
4:31 am PDT Alex Rudeau finds a massive 20 seconds to go fastest so far.
4:33 am PDT The New Zealand team smashes out some great results so far with Charlie Murray 2nd, Matt Walker 3rd and Ed Masters 5th.
4:36 am PDT Jesse Melamed takes the lead by over seven seconds.
4:40 am PDT We think the New Zealand team leads after the first stage as they place 4th, 5th and 10th.
Stage 2
Live Stage Updates4:01 am PDT It's another great stage for the British Master Men's team as they go 2nd, 3rd and 7th.
4:02 am PDT The U21 Men's USA team has another strong showing on stage two as they manage to take 3rd, 4th and 5th place. We believe this means they lead into stage three.
4:03 am PDT Emmy Lan leads out the U21 Women as she goes fastest by over three seconds on the second stage. Fellow Canadian Elly Hoskin takes 2nd with Lily Boucher in 5th.
4:18 am PDT Disaster for the French Women's team on Stage two as Melanie Pugin goes over a minute and a half back. The British team has a strong showing and is now most likely in the overall lead heading into the third stage.
5:09 am PDT Jesse Melamed goes fastest on the stage but Remi Gauvin has chain issues and falls back to 59. It's pretty certain that the Canadian Men's team is out of the running now.
5:11 am PDT The New Zealand team is leading after the second stage with the very short stage three already seeing the riders lay down runs.
Stage 3
Live Stage Updates4:46 am PDT Stage three sees strong performances from the British and French Master Men's teams but the British team just edges ahead and holds the lead into the final stage.
4:49 am PDT The results are really shaken up for the U21 Men, it's tough to see which team has won this stage but as the times are really tight on this short stage the USA will still lead into the final stage.
4:50 am PDT It's the Canadian team that once again wins as they come out on top of the U21 Women's stage three as they place 2nd, 4th and 10th.
4:58 am PDT Isabeau Courdurier leads the third stage with teammates in 3rd and 6th. This means they take the stage win and pass the British team to lead by 50 seconds.
5:04 am PDT We are hearing that the Canadian U21 Women may be out of the race after a crash and the Men's team may have a similar fate as Rhys Verner had a lot of trouble on the first stage.
5:30 am PDT Louis Jeandel now leads with Dimitri Tordo close behind. French teammate Alex Rudeau stands in 12th.
5:33 am PDT Matt Walker takes third so far with Charlie Murray 4th, Ed Masters goes into 19th this may switch up the overall standings.
5:35 am PDT It looks like the New Zealand team will still lead but the gap has closed to 20 seconds. The French Team holds second place with two stages left.
5:37 am PDT Jack Moir goes fastest by just over three seconds.
5:43 am PDT The Canadian team are placed back in the 50s but given the reports about some mechanical issues the team are having we are not surprised. This means the New Zealand team stays in the lead.
Overall After Stage 3Women
1st. France: 1:43:02.59
2nd. Great Britain: 1:43:53.09
3rd. Germany: 1:44:18.48
Men
1st. New Zealand: 1:30:37.24
2nd. France: 1:30:57.33
3rd. USA: 1:31:49.32
U21 Women
1st. Canada: 1:49:05.52
2nd. France: 1:54:04.68
3rd. Italy: 1:59:29.51
U21 Men
1st. USA: 1:33:05.90
2nd. France: 1:34:32.97
3rd. Australia: 1:34:48.57
Master Men
1st. Great Britain: 1:37:54.97
2nd. France: 1:39:19.60
3rd. Italy: 1:40:36.65
Stage 4
Live Stage Updates5:44 am PDT We are now waiting for the Women to start on stage four. This stage is just being run for the Women and Men's races. The Master and U21 categories will head straight to stage five.
6:00 am PDT The Italian Women's team makes it a full top three finish so far although we are early in the stage and everything could change.
6:04 am PDT Team USA has had a great stage with all three riders making it inside the top five at this point in the stage.
6:06 am PDT Raphaela Richter and Ines Thoma go 1st and 2nd by over seven seconds.
6:08 am PDT Harriet Harnden goes fastest with Bex Baraona 4th and Becky Cook in 18th.
6:09 am PDT But the French team dominate again with 1st, 3rd and 6th places on stage four.
6:42 am PDT The second half of the Men's teams are on stage four with Zakarias Johansen currently leading.
6:49 am PDT Greg Callaghan goes 1.8 up and into the lead.
6:53 am PDT It's now a French one-two with Alex Rudeau leading followed by Dimitri Tordo.
6:56 am PDT Team Canada are out of the running for the overall after Rhys Verner's crash while we are hearing that the Men's GB team has been disqualified after receiving outside assistance during a wheel change.
6:58 am PDT The New Zealand team were leading into stage four and they are not slowing down with all three riders taking the top three positions so far.
7:02 am PDT With one stage left the New Zealand team still lead by 40 seconds.
Overall After Stage 4Women
1st. France: 2:00:03.96
2nd. Great Britain: 2:01:43.01
3rd. Germany: 2:01:49.42
Men
1st. New Zealand: 1:44:53.46
2nd. France: 1:45:33.10
3rd. USA: 1:46:26.66
Stage 5
Live Stage Updates6:31 am PDT The Master and U21 races come straight to stage five and it looks like the Great British Master Men's team has taken the 2022 title by over thirty seconds.
7:04 am PDT The U21 Men have finished up on the final stage with Jack Piercy going fastest. But the overall goes to the USA who have been strong across all four stages and win by over a minute.
7:24 am PDT We don't have the results yet for the U21 Women on stage five but we believe the Canadian team won't be finishing so it is between the French and USA teams for the 2022 title.
7:25 am PDT While we wait the Women are racing the final stage and Raphaela Richter currently leads by 2.83 seconds.
7:27 am PDT Harriet Harnden finds three seconds to go fastest on stage five so far.
7:30 am PDT Isabeau Courdurier goes second on the final stage but the French team has done more than enough to take the overall this weekend.
8:09 am PDT As the Men's teams make their way down the final stage Jose Borges currently leads by over three seconds.
8:15 am PDT No one has been able to touch Jose Borges' time so far although it seems the New Zealand team has had another great stage and look certain for the title today.
8:19 am PDT We are still waiting for a few teams to finish but it is looking likely it will be a win for the New Zealand team with France in second place.
8:22 am PDT Richie Rude crosses the line just 0.1 seconds back on the last stage of the weekend. The USA team and looking strong and could take home third.
8:23 am PDT With no Canadian team finishing today it is an overall win for the New Zealand team of Charlie Murray, Matt Walker and Ed Masters.
There’s so much press coverage over a fishing comp scandal, with weight fish. Than there is even vaguely about this “world championship”.
Maybe Norco is onto it
Between live timing and a recap, I'm really not sure what more could reasonably be done for a long stage race covering 30+ km per day.
And god save downhill.
Although now Britain and Great Britain are completely interchangeable and British isles is rarely used.
Wikipedia says, Brittany is the old roman name, but Great Britain is the differentiation of the main island from the Bretagne as "Lesser" Britain.
What you saw is called advertising by some and propaganda by others and goes on everywhere.
Contracts = Congrats
m.youtube.com/watch?v=1qcCEJKbX6I
Were the 5 minutes faster?
Contracts = congrats
People only remember the big stuff so thats all that counts.
So whilst I don't know all the winners there are some that I do and I'd dare say there are other people who remember other competitors doing the same. If you ask those athletes none would say they just phoned it in.
Have you ever won a commonwealth or any medal?
Win EWS etc people remember that.
Stuff like kayaking, canoe.. etc nobody really cares for other than the people involved in that sport.
We can harp on all we like about our "achievements" but they are not the ones the world remembers.
Saying that the amount of recognition the guys are going to get even though they won is minimal, in the scheme of things the amount of people who watch ews is miniscule.