Pinkbike Primer: Penultimate Race in the Battle for the Overall - Mont-Sainte-Anne World Cup XC 2022

Aug 3, 2022
by Ed Spratt  

The mighty Beatrice couldn t slow down Pauline. She was long gone before the rest of the pack showed up.
The
PINKBIKE PRIMER
to
XC World Cup Round 7
MONT-SAINTE-ANNE

We're back for round seven of the 2022 XC World Cup with a stacked weekend of racing at Mont-Sainte-Anne. Check out all the details you need to know below.


The Track


While the course is largely similar to three years ago, it does look like the classic "Beatrice" portion of the course has been removed.


Last Time at Mont-Sainte-Anne




Elite Men

1st. Nino Schurter: 1:27.05
2nd. Mathias Flueckiger: +30
3rd. Stephane Tempier: +38
4th. Titouan Carod: +56
5th. Gerhard Kerschbaumer: +1:02
6th. Ondrej Cink: +1:34
7th. Victor Koretzky: +1:43
8th. Jordan Sarrou: +1:57
9th. Andri Frischknecht: +2:00
10th. Henrique Avancini: +2:07


Elite Women

1st. Pauline Ferrand Prevot: 1:28.51
2nd. Jolanda Neff: +43
3rd. Rebecca McConnell: +1:17
4th. Anne Terpstra: +2:26
5th. Kate Courtney: +2:42
6th. Annie Last: +2:54
7th. Anne Tauber: +3:12
8th. Tanja Zakelj: +3:40
9th. Emily Batty: +3:59
10th. Linda Indergand: +4:46



Previous Winners Since 2009


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Elite Men

2009: Julien Absalon
2010 // World Champs: Jose Antonio Hermida Ramos
2011: Jaroslav Kulhavy
2012: Nino Schurter
2013: Julien Absalon
2014: Nino Schurter
2015: Nino Schurter
2016: Julien Absalon
2017: Nino Schurter
2018: Mathias Flückiger
2019 // World Champs: Nino Schurter

Elite Women

2009: Catharine Pendrel
2010 // World Champs: Maja Wloszczowska
2011: Catharine Pendrel
2012: Catharine Pendrel
2013: Katerina Nash
2014: Jolanda Neff
2015: Jolanda Neff
2016: Catharine Pendrel
2017: Yana Belomoina
2018: Jolanda Neff
2019 // World Champs: Pauline Ferrand Prevot


What Happened at the Last Race?




Results:

Elite Women (7 Laps)

1st. Alessandra Keller: 1:24:35
2nd. Jenny Rissveds: 1:25:12
3rd. Anne Terpstra: 1:25:25
4th. Mona Mitterwallner: 1:25:42
5th. Jolanda Neff: 1:26:59

Elite Men (8 Laps)

1st. David Valero Serrano: 1:25:11
2nd. Titouan Carod: 1:25:16
3rd. Luca Braidot: 1:25:22
4th. Christopher Blevins: 1:25:22
5th. Filippo Colombo: 1:25:31

U23 Women (5 Laps)

1st. Noëlle Buri: 1:02:26
2nd. Luisa Daubermann: 1:03:09
3rd. Madigan Munro: 1:04:04
4th. Virág Buzsáki: 1:04:41
5th. Tamara Wiedmann: 1:05:34

U23 Men (6 Laps)

1st. Martin Vidaurre Kossmann: 1:01:33
2nd. Bjorn Riley: 1:01:34
3rd. Mathis Azzaro: 1:01:38
4th. Luca Martin: 1:01:56
5th. David Domingo Campos Motos: 1:02:11


Current Overall Standings


Elite Women

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Elite Men

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U23 Women

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U23 Men

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Weather Forecast


After the mud bath of Snowshoe, riders will be glad for the sunny and warm Mont-Sainte-Anne. There is a chance of some rain for the big races on Sunday, but nothing like last weekend.

Nino leads the men off the line.
Thursday, August 4 - Training
Morning showers; otherwise, cloudy and humid // 25° // 100% Chance of Precipitation // 7 km/h Wind

Friday, August 5 - XCC
Mostly cloudy and comfortable // 23° // 0% Chance of Precipitation // 7 km/h Wind

Saturday, August 6 - Training
Intervals of clouds and sun // 25° // 29% Chance of Precipitation // 4 km/h Wind

Sunday, August 7 - XCO
Mostly cloudy and humid with a passing shower // 27° // 55% Chance of Precipitation // 11 km/h Wind

Weather forecast as of Monday, August 1 from Accuweather.


Schedule

Fifth place finish for Gerhard Kerschbaumer although he was looking at a silver medal before his rear tire decided it had enough of the MSA rocks.

Thursday, August 4
• 12:00-14:00 // Official XCO Training - Women Under 23 and Elite
• 14:00-16:00 // Official XCO Training - Men Under 23 and Elite

Friday, August 5
• 09:30-11:00 // Official XCO Training - Women Under 23 and Elite
• 11:00-12:30 // Official XCO Training - Men Under 23 and Elite
• 12:30-14:30 // Official XCO Training - All riders
• 15:45-16:30 // Official XCC Training - Women
• 16:30-17:15 // Official XCC Training - Men
• 17:30 // World Cup Cross-Country Short Track - Women
• 18:15 // World Cup Cross-Country Short Track - Men

Saturday, August 6
• 09:30-11:30 // Official XCO Training - Women
• 11:30-13:30 // Official XCO Training - Men
• 13:30-14:30 // Official XCO Training - All riders

Sunday, August 7
• 08:30 // World Cup Cross-Country Olympic - Women Under 23
• 10:15 // World Cup Cross-Country Olympic - Men Under 23
• 12:20 // World Cup Cross-Country Olympic - Women Elite - Followed by U23 awards
• 14:50 // World Cup Cross-Country Olympic - Men Elite - Followed by elite awards

Note: All times are local and subject to change by the UCI/event organizer.


How to Watch

Nino played his cards perfectly. tire out the competition and then pounce.

Tune in to Pinkbike to catch all the Mont-Sainte-Anne coverage throughout the week.

All the Elite races can be streamed live on redbull.tv.

Schedule:
(All times in EDT, replay available immediately following the races)

Mont-Sainte-Anne XCC Short Track: August 5 Live on Red Bull TV 17:20 EDT
Mont-Sainte-Anne XCO Women: August 7 Live on Red Bull TV 12:00 EDT
Mont-Sainte-Anne XCO Men: August 7 Live on Red Bull TV 14:30 EDT

Note: These times are subject to change. Please check with your local provider.



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24 Comments
  • 65 0
 Thank you Pinkbike for your dedication to covering XCO ✌️
  • 5 12
flag everythingscomingupmilhouse (Aug 3, 2022 at 6:40) (Below Threshold)
 Errrr not sure about that!

The Commonwealth games XCO is happening as I type this, Evie Richards is currently in the lead, and all I can find is crappy BBC coverage. I only found out about it by chance! Sure it's not WC but it's got some big names competing, surely we could have at least had a few articles about the track/riders/tech etc? Why no coverage of this at all @brianpark @edspratt @alicialeggett?
  • 6 3
 @everythingscomingupmilhouse: They don't really do primers/prep for localized national type stuff. You will likely see recap articles and results just like you did for most of the nationals races that happened right before snowshoe. Same reason why you never see stuff for European champs or Pan-American champs for example. Only so many resources to go around and they have MSA to focus on for this weekend.
  • 3 1
 @wilsonians: commomwealth games are an international competition, competitirs come from 24 different countries. So its actually quite similiar to a world cup
  • 3 1
 @qualms23: I get it, was just saying that they only tend to cover the biggest stuff since they only have so many folks. If Commonwealth was running outside of WC schedule and not backed up on major WC weeks it'd probably be diff.
  • 1 1
 @wilsonians: yeah good points. I guess to me it just seems more similar to the Olympics XCO than a European/Pan-european champs but I get there are limits on what can be done, maybe not that many people care and you can't please everyone. The results are up at least!
  • 2 0
 @everythingscomingupmilhouse: they aren't covering it live but you didn't even give it a chance to finish, the results are up now.
  • 5 0
 @qualms23: Yeah, there may be 24 different countries with athletes at the Commonwealth Games, but how many of those athletes are good enough to be racing at UCI XCO World Cup level? I think about 5 riders maximum. It is nothing like a World Cup race at all. I mean there were only eight starters in the women's race. Most national championships do better than this, ha-ha!
  • 9 1
 Pity they've removed the best gnar section from the track.
  • 2 0
 Arguably one of the best gnar sections on the circuit...
  • 3 0
 If La Beatrice is gone then I suspect the lung/leg busting climb of L’Enfer de Ste. Anne that leads to it is gone too
  • 1 1
 Questions @edspratt: why did they decide to remove La Beatrice? What will it be replaced by?
  • 1 0
 It is a pity but I'm reserving judgement until I've seen the new sections. Hopefully we'll get a course preview video here in the next couple of days.
  • 2 0
 @MDW83: here's a course preview: youtu.be/eih2ZIt35gA Looks like a great track, but definitely missing the most iconic parts.
  • 4 0
 My OCD is not really liking the mix in the videos and results from last season (men / women) ^^
  • 4 0
 NINO!!
  • 1 0
 Hatherly alan done very well this year, good luck for the next races.
  • 2 1
 Penultimate means second to last.
  • 3 0
 There is more more race after this in Val di Sole.
  • 5 0
 and antepenultimate means third to last. there was a talk on CBC radio a minute after I first read this about it. and preantipenultimate is fourth to last, PROPREANTEPENULTIMATE is fifth from last
  • 6 0
 the World Champs don't count for the World Cup Overall, so penultimate is correct
  • 2 1
 @taprider: CBC radio is a gem for things like this, casual discussons about things to don't think you need to know, but do.
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