It was a big weekend for XC racing with plenty of World Cup riders searching for some top results ahead of the continuation of the 2021 World Cup season in Les Gets this weekend. The French Cup XC series kicked off with some big results as Loana Lecomte continued her dominance in the Elite Women's racing as she pulled a nearly two-minute gap on current World Champion Pauline Ferrand Prevot. For the Elite Men, it was Victor Koretzky who looked back in good form as just beat out Jordan Sarrou to the line by two seconds. Check out the full results below.
Elite Men:
1st. Victor Koretzky: 1:23:22
2nd. Jordan Sarrou: 1:23:24
3rd. Antoine Philipp: 1:25:21
4th. Titouan Carod: 1:25:48
5th. Jofre Cullell Estape: 1:25:58
Elite Women:
1st. Loana: Lecomte 1:19:39
2nd. Pauline Ferrand Prevot: 1:21:25
3rd. Mona Mitterwallner: 1:22:07
4th. Hélène Clauzel: 1:24:08
5th. Ronja Eibl: 1:24:19
She was closing fast on Pauline at the end of the race.
She has single handedly turned the race for first place into an foregone conclusion.
I can't find any video of this race.
Anyone?
Not really possible with DH, is it? Would you create a second start ramp part way down the course? Or an earlier finish part way up the course?
It is easily possible with the short laps at XCO events by adjusting the number of laps, so they take advantage of it.