The results are in from some of the closest racing we have seen so far this year. Ed Masters put in an amazing performance this weekend and takes the win in Les Orres. Isabeau Courdurier gets her fifth victory this year and continues her domination of the 2019 series.
Elite Men
1st. Ed Masters: 43:31.79
2nd. Richie Rude: 43:32.73
3rd. Adrien Dailly: 43:46.17
4th. Florian Nicolai: 43:48.98
5th. Dimitri Tordo: 44:13.89
6th. Kevin Miquel: 44:22.64
7th. Matthew Walker: 44:25.63
8th. Gustav Wildhaber: 44:43.62
9th Leigh Johnson: 44:44.95
10th. Hugo Pigeon: 44:53.72
Elite Women
1st. Isabeau Courdurier: 48:54.26
2nd. Raphaela Richter: 49:23.55
3rd. Miranda Miller: 50:46.89
4th. Ines Thoma: 50:53.88
5th. Noga Korem: 50:57.16
6th. Melanie Pugin: 51:10.07
7th. Morgane Charre: 51:18.99
8th. Katy Winton: 51:49.66
9th Anita Gehrig: 52:16.36
10th. Becky Cook: 52:39.36
Live Stage Updates:DAY ONE RECAP
STAGE 6Stage Updates4:40 am PDT The Elite Women are on track, will Isabeau Courdurier continue her lead and take her fifth victory in 2019?
4:40 am PDT Morgane Jonnier currently leads on stage 6 with a time of 8:32.15
4:45 am PDT Raphaela Richter goes into the lead on stage 6.
4:46 am PDT Miranda Miller goes seven seconds back on Richter.
4:47 am PDT Katy Winton is looking back up to speed this weekend and sits in third.
4:49 am PDT Ines Thoma can't keep up with Miller and Richter and currently goes into third place.
4:50 am PDT Melanie Pugin crosses the line 10 seconds off the pace and just tops Thoma for third position.
4:51 am PDT Andreane Lanthier Nadeau (ALN) beats Miller's time to slot in behind Richter in 2nd.
4:53 am PDT Isabeau Courdurier takes the win on stage one, beating Richter by over nine seconds. Will anyone be able to beat her today?
5:04 am PDT In the Elite Men's racing Richie Rude has just laid down the fastest run so far on Stage 6.
5:09 am PDT Matthew Walker just beats Christian Textor's time and now sits second on the first stage of the day.
5:15 am PDT Adrien Dailly goes four seconds off Rude's time, with the overall so close right now this will not be the result he wanted.
5:18 am PDT Ed Masters tops Dailly's time but is still three seconds off Rude.
5:19 am PDT Florian Nicolai manages to gets within three seconds of Rude but it is Sam Hill who gets closest with a gap of just
1.57. With no riders able to beat Rude he takes the first win of the day.
Stage ResultsElite Women1st. Isabeau Courdurier: 7:53.81
2nd. Raphaela Richter:
+9.123rd. ALN:
+14.094th. Miranda Miller:
+16.665th. Noga Korem:
+18.366th. Melanie Pugin:
+19.467th. Ines Thoma:
+22.988th. Morgane Charre:
+25.309th Anita Gehrig:
+27.8010th. Katy Winton:
+30.89Elite Men1st. Richie Rude: 6:57.28
2nd. Sam Hill:
+1.573rd. Florian Nicolai:
+2.924th. Ed Masters:
+3.325th. Adrien Dailly:
+4.456th. Matthew Walker:
+8.477th. Christian Textor:
+8.948th. Kevin Miquel:
+9.929th Leigh Johnson:
+11.6610th. Dimitri Tordo:
14.31Overall after stage 6Elite Women1st. Isabeau Courdurier: 39:28.24
2nd. Raphaela Richter: 39:57.61
3rd. Miranda Miller: 41:04.93
4th. Ines Thoma: 41:05.43
5th. Noga Korem: 41:05.96
6th. Melanie Pugin: 41:18.17
7th. Morgane Charre: 41:27.39
8th. Katy Winton: 41:43.54
9th Anita Gehrig: 42:10.12
10th. Becky Cook: 42:26.31
Elite Men1st. Richie Rude: 35:20.86
2nd. Adrien Dailly: 35:22.12
3rd. Ed Masters: 35:23.14
4th. Florian Nicolai: 35:34.68
5th. Kevin Miquel: 35:49.47
6th. Dimitri Tordo: 35:49.63
7th. Matthew Walker: 36:00.28
8th. Hugo Pigeon: 36:14.53
9th Leigh Johnson: 36:14.78
10th. Gustav Wildhaber: 36:18.03
STAGE 7Stage Updates5:35 am PDT Chloe Taylor is the current leader on stage 7 with a time of 7:06.27
5:44 am PDT Julie Duvert tops Taylor's time by just over four seconds.
5:45 am PDT Raphaela Richter is still second overall going into stage seven and with a time that puts her 30 seconds up on Duvert it looks like she will maintain that results into the final stage.
5:46 am PDT Miranda Miller finishes
12.86 seconds behind Richter putting her 2nd.
5:48 am PDT Ines Thoma slots in just behind Miller in third.
5:52 am PDT Isabeau Courdurier can't beat Richter and goes
0.77 back.
6:04 am PDT Richie Rude again sets an early fast time on stage 7, but he is only five seconds clear of Youn Deniaud.
6:10 am PDT Jose Borges has a great stage 7 and finishes only
5.43 seconds back from the current overall leader Rude.
6:13 am PDT Dimitri Tordo tops Borges' time but he can't get within five seconds of Rude. Adrien Dailly has also gone eight seconds back, this is even more time that he can't afford to lose in such a close race.
6:16 am PDT Ed Masters goes fastest! He beats Richie Rude by over two seconds.
6:17 am PDT Florian Nicolai goes faster than Rude but couldn't quite match Masters' time.
Stage ResultsElite Women1st. Raphaela Richter: 6:31.67
2nd. Isabeau Courdurier:
+0.773rd. Miranda Miller:
+12.864th. ALN:
+13.215th. Ines Thoma:
+13.436th. Noga Korem:
+14.017th. Melanie Pugin:
+15.988th. Morgane Charre:
+18.359th Florencia Espineira Herreros:
+27.8510th. Katy Winton:
+28.70Elite Men1st. Ed Masters: 5:39.43
2nd. Florian Nicolai:
+2.073rd. Richie Rude:
+2.694th. Sam Hill:
+4.415th. Dimitri Tordo:
+7.806th. Jose Borges:
+8.127th. Kevin Miquel:
+8.198th. Youn Deniaud:
+8.479th Gustav Wildhaber:
+9.4110th. Matthew Walker:
+9.64Overall after stage 7Elite Women1st. Isabeau Courdurier: 46:00.68
2nd. Raphaela Richter: 46:29.28
3rd. Miranda Miller: 47:49.46
4th. Ines Thoma: 47:50.53
5th. Noga Korem: 47:51.64
6th. Melanie Pugin: 48:05.82
7th. Morgane Charre: 48:17.41
8th. Katy Winton: 48:43.91
9th Anita Gehrig: 49:11.27
10th. Becky Cook: 49:32.79
Elite Men1st. Ed Masters: 41:02.57
2nd. Richie Rude: 41:02.98
3rd. Adrien Dailly: 41:13.02
4th. Florian Nicolai: 41:16.18
5th. Dimitri Tordo: 41:36.86
6th. Kevin Miquel: 41:37.09
7th. Matthew Walker: 41:49.35
8th. Leigh Johnson: 42:06.75
9th Gustav Wildhaber: 42:06.87
10th. Hugo Pigeon: 42:12.90
STAGE 8Stage Updates6:22 am PDT While the men were coming down stage 7 the women have already finished the final stage of the day with Isabeau Courdurier just taking the win by
0.69 seconds over Raphaela Richter.
6:29 am PDT Richie Rude goes fastest on the final stage with Elliott Heap four seconds behind him in 2nd.
6:40 am PDT Adrien Dailly goes over three seconds slower on stage 8, this is still good enough for 2nd at the moment but this does mean he cannot win the overall this weekend.
6:41 am PDT Ed Masters goes faster than Rude, he has won the overall this weekend!
Stage ResultsElite Women1st. Isabeau Courdurier: 2:53.58
2nd. Raphaela Richter:
+0.693rd. Miranda Miller:
+3.854th. Morgane Charre:
+85th. ALN:
+9.676th. Ines Thoma:
+9.777th. Melanie Pugin:
+10.678th. Anita Gehrig:
+11.519th Noga Korem:
+11.9410th. Katy Winton:
+12.17Elite Men1st. Ed Masters: 2:29.22
2nd. Richie Rude:
+0.533rd. Sam Hill:
+2.784th. Florian Nicolai:
+3.585th. Adrien Dailly:
+3.936th. Elliott Heap:
+5.027th. Mathew Stuttard:
+6.568th. Clement Charles:
+6.719th Matthew Walker:
+7.0610th. Shawn Neer:
+7.35Overall after stage 8Elite Women1st. Isabeau Courdurier: 48:54.26
2nd. Raphaela Richter: 49:23.55
3rd. Miranda Miller: 50:46.89
4th. Ines Thoma: 50:53.88
5th. Noga Korem: 50:57.16
6th. Melanie Pugin: 51:10.07
7th. Morgane Charre: 51:18.99
8th. Katy Winton: 51:49.66
9th Anita Gehrig: 52:16.36
10th. Becky Cook: 52:39.36
Elite Men1st. Ed Masters: 43:31.79
2nd. Richie Rude: 43:32.73
3rd. Adrien Dailly: 43:46.17
4th. Florian Nicolai: 43:48.98
5th. Dimitri Tordo: 44:13.89
6th. Kevin Miquel: 44:22.64
7th. Matthew Walker: 44:25.63
8th. Gustav Wildhaber: 44:43.62
9th Leigh Johnson: 44:44.95
10th. Hugo Pigeon: 44:53.72
#notstalkinganyone
Don't get me wrong. Ed is a beast and he's earned this win!
Forge the distances and elevations, if you didn't have to work or go to school would you not spend +10h a week riding your bike?
So stoked cannot wait to watch Wyn TV’s interview!
Yeah!!!!!
Eddie: Hey, Berie can Mat and I go off and do the EWS this weekend, I know its last minute but we just wanna ride our bikes?
Bernie: Should be cool Ed, let me just check with the bosses...
Bernie: bring bring, hey bosses, can Ed and Mat head off to race the EWS rather than the Dh this weekend?
Bosses: no bother, tell the lads to have some fun.
Bernie: Ed, yeh, you are good to go ride your bike rather than get a few Dh laps in.
Eddie: Sweet, thanks boss. shouts> Mat, lets go shred some sick trails.
Mat: Sick, seeya boys, enjoy your blown out dust fest dh race with a 1 min crappy pedal at the top.
Roll on a few days.
Bosses: Well that worked out well, an EWS win and a 9th from the boys and Bernie was doing really well in the Dh before a crash so got some exposure.
Wyn: FFS, Ed is never gonna shut up about this, but really I am super stoked and proud of ma bro and just wanna party with him to celebrate.
Cathro: mmmm I made that comment about Ed heading off to the Enduro in my video before the race and how I am Dh and Enduro is easier to win than Dh but... he only went and won the bloody race...
But totally stocked for Eddie!! Masters brothers a EWS winners!
Isabeau is unbeatable. If she doesnt get injured, she will have a perfect season. Stunned by Raphaela!!!
Downside: Didnt notice Ella Conolly's injury until it was to late to edit my fantasy team - otherwise this could have been a top ten for me
5:00 am disco shuts doors
20 minutes ride