Loana Lecomte without rivals in the women's field: the Frenchwoman is proving to have a higher pace than her opponents.
Third stage of the Cup in the tough and technical course of Leogang: wonderful to see Jenny Rissveds return to the top, an excellent second position for her. Third place for Laura Stigger, the home athlete of Specialized Factory Racing.
The first double stage of the 2021 season of the Mercedes-Benz UCI Mountain Bike World Cup offered many surprises and the welcome return of the public to the competition fields. Leogang hosted the first round dedicated to Downhill and third at the Olympic Cross Country. The replay of all the races is available on Red Bull TV with commentary by Marco Aurelio Fontana, Torquato “Toto” Testa and Giulia De Maio.
Short tracks and cross country they had the same winners, pure climbers, suited to the demanding route which for the first time in history hosted a World Cup stage in these disciplines. Both Loana Lecomte and Mathias Flückiger took their first XCC victories on the short Leogang track on Friday, before repeating themselves in Sunday's queen event. The 21-year-old Frenchwoman snapped up a hat-trick of consecutive victories proving to be an unstoppable force in the football scene. cross-country female. She took the lead from the first lap and her rivals saw her again only after the finish line, cut in second place by the Olympic champion Jenny Rissveds and in third by Laura Stigger, happy to have celebrated her best elite finish “in home". A rediscovered Jolanda Neff finished fourth despite a fractured hand (the news was given on her social channels after the post-race medical checks), ahead of the world champion Pauline Ferrand Prevot. The Italian champion Eva Lechner finishes 10th and secures the Olympic pass, while Chiara Teocchi who was running an excellent race was forced to retire after a bad fall.
Women's XCO result
- Loana Lecomte FRA 1: 17.03
- Jenny Rissveds SWE +1.48
- Laura Stigger AUT +1.50
- Jolanda Neff SUI +2.02
- Pauline Ferrand-Prevot FRA +2.30
Women's XCO standings
- Loana Lecomte FRA 1045 points
- Pauline Ferrand-Prevot FRA 680
- Haley Batten USA 669
- Rebecca McConnell AUS 544
- Linda Indergand SUI 533
Laura Stigger. Credits: Bartek Wolinski / Red Bull Content Pool. 
Credits: Bartek Wolinski / Red Bull Content Pool. Leogan World Cup Elite woman
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