Source: press release
Oberparleiter wins the bronze in the Eliminator: “I am very happy for this medal. It is always difficult to reconfirm ”, says the blue who was already European vice champion in 2015.
The blue from Brunico, born in 1990, Anna OBERPARLEITER (TEAM LAPIERRE - TRENTINO - ALE ') reconfirms herself at the European MTB championships currently taking place in Sweden (Husquarna).
On the hard and treacherous track, the blue wins the bronze in the spectacular Eliminator test. After having risked in the semifinal, the blue made a start in the final of the race that saw her last in the four-man heats. Only in the last climb did the blue open the throttle and from fourth position she climbed up to third, overtaking the Norwegian Jacobsen, then down from the podium and thus conquering the bronze medal. The gold went to the Ukrainian Irynia Popova who dictated a very high pace from the very first rides and the silver to the Dutch Anne Terpstra.
A medal that confirms the one won at the 2015 European Championships (silver) and which has more value because the blue today and on the eve of the match, suffered from flu symptoms.
“I started badly in the final - says the blue - It was very difficult to overtake the opponents because of the pitfalls of the track which had a lot of gravel and was therefore very slippery. In the last climb I tried everything and I managed to move up a position thus winning the bronze medal. I am also very satisfied because I have not raced in my best form and confirming it is always difficult ”.
Satisfaction is also for DT Pallhuber: “Anna's departure in the final was not the best but she was able to recover on a path that if you do not take the leading positions immediately, you risk being out of the game. Yet Anna managed to overcome the opponent and conquer the bronze. "
Tomorrow May 7th, these titles will be awarded:
10,30am Cross Country Junior Women (XCO)
13,00 pm: Cross Country Junior Men (XCO)
14,30pm: Cross Country Under 23 Women (XCO)
NATIONAL MEN'S JUNIOR
FRANCESCO BONETTO SIXS DEVINCI XC TEAM
DORIGONI JAKOB LIBERTAS RAIFFEISEN LAIVES ASD
FOLCARELLI ANTONIO RACE MOUNTAIN CYCLING PROMO
XILLO EDOARDO ASSOC. NAZ. MTB SCHOOL OASI ZEGNA
NATIONAL WOMEN JUNIOR
BERTA MARTINA SIXS DEVINCI PRO TEAM
COMING ALESSIA SIXS DEVINCI PRO TEAM
U23 MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM
BERTOLINI GIOELE ARMY SPORTS CENTER
COLLEDANI NADIR BETTINBIKE RACING TEAM ASD
VALDRIGHI STEFANO ELIOS FACTORY RACING
