The first stage of the DH world cup is approaching (here are the link to follow it live) and I will try to do a review on the favorites for Sunday. On the other hand we have to start training for the imminent release of FANTAmtb or am I wrong?
Let's start with the 2021 World Cup general which saw the expert excel Loic Bruni and the young woman Vali Holl, certainly among the favorites also in the Lourdes test.
| ELITE MEN 1st - Loic Bruni - 877 2nd - Thibaut Daprela - 752 3rd - Loris Vergier - 713 4th - Troy Brosnan - 666 5th - Reece Wilson - 637 6th - Amaury Pierron - 552 7th - Laurie Greenland - 549 8th - Benoit Coulanges - 538 9th - Danny Hart - 535 10th - Angel Suarez Alonso - 465 | ELITE WOMEN 1st - Vali Holl - 1125 2nd - Myriam Nicole - 1079 3rd - Camille Balanche - 1065 4th - Tahnee Seagrave - 936 5th - Marine Cabirou - 691 6th - Eleonora Farina - 658 7th - Monika Hrastnik - 587 8th - Thousand Johnsets - 515 9th - Nina Hoffmann - 333 10th - Emilie Siegenthaler - 320 |
MALE ELITE
Among the men we find Amaury Pierron in excellent shape, able to beat everyone at the Portugal Cup test, which saw many top riders such as Vergier, Coulanges and Harrison at the start. At the above test, Portuguese Goncalo Bandeira finished in second place: favored by the home factor or will he also surprise in the cup?
An athlete who may have found new stimuli is Luca Shaw, who left the Team Syndicate of Santa Cruz for sign at Canyon Collective, team where Captain Troy Brosnan plays. And how can we not forget Thibaut Daprela? The young athlete born in 2001 of the Commencal Team, has shown that he has a lot of gas and that pinch of madness that is needed to do great deeds.
Italians at the start? We find, with the aim of qualifying, Simone Medici, Hannes Halber, Alessandro Gadotti, Stefano Introzzi, Fabio Grillanda and Marcello Pesenti. Most important ambitions for Davide Palazzari and Loris Revelli, who flaunts an imposing mustache.
FEMALE ELITE
Here you can already feel the challenge in the air: Valentina Holl vs Myriam Nicole. Surely the other riders won't be watching but it won't be easy to get behind all 2. European champion Camille Balanche, Tahnee Seagrave and Marine Cabirou will certainly try.
Italians at the start? We find Veronika Widmann and Eleonora Farina, 2 riders who can aim (with a pinch of courage) for the podium.
Among the male Juniors, all eyes are on our Davide Cappello, a young Italian talent.
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