In the familiar setting of Falun (Sweden), the Lugnet Arena hosted the third round of the UCI World Cup and provided a high-level course with natural obstacles. With runners fighting for honor on the thrilling 996-meter course.
The home rider Jenny Rissveds, a former Olympic champion, she was the fastest of qualifying in the individual time trials and continued to perform strong in all heats, watched by enthusiastic Swedish fans.
The women's final was thrilling with the now expert Gaia Tormena, champion of the discipline, who burns Jenny Rissveds on the finish line, with the German Marion Fromberger who obtained a brilliant third place. With her second consecutive victory of the UCI World Cup round, Tormena extends her lead in the overall standings, with Marion Fromberger and Marcela Lima on equal points in the standings behind her.
Mustache Man wins again
The Swedes started with a bang, getting a clean sweep in the top 7 during the qualifying time trials but then got lost in the direct challenge heats. It was the Swedish national champion Edvin Lindh who surprised everyone in the qualifiers, but then he will finish in 5th place.
Swede Casper Casserstedt, 2nd fastest in qualifying, got off to a great start and made it to the final with the runner-up of the last round, Lukas Malezsewski (Belgium), UCI World Cup leader Titouan Perrin-Ganier and the UCI world champion Simon Gegenheimer. In the final Simon Gegenheimer dominates with 7 seconds of advantage on the Belgian Lukas Malezsewski, followed by Casper Casserstedt and Titouan Perrin-Ganier in fourth place.
Simon Gegenheimer is also the new leader of the overall standings, with Titouan Perrin-Ganier in second place, 18 points behind the UCI World Champion.
Interviews
"What a race! I was quite nervous to be honest, but I had to try”, Commented Gaia Tormena. "I knew it wasn't going to be easy on this demanding circuit. I left a lot of energy during the previous heats, but I pushed myself to the limit and gave everything I had left today, and I'm super excited to win here. It is a dream that has come true."
"I was eager to win here because of the motivation I received from Leuven. This has been an incredible day. I took advantage of being in second position, not having to look back. I've been waiting to go ahead and accelerate at the right time. I realized I had a few meters, but I was surprised to win with such a distanceSmiled Simon Gegenheimer after his second win in two weeks.
Male ranking
- Simon Gegenheimer (GER)
- Lukas Malezsewski (BEL)
- Casper Casserstedt (SWE)
- Titouan Perrin-Ganier (FRA)
- Edvin Lindh (SWE)
Female ranking
- Gaia Tormena (ITA)
- Jenny Rissveds (SWE)
- Marion Fromberger (GER)
- Linn Gustafzzon (SWE)
- Marcela Lima (BRA)
COMPLETE RANKING
Male general
- Simon Gegenheimer (GER) - 162 points
- Titouan Perrin-Ganier (FRA) - 144 points
- Lukas Malezsewski (BEL) - 110 points
- Anton Olstam (SWE) - 72 points
- Lorenzo Serres (FRA) - 64 points
Female general
- Gaia Tormena (ITA) - 225 points
- Marion Fromberger (GER) - 127 points
- Marcela Lima (BRA) - 127 points
- Didi de Vries (NLD) - 113 points
- Ella Holmegard (SWE) - 91 points
COMPLETE RANKING
