The IXS circuit Downhill Cup made a stop in Pila and the Italians showed up en masse bringing home excellent results.
It's still a splendid sunny day to welcome the riders who gave birth to the final stage of the Isx European Downhill Cup, today, in Pila (Valle d'Aosta; Italy), at the end of three days of high technical level and chronometric performances of absolute excellence. The stage victory goes to the Italian multi-champion Veronika Widmann from South Tyrol and the Finnish Onni Rainio; the Ettore Bettega memorial was assigned to the American Taegan Heap.
Elite - Veronika Widmann (4'23 "393) is clearly at the top of the results in the South Tyrolean classification, who lined up a trio of Swiss women: Lisa Baumann (4'32" 831), Ramona Laura Kupferschmied (4'44 "670 ) and Jolanda Kiener (4'50 ”065). For the men, the order of arrival was upset compared to yesterday's qualifying. The Finnish Onni Rainio (3'48 "620; 4 ° yesterday), who precedes the Dutch Tristan Botteram (3'49" 077; 6 °) and the Norwegian Simen Smestad (3'49 "077; 18th in qualifications). The best of the previous day were unlucky: the blue Stefano Introzzi (3rd) and the Swiss Lutz Weber (2nd) both had a puncture, concluding, obviously, far from the top areas, while the leader of the previous day, the Swiss Yannick Baechler finished in 5th position, delayed by 2 ”292.
Pro Master - The European champion of the category, Paolo Alleva (4'18 "633), concludes third, and victory goes to the German Benjamin Herold (4'10" 969) over the Belgian Jelis Hemelsoen (4'16 "633).
Pro U19 - Swiss Emma Iten (4'56 "926) wins ahead of Bulgarian Denitsa Tosheva (6'24" 372). In the men, a good victory for the European vice champion and bronze at the World Championships, as well as absolute and category tricolor, Davide Cappello (3'53 "254), who got the better of the British Jack Piercy (3'57" 524) and the Croatian Frane Medic (3'57 "823).
Pro U17 - The American Teagan Heap (4'52 ”028), a rider who also won the Bettega memorial; the 'stars-and-stripes' athlete preceded the Dutch Minu Stoffers (4'55 "803) and the Italian Sandy Quinci (5'17" 319). In the men, first and third step of the podium wear the tricolor, thanks to Christian Hauser (3'49 "226) and Lorenzo Mascherini (3'56" 661), while the place of honor goes to the Canadian Ryan Griffith (3 ' 56 "731).
iXS circuit winners Downhill Cup
- Elite Men: Luka Berginc
- Elite Women: Lisa Gava
- Pro Under 19 Male: Patrick Venturi
- Pro Under 19 Female: Emma Iten
- Pro Under 17 Male: Christian Hauser
- Pro Under 17 Female: Minu Stoffers
- Pro Masters: Paolo Alleva
Let's go to see the results together.
MEN'S ELITE RANKING
| 1 | RAINIO Omni | Trek Finland | 3:48.620 |
| 2 | BOTTERAM Tristan | Canyon CLLCTV | 3:49.077 |
| 3 | SMESTAD Simen | SK Rye | 3:49.451 |
| 4 | WEBER Basil | teamproject.ch | 3:50.657 |
| 5 | BAECHLER Yannick | VV Racing Academy | 3:50.912 |
| 6 | BERGINC Luka | DH Visit Pohorje | 3:51.166 |
| 7 | RUETSCH Constantin | Gypsy Global Racing | 3:52.144 |
| 8 | JOHANSON Robert | Hawaii Express | 3:53.747 |
| 9 | Baranek Rastislav | KELLYS FACTORY TEAM | 3:54.282 |
| 10 | SAURER Elijah | HOT-TRAIL Racing | 3:54.399 |
FEMALE ELITE RANKING
| 1 | WIDMANN Veronika | Madison Saracen | 4:23.393 |
| 2 | BAUMANN Lisa | Commencal les Orres | 4:32.831 |
| 3 | KUPFERSCHMIED Ramona Laura | Swiss MTB Pro Team | 4:44.670 |
| 4 | KIENER Yolanda | HOT TRAIL Gravity | 4:50.065 |
| 5 | GERMANN Charlotte | Freeride & Downhill Vorarlberg | 4:51.055 |
MEN'S JUNIOR RANKING
| 1 | HAT Davide | TEAM ROGUE RACING | 3:53.254 |
| 2 | PIERCY Jack | Commencal / Les Orres | 3:57.524 |
| 3 | MEDIC Landslides | Croatian National Team | 3:57.823 |
| 4 | KAUPPINEN Samu | Pyorahuolto.com | 3:59.481 |
| 5 | FOALE Kael | 3:59.891 |
MEN'S U17 RANKING
| 1 | HAUSER Christian | 3stars - Alexibici | 3:49.226 |
| 2 | GRIFFITH Ryan | Pivot Factory Racing Next Gen | 3:56.731 |
| 3 | MASCHERINI Lorenzo | Ancillotti factory team | 3:56.861 |
| 4 | HUTER Mike | Gamux Factory Racing | 3:58.433 |
| 5 | CALLUM Morris | Vitus First Tracks | 4:00.251 |
