The long weekend in France has ended and the Australian of the Canyon team returns home with two victories that allow him to become the leader of this championship increasingly focused on his duel with Rude, which up to test n.5 was at the top of the standings and only because of a last subdued stage was the success played. There are still three tests to go to the conclusion and everything has yet to be decided. In third place it is confirmed Kevin Miquel which thus proves to be at ease on the French paths while to underline the fourth position of Kasper Wallas, a young Canadian who has been able to drive regularly today.
Isabeau Courdurier
Always in the very first positions in the ps that matter. There is also a bit of Italy in the top 15, in fact 13th + is the Frenchman Nathan Seconds, a young rider already 3rd in the absolute under who competes for the Italian team Fulgur Cycles. The Corsican athlete also managed to win a PS for the first time, demonstrating great driving. The blue is also good Mirko Harvest, who after a result that had not satisfied him on the first day of racing, today returns to his standards reaching 21st position, a result that allows him to position himself in 17th position in the overall.
In the women's field, the Frenchwoman returns to success Isabeau Courdurier, in her second stage victory in this 2021. The athlete of the Lapierre zipp collective team won thanks to a regular trial, in which despite not having excelled in any stage she was able to have more consistency than her pursuers Morgane Chare e Melanie Pugin, which still manages to keep the lead. A half misstep instead for Harriet Harden, the young British due to a subdued PS 3 places herself in 6 position, losing a little from the top of the general classification.
Surprises have come instead from the under male character, where the victory went to the British Alex Storr that after a slightly subdued start to the season with results beyond 20th position finds the right pace and after 5th place in the first stage hits the big target. Second place is also a new entry in enduro, it is the American Aiden Chapin, athlete in strength al team Trekche took part in only two French stages. Third was another outsider, the Frenchman Dwarfs Arnaud, second in the first stage. Fourth instead the winner of the test on 2 September Francescu Camoix, absent both the first and the third of the general classification.
In the women's field ours Sophie Riva she finished third, at the end of a very tight race, which saw the first three girls finish in 17 ”. the victory went to the Chilean, Paz Gallo Fuentes, third at the end of the first day of competition and the seasonal debut in the news. In second place the British Polly Anderson. Despite the result, the blue athlete permanently retains the head of the overall standings.
Now the international enduro circus moves to Switzerland and more precisely to Crans Montana for the a7th stage and the following week to Finale Ligure, where we will see if the Rude-Moir duel will be repeated.
