On Red Bull TV watch the replay of the Swiss leg and don't miss the grand finale of the 2021 season live.
Source: press release / Giulia de Maio
After the splendid world championship staged in Val di Sole, the great elite mountain bike circus moved to Switzerland. On the weekend just ended, a Lenzerheide a double stage of the UCI MTB World Cup was held which gave confirmations and revenges compared to the world championship challenges. Red Bull TV, as usual, told it live with comments from Marco Aurelio Fontana, Chiara Redaschi, Torquato “Toto” Testa and Andrea Ziliani.
On Friday in the short track the Swedish Jenny Rissveds and the Brazilian Henrique Avancini won, thus redeeming a period in which they had not managed to shine as they hoped, especially in the Olympic year.
Saturday in the finals of downhill Myriam Nicole with her new world championship look proved that she didn't win the second world title of her career by chance. On the difficult Swiss descent, the Frenchwoman got the better of the English Tahnée Seagrave and the Austrian Valentina Höll, an emerging talent in the discipline, who finally managed not to end up on the ground. Fourth place for Nina Hoffman, fifth for Camille Balanche. 10th for the Italian Veronika Widmann, 11th for Eleonora Farina who grit her teeth and fielded a good run despite the blows she received in the fall in Val di Sole. Among the men, the European champion Loris Vergier managed to get behind the compatriots Loic Bruni and Thibaut Daprela. The French party was completed by Amaury Pierron, fourth on a podium where the only "foreigner" allowed on the last available step was the English Laurie Greenland. 33rd Davide Palazzari.
Sunday in cross country Olympic the British Evie Richards, after having conquered the world championship in Trentino, has confirmed that she is the athlete in better shape, earning her first success in the World Cup as an Elite. Second place for Australian Rebecca McConnell, third for Jenny Rissveds. After dominating the first four stages, the French Loana Lecomte mathematically wins the general classification thanks to a hard-earned fourth place, which sees her cross the finish line before the XCC world champion Sina Frei. Best Italian: Martina Berta, 17a. In the men's field, the French Victor Koretzky, bronze medal in Commezzadura, spoils the plans of the duelists who ran into the house. Nino Schurter responds to the piqued statements made in the post-race by his teammate Mathias Flueckiger with another decisive overtaking that places them respectively on the second and third step of the podium, completed by the South African champion Alan Hatherly and the French Titouan Carod. Twins Luca and Daniele Braidot finished 19th and 21st.
The world's top riders will be back in the race in less than 10 days in the United States. The grand finale of the 2021 UCI MTB World Cup will be held in Snowshoe, West Virginia, from September 15 to 19. Before the curtain falls on the season, there are still two more downhill heats scheduled: the first scheduled for Wednesday, September 15 and the second for Saturday, September 18 (the women's race will start live on both dates at 18.30:19.45 p.m., and the men's at 17:23.20 p.m.). Don't miss the last XCC of the year on Friday, September 19 (live from 18:20.30 p.m. Italian time) and the XCO races on Sunday, September XNUMX (the women's race starts at XNUMX p.m., and the men's race starts at XNUMX:XNUMX p.m.). Prorider Marco Aurelio Fontana and sports journalist Giulia De Maio will comment on the exciting races for Italy that will award the titles of king and queen of the World Cup. Download the Red Bull TV app to experience the best mountain biking action in the world.
