The first French stage ended, which saw the epic duel repeat itself Rude-Moir, with the latter having the better of the American athlete. Third position for Kevin Miguel and fourth Martin Maas, which after a difficult start returns to the top. Behind them the fight was very close, with an alternation of results that highlight the great balance present this season.
In the women's field continues the ride of Harriet Harden, the young Englishwoman wins this stage thanks to a last ps that we can define epic, in which she inflicts 21 '' on the second. A very hard-fought ranking for women that saw 4 athletes fight in a balanced way. Second Melanie Plugins and third the Israeli athlete Nora Korem. 20 ° ours Nadine Ellecosta, the young athlete (ed, 21 years old) is gaining experience and in the coming seasons will be able to grow and climb the results.
To signal the umpteenth result of great prestige of ours Sophia Riva, capable of winning his second race in this season and confirming himself at the top of the category overall. This result confirms the excellent moment of the girls in the gravity sector who, after the excellent results of Eleonora Farina and Veronika Widmann of the dh, can also count on Sofia in the international field.
Different speech in the men's field, where only the Italian champion harvest he manages to hold his own by closing with a 32nd place which in France is certainly a good result (just look at the general classification to understand it). Contacted by us, he said he was dissatisfied with his performance, he gave his all but in this period he does not feel at the top physically and on a track that is not very technical and very fast he has not been able to express himself at his best. The other blues were also good, with Heavy 40 °, Francardo 47th, Casadei 49th, e Grotti 96 °. The gap is always high, but the attitude is the right one, to grow this is where you need to be, to confront the pro riders and find the stimuli to emerge. On the other hand, it is unfortunate to see the absence of young people in the under category, where we could have talented young people able to compete on equal terms with the same age.
Saturday and Sunday there is another test again here in Louderville, we will see if the Rude Moir duel continues and who will be able to fit into this epic challenge.
COMPLETE RESULTS day 1
