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2022 MTB Cross Country World Championship: Luca Braidot's Dream

The Cross Country races, both U28 and Elite, start on Sunday 23 August: let's find out the favourites in the men's Elite category.

Written by

David Finetto

August 25 2022

Podium Lenzerheide 2022 Elite Men - ©Bartek Wolinski / Red Bull Content Pool

Favorite number 1 of the men's race will be the English Tom Pidcock, returning from recent victory at the MTB European Championships. Behind him many suitors who will want to change their minds to bookmakers: first of all, Nino Schurter, to get even more into history by aiming for the 10th rainbow jersey, and Titouan Carod, who a Mont Sainte Anne won with a disarming ease. In excellent shape David valero, winner a Snowshoe in the World Cup, Filippo Colombo and our Luca Braidot (Santa Cruz FSA), just returned from Livigno to prepare for the world championship appointment in the best possible way.

At the moment, the only Italian to have won a world title in MTB is Hubert Pallhuber in 1997. In the women's field, on the other hand, the only one is Paola Pezzo with 2 world titles (1993 e 1997).

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Nino Schurter Mont Sainte Anne — Nino Schurter - © Bartek Wolinski / Red Bull Content Poo

European Tom Pidcock — Nino Schurter - © Bartek Wolinski / Red Bull Content Poo

LIVE ELITE RACE

On Rai Sport, channel 58 of digital terrestrial, we could see the Elite races clearly. We remind you that Raisport can also be watched on the web (free of charge upon registration) on the site Raiplay.

Another option is the website of theteam (in French) via free live web: LIVE LINK. It only accepts users from France so you have to use a VPN to get around that limitation.

Another channel where you can follow the race will be Eurosport which will broadcast everything through Eurosport 2.

On RedBull.TV, in Italy, it will not be possible to see the World Cup due to territorial restrictions. However, if you are using a VPN, it is possible to circumvent this limitation. TO this link the event page with the nations allowed to view.

CALLED ITALIAN NATIONAL

CROSS COUNTRY

Luca Braidot - Elite Men
Daniele Braidot - Elite Men
Gerhard Kerschbaumer - Elite Men
Juri Zanotti - Elite Men

Sunday August 28
9:00 - XCO U23 women
10:45 - XCO U23 men
13:00 - XCO Elite women
15:15 - XCO Elite men

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Written by David Finetto

[email protected] I am a fan of everything that has 2 wheels: at a young age I practiced road and track cycling (Italian Allievi champion). At the age of 18 I passed into the cross country competing at national/international level as an Under23. Past Elite, I made the choice to take things more lightly from a training point of view, and my love for gravity disciplines was born, training me as an FCI MTB instructor and guide. Now I have made passion my profession by managing 2 MTB centers on the island of Elba (Bike Center Elba and Elba MTB), creating the FANTAmtb and telling in an ironic but professional way everything that revolves around MTB thanks to 365mountainbike and 365TV (YouTube'PULITI dentro BIKER fuori').