Source: federciclismo.it
The New Zealander under the sprint exceeds the French Koretzky, the blue signs the best performance of the season despite the puncture and ends sixth.
Villnord (Andorra) (4/9) - "Today I expected something more from the girls and instead it was the boys who surprised me ... - exclaimed the blue coach Pallhuber at the end of the U23 men's XCO test which saw the good placement of Gioele Bertolini (in the photo on the left). The blue, galvanized by the bronze medal in the relay (confirming a constant presence in the "fab four" of the Italian crosscountry) staged his best race of the season that catapulted him to sixth place in the world championship race won in surprised by New Zealander Anton Cooper.
The blue technician continues his analysis of the day: "The placings of Bertolini and Valdrighi (14th, ed.) Are excellent and if we consider that Bertolini punctured on the second lap and lost about 30 seconds, his sixth place finish. takes on even more value. He probably wouldn't have fought for the podium anyway, but he could have entered the top five… ”. This is the summary, as far as the Azzurri team is concerned, of a day marked by surprises and twists.
And if among women the unbeatenness of Rissveds fell, suddenly and in a striking way, among men the New Zealander Anton Cooper climbs on the top step of the podium; not a carneadem but almost. This season, in fact, the ki wi had collected only good placings in the World Cup, but never managed to get on the podium. But in the most important race, the one that is worth an entire season and perhaps even a career, he manages to remain attached to the train of the French Koretzky, already winner of the world title in Team Relay (in addition to the Windham test in the World Cup), for then burn it in the sprint, leaving the transalpine team with a (semi) dry mouth that was already looking forward to the second crosscountry champion (in the photo Michele Mondini on the right the arrival).
In third place another favorite on the eve, the British Grant Ferguson, vice European champion in Alpago and winner of the World Cup in Val di Sole.
At this point, attention moves to the Elite and Elite Women races of tomorrow, in which, given today's trend, any surprise is possible… even by the Azzurri in the race, starting with our Fontana, Tiberi and Lechner.
Live streaming of both races on the redbull.tv channel
Ranking:
|
1 |
Anthony Cooper |
Nzl |
In 1h22'03 " |
|
2 |
Victor Koretzky |
From |
at 0:02 " |
|
3 |
Grant Ferguson |
fig |
at 0:22 " |
|
4 |
Samuel Gaze |
Nzl |
at 1'41 " |
|
5 |
Jens Schuermans |
Call us |
at 2'12 " |
|
6 |
Joel Bertolini |
Eng |
at 2'39 " |
|
7 |
Marcel Guerrini |
All |
at 2'46 " |
|
8 |
Jan Vastl |
Jun |
at 3'02 " |
|
9 |
Bats Didier |
Call us |
at 3'30 " |
|
10 |
Andri Frischknecht |
All |
at 3'33 " |
|
14 |
Stefano Valdrighi |
Eng |
at 4'31 " |
|
56 |
Lorenzo Samparisi |
Eng |
-1 lap |
|
57 |
Alexander Naspi |
Eng |
-1 lap |
