Two adrenaline-fueled elite Olympic XCO World Cup events completed the 2024 WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series double header in Brazil in style this Sunday, with Americans Haley Batten (Specialized Factory Racing) and Simon Andreassen (Cannondale Factory Racing) taking victories in Araxá, in Brazil’s western state of Minas Geras.
Source: press release
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The women’s race ended with a battle between XCC winner Batten and last week’s XCO winner, Sweden’s Jenny Rissveds (Team 31 Ibis Cycles Continental), with a huge final lap from Batten ultimately making the difference between the two. French champion Loana Lecomte (Canyon CLLCTV XCO) was forced to abandon the race.
A head-to-head match ended with the victory of the American over the Swede. Savillia Blunk is third while in fourth place we find Alessandra Keller and in 5th Anne Terpstra.
ELITE WOMEN'S XCO ARAXA RANKING
| 1. |  | BATTEN Haley (SPECIALIZED FACTORY RACING) | 1:23:04 |
| 2. |  | Risveds Jenny (TEAM 31 IBIS CYCLES CONTINENTAL) | 1:23:21 +17 |
| 3. | | BLUNK Savilia (DECATHLON FORD RACING TEAM) | 1:23:44 +40 |
| 4. |  | KELLER Alexandra (THOMUS MAXON) | 1:24:09 + 1: 05 |
| 5. |  | TERPSTRA Anne (GHOST FACTORY RACING) | 1:24:50 + 1: 46 |
| 6. | | NEFF Jolanda (TREK FACTORY RACING – PIRELLI) | 1:25:14 + 2: 10 |
| 7. | | KOLLER Nicole (GHOST FACTORY RACING) | 1:25:17 + 2: 13 |
| 8. |  | RICHARDS Evie (TREK FACTORY RACING – PIRELLI) | 1:25:37 + 2: 33 |
| 9. | | COURTNEY Kate (SCOTT-SRAM MTB RACING TEAM) | 1:25:48 + 2: 44 |
| 10. | | INDERGAND Linda (LIV FACTORY RACING) | 1:25:54 + 2: 50 |
THE WORLD CUP RETURNS TO EUROPE
After two opening rounds in Brazil, the 2024 WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series returns to Europe, with the next destination being Fort William in Scotland, United Kingdom, where the Mountain Bike World Cup also kicks off. downhill of UCI mountain bikes, revisiting the venue where the DH world championships were held last year.
Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic will host the next UCI XCO World Cup on the weekend of May 24-26. With over a month of training and a selection of more riders returning to competition in Europe, the UCI World Cup racing could look very different as we inch ever closer to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
