3 Italians in the Top 15 among the Elites: Gloria Scaria, 2nd, Tommaso Francardo, 7th, and Mirco Vendemmia, 13th.
Source: UCI MTB World Series press release
After a whopping 56km day, Frenchwoman Charre had a decent margin of victory of nearly 14 seconds over local idol Gloria Scarsi (Canyon CLLCTV Dainese), who was second in the standings. Last year's champion Isabeau Courdurier (Lapierre Zipp Collective) finished third.
Charre won the day's first two stages, both by around 10 minutes of riding and the longest of the race by some margin. She consequently administered the lead despite a strong Gloria Scarsi, who took a PS victory and was cheered on by her crowd leading her to her best result ever on the world stage.
In the men's race, it took Canadian Melamed a stage to take the lead but then found his rhythm and held the lead for the rest of what was a huge day in the saddle with more than 2.000m of climbing and 3.100 m of descent. Melamed's biggest threat came from his compatriot Rhys Verner (Forbidden Synthesis Team) who won stage one of the day along with stage five. This meant that, at the end of the game, he was only five seconds behind after nearly 30 minutes of play. Frenchman Alex Rudeau (Commencal Enduro Project) won a stage and had two second places to finish within a second of Verner in third place.
In the U21 race, it was a commanding victory for Canada's Emmy Lan of the Forbidden Synthesis Team, France's Lily Planquart finished second and Lan's compatriot Elly Hoskin finished third.
The U21 men was a win for Specialized Enduro Team's Raphael Giambi, Scotland's William Brodie finished second and Giambi's fellow Frenchman Alexis Icardo (Canyon CLLCTV Dainese) finished third.
The team of the day was the Canyon CLLCTV Factory Enduro Team, but after three EDR rounds in 2023, Yeti/Fox Factory Racing lead the teams standings.
MEN'S RANKING
| 1 | MELAMED Jesse (1) CANYON CLLCTV FACTORY ENDURO TEAM | 28:40.0400+ 00: 00.000 |
| 2 | VERNER Rhys (7) FORBIDDEN SYNTHESIS TEAM | 28:45.4200+ 00: 05.380 |
| 3 | RUDEAU Alex (9) COMMENCAL ENDURO PROJECT | 28:46.3000+ 00: 06.260 |
| 4 | THRUSH Dimitri (15) CANYON CLLCTV FACTORY ENDURO TEAM | 28:53.8400+ 00: 13.800 |
| 5 | MURRAYCharles (8) SPECIALIZED ENDURO TEAM | 29:01.4800+ 00: 21.440 |
| 6 | LUKASIK Slawomir (6) YETI / FOX FACTORY RACE TEAM | 29:04.8700+ 00: 24.830 |
| 7 | FRANCARD Thomas (45) ABETONE ANCILLOTTI VITTORIA FACTORY TEAM | 29:05.5301+ 00: 25.490 |
| 8 | RUDE JR Richard (2) YETI / FOX FACTORY RACE TEAM | 29: 05.730-1+ 00: 25.690 |
| 9 | Jeandel Louis (17) COMMENCAL ENDURO PROJECT | 29:06.8300+ 00: 26.790 |
| 10 | DENIAUD Youn (14) GIANT FACTORY OFF-ROAD TEAM – EDR | 29:12.0501+ 00: 32.010 |
FEMALE RANKING
| 1 | CHARRE Morgane (2) PIVOT FACTORY RACING | 32:22.3200+ 00: 00.000 |
| 2 | SCARSE Glory (205) CANYON CLLCTV DAINESE | 32:35.9900+ 00: 13.670 |
| 3 | COURDURIER Isabeau (1) LAPIERRE ZIPP COLLECTIVE | 32:39.0800+ 00: 16.760 |
| 4 | RICHTER Raphael (9) IBIS ENDURO TEAM | 32:49.2000+ 00: 26.880 |
| 5 | PUGIN Melanie (7) WERIDE FULGUR FACTORY TEAM | 33:03.6400+ 00: 41.320 |
| 6 | MORRISON Rae (10) LIV RACING ENDURO | 33:27.8401+ 01: 05.520 |
| 7 | BARAONA Rebekah (4) YETI / FOX FACTORY RACE TEAM | 33: 34.980-1+ 01: 12.660 |
| 8 | KOREM Noga (6) | 33:40.3100+ 01: 17.990 |
| 9 | HARDEN Harriet (3) TREK FACTORY RACING GRAVITY | 33:45.2300+ 01: 22.910 |
| 10 | TAYLOR Chloe (207) | 33:52.0000+ 01: 29.680 |
The e-enduro riders were also in action earlier in the day, as the Outdoor Region Finale hosted theThe first round of the 2023 E-EDR UCI Mountain Bike World Cup.
E-ENDURO
The nine-stage race concluded with wins for a resurgent Laura Charles (Miranda Factory Team) and mountain bike legend, former UCI World Cup downhill champion Fabien Barel. Charles hardly missed a beat all day and Barel was excellent in the gravity stages but also competitive in the two power stages which gave him an edge.
In the women's race, Flo Espineira Herreros (Orbea Fox Enduro Team) finished second and another mountain bike legend and former UCI world champion Downhill, Britain's Tracy Moseley finished third.
In the men's field all-French podium with Antoine Rogge of Lapierre Zipp Collective second and Florian Nicolai (WeRide Fulgur Factory Team) third.
The complete results of EDR and E-EDR are here
The action continues in the Outdoor Region Final tomorrow when the second round of the UCI Marathon World Cup gets underway.
Top EDR and EDR-E riders will be back in action in two weeks at the Austrian Alpine resort of Leogang from June 15-18.
