Keller and Hatherly Winners in XCC Les Gets Haute-Savoie

Les Gets (Haute-Savoie) is known for having one of the most difficult short track courses on the circuit with a particularly fast start/finish. Dry conditions, like those the riders faced on Friday, only made things go faster.

“Puck went, because she likes to race fast,” Keller explained later, “while I thought I'd save some energy. My team manager told me to concentrate and stay calm. On the penultimate lap we closed the gap and I tried to get the others to work and we worked quite well together. We got Puck back and I attacked."

MEN'S RACE

“It's been a long time coming and I'm very happy that today paid off,” said Hatherly, whose last short track win came in Brazil in 2022.

He continued: “I had the confidence to make a good attack at the end. I had kept something in the tank.”

MEN'S ELITE RANKING

1.		HATHERLY Alan (CANNONDALE FACTORY RACING)	21:28
2.		ALDRIDGE Charlie (CANNONDALE FACTORY RACING)	21:32 +4
3.		GAZE Samuel (ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK)	21:33 +5
4.		SCHWARZBAUER Luke (CANYON CLLCTV XCO)	21:34 +6
5.		LITSCHER Thomas (LAPIERRE MAVIC UNITY)	21:35 +7
6.		COLUMBUS Philip (SCOTT-SRAM MTB RACING TEAM)	21:36 +8
7.		ANDREASSEN Simon (CANNONDALE FACTORY RACING)	21:37 +9
8.		BRAIDOT Luke (SANTA CRUZ ROCKSHOX PRO TEAM)	21:39 + 11
9.		CULLELL ESTAPE Jofre (BH COLOMA TEAM)	21:43 + 15
10.		VIDAURRE KOSSMANN Martin (SPECIALIZED FACTORY RACING)	21:47 + 19

FEMALE ELITE RANKING

1.		KELLER Alexandra (THOMUS MAXON)	19:50
2.		* PIETERSE Puck (ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK)	19:53 +3
3.		HENDERSON Rebecca (PRIMAFLOR MONDRAKER RACING TEAM)	19:55 +5
4.		RICHARDS Evie (TREK FACTORY RACING – PIRELLI)	20:00 + 10
5.		GIBSON Gwendalyn (TREK FACTORY RACING – PIRELLI)	20:16 + 26
6.		TERPSTRA Anne (GHOST FACTORY RACING)	20:16 + 26
7.		BLUNK Savilia (DECATHLON FORD RACING TEAM)	20:17 + 27
8.		Risveds Jenny (TEAM 31 IBIS CYCLES CONTINENTAL)	20:20 + 30
9.		* MITTERWALLNER Mona (CANNONDALE FACTORY RACING)	20:20 + 30
10.		COURTNEY Kate (SCOTT-SRAM MTB RACING TEAM)	20:20 + 30