Another day of racing at the MTB World Championships in Andorra, where today the first rainbow jerseys were awarded in Cross Country for the junior categories, and in XCC Short Track for Elite and Under 23. A day full of surprises, including the sixth place of Luca Braidot.
Source: federciclismo
Among the Elite, the French Victor Koretzky makes up for the disappointment of last year's second place, but above all of the Olympic one this summer, and takes the rainbow jersey at the finish line in Pal Arinsal. Second place for the young British Charlie Aldridge, who finds an important podium at his first elite World Championship. Third place for Alan Hatherly, who gets the better of the American Christopher Blevins in the photo finish. Good performance by Luca Braidot, who enters the top 10 and finishes in sixth position, showing a condition that bodes well for the Cross Country race on Sunday. Just outside the top ten is Simone Avondetto, eleventh, while Nadir Colledani and Filippo Fontana finish 22nd and 24th respectively.
STANDINGS
| 1 | KORETZKY Victor |  | 21:49 |
| 2 | ALDRIDGE Charlie |  | + 0: 03 |
| 3 | HATHERLY Alan |  | + 0: 03 |
| 4 | BLEVINS Christopher |  | + 0: 03 |
| 5 | SARROU Jordan | | + 0: 14 |
| 6 | BRAIDOT Luke |  | + 0: 14 |
| 7 | ANDREASSEN Simon |  | + 0: 22 |
| 8 | PIDCOCK Thomas | | + 0: 23 |
| 9 | SCHWARZBAUER Luke |  | + 0: 25 |
| 10 | BLUMS Martins |  | + 0: 26 |
| 11 | AVONDETTO Simone | | + 0: 28 |
| 12 | GAZE Samuel |  | + 0: 32 |
| 13 | de FROIDMONT Pierre |  | + 0: 34 |
| 14 | BRANDL Maximilian | | + 0: 37 |
| 15 | FINI CARSTENSENSebastian | | + 0: 43 |
MEN'S U23
In the U23 category, American Riley Amos won the race, despite the pressure of his compatriot Bjorn Riley, who kept up with him until the end, only giving up in the sprint. Third place went to Danish Tobias Lillelund. Best Italian Elian Paccagnella, 14th in his first year in the new category, while Fabio Bassignana finished 31st.
STANDINGS
| 1 | AMOS Riley | | 22:02 |
| 2 | RILEY Bjorn | | + 0: 00 |
| 3 | LILLELUND Tobias | | + 0: 04 |
| 4 | LILLO Dario |  | + 0: 07 |
| 5 | PUNCHARD Cole |  | + 0: 12 |
| 6 | JOHNSON Brayden | | + 0: 22 |
| 7 | MOIR Luke | | + 0: 29 |
| 8 | Clark Owen | | + 0: 34 |
| 9 | MALACARNE Alex Junior |  | + 0: 36 |
| 10 | LIND Oscar |  | + 0: 39 |
FEMALE ELITE
In the women's race, the XCC elite race starts off at full speed and after the first lap there is an immediate breakaway of the trio that will then be the ones that will make up the final podium: title to the French Pauline Ferrand Prevot, silver to the British Evie Richards and bronze to the Swedish Jenny Rissveds. Greta Seiwald, 15th at the finish line with a delay of 53″, is the best of the Italians. 21st Chiara Teocchi.
STANDINGS
| 1 | RICHARDS Evie | | 19:46 |
| 2 | FERRAND PREVOT Pauline | | + 0: 01 |
| 3 | Risveds Jenny | | + 0: 18 |
| 4 | PIETERSE Puck |  | + 0: 22 |
| 5 | GIBSON Gwendalyn | | + 0: 25 |
| 6 | TERPSTRA Anne | | + 0: 26 |
| 7 | COURTNEY Kate | | + 0: 30 |
| 8 | BLUNK Savilia | | + 0: 32 |
| 9 | HENDERSON Rebecca |  | + 0: 36 |
| 10 | STIGGER Laura |  | + 0: 44 |
WOMEN'S U23
In the Under 23 category, Canadian Isabella Holmgren prevailed over her rivals: despite being just 19 years old, she has already shown that she can compete with elite athletes with her 17th place at the Paris Olympics, and today she beat the pursuer Ella MaClean-Howell by 22″. Third was the winner’s twin sister Ava Holmgren. The only Italian in the race, Nicole Pesse, came in 24th.
STANDINGS
| 1 | HOLMGREN Isabella | | 20:31 |
| 2 | MACLEAN-HOWELL She | | + 0: 22 |
| 3 | HOLMGREN Av | | + 0: 26 |
| 4 | JOHNSTON Emily | | + 0: 31 |
| 5 | BOHM Kira | | + 0: 36 |
| 6 | MUNRO Madigan | | + 0: 36 |
| 7 | van THIEL Sina | | + 0: 42 |
| 8 | HUBER Leah | | + 0: 43 |
| 9 | SADNIK Katharina | | + 0: 43 |
| 10 | SPĚŠNA Simona |  | + 0: 48 |
XCO – Eighth place for Giada Martinoli in the XCO women juniors. Success for Slovakian Viktoria Chladnova, second Canadian Rafaele Carrier, third Slovenian Marusa Tereza Serkezi. Giada started from behind, recovering positions from 13th to fifth, then paying for the effort and finishing in eighth place at 2'26” from the winner. Seventeenth Elisa Ferri.
Among the junior men, the new world champion is the Norwegian Albert Philipsen, who wins with a wide margin over the Spanish Hugo Franco Gallego (at 1'55”) and the other Norwegian Nikolj Hougs (at 1'56”). First of the Italians is Giulio Peruzzo, eighth at 3'15”. Twenty-sixth Mattia Stenico. Thirty-sixth Tommaso Bosio. Fortieth Ettore Fabbro, fifty-second Elia Rial.
