After Puck Pieterse's victory for the Netherlands in the women's competition, the Pal Arinsal World Championships marked a historic moment for South Africa in the men's XCO, with Alan Hatherly's triumph. In less than a month, Hatherly first won an Olympic bronze medal in Paris, then another third place two days ago in the XCC, culminating today with the decisive race that crowned him mountain bike world champion cross countryUntil this year, the athlete had never achieved a victory in a World Cup event.
At 28, the South African has reached the peak of his fitness, approaching the likes of Victor Koretzky and Tom Pidcock, and today he surpassed them in Andorra. He maintained a strong position from the start and launched a decisive final attack to distance the Frenchman and take the victory alone.
MEN'S ELITE XCO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RANKING 2024
| 1 | HATHERLY Alan |  | 1:09:51 |
| 2 | KORETZKY Victor |  | + 0: 22 |
| 3 | PIDCOCK Thomas |  | + 0: 39 |
| 4 | ALDRIDGE Charlie | | + 0: 54 |
| 5 | AZZARO Mathis | | + 1: 21 |
| 6 | BRAIDOT Luke |  | + 1: 49 |
| 7 | SCHWARZBAUER Luke |  | + 1: 55 |
| 8 | FLUCKIGER Mathias |  | + 1: 58 |
| 9 | SARROU Jordan | | + 2: 07 |
| 10 | LIST David | | + 2: 12 |
