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ANDORRA – Mona Mitterwallner wins her 1st XCO Cup

Mona Mitterwallner wins in the very cold Andorra race. 2nd place for Alessandra Keller and Pauline Ferrand Prevot. Martina Berta closes with an excellent 6th place.

Written by

David Finetto

August 27 2023

Mona Mitterwallner (Cannondale Factory Racing) and Matthias Flückiger (Thömus Maxon) took the Elite victory in Pal Arinsal, Andorra. The win was his first UCI Mountain Bike XCO World Cup win, and he proved he was in control both on the climbs and on the super slimy descents of Andorra.

The 21-year-old marathon world champion attacked the weekend's short-track winner Alessandra Keller (Thömus Maxon), on a freezing, rainy day.

The Austrian national champion continued to attack extending her lead until she crossed the finish line 34 seconds ahead of the Swiss rider. World champion Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (Ineos Grenadiers) had to settle for third place.

Puck Pieterse (Alpecin-Deceuninck) retains the general leader's jersey after finishing the race in seventh place.

mona mitterwallner andorran 2023 — Mona **MITTERWALLNER** wins in Andorra – credits: GCN/Eurosport

FEMALE ELITE RANKING

1.	* MITTERWALLNER Mona (CANNONDALE FACTORY RACING)	1:14:09
2.	KELLER Alexandra (THOMUS MAXON)	1:14:43 +34
3.	FERRAND PREVOT Pauline (INEOS GRENADIERS)	1:15:37 + 1: 28
4.	LECOMTE Loana (CANYON CLLCTV)	1:15:43 + 1: 34
5.	RICHARDS Evie (TREK FACTORY RACING XC)	1:15:49 + 1: 40
6.	BERTHA Martina (SANTA CRUZ ROCKSHOX PRO TEAM)	1:16:13 + 2: 04
7.	* PIETERSE Puck (ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK)	1:16:25 + 2: 16
8.	TERPSTRA Anne (GHOST FACTORY RACING)	1:17:06 + 2: 57
9.	BLUNK Savilia (ROCKRIDER FORD RACING TEAM)	1:17:40 + 3: 31
10.	COURTNEY Kate (SCOTT-SRAM MTB RACING TEAM)	1:18:01 + 3: 52

COMPLETE RANKING
GENERAL WORLD CUP

In this article:Andorra, World Cup, Cross Country World Cup, Mona Mitterwallner, Racing World

Written by David Finetto

[email protected] I am a fan of everything that has 2 wheels: at a young age I practiced road and track cycling (Italian Allievi champion). At the age of 18 I passed into the cross country competing at national/international level as an Under23. Past Elite, I made the choice to take things more lightly from a training point of view, and my love for gravity disciplines was born, training me as an FCI MTB instructor and guide. Now I have made passion my profession by managing 2 MTB centers on the island of Elba (Bike Center Elba and Elba MTB), creating the FANTAmtb and telling in an ironic but professional way everything that revolves around MTB thanks to 365mountainbike and 365TV (YouTube'PULITI dentro BIKER fuori').