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Val di Sole XCO U23: Canada wins again! Andreas Vittone Top 10

Very unfortunate Luca Martina (Orbea) who punctures 1km from the finish when he had the victory in his pocket. Takes advantage of Carter Woods (Giant) who repeats the success after the victory in the Short Track.

Written by

David Finetto

July 2 2023

The arrival of Carter Woods, surprise winner of the U23 Men's Cross Country (Credits: Giacomo Podetti)

In the U23 Men's Cross Country, Carter Woods he unexpectedly repeated the success achieved on Thursday in the Short Track. The Canadian of Team Giant Factory managed to prevail at the end of the last lap, when he now seemed resigned to finish in second place.

Source: Vitesse press release

RACE REPLAY

Luke Martin in fact, he led the U23 race right from the first laps, distancing his opponents one by one, but the well-deserved success was denied to the young French athlete by a double puncture in the middle of the last lap. A melancholy final eleventh place arrived for him, refreshed only by the applause of the Val di Sole public once he crossed the finish line with completely flat tires.

Behind Woods, the other Frenchman Adrien Boichis (Trinity Racing) took the second step of the podium at 31”, third place for the American Riley Amos (Trek Factory Racing) at 45”. The Aosta Valley is the ninth and first of the Italians Andreas Vittone (KTM-Protek-Electrosystem).

luca martin val di sole 2023 xco — The disappointment of Luca Martin, betrayed by a double puncture when he was one step away from victory (Credits: Giacomo Podetti)

“It was a 'crazy' race, so many things happened in the last lap…” Woods said. – “My start was terrible but then I managed to get back into the group of the best. Luca distanced us, but in the last lap everything happened and I did it”.

Boichis leads the World Cup Overall Classification with 486 points, ahead of the Swiss Dario Lillo (470) and Canadian Woods (425). Eighth place for Vittone (283).

MEN'S U23 RANKING

1.	WOODS Carter (GIANT FACTORY OFF-ROAD TEAM – XC)	1:08:57
2.	BOICHIS Adrien (TRINITY RACING MTB)	1:09:28 +31
3.	AMOS Riley (TREK FACTORY RACING XC)	1:09:42 +45
4.	MICHELS Jente (ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK)	1:09:46 +49
5.	BAIR Mario (TREK FUTURE RACING)	1:09:47 +50
6.	WIEDMANN Luke (THOMUS MAXON)	1:09:53 +56
7.	SCHEHL Paul (LEXWARE MOUNTAINBIKE TEAM)	1:10:03 + 1: 06
8.	GUAY Mathis (KTM FACTORY MTB TEAM)	1:10:09 + 1: 12
9.	VITTONE Andreas Emanuele (KTM PROTEK ELECTROSYSTEM)	1:10:13 + 1: 16
10.	RILEY Bjorn (TREK FUTURE RACING)	1:10:15 + 1: 18

COMPLETE RANKING
GENERAL WORLD CUP

In this article:Adrien Boichis, Andreas Vittone, Carter Woods, Cross Country World Cup, Racing World, World Cross Country Racing, Riley Amos, Val Di Sole

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').