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XCO World Cup: Specialized Dominates at Lake Placid

Christopher Blevins wins ahead of teammate Adrien Boichis. Mathis Azzaro takes third place. Simone Avondetto is fifth!

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6 October 2025

Mountain bike winner enthusiastically reaches the finish line and celebrates with applause.

Mountain biker celebrating victory in front of the crowd.

Christopher Blevins (Specialized Factory Racing) e Jenny Rissveds (Canyon CLLCTV XCO) made it a double over the weekend, winning the Olympic disciplines of cross-country (XCO) at the UCI World Cup in the Lake Placid Olympic Region, New York (USA). On Friday both athletes won the UCI short track cross-country (XCC) and the XCO in very different styles.

MEN'S ELITE RANKING

1	BLEVINS Christopher	SPECIALIZED FACTORY RACING	1:19:54
2	BOICHIS Adrien	SPECIALIZED FACTORY RACING	1:19:54
3	AZZARO Mathis	ORIGIN RACING DIVISION	1:19:56
4	VIDAURRE KOSSMANN Martin	SPECIALIZED FACTORY RACING	1:19:56
5	AVONDETTO Simone	WILIER-VITTORIA FACTORY TEAM	1:19:58
6	PUNTENER Fabio	BIKE TEAM SOLOTHURN	1:20:07
7	GUERRINI Marcel	BIXS PERFORMANCE RACE TEAM	1:20:20
8	MARTIN Luke	CANNONDALE FACTORY RACING	1:20:27
9	ALDRIDGE Charlie	CANNONDALE FACTORY RACING	1:20:39
10	ANDREASSEN Simon	ORBEA FOX FACTORY TEAM	1:20:41

COMPLETE RANKING
GENERAL WORLD CUP

In this article:Adrien Boichis, Christopher Blevins, World Cup, Cross Country World Cup, Lake Placid, Mathis Azzaro, Racing World, World Cross Country Racing

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