Lechner narrowly missed out on making it into the top 10 - UPDATE

Eva Lechner achieved the best result from a South Tyrolean perspective in the women's competition: The Eppan woman, who works for the US Luna Pro team, took 12th place in the final ranking and missed a top 10 result by just over a minute . Nevertheless, an encouraging result for Lechner, who was far from her best form in the two previous World Cup races with places 23 and 32. The victory went to the Swiss Jolanda Neff, who crossed the finish line with a time of 1.28,30:25 hours, XNUMX seconds ahead of the Canadian Catharine Pendrel. Emily Batty (Canada) completed the podium. The second South Tyrolean in the group, Lisa Rabensteiner, was unable to finish her race.

French dominance among men After the women's elite took part in their race at the World Cup stage in La Bresse, France, in the morning, the men started in the afternoon. The six-lap ride was all about the local heroes. The first three places were occupied exclusively by the blue-white-red athletes. Julien Absalon had the fastest time with 1.26,38:XNUMX hours, his compatriots Maxime Marotte and Victor Koretzky crossed the finish line one and one and a half minutes late, respectively. The best Italian result went to Luca Braidot, who crossed the finish line almost four minutes behind and ended up in tenth place. However, there was no useful result for the South Tyrolean athletes: Gerhard Kerschbaumer lost over seven minutes to winner Absalon and thus settled into 32nd place, while Maximilian Vieider took 62nd place, eleven minutes behind.

MTB World Cup in La Bresse (FRA), Elite Women: 1. Jolanda Neff (SUI) 1.28,30 2. Catharine Pendrel (CAN) 1.28,55 3. Emily Batty (CAN) 1.29,18 4. Katerina Nash (CZE) 1.30,48 5. Maja Wloszczowska (POL) 1.31,17 ... 12. Eva Lechner (ITA/Eppan) 1.33,17 Race not finished: Lisa Rabensteiner (ITA/Villanders)

MTB World Cup in La Bresse (FRA), Elite Men: 1. Julien Absalon (FRA) 1.26,38:XNUMX hours 2. Maxime Marotte (FRA) +1.27,38 3. Victor Koretzky (FRA) +1.28,02 4. Nino Schurter (SUI) +1.28,20 5. Jaroslav Kulhavy (CZE) +1.28,44 ... 32. Gerhard Kerschbaumer (ITA/Verdings) +1.33,49 62. Maximilian Vieider (ITA/Bozen) +1.37,53

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Lechner narrowly missed out on making it into the top 10 - UPDATE

On Sunday, the elite cross-country races were held as part of the World Cup stage in La Bresse, France. The women were in action in the morning and the men were allowed to take part in the afternoon.

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