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August 10, 2023
Mountain Bike World Championships 2023 – XCC WE 🇬🇧 – Glasgow, Scotland
This summer, Glasgow, Scotland is hosting the first-ever combined UCI World Championships, bringing together almost every UCI-sanctioned discipline for one big super event this August.
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August 10, 2023
Mountain Bike World Championships 2023 – XCC WE 🇬🇧 – Glasgow, Scotland
This summer, Glasgow, Scotland is hosting the first-ever combined UCI World Championships, bringing together almost every UCI-sanctioned discipline for one big super event this August. From road racing to artistic cycling, more than 200 rainbow jerseys will be given out in 13 different disciplines across the 11 days of action in and around Glasgow. With the first combined World Championships heading to Glasgow and Scotland this year, the downhill riders will return to the famed Fort William track to battle for the rainbow jersey.
The intense 20 minutes for the men and women were contested on the rough terrain and steep slopes in Glentress Forest of Scotland’s Tweed Valley, with multiple laps of just under 1km for the XCC championships.
Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (France) retained her short track cross-country world title with a decisive victory in Scotland at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships.
She broke away from a lead group of six riders on the signature climb on the front side of the course and opened a four-second gap to silver medallist Puck Pieterse (Netherlands). Evie Richards (Great Britain) trailed another five seconds to claim bronze, leaving last year’s bronze medallist Gwendalyn Gibson (USA) to settle for fourth.
“I feel better now because it was such a long day. It’s like starting at 6:30, and you have to wait the whole morning and afternoon, so I just wanted to start and see what I can make [happen],” the French rider said before she rushed off to the podium ceremonies.
Martina Berta (Italy) hit the initial climb ahead of Pieterse to start the race. On the second pass of the swooping berms, Pieterse remained second, but the pace was set by Richards, and Ferrand-Prevot rode close behind with Berta.
On lap three, Rebecca Henderson (Australia) had moved near the front as well as the US duo of Gwendalyn Gibson and Savilla Blunk.
Henderson pushed to the front on the fourth lap with Pieterse, Richards and Ferrand-Prevot on her heels. Sina Frei (Switzerland) spun out on the gravel on the finish straight and went down. She was left behind, leaving six riders at the front – Pieterse, Alessandra Keller (Switzerland), Gibson, Henderson, Ferrand-Prevot and Richards. The chasing duo was Blunk and Steffi Haberlin (Switzerland, who caught on across the downhill corners.
With three of the 10 laps to go, the group of eight pressed on, but gaps formed on the climb for Keller, Haberlin and Blunk.
On the penultimate loop, Haberlin caught back with Richards driving the pace. Prevot-Ferrand hit the gas on the final climb, passing Richards and Pieterse, forcing the challengers to chase, the pair not able to shut down the formidable advantage for the French rider.
Results :
 retained her short track cross-country world title with a decisive victory in Scotland at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships.
She broke away from a lead group of six riders on the signature climb on the front side of the course and opened a four-second gap to silver medallist Puck Pieterse (Netherlands). Evie Richards (Great Britain) trailed another five seconds to claim bronze, leaving last year’s bronze medallist Gwendalyn Gibson (USA) to settle for fourth.
“I feel better now because it was such a long day. It’s like starting at 6:30, and you have to wait the whole morning and afternoon, so I just wanted to start and see what I can make [happen],” the French rider said before she rushed off to the podium ceremonies.
Martina Berta (Italy) hit the initial climb ahead of Pieterse to start the race. On the second pass of the swooping berms, Pieterse remained second, but the pace was set by Richards, and Ferrand-Prevot rode close behind with Berta.
On lap three, Rebecca Henderson (Australia) had moved near the front as well as the US duo of Gwendalyn Gibson and Savilla Blunk.
Henderson pushed to the front on the fourth lap with Pieterse, Richards and Ferrand-Prevot on her heels. Sina Frei (Switzerland) spun out on the gravel on the finish straight and went down. She was left behind, leaving six riders at the front - Pieterse, Alessandra Keller (Switzerland), Gibson, Henderson, Ferrand-Prevot and Richards. The chasing duo was Blunk and Steffi Haberlin (Switzerland, who caught on across the downhill corners.
With three of the 10 laps to go, the group of eight pressed on, but gaps formed on the climb for Keller, Haberlin and Blunk.
On the penultimate loop, Haberlin caught back with Richards driving the pace. Prevot-Ferrand hit the gas on the final climb, passing Richards and Pieterse, forcing the challengers to chase, the pair not able to shut down the formidable advantage for the French rider.
<strong>Results : </strong>
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