August 30, 2024
Mountain Bike World Championships 2024 – XCC ME 🇦🇩 – – Pal Arinsal, Andorra
The UCI MTB World Championships were run as part of the combined UCI Cycling World Championships in 2023 but in 2024 it is once again back in its own slot as it heads to a high-altitude rainbow jersey showdown in Pal Arinsal, Andorra. The resort which is a regular stop on the UCI MTB World Cup circuit last hosted the World Championships in 2015.
Victor Koretzky (France) used a late-race acceleration to win the elite men’s short track cross-country gold medal on Friday at the 2024 Mountain Bike World Championships in Pal Arinsal, Andorra.
In the men’s U23 event, contested for the first time at a world championship, Riley Amos outsprinted teammate Bjorn Riley as the United States went one-two.
The elite men’s race ended a full day of racing in Andorra, which included junior cross-country contests and XCC races for U23 and elite women.
Koretzky took control of the elite men’s event in the final laps, improving from his silver medal finish in the XCC contest from a year ago.
“I’m super happy about this win,” said Koretzky. “I’ve had lots of wins in UCI World Cups, but never the UCI Worlds, I’m so happy to win this jersey finally! I think my last short track races were super good, I was in the top 5 all season.”
Riding from a pack of three riders just three seconds back, Charlie Aldridge (Great Britain) outsprinted Alan Hatherly (South Africa) and Christopher Blevins (United States) for the silver medal, while Hatherly secured the bronze.
Early in the 10-lap contest Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) crashed but scrambled to remount and continue. The fall left him in 30th position and in full chase mode.
Frenchman Jordan Sarrou held the early lead across the opening circuits, and by the mid-point ahead of Sebastian Andreasson (Denmark). The Dane lost contact on the fifth lap, and one lap later Koretzky had worked his way five spots to join his teammate at the front.
Koretzky took the lead outright on the eighth lap, with Aldridge, Hatherly and Blevins charging behind as a group. The trio could not close down the gap and Koretzky took the victory. Pidcock finished eighth overall.
Results :
 used a late-race acceleration to win the elite men’s short track cross-country gold medal on Friday at the 2024 Mountain Bike World Championships in Pal Arinsal, Andorra.
In the men's U23 event, contested for the first time at a world championship, Riley Amos outsprinted teammate Bjorn Riley as the United States went one-two.
The elite men's race ended a full day of racing in Andorra, which included junior cross-country contests and XCC races for U23 and elite women.
Koretzky took control of the elite men's event in the final laps, improving from his silver medal finish in the XCC contest from a year ago.
“I'm super happy about this win,” said Koretzky. “I've had lots of wins in UCI World Cups, but never the UCI Worlds, I'm so happy to win this jersey finally! I think my last short track races were super good, I was in the top 5 all season.”
Riding from a pack of three riders just three seconds back, Charlie Aldridge (Great Britain) outsprinted Alan Hatherly (South Africa) and Christopher Blevins (United States) for the silver medal, while Hatherly secured the bronze.
Early in the 10-lap contest Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) crashed but scrambled to remount and continue. The fall left him in 30th position and in full chase mode.
Frenchman Jordan Sarrou held the early lead across the opening circuits, and by the mid-point ahead of Sebastian Andreasson (Denmark). The Dane lost contact on the fifth lap, and one lap later Koretzky had worked his way five spots to join his teammate at the front.
Koretzky took the lead outright on the eighth lap, with Aldridge, Hatherly and Blevins charging behind as a group. The trio could not close down the gap and Koretzky took the victory. Pidcock finished eighth overall.
<strong>Results : </strong>
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