MTB World Cup 2021 – 1 – Albstadt [FULL RACE – XCC] (ladies)

May 7, 2021

MTB World Cup 2021 – 1 – WE XCC – Albstadt

The UCI Mountain Bike World Cup is a multi-round mountain bike racing series that is sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale. The first World Cup series – which was composed of cross-country events – was held in 1989. The Downhill World Cup was inaugurated two years later, and the Dual Slalom World Cup was launched in 1998. The dual-slalom format – which involved knock-out heats with two riders on the parallel courses in each heat – evolved into four-cross (with four riders on a single course per heat) in 2002 before being dropped after the 2011 season. Riders win points according to their placing in each event. The reigning series leaders in each class are identified by a special jersey.

Australian champion Rebecca McConnell (Primaflora Mondraker XSauce) led the start of the six-lap women’s race, but Ferrand-Prévot was always lurking in the top three, along with 2019 World Cup Champion Kate Courtney (Scott-SRAM).

Linda Indergand (Liv Factory) made an unexpected mid-race attack and opened an almost 20-second gap as the contenders hesitated, and still had a 13-second gap going into the final.

However, Ferrand-Prévot attacked out of the chase group hard on the first climb and caught her in the final kilometre. Indergand held on for second, just ahead of Annie Last (Great Britain) and Courtney.

“I didn’t really expect to do that well,” said Ferrand-Prévot, “but I just tried to stay out of the wind at the beginning of the race. I didn’t want to ride [at the front] because of the headwind on the long straight section, so I waited until the end. I wanted to go [with Indergand], but I said to myself, ‘if you go you will kill yourself’, so I waited and let others to the job [of chasing]. I attacked at the last lap and didn’t hold back. It was a good tactic.”

Results :
1 Pauline Ferrand Prevot (Fra) 0:20:37
2 Linda Indergand (Swi) 0:00:01
3 Annie Last (GBr) 0:00:02
4 Kate Courtney (USA)
5 Loana Lecomte (Fra) 0:00:05
6 Rebecca Mcconnell (Aus) 0:00:06
7 Anne Terpstra (Ned) 0:00:08
8 Sina Frei (Swi) 0:00:10
9 Eva Lechner (Ita) 0:00:18
10 Jenny Rissveds (Swe)
11 Haley Batten (USA) 0:00:20
12 Chloe Woodruff (USA) 0:00:21
13 Jolanda Neff (Swi) 0:00:22
14 Ramona Forchini (Swi) 0:00:26
15 Jitka Čábelická (Cze) 0:00:30
16 Janika Lõiv (Est) 0:00:31
17 Emily Batty (Can)
18 Erin Huck (USA) 0:00:32
19 Ronja Eibl (Ger) 0:00:35
20 Anne Tauber (Ned) 0:00:36
21 Maja Wloszczowska (Pol) 0:00:37
22 Rocio del Alba Garcia Martinez (Spa) 0:00:42
23 Laura Stigger (Aut) 0:00:44
24 Barbara Benkó (Hun)
25 Nicole Koller (Swi) 0:00:46
26 Martina Berta (Ita) 0:00:50
27 Alessandra Keller (Swi) 0:00:51
28 Sofia Gomez Villafane (Arg)
29 Evie Richards (GBr)
30 Lea Davison (USA) 0:01:03
31 Haley Smith (Can) 0:01:09
32 Elisabeth Brandau (Ger)
33 Candice Lill (RSA) 0:01:22
34 Catharine Pendrel (Can)
35 Sophie von Berswordt (Ned) 0:01:23
36 Daniela Campuzano Chavez Peon (Mex) 0:01:25
37 Mariske Strauss (RSA) 0:01:26
38 Isla Short (GBr) 0:01:27
39 Githa Michiels (Bel)
DNS Janka Keseg Stevkova (Svk)