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July 29, 2022
MTB World Cup 2022 WE – 9 – Snowshoe – XCC
The UCI Mountain Bike World Cup is a multi-round mountain bike racing series that is sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale.
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July 29, 2022
MTB World Cup 2022 WE – 9 – Snowshoe – XCC
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.
In the men’s race it was a fast starting pace set by Vlad Dascalu (Trek Factory), yet there was still a sizeable group at the front of the race by the third lap of the seven lap race. Blevins tested the waters at the front on lap 4, but dropped back as others pushed the pace and began to crash in the slippery conditions.
By the start of the final lap, the lead group was down to four – Blevins, Dascalu, Luca Braidot (Santa Cruz FSA) and Sebastian Carstensen (KMC-Orbea). Dascalu attacked on the first climb, opening a small gap, while Blevins started to pick off the riders in front of him, catching and passing a slowing Dascalu in the final 100 metres. Alan Hatherly (Cannondale Factory) finished sixth, enough to put him in the leader’s jersey.
“I thought it couldn’t get better [than winning the rainbow jersey],” said Blevins, “but it’s just amazing to be here with all these people. This is special.
“It was kind of like Worlds, where I hung back with a bit of a gap and kept patient; I knew that you could gain a lot of ground on the last climb and get up to his [Dascalu] wheel and draft him into the sprint. I don’t get to hang out with the U.S. mountain bike scene too much because we are always in Europe, so that’s what makes this so special.”
Hatherly took the jersey from Mathis Flueckiger (Thomus Maxon), who did not compete at Snowshoe. The South African now leads the XCC by 14 points, while in the XCO standings world champion Nino Schurter (Scott SRAM) leads Dascalu by 195 points.
Results :
 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.
In the men’s race it was a fast starting pace set by Vlad Dascalu (Trek Factory), yet there was still a sizeable group at the front of the race by the third lap of the seven lap race. Blevins tested the waters at the front on lap 4, but dropped back as others pushed the pace and began to crash in the slippery conditions.
By the start of the final lap, the lead group was down to four – Blevins, Dascalu, Luca Braidot (Santa Cruz FSA) and Sebastian Carstensen (KMC-Orbea). Dascalu attacked on the first climb, opening a small gap, while Blevins started to pick off the riders in front of him, catching and passing a slowing Dascalu in the final 100 metres. Alan Hatherly (Cannondale Factory) finished sixth, enough to put him in the leader's jersey.
"I thought it couldn't get better [than winning the rainbow jersey]," said Blevins, "but it's just amazing to be here with all these people. This is special.
"It was kind of like Worlds, where I hung back with a bit of a gap and kept patient; I knew that you could gain a lot of ground on the last climb and get up to his [Dascalu] wheel and draft him into the sprint. I don't get to hang out with the U.S. mountain bike scene too much because we are always in Europe, so that's what makes this so special."
Hatherly took the jersey from Mathis Flueckiger (Thomus Maxon), who did not compete at Snowshoe. The South African now leads the XCC by 14 points, while in the XCO standings world champion Nino Schurter (Scott SRAM) leads Dascalu by 195 points.
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