MTB – XCC – World Cup 2023 – 8 – Mont-Sainte-Anne [FULL RACE] (ladies)

October 6, 2023

MTB – XCC – World Cup 2023 – 8 WE – Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada

As the name suggests, these races take place on shorter versions of the XCO tracks, and are usually around 20 minutes in length. It’ll have fewer big features than the main XCO course, and is an all-out race from start to finish. The XCC kicks off the weekend of racing, taking place on the Friday evening. Short track was initially introduced to the World Cup series in 2018, when it was used to determine the start grid for the XCO race, and fed into the overall points. From 2022, the short track still determines Sunday’s start and there are points available for the XCO overall, but it also has its own overall competition.

Stigger, who last week claimed her first elite cross-country Olympic (XCO) victory at Snowshoe, kept the momentum rolling in Canada as she delivered a powerful attack in the final lap of eight. She dropped Leona Lecomte (Canyon CLLCTV), who finished second, and Rebecca Henderson (Primaflor Mondraker Genuins Racing Team) who took third.

Pieterse came over the line in fifth place which was enough for the 21-year-old rider to claim the short track series win ahead of Alessandra Keller (Thömus Maxon), who finished 14th on the day.

“I gave everything I had,” said Pieterse who was hoping for a better result to finish off her year of short track racing, however was pleased to secure the overall. “I’ll let it sink in tonight and tomorrow a bit and then try and focus one more time to go full gas.”

The Dutch rider, who is also on track to take out the XCO series title said “I hope I have better legs than today on Sunday because I really want to go out with a bang.”

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