MTB – XCC – World Cup 2024 – 4 – Val di Sole [FULL RACE]

June 14, 2024

MTB – XCC – World Cup 2024 ME – 4 – – Val di Sole, Italy 🇮🇹

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.

In the men’s race, Gaze also won by just one second, edging out runner-up Victor Koretzky (Specialized Factory Racing) and Jens Schuermans (Giant Factory Off-Road Team – XC).

“Really good. It’s been a lot of work over the last weeks, and I wasn’t 100% sure what to expect coming here. I’m just really happy to pull it off, have a good feeling and have as much fun racing my bike,” Gaze said.

In what was a close race among the front riders, Nino Schurter (Scott-Sram MTB Racing Team) finished fourth, also just one second back.

Koretzky remained the overall leader in the UCI Cross-country Short Track World Cup standings and was pleased with his second place on the day after recovering from a recent illness.

“I’m really happy. If before the race I’d finish second, I would say ‘yes.’ I’m looking forward to resting and having 100% of my lungs,” Koretzky said.

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