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July 5, 2024
MTB – XCC – World Cup 2024 WE – 6 – – Les Gets, Haute-Savoie, France 🇫🇷
As the name suggests, these races take place on shorter versions of the XCO tracks,
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July 5, 2024
MTB – XCC – World Cup 2024 WE – 6 – – Les Gets, Haute-Savoie, France 🇫🇷
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.
Les Gets has been hosting international competitions for over 30 years and is a leading venue for both competitive and recreational mountain biking (MTB). The resort, which was chosen as the departure town for one of the stages of the 2023 Tour de France, is also a very popular destination for cyclists. Les Gets is bike!
Keller, the overall leader in the MTB World Cup XCC and XCO standings, held off top rival Puck Pieterse (Alpecin-Deceuninck) by four seconds for her second short track victory of the season. Rebecca Henderson (Primaflor Mondraker Racing) finished another two seconds down, going clear of Evie Richards (Trek Factory Racing-Pirelli) to take third.
“As World Cup leader, the pressure is always on my shoulders. After Puck Pieterse pulled away, I wanted to concentrate on second place. But on the second-last lap, I realized that it could be close again,” Keller said in a team statement.
Pieterse had a 10-second gap over the trio of Keller, Henderson and Richards before they all regrouped for the final lap. That is where Keller accelerated for the victory, keeping Pieterse from winning her third consecutive XCC contest.
“I attacked as fast as I could in the tech zone and pulled away decisively,” she said about the decisive move on the last lap. “To win in the leader’s jersey and with the number 1 is brilliant.”
Results :
. The resort, which was chosen as the departure town for one of the stages of the 2023 Tour de France, is also a very popular destination for cyclists. Les Gets is bike!
Keller, the overall leader in the MTB World Cup XCC and XCO standings, held off top rival Puck Pieterse (Alpecin-Deceuninck) by four seconds for her second short track victory of the season. Rebecca Henderson (Primaflor Mondraker Racing) finished another two seconds down, going clear of Evie Richards (Trek Factory Racing-Pirelli) to take third.
“As World Cup leader, the pressure is always on my shoulders. After Puck Pieterse pulled away, I wanted to concentrate on second place. But on the second-last lap, I realized that it could be close again,” Keller said in a team statement.
Pieterse had a 10-second gap over the trio of Keller, Henderson and Richards before they all regrouped for the final lap. That is where Keller accelerated for the victory, keeping Pieterse from winning her third consecutive XCC contest.
“I attacked as fast as I could in the tech zone and pulled away decisively,” she said about the decisive move on the last lap. “To win in the leader's jersey and with the number 1 is brilliant.”
<strong>Results : </strong>
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