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September 28, 2024
MTB – XCO – World Cup 2024 MU23 – 7 – Lake Placid, USA 🇺🇸
Cross-country Olympic, named because it’s the only format of mountain biking included in the Olympics,
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September 28, 2024
MTB – XCO – World Cup 2024 MU23 – 7 – Lake Placid, USA 🇺🇸
Cross-country Olympic, named because it’s the only format of mountain biking included in the Olympics, sees a big pack of riders take on laps of a natural, challenging track. The laps themselves can vary from 3km to 10km in length, and the number will vary, but the races will always be around 90 minutes for men and women. The track itself is designed to test the rider’s full range of abilities over a mixture of terrain: singletracks, dirt, grass, sand, rocks and some tarmac. Courses have many obstacles to negotiate – artificial and natural – and often incorporate ramps, berms, jumps, drops and rock gardens. As well as the features, there will be climbs and descents to deal with,
In the men’s contest that followed, all eyes were on Riley Amos (Trek Factory Racing – Pirelli). Sporting his new rainbow jersey, the American has dominated the format all year – winning four out of the five races he’s entered this season, and finishing second in the other.
His closest competitor, Bjorn Riley (Trek Future Racing), would not be on the start line too, having pulled out with illness. But it wasn’t to be for the 22-year-old in his penultimate U23 XCC race in front of a partisan home crowd. After battling with the bunch, Amos lead at the end of lap four, but that was the last of him we’d see at the front of the race.
Instead, it was Dario Lillo and the Canadian Cole Punchard (Pivot Cycles) who were battling it out for the win. And as the pace continued to ramp up, no one could hold Lillo’s wheel – the Swiss rider laying down a blistering last lap that saw him break clear of the chasing pack.
In his wake was Luca Martin (Orbea Factory Team) and Luke Wiedmann (Thömus Maxon), who finished in second and third respectively. Amos meanwhile had to settle for fifth.
Results :
. Sporting his new rainbow jersey, the American has dominated the format all year – winning four out of the five races he’s entered this season, and finishing second in the other.
His closest competitor, Bjorn Riley (Trek Future Racing), would not be on the start line too, having pulled out with illness. But it wasn’t to be for the 22-year-old in his penultimate U23 XCC race in front of a partisan home crowd. After battling with the bunch, Amos lead at the end of lap four, but that was the last of him we’d see at the front of the race.
Instead, it was Dario Lillo and the Canadian Cole Punchard (Pivot Cycles) who were battling it out for the win. And as the pace continued to ramp up, no one could hold Lillo’s wheel – the Swiss rider laying down a blistering last lap that saw him break clear of the chasing pack.
In his wake was Luca Martin (Orbea Factory Team) and Luke Wiedmann (Thömus Maxon), who finished in second and third respectively. Amos meanwhile had to settle for fifth.
<strong>Results : </strong>
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