Briton continues great form to keep pressure on leader Höll as Andreassen earns men’s XCO podium finish.
July 7, 2024
Tahnée Seagrave earned another podium place in the 2024 UCI Mountain Bike World Series at Les Gets to keep the pressure on women’s downhill leader Valentina Höll as Denmark’s Simon Andreassen held on for a gutsy third in the men’s XCO race in France.
– Briton Evie Richards finished fourth on Friday in the women’s XCC race, just 10 seconds behind winner Alessandra Keller of Switzerland, with the Netherlands’ Puck Pieterse second, and Australian Rebecca Henderson third. All four riders are placed the same in the overall XCC standings.
– In the men’s XCC race, South African Alan Hatherly came out on top to bank 250 points with Briton Charlie Aldridge in second place, and New Zealander Samuel Gaze in third spot, who now has a 54-point lead over Frenchman Victor Koretzky in the 2024 overall XCC standings.
– In Saturday’s women’s downhill race, Seagrave continued her great return to form with third place behind Italian winner Eleonora Farina. Norwegian Mille Johnset came second, while Austrian Höll ended in fifth place to retain her 2024 DH overall lead from Briton Seagrave.
– Seagrave looked to have done enough to get the better of Farina down the tricky, wet course but a late crash scuppered her victory hopes, while Höll lost her back wheel on a sharp turn to falter as well.
– In the men’s downhill race, France’s Amaury Pierron produced an extraordinary run to easily beat the competition. Austrian Andreas Kolb finished second, and South African Greg Minnaar ended third.
– Fellow Frenchman Loïc Bruni finished seventh to bank 110 points, which means that the five-time world champion holds a 216-point lead over Pierron ahead of the next Loudenvielle DH stop in September.
– On Sunday, Dane Simon Andreassen dug deep to claim third in the men’s XCO race behind winner Hatherly – who completed a memorable double-up after Friday’s XCC win – and Swiss rider Mathias Flückiger.
– In the women’s XCO race earlier, Richards could not keep pace with runaway winner Pieterse, who finished a staggering two minutes and 37 seconds ahead of South African Candice Lill – the Briton finishing sixth.
Results:
Women’s Downhill Race
1st: Eleonora Farina (Italy)
2nd: Mille Johnset (Norway)
3rd: Tahnée Seagrave (Britain)
Men’s Downhill Race
1st: Amaury Pierron (France)
2nd: Andreas Kolb (Austria)
3rd: Greg Minnaar (South Africa)
Women’s XCO Race
1st: Puck Pieterse (Netherlands)
2nd: Candice Lill (South Africa)
3rd: Alessandra Keller (Switzerland)
Men’s XCO Race
1st: Alan Hatherly (South Africa)
2nd: Mathias Flückiger (Switzerland)
3rd: Simon Andreassen (Denmark)
Women’s XCC Race
1st: Alessandra Keller (Switzerland)
2nd: Puck Pieterse (Netherlands)
3rd: Rebecca Henderson (Australia)
Men’s XCC Race
1st: Alan Hatherly (South Africa)
2nd: Charlie Aldridge (Britain)
3rd: Samuel Gaze (New Zealand)
