Combloux, Haute-Savoie, made its debut host appearance on the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series circuit on Friday, for the UCI Enduro World Cup. Today, it was the turn of the UCI E-enduro World Cup athletes who would be put through their paces in this challenging Alpine terrain in France.
After a week of unsettled weather, the athletes racing the 100 km UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Cup (XCM) were faced with some gruelling trail conditions coupled with high humidity as they completed the Mont Blanc Ultra Somfy at the first of two weekends of the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series in Haute-Savoie, France.
The village of Combloux in the Haute-Savoie region of the French Alps might have been making its first appearance on the UCI Enduro World Cup stage, but this corner of France’s status as the beating heart of the format makes this weekend’s racing something of a homecoming for the sport.
The 30-year-old Frenchwoman was one of cross-country mountain biking’s rising stars before her world came tumbling down. After battling with injuries, an eating disorder and juggling training with a part-time job just to make ends meet, she has found her calling in the Cross-country Marathon (XCM) format.
This weekend marks the return of the UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Cup (XCM) in the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series, as riders line up in Megève, Haute-Savoie, France, for the second long-distance Endurance event in the format’s three-race season.
France’s Haute-Savoie department is hosting back-to-back weekends of UCI World Cup racing, with all six WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series formats competing over three venues and two jam-packed race weekends between Friday, June 28 and Sunday, July 7.
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Tom Pidcock (Ineos-Grenadiers) made it two wins from two in Crans Montana, in his last UCI Cross-country World Cup appearance before next weekend’s Tour de France Grand Départ. A strong but not perfect ride saw him out in front on lap two, and that was where he stayed for the duration. In the Women’s UCI Cross-country Olympic (XCO) World Cup race Loana Lecomte (Canyon CLLCTV) made all the right moves with a dominant performance on a tough course in difficult conditions.
A day after his toughest win of the season, Riley Amos (Trek Factory Racing-Pirelli) romped to his most dominant victory in the U23 UCI Cross-Country Olympic (XCO) World Cup at Crans-Montana, Valais.
Tom Pidcock (INEOS Grenadiers) provided a champion’s response by storming through the field to take victory by two seconds in Crans Montana, Valais. In a pulsating Women’s Elite race, Puck Pieterse (Alpecin-Deceuninck) enjoyed only a slightly more straightforward afternoon as she distanced the favourites with a ferocious attack on the final lap to win a second consecutive XCC round.
An early crash by leader Kira Böhm (Cube Factory Racing) in the women’s U23 UCI Cross-Crountry Short Track (XCC) World Cup allowed second place Emilly Johnston (Trek Future Racing) take advantage and seize a first victory of the year.
We’re almost at the halfway point of the six back-to-back weekends of the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series racing, and this weekend’s Crans-Montana, Valais UCI World Cup in Switzerland promises more of the same adrenaline-fueled action.
We look at everything you need to know about the Crans-Montana, Valais round of the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series races, including when the Cross-country Short Track (XCC) and Cross-country Olympic (XCO) World Cup events are scheduled to take place, who is racing and how to watch.
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Ineos Grenadiers) put on another show in the Women’s Elite UCI Cross-country Olympic World Cup in Val di Sole, Trentino. In the men’s race, Nino Schurter (Scott-Sram MTB Racing Team) had more of a battle with Alan Hatherly (Cannondale Factory Racing), but raced hard from the start, sealing the win over Hatherly on the final lap.
Tahnée Seagrave (Canyon CLLCTV FMD) celebrated her 29th birthday in the finest possible style - by taking her first UCI World Cup Downhill win in three years on Val di Sole’s notorious Black Snake track. Also rolling back the years and blowing everyone else away was 2018 champion Amaury Pierron (Commencal/Muc-Off By Riding Addiction) on his to the course for the first time since breaking his back.
