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September 14/13 5:27 am - MTB World Cup Hafjell: Elite Women XC UPDATES


Posted by Editoress on 09/14/13
 

The elite women are lining up for the final XC of the year with only 46 riders taking the start

 

Canada has just 3 entries: Catharine Pendrel (Luna Pro Team), Mikaela Kofman (Scott-3Roxracing) and Cindy Montambault

Emily Batty is still sick and will not race.

 

The weather is overcast but dry and temp ~ 15C

 

They will do 6 laps of the 3.8 km course (no start loop)

 

The course is pretty much up and down (see profile at bottom of page)

 

Lap 1

Eva Lechner (Team Colnago Sudtirol) gets the holeshot

 

Alrready some problems on the first section, flat tires (Kathrin Stirnemann (Sabine Spitz Haibike Pro Team) and Adelheid Morath (Sabine Spitz Haibike Pro Team) has a broken seat post.

Katerina Nash (Luna Pro Team) crashed in the rocks on the descent

 

Halfway - 5:38 am ET

Eva Lechner (Team Colnago Sudtirol) leading Julie Bresset (BH - SR Suntour - KMC) and Lea Davison (Specialized Racing XC)

4th Irina Kalentieva (Topeak Ergon Racing Team) at 3s

5th Jolanda Neff (Giant Pro XC Team) at 13s

World Cup leader Tanja Zakelj (Unior Tools Team) 7th at 30s back

11th Catharine Pendrel (Luna Pro Team) at 46s

Mikaela Kofman and Cindy Montambault 27th and 28th

 

The Russian and British teams has 8-10 bikes stolen from hotel ovwernight, but the police recovered them this am

 

Kathrin Stirnemann has had ANOTHER flat tire on the first lap.

 

Lap 2

Lechner still leading as they head out for the second lap, Bresset at 1s, Davison at 3s, Kalentieva at 5s

5th Neff at 14s, Maja Wloszczowska (Giant Pro XC Team) moving up to 6th, Zakelj 7th

Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjaa (Multivan Merida Biking Team) 8th

Pendrel 9th

Kofman 24th

 

5:52 am ET (halfway)

Bresset has taken over the lead with Lechner now in 2nd at 2s back

Davison 3rd at 4s

Kalentieva 4th at 5s

Dahle Flesjaa 5th at 51s, Wloszczowska 6th at 53s and Pendrel 7th at 58s

Kofman 17th 2:28

 

5:56 am

Lecjner back in the lead again with Bresset, Davison and Kalentieva all together just behind

 

The last time Norway (Kristiansand) hosted a XC World Cup was 1996 and the winner was Gunn-Rita Dahle, Paula Pezzo 2nd and Chantal Daucourt 3rd

 

Lap 3

6am ET

Lecjner, Bresset, and Kalentieva all together

Davison at 4s

Dahle Flesjaa 5th at 536s, Wloszczowska 6th at 50s and Pendrel 7th at 51s

Zakelj 8th at 1m

 

6:07 am

 

Top 4 all together again up the climb

 

 

Lap 4 start

Kalentieva takes teh lead with Lechner 2nd at 6s and Bresset 3rd at s.t.

 

Davison 4th

Dahle Flesjaa 5th at 50s

Pendrel 6th at 1:17

Kofman 17th

Montambault 40th

 

1/2 way round and it is Bresset, Kalentieva and Lechner leading with Davison 4th at 16s back

Dahle Flesjaa 5th at 1m

Pendrel 6th at 1:32

 

Lap 5 start

Kalentieva leading Bresset by 2 s

Lechner 3rd at 4s

Davison 4th at 27s

Dahle Flesjaa 5th at 1:07

Pendrel 6th at 1:53

Kofman 17th

 

6:35 am ET

Bresset takes the lead up the climb and by the halfway mark has 9s on Lechner and 11s on Kalentieva

 

6:36 am

Bresset has a flat!

 

 

Last lap

6:41 am ET

Lechner starts the last lap leading Kalentieva by 3s, Davison 3rd at 59s, Bresset 4th at 1:11

Dahle Flesjaa 5th at 1:19

Pendrel 6th at 2:53

Zakelj 7th at 2:42

 

Halfway round

6:50 am ET

Kalentieva now leading with a gap of 31s on Lechner

Bresset back up to 3rd at 40s

Davison 4th 52s

Dahle Flesjaa 5th at 1:15

6 Zakelj

7 Pendrel

 

 

Finish

1 Irina Kalentieva (Rus) Topeak Ergon Racing Team, 1:23:34

2 Eva Lechner (Ita) Team Colnago Sudtirol, at 0:20

3 Julie Bresset (Fra) BH - SR Suntour - KMC, 0:22

4 Lea Davison (USA) Specialized Racing XC, 0:54

5 Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjaa (Nor) Multivan Merida Biking Team, 1:17

6 Tanja Zakelj (Slo) Unior Tools Team, 2:48

7 Catharine Pendrel (Can) Luna Pro Team, 3:23

8 Maja Wloszczowska (Pol) Giant Pro XC Team, 4:17

 

 

 

 

Course profile

photo

 

 

 

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