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
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