SEASON RECAP: UCI Cross-Country Marathon

The 2023 UCI Cross-country Marathon World Cup season kicked off in the Czech Republic in Nové Město na Moravě, before heading to the Italian Riviera, Finale Outdoor Region. The UCI Mountain Bike World Series Festival Haute-Savoie was up next before the series crossed the pond to Snowshoe WV, for the final round.

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The 2023 UCI CrossCountry Marathon World Cup season kicked off in the Czech Republic in Nova Mesto narave before heading to the Italian Riviera finale outdoor region the UCI Mountain bik World Series Festival hot safwa was up next before the series cross the pond to Snowshoe West Virginia for the final

Round the ECI cross country Marathon World Cup got underway in Nova Mesto Namar ra which was the first of four extremely tough rounds the course was 120 km long comprised of two loops with 1,166 vertical M of descending the Riders battled through the flu Trails Rock Gardens and long climbs as they

Took on the Czech Countryside da women’s Rus got underway shortly after with Fierce battles between Edley’s Eva lechner Leu is Kena sner and the posy and Leila nimich you won’t admit that you will be close I know you need you know I know not much separated the top three

Elite women after lap one with lechner in first sna in second and IM shich in third after lap one the Czech former Olympic champ yaroslav kavi led the elite men’s field with Philip Adel in second and Thiago Ferrera and third 15 seconds was all and separated the top 10 the Riders

Battled on in the second half of the race with the majority of the fields still packed closely together white Alman retired from the race after a crash of only 10 km to go Fabian Robin Steiner attacked all the way to the end and took the first UCI cross country

Marathon World Cup win of the season in Nova Mesto narave I could manage to save some energy in the second part of the race because my teammate was in front alone so I can stay only on the wheel save energy uh in the last kilometer I

Go full gas and I I’m super happy battered and bloody Nim shavit went on to take the win in the elite women’s race and became the first person from bosnan Herz goia in the process to win the UCI World Cup after the first loop I just felt the the other women were

Playing games kind of I was kind of frustrated that the race was going slow I wanted to to have a real real challenge here in my mind I always go all in and when you asked me before a race which one I’m going to be I said

I’m going to be first after a tough day for all the cross country Marathon Racers and the results looked like this the Italian Fabian rabensteiner took the win and wrote his place into the history books in the process Nicholas s perzi was second just ahead of stevej a and

Ferrera slip back to ninth and 10th respectively and naturally enough as it’s the first round the championship standings mirror those final results roben Steiner has the points leaders jersey in the women’s race then taking the win it was Bosnia and herzen’s Leia Nam savich sna was second and Lucha swab

Was third again the overall title points mirrored the results from round one round two of the 2023 UCI cross country Marathon World Cup took us to the finale outdoor region on the beautiful larian Coastline of Italy a gravity calendar favorite unlike Nova Mesto the Riders would have just one Loop this time a

Mighty 100 kilm race awaited them with 3,749 vertical meters of descending the Riders left fin Al Borgo and took on the huge 100 k Loop it looked like two groups have begun to form in the men’s field with Robin steer who won last time out Nova

Mesto in the second of them the women’s race got underway and it was Germany’s Adelaide morat who was leading with a decent margin but n shich was on the chase the Riders battled on and 30 km in they reached the infamous NATO base the men’s field were still battling hard and

The women’s morat still led the way but shavit and Francis Estelle Morel were working to close the gap down the Riders continued on the steep climb up to the vad archway with stunning views of vad liery before a steep technical descent awaited them Martin stage led the race with a 30

Second Gap to Colombia’s Diego Alonso Raven steer was back in six morat battled on and led n shich by 2 and 1 half minutes 80 km in saw the Colombian overtake stoich as they race back towards finale Borgo morat still led the way in the women as they came into the final

Descent Alonso pinball through the rock garden and put all those a minute into stoich as he crossed the line to take the second round of the UCI Marathon World Cup Series the German who had led right from the start went on to win with nich taking second Morel who had been sitting

In thir for most of the race faced a final Sprint with Vera luer who beat her to the line Morel had to settle for fourth it was one of my hardest race in my career so but I also like the course so much because it was technical climbing technical Steeps or real

Mountain biking that what we in the man’s results San Diego Alonso AR quo opens his account for the season with a win in Finale outdoor region ahead of Martin STK and Fabian rabensteiner V alam’s hunt for a World Cup win in 2023 continues in Sixth and Mark stutzman rounded out the top 10

Morat takes a win from nich and looser Mel was fourth and Kimberly Lor too in fifth in the men’s overall in Fabian rabensteiner has the leader jersey with Martin STK needing a big performance at the next round to close the gap and Nicholas s paresi in third

The penultimate round of the UCI cross country Marathon World Cup took the Riders to one of the toughest courses on the circuit Mor aoras in the hos of the French course was 100 km in length with 1,145 vertical meters of descending the elite man left morine with the women’s field shortly

Behind a breakaway quickly emerged as the Riders descended past the lake a breakaway quickly emerged as the Riders descended pass the Lake Hector Leonardo pz Leon pulling away at the front Robin steer was sitting back in the chasing pack Nim shavi led the race and battled closely with lucer in

Second raing Elite European Champion White alaman made an early retirement at the 50 km Tech Zone fatigue and lack of energy getting the best of him the battle in the women’s field wasn’t done yet lucer had taken the lead and was beginning to put a gap into Nim

Shich Hector Leonardo pz Leon won the UCI Marathon World Cup in Mor aoras resulting in his first ever UCI World Cup win the battle roared on in the women between lucer andich but it was Vera lucer who took the win with nich in second and Switzerland’s Irena luchas in

Third place brutal brutal race I knew I’m good in the downhill so I usually came back in the downhill and then I dropped again a little bit on the uphill and then I’m not letting this go in the overall with one to go Nim shich leads Away by a comfortable 240

Points from ver lucer and Fabian roben Steiner leads the elite mens ahead of pz Leon by just 97 points the Country Roads had led us home to Snowshoe West Virginia for the final round of the 202 fre UCI cross country Marathon World Cup final course of the

Year all that stood between the Riders and the coveted overall title was5 km in length and boasted 385 vertical meters of ascending for a varied and muddy Terrain eight Riders quickly broke away in the elite men’s field at the start of the race and the women’s three led the

Pack made up of Hannah Ray Auto haly Smith and kazen sna Nim shavit was back in fifth but was working hard to close the gap the initial eight Rider Breakaway in the elite men’s field became a trio as they sprinted for the Finish Simon steep Jam

Was the Victor Alex rudil CA was second and Casey South took third the American Hannah Ray Auto finished to put in 5 minutes on her closest rival Haley Smith as she crossed the line in second place kazina SAA took third with them shave in fourth nich had

Done enough though she was to be crying the first ever UCI Marathon World Cup Elite women’s overall winner after a gring season Fabian Riner who had finished fifth in the race took the men’s Elite overall title lean mavich took the win ahead of patina jannis and kazen sna ver looser

Having to settle for fourth top of the heat in the men’s Fabian rabensteiner ahe of Steve John and pay Leon with Aras quvo in fourth ahead of Diego Rossa in fifth and what a season of racing we were treated to during the cross country marathons UCI World Cup debut the good

News is that we don’t have to wait long before the action gets back underway and nov Mes withar in May we’ll see you there oh