Crans-Montana – Women Elite XCO Highlights | 2024 WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Cup

Watch the Women Elite XCO highlights from the 2024 WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in Crans-Montana, Switzerland.

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and they go green in cro Montana it’s a strong start for Stager down the center but long cider in the red jersey allesandra Keller going bar toar with pck Peterson and the white and blue joining me in the commentary booth for this one OE back and seal Ollie this start climb absolutely crucial yeah we got about one and a half minute climb before we hit the the single Trail and all these women are going to be dreaming and hoping for a good [Applause] start but it’s k leads him on the number two in the red jersey gendin Gibson on the 27 in the blue of track Factory race and pelli is in the middle of your screen as well yeah it’s a stressful section we drop into the woods here and into a big single track then a small climb it’s going to maybe force some of the Riders to get off and run and then we’re into a big difficult shoot down the Rocks here we go at the front then it’s Kate Courtney who leads Lana LOM and Alexandra Keller pke Peterson in the white and blue behind them then it’s Gibson then Bera then Jackson then steager the OR b two in the green toak and Tyber working their way forward so easy to have somebody else’s crash here this afternoon in crom Montana Riders bunching up slowing down we saw Carnage on this first Red Bull roots and rules descent and look at L Lana the comp pull disappear now Keller gets the speedway drift on look at Gibson down the outside but Keller still gets down in front of her then it’s Courtney wow Wana comp we talked about her pre- enjoying these conditions this week but the speech he hit that that shoot then unbelievable absolutely full sand from Lana L comp here on the start Loop Keller leads the charge behind her but this is exactly why that fast start was important to get out of the traffic and get going Peters are to the front of this chasing group now realizes that this is a dangerous move from lont and needs to Rea back in K Courtney looking really strong in third place at the minute traditional mud tires that good bit narrower than dry tires they can cut through the slop that bit easier taller tread blocks on them pck Peterson getting a wiggle on 184 beats per minute as she attempts to pin back Lan lom’s early race attack and you can see Keller behind just stalling there on a route spinning up oh and Jen Jackson at the at the base of that climb and this section here it’s it’s steep it’s off camber it’s it’s muddy it’s a real combination of skill and [Applause] power Puck Peterson then 9 seconds back off the comp the canyon Collective the comp putting on the pressure on this first lap and pizza needs to respond the comp though still moving at the front peters’s far 2 seconds now so she’s 13 seconds back Keller 25 seconds back off the lead so Lana L comp putting the her on the whole field here early in the day in CR Montana W is being dragged back here by P Peterson let’s see what the Gap is across the line 12 seconds though Keller mashing on the pedals trying to keep moving forward this is the battle for fourth place then lus dager heads Jen Jackson ster with the yellow plate of the overall team’s leader specialized Factory [Applause] racing 11 seconds now between lont and Peterson looks like a lot less on that screen so PG Peterson is back at the front of the with Lan [Music] [Applause] L on this deep Climer here almost unridable the key today I think he’s getting off the bike like we see L comp then like bad technique she stoed and then got off probably with the hardest conditions as you can have I mean when there should have been more water more rain that makes it a bit easier to ride weatherwise wper is dry for now go in and out here every time I’ve said that this week I’ve been quickly proved wrong sometimes here we go P Peterson now overtakes the at the front of R the comp stands on the pedal to go after her the comp just that moment was just looking down at her gears maybe just having small technical issue nothing major latches back on to PO pet the comp you just saw her having to put the effort into the pedals there to make sure the Dutch woman didn’t steal a couple of bike lengths on her meanwhile behind them alisandra Keller foras Maxon she’s still in touch with the leaders Keller is coming back to the leaders Keller the 28-year-old from anet Bergen thas Max and the team run by Ralph nth they are all together again Lan L comp is back in front of pck Peterson who is sprinting off this clim I think we’re going to see this all day one Rider makes a mistake the other gets a gap and then quite quickly the tables are turned such difficult conditions out there interesting to see what Kell does once she gets back on the back of this leading two for Peterson reminds them yeah rers coming into that Timberwood section let’s see what pig does right now she hasn’t done that a line Lan L comp then retakes the lead off the r at the top of that climb ahead of PK Peterson yeah constantly changes positions and straight away lifts the p l comp yeah you can see also per problems with her pedal getting pushing hard with the legs she cannot get clip back in P Peters as she tips into this sea line her other foot Keller now through the second place ahead of Puck Peterson that se line and not being able to clip in just cosing her time that’s the difference it’s about five six seconds look at Keller though going extremely well in the lap of and also many parts also on the CLS which are prepared with a little bit of gravel this comes around your cleats and into these pedals which makes it more difficult to clip in this is a battle ahead tohe head we haven’t been treated to for a while L comp versus Keller the comp looking really really strong P Peterson I 20 seconds a drift off the lead having a shocker on that middle descent yeah just couldn’t get clipped in and had to uncp her other foot [Music] the safely does it noticeably so much faster than Keller though K getting pushed wide and having to hang a leg off so fast here in that if he can gain six seconds and only in such a short part you have you have the skills and she has it it’s a skill set like Pauline Fano that she’s dedicated time to improving on as well l l she wasn’t always as good a descender as this we should say lyus Stager in fourth is a minute and a half back off the lead so these three really the class of the field [Music] today and see how difficult this part is for these Riders to stay on their bikes oh and L spin up and SL that’s really one of the first mistakes we’ve seen from L come it’s allowed Alexander Keller to close back up towards her a big root over there this section hit oh that’s a great line great line from Keller going there has to square that off slightly then slams it into the rck and again the a line on the Timberwood section for l l and believe me it’s very slippery that Timber w section yeah you kind of have to plow a straight line straight down and not ask the bik to do too much of ones but Keller has the magnets on here yeah you have to manage your speed very precisely on that on that wood e Richards looking like she’s enjoying the battle out there fifth currently for [Music] Richards P 47 seconds back now and this is key that Kayla could just see l in the open sections pet spins the back wheel and is off the bike at the bottom of this climb things just getting frustrating looking now for pck yeah it felt like she was closing that Gap to Kella but then certainly a little bit of a stake again which cost to a lot of time P set one minute nice he’s at the one minute mark back off the lead off the comp the comp looking to be the second French woman to win in crom Montana today Olivia oneste taking the under 23 women’s cross country Olympic race and some style look at Keller using every inch of the track to find grip steager 2 minutes 12 back off the lead but a good race from her today in fourth yeah in good good form as well yeah for in place thiser as well last two races fifth place in another Meo six Val solle riding well today just that good rain of form and just building up fantastic to see Richards back i’ say we talked before concussion sustained in Brazil in round two me she missed a couple of races and a concussion such a horrible injury the final descent then for Lan l perfect on her B yeah about as carefully as she’s taking the all race the smile beginning to spread already on her face the two 150th UCI cross country World Cup is going to go to the French woman winning her third race at Elite level in Switzerland winning her 10th UCI World Cup at Elite level Lana L heads towards the line and takes the win for Canyon Collective not a turn around in form from this woman Lana the comp wins in Crome Montana that is how you do it the dominates in Switzerland Alexandra Keller Hometown race second place the K bells ring out Alexandra Keller second at her home round the Swiss national champion for thas Max and swiss MTB racing home in seconds just as she was in the short track there’s the smile P pet 177 178 FTS per minute crosses the line third place today for p Peters LM Keller Peterson steager and Richards [Music]