Women’s XCO Race Highlights Mont-Sainte-Anne | UCI Mountain Bike World Series

Elite XCO riders do battle for the final time in 2023 in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada for the UCI Cross-country Olympic World Cup!

The weather came in and changed a demanding track into what was arguably the year’s most technically challenging course by far.

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Along with the estlin so a massively altered monly an course you can see the start Loop marked with a dotted line and the head out on the race track proper up these really really steep climbs and then into torturously steep Rock sections in the woods easily one of the hardest laps of

The year we have had 200 sorry 2.9 km in length Loops back around in this little nibbly section heads back towards a start finish straight down in the lat we w we p Punchy climb back out to the Finish Line they are under starters orders here at the UCI cross country Olympic World

Cup finals red lights waiting for them to turn green in monsan and green there you go Lis dager in the center off your picture with the white sleeves leaves the line they’re all the way safely who is going to win the drag race up to the first Corner

Martina Berta as ever is up in amongst them as is the overall title holder P Peterson yeah p a good start she knows what to do in these conditions she loves these conditions and she’s used to it to r in it absolutely heading towards frontless

There and the orange V is Landon nef as well right in amongst it at the start of this one nef seen a fry alongside her P Peterson leads him now up the climb you Neville so she will be more motivated than ever she won here before she knows

What to do she knows that she has to need a good start she can make up some time D desense and it’s very off camber at the exit there so and there are some Roots some smaller roots that you can’t see so I am not surprised that Puck’s

Front wheel slid out and that’s the front wheel is really what you watch when the front wheel slides that’s when these Riders Jenny RIT blast past Martina Berto at the bottom of that desent not scared at all she knows she’s feeling better and more comfortable than Berta

You can just tell when you’re racing so she she left it all out there to get in front because that can be the difference between 30 seconds really it adds up 190 beats per minute we never saw such a high she TR here comes the compto how would she have a stop she

Need to have a new reel tire tire change time in the TCH zone for L comp so let’s see how quick real always takes a bit more time as ever in Cross Country racing so much of this is determined on whenever where you get the puncture the proximity to

The tech feedone the comp has to stand there and watch as a team go to work Run and Ride Run and Ride Mount Dismount so difficult to find a good Rhythm on a course like this it looks like it starts to rain again potentially you can just see the

Puddle there yeah looking like there’s a bit of moisture oh and see now Jenny rbet see Puck Peter say in that last shot again running down here and if Jenny can see oh misses the seat she miss yeah Jenny can see Puck struggling on this descent

Not easy to run down so impressive I think that will make her mo more motivated but she seems to have been bogged down in that M oh oh RIS in trouble here as well the top tube needs to get off it no back in the S wow wow

Yeah no fear nothing she has tackers from Jenny RF the catch is On LAN LM has arrived at the front of the racers pck Peterson retakes the lead from Jenny rfit heating up nicely in another wayse extremely cold monan and they are back together at the

Front what do you do now if you’re Lan Leah I think I take a moment to relax and recover and draft especially on this I had to correct Sam gear on this last week he always uses this word relax as well it’s not really relaxing is it

No that kind of thing over the course of a race will add up that water splash hopefully who the come down at the botom of that r f Down The Smiling as she gets up oh and R head back oh not ran down because of L come to crash in front of

Her she took she used her brakes and then she was sliding immediately Pon back towards the front now but it’s l l in the lead now but R you said she it felt like she was smiling after her Crist yeah she got up and there was a

Big beam and smile it wasn’t a Grimace I I know a Grimace when I see it and that wasn’t a l Lop then 29 km an hour through the speed trap it make me laughing when you when you told it I mean Lop loves it I guess she loves

Every single aspect of mountain biking well it’s that thing we talked about earlier it’s like some people can just look at conditions like today and say well the pressure’s off there’s not much grip out there I’ve just got to do the best I can do and look at the speed

She’s heading this clim though again if you look to the course in general so many difficult and slippery section and then on such an easy section over there just crossing that River yeah it went wrong yeah you relax a front wheel slides out and then Jenny rit’s having

To slam on the brakes Force there and rbit is no stranger to coming back from a crash in lensar hiid I believe maybe her first World Cup win years ago in 2016 yeah she she it felt like the the press R off out of her body and also the

Performance wasn’t there anymore I mean and that that mean and winning a race or finishing fifth how she did look at Jenny rord closing the gap on L LM there on foot but LM rides to the top of that one but for me it feels like P really

Likes to win today as well I mean she’s really pushing hard and she lost her time in the desense it’s kind of her thing isn’t it winning is kind of her thing that’s what she likes doing and even after already taking the title taking the title in short like last

Friday here we go look at Lana Lon 32 seconds now ahead of rord what a right a woman on a mission you could see it already in the first lap that first Ascent that first Ascent you could see it yes there is Jenny rist Fitz I think equal in descending Jenny

Rfets and l l bit climbs L is a bit faster a back marker number 61 now it looks like Jenny rvit from her face is struggling a little bit with this effort not surprised Lana lump just lighting up this track and leaving Jenny rbus to ride in her ashes yeah there’s

Not much to light up out there in that R but she I know what you mean she’s absolutely riding her own race at the front of this one L but it’s been all about this woman today Lan [Applause] LMP here she comes then your winner today the winner of the UCI World Cup

Finals Lana LM has been marvelous in the mud superb in the Slick Lana Lov takes the win in mon San never never look back Lan L incredible descending for out unbeatable climbing shrugs her shoulders what a performance from the French national champion Jenny RFS was whiffer

For most of it Valiant Valiant effort in second best we’ve seen her in Cross Country Olympic this year yeah strong performance also from JZ absolutely fantastic but there are the canyon team celebrating with L and look at this two competitors who give absolutely everything to the race track

Today yeah you really feel like you both survived battle out there it’s kind of a bonding experience really I know these women are racing against each other and you’re like we made it we made it through all of this well rfids steps off the rear Spike and looks

Down the track to see the UCI World Cup overall double title holder P Peterson celebrates third place again she knows that’s a celebration of a rider who knows that she’s been in a battle as here our confirmation here is confirmation of your race results the comp risf Peterson nef Berta Stager blun

Keller fry and ker are the top 10 5 minutes separating the top 10 such was that pace from Lan L comp so much of it generated on The Descent then it’s spea Jackson baton tster Bo Tyber Lloyd Gibson and M valner Congratulations what a race it had everything you had a flat tire you had a crash but you came out unscathed with a smile on your face how are you feeling it’s a very surprise so I know and I was um in good shape so I didn’t know how

The race um will be because in this Condition it’s uh totally crazy so I’m I’m very happy about uh about my performance in the down hill and uh yes I felt good in the climb too so yes flat tire the first time of the year or since

I since I am in Kenyon it’s the first time so it was cool but uh yes I’m very happy and thanks to all the mechanics of the team for for zero jobs with th with this result you’ve also secured the second place in the overall so what does that mean to

You I didn’t know because I missed one world C so the overall was second goals but uh yes it’s it’s cool we’re heading into the offseason now so what’s next for you do you get to have a AR rest H yes I can’t wait it was a long week

Because I I only think about the the off season holid dayss and I think it was one of the the of it was my principal motivation this week so yes now it’s time to just uh enjoy times with uh with my family my friends and uh have fun on

A tonight party great to see you get your second win of the Season well done thank you here’s confirmation then pck Peterson obviously had that title already locked up but Lan L comp after that win in Mon and leap frogs her way into second place in the overall ahead

Of Mona M valner who won also won two races this year then Stager Keller Bera rfids faran prau Richards and tster the top 10 at the end of this season nef was 11th then Henderson fry Gibson boy Courtney had a puncture today blun baton and [Applause]

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