The Spanish David Valero This Sunday, he qualified third in the eighth and penultimate round scoring for Cross Country World Cup (XCO) of mountain biking, held in the Canadian town of Mont-Sainte-Anne.
Valero, who seven days ago signed in Snowshoes (USA) his first victory on the circuit and the Olympic bronze in Tokyo, he finished in third place on one of the most technical tracks on the calendar, and he did it 1:44 minutes behind the winner, the French Uncle Carodwho dominated the race from start to finish to debut as a World Cup winner.
Carod, 28 and second last week at Snowshoe to Valero, led from the start and didn’t relinquish the lead until the end. He finished very well with a time of 1:24:48.
Because of Carod’s dominance, the excitement centered on the fight for the podium between Valero, the Swiss Nino Schurter and Filippo Colombo and the Belgians Pierre de Froidmont.
After the fall of Schurter, Olympic champion in Rio 2016 and ten-time world champion, Valero and Colombo were left alone in the lead in the fight for second place, but it was the Helvetian where he imposed his power to finish silver in 1:41 from Carod. The man from Granada was third in 1:44.
In the women’s race, the undisputed victory of the current Olympic champion, the Swiss Jolanda Neff, with a margin of 56 seconds over the Austrian Mona Mitterwallner and the American Haley Batten, who finished in that order, but at the same time.
This is the second victory of the year for Neff, who also won the test in Albstadt (Germany).
The leader of the World Cup, the Dutch Anne Terpstrafinished seventh in 3:24, but her main pursuer, the Australian Rebecca McConnel, could only be nineteenth in 8:22.
The Spanish Rocio Garcia He finished in 17th place in 7:23 minutes.
The World Cup will end on September 4 in Val di Sole (Italy).
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Source: La Verdad
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