Batty off to a fast start at Val di Sole World Cup weekend with 7th in XCC
Van der Poel and Langvad nab victories in Val di Sole short track cross country race
Showing further signs that her slow start to 2018 is behind her, Emily Batty started off her World Cup weekend in Val di Sole, Italy by finishing a strong seventh place in the short track cross country race on Friday.
The Canadian cross country national champion’s result qualifies her for a front row start in Sunday’s Olympic distance cross country World Cup race (XCO) outside Trentino, Italy. Specialized Racing’s Annika Langvad won Friday’s XCC ahead of Anne Tauber (CST Sandd American Eagle) and Alessandra Keller (Thömus-RN Racing).
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While Batty didn’t see her usual top results at the start of the 2018 season, with her publicly sharing that her first couple international events did not go as well as she expected, the Trek Factory Racing rider turned the slow start around with a podium placing at the thrilling Nove Mesto World Cup round. Batty finished fourth at the Czech Republic race after chasing just seconds behind Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (Canyon Factory Racing) for much of the race.
Haley Smith (Norco Factory Team) and Sandra Walter (Liv/Team Canada) were the only other Canadians racing in Friday’s event, which only the top 40 men and women get to race. Smith finished 22nd with Walter seconds behind in 23rd.
The men’s XCC race was won by Matheiu van der Poel (Corendon Circus), who outpaced world champion Nino Schurter (Scott-SRAM) to claim his second XCC victory this season. Maxime Marotte (Cannondale Factory Racing) won a group sprint for third.
XCC is a new format that the UCI has added to the World Cup racing schedule for 2018. Results are used to determine the first two rows on the start grid for that weekend’s XCO race. Top finishers also earn points towards the World Cup overall.
Results: Women’s Elite Short Track Cross Country (XCC) – World Cup Val di Sole, Italy. 6, July 2018
| 1. |  |
LANGVAD Annika (SPECIALIZED RACING)
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21:36 |
| 2. |  |
TAUBER Anne (CST SANDD AMERICAN EAGLE MTB RACING TEAM)
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21:41 +5 |
| 3. |  |
KELLER Alessandra (THÖMUS – RN RACING TEAM)
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21:46 +10 |
| 4. |  |
DAHLE FLESJAA Gunn-Rita (TEAM MERIDA GUNN-RITA)
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21:57 +21 |
| 5. |  |
FERRAND PREVOT Pauline (CANYON FACTORY RACING XC)
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22:07 +31 |
| 6. |  |
LAST Annie (KMC-EKOI-SRSUNTOUR)
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22:10 +34 |
| 7. |  |
BATTY Emily (TREK FACTORY RACING XC)
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22:11 +35 |
| 8. | |
NEFF Jolanda (KROSS RACING TEAM)
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22:12 +36 |
| 9. |  |
BENKO Barbara (GHOST FACTORY RACING)
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22:13 +37 |
| 10. |  |
BRANDAU Elisabeth
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22:19 +43 |
| 11. |  |
COURTNEY Kate (SPECIALIZED RACING)
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22:25 +49 |
| 12. | |
WOODRUFF Chloe (STAN’S-PIVOT PRO TEAM P/B MAXXIS)
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22:30 +54 |
| 13. | |
INDERGAND Linda (FOCUS XC TEAM)
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22:32 +56 |
| 14. | |
ENAUX Sabrina
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22:32 +56 |
| 15. |  |
ZAKELJ Tanja (UNIOR/DEVINCI FACTORY RACING)
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22:34 +58 |
| 16. |  |
WLOSZCZOWSKA Maja (KROSS RACING TEAM)
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22:35 +59 |
| 17. |  |
MICHIELS Githa
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22:35 +59 |
| 18. |  |
LECHNER Eva (CLIF PRO TEAM)
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22:49 +1:13 |
| 19. | |
DAVISON Lea (CLIF PRO TEAM)
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22:52 +1:16 |
| 20. |  |
STEPANOVA Karla
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22:57 +1:21 |
| 21. |  |
BELOMOINA Yana (CST SANDD AMERICAN EAGLE MTB RACING TEAM)
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23:01 +1:25 |
| 22. | |
SMITH Haley (NORCO FACTORY TEAM XC)
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23:04 +1:28 |
| 23. | |
WALTER Sandra
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23:11 +1:35 |
| 24. | |
SKARNITZLOVA Jitka (GAPP SYSTEM – CABTECH MTB RACING TEAM)
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18:19 +1:11 |
| 25. | |
CALVETTI Serena (KTM PROTEK DAMA)
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18:20 +1:12 |
| 26. |  |
KALENTYEVA Irina (MOEBEL MAERKI MTB PRO TEAM)
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16:05 +1:09 |
| 27. | |
STIRNEMANN Kathrin (THÖMUS – RN RACING TEAM)
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16:08 +1:12 |
| 28. |  |
REDECKER Cherie
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13:52 +1:10 |
| 29. | |
STRAUSS Mariske (SILVERBACK OMX PRO TEAM)
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13:58 +1:16 |
| 30. |  |
APAZA Agustina Maria
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14:05 +1:23 |
| 31. |  |
GALICIA CORTINA Claudia (MEGAMO FACTORY TEAM)
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11:47 +1:16 |
| 32. |  |
CRNOGORAC Jovana (BIKE WAY RACING TEAM)
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11:53 +1:22 |
| 33. |  |
OSL Elisabeth (JB BRUNEX FELT FACTORY TEAM)
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11:57 +1:26 |
| 34. |  |
KESEG STEVKOVA Janka
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7:17 +1:10 |
| 35. | |
ROLAND Luciana
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7:19 +1:12 |
| DNF | |
TERPSTRA Anne (GHOST FACTORY RACING)
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13:29 +47 |
Results: Men’s Elite Short Track Cross Country (XCC) – World Cup Val di Sole, Italy. 6, July 2018
| 1. | |
VAN DER POEL Mathieu (CORENDON-CIRCUS)
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20:27 |
| 2. | |
SCHURTER Nino (SCOTT-SRAM MTB RACING)
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20:34 +7 |
| 3. | |
MAROTTE Maxime (CANNONDALE FACTORY RACING XC)
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20:37 +10 |
| 4. | |
SARROU Jordan (KMC-EKOI-SRSUNTOUR)
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20:37 +10 |
| 5. | |
VOGEL Florian (FOCUS XC TEAM)
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20:37 +10 |
| 6. | |
FLUECKIGER Mathias (THÖMUS – RN RACING TEAM)
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20:38 +11 |
| 7. | |
KERSCHBAUMER Gerhard (TORPADO GABOGAS)
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20:38 +11 |
| 8. |  |
AVANCINI Henrique (CANNONDALE FACTORY RACING XC)
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20:39 +12 |
| 9. | |
CAROD Titouan (BMC MOUNTAINBIKE RACING TEAM)
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20:40 +13 |
| 10. | |
FORSTER Lars (BMC MOUNTAINBIKE RACING TEAM)
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20:41 +14 |
| 11. | |
BRAIDOT Luca (CENTRO SPORTIVO CARABINIERI – CICLI OLYMPIA)
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20:44 +17 |
| 12. | |
FLUECKIGER Lukas (THÖMUS – RN RACING TEAM)
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20:46 +19 |
| 13. |  |
COOPER Anton (TREK FACTORY RACING XC)
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20:48 +21 |
| 14. | |
INDERGAND Reto (BMC MOUNTAINBIKE RACING TEAM)
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20:49 +22 |
| 15. | |
VALERO SERRANO David (MMR FACTORY RACING TEAM)
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20:50 +23 |
| 16. | |
BERTOLINI Gioele (TEAM FOCUS SELLE ITALIA)
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20:55 +28 |
| 17. | |
COLLEDANI Nadir (BIANCHI COUNTERVAIL)
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20:59 +32 |
| 18. | |
TEMPIER Stephane (BIANCHI COUNTERVAIL)
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21:03 +36 |
| 19. | |
FUMIC Manuel (CANNONDALE FACTORY RACING XC)
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21:05 +38 |
| 20. | |
SKARNITZL Jan (MITAS TREK)
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21:08 +41 |
| 21. |  |
LOO Martin
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21:12 +45 |
| 22. | |
GROTTS Howard (SPECIALIZED RACING)
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21:17 +50 |
| 23. | |
MANTECON GUTIERREZ Sergio (TREK FACTORY RACING XC)
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21:21 +54 |
| 24. | |
COLOMA NICOLAS Carlos (PRIMAFLOR MONDRAKER ROTOR)
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21:27 +1:00 |
| 25. | |
KULHAVY Jaroslav (SPECIALIZED RACING)
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21:30 +1:03 |
| 26. | |
GAZE Samuel (SPECIALIZED RACING)
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21:30 +1:03 |
| 27. | |
LITSCHER Thomas (JB BRUNEX FELT FACTORY TEAM)
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21:40 +1:13 |
| 28. | |
TIBERI Andrea (TEAM FOCUS SELLE ITALIA)
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21:50 +1:23 |
| 29. | |
DRECHOU Hugo (MASSI)
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22:03 +1:36 |
| 30. | |
CARSTENSEN Sebastian Fini (CST SANDD AMERICAN EAGLE MTB RACING TEAM)
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17:30 +1:10 |
| 31. |  |
BLUMS Martins (CST SANDD AMERICAN EAGLE MTB RACING TEAM)
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17:33 +1:13 |
| 32. | |
SINTSOV Anton (SALCANO SAKARYA B.B. PRO TEAM)
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17:35 +1:15 |
| 33. | |
SOTO Catriel (MMR FACTORY RACING TEAM)
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17:40 +1:20 |
| 34. | |
ROHRBACH Nicola
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17:49 +1:29 |
| 35. | |
COCUZZI Luiz Henrique
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15:52 +1:22 |
| 36. | |
MARKT Karl (MOEBEL MAERKI MTB PRO TEAM)
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12:31 +1:39 |
| DNF |  |
MCCONNELL Daniel (PRIMAFLOR MONDRAKER ROTOR)
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15:30 +48 |
| DNF | |
GUERRINI Marcel (FOCUS XC TEAM)
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11:52 +1:00 |
| DNF | |
RAGGL Gregor (MOEBEL MAERKI MTB PRO TEAM)
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11:52 +1:00 |
| DNS | |
FONTANA Marco Aurelio (BIANCHI COUNTERVAIL)
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