ELIMINATOR : Highlights of round 2 in Volterra (Italie)
Victories for Norway and France
ROUND 2 - VOLTERRA (ITA) - JUNE
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The
second round of the UCI MTB Eliminator World Cup in Volterra (ITA), saw Norway’s
Ingrid Boe Jacobsen and Frenchman Lorenzo Serres take home the victories. Winner
of the opening round of the Women’s Eliminator in Columbus (USA), the Norwegian
athlete continued her strong start of the
season.
Frenchman
Lorenzo Serres makes history after claiming his second title in Volterra. His
win moves him up to first in the overall standings ahead of round one winner
Jeroen van Eck, who came in third position. Lorenzo Serres and Jeroen van Eck
both lead the men’s 2018 UCI MTB Eliminator World Cup with the same amount of
points.
It’s
supposed to be the perfect finals for current World Champion Titouan
Perrin-Ganier and fellow teammate Hugo Briata. They both easily found their way
through the qualifying heats to make the most of it in the ‘big final’.
Frenchman Hugo Briatta was unable to finish it the way he wanted to, as his
chain got dropped at the bottom of the final hill. Briatta finally settled for
fourth place.
Norway’s
Ingrid Boe Jacobsen extends her lead with a total of 120 points and looks ahead
to what’s next. “It’s been an amazing but quite a tough race. The final hill was
so brutal, I didn’t expect to win here”, she told us after taking home her
second World Cup victory of the
year.
The
riders will now have a small break before they take on the third round of the
UCI MTB Eliminator World Cup, that will be held in Graz, Austria, on July
28.
Although,
some of World’s best riders will be present next Sunday (June 24) for City
Mountainbike’s first Festival Waregem in
(Belgium).
