ELIMINATOR : Home success for Austrian's Daniel Federspiel
RACE REPORT ROUND 3 - GRAZ (AUT) -
JULY 28
Daniel
Federspiel wins a spectacular third round of the 2018 UCI MTB Eliminator World
Cup in Graz, Austria. Federspiel won the men’s race, ahead of Frenchman Hugo
Briatta and Belgian champion Fabrice Mels. World champion Titouan Perrin-Ganier
settled for fourth place, after claiming his second consecutive European title
yesterday in Graz. Anne Terpstra, Cross-Country athlete had won qualifying and
was favoured to win the women’s race.
Round
three of the UCI MTB Eliminator World Cup in Graz (AUT) saw lead changes in the
men’s overall standings, with Dutch champion Jeroen van Eck moving into the
leader’s jersey after claiming second in the small finals (6th place). Norway’s
Ingrid Boe Jacobsen strengthens her lead in the women’s overall with a total of
145 points.
Recently
crowned Dutch Cross-Country champion Anne Terpstra set the fastest time in the
qualifying time trials and continued her strong start by making it easily to the
finals. Joining her on the podium in Graz were European champion Iryna Popova
and Marion Colin from France.
Daniel
Federspiel now finds himself at the 5th position in the overall standings, while
Jeroen van Eck takes the leader’s jersey with 108 points, 15 more than Lorenzo
Serres (93), with Hugo Briatta in third at 65 points. Titouan Perrin-Ganier is
fourth in the standings.
Men’s
results - Round 3
1.
Daniel Federspiel (AUT)
2. Hugo Briatta (FRA)
3. Fabrice Mels (BEL)
4.
Titouan Perrin-Ganier (FRA)
Women's
results - Round 3
1.
Anne Terpstra (NED)
2. Iryna Popova (UKR)
3. Marion Colin (FRA)
4.
Ingrid Boe Jacobsen
(NOR)
