Race recap from Team South Africa at the 2024 UCI MTB Enduro World Championships in Italy.
The 2024 UCI MTB Enduro World Champs took place on Sunday 15 September in Canazei Italy, the inaugural World Championships event for Enduro mountain biking, and 4 South African riders made the trip to compete at this historic event!
5 highly technical stages were raced totalling 1950m of descending. With temperatures close to 0 degrees and snow melt wetting the trails, conditions were incredibly slick on track and keeping warm throughout the day was a challenge. Alex Rudeau and Isabeau Courdurier were crowned as the first ever World Champions in Enduro! Fast day for the French riders!
Below you can find the stage and overall results from the day, highlights videos, and a brief for from each of the riders.
Stage results from the 2024 UCI MTB Enduro World Champs
Stage 1 – Titans: 2km / -420m
1st Elite Men – Alex Rudeau – 5:37.033 | 1st Elite Women – Isabeau Courdurier – 6:35.210
P76 – Keira Duncan – 6:25.722
P103 – Jason Boulle – 6:49.798
P105 – Keagan Brand – 6:53.221
P119 – Luca Zietsman – 7:14.286
Stage 2 – Glühwein: 1.2km / -194m
1st Elite Men – Alex Rudeau – 2:53.133 | 1st Elite Women – Isabeau Courdurier – 3:30.421
P57 – Keira Duncan – 3:23.620
P79 – Jason Boulle – 3:29.261
P110 – Luca Zietsman – 3:45.162
P120 – Keagan Brand – 4:02.349
Stage 3 – Tutti Frutti: 1.7km / -208m
1st Elite Men – Alex Rudeau – 4:23.826 | 1st Elite Women – Mélanie Pugin – 5:24.243
P58 – Keira Duncan – 4:54.728
P66 – Jason Boulle – 4:58.330
P109 – Luca Zietsman – 5:22.017
P112 – Keagan Brand – 5:23.652
Stage 4 – Infinity SE: 2.4km / -370m
1st Elite Men – Alex Rudeau – 5:34.464 | 1st Elite Women – Mélanie Pugin – 6:37.110
P70 – Keira Duncan – 6:15.814
P87 – Jason Boulle – 6:22.507
P109 – Keagan Brand – 6:43.111
P114 – Luca Zietsman – 6:49.823
Stage 5 – Ciasates: 1.4km / -244m
1st Elite Men – Louis Jeandel – 3:19.287 | 1st Elite Women – Isabeau Courdurier – 4:06.508
P57 – Keira Duncan – 3:47.736
P58 – Jason Boulle – 3:47.780
P93 – Keagan Brand – 4:00.482
P104 – Luca Zietsman – 4:06.818
Overall Results from the 2024 UCI MTB Enduro World Champs
1st Elite Men – Alex Rudeau – 21:54.131 | 1st Elite Women – Isabeau Courdurier – 26:24.168
P65 – Keira Duncan – 24:47.620 (+2:53.489)
P85 – Jason Boulle – 25:27.676 (+3:33.545)
P111 – Keagan Brand – 27:02.81 (+5:08.684)
P113 – Luca Zietsman – 27:18.106 (+5:23.975)
Recap South African Riders
23 years old from the Karkloof in KZN, Keira has done several European racing campaigns over the past few years and is building speed to match the European locals! Climbing 49th at the recent Enduro World Cup in Switzerland (the best ever South African result at an Enduro World Cup), he is pushing the sport of Enduro forward for South African riders.
Racing in Europe for the 2nd time in his career, 26 year old Jason has been focusing on training optimally for Enduro and getting in as much South African racing as possible this season with the support of Team Insect Science Cycling.
Keagan is also from KZN like Keira. The 19 year old has recently switched focus from Downhill racing to Enduro.
He has also been on a big European racing campaign like Keira, learning the ins and outs of World Cup Enduro racing.
The youngest rider in the squad, 17 year old Luca Zietsman from Paul Roos in the Western Cape is doing his first ever international race this week! He has been chomping at the heels of the top elite racers at the SA Enduro Cups as well as going full gas on the local XCO circuits!
Event Coverage
You can re-watch the Team SA stories from the event over on our @wildairbike Instagram page and see some more racing action below!
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