Alrighty! Here is what is going down this weekend.
Rider: Luke Moir / Photo: UCI
It will be the final 2 days of racing in Leogang for this year’s UCI Mountain Bike World Championships. Saturday plays host to the Men’s and Women’s XCO races while Sunday will be the Downhill finals to round off the week. These will be live on SuperSport and not RedBull TV.
Within our borders, Sun City will be hosting the Cycle4Cansa MTB and Road Classic events this weekend with the 70km MTB event on Saturday and the 103km road event on Sunday. It is looking to be a big weekend and a bit of wet weather could make the racing rather interesting on Sunday! We’re not too sure which pro’s will be racing yet but we look forward to the results coming through in the weekend.
Here are the event times and lineups for the World Champs.
Saturday 10 October
Elite Women XC World Championships @ 12:15
South African Riders:
Candice Lill
Mariske Strauss
Cherie Redecker
Elite Men XC World Championships @ 14:45
South African Riders:
Alan Hatherly
Sunday 11 October
Elite Women’s Downhill World Championships @ 12:30
Elite Men Downhill World Championships @ 14:10
South African Riders:
Greg Minnar (the GOAT) 13th
Theo Erlangsen 56th
Niko Velasco 72nd
Sharjah Jonsson 76th
Stefan Garlicki- DNS
Men’s Top 5 Qualifying
1st – Loris Vergier 3:45.479
2nd – Loic Bruni +1.118
3rd – Finn Iles +4.783
4th – Remi Thirion +6.779
5th – Thibaut Daprela +7.335
Women’s Top 5 Qualifying
1st – Vali Höll 4:35.662
2nd – Tracey Hannah +2.651
3rd – Myriam Nicole +14.249
4th – Tahnee Seagrave +15.945
5th – Eleonora Farina +27.866
Check out Greg’s course preview below. Horrendous track conditions and it is steeeep!
Whatever you’re up to this weekend, we hope you have a good one!
Cheers,
J-Dogg.
