Koerber out for the season due to pregnancy

A muddy Willow Koerber (Trek World Racing)

A muddy Willow Koerber (Trek World Racing) (Image credit: Gary Perkin / www.flipper.co.za)

One woman was conspicuously absent from the line-up at the opening round of the cross country UCI World Cup in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. That was American Willow Koerber (Trek World Racing), bronze medallist at the past two mountain bike world championships.