Dahle Flesjaa wins Val d'Isere World Cup
Pendrel wraps up World Cup overall
In the final round of the UCI cross country World Cup in Val d'Isere, France, Gunn Rita Dahle Flesjaa (Multivan-Merida) took her second win of the World Cup season, as many riders put the final touches on their form for the Olympic Games coming up in two weeks. Catharine Pendrel (Luna) won the women's overall series, with Dahle Flesjaa moving into second after her win.
Dahle Flesjaa jumped into an early lead in the women's five-lap race, joined by Georgia Gould (Luna) and defending World Cup champion Julie Bresset (BH-SR Suntour-Peisey Vallandry). By mid-race, British champion Annie Last (Milka Brentjens) and Emily Batty (Subaru-Trek) had moved up to join the chase, with Gould sliding back, as well as teammate Katerina Nash, who had mechanical problems. Pendrel, who had already won the World Cup title after the previous round, was riding back in ninth after a poor start.
Dahle Flesjaa continued to pull away from her rivals in the last two laps, climbing and descending technical sections that the others struggled with. Starting the final lap it began to rain, and Dahle Flesjaa was able to extend her lead over Bresset to 46 seconds by the finish, with Last finishing a career-best third and Batty fourth. Gould rounded out the top-five.
"It was very close to the perfect race," said Dahle Flesjaa. "It's back to the old days when I was leading from the start to the finish. Yah, I had a good day. I knew before that I am starting to be in top shape for this season and this is the perfect feedback for what will be expected in the coming weeks."
Dahle Flesjaa's second win jumped her into second in the overall standings, with 1048 points to Pendrel's 1290, with Nash dropping to third.
The Canadian agreed that she had a tough day. "Today it was super hard. It is a tough course, there's no recovery and there's significant altitude for someone from my neck of the woods," said Pendrel. "I didn't feel horrible, but there are definitely some girls out there with amazing legs. I had a good start until the first corner and then I got caught up in the course and then the whole pack went by me. So I just buried myself for two laps and paid for that, I think. But winning the World Cup is awesome. It is cool to be able to show consistency and also to be able to get it done on the day. And now I am happy to have two weeks in Europe to get used to the time zone and be ready for London."
Team Luna won the day and the World Cup overall.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjaa (Nor) Multivan Merida Biking Team | 1:32:07 |
2 | Julie Bresset (Fra) BH - SR Suntour - Peisey Vallandry | 0:00:46 |
3 | Annie Last* (GBr) Milka Brentjens MTB Racing Team | 0:01:09 |
4 | Emily Batty (Can) Subaru - Trek | 0:01:34 |
5 | Georgia Gould (USA) Luna Pro Team | 0:02:26 |
6 | Sabine Spitz (Ger) Sabine Spitz Haibike Team | 0:03:13 |
7 | Elisabeth Osl (Aut) Ghost Factory Racing Team | 0:03:33 |
8 | Esther Süss (Swi) Wheeler - Ixs Team | 0:04:05 |
9 | Catharine Pendrel (Can) Luna Pro Team | 0:04:48 |
10 | Katerina Nash (Cze) Luna Pro Team | 0:05:06 |
11 | Tereza Hurikova (Cze) Sabine Spitz Haibike Team | 0:05:22 |
12 | Adelheid Morath (Ger) Felt Oetztal X - Bionic Team | 0:06:34 |
13 | Lucie Chainel-Lefevre (Fra) BH - SR Suntour - Peisey Vallandry | 0:07:06 |
14 | Marie-Helene Premont (Can) | 0:07:19 |
15 | Anja Gradl (Ger) Team Bulls | 0:07:54 |
16 | Aleksandra Dawidowicz (Pol) CCC Polkowice | 0:08:01 |
17 | Vera Andreeva (Rus) Team Protek | 0:08:02 |
18 | Sarah Koba (Swi) | 0:08:44 |
19 | Silke Schmidt (Ger) Notebooksbilliger.De Team | 0:08:49 |
20 | Marielle Saner-Guinchard (Swi) Bikepark.Ch Craft | 0:08:50 |
21 | Karen Hanlen (NZl) | 0:09:17 |
22 | Hanna Klein (Ger) | 0:09:47 |
23 | Mary Mcconneloug (USA) | 0:10:07 |
24 | Rosara Joseph (NZl) Rabobank Giant Offroad Team | 0:10:23 |
25 | Sabrina Enaux (Fra) Specialized Solodet Vosges | 0:11:38 |
26 | Laura Metzler (Fra) BH - SR Suntour - Peisey Vallandry | 0:12:23 |
27 | Githa Michiels (Bel) Trek-KMC Trade Team | 0:12:43 |
28 | Cécile Ravanel (Fra) GT Skoda Chamonix | 0:13:38 |
29 | Blaza Klemencic (Slo) Felt Oetztal X - Bionic Team | 0:13:58 |
30 | Nathalie Schneitter (Swi) Colnago Sudtirol | 0:14:09 |
31 | Elisabeth Brandau (Ger) Notebooksbilliger.De Team | 0:14:34 |
32 | Julie Krasniak (Fra) Focus Mig Team | 0:15:02 |
33 | Elisabeth Sveum (Nor) Team Crampfix Nakamura | 0:16:39 |
34 | Fanny Bourdon (Fra) GT Skoda Chamonix | 0:17:50 |
35 | Anna Villar Argente (Spa) | 0:18:11 |
-1lap | Helene Marcouyre (Fra) BH - SR Suntour - Peisey Vallandry | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Lee Craigie (GBr) | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Annika Langvad (Den) Team Fujibikes Rockets | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Sabrina Maurer (Swi) Bskgraf Rollmat-Koba MTB Team | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Serrano Rodriguez (Ecu) | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Nicoletta De Jager (Ned) MPL Specialized MTB Team | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Franziska Brun (Swi) | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Mercedes Pacios Pujado (Spa) | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Anne Terpstra* (Ned) | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Lucie Vesela (Cze) GT Bicycles Opportunity | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Corina Gantenbein (Swi) Fischer - BMC | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Maxine Filby (GBr) | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Maaris Meier (Est) | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Kristien Nelen (Bel) Houffalize-Granville Team | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Asa Maria Erlandsson (Swe) | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | Stephania Magri (Mlt) | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | Nirjala Tamrakar (Nep) | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Eva Lechner (Ita) | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kathrin Stirnemann (Swi) | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Luna Pro Team | 71 | pts |
2 | BH - SR Suntour - Peisey Vallandry | 58 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Sabine Spitz Haibike Team | 46 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Multivan Merida Biking Team | 40 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Milka Brentjens MTB Racing Team | 32 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Subaru - Trek | 30 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Ghost Factory Racing Team | 24 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Wheeler - Ixs Team | 23 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Felt Oetztal X - Bionic Team | 21 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Team Bulls | 16 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | CCC Polkowice | 15 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Team Protek | 14 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Notebooksbilliger.De Team | 12 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Bikepark.Ch Craft | 11 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Rabobank Giant Offroad Team | 7 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Specialized Solodet Vosges | 6 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Trek-Kmc Trade Team | 4 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | GT Skoda Chamonix | 3 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Colnago Sudtirol | 1 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Catharine Pendrel (Can) Luna Pro Team | 1290 | pts |
2 | Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjaa (Nor) Multivan Merida Biking Team | 1048 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Katerina Nash (Cze) Luna Pro Team | 954 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Julie Bresset (Fra) BH - SR Suntour - Peisey Vallandry | 950 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Georgia Gould (USA) Luna Pro Team | 893 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Emily Batty (Can) Subaru - Trek | 885 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Annie Last* (GBr) Milka Brentjens MTB Racing Team | 702 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Marie-Helene Premont (Can) | 694 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Maja Wloszczowska (Pol) CCC Polkowice | 670 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Irina Kalentieva (Rus) Topeak Ergon Racing Team | 645 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Elisabeth Osl (Aut) Ghost Factory Racing Team | 588 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Katrin Leumann (Swi) Ghost Factory Racing Team | 542 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Lea Davison (USA) Specialized Racing | 512 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Sabine Spitz (Ger) Sabine Spitz Haibike Team | 479 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Blaza Klemencic (Slo) Felt Oetztal X - Bionic Team | 450 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Esther Süss (Swi) Wheeler - Ixs Team | 442 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Lucie Chainel-Lefevre (Fra) BH - SR Suntour - Peisey Vallandry | 420 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Alexandra Engen (Swe) Ghost Factory Racing Team | 397 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Mary Mcconneloug (USA) | 375 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Pauline Ferrand Prevot* (Fra) Rabobank Giant Offroad Team | 374 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Tanja Zakelj (Slo) Salcano Factory Team | 361 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Sabrina Enaux (Fra) Specialized Solodet Vosges | 352 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Elisabeth Brandau (Ger) Notebooksbilliger.De Team | 319 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Adelheid Morath (Ger) Felt Oetztal X - Bionic Team | 315 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Heather Irmiger (USA) Subaru - Trek | 311 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Karen Hanlen (NZl) | 298 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Eva Lechner (Ita) Colnago Sudtirol | 295 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Annika Langvad (Den) Team Fujibikes Rockets | 292 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Marielle Saner-Guinchard (Swi) Bikepark.Ch Craft | 275 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Tereza Hurikova (Cze) Sabine Spitz Haibike Team | 271 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Aleksandra Dawidowicz (Pol) CCC Polkowice | 270 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Amanda Sin (Can) Scott-3Roxracing | 256 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
33 | Nathalie Schneitter (Swi) Colnago Sudtirol | 253 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
34 | Magdalena Sadlecka (Pol) CCC Polkowice | 246 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
35 | Kathrin Stirnemann (Swi) Sabine Spitz Haibike Team | 245 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
36 | Rosara Joseph (NZl) Rabobank Giant Offroad Team | 240 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
37 | Anne Terpstra* (Ned) | 239 | Row 36 - Cell 3 |
38 | Cécile Ravanel (Fra) GT Skoda Chamonix | 233 | Row 37 - Cell 3 |
39 | Vera Andreeva (Rus) Team Protek | 198 | Row 38 - Cell 3 |
40 | Fanny Bourdon (Fra) GT Skoda Chamonix | 197 | Row 39 - Cell 3 |
41 | Julie Krasniak (Fra) Focus Mig Team | 197 | Row 40 - Cell 3 |
42 | Sarah Koba (Swi) | 180 | Row 41 - Cell 3 |
43 | Hanna Klein (Ger) | 180 | Row 42 - Cell 3 |
44 | Silke Schmidt (Ger) Notebooksbilliger.De Team | 171 | Row 43 - Cell 3 |
45 | Jean Ann Berkenpas (Can) | 164 | Row 44 - Cell 3 |
46 | Nataliya Krompets (Ukr) Isd MTB Team | 153 | Row 45 - Cell 3 |
47 | Elisabeth Sveum (Nor) Team Crampfix Nakamura | 151 | Row 46 - Cell 3 |
48 | Anja Gradl (Ger) Team Bulls | 146 | Row 47 - Cell 3 |
49 | Lene Byberg (Nor) GT Skoda Chamonix | 142 | Row 48 - Cell 3 |
50 | Sandra Walter (Can) | 136 | Row 49 - Cell 3 |
51 | Laura Metzler (Fra) BH - SR Suntour - Peisey Vallandry | 134 | Row 50 - Cell 3 |
52 | Laura Turpijn (Ned) MPL Specialized MTB Team | 125 | Row 51 - Cell 3 |
53 | Anna Szafraniec (Pol) CCC Polkowice | 120 | Row 52 - Cell 3 |
54 | Mikaela Kofman (Can) Scott-3Roxracing | 118 | Row 53 - Cell 3 |
55 | Janka Stevkova (Svk) | 118 | Row 54 - Cell 3 |
56 | Rie Katayama (Jpn) | 114 | Row 55 - Cell 3 |
57 | Qinglan Shi (Chn) | 105 | Row 56 - Cell 3 |
58 | Githa Michiels (Bel) Trek-KMC Trade Team | 99 | Row 57 - Cell 3 |
59 | Katherine O'shea (Aus) | 98 | Row 58 - Cell 3 |
60 | Heidi Sandsto Rosaasen (Nor) Team United Bakeries | 93 | Row 59 - Cell 3 |
61 | Judy Freeman (USA) | 91 | Row 60 - Cell 3 |
62 | Corina Gantenbein (Swi) Fischer - BMC | 85 | Row 61 - Cell 3 |
63 | Erin Huck (USA) | 84 | Row 62 - Cell 3 |
64 | Agustina Maria Apaza (Arg) | 84 | Row 63 - Cell 3 |
65 | Katarzyna Solus-Miskowicz (Pol) | 84 | Row 64 - Cell 3 |
66 | Lee Craigie (GBr) | 82 | Row 65 - Cell 3 |
67 | Aleksandra Mooradian (Pol) | 82 | Row 66 - Cell 3 |
68 | Noelia Rodriguez (Arg) | 81 | Row 67 - Cell 3 |
69 | Adriana Rojas (CRc) | 76 | Row 68 - Cell 3 |
70 | Maxine Filby (GBr) | 76 | Row 69 - Cell 3 |
71 | Anna Villar Argente (Spa) | 60 | Row 70 - Cell 3 |
72 | Alexandra Gabriela Serrano Rodriguez (Ecu) | 60 | Row 71 - Cell 3 |
73 | Sarah Kaufmann (USA) | 60 | Row 72 - Cell 3 |
74 | Caroline Mani (Fra) | 55 | Row 73 - Cell 3 |
75 | Katherine Herrera (CRc) | 52 | Row 74 - Cell 3 |
76 | Katherine Compton (USA) Rabobank Giant Offroad Team | 51 | Row 75 - Cell 3 |
77 | Rowena Fry (Aus) | 51 | Row 76 - Cell 3 |
78 | Cindy Montambault (Can) | 48 | Row 77 - Cell 3 |
79 | Laura Lorenza Morfin Macouzet (Mex) | 46 | Row 78 - Cell 3 |
80 | Mandy Dreyer (Can) | 46 | Row 79 - Cell 3 |
81 | Daniela Campuzano (Mex) | 42 | Row 80 - Cell 3 |
82 | Nicoletta De Jager (Ned) MPL Specialized MTB Team | 42 | Row 81 - Cell 3 |
83 | Amy Dombroski (USA) | 38 | Row 82 - Cell 3 |
84 | Pavla Havlikova (Cze) | 38 | Row 83 - Cell 3 |
85 | Chloe Woodruff (USA) | 36 | Row 84 - Cell 3 |
86 | Samantha Sanders (RSA) | 36 | Row 85 - Cell 3 |
87 | Franziska Brun (Swi) | 35 | Row 86 - Cell 3 |
88 | Lucie Vesela (Cze) GT Bicycles Opportunity | 35 | Row 87 - Cell 3 |
89 | Helene Marcouyre (Fra) BH - SR Suntour - Peisey Vallandry | 34 | Row 88 - Cell 3 |
90 | Asa Maria Erlandsson (Swe) | 31 | Row 89 - Cell 3 |
91 | Jenni King (Aus) | 31 | Row 90 - Cell 3 |
92 | Sabrina Maurer (Swi) Bskgraf Rollmat-Koba MTB Team | 29 | Row 91 - Cell 3 |
93 | Caroline Villeneuve (Can) | 29 | Row 92 - Cell 3 |
94 | Nina Baum (USA) | 27 | Row 93 - Cell 3 |
95 | Bryna Blanchard (USA) | 26 | Row 94 - Cell 3 |
96 | Mercedes Pacios Pujado (Spa) | 25 | Row 95 - Cell 3 |
97 | Sally Gabriel (GBr) | 23 | Row 96 - Cell 3 |
98 | Maaris Meier (Est) | 20 | Row 97 - Cell 3 |
99 | Ivonne Kraft (Ger) | 20 | Row 98 - Cell 3 |
100 | Kristien Nelen (Bel) Houffalize-Granville Team | 19 | Row 99 - Cell 3 |
101 | Stephania Magri (Mlt) | 17 | Row 100 - Cell 3 |
102 | Nirjala Tamrakar (Nep) | 16 | Row 101 - Cell 3 |
103 | Willow Rockwell (USA) Trek World Racing | 14 | Row 102 - Cell 3 |
104 | Jodie Willett (Aus) | 13 | Row 103 - Cell 3 |
105 | Pavlina Sulcova (Cze) Merida Biking Team | 10 | Row 104 - Cell 3 |
106 | Catherine Vipond (Can) | 9 | Row 105 - Cell 3 |
107 | Julia Colvin (RSA) | 9 | Row 106 - Cell 3 |
108 | Judith Pollinger (Ita) Hard Rock Canossa Merida | 8 | Row 107 - Cell 3 |
109 | Jane Nussli (GBr) Fischer - BMC | 8 | Row 108 - Cell 3 |
110 | Melanie Palframan (RSA) | 8 | Row 109 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Luna Pro Team | 579 | pts |
2 | Ghost Factory Racing Team | 300 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | BH - SR Suntour - Peisey Vallandry | 248 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | CCC Polkowice | 218 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Subaru - Trek | 217 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Multivan Merida Biking Team | 190 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Sabine Spitz Haibike Team | 158 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Milka Brentjens Mtb Racing Team | 143 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Felt Oetztal X - Bionic Team | 137 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Topeak Ergon Racing Team | 128 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Rabobank Giant Offroad Team | 112 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Specialized Racing | 96 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Colnago Sudtirol | 92 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Wheeler - Ixs Team | 78 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Salcano Factory Team | 59 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Notebooksbilliger.De Team | 51 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Specialized Solodet Vosges | 44 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Team Fujibikes Rockets | 43 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | GT Skoda Chamonix | 43 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Bikepark.Ch Craft | 39 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | ISD MTB Team | 31 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Scott-3Roxracing | 30 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Team Bulls | 22 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Team Protek | 14 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Focus MIG Team | 7 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Trek-KMC Trade Team | 4 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Team Crampfix Nakamura | 2 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
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