It must have been the weather or something, but the Swiss began this year’s open confrontation in the men’s XC race at the Offenburg XC World Cup. However, Julien Absalon of France came out the victor. In the women’s category, Catharine Pendrel celebrated sweet victory due to her win.
Earlier this week, the tracks of Offenburg has been drenched and there seem to be a few slippery spots, nevertheless, the burning weather and clear nights prevailed making the technical trademark obstacles like the “Wolf’s Drop”, the “North Shore”, the “World Class Drop”, and the “Snake Pit” irrelevant.
The race kicked off at 10:45 am. Georgia Gould, a Luna rider immediately took the lead in the early pre lap. At the start of the second lap, her teammate, Catharine Pendrel, the Canadian National Champ bridged the gap between them as the chase group of Elisabeth Osl, Julie Bresset, Esther Suss, Eva Lechner and…
