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…
The Maremma Cup will be seeing three Olympic gold medalists competing in its second year, namely Bart Brentjens, Miguel Martinez, and Julien Absalon.
Mountain biking was included in the Summer Games for the first time in 1996, with Bart Brentjens becoming the first-ever champion. Miguel Martinez won the gold medal in 2000, and Julien Absalon won back-to-back championships in 2004 and 2008. These three world-class riders are scheduled to join the MTB event this February 27, which is incidentally being organized by another mountain biking star, retired World Champion Thomas Frischknecht.
MTB fans will also get to see Nino Schurter, Florian Vogel, Ralf Naef, and Marco Fontana on the starting line, while the women’s races will see Eva Lechner, Nathalie Schneitter and Daniela Campuzano joining in.
Aside from the Olympians, the second Maremma Cup will also feature a different set of races for this year. The two major…
