Follow the live updates and expect the unexpected at Lenzerheide XCO World Cup!

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With Jenny Rissveds and Filippo Colombo taking the short track win at Lenzerheide, and some big names in the front row of the XCO on Sunday, who will take the win?

You guessed it right… we’re doing it again! Live updates from the XCO race on Sunday coming your way through the comments section!

Jenny Rissveds performs at UCI XCC World Cup in Lenzerheide, Switzerland on July 8, 2022 // Bartek Wolinski / Red Bull Content Pool
Competitors celebrate at UCI XCC World Cup in Lenzerheide, Switzerland on July 8, 2022 // Bartek Wolinski / Red Bull Content Pool

Some quick fun facts about the race tomorrow:

  • Tom Pidcock won’t be at the start line. He’s smashing it at the Tour de France instead!
  • No Swiss woman – in XC or DH – has ever won at Lenzerheide.
  • Kate Courtney is starting in the front row.
  • Jolana Neff, with that podium finish in XCC, is buzzing to go big at the XCO finals tomorrow.
  • Evie Richards won’t be starting as she is only just back training after a bout of COVID.
  • Alessandra Keller, after finishing second in XCC, will be hunting for that win!
  • Nino Schurter, Flückiger, and Colombo are the big names in men’s field starting in the front row.
  • The Swiss crowd are going nuts about XC racing at Lenzerheide!
Jolanda Neff performs at UCI XCC World Cup in Lenzerheide, Switzerland on July 8, 2022 // Bartek Wolinski / Red Bull Content Pool

We’ll be watching it live on RedBull TV and chatting all about it on here in the comments section! Come join us!

Women’s XCO World Cup race begins at 09:45 am.

Men’s XCO World Cup race begins at 12:00 noon.

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  • wheelsandwords
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    Not the most elevation gain on this track, but super technical terrain that makes it very physical. The technical nature of the track means that optimum bike setup is important.

    Posted 2 years ago
    wheelsandwords
    Free Member

    The women’s race is now underway!!!

    Posted 2 years ago
    wheelsandwords
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    Rissveds leading throughout the start lap so far. The amount of single track sections in the track are making overtaking hard and causing track blockages. That means the racers in the front are getting further away quicker than they otherwise would.

    Posted 2 years ago
    wheelsandwords
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    Rissveds, Neff, Keller and Lecomte coming through a second apart from each other by the end of start lap.

    Posted 2 years ago
    wheelsandwords
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    Loana has launched an attack and gaps are opening up in the leading field!

    Posted 2 years ago
    wheelsandwords
    Free Member

    Keller has overtaken Lecomte and the crowd is pleased to see a Swiss rider leading.

    Posted 2 years ago
    qwerty
    Free Member

    Just tuned in, Annie Last in 17th…

    Posted 2 years ago
    wheelsandwords
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    Neff fighting back to get to the front of the chasing pack near the second tech feed zone.

    Posted 2 years ago
    wheelsandwords
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    Big gaps now between Lecomte, Rissveds and Keller with Lecomte leading.

    Posted 2 years ago
    wheelsandwords
    Free Member

    Terpstra leading the chasing group now.

    Posted 2 years ago
    wheelsandwords
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    Lecomte leading into the last lap. Rissveds pushing hard to catch up with an 8 second gap, and Keller is only 2 seconds behind Rissveds, both of them trying to catch Loana on this last lap.

    Posted 2 years ago
    wheelsandwords
    Free Member

    Keller overtook Rissveds for a bit and then they swapped places again!

    Posted 2 years ago
    wheelsandwords
    Free Member

    Lecomte takes the win, Rissveds finishes second and Keller gets her career best finish after being third to cross the line!

    Posted 2 years ago
    wheelsandwords
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    Prevot finishes fourth after a sprint effort against Terpstra.

    Posted 2 years ago
    qwerty
    Free Member

    Will N1no become the GOAT in front of his home (he lives there) crowd?

    Posted 2 years ago
    wipperman95
    Free Member

    Not great by the host broadcaster to miss the decisive attack from Lecomte live. And Rob & Bart in RB hq Salzburg rather from the venue….

    Posted 2 years ago
    wheelsandwords
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    Men’s race is now underway!!

    Posted 2 years ago
    wheelsandwords
    Free Member

    Schurter is leading and he’s pushing hard, driven by the crowd going wild!

    Posted 2 years ago
    wheelsandwords
    Free Member

    Dascalu who was in the leading group has crashed and damaged his bike!

    Posted 2 years ago
    wheelsandwords
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    David Valero Serrano leading, with Mathias Flueckiger, Schurter and Colombo following close behind.

    Posted 2 years ago
    wheelsandwords
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    Flückiger has launched an attack and Nino is following close behind but THE RACE IS ON!

    Posted 2 years ago
    wheelsandwords
    Free Member

    Schurter, Flückiger, Braidot and Hatherly leading into the final lap!

    Posted 2 years ago
    wheelsandwords
    Free Member

    Braidot takes his first ever World Cup win at Lenzerheide!!!!

    Posted 2 years ago
    johnnystorm
    Full Member

    Nine must be gutted, and they cut away on both crucial passes, what happened?!

    Posted 2 years ago
    wheelsandwords
    Free Member

    Hatherly finished second, followed by Flückiger. Schurter finished 4th!

    Posted 2 years ago
    qwerty
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    “it’s racing”

    Didn’t Nino use that line 🤔

    Posted 2 years ago
    mrlebowski
    Free Member

    Isla Short back on the start line too. Good to see!

    Posted 2 years ago
    shortcut
    Full Member

    So… what happened in the woods? From Pinkbike it sounds like Flukiger went for a line and took Nino out. Leaving the door open for Braidot and Hatherly. Good race, pleased for Braidot, disappointed for Nino.

    Posted 2 years ago
    Yak
    Full Member

    There will be some footage somewhere on a phone.
    Anyway, I am disappointed for the race, not for Nino. It was an excellent race and great to see Braidot and Hatherly sprint it out. But the afters from Nino are disappointing. Leave it on the track and set a good example for upcoming budding racers. If this was Le Tour, he’d be out.

    Edit – he has a penalty fine.

    Posted 2 years ago
    snotrag
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    What a race, the pace was relentless. Braidot was brilliant – thats how you pickup wins in events like this, by being in the right place at the right time for that time when the expected leaders/winners mess up. Great to watch.

    Shame the red mist got to them both a bit by the sounds of it HOWEVER – look what they are doing, the effort going in, the intensity! Its a great sport to watch nowadays.

    Posted 2 years ago
    mrlebowski
    Free Member

    Does seem poor form from Nino – racing incident it would seem that is until I see otherwise…

    Posted 2 years ago
    rickmeister
    Full Member

    It was a great weekend of racing with the DH as well.

    More on the Shurter / Fluckinger incident here:

    What happened between Schurter and Flueckiger in Lenzerheide?

    It reads as Fluckinger tried a pass when it wasn’t really on…

    Posted 2 years ago
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