September 04, 2014 (Hafjell, Norway) – Canada’s Marine Lewis placed a strong 12th in the 4-lap Junior Women’s 16.8km race won by Nicole Koller (Switzerland) in Hafjell, Norway this morning at the 2014 UCI MTB World Championships. Reigning national champ Soren Meeuwisse finished 28th suffering a crash while teammate Laurie Arseneault was 29th and Paige Foxcroft was 36th.

In the men’s 5-lap race covering 21km Canada’s Marc-Andre Fortier, the reigning Junior Men’s champ, recovered from two flats to claim a valiant 12th place at the finish. Simon Andreassen (Denmark) got away early and was unstoppable as he took home the gold with Egan Bernal (Colombia) overtaking Luca Schwarzbauer (Germany) on the final lap for the silver. Fortier was as high as 7th but fell back to 16th and clawed his way back to 12th.

Results

Junior Women
1. Nicole Koller (Switzerland) 1:06:16
2. Malene Degn (Denmark) 1:06
3. Sina Frei (Switzerland) 1:27
4. Alessandra Keller (Switzerland) 1:49
5. Barbora Prudkova (Czech Republic) 2:10
6. Evie Richards (Great Britain) 3:00
7. Isla Short (Great Britain) 4:51
8. Chiara Teocchi (Italy) 5:51
9. Marlena Drozdziok (Poland) 5:52
10. Greta Seiwald (Italy) 6:13

12. Marine Lewis (Canada) 7:05
28. Soren Meeuwisse (Canada) 15:28
29. Laurie Arseneault (Canada) 17:00
36. Paige Foxcroft (Canada) -1 lap

Full results here.

Junior Men
1. Simon Andreassen (Denmark) 1:08:49
2. Egan Bernal (Colombia) 0:37
3. Luca Schwarzbauer (Germany) 0:38
4. Milan Vader (Netherlands) 1:19
5. David Horvath (Germany) 2:30
6. Hugo Briatta (France) 2:48
7. Neilo Perrin Ganier (France) 3:53
8. Neilson Powless (United States of America) 3:55
9. Moreno Pellizzon (Italy) 3:56
10. Filippo Colombo (Switzerland) 4:02

12. Marc Andre Fortier (Canada) 4:22
41. Rhys Verner (Canada) 9:09
53. Felix Belhumeur (Canada) 10:52
69. Felix Burke (Canada) -1 lap
70. Guillaume Larose-Gingras (Canada) -1 lap

Full results here.