May 30, 2014 (Albstadt, Germany) – The third round of the UCI MTB Eliminator World Cup is underway in Germany today. It’s no surprise that the queen of the discipline, World Champ Alexandra Engen (Swe) Ghost Factory Racing qualified first in a time of 1:56.080. The top Canadian women’s qualifier was Cindy Montambault (Can) CVM 2 Vals in 12th, followed by Rachel Pageau (Can) Team Canada in 22nd.

The men’s qualifiers saw Canada’s Leandre Bouchard (Can) Team Canada log the second-fastest time less than half a second behind top seed Kevin Miquel (Fra). Bouchard finished 23rd in last week’s Eliminator in the Czech Republic and had a breakthrough fifth in the XCO last weekend.

Other Canadian qualifiers include Andrew L’Esperance (Can) Norco Factory Team in 18th, Peter Disera (Can) Norco Factory Team in 20th, and Sébastien Cadieux-Duval (Can) in 31st.

The finals take place later today.

Women’s qualification results here (PDF).
Men’s qualification results here (PDF).

Qualifications

Women
1. Alexandra Engen (Swe) Ghost Factory Racing 1:56.080
2. Linda Indergand (Sui) Struby-Bixs Team 3.805
3. Kathrin Stirnemann (Sui) Sabine Spitz Haibike Pro Team 4.325

12. Cindy Montambault (Can) CVM 2 Vals 11.223
22. Rachel Pageau (Can) Team Canada 14.636

Men
1. Kevin Miquel (Fra) 1:43.578
2. Leandre Bouchard (Can) Team Canada 0.456
3. Catriel Andres Soto (Arg) MMR Bikes Pro Team 1.757

18. Andrew Lesperance (Can) Norco Factory Team 4.362
20. Peter Disera (Can) Norco Factory Team 5.203
31. Sébastien Cadieux-Duval (Can) 6.465