August 26, 2018 (La Bresse, France) – Emily Batty (Trek Factory Racing XC) captured her 5th consecutive World Cup podium finishing 2rd in the 24 km Elite Women’s race (2 start loops + 4 laps) today at the final round 7 of the 2018 UCI MTB XCO World Cup in La Bresse, France.

Fellow Canuck, Haley Smith (Norco Factory Team XC) matched her career-best Euro result placing 13th. Catharine Pendrel (Can) Clif Pro Team was 15th for three Canucks in the top 15. Batty finished 3rd overall as today’s winner Jolanda Neff (Sui) Kross Racing Team won the overall title as well.

Sean Fincham (Can) Forward Racing placed 17th in the U23 Men’s 24km race of the same distance – no Canadians competed in the U23 Women’s 19.9 km race. In the 7-lap Elite Men’s competition (2 start loops + 5 laps) Leandre Bouchard (Can) KMC-Ekoi-SRSuntour was the top Canuck in 47th as Nino Schurter (Sui) Scott-SRAM MTB Racing took the final round and the overall series title as well.

Results

U23 Women
1. Sina Frei (Sui) Ghost Factory Racing 1:22:01
2. Evie Richards (Gbr) Trek Factory Racing XC 0:33
3. Ronja Eibl (Ger) 1:37
4. Marika Tovo (Ita) 3:02
5. Haley Batten (USA) Clif Pro Team 3:53
6. Malene Degn (Den) Ghost Factory Racing 4:27
7. Rocio Del Alba Garcia Martinez (Esp) Primaflor Mondraker Rotor 4:54
8. Lucie Urruty (Fra) Scott Creuse Oxygene Gueret 5:22
9. Chiara Teocchi (Ita) Bianchi Countervail 5:32
10. Nicole Koller (Sui) Moebel Maerki MTB Pro Team 5:35

U23 Men
1. Petter Fagerhaug (Nor) 1:23:22
2. Jofre Cullell Estape (Esp) Megamo Factory Team 0:14
3. Simon Andreassen (Den) Specialized Racing 0:33
4. Joshua Dubau (Fra) 0:33
5. Tobias Johannessen (Nor) Team Sørensen Racing 0:56
6. Martin Emil Siggerud (Nor) 1:06
7. Antoine Philipp (Fra) Veloroc BMC 1:22
8. Thomas Bonnet (Fra) Cube Pro Fermetures Sefic 1:31
9. Neilo Perrin Ganier (Fra) Absolute-Absalon 1:39
10. Milan Vader (Ned) Habitat Mountain Bike Team 2:03

17. Sean Fincham (Can) Forward Racing 3:08
51. Quinton Disera (Can) Norco Factory Team XC 8:40

Elite Women
1. Jolanda Neff (Sui) Kross Racing Team 1:33:03
2. Emily Batty (Can) Trek Factory Racing XC 0:05
3. Annika Langvad (Den) Specialized Racing 0:27
4. Pauline Ferrand Prevot (Fra) Canyon Factory Racing XC 0:33
5. Alessandra Keller* (Sui) Thömus-Rn Racing Team 1:27
6. Anne Tauber (Ned) CST Sandd American Eagle MTB Racing Team 1:58
7. Kate Courtney (USA) Specialized Racing 2:53
8. Githa Michiels (Bel) 3:11
9. Maja Wloszczowska (Pol) Kross Racing Team 3:33
10. Tanja Zakelj (Slo) Unior/Devinci Factory Racing 3:51

13. Haley Smith (Can) Norco Factory Team XC 5:02
15. Catharine Pendrel (Can) Clif Pro Team 5:09
37. Sandra Walter (Can) LIV Canada 10:36
45. Cindy Montambault (Can) Trek GPL 13:59

Elite Men
1. Nino Schurter (Sui) Scott-SRAM MTB Racing 1:26:25
2. Gerhard Kerschbaumer (Ita) Torpado Gabogas 0:12
3. Maxime Marotte (Fra) Cannondale Factory Racing XC 1:32
4. Mathieu Van Der Poel (Ned) Corendon-Circus 2:19
5. Victor Koretzky (Fra) KMC-Ekoi-SRSuntour 2:32
6. Mathias Flueckiger (Sui) Thömus-Rn Racing Team 2:49
7. Anton Cooper (Nzl) Trek Factory Racing XC 2:59
8. Florian Vogel (Sui) Focus XC Team 3:09
9. Titouan Carod (Fra) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team 3:24
10. Andri Frischknecht (Sui) Scott-SRAM MTB Racing 3:34

47. Leandre Bouchard (Can) KMC-Ekoi-SRSuntour 9:11
70. Raphael Gagne (Can) Silverback OMX Pro Team -1 lap
71. Peter Disera (Can) Norco Factory Team Xc -1 lap
DNF Andrew L’Esperance (Can) Forward Racing