July 06, 2018 (Val di Sole, Italy) – Canada’s Emily Batty (Trek Factory Racing XC) placed 7th to make the top 10 in the women’s 10-lap Short Track race at the Mercedes-Benz UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in Val di Sole, Italy as Annika Langvad (Den) Specialized Racing took her third straight victory.

Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Corendon-Circus bested Nino Schurter (Sui) Scott-SRAM MTB Racing in the Elite Men’s 11-lap race with Maxime Marotte (Fra) Cannondale Factory Racing XC taking 3rd. No Canadian men entered.

Results (brief)

Elite Women
1. Annika Langvad (Den) Specialized Racing 0:21:36
2. Anne Tauber (Ned) CST Sandd American Eagle MTB Racing Team 0:05
3. Alessandra Keller* (Sui) Thömus – RN Racing Team 0:10
4. Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjaa (Nor) Team Merida Gunn-Rita 0:21
5. Pauline Ferrand Prevot (Fra) Canyon Factory Racing XC 0:31

7. Emily Batty (Can) Trek Factory Racing XC 0:35
22. Haley Smith (Can) Norco Factory Team XC 1:28
23. Sandra Walter (Can) 1:35

Full results here.

Elite Men
1. Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Corendon-Circus 0:20:27
2. Nino Schurter (Sui) Scott-SRAM MTB Racing 0:07
3. Maxime Marotte (Fra) Cannondale Factory Racing XC 0:10
4. Jordan Sarrou (Fra) KMC-Ekoi-SRSuntour
5. Florian Vogel (Sui) Focus XC Team

Full results here.