Neff wins cross country World Cup in Meribel
Dahle Flesjaa and Ferrand Prevot take second and third
The 2014 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup concluded on Sunday with the seventh and final round of the cross country series in Méribel, France. There were no surprises in the overall title, since Jolanda Neff (Liv Pro XC) had won the women's title prior to the final round. However, any World Cup victory is important, and Neff took her third win of the season.
In Méribel, the riders were faced with both steep climbs at altitude and technically difficult descents, demanding both skill and fitness to do well.
Neff ended her World Cup season the way she began it, with a start to finish ride at the front of the race. By the end of the first lap in the six-lap race, Neff had 28 seconds on Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjaa (Multivan Merida) and Pauline Ferrand Prevot (Liv Pro XC), with Maja Wloszczowska (Liv Pro XC) and Catharine Pendrel (Luna) a further five seconds in arrears.
By the third lap, Pendrel, the winner of the previous round and second in the overall standings, had moved up to join Dahle Flesjaa and Ferrand Prevot in the chase. Pendrel dropped off the pace to eventually finish fourth, while Dahle Flesjaa chased alone after Ferrand Prevot crashed in a rock section and had to briefly stop in the tech zone for assistance. Dahle Flesjaa's gap shrank to 14 seconds by the halfway mark, but that was as close as the Norwegian would get before it stretched out again to 48 seconds at the start of the last lap. Ferrand Prevot dropped Pendrel to take third.
"I went from the beginning and rode the whole race at my own pace," said Neff. "It is a very nice course, quite technical in the descents and I enjoyed it a lot. The start was especially important here because we didn't have a long start loop and then it went into singletrack, so it was even more important to have a good start then in other races."
"It was great to win today, even though I didn't need to for the overall. I'm very happy to win the overall trophy."
Neff won the overall title with 1300 points and three wins for the season. She is youngest ever elite World Cup title winner since she is actually an under 23 aged rider. Pendrel, despite missing the first two rounds due to an early season injury, finished second with 940 points and Tanja Zakelj (Unior Tools), the defending champion, was third with 856, just ahead of Emily Batty (Trek Factory Racing) at 830 points.
Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Jolanda Neff* (Swi) Liv Pro XC Team | 1:36:19 |
2 | Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjaa (Nor) Multivan Merida Biking Team | 0:00:14 |
3 | Pauline Ferrand Prevot* (Fra) Liv Pro XC Team | 0:00:54 |
4 | Catharine Pendrel (Can) Luna Pro Team | 0:01:48 |
5 | Eva Lechner (Ita) Team Colnago Sudtirol | 0:02:21 |
6 | Emily Batty (Can) Trek Factory Racing | 0:02:28 |
7 | Maja Wloszczowska (Pol) Liv Pro XC Team | 0:02:34 |
8 | Irina Kalentieva (Rus) | 0:02:54 |
9 | Blaza Klemencic (Slo) Feenstra Felt Pb Kenda Bike Team | 0:03:10 |
10 | Lea Davison (USA) Specialized Racing XC | 0:03:12 |
11 | Annika Langvad (Den) Specialized Racing XC | 0:03:49 |
12 | Katerina Nash (Cze) Luna Pro Team | 0:03:57 |
13 | Annie Last (GBr) Trek Factory Racing | 0:04:14 |
14 | Sabine Spitz (Ger) Sabine Spitz Haibike Pro Team | 0:04:47 |
15 | Rebecca Henderson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing | 0:05:11 |
16 | Esther Süss (Swi) Wheeler - Ixs Team | 0:05:23 |
17 | Adelheid Morath (Ger) Sabine Spitz Haibike Pro Team | 0:05:39 |
18 | Daniela Campuzano (Mex) | 0:06:10 |
19 | Tanja Zakelj (Slo) Unior Tools Team | 0:06:14 |
20 | Julie Bresset (Fra) BH-Suntour-KMC | 0:06:15 |
21 | Katrin Leumann (Swi) Ghost Factory Racing | 0:06:19 |
22 | Georgia Gould (USA) Luna Pro Team | 0:06:54 |
23 | Katarzyna Solus-Miskowicz (Pol) Kross Racing Team | 0:07:38 |
24 | Rocio Martin Rodriguez (Spa) | 0:08:05 |
25 | Anna Szafraniec (Pol) Kross Racing Team | 0:08:07 |
26 | Kathrin Stirnemann (Swi) Sabine Spitz Haibike Pro Team | 0:08:16 |
27 | Lene Byberg (Nor) | 0:08:48 |
28 | Corina Gantenbein (Swi) Fischer-BMC | 0:09:33 |
29 | Tereza Hurikova (Cze) Specialized Racing XC | 0:09:47 |
30 | Elisabeth Osl (Aut) Ghost Factory Racing | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Alice Pirard (Bel) Team Merida Wallonie MTB | 0:10:36 |
32 | Laura Metzler (Fra) Btwin MTB Racing Team | 0:11:05 |
33 | Githa Michiels (Bel) Trek-KMC Trade Team | 0:11:16 |
34 | Hanna Klein (Ger) BH-Suntour-KMC | 0:11:30 |
35 | Janka Keseg Stevkova (Svk) | 0:12:12 |
36 | Nina Wrobel (Ger) | 0:12:20 |
37 | Nathalie Schneitter (Swi) Team Colnago Sudtirol | 0:12:38 |
38 | Kajsa Snihs (Swe) | 0:13:05 |
39 | Mikaela Kofman (Can) Scott-3Rox Racing | 0:13:28 |
40 | Karla Stepanova (Cze) | 0:13:45 |
41 | Ekateryna Anoshina (Rus) | 0:14:10 |
-1lap | Anna Oberparleiter (Ita) | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Anne Terpstra (Ned) Betch.Nl Superior Brentjens MTB Racing Team | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Laura Lorenza Morfin Macouzet (Mex) | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Barbara Benko (Hun) Focus XC Team | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Jitka Skarnitzlova (Cze) | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Maaris Meier (Est) | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Peta Mullens (Aus) Team Colnago Sudtirol | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Sandra Santanyes Murillo (Spa) | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Helene Marcouyre (Fra) BH-Suntour-KMC | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Mercedes Pacios Pujado (Spa) | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Marine Groccia (Swi) | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Lucie Vesela (Cze) | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Alexandra Gabriela Serrano Rodriguez (Ecu) | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Michelle Hediger (Swi) Fischer-BMC | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | Valentine Segrestan (Fra) | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
-4laps | Elisabeth Sveum (Nor) | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
-4laps | Franziska Ebinger (Swi) | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
-4laps | Agata Tamulewicz (Pol) | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Paula Gorycka (Pol) 4F Racing Team | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Serena Calvetti (Ita) | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Hielke Elferink (Ned) | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Fabienne Schaus (Lux) | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Liv Pro XC Team | 96 | pts |
2 | Trek Factory Racing | 60 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Luna Pro Team | 58 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Specialized Racing XC | 43 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Sabine Spitz Haibike Pro Team | 36 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Multivan Merida Biking Team | 35 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Team Colnago Sudtirol | 28 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Feenstra Felt Pb Kenda Bike Team | 22 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Wheeler - Ixs Team | 15 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Kross Racing Team | 14 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Unior Tools Team | 12 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | BH-Suntour-KMC | 11 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Ghost Factory Racing | 11 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Fischer-BMC | 3 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jolanda Neff* (Swi) Liv Pro XC Team | 1300 | pts |
2 | Catharine Pendrel (Can) Luna Pro Team | 940 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Tanja Zakelj (Slo) Unior Tools Team | 856 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Emily Batty (Can) Trek Factory Racing | 830 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Maja Wloszczowska (Pol) Liv Pro XC Team | 788 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjaa (Nor) Multivan Merida Biking Team | 760 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Sabine Spitz (Ger) Sabine Spitz Haibike Pro Team | 758 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Annika Langvad (Den) Specialized Racing XC | 750 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Irina Kalentieva (Rus) | 720 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Pauline Ferrand Prevot* (Fra) Liv Pro XC Team | 660 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Eva Lechner (Ita) Team Colnago Sudtirol | 652 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Blaza Klemencic (Slo) Feenstra Felt Pb Kenda Bike Team | 645 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Katrin Leumann (Swi) Ghost Factory Racing | 583 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Elisabeth Osl (Aut) Ghost Factory Racing | 527 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Georgia Gould (USA) Luna Pro Team | 511 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Adelheid Morath (Ger) Sabine Spitz Haibike Pro Team | 509 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Katerina Nash (Cze) Luna Pro Team | 465 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Rebecca Henderson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing | 463 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Tereza Hurikova (Cze) Specialized Racing XC | 451 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Kathrin Stirnemann (Swi) Sabine Spitz Haibike Pro Team | 432 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Alexandra Engen (Swe) Ghost Factory Racing | 393 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Julie Bresset (Fra) BH-Suntour-KMC | 378 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Daniela Campuzano (Mex) | 366 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Lea Davison (USA) Specialized Racing XC | 365 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Hanna Klein (Ger) BH-Suntour-KMC | 354 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Katarzyna Solus-Miskowicz (Pol) Kross Racing Team | 346 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Githa Michiels (Bel) Trek-KMC Trade Team | 298 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Annie Last (GBr) Trek Factory Racing | 250 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Janka Keseg Stevkova (Svk) | 234 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Lene Byberg (Nor) | 232 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Mikaela Kofman (Can) Scott-3Rox Racing | 231 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Esther Süss (Swi) Wheeler - Ixs Team | 226 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
33 | Corina Gantenbein (Swi) Fischer-BMC | 188 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
34 | Erin Huck (USA) | 187 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
35 | Kate Fluker (NZl) | 186 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
36 | Serena Calvetti (Ita) | 178 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
37 | Barbara Benko (Hun) Focus XC Team | 173 | Row 36 - Cell 3 |
38 | Ekateryna Anoshina (Rus) | 172 | Row 37 - Cell 3 |
39 | Karla Stepanova (Cze) | 159 | Row 38 - Cell 3 |
40 | Alice Pirard (Bel) Team Merida Wallonie MTB | 155 | Row 39 - Cell 3 |
41 | Evelyn Dong (USA) | 154 | Row 40 - Cell 3 |
42 | Paula Gorycka (Pol) 4F Racing Team | 148 | Row 41 - Cell 3 |
43 | Sandra Walter (Can) | 146 | Row 42 - Cell 3 |
44 | Nina Wrobel (Ger) | 146 | Row 43 - Cell 3 |
45 | Mariske Strauss (RSA) Orange Monkey Pro Team | 144 | Row 44 - Cell 3 |
46 | Laura Lorenza Morfin Macouzet (Mex) | 141 | Row 45 - Cell 3 |
47 | Nathalie Schneitter (Swi) Team Colnago Sudtirol | 134 | Row 46 - Cell 3 |
48 | Jitka Skarnitzlova (Cze) | 126 | Row 47 - Cell 3 |
49 | Tory Thomas (Aus) | 125 | Row 48 - Cell 3 |
50 | Chloe Woodruff (USA) | 116 | Row 49 - Cell 3 |
51 | Vera Andreeva (Rus) | 112 | Row 50 - Cell 3 |
52 | Rocio Martin Rodriguez (Spa) | 110 | Row 51 - Cell 3 |
53 | Chengyuan Ren (Chn) | 108 | Row 52 - Cell 3 |
54 | Anne Terpstra (Ned) Betch.Nl Superior Brentjens MTB Racing Team | 107 | Row 53 - Cell 3 |
55 | Agustina Maria Apaza (Arg) | 106 | Row 54 - Cell 3 |
56 | Samara Sheppard (NZl) Ktm Houffalize Team | 104 | Row 55 - Cell 3 |
57 | Cindy Montambault (Can) | 102 | Row 56 - Cell 3 |
58 | Anna Szafraniec (Pol) Kross Racing Team | 100 | Row 57 - Cell 3 |
59 | Mio Suemasa (Jpn) Unior Tools Team | 95 | Row 58 - Cell 3 |
60 | Rose Grant (USA) | 88 | Row 59 - Cell 3 |
61 | Raiza Goulao-Henrique (Bra) | 87 | Row 60 - Cell 3 |
62 | Anna Oberparleiter (Ita) | 79 | Row 61 - Cell 3 |
63 | Peta Mullens (Aus) Team Colnago Sudtirol | 74 | Row 62 - Cell 3 |
64 | Michelle Hediger (Swi) Fischer-BMC | 71 | Row 63 - Cell 3 |
65 | Amanda Sin (Can) Scott-3Rox Racing | 65 | Row 64 - Cell 3 |
66 | Isabella Moreira Lacerda (Bra) | 65 | Row 65 - Cell 3 |
67 | Katherine O'neill (NZl) | 64 | Row 66 - Cell 3 |
68 | Qinglan Shi (Chn) | 56 | Row 67 - Cell 3 |
69 | Andréanne Pichette (Can) | 55 | Row 68 - Cell 3 |
70 | Karen Hanlen (NZl) | 54 | Row 69 - Cell 3 |
71 | Erika Fernanda Gramiscelli (Bra) | 53 | Row 70 - Cell 3 |
72 | Alexandra Gabriela Serrano Rodriguez (Ecu) | 51 | Row 71 - Cell 3 |
73 | Sarah Riley (Aus) | 50 | Row 72 - Cell 3 |
74 | Tracy Moseley (GBr) | 48 | Row 73 - Cell 3 |
75 | Larissa Connors (USA) | 46 | Row 74 - Cell 3 |
76 | Rebecca Beaumont (Can) | 46 | Row 75 - Cell 3 |
77 | Mandy Dreyer (Can) | 45 | Row 76 - Cell 3 |
78 | Laura Metzler (Fra) Btwin MTB Racing Team | 42 | Row 77 - Cell 3 |
79 | Lucie Vesela (Cze) | 42 | Row 78 - Cell 3 |
80 | Elisabeth Brandau (Ger) | 40 | Row 79 - Cell 3 |
81 | Iryna Popova (Ukr) Cycling Club Roma MTB Team | 39 | Row 80 - Cell 3 |
82 | Amy Beisel (USA) | 38 | Row 81 - Cell 3 |
83 | Adriana Rojas (CRc) | 36 | Row 82 - Cell 3 |
84 | Marie-Helene Premont (Can) | 36 | Row 83 - Cell 3 |
85 | Laura Valentina Abril Restrepo (Col) | 36 | Row 84 - Cell 3 |
86 | Kajsa Snihs (Swe) | 30 | Row 85 - Cell 3 |
87 | Marine Groccia (Swi) | 30 | Row 86 - Cell 3 |
88 | Anna Villar Argente (Spa) | 29 | Row 87 - Cell 3 |
89 | Pavlina Sulcova (Cze) | 26 | Row 88 - Cell 3 |
90 | Nataliia Krompets (Ukr) Isd MTB Team | 24 | Row 89 - Cell 3 |
91 | Erica Zaveta (USA) | 23 | Row 90 - Cell 3 |
92 | Maaris Meier (Est) | 21 | Row 91 - Cell 3 |
93 | Erica Tingey (USA) | 20 | Row 92 - Cell 3 |
94 | Sandra Santanyes Murillo (Spa) | 19 | Row 93 - Cell 3 |
95 | Helene Marcouyre (Fra) BH-Suntour-KMC | 18 | Row 94 - Cell 3 |
96 | Aleksandra Dawidowicz (Pol) | 18 | Row 95 - Cell 3 |
97 | Mercedes Pacios Pujado (Spa) | 17 | Row 96 - Cell 3 |
98 | Elisa Otter (USA) | 15 | Row 97 - Cell 3 |
99 | Hielke Elferink (Ned) | 15 | Row 98 - Cell 3 |
100 | Valentine Segrestan (Fra) | 12 | Row 99 - Cell 3 |
101 | Elisabeth Sveum (Nor) | 11 | Row 100 - Cell 3 |
102 | Franziska Ebinger (Swi) | 10 | Row 101 - Cell 3 |
103 | Agata Tamulewicz (Pol) | 9 | Row 102 - Cell 3 |
104 | Lenka Bulisova (Cze) | 9 | Row 103 - Cell 3 |
105 | Elvira Khayrullina (Rus) | 9 | Row 104 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Liv Pro XC Team | 507 | pts |
2 | Luna Pro Team | 360 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Sabine Spitz Haibike Pro Team | 314 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Specialized Racing XC | 296 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Trek Factory Racing | 294 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Ghost Factory Racing | 284 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Unior Tools Team | 173 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Multivan Merida Biking Team | 137 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Feenstra Felt Pb Kenda Bike Team | 137 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Team Colnago Sudtirol | 123 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | BH-Suntour-KMC | 104 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Kross Racing Team | 69 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Trek-KMC Trade Team | 41 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Wheeler - Ixs Team | 34 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Fischer-BMC | 24 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Scott-3Rox Racing | 20 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Orange Monkey Pro Team | 20 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Focus XC Team | 17 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | 4F Racing Team | 13 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Ktm Houffalize Team | 11 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Team Merida Wallonie Mtb | 8 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Betch.Nl Superior Brentjens Mtb Racing Team | 7 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
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