Aldridge, Schneebeli win Junior XC World titles

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Luca Martin, Charlie Aldridge, Andreas Emanuele Vittone(Image credit: Robert Jones)

Junior Women

Switzerland won their third title in two days at the Mountain Bike World Championships on Thursday, with Jacqueline Schneebeli winning the Junior women's XCO rainbow jersey.

Schneebeli and Mona Mitterwallner of Austria rode off the front of the field by the end of the first lap, with Helene Marie Fossesholm (Norway) and Kata Blanka Vas (Hungary) battling further back for the bronze medal. Schneebeli dropped Mitterwallner going into the final lap to win the title by over a minute, with Fossesholm taking bronze.

"I didn't want to start too fast, because it is quite a long lap, and the uphills were really, really hard. But when I was in front, I just wanted to stay there," said Schneebeli.

A group of five riders broke clear on the first lap and the podium was going to come from this group, which also included Canadian favourite Carter Woods and Luke Moir of South Africa. Vittone attacked in the third lap, splitting the group, with Aldridge bridging up to him and dropping his rival on the final lap to win the title. Martin took second after Vittone crashed, damaging his chain.

"It was a really, really, close race," said Aldridge. "I was never quite sure who was going to be my main competitor, so I was just watching to see how the race progressed. But it was really close at the end. I made a bit of a mistake and he [Vittone] was able to get a bit of a gap, but I was able to catch up to him later and take it to the finish."

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Results - Junior Men
Position	Rider Name (Country)	Result
1	Charlie Aldridge (GBr)	1:07:31
2	Luca Martin (Fra)	0:00:11
3	Andreas Emanuele Vittone (Ita)	0:00:20
4	Carter Woods (Can)	0:00:37
5	Luke Moir (RSA)	0:01:33
6	Mario Bair (Aut)	0:01:38
7	Janis Baumann (Swi)	0:02:39
8	Lukas Malezsewski (Bel)	0:03:36
9	Markus Eydt (Ger)	0:03:46
10	Jan Zatloukal (Cze)	0:03:49
11	Luke Wiedmann (Swi)	0:03:58
12	Lennart-jan Krayer (Ger)	0:04:40
13	Davide Toneatti (Ita)
14	Riley Amos (USA)	0:04:43
15	Jeronimo Bedoya Botero (Col)	0:04:44
16	Jakub Jenčuš (Svk)	0:04:48
17	Harry Birchill (GBr)	0:04:49
18	Dario Lillo (Swi)	0:04:50
19	Thore Hemmerling (Ger)	0:04:53
20	Jarne Vandersteen (Bel)	0:05:00
21	Hamish Graham (Can)	0:05:11
22	Vincent Thiboutot (Can)	0:05:20
23	Niek Hoornsman (Ned)	0:05:50
24	Tobias Lillelund (Den)	0:05:53
25	Bjorn Riley (USA)
26	Gustavo Xavier de Oliveira Pereira (Bra)	0:07:11
27	Victor Philipsen (Den)	0:07:22
28	Alex Junior Malacarne (Bra)	0:07:42
29	Piotr Krynski (Pol)	0:08:26
30	Alberto Barroso Gomez (Spa)	0:08:38
31	Louis Chazaly (Fra)	0:08:52
32	Nolan Jenkins (USA)	0:09:02
33	Jose Cabrera Gonzalez (Mex)	0:09:07
34	Nadav Amar (Isr)	0:09:10
35	Charles Antoine St-onge (Can)	0:09:56
36	Tomas Caulier Marinovic (Chi)	0:10:39
37	Dylan Kerr (Can)	0:10:53
38	Johan Van zyl (RSA)	0:11:08
39	Louis Krauss (Ger)	0:11:16
40	Piper Albrecht (Aus)	0:11:26
41	Daniel Van der Walt (RSA)	0:11:27
42	Domenic Paolilli (Aus)	0:11:32
43	Santiago Ezequiel Chiesa Bachey (Arg)	0:12:43
44	Robbie Day (USA)	Lap
45	Jaume Bosch Pico (Spa)	Lap
46	Caleb Bottcher (NZl)	Lap
47	Tristan Nortje (RSA)	Lap
48	Sohei Yamaguchi (Jpn)	Lap
49	Esteban Herrera Ochoa (Mex)	Lap
50	Nick Chisholm (Aus)	Lap
51	David Aron Baranyi (Hun)	Lap
52	Brennon Peterson (USA)	Lap
53	Corey Smith (Aus)	Lap
54	Zach Larsson (Aus)	Lap
55	Nikolay Ivanov (Rus)	Lap
56	David Sulc (Cze)	Lap
57	Cooper Jessen (Aus)	Lap
58	Xavier Roy (Can)	Lap
59	Issei Matsumoto (Jpn)	Lap
60	Matthew Wilson (NZl)	Lap
61	Jeremie La Grenade (Can)	Lap
62	Liam Johnston (Aus)	Lap
63	Ayumi Nakajima (Jpn)	Lap
DNF	Markus Kaad Heuer (Den)
DNF	Jan Saska (Cze)
DNF	Adair Zabdiel Gutierrez Prieto (Mex)
DNF	Connor Johnston (NZl)
DNF	Andrea Colombo (Ita)

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Position	Rider Name (Country)	Result
1	Jacqueline Schneebeli (Swi)	1:05:03
2	Mona Mitterwallner (Aut)	0:01:08
3	Helene Marie Fossesholm (Nor)	0:03:11
4	Kata Blanka Vas (Hun)	0:03:43
5	Zoe Cuthbert (Aus)	0:04:20
6	Madigan Munro (USA)	0:05:04
7	Puck Pieterse (Ned)	0:05:18
8	Matylda Szczecinska (Pol)	0:06:02
9	Emilly Johnston (Can)	0:06:14
10	Cornelia Holland (Aut)	0:06:27
11	Kira Bohm (Ger)	0:06:36
12	Harriet Harnden (GBr)	0:06:59
13	Ronja Blöchlinger (Swi)	0:07:38
14	Samara Maxwell (NZl)	0:07:42
15	Anna Mcgorum (GBr)	0:08:16
16	Akari Kobayashi (Jpn)
17	Noemie Garnier (Fra)	0:08:21
18	Emma Eydt (Ger)	0:08:29
19	Pasquine Vandermouten (Fra)	0:08:38
20	Sofie Heby Pedersen (Den)	0:08:53
21	Radka Paulechova (Svk)	0:09:14
22	Magdalena Misonova (Cze)	0:09:20
23	Tamara Wiedmann (Aut)	0:09:32
24	Magdeleine Vallieres Mill (Can)	0:09:35
25	Ana Santos (Por)	0:09:43
26	Madeline Robbins (USA)	0:11:07
27	Zandri Strydom (RSA)	0:12:38
28	Catalina Maria Vidaurre Kossmann (Chi)	0:12:42
29	Julianne Sarrazin (Can)	0:13:28
30	Adéla Holubova (Cze)	0:13:39
31	Natalia Marie Torres Macouzet (Mex)	0:14:37
32	Nicole Pesse (Ita)	0:15:00
33	Ruby Ryan (NZl)	Lap
34	Samuelle Baillargeon (Can)	Lap
35	Ada Urist (USA)	Lap
36	Ana Sofia Villegas Norena (Col)	Lap
37	Lucia Gomez Andreu (Spa)	Lap
38	Kaitlyn Shikaze (Can)	Lap
39	Lucia Macho Jimenez (Spa)	Lap
40	Alexis Bobbitt (USA)	Lap
41	Juliette Larose Gingras (Can)	Lap
42	Holly Lubcke (Aus)	Lap
43	Kelly Lawson (Can)	Lap
44	Yarela Soledad Gonzalez Obando (Chi)	Lap
45	Emily Wooster (Aus)	Lap
46	Daniela Guadalupe Verastegui Diaz (Mex)	Lap
47	Phoebe Thompson (Aus)	Lap
48	Valentina Garces Restrepo (Col)	Lap
DNF	Luisa Daubermann (Ger)