Samara Sheppard (Wheeler - IXS Team) won her first U23 World Cup in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Quebec on Saturday afternoon. She finished 1:49 ahead of Yana Belomoyna (Bi&Esse - Infotre Protek) and 3:08 ahead of Rebecca Henderson.
"It was tough out there," said Sheppard, who turns 22 tomorrow. "The course was awesome. I tried to find my limit and not go over it, and it worked out great."
Sheppard was leading on the first lap, but dropped her chain and fell back to fourth place. On her second lap, she said she just went for it and moved back up into the lead, where she stayed for the duration.
"Once I got on the podium at the last round then I started to believe in myself more, and now I know I can go out there and win," said Sheppard. "It definitely gives me a lot more confidence for the rest of the season leading into Austria [for the world championships in September)."
Belomoyna leads the World Cup after five rounds with 390 points. Henderson (241) and Sheppard (212) round out the top three.
Full Results
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samara Sheppard (NZl) Wheeler - IXS Team | 1:32:40 |
| 2 | Yana Belomoyna (Ukr) Bi&Esse - Infotre Protek | 0:01:49 |
| 3 | Rebecca Henderson (Aus) | 0:03:08 |
| 4 | Jolanda Neff (Swi) Wheeler - Ixs Team | 0:04:06 |
| 5 | Andréanne Pichette (Can) | 0:09:46 |
| 6 | Andreane Lanthier-Nadeau (Can) | 0:10:48 |
| 7 | Candice Neethling (RSA) | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
| 8 | Kajsa Snihs (Swe) | 0:11:16 |
| 9 | Cayley Brooks (Can) | 0:13:40 |
| 10 | Haley Smith (Can) | 0:15:13 |
| 11 | Valerie Meunier (Can) | 0:15:42 |
| 12 | Sarah Moore (Can) | 0:16:55 |
| 13 | Marta Tereshchuk (Ukr) Bi&Esse - Infotre Protek | 0:19:11 |
| 14 | Jill Behlen (USA) | 0:20:30 |
| 15 | Kaila Hart (USA) | 0:23:54 |
| 16 | Laurence Harvey (Can) | 0:25:05 |
| 17 | Mariske Strauss (RSA) | 0:28:06 |
| -1lap | Alicia Rose Pastore (USA) | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Samantha Wagler (Can) | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
| -1lap | Ines Carolina Gutiérrez (Arg) | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Laura Bietola (Can) Scott-3Roxracing | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Barbara Benko (Hun) Focus MIG Team | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yana Belomoyna (Ukr) | 390 | pts |
| 2 | Rebecca Henderson (Aus) | 241 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Samara Sheppard (NZl) | 212 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
| 4 | Jolanda Neff (Swi) | 190 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
| 5 | Ekaterina Anoshina (Rus) | 174 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
| 6 | Candice Neethling (RSA) | 156 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
| 7 | Paula Gorycka (Pol) | 140 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
| 8 | Lisa Mitterbauer (Aut) | 125 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
| 9 | Kajsa Snihs (Swe) | 124 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
| 10 | Mona Eiberweiser (Ger) | 103 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
| 11 | Barbara Benko (Hun) | 92 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
| 12 | Vivienne Meyer (Swi) | 88 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
| 13 | Helen Grobert (Ger) | 86 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
| 14 | Michelle Hediger (Swi) | 74 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
| 15 | Monika Zur (Pol) | 73 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
| 16 | Andréanne Pichette (Can) | 68 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
| 17 | Marta Tereshchuk (Ukr) | 52 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
| 18 | Julie Berteaux (Fra) | 46 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
| 19 | Serena Calvetti (Ita) | 42 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
| 20 | Andreane Lanthier-Nadeau (Can) | 35 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
| 21 | Virginie Pointet (Swi) | 33 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
| 22 | Cayley Brooks (Can) | 24 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
| 23 | Haley Smith (Can) | 22 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
| 24 | Vendula Kuntova (Cze) | 21 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
| 25 | Valerie Meunier (Can) | 20 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
| 26 | Sarah Moore (Can) | 18 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
| 27 | Jitka Skarnitzlova (Cze) | 17 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
| 28 | Jill Behlen (USA) | 14 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
| 29 | Ashleigh Parker-Moffatt (RSA) | 14 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
| 30 | Marion Azam (Fra) | 13 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
| 31 | Kaila Hart (USA) | 12 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
| 32 | Laura Valentina Abril Restrepo (Col) | 12 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
| 33 | Angela Egeland (RSA) | 12 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
| 34 | Laurence Harvey (Can) | 10 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
| 35 | Alessia Bulleri (Ita) | 10 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
| 36 | Simone Vosloo (RSA) | 10 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
| 37 | Kateryna Naberezhna (Ukr) | 10 | Row 36 - Cell 3 |
| 38 | Mariske Strauss (RSA) | 9 | Row 37 - Cell 3 |
| 39 | Alicia Rose Pastore (USA) | 8 | Row 38 - Cell 3 |
| 40 | Samantha Wagler (Can) | 7 | Row 39 - Cell 3 |
| 41 | Karla Stepanova (Cze) | 7 | Row 40 - Cell 3 |
| 42 | Lisa Rabensteiner (Ita) | 7 | Row 41 - Cell 3 |
| 43 | Ines Carolina Gutiérrez (Arg) | 6 | Row 42 - Cell 3 |
| 44 | Jovana Crnogorac (Srb) | 6 | Row 43 - Cell 3 |
| 45 | Tina Kindlhofer (Aut) | 4 | Row 44 - Cell 3 |
| 46 | Regina Genser (Ger) | 4 | Row 45 - Cell 3 |
| 47 | Zuzana Pirzkallova (Cze) | 3 | Row 46 - Cell 3 |
| 48 | Anna Oberparleiter (Ita) | 3 | Row 47 - Cell 3 |
| 49 | Miranda Agusti Sanchez (Spa) | 2 | Row 48 - Cell 3 |
| 50 | Laura Bietola (Can) | 2 | Row 49 - Cell 3 |
| 51 | Ingrid Sofie Jacobsen (Nor) | 2 | Row 50 - Cell 3 |
| 52 | Marta Pastore (Ita) | 1 | Row 51 - Cell 3 |
| 53 | Lorraine Truong (Swi) | 1 | Row 52 - Cell 3 |
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