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Final Results from the Leogang EDR World Cup 2024 – Pinkbike

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Final Results from the Leogang EDR World Cup 2024 – Pinkbike

Kicking off a packed weekend of World Cup racing in Leogang the enduro racers are between the tape to battle across six flat-out stages. Check out the race and stage results below.


Top 5 Results

U21 Men:

1st. Wei Tien Ho: 26:08.939
2nd. Jt Fisher: 26:26.198
3rd. Sascha Kim: 26:27.611
4th. Jakub Pivnicka: 26:32.364
5th. Bruno Jimenez Andreus: 26:49.563

U21 Women:

1st. Winni Goldsbury: 30:48.330
2nd. Emmy Lan: 31:12.920
3rd. Simona Kuchynkova: 31:55.136
4th. Lily Boucher: 32:06.115
5th. Delia Da Mocogno: 32:22.943

Elite Women:

1st. Isabeau Courdurier: 29:02.748
2nd. Hattie Harnden: 29:40.614
3rd. Morgane Charre: 29:42.602
4th. Ella Conolly: 30:10.178
5th. Bex Baraona: 30:21.084

Elite Men:

1st. Richie Rude: 24:52.002
2nd. Alex Rudeau: 24:59.314
3rd. Slawomir Lukasik: 25:06.131
4th. Kasper Woolley: 25:25.864
5th. Mirco Vendemmia: 25:30.113


Stage Results

Stage 1


The third round of the 2024 EDR World Cup series kicks off with riders tackling the Bergstadl Trail, which is the second-longest of the day at 2.4 kilometres and 535 metres of descent.

Wei Tien Ho started the day with a stage victory, securing a big winning margin of 7.403 seconds against Jt Fisher. Just 0.4 back from 2nd place Sascha Kim completed the top three and was the only other rider setting a stage time of under six minutes in the U21 men’s racing.

Winni Goldsbury bested the 2023 U21 women’s champ Emmy Lan crossing the line 15 seconds in the lead. The top five were split by a massive 39.528 seconds on stage one as Goldsbury carries a big advantage into the longer stage two.

Isabeau Courdurier is looking strong as she wants to follow up her victory in Poland with another race win today. Courdurier has come out fighting with a 13-second gap to Ella Conolly on the first stage with the top five separated by 20.9 seconds. The closest rival to Courdurier in the overall series standings, Hattie Harnden, ends the stage fourth 19 seconds off the pace.

After his first race win in Poland, Charlie Murray is showing no signs of slowing down in Leogang as he starts the day with a stage victory. Richie Rude couldn’t match the top time as he went two seconds back. No other rider could come within five seconds of matching Murray’s time as Slawomir Lukasik ended his run 5.33 back in third place.


U21 Men:

1st. Wei Tien Ho: 5:47.790
2nd. Jt Fisher: 5:55.193
3rd. Sascha Kim: 5:55.643
4th. Bruno Jimenez Andreus: 6:00.736
5th. Jakub Pivnicka: 6:00.765

U21 Women:

1st. Winni Goldsbury: 7:05.413
2nd. Emmy Lan: 7:20.785
3rd. Lily Boucher: 7:34.349
4th. Claire Chabbert: 7:38.776
5th. Simona Kuchynkova: 7:44.941

Elite Women:

1st. Isabeau Courdurier: 6:42.715
2nd. Ella Conolly: 6:55.901
3rd. Bex Baraona: 6:58.742
4th. Hattie Harnden: 7:02.579
5th. Morgane Charre: 7:03.629

Elite Men:

1st. Charlie Murray: 5:36.040
2nd. Richie Rude: 5:38.128
3rd. Slawomir Lukasik: 5:41.370
4th. Alex Rudeau: 5:42.886
5th. Kasper Woolley: 5:43.305


Stage 2


Stage two takes riders to the X Line where they face a 3.6-kilometre challenge with 802 metres of descent. After completing the second stage over half the timed stage distance will have been covered by racers.

Oliver Jenkins surpassed stage one winner Wei Tien Ho as he led Sascha Kim by just 0.096 seconds. The first stage winner Wei Tien Ho crossed the line third losing 2.236 seconds to Jenkins in the overall race rankings.

In the U21 women’s race, Winni Goldsbury went back-to-back on stage wins so far besting Emmy Lan by a little over eight seconds. Simona Kuchynkova went two better than on stage one completing the top three, 12.74 back.

Hattie Harnden finds the speed for a stage win coming back from fourth on the first stage to go fastest by 1.857 seconds. Morgane Charre also improves upon her first stage going from fifth to 2nd place. Isabeau Courdurier ends the longest stage of the day third 5.9 seconds back.

Richie Rude goes one better on the second stage as he completes the longest stage of the race 1.3 seconds quicker than Jack Moir. Alex Rudeau crosses the line 2.464 back from Rude. After his stage one win, Charlie Murray dropped back to sixth place, although he only falls to second in the overall race ranks.


U21 Men:

1st. Oliver Jenkins: 7:48.629
2nd. Sascha Kim: 7:48.725
3rd. Wei Tien Ho: 7:50.865
4th. Bailey Christie: 7:51.592
5th. Jt Fisher: 7:52.702

U21 Women:

1st. Winni Goldsbury: 8:45.391
2nd. Emmy Lan: 8:53.461
3rd. Simona Kuchynkova: 8:58.131
4th. Elly Hoskin: 9:06.099
5th. Lily Planquart: 9:08.924

Elite Women:

1st. Hattie Harnden: 8:29.058
2nd. Morgane Charre: 8:30.915
3rd. Isabeau Courdurier: 8:35.039
4th. Ella Conolly: 8:43.830
5th. Andreane Lanthier Nadeau: 8:44.422

Elite Men:

1st. Richie Rude: 7:28.909
2nd. Jack Moir: 7:30.226
3rd. Alex Rudeau: 7:31.373
4th. Slawomir Lukasik: 7:31.960
5th. Jesse Melamed: 7:32.743


Stage 2 Reactions:


Stage 3


Following the long first two stages the third timed section of the day offered a shorter challenge with the Matzalm Trail covering 1.6 kilometres and 326 metres of descent.

Wei Tien Ho returned to the top of the results sheet leading Alden Pate by 1.658 seconds. Jt Fisher made it another US rider inside the top three as he was 1.877 back from the current race leader and stage three winner.

Winni Goldsbury is looking unstoppable so far today as stage three saw her pick up another stage victory. Elly Hoskin came closest with a 4.515 deficit before Xanthe Robb went in third place, 5.083 back. Emmy Lan, who is closest in overall time to Goldsbury, finished the stage in fourth giving up 5.311 seconds.

Isabeau Courdurier is back on top as she goes fastest for the second time today and puts six seconds into race and series rival Hattie Harnden. Bex Baraona returns to third place again, pulling just ahead of Ella Conolly.

It’s a close battle for the elite men’s win as Alex Rudeau just edges ahead of Slawomir Lukasik by 0.047 seconds to go fastest. Richie Rude is looking tough to beat today as he is inside the top three again only losing 1.5 seconds. Charlie Murray dropped back to fifth place, giving away 9.2 seconds to the stage leader.


U21 Men:

1st. Wei Tien Ho: 3:41.100
2nd. Alden Pate: 3:42.758
3rd. Jt Fisher: 3:42.977
4th. Jakub Pivnicka: 3:43.277
5th. Sascha Kim: 3:43.472

U21 Women:

1st. Winni Goldsbury: 4:33.955
2nd. Elly Hoskin: 4:38.470
3rd. Xanthe Robb: 4:39.038
4th. Emmy Lan: 4:39.266
5th. Delia Da Mocogno: 4:40.851

Elite Women:

1st. Isabeau Courdurier: 4:18.516
2nd. Hattie Harnden: 4:25.253
3rd. Bex Baraona: 4:31.052
4th. Ella Conolly: 4:32.519
5th. Raphaela Richter: 4:34.434

Elite Men:

1st. Alex Rudeau: 3:22.652
2nd. Slawomir Lukasik: 3:22.699
3rd. Richie Rude: 3:24.163
4th. Mirco Vendemmia: 3:28.854
5th. Charlie Murray: 3:31.928


Stage 4


Before two short final stages, the Hangman 1 trail provides the last stage with a length of over 1.1 kilometres and potentially the last place to make up some serious time against competitors.

Sascha Kim secured his first stage win of the day besting race leader Wei Tien Ho by 1.159 seconds. Jt Fisher remains in the mix once again with a third place finish.

Simona Kuchynkova moved to the top of the ranking on stage four as she beat 2023 series champ Emmy Lan to the line by 5.2 seconds. Lily Boucher made it so two Canadians were in the top three with a third place, 5.357 back from Kuchynkova.

It’s another stage victory for Isabeau Courdurier as she ends the fourth stage 2.32 up on Morgane Charre. Courdurier’s race and season rival Hattie Harnden finishes in third, handing 3.992 seconds to the current race leader.

Charlie Murray is back on the top of the timing sheet as he finds a small margin of 0.488 seconds against Richie Rude in second place. Alex Rudeau is at the sharp end in third, but he is a ways off the winning pace, 4.554 seconds back.


U21 Men:

1st. Sascha Kim: 3:19.669
2nd. Wei Tien Ho: 3:20.828
3rd. Jt Fisher: 3:23.044
4th. Kentin Baldeyrou: 3:24.302
5th. Jakub Pivnicka: 3:24.478

U21 Women:

1st. Simona Kuchynkova: 3:56.422
2nd. Emmy Lan: 4:01.689
3rd. Lily Boucher: 4:01.779
4th. Delia Da Mocogno: 4:02.068
5th. Winni Goldsbury: 4:05.861

Elite Women:

1st. Isabeau Courdurier: 3:37.447
2nd. Morgane Charre: 3:39.767
3rd. Hattie Harnden: 3:41.439
4th. Ella Conolly: 3:48.336
5th. Rae Morrison: 3:49.628

Elite Men:

1st. Charlie Murray: 3:06.523
2nd. Richie Rude: 3:07.011
3rd. Alex Rudeau: 3:11.077
4th. Kasper Woolley: 3:11.916
5th. Rhys Verner: 3:12.342


Stage 5


The first of two short final stages see riders tackle the Schwarzleo Trail with a length of 1.1 kilometres and a vertical drop of 210 metres.

Jakub Pivnicka took their first stage win in the U21 men’s racing besting the time of race leader, Wei Tien Ho by a tiny margin of 0.017 seconds. Eliot Seret wrapped the top three, 3.328 seconds behind. Sascha Kim who sits second in the day’s racing was back in eighth place, 4.691 seconds behind the stage winner.

There was also a new stage for the U1 women with Xantha Robb going fastest by 0.347 seconds. Emmy Lan secured second place and most importantly pulled back around 0.6 seconds from the race leader Winni Goldsbury who placed third.

Isabeau Courdurier is storming the second half of today’s racing with another stage win on five. Morgane Charre rode the closest to Courdurier but is over five seconds back despite her best efforts. In the battle for the race win Hattie Harnden loses a lot of time here dropping 11 seconds behind.

Alex Rudeau takes a second stage victory as he also moves up into second place in the overall race rankings before the final stage. Richie Rude continues a great day out as with second place he keeps himself seven seconds ahead of Rudeau in the overall timings. Slawomir Lukasik goes third fastest on the stage, 2.285 seconds back. Charlie Murray falls back to seventh place and is now third in the overall heading into stage six.


U21 Men:

1st. Jakub Pivnicka: 3:02.919
2nd. Wei Tien Ho: 3:02.936
3rd. Eliot Seret: 3:06.247
4th. Kentin Baldeyrou: 3:06.495
5th. Jt Fisher: 3:06.518

U21 Women:

1st. Xanthe Robb: 3:29.326
2nd. Emmy Lan: 3:29.673
3rd. Winni Goldsbury: 3:30.311
4th. Simona Kuchynkova: 3:30.957
5th. Delia Da Mocogno: 3:33.863

Elite Women:

1st. Isabeau Courdurier: 3:13.474
2nd. Morgane Charre: 3:18.702
3rd. Mélanie Pugin: 3:22.610
4th. Hattie Harnden: 3:41.439
5th. Bex Baraona: 3:25.716

Elite Men:

1st. Alex Rudeau: 2:52.699
2nd. Richie Rude: 2:54.594
3rd. Slawomir Lukasik: 2:54.984
4th. Jack Moir: 2:55.563
5th. Kasper Woolley: 2:55.660


Stage 6


Another short 1.1-kilometre stage closes out the racing in Leogang with riders tackling the Bongo Bongo trail.

After placing third on the final stage Wei Tien Ho has done enough to win the Leogang EDR World Cup with Jt Fisher making a last-minute move into second place. Sascha Kim loses his second place after ending the final stage in 26th.

Winni Goldsbury wins the U21 women’s racing as she built a lead on the longer opening stages that couldn’t be pulled back later in the day. Emmy Lan sees a return to form with a second-place finish, 24.590 seconds back. Simona Kuchynkova was rapid on the final stages helping bring her up to third place at the end of the day.

Morgane Charre wins the finals stage of the day but just 0.422 back in second is Isabeau Courdurier who wins today’s racing. With a gap of 37 seconds back to 2nd-placed Hattie Harnden Courdurier was unrivaled in Leogang.

Jesse Melamed ended the day with a stage win as he crossed the line with a time 0.896 seconds better than Jack Moir. Richie Rude ended the day with a fifth place but it was more than good enough for the race win. Rude took the round three victory with a gap of 7.312 seconds back to Alex Rudeau. Sadly Charlie Murray had a crash on the final stage losing 36 seconds to the top time and ended the day in eighth overall.


U21 Men:

1st. Kentin Baldeyrou: 2:25.048
2nd. Lachie Ros: 2:25.401
3rd. Wei Tien Ho: 2:25.420
4th. Jt Fisher: 2:25.764
5th. Eliot Seret: 2:26.081

U21 Women:

1st. Simona Kuchynkova: 2:46.613
2nd. Winni Goldsbury: 2:47.399
3rd. Emmy Lan:2:48.046
4th. Giorgia Fiocchi: 2:49.688
5th. Xanthe Robb: 2:50.155

Elite Women:

1st. Morgane Charre: 2:35.135
2nd. Isabeau Courdurier: 2:35.557
3rd. Hattie Harnden: 2:37.781
4th. Mélanie Pugin: 2:39.252
5th. Ella Conolly: 2:40.802

Elite Men:

1st. Jesse Melamed: 2:16.845
2nd. Jack Moir: 2:17.741
3rd. Alex Rudeau: 2:18.627
4th. Adrien Dailly: 2:18.908
5th. Richie Rude: 2:19.197


Full Results

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U21 Women:
Elite Women:
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