User:Lib2know/Ferrand-Prévot and Schurter are World Champions of Cross Country Cycling
removed some tags, will be reused {{tasks|news|re-review}} {{date|September 5, 2015}} La Massana (Andorra), on Saturday the UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championship in the discipline of cross-country cycling were held in the mountain bike and skiing resort Vallnord.
The female Elite World Champions title was a clear win by Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (France) 58 seconds ahead of Irina Kalentyeva (Russia) and Yana Belomoina (96 seconds). Later Nino Schurter (Switzerland) had a very close duel with Julien Absalon (France) but prevailed with ten seconds then in lap five of six and maintained this advantage until finish. Third was Ondrey Cink (Czech) about one minute later.
On an altitude of up to 2000m this were major events besides the trials last week and the downhill on Sunday. Since beginning of the week the World Championship started with qualifiers, competitions for starters younger then 20 and 23 years and was met by the Vuelta a España for four days in Andorra.
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- "Ferrand-Prevot, Schurter claim Elite XCO world titles at the Vallnord UCI mountain bike championships" — Canadian cycling magazine, September 6th, 2015
- "Ferrand-Prevot and Schurter take elite cross-country titles at UCI Mountain Bike and Trials World Championships" — insidethegames.biz, September 6th, 2015
- "Schurter and Ferrand Prevot Elite XCO World Champions at UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships" — vallnordworldchampionships.com, September 5th, 2015
- "Results - Mountain Bike 2015, Women Elite World Championships (AND/CM) Cross Country" — infostradasports.com, September 5th, 2015
- "Results - Mountain Bike 2015, Men Elite World Championships (AND/CM) Cross Country" — infostradasports.com, September 5th, 2015
- "Vallnord UCI MTB & Trials World Championships 2015 Schedule" — Vallnord, 2015
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Category:Sports Category:Andorra Category:Europe Category:Cycling