In a becoming finale for the Whoop UCI Mountain Bike World Sequence the rainbow jersey clad Alan Hatherly (Cannondale Manufacturing facility Racing) delivered a dominant efficiency within the elite males’s cross-country Olympic race at Mont-Sainte-Anne on Sunday to say victory on the day and general.
Hatherly was main the collection heading into the technical Canadian race, with only one rider who might pose a risk general, the in-form Victor Koretzky (Specialised Manufacturing facility Racing) however provided that the French rider received and Hatherly slipped nicely into the again half of the sector. The South African, nevertheless, had little intention of letting both state of affairs come to move.
“The general was one goal for as we speak. The principle goal was to win with the rainbow jersey,” mentioned Hatherly in a race media launch. “It’s one factor to win the UCI World Championships, however I needed to win a UCI World Cup once more this yr simply to complete.”
Hatherly had already carved out a spot of round 30 seconds to the primary chase group by the top of the primary lap of eight and whereas Mathis Azzaro (Decathlon Ford Racing Group) at one stage drew him again, an assault from the world champion quickly meant he was out the entrance solo once more.
“I went to the entrance within the begin lap and obtained a spot right away and I used to be like ‘okay, let’s go lengthy’,” mentioned Hatherly. “It was tremendous robust, and I needed to be tactical when Mathis caught me, however I had extra within the tank and simply emptied it. I believed ‘that is it, the ultimate 20 minutes of racing for the yr and I simply must go for it’, and I did precisely that.”
Ultimately Hatherly crossed the road 30 seconds forward of the second-placed Azzaro. Koretzky was an additional 18 seconds again, taking third on the day and second within the collection general.
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