Latvian champion Mārtiņš Blūms took 11th place in the second round of the Olympic Cross Country (MTCO) Olympic Cross Country (XCO) in Albenga on Saturday. The victory in the race was celebrated by the titled French cyclist Jordan Sharou.
For the second weekend in a row, with the participation of the Latvian champion Mārtiņš Blūms, the stage of the Italian Cup in the MTB XCO cross is taking place. In the second stage, which took place on the Albenga city track, 95 participants took part in the elite men’s competition, among them a number of world-ranking TOP 20 riders.
Mārtiņš Blūms started from the first start line. In the first laps, Cēsis was among the leading riders, close to the positions of the podium. Meanwhile, in the end, the Latvian lost a bit of contact with the leading drivers. At the finish, Bloom took 11th place (01:31:27). The student of coach Jānis Mūsiņš received eight world ranking points. In the current world ranking, the athlete who represents the daily CST PostNL Bafang units is in the 18th position.
The winners were Jordan’s seventh-placed World Cup leader, who finished third in the World Cup last year and finished ninth at the Tokyo Olympics. Gerhard Kerchbaumer from Italy finished in second place (+00: 00: 07), while only 19-year-old French cyclist Adrien Boich climbed to the third step of the podium (+00: 00: 11).
2nd round of the Italian Cup MTB XCO Cross – Men’s Elite: 95 participants:
1. Jordan Sarrou, France, 01:29:24
2. Gerhard Kerschbaumer, Italy, +00: 00: 07
3. Adrien Boichis, France, +00: 00: 11
4. Lenarde Bouchards, Canada, +00: 00: 11
5. Filippo Colombo, Switzerland, +00: 00: 40
6. Juri Zanotti, Italy, +00: 00: 47
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11. Mārtiņš Blūms, Latvia, +00: 02: 03
Tom Marx
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