Qualifying for the first round took place on
Thursday and the
COMMENCAL riders continue on a roll with their good
performances from
Leogang a week ago.
It must be said that the
weather is still
cold and
wet in
Maribor making the riding conditions particularly
difficult. However, the track remains very different to that in
Austria, and it’s still running much
faster than the oily mud of last
weekend in
Leogang.Like at World Champs, Thibaut
Daprela and Rémi
Thirion showed their prowess in these conditions, achieving
2nd and 5th in the
Men’s Elite.
Benoît
Coulanges took the
16th fastest time. Baptiste
Pierron and Hugo
Frixtalon came
29th and 30th.In
Elite Women, the ladies from the
World Champs podium last week are still in good shape!
Myriam
Nicole came
2nd despite an error at the first split. She was followed by Monika
Hrastnik (3rd) and new
World Champion Camille Balanche (5th).Finally, our
Junior Men also had promising qualifications.
Pau
Menoyo was
2nd and Daniel
Slack 3rd! Young Frenchman Tom
Guillo took the
25th time.See you
tomorrow for the
finals of this first round!
Photos: © andyvathis - @commmencal_mucoff