Elite women’s podium at WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series round 2 Araxá, Brazil(Image credit: WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series)
Jenny Rissveds (Canyon CLLCTV) on her way to victory(Image credit: WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series)
Christopher Blevins (Specialized Factory) wins the XCO and takes the series lead(Image credit: WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series)
Christopher Blevins and Samara Maxwell have come out on top of the rankings after the two opening battles of Whoop UCI Mountain Bike World Series in Brazil, which finished with a scorching cross-country Olympic (XCO) battle in Araxá on Saturday.
Blevins claimed the elite men’s red leader’s jersey and accompanying number 1 race plate from Specialized Factory teammate Victor Koretzky after winning Saturday’s XCO race, a reversal of the course used for round one, and also the short-track Friday. That lifted his points total to 610 at the end of round 2, carving out a 100 point gap to Koretzky, who finished sixth this in the cross country race on Saturday after having some trouble with his lungs on the run in.
