The Enduro World Series kicks off this year in Chile's Nevados de Chillan. Spread over two days, the race includes a total of six downhill stages - three on each day.
After the first day, defending champion Jérôme Clementz is not leading the race. The nimble Frenchman is in second place after the first three stages, behind the Australian Jared Graves. However, the second day of the race turned things around for Clementz. With an incredible race to catch up, he ousted the former 4x world champion Graves from the top position. The season thus began as it had ended.

In third place is another Frenchman, Florian Nicolai. The gaps are close in this race. After more than 36 minutes of total riding time, winner Clementz is only eight seconds faster than Graves, who in turn is just four seconds ahead of Nicolai. Just under 50 seconds behind, René Wildhaber is the fastest Swiss rider. Except for two stages where he lost too much time, he regularly rode top times which put him in ninth place. In 13th place, Ludo May from Romand is also among the world elite. He cracked the top 10 on two stages, which gives him hope of an even better ranking for the upcoming races.

The tables seem to be turning for the women. The first winner of the Enduro World Series, Tracy Moseley, was no match for France's Anne Caroline Chausson in the opening race. She rode in superior style and won by over a minute. The battle for third place, on the other hand, was close. Dutch rider Anneke Beerten starts the last three stages in third place from the first day. On the fifth stage, however, she was caught by French rider Cecile Ravanel and knocked off the podium by less than six seconds.With an eighth and two seventh stage places, Swiss rider Anita Gehrig secured seventh place in the daily classification. Her twin sister Carolin finished the first day in 13th place. In the other three stages of the second day of racing, Carolin Gehrig is able to turn up the heat once again and works her way up to eleventh place in the final classification - just four seconds behind tenth place. Meanwhile, Anita Gehrig continues to ride consistently and secures her seventh place in the end.

The next race of the Enduro World Series will take place on May 30th and June 1st at the TweedLove Mountain Bike Festival in Peebles, Scotland.

1st round of the Enduro World Series, Nevados de Chillan/ CHI
Men
1.	Jérôme Clementz (FRA)	Cannondale OverMountain	0:36.41,31
2.	Jared Graves (AUS)	Yeti / Fox Shox Factory Team	+0:00.08,27
3.	Florian Nicolai (FRA)	Rocky Mountain Urge BP Team	+0:00.12,08
4.	Martin Maes (BEL)	GT Factory Racing	+0:00.15,55
5.	Justin Leov (NZL)	Trek Factory Racing Enduro Team	+0:00.25,89
6.	Nico Lau (FRA)	Cube Action Team	+0:00.29,43
7.	Alexandre Cure (FR)	Rocky Mountain Urge BP Team	+0:00.33,48
8.	Rémy Absalon (FRA)	Scott SR Suntour Enduro Team	+0:00.36,31
9.	René Wildhaber (SUI)	Trek Factory Racing Enduro Team	+0:00.46,81
10.	Cédric Gracia (FRA)	Santa Cruz	+0:00.55,30
13.	Ludo May (SUI)	Canyon Factory Enduro Team	+0:01.09,00
22.	Lukas Anrig (SUI)	Norco Enduro World Team	+0:01.45,46
41.	Michael Schärer (SUI)	ROSE Vaujany fueled by ultraSPORTS	+0:03.06,68
Women
1.	Anne Caroline Chausson (FRA)	Ibis Cycles	0:40.50,46
2.	Tracy Moseley (GBR)	Trek Factory Racing Enduro Team	+0:01.10,66
3.	Cécile Ravanel (FRA)	GT Pulse	+0:01.47,50
4.	Anneke Beerten (NED)	Specialized Racing Team	+0:01.52,64
5.	Isabeau Courdurier (FRA)	Rocky Mountain Urge BP Team	+0:02.57,72
7.	Anita Gehrig (SUI)	Twins MTB Racing Team - Specialized	+0:05.05,48
11.	Carolin Gehrig (SUI)	Twins MTB Racing Team - Specialized	+0:06.53,85

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