The third stop of the Enduro World Series in Peebles, Scotland, was the longest race of the series: two days and long connecting stages to the downhill stages, a total of seven hours of riding time on the first day are on the program. On the first stage, it was René Wildhaber who immediately set the fastest time after his comeback. He put in a consistent performance and finished the first four stages in seventh place.

Meanwhile, the young American Richie Rude turned up the heat and fought a fierce battle for places. At the end of the first day, he leads the intermediate rankings ahead of Greg Callaghan (IRL) and Florian Nicolai (FRA). However, Wildhaber is not in seventh place, but in 35th place. A time penalty of one minute for allegedly missing the start time sets him back badly.

On the second day, Wildhaber began the race to catch up. This goes well, but due to a storm, the race is shortened from four to two downhill stages and the Flumser lacks the length of the race to push even further forward. Problems with the rear brake also play against this. Nevertheless, Wildhaber still manages a good 19th place in the end. A good result given the circumstances, but still frustrating for him, as he would have finished ninth without a time penalty.
However, his teammate Justin Leov turned the story around on the second day of the race and made it onto the top step of the podium with a third and a best time. With his first victory in this series, the New Zealander also took the lead in the overall standings, while Wildhaber also finished in 19th place.
Second place goes to the Frenchman Florian Nicolai. Third place went to the Irishman Greg Callaghan.

The dominance of Moseley
Tracy Moseley (GBR) strung together stage win after stage win on the first day of the women's race. After 34 kilometers, she had a lead of over 40 seconds over Anne Caroline Chausson from France. On the second, shortened race day, Moseley continued the competition with a stage win, but had to concede the last stage to Anneke Beerten from the Netherlands. Moseley wins the second of three races with a lead of over a minute and also begins to pull away in the overall standings. As in Ireland, third to fifth places are occupied by Cecile Ravanel (FRA), Anneke Beerten and Isabeau Courdurier (FRA).

After her seventh place at the World Series race in Ireland, Anita Gehrig achieves her best result in Peebles. After a solid first day, she was able to improve again on the second day of the race and overtake her compatriot Lorraine Troung. Troung also lost a little ground on her direct rivals on the final stage and dropped back to ninth place. Carolin Gehrig finished just behind her in tenth place. This is the first time she has made it into the top 10 in the Enduro World Series.

In the overall standings, Anita Gehrig is now in ninth place, level on points with Lorraine Troung, who has slipped to tenth place. Carolin has worked her way up to twelfth intermediate place.

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Results 2nd round Enduro World Series, Peebles - Tweed Valley/GBR
Men
1.	Justin Leov (NZL)	Trek Factory Racing Enduro Team	32.23,83
2.	Florian Nicolai (FRA)	Rocky Mountain Urge BP Rally Team	+0.03,18
3.	Greg Callaghan (IRL)	Cube Action Team	+0.06,61
4.	Fabien Barel (FRA)	Canyon Factory Enduro Team	+0.07,23
5.	Ruaridh Cunningham (GBR)	Unior Tools Team	+0.17,56
6.	Mark Scott (GBR)	Wideopen Magazine/Nukeproof/Fox Head	+0.19,28
7.	Richie Rude (USA)	Yeti/Fox Factory Race Team	+0.19,59
8.	Joe Barnes (GBR)	Canyon Factory Enduro Team	+0.23,27
9.	Josh Carlson (AUS)	Giant Factory Offroad Team	+0.30,36
10.	Nico Lau (FRA)	Cube Action Team	+0.46,59
19.	René Wildhaber (SUI)	Trek Factory Racing Enduro Team	+1.26,38
59.	Rudolf Biedermann (SUI)	Scott SR Suntour Enduro Team	+3.12,08
65.	Florian Golay (SUI)	BMC Factory Trailcrew	+3.30,23
155.	Julien Knuchel (SUI)		+7.30,89
223.	Ismaël Muller (SUI)	Magic Downhill Transition	+13.19,33
Women
1.	Tracy Moseley (GBR)	Trek Factory Racing Enduro Team	37.17,49
2.	Anne Caroline Chausson (FRA)	Ibis Cycles Enduro Race Team	+1.05,59
3.	Cecile Ravanel (FRA)	Commençal Vallnord Enduro	+1.17,16
4.	Anneke Beerten (NED)	Specialized Racing	+1.26,64
5.	Isabeau Courdurier (FRA)	Rocky Mountain Urge BP Rally Team	+2.41,33
6.	Anita Gehrig (SUI)	Ibis Cycles Enduro Race Team	+3.04,50
7.	Katy Winton (GBR)	Endura Bergamont Factory Team	+3.42,02
8.	Ines Thoma (GER)	Canyon Factory Enduro Team	+3.45,25
9.	Lorraine Truong (SUI)	BMC Factory Trailcrew	+3.52,49
10.	Carolin Gehrig (SUI)	Ibis Cycles Enduro Race Team	+4.40,25