The reigning Enduro World Champion Cecile Ravanel from the Commencal Vallnord Enduro Team is on the sidelines instead of on the start list due to an injury. Her compatriot Isabeau Courdurier from France (Intense Mavic Collective) will therefore start the race as the top favorite.

She already lived up to this on the first stage. Overall, Courdurier rode the best time on four of the five stages - although the third went to her compatriot Morgane Charre. In the end, she was only eleven seconds behind the winner. Third-placed Bex Baraona from Great Britain was just as close behind.

"My expectations were very low. I just wanted to go out and have fun on my bike. So I'm definitely thrilled to see that I can ride here and get a very good result. It was a tough battle," says Courdurier.

Anita Gehrig was not quite able to join in the fight. The fact that she "never really felt bad" in the race is shown by her solid seventh place and the fact that she wasn't that far away from this battle at 52 seconds behind. The fact that it was only seventh place was a bit of a shock for Gehrig, as she admits.

Carolin Gehrig had also expected more from her race. Although she was slowed down somewhat by injury during pre-season preparation, she too would have hoped for more than 14th place. The next chance to turn the good feeling into a more satisfying result awaits next weekend. The second race of the Enduro World Series will then be held in Tasmania.

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