World Cup: Siegenthaler and Cappellari with best performances | Ride MTB

World Cup: Siegenthaler and Cappellari with best performances

In the third race of the Downhill World Cup in Leogang, Emilie Siegenthaler equaled her best World Cup result with fourth place. Carina Cappellari finishes in ninth place and also achieves her best result. Briton Rachel Atherton leaves the course as the winner once again.

One week after the World Cup in Fort William, Rachel Atherton wins her second World Cup race of the season. With a flawless run, she pushes her compatriot Tahnee Seagrave into second place by three seconds. Seagrave is the fastest skier in the hotseat. However, her run is so close to the limit that she narrowly avoids falling twice. Frenchwoman Emmeline Ragot finished just behind Seagrave in third place.

Emilie Siegenthaler is on the rise again. With a clean run, she made it to fourth place, despite never having warmed to the course in Leogang in the past. "Leogang was never my thing, but today I had a great run on this course. My new bike guided me perfectly through my lines. Above all, after my disappointing race in Scotland, I'm happy to get my run down well today," said a delighted Siegenthaler.

Carina Cappellari also has reason to be happy. After finishing tenth in the qualification, she was able to improve once again and landed in ninth place. This is her best result in the Donwhill World Cup to date. "I had a good race. I was particularly good on the technical sections. Only the wind made the jumps a bit difficult," says Cappellari about her run and the difficulties during the race.Alba Wunderlin was the third Swiss athlete to finish in 18th place, meaning she was unable to build on her good 11th place in the qualification run. Lea Rutz crashes in her World Cup debut in the qualifying run and misses out on Sunday's final by just 3 seconds. However, 23rd place is a respectable result for her first time.www.uci.ch


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