RACE HIGHLIGHTS | Elite Women XCO World Cup - Araxa, Brazil

Welcome everyone to AR Rasher, the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup has traveled over 500 km since our first stop in Marora and boy, has it been worth it. Join us at another stunning place in Brazil called the place where you first see the sun. The venue will provide the backdrop for our Elite men and

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to take on one of the most physical courses on the circuit and that's how they got into the mood in the first round last week; has been the talk of social media this week. We here at Arisha will talk a little more on the show about its place in the sport's history books, but for now let's talk about the course itself, a steep climb that, at maximum effort, really is a great lap all the way to the finish. top of the tree line here, just over 1,000 m above sea level, then turns downhill in some wide stretch along many line options, there is the pump track section, line jump, big jumps at full speed and then around this lake where we've seen more Powerful riders return it to the descents before a relatively short start and a finish with some sand running down that line in case there's a sprint and now she's green to go to arha Brazil, so the Ender is a great start for Jen Jackson. line Jen Jackson leads them as they head into the first turn of the exit circuit and going up this climb on the first lap we just lose a little bit of grass and have a small opportunity on the way for everyone to drop into position, but it was Jen Jackson who had the full opportunity.

No, we have to keep an eye on the group because we have L in a competition and you give Stager an F in this flatter section of the course. Now she heads towards the two Gap falls over the river. and then it will move to the flat and around the sulfur lake for the first time, all the big names will make it through the first lap safely, meanwhile, up front, Jenny rod moves the number one plate on the red and white jersey of the general. points leader in second place is LM on 17 Canyon Henderson with her, they can bring this group back to the front now and on the first lap this steep and dangerous climb caused absolute chaos and split the group, but this front group of eight now rfed Blun is right behind as he backs off on his short track, but this second group is just starting to come back now it's the competition leading wfs on second wheel in that sinister Poker Face Off Jenny Rod on the number one points bike red and white generals. leaders jersey just wondering now if these four leaders can start tripping over each other Jen Jackson fany is outperforming Linda ound does it yeah what Circa there Keller Jenny rfids doing what Jenny rfids does in 24 just turning the gear Seville blun so walking past Jen Jackson, Linda has to grit her teeth a little to stay on the ball and there's a tber who looks absolutely gorgeous, she's bringing Eevee Richards with her Hendersons there and she hasn't seen Lana LMP, so maybe there is a problem at the bottom. from that climb just cost him wrong with Lana LMP oh she's off the bike and in some distress we'll give you an update on that.

What's left to note is that Canyon can't see anything wrong with this from here, so a little bit of blood bleeds into the knee, but before that track I was having a rough day again since last week, so you know, The position was not very good under a large number. A lot of pressure to be part of the front group, maybe taking some risks. I tell you, imagine having chosen her in your commentary team prediction. St., that's a deadly nail for anyone. The AMC team, yes, they will have to run, she will have to run. all the way back to the technical feeding zone, technical assistance, this in the old

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s you have a group of three or four riders in front, but it is Jenny RFID who leads it, the overall title leader leads the ARA, we are just seeing a slight difference.

It's the same thing we saw in the

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under 23. You know, Keller seems to be the slightly better climber of the group and we see Rfed a little better on the technical side. It seems like she's picking up speed a little easier and we just go. Watching people pick the parts of the course that suit them best and just try to get to the front and just put pressure on the other riders it seems pretty balanced throughout the course, as does Sevilla Blanc, yeah I think it's like I say. ol at the top of the show, if you could design a cross country track for your Landon F strengths this would be pretty much no it would be 100% yes, very strong on the long climbs and also technical ability, one of the best corridors that exist. oh no, Jackson's had a problem out there, looks like a rear tire puncture on the Canadian national champion on the number 14 factory racing machine live oh, in the Tech Zone, get a tire change, no problem the RFIDs, although at the front and back is your

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leader and then on lap five of eight, Jenny rf leads by 5 seconds from that woman behind her, Alisander Keller, so Keller just puts a little bit of light between her and Haley Batton and sevilia blun, but in this section when Jenny wisf can Yes, to recover a little and K, she has to work hard to close that gap and then the next climb of the first climb will begin.

Kella will explode immediately and Rist will keep up with her and elevate Fallon's woman and then Jenny RFS. at the front, especially here, on the first climb with the Z bags, there are a lot of roots there, it's not that easy to ride it in a group, so if you're alone, oh, little mistake here too, because now she's not bitten. that could be the lead consumed if Alexandra Keller can accelerate, it seems that batono took the charge, yes Keller returned to fourth position causing a lot of problems, this first descent, the first climb, sorry, all the defeats that come to catch Lo, just maybe the entry changed slightly or maybe it's been unearthed by the previous runs.

Today there are two options as you go in as a steeper inside line with some big routes and a wider line where you can carry some speed a little bit more gently but it seems like that is starting to break down as well and I think that's when they are coming in and they're going up and feeling a lot of pressure to put the power down, that's when they're slipping and then it goes up through the gradient levels and then you get to the steepest part of the course on the climb, there's a lot of pressure on a course like This is on a bicycle at heart.

What we saw in women under 23 Olivia Steve 6th place hard tail bike with no suspension or seat post drop 182 beats per minute for a civilian fool, yes you are a true rider after your own heart, Bart in the hard tail with a solid pole, not anymore these days, not today, today, not on this course, but I think the young riders, the young generation, uh, when they were kids, they still start sometimes. on a Hotta bike, they learn the skills on a Hotta bike, let's see if these routes can separate them, then the stick takes them a load of speed, they just have to cross the RF line and then oh, Keller, wait, does it get in? in the form of blun not so bad block maybe last night lucky there Keller just moved out just in time to be able to set up a clear line that stretched the m a bit this bat with sick pressure rfed although it looked super soft like last week marova just sat there like a shadow and just shows the importance of that short track, yes it all starts, actually yes it means everything counts, it already starts in training, that short track, good stop, that is what cross country racing does these days, he currently has the 9th fastest lap time, Landon NE, but more importantly his laps are getting faster, so up front is Haley, the baton Jenny rfids, the winner last time in Mari, and then it's Blun Keller Keller loses six seconds off the leader.

Good job, so work. It remained to be done and Cilia Blun seems to have problems in this first part of The Descent last time and also distanced herself for a few seconds, but then, stronger in the second part, she managed to close in again when we reached the flat section at the bottom just seeing the nef timesheets are now back to seven, so the ghost train turer and ker have passed it. I wonder if she maybe got a little ahead of herself before the final stage of this race. It looks good here, although you know, it's the first part. from The Descent back in the group but jny iset's confidence is incredible the winner would seem to come from one of these four but who will it be is anyone's guest in the last round here in Arisha don't go anywhere stick attack with the staff, attacks Blun, KN complains, oh, oh, Blun, having to duck under that tree.

Hy Batton takes him up the first climb. It's like the last level of a short race, yes, exactly, repeating yesterday. Picking up the baton now is not a smart move in my book. she will have to do it, then they will all be on her, now she has consumed a lot of energy, she will have to drag them all along the bottom to the climb, rfet will do everything possible to overtake her on the last part of the climb. and there's a bike distance between them on this last lap and Arisha as they go up this multi-line climb, both heading to the riders' right, Batton attacking by really pushing Batton is pushing hard here oh J, the R fits just looks a a little less comfortable. what cane if it's comfortable as a word, you can use this deep in an r like this, but by cane tax night at the top of this claim is 3 seconds 4 seconds just coming off the top she feels like she's taking us there.

It doesn't seem like there's a lot Jenny Rodd can do about it. She needs to regroup the clips that pile up along the way using every millimeter of track available to her B. Full of fighting. The Reds look a little dejected. Haly Bon has taken this season for the Scruff of. neck and is doing her own sprints leaving nothing to chance check out the absolutely incredible speed stick the Park City, Utah native, the 25-year-old factory racing specialist Heads R the lake for the last time is gone so far Now you have 8 seconds left to recover that feeling you have.

She won the short W yesterday. Can she do it again? Haley Batton then looks over her shoulder and you'll see the sweetest of sights. Nothing behind her. Hy baton cleans the grass under the hall. Haley Barton. celebrates for specialized factory racing Haley Barton is undefeated in arha Hy Barton the field class Hy Barton an Olympic debut in Elite level cross country what a result for the American what a final The one one an epic performance in a dingdong battle Haley Baton , how does it feel to come out on top in cross country and short track here at Arisha?

Oh, she's crazy, yeah. I can't say enough about how hard you train all winter, but preparing for race day when it's so tactical. that I just had no idea what happened, so to pull it off, yeah, it feels crazy, yeah, and for both civil society and myself, this is huge for this year's Olympics, so I think, yeah , pretty good, pretty good day, it actually sounds like a private detective agency. the witness then leads the way from Jenny RFS to the end of Arisha blun Keller tster nef superb ker Richards Courtney endan in the tenth two minutes looking at the body I was going to say English the Swedish body maybe just thinking about what could have been there there was no stop Although the second half of that lap was absolutely explosive around Arisha Keller on Terpstra.