Everything is in place for an exciting end to this year’s CX80 MTBO World Cup in Bulgaria in September after last week’s World Championships in Poland.
The four races of the championships also counted towards this year’s World Cup and also revealed who has the best chance of grabbing the overall World Cup titles this year.
The greatest excitement is in the women’s World Cup, where defending champion Nikoline Splittorff (DEN) has scored 567 points in the first seven races of the year. Ruska Saarela (FIN), who became world champion in both Sprint and Long, has 530 points in second place.
Nikoline Splittorff ahead of Ruska Saarela on the WTMBOC Mass start. Photo: Wilcze.ok
Then follows a large gap to third place, where Gabriella Gustafsson (SWE) has 309 points. The rest of the top 6 consists of Camilla Søgaard (DEN, 292 points), Martina Tichovska (CZE, 288 points) and Algirda Mickuviene (LTU, 261 points).
In the men’s category, Vojtek Ludvik (CZE) is in a clear lead with 446 points after WMTBOC titles in both Mass start and Long. Miika Nurmi (FIN) has 343 points in second place, while Krystof Bogar (CZE) is third with 334 points.
Vojtek Ludvik during Thursday’s Mass start in Poland. Photo: Wilcze.ok
The rest of the top 6 consists of Samuel Pokala (FIN, 290 points), Fabiano Bettega (ITA, 269 points) and Jonas Maiselis (LTU, 267 points).
In the U23 MTBO World Cup, Tilda Palm (SWE) leads the womens standings with 457 points. Iris Aurora Pecorari (ITA, 435 points) is second, while Lucie Nedomlelova (CZE) has 355 points is third.
The U23 men are facing a close battle in Bulgaria, as Hannes Hnilica (AUT), Tatu Aaltonen (FIN) and Armel Berthaud (FRA) have 470, 455 and 450 points respectively in the top of the standings.
This year, the 7 best performances from this year’s 9 World Cup races count towards the final standings (6 out of 8 in the U23 World Cup). They will be decided on 19-21 September during the CX80 MTBO World Cup final in Bulgaria, where this year’s Team World Cup also will be decided.
Here Czechia leads ahead of Finland and Lithuania.
Go to full CX80 MTBO World Cup standings, U23 MTBO World Cup standings and Team World Cup standings.
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