The fourth round of the Enduro World Series 2022 took place in Whistler – the cult location of the mountain bike scene. Like the day before at the Downhill World Cup in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Jesse Melamed was a Canadian winner in the home race. The women won Harriet Harden for the third time this season.
race report
Although both Mont-Sainte-Anne and Whistler are in Canada, they are approximately 5,000 km apart. In the field of riders who prefer to switch between downhill and enduro, they had to choose one of two events early. So it was that Antoine Vidal, one of the top EWS riders, was at the start of the Downhill World Cup, while Eddie Masters also missed two downhill races after his podium success in the previous Enduro World Series to be in the best shape . Whistler.
The likable New Zealander also missed the podium, along with his Pivot teammate Matt Walker. The victory clearly went to Whistler-born Rocky Mountain rider Jesse Melamed with multiple stage bests. Richie Roode followed her for a long time, but experienced a technical snag and was taken a long way. The 2021 world champion, Jacques Moir, was able to find his form again and was happy to take the silver in front of Melamed’s teammate Rémy Gauvin. Max Pfeil was the best German – Christian Texter finished 10th on the first-class pro stage, but seemed to have made it through the race without any flaws.
In the women’s race, Harriet Harden took her third win of the season, just ahead of Morgan Charre. The third place went to Florencia Espinaira Herreros of Chile. There’s also fourth place for general classification leader Isabeau Courduier, who a few weeks ago hit a stick through his leg at the EWS-E in Valburgh, France… an injury that mountain bikers really don’t want on anyone. The desired race did not end for Canada’s Andrian Lothier Nadeau, who unfortunately finished only fifth after suffering a flat tyre. Rafaela Richter finished 11th after two top 5 stages, just dropping out of the top 10.
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