BOOM! – Elimination/XCE coming up – Friday at 17.00

In the mens category we have the the XCE World Champion Daniel Federspiel (Aut) and European Champion Jeroen van Eck (Ned) battling with 2014 World Champions (and World Cup overall winner) Fabrice Mels (Fra). Heiko Hog (GER) will join them, the 22 years old silver medalist from EuroMTN 2015 have several wins in European competitions. Sweden sends five riders, national champ Matthias Wengelin for one, local rider Martin Setteberg and XCE-specialist Johan Widén. More about the Swedes in Swedish. 

In the womens category Anna Oberparleiter,  silvermedalist from Euromtb 2015 XCE with nice results from races in Italy this year have a strong contender in Norways Ingrid SofieBöe Jacobsen, XCE silvermedalist from UCI World Cup in 2015, and in UCI World Cup Lillehammer she scored bronz. Maaris Meier from Estonia is a former road cyclist from Estonia and competed in Athens olympics 2004 at age 21. Also look out for Anne Terpstrases big talent from the Netherlands who got gold in UCI World Cup U23 and became Dutch champion 2013. Swedens Linn Gustafzzon will  power her way around the track, we hope for the best!

Startlist found here. 

The XCE-track is carefully designed to be both spectacular and fair to the riders. It includes wwo small climbs and two tricky downhills, the second downhill part consists of three different line choices. If you’re brave and skilled you take the middle line, it´s short and steep with a jump in the bottom. If you prefer a fast line with switchbacks and a drop at the end you should go for the left line. Finally the last choice includes a slow entering and then a straight downhill towards the finish straight.

The start of the eliminator course is long, wide and straight, this makes it perfect for gaining a strategic position before entering the first right bend. Also the finish straight offers great possibilities for a strong finisher to pass his opponents.

XCE = Cross Country Eliminator (sometimes refered to as Sprint). It is defiantly the most intense discipline during the upcoming Championships. The XCE consists of individual time trials and on a track that is 500-1000 meters long with an ”audience friendly” build-up. Then the elimination starts, with four riders per heat where the top two move into the next stage. Read even more!