And the winner was?

2016-04-27

The 2015 European UEC Mountainbike Championship took place in beautiful Alpago, Italy. Among the crowned champions was stars Jolanda Neff (SUI) and Julian Absalon (FRA) and up and comping Simon Andreassen (DEN).

The championship in 2016 will include Team Relay, Cross Country Olympic (XCO) and Cross Country Eliminator (XCE). The XCO will be divided into Juniors, U23 and Elite. Team Realys consists of mixed teams and XCE (sprint) is not divided in age groups.

But to remind you who will be fighting to keep their championship jerseys in 2016, here are the top-3 in each category (and yes Juniors get older and some are now aiming for the U23 of course). Click on headlines for full results.

Team Relay
1. Germany
2. Switzerland
3. Czech Republic

XCE Women
1. Kathrin Stirnemann, Switzerland
2. Anna Oberparleiter, Italy
3. Chiara Teocchi, Italy

XCE Men
1. Jeroen Van Eck, Netherlands
2. Heiko Hog, Germany
3. Marcel Wildhaber, Swtizerland

XCO Women Junior
1. Stina Frei, Switzerland
2. Nicole Koller, Switzerland
3. Ida Jansson, Sweden

XCO Men Junior
1. Simon Andreassen, Denmark
2. Antione Philipp, France
3. Maximilian Brandl, Germany

XCO U23 Women
1. Perrine Clauzel, France
2. Margot Moschetti, France
3. Monika Zur, Poland

XCO U23 Men
1. Pab Rodriguez Guede, Spain
2. Grant Ferguson, United Kingdom
3. Jens Schuermans, Belgium

XCO Elite Women
1. Jolanda Neff, Switzerland
2. Eva Lechner, Italy
3. Blaza Klemencic, Slovenia

XCO Elite Men
1. Julien Absalon, France
2. Lukas Flückiger, Switzerland
3. Manuel Fumic, Germany

Medal table.

Of course congratulations to all champions, welcome next year to defend your titles!

2016-05-01