For the first time this year no Americans finished in the top 15 at a UCI Mountain Bike World Cup cross-country event. The top finishers from the US were Lea Davison and Howard Grotts, both in 18th. Davison was fifth after the first lap and still in the top six after the third lap but fell behind in lap four to drop out of the top 15. She was just 11 seconds ahead of fellow American Georgia Gould who took the opposite path, 43rd after the first lap and slowly moving up the standings. Erin Huck was twenty seconds further back in 23rd after spending the whole race in the top 25.

On the men’s side Grotts started off 41st after the opening lap but moved up steadily to reach 18th before the end where he was 5:06 behind the leader. Stephen Ettinger made it two Americans in the top 30 when he finished 26th, 6:43 back. Ettinger was in the top 30 throughout the race.

The next UCI Mountain Bike World Cup cross-country event, the fourth of six, is in Lenzerheide, Switzerland on July 10th. In the mean-time the Mountain Bike World Cup will return to the downhill events with a stop in Fort William, Scotland on June 4th and 5th.

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