EWS Valberg Final Results 2016

Photos Enduro World Series

Date Sep 18, 2016

Over two days of gruelling racing in Valberg, King of the Flats Sam Hill stormed to victory ahead of Nicolas Vouilloz, claiming his first Enduro World Series victory of the year. Richie Rude wound up finishing 7th overall, and while a disappointing result this race, he still has everything to play for in Round 8.

Sam Hill, foot out flat out

Following the race in Valberg, Hill announced that he will be spending all of next season focused on the EWS circuit, in lieu of racing DH. This should prove to make an already talented field at the EWS even deeper, and help sharpen the competition to a razor’s edge. He also said: “It feels awesome. I tried not to think about my lead all day and just attack each stage as it came. Nico kept me honest all day, I knew I had a little lead and so I just tried to get down without any mistakes. It’s been a massive goal of mine to win one of these races, so to win one already is awesome.”

A storm brews as Sam Hill receives the news of the win.

On the women’s side, Cecile Ravanel continued her domination of the circuit, clinching the overall title with another big win in Valberg. She said: “I’m really happy to win and to race this type of event. This course was good because it used all the formats; pedal liaisons, chair lifts and the stages were all so different – some long, some short and that’s what I like.”

Expect to see racers Isabeau Courdurier and Anita Gehrig charging hard to lock down silver in the final round.

The crowd packed into the final sections of trail to witness Cecile race to the win.

In the U21 Men’s race Adrien Dailly (Lapierre Gravity Republic) won – meaning he and Sebastien Claquin (Rocky Mountain Urge bp) are now tied on points in the series rankings. Technically Dailly leads the series as he’s won the most recent race, but these two will be fighting it our for the World Champion title in Italy in a couple of weeks time. Elliot Trabac (Scott SR Suntour Enduro Team) rounded out an all French podium in third.

French rider Julie Duvert won the U21 Women’s category, with Raphaela Richter (Radon Magura Factory) in second and Martha Gill (Marin Stan’s Enduro Team) was third.