The Frenchwoman Isabeau Courdurier won this weekend the world title in mountain bike enduro. A second star for the Private Sport Shop ambassador.
Imperial Isabeau Courdurier! This season, the Frenchwoman won half of the events on the Enduro World Series program by winning the stages of Petzen-Jamnica, Val Di Fassa, Sugarloaf and Crans-Montana. But his main rival and compatriot Morgane Charre still pushed him to the final event of the year to officially go for his second world title, after the one in 2019. However, when Isabeau Courdurier arrived in France this weekend in the mountains of the Hautes-Pyrénées, she knew that only a catastrophic scenario could take away the title she was chasing this season. Her lead is considerable over her closest pursuer.
This weekend, it was in Loudenvielle that the Enduro World Series riders had an appointment for the last stage of the year. In France, the French riders lived up to expectations with the victory of Morgane Charre who put everyone in agreement on the last special stage of the program. Second, Isabeau Courdurier can still be satisfied with this result, enough to allow her to be officially crowned World Champion 2022!
The Frenchwoman of the Lapierre Zipp Collective team confirms her return to form after a season marked by an impressive crash at the VTTAE event in Valberg (she pierced her foot with a branch). A mishap that did not prevent her from coming back in the fight for the overall victory and finally confirming that she was indeed the best rider in the world this season.
Also noteworthy in the men's category was the victory of Frenchman Alex Rudeau in Loudenvielle, while Canadian Jesse Melamed won the title for the first time in his career. All the pilots will now meet next week in Italy at Finale Ligure for the Nations Trophy. And Isabeau will be one of the leaders of the French team, which will be among the favorite nations to win the team title.
