No world champion title for Marine Cabirou: in Andorra, the Millavoise consoles herself with a seventh place

En Andorre, Marine Cabirou s’offre la septième place. MC

La descente Femmes des Championnats du monde de VTT s’est disputée samedi midi dans la station de Pal Arinsal, en Andorre.

On the Pal Arinsal track in Andorra, Marine Cabirou hoped for gold, failing that a podium. Impressive during the training sessions, the Millavoise will finally have to settle for seventh place.

Disappointing for someone who  had taken third place behind local rider Lisa Baumann and Austrian Valentina Höll in her last outing at the European Championships more than 10 years ago. ;rsquo;a month. In Andorra, this Saturday, it is also the Austrian who offers herself her third consecutive world champion title by beating on the wire the Héraultaise Myriam Nicole, despite the best time of the qualifications.

Myriam Nicole takes silver

Virtually world champion for almost the entire race, Myriam Nicole finally had to give up the title to the Austrian, the last competitor to start. Third overall for the season, the British Tahnee Seagrave completes the podium. The other French athletes, Vicky Clavel and Lisa Bouladou, ranked 24th and 39th respectively in this final.

The junior world champion in 2015 on this same track, the Millavoise did not manage to play a leading role this time despite some great training sessions. "It is last year's track with a few modifications, she explained in our columns. Quite fast, very bikepark-like at the beginning with technical parts at the end, not the one that suits me best."