Enduro World Series Day1: the French in the driver's seat!

They were eagerly awaited, and they didn't disappoint! Our French riders shone again on this ^5th round of the Enduro World Series. Isabeau Courdurier, leader of the women's ranking, negotiated day¹ perfectly, finishing^1st in 3 of the 4 special stages. She finished the 4 stages in 31:34, ahead of Germany's Raphaela Richter (31:54).

In the boys' category, although French leader Florian Nicolaï was expected to be at the front, it was another fellow Frenchman who took the lead: Adrien Dailly. He finished the day in 28:20, ahead of Australian Edward Masters (28:22) and American Richie Rude (28:23). Florian Nicolaï came^4th in 28:34. As for Sam Hill, title contender and already multiple world champion, he unfortunately suffered a puncture on the^1st special stage, which dropped him back to ^13th place in 29:13.

Among the challengers, local rider Gaël Gougne put in a fine performance, finishing^2nd in the Master 40+ category. Charles Canonne, another Les Orres ambassador, was unfortunately injured during yesterday's reconnaissance and was unable to take part in the race.

Tomorrow, Sunday July 07, riders will tackle 4 more special stages, all located in the Les Orres bike park. They'll have to hurtle down 16km with a total of 2529 vertical drops.