Total domination. On a course made very slippery due to rain and mud, Loana Lecomte showed off her physical and driving qualities to win her first World Cup round of the season in Crans-Montana (Switzerland). On a course that she had not yet mastered.
The Haut-Savoyarde made the difference from the first meters by emerging at the head of the start loop thanks in particular to a slope where she made the first difference and ended up winning with a big lead: 48 seconds on her most close pursuer, the Swiss Alexandra Keller.
The French champion then managed her effort and even two competitors Puck Pieterse (Netherlands), finally third, Keller, came back within a few seconds, they never got into the wheels of the Annécienne who signed her tenth victory in World Cup.
“I’m so happy to be back on the podium,” explains Lecomte. I knew this was the process but it was difficult to respect it. I wanted to win but I didn’t think it was possible. »
An auspicious victory a few weeks before the Olympic Games (July 26 – August 12).
Tom Pidcock wins the men’s race
Tom Pidcock took on the Crans-Montana stage this Sunday. Reigning world champion, the Briton showed his form upon his arrival in Switzerland by winning on the short track.
He is ahead of the Swiss Mathias Flückiger and the Italian Luca Braidot. Jordan Sarrou is the first Frenchman (9th). The regional runners are further away: Antoine Philipp (22nd), Titouan Carod (30th), Marotte (48th).
