E-Bike World Tour 2022 | Verbier - Switzerland

After three days of spectacular racing in the Swiss Alps, the winners of the fourth edition of the E-Tour du Mont-Blanc as well as the overall victors of the 2022 E-Bike World Tour have been crowned - Siroko 10% Extra Discount - Suplementos24 - Jérôme Gilloux (FRA) successfully defended his E-Bike World Tour overall title with an emphatic performance at the 2022 E-Tour du Mont-Blanc, while Swiss rider Nathalie Schneitter was equally dominant over the three days to secure her first E-Bike World Tour series crown. Raced in teams of two, over three days and 180km, including more than 11 000m of climbing, the iconic E-Tour du Mont-Blanc (10–12 August) is the third and final race of the 2022 E-Bike World Tour (EBWT). Heading into the E-Tour du Mont-Blanc, Gilloux’s slender lead in the EBWT standings looked mostly likely to be threatened by compatriots Kenny Muller and Hugo Pigeon. In contrast, with EBWT series leader Nicole Goldi (SUI) not on the start line, the women’s race was wide open with Schneitter, Alexia Desile (FRA) and defending EBWT champion Léa Deslandes (FRA) all in the mix. But the E-Tour du Mont-Blanc is one of the most prestigious and hard-fought races on the international e-bike calendar, with a purse of €20 000 and a field stacked with pros, former champions and talented amateurs. The racing would be unpredictable and the only guarantee, against a backdrop of some of the most beautiful mountains in the world, was that the trails would be challenging and the riding sublime. Day 1, a 63km route (including 3 907m of climbing) from Verbier ski resort to the mountain village of Fully, got off to a dramatic start. While Schneitter and her French partner Laura Charles got straight into their rhythm, Deslandes’ teammate Martina Wunderle (GER) crashed hard and had to abandon, which in turn forced Deslandes out of the race and out of the hunt for the overall EBWT title. Gilloux and teammate Théo Charmes (FRA) were pushed hard by Pigeon and his partner Emeric Ienzer (FRA), as well as by the French super-star brother combo of Julien and Rémy Absalon, and could only eke out a lead of 41 seconds at the end of the day’s six timed sections. Further down the field, former Olympic medallists and world champions like José Hermida (ESP), Ralph Näf (SUI) and Christoph Sauser (SUI) were finding their own pace as the technical uphills gave way to ridgeline traverses in the shadow of the Grand Combin massif, and then to thrilling singletrack descents from the high alpine meadows, through loamy forest trails and out into the valleys. Day 2 was another big day, a 71km loop (with 3 800m ascent) around Verbier that delivered, if such a thing was possible, even better riding than the day before: inspiring 360º views, flowing trails and probably the best descent of the entire E-Tour du Mont-Blanc – a seemingly endless plunge back down towards Verbier while losing 1 400m of altitude. “The views were good but the trails were better. The trails are insane,” said Schneitter, as she and Charles increased their lead over the second-placed pair of Anna Oberparleiter (ITA) and Sofia Wiedenroth (GER). “Laura and I work really well together as a team: we take good care of each other and try to equal out our weaknesses without showing our strength too much.” In the high mountains, the trails might be beautiful but they can also bite, as Pigeon and Ienzer found out to their cost, dropping away to sixth after Day 2. Gilloux and Charmes kept their lead, but now it seemed like it would be Muller and his teammate Diego Giordanengo (FRA), and the Absalon brothers, in second and third respectively, who would provide the greatest threat. Day 3 began with a transfer to the tiny village of Sembrancher at the foot of Le Catogne. Fewer kilometres (45km) but almost as much climbing (3 500m) meant another demanding day in the saddle, with two tough climbs, a long adrenalin-fuelled descent, more extraordinary views and then the final swoop into Verbier. Gilloux and Charmes were shadowed throughout by Muller and Giordanengo but the long-time leaders did enough to hold off the French pair, with the Swiss partnership of Joris Ryf and Eric Luthi steadily working their way through the field before leapfrogging the Absalon brothers and another Swiss pair, Florian Golay and Oliver Grossrieder, into third by the end of Day 3. #EBWT22 More info: BTT Lobo Website: Do you want featured your videos? Send an e-mail to video@ Subscribe BTT Lobo YouTube Channel: