Kye A’Hern and Valentine Holl won the respective junior men’s and women’s races at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada, yesterday.
In the junior men’s race, the Australian beat France’s Antoine Vidal into second. New Zealand’s Tuhoto-Ariki Pene claimed third.
In the women’s event, Norway’s Mille Johnset placed second, with America’s Anna Newkirk completing the podium.
South Africa’s Sabine Thies finished ninth.
View more results below.
Junior men
1. Kye A’Hern (AUS) 4:17.776
2. Antoine Vidal (FRA) +1.144
3. Tuhoto-Ariki Pene (NZL) +1.294
4. Lucas Cruz (CAN) +1.304
5. Thibaut Daprela (FRA) +1.889
6. Elliot Jamieson (CAN) +5.060
7. Luke Meier-Smith (AUS) +6.662
8. Patrick Laffey (CAN) +6.994
9. Seth Sherlock (CAN) +7.438
10. Sam Gale (NZL) +9.077
*Selected
35. Jasper Barrett (RSA) +26.035
Junior women
1. Valentina Holl (AUT) 5:01.033
2. Mille Johnset (NOR) +12.928
3. Anna Newkirk (USA) +21.230
4. Nastasia Gimenez (FRA) +38.316
5. Jordan Scott (USA) +46.863
6. Fiona Murray (NZL) +47.412
7. Cassie Voysey (AUS) +52.679
8. Lauryne Chappaz (FRA) +54.002
9. Sabine Thies (RSA) +1:31.874
10. McKenna Merten (IRL) +1:33.916
