Jordan Sarrou takes stylish victory in Cross-Country Short Track UCI event in Leogang

Jordan Sarrou (Team BMC) triumphed in round three of the UCI Mountain Bike Cross-Country Short Track World Cup with a powerful attack on the final climb in Leogang, Austria. The former Cross-Country Olympic World Champion waited until the final lap, whilst staying in the top five riders throughout the race, before attacking up to and past Jens Schuermans (Giant Factory Off-Road Team) on the final ascent of the hill that categorised the race and descending to victory.

Ad Luca Schwarzbauer (Canyon CLLCTV) maintained his overall lead in the Cross-Country Short Track World Cup with an impressive second place on a course that didn’t suit him on paper and there was another great performance in third as Martins Blums (KMC MTB Racing Team) achieved his first career podium in a short track race. UCI Mountain Bike World Series'A very popular winner' — Watch as Sarrou takes stylish victory in Leogang14 MINUTES AGO Sarrou, 30, has fond memories in Leogang having won his World Title here in 2020, and showed his dominance today again with a gap big enough to throw a whip in celebration over one of the jumps.

His win not only set up a thrilling Cross-Country Olympic race on Sunday, but also doubled the tally of French wins in the short track from Leogang after Pauline Ferrand-Prevot took a win in similar fashion in the women’s race. This is Sarrou’s first UCI MTB World Cup victory in 2023 and his second victory of the year.

The typically thrilling race started with Schwarzbauer and overall short track World Cup winner from 2022, Alan Hatherly (Cannondale Factory Racing), taking the lead, but the front of the race wasn’t dominated much by one rider through the first three laps. Mathias Fluckiger (Thömus Maxon) was the first to make a