World Cup Final Report

Last weekend saw the final of the World Cup series held in Davos, Switzerland on challenging terrain and what was forecast to be cold conditions.

Forest Relay

The first races of the competition were the relays which were both dominated by Switzerland, who were too strong on their home terrain taking the wins in both the men’s and the women’s races.

Both British teams just missed outside the top 10, with both the fastest relay teams finishing in 12^th place.

Individual Middle

Sunday’s event was the Middle race with both Tove Alexandersson and Kasper Fosser, both showing their superior class winning the event with huge margins. Alexandersson is now confirmed as the overall World Cup Winner and was particularly impressive on the longer legs where she was clearly the fastest over the terrain as well as navigating accurately on the good route choices. Even with a small mistake at control 15 she recovered quickly, unlike Simona Aebersold whose mistake proved to be too costly as she missed out on a medal. Andrine Benjaminsen took silver with Lisa Risby taking the bronze and her best ever World Cup result.

In the men’s after an early leader with Eirik Landedal Breivik, it was Kasper Fosser who took the overall win with Albin Ridefelt in second and Daiel Hubmann third, with the 100 points for Kasper Fosser meaning he has also taken the overall title in the World Cup Standings.

The highest placed British athlete was Graham Gristwood who finished in 30^th place, with Megan Carter-Davies finishing in 43^rd place in the women’s.

Individual Long

The final day of the competition was a sunny day on the Swiss alps with Simona Aebersol and Daniel Hubmann taking the title on the steep slopes of the course. With over 10.4km of demanding terrain the home athlete Simona enjoyed a superb win with a 1min 34 lead over Andrine Benjaminsen and Elena Roos in 3^rd.

In the men’s Hubmann rounded off three very good days for him with today showing his vast experience to outclass the field, taking his 33^rd World Cup win. Max Peter Bejmer took second with Kasper Fosser having to settle for third place. 

Megan Carter- Davies and Jo Shepherd were the best British out there, with Jo Shepherd sitting in the leader’s chair for a period of time, and both missing out on top 20 positions.

In the Men’s it was Graham Gristwood who was the fastest out there of the Brits finishing in 36^th position.

Some of the team will now spend some time in Davos and Films on a training camp in preparation for the World Championships which will be held in Switzerland in 2023.

Individual Middle Results

Individual Long Results