In the elite women’s race, the British contingent reigned supreme. Bex Baraona and Hattie Harnden battled for the top spot throughout the day, with Bex ultimately claiming victory. Ella Conolly secured the final place on the podium. Isabeau Courdurier, despite suffering a leg injury in practice, managed a respectable fourth-place finish, while Morgane Charre rounded out the top five.

Elite men’s saw Richie Rude take the top spot. Jesse Melamed, Jack Moir, and Martin Maes were all back up at the sharp end. Slawamir Lukasik was determined to shake things up and finished in second – his best-ever result – even snatching a few stage wins along the way.

In the U21 men’s category, Sascha Kim took his second win of the year, followed by Cooper Lowe and Lisandru Bertini. Meanwhile, Erice van Leuven, Elly Hoskin, and Lia Ladbrook made up the U21 women’s podium. Check out the full results here.

That’s the first block of 2023 EDR racing wrapped up. Now we have a bit of a break until the third round in Finale Ligure, Italy, in June (see us there – we’re based at Finale Work Space). We hope you’ve enjoyed our coverage over these first two races – please let us know what you think. Crikey, we even started a podcast.

Thank you to everyone that has helped, commented, liked, shared, listened, watched, read, written, edited, designed, reported, podcasted and photographed, especially the sleep-deprived photographers Boris Beyer, Sven Martini and Seb Schieck.

Until next time.