South Africa's Alan Hatherly and Switzerland's Alessandra Keller both
clinched podium finishes at the final event of the season in Val di
Sole to secure the International Cycling Union Mountain Bike World Cup
cross-country short track titles.
South Africa’s valid hopes for some World Championship medals did not materialise in France. But for an occasional Stellenbosch resident, there was gold.
Greg Minnaar and Alan Hatherly were both looking for wins, and looking confident of doing so, until the Mont-Sainte-Anne trails got the better of them.