{"id":19495,"date":"2015-08-09T04:45:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-09T03:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2015\/08\/09\/enduro-world-series-heads-to-whistler-for-round-six-r3272\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T14:13:25","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T14:13:25","slug":"enduro-world-series-heads-to-whistler-for-round-six-r3272","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/enduro-world-series-heads-to-whistler-for-round-six-r3272\/","title":{"rendered":"Enduro World Series heads to Whistler for Round Six"},"content":{"rendered":"

This weekend sees the SRAM Canadian Open Enduro Presented by Specialized land in Whistler for round six of the Enduro World Series, part of the Crankworx Festival.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s course has a very different feel to last year\u2019s race – gruelling climbs have been replaced by chairlifts and the emphasis is very much on the stages at this year\u2019s event. The riders will face five stages in one day, with only one of the liaisons tackled on the bike.<\/p>\n

In the men\u2019s race all eyes will be on series leader Justin Leov, who has just a 40 point lead over closest rival, second placed Florian Nicolai. And only ten points behind him is Richie Rude, who won his first race just a few weeks ago in Samoens. But the man to beat could well be Jared Graves, who took the win here in 2014 in spectacular style and appears fully recovered from the shoulder injury that forced him out of the first three rounds of the series.<\/p>\n

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In the women\u2019s race Tracy Moseley continues to dominate, and with main rival Anne Caroline Chausson out of action due to illness, she has a comfortable points lead. However, Cecile Ravanel took the win in Whistler last year and has been on the podium at every race so far this season – and can\u2019t be discounted from doing the same again. Also hot on Tracy\u2019s heels will be Anneke Beerten – sitting third in the overall competition she has been consistent all year and will be pushing hard for a top three finish.<\/p>\n

And there\u2019s also some new faces to look out for in this year\u2019s race – no less than five of slope style\u2019s biggest names will be included in the start list. Cam Zink, Kyle Strait, Ryan Howard, Greg Watts and Mikey Silvestri will race the enduro as a team, taking on a stage each. It\u2019s the first time anyone has raced as a relay team and it will be interesting to see if any of them can trouble the top men\u2019s times.<\/p>\n

Darren Kinnaird, Crankworx General Manager said: \u201cWe\u2019ve really mixed things up this year. The racing is all about the stages and this year\u2019s trails are amazing. There\u2019s some pretty steep and technical tracks in there, so although there is less emphasis on the liaisons it\u2019s by no means an easy course. We expect the times of the top racers to be incredibly close which always makes for the most exciting racing.”<\/p>\n

Chris Ball, Managing Director of the Enduro World Series, added; \u201cI think this could well be the best course Crankworx has ever run. The racing is going to be all in the stages this year and it should make for some incredibly tight times and exciting competition. It\u2019s great to see the slopestyle riders getting involved too – I can\u2019t wait to see their times.\u201d<\/p>\n

Following last weekend\u2019s tragic accident in Crested Butte, riders will wear stickers with the number 139 in memory of Will Olson – his race number during last week\u2019s event. The number 139 has now been taken out of circulation and will never be issued to another Enduro World Series rider.<\/p>\n

A video message from Enduro World Series Director Chris Ball regarding last weekend\u2019s accident:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.pinkbike.com\/video\/417987\/<\/a><\/p>\n

And a preview of this Sunday\u2019s race:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.pinkbike.com\/video\/418095\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Course map:<\/h2>\n

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