In his first elite final, Valentina Roa Sánchez (Transition Factory Racing) achieved this Saturday the eighth box in the fourth box of the Down Hill World Cupwhich was held in Val Di Sole (Italy).
Valentina, who represents Caldas on the national calendar, lost 15 seconds with the champion, the British Tahnee Seagrave (England) (4.31,471). The mountain biker was 10 seconds away from the podium.
The woman from Tolima, based in Manizales, She was World Cup champion last year. He won in Haute-Savoie (France) and in Mont Saint Anne (Quebec, Canada); he obtained two second places at the stops in Lenzerheide (Switzerland) and Pal Arinsal (Andorra); two third places in Loudenvielle – Peyragudes (France) and in Snowshoe (United States), and she finished fourth in Leogang-Salzburg (Austria) and in Val di Sole Trentino, (Italy).
And now, after three valid disputes, It is the first time he has entered the finals. He had already raced in Fort William (Scotland), Bieslko Biala (Poland) and Leogang (Austria).
Positions
1. Tahnee Seagrave (England) 4,31,471
2. Marine Cabiruou (France) at 320
3. Monika Hrastnik (Slovenia) at 941
4. Myriam Nicole (France) at 3,956
5. Valentina Höll (Australia) at 6,721
6. Nina Hoffmann (Germany) at 11,054
7. Phoebe Gale (England) at 13,144
8. Valentina Roa (Colombia) at 15,223
9. Anna Newkirk (USA) at 15,637
10. Lisa Baumann (Switzerland) at 27,848
Go on
June 25: Valid for the World Cup in Haute-Savoie (France).
August 28: World Championship in Andorra (Spain).
September: Valid for the World Cup in Loudenvielle (France).
October 4 to 6: Valid for the World Cup in Mont-Saint-Anne (Canada)
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