Christopher Blevins (Specialized Factory Racing) won the elite men’s Cross-country Olympic (XCO) race at the Mairiporã round of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup on Sunday, with a late final lap attack from the substantial lead group clinching victory in the dusty but humid 2024 opening round in Brazil.
The US champion’s teammate Victor Koretzky made it a one-two for the team, winning the sprint for the runner-up position which unfolded as the rider in the stars and stripes jersey celebrated his second World Cup XCO victory. Filippo Colombo (Scott-SRAM MTB Racing), who was tenacious in his pursuit of Blevins when he attacked, held on for third.
It hadn’t been the start to the racing in Brazil the 26-year-old had been hoping for, finishing 37th in the short-track, but it certainly ended well.
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