{"id":107536,"date":"2025-08-30T09:39:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T09:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/107536\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T09:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T09:39:08","slug":"canadians-punch-through-greasy-les-gets-short-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/107536\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadians punch through greasy Les Gets short track"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The rain rolled in just before the elite short track World Cup races kicked off in Les Gets, France. Slick corners, high speeds and tight finishes marked both the women\u2019s and men\u2019s XCC events. And two Canadians rose above the carnage.<\/p>\n<p>Jenn Jackson and Cole Punchard both powered into the top six, holding strong in the lead groups despite slick conditions and World Cup intensity.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson stays consistent in sixth<\/p>\n<p>In the elite women\u2019s race, Canada\u2019s national champion Jenn Jackson rode a smart, tactical race, staying clear of the early pileups and holding position as the lead group fragmented on the final laps.<br \/>While Jenny Rissveds of Sweden broke away late for a commanding win, Jackson rode a smooth, composed race to finish sixth.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s another solid result for the Orbea Fox Factory rider, who continues to hold <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/mtb\/jenn-jackson-finishes-13th-as-pidcock-maxwell-take-wins-in-andorra-xco-world-cup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sixth overall<\/a> in the World Cup standings with just a few rounds remaining.<\/p>\n<p>Cole Punchard powers into fifth<\/p>\n<p>On the men\u2019s side, 20-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/mtb\/cole-punchards-ascent-from-novar-to-the-national-champs-podium\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cole Punchard<\/a> pulled off one of the most impressive results of his career. In a stacked field and a slippery final lap, the Cannondale Factory Racing rider finished just four seconds behind winner (and team mate) Charlie Aldridge, claiming fifth in a bar-to-bar sprint for the line.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s another marker in what\u2019s quickly becoming a breakout season for the CanadianNational champ, who\u2019s showing he can hold his own in the elite field.<\/p>\n<p>Les Gets sets the stage for Sunday<\/p>\n<p>With Jackson and Punchard both proving they\u2019ve got the legs\u2014and the technical handling\u2013Sunday\u2019s Olympic-distance XCO races should be ones to watch. If the weather keeps up, expect more slip-and-slide drama and hopefully another breakthrough from the Canadian camp.<\/p>\n<p>Elite men:<\/p>\n<p>1st.\u00a0Charlie Aldridge: 22:04<br \/>2nd. Luca Martin: 22:04 +0<br \/>3rd. Luca Braidot: 22:06 +2<br \/>4th. Alan Hatherly: 22:08 +4<br \/>5th. Cole Punchard: 22:08 +4<\/p>\n<p>Elite women:<\/p>\n<p>1st.\u00a0Jenny Rissveds: 22:18<br \/>2nd. Alessandra Keller: 22:25 +7<br \/>3rd. Samara Maxwell: 22:37 +19<br \/>4th. Sina Frei: 22:41 +23<br \/>5th. Evie Richards: 22:44 +26<br \/>6th. Jenn Jackson: 23:03 +45<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The rain rolled in just before the elite short track World Cup races kicked off in Les Gets,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,1700,82],"class_list":["post-107536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-mtb-features","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}