{"id":815056,"date":"2026-07-20T22:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T22:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/815056\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T22:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T22:28:10","slug":"lief-rodgers-moves-into-enduro-world-cup-overall-lead-after-rocky-aletsch-arena-bellwald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/815056\/","title":{"rendered":"Lief Rodgers moves into Enduro World Cup overall lead after rocky Aletsch Arena-Bellwald"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was a weekend of high drama in the high mountains for the Enduro World Cup. Lief Rodgers rode into the EDR overall lead, following the disqualification of series leader Alex Rudeau on a stage.<\/p>\n

Canada\u2019s world champion, Elly Hoskin, rode her way through the wild rocks of Aletsch Arena-Bellwald and back onto the podium, finishing second by the end of Sunday\u2019s racing.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Elite Women\u2019s podium in Switzerland. Rick Schubert \/ Whoop UCI Mountain Bike World Series
\nElite Men: Rodgers rides second into EDR overall lead<\/p>\n

Squamish, B.C.\u2019s Lief Rodgers (Priority Racing Team) extended his stunning run of consistency this season, adding another podium in Switzerland. With second place at Aletsch Arena, and with the disqualification of Alex Rudeau from the Swiss round, Rodgers moves into first overall in the 2026 Enduro World Cup.<\/p>\n

Lief Rodgers\u2019 gamble on a new team is paying off in spades<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Rudeau was one of many rider suffering major mechanicals in the brutal Swiss rocks. After a rear wheel was unrepairable, he was unable to continue and after receiving outside help, was ruled out of the race. That opened the door for Rodgers. The Canadian takes the lead overall, but Ryan Gilchrist (Yeti Fox) takes the win in Switzerland.<\/p>\n

\"Elite<\/a>Elite Women\u2019s podium in Switzerland. Rick Schubert \/ Whoop UCI Mountain Bike World Series
\nElite Women: Hoskin back on an EDR podium<\/p>\n

The women\u2019s race was nearly as dramatic as the mens. While no one was disqualified, late race flat tires for Ella Connolly and Canada\u2019s Elly Hoskin kept fans and racers on their toes to see who would make it to the finish line with bike and body intact.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a pretty eventful weekend. We\u2019ve had a huge amount of racing, almost 50 minutes in total. I had a small mechanical issue to deal with after one of the stages, but the hardest thing was simply keeping the pace up for that long. The body is exhausted. I was really struggling in the final stages; there was so much pedalling and my legs were spent. My lower back was hurting through all the corners as well, so in the end I was just trying to hold it together and make it to the finish line.\u201d<\/p>\n

Connolly takes the win in Aletsch, and back-to-back EDR wins. Hoskin places second with Nadine Ellecosta (Abetone Vittoria Nencini Sport Factory Team) rounding out the podium in third.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was a weekend of high drama in the high mountains for the Enduro World Cup. Lief Rodgers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":815057,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,80421,149330,1700,62722,265568,82],"class_list":["post-815056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-elly-hoskin","tag-enduro-world-cup","tag-mtb-features","tag-mtb-news","tag-priority-bicycles","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815056","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=815056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/815057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=815056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=815056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=815056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}