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MTB > Urge Cabo Verde - Run#2 - Cova de Paul

Saturday the 12th of February: the riders will board towards Santa Antao with the 5 bikes already there, while the Pep’s team stays in Mindelo to wait for the other 10 bikes... 

As soon as they’re unloaded out of the plane, the bikes will be loaded in a pickup truck and driven full speed ahead to the port to meet the team on a fishing boat that the people of Mindelo made available to us...

At 10am the chances to be able to run the afternoon run at Cova de Paul are estimated at 5%.

Around midday, the horizon got a little bit brighter, chances to follow the program are up to 40%...

After a fair amount of troubles, the riders got their bikes back around midday, the run number 2 that nearly got cancelled will finally take place!

Complete change of scenery, to reach the peaks of “Cova de Paul” in the middle of the Santo Antao mountain range. The Santa Antao Island is the most mountainous of the Cape Verde islands with impressive cliffs, that is where the run 2, 3 and 4 will take place...

So for this run 2, we are on the site of “Cova de Paul” with a cobbled track that meanders down the slope. Details of this run: hairpin turns and drop...

At the top on the start line, weather is damp and riders were in the fog that gave even more drama and doubt.

So it is Nico Vouilloz, historically the hairspin turns king who won this run 2 in 5’49 with a breathe-taking downhill. Just behind we find Barel, Wildhaber and Peridy, who gets a nice revenge after a difficult run 1. 

For the female, Sabrina Jonnier also takes her revenge by flying over this run in 7’06, just 30sec less than a impressive Tracey Mosseley.

Ranking Run #2 Urge Cabo Verde

Male:

• 1 - 5'49 : Nicolas Vouilloz (Lapierre) - France
• 2 - 6'11 : Fabien Barel (Mondraker) - France
• 3 - 6'37 : René Wildhaber (Trek - Dakine) - Switzerland
• 4 - 6'46 : Sam Peridy (Scott) - France
• 5 - 6'50 : Jérôme Clementz (Cannondale - Mavic) - France
• 6 - 6'57 : Rowan Sorrell (Orange - Mojo) - Wales/UK
• 7 - 7'03 : Mark Weir (WTB - Fox Racing Shox) - USA
• 8 - 7'23 : Greg Doucende (Performance Parts - Trek) - France
• 9 - 7'30 : Hans Rey (GT Bicycles - Adidas) - USA
• 10 - 9'08 : Samuel Normand (Lol Racing - Yeti) - France (non-pro)
• 11 - 9'16 : Marco Nicoletti (Niner) - Italy

Female:

• 1 - 7'06 : Sabrina Jonnier (Groupama - Punch Power) - France
• 2 - 7'36 : Tracy Moseley (Trek World Racing - Osprey) - UK
• 3 - 8'29 : Anka Martin (Santa Cruz - Sram) - RSO/USA
• 4 - 12' : Dorothea Lindtke (Rocky Mountain - Brake Authority) - Germany (non-pro)