Other than the three World Cup races of the 2011 season which have been held so far, the qualifiers for the sbx world championship’s finals scheduled for Tuesday, Jan 18th, noon, weren’t dominated by a Canadian rider but by a French girl.
Nelly Moenne Loccoz (photo: © FIS/Oliver Kraus) posted the best time securing the top qualifier result in a time of 57.83 seconds.
2007 World Champion and US-American hope for Gold, Lindsey Jacobellis followed as runner-up (58.25), already 42 hundredths behind.
2010 Olympic Silver medalist Deborah Anthonioz rounded out the top time trial result for France (58.26) as third while 2010 Europa Cup winner Eva Samkova (CZE, 58.53) was able to outperform highly valued 2010 Olympic Gold medalist Maelle Ricker (CAN, 58.66) and her team mate Dominique Maltais (59.75), the current and undisputed World Cup leader, by placing fourth.
Click here for the full qualifier result of the ladies competition. You can find the start list for tomorrow’s finals here.
