Italy’s Sandra Mairhofer wins womens 2021 XTERRA Trentino Cross Triathlon European Championships
Sandra Mairhofer of Italy in her third XTERRA World Tour, took the win in the 2021 XTERRA Trentino Cross Triathlon European Championships in the womens catergory
Mairhofer the Winter Triathlon World Champion and Italian Cross Triathlon Champion having recently won XTERRA European Championship in Zittau, Germany last month, proved again that she is at the top of her game completed a perfect race to be crowned champion.
XTERRA in partnership with European Triathlon were hosting the 2021 European Cross Triathlon Championships in the first-ever XTERRA Trentino Dolomiti Paganella off-road race on Sunday, September 26, 2021, in the breath-taking location situated on the shores of Lake Molveno, Italy, fronting the Brenta Dolomites.
It was the Mexican Michelle Flipo who was first out of the water with Sandra Mairhofer a few positions back on the swim exiting in 5th place, a minute behind.
But once on the bike section Mairhofer came into her own as she overtook Fiipo within 15 minutes to take the lead and was crushing everyone around her as she dropped the watt bombs that nobody else could compete with, creating a comfortable lead.
With a lead of almost six minutes exiting T2 onto the run she continued to push the pace right up to the winning line taking gold in a time of 2:49:00.
Michelle Filpo crossed the line in second place, however, as she was racing for Mexico, it meant she was not eligible for the European Championship title, meaning the second-place spot in this championship was still wide-open
That meant Dutchwomen Diede Diederiks finishing third in the XTERRA race, secured second-place on the European Triathlon Championship podium to add to her second place in the European Duathlon Championship the day before – some feat.
Third on arrival was Isabelle Klein from Luxembourg but she was disqualified so the final European Championship podium went to Switzerland’s Loanne Duvoisin who was also crowned Under-23 champion.
