{"id":1612,"date":"2021-05-11T10:42:30","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T08:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/galfer.com\/bike\/?p=1612"},"modified":"2021-05-11T10:44:19","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T08:44:19","slug":"victor-koretzky-wins-opening-race-of-xco-world-cup-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/galfer.com\/bike\/victor-koretzky-wins-opening-race-of-xco-world-cup-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"VICTOR KORETZKY WINS OPENING RACE OF XCO WORLD CUP 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>The French rider of Team KMC-Orbea achieved a spectacular victory in the Elite Men\u2019s category and now leads the XCO World Cup overall standings.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Cross-Country World Cup 2021 couldn\u2019t have got off to a better start for the brake components brand Galfer Bike, thanks to Victor Koretzky\u2019s win in the opening race in Albstadt (Germany). The French rider managed to overtake Nino Schurter on the last lap and claimed the final sprint, which gave him the first victory of his career in the Elite Men\u2019s category. Victor played his cards right and opted for a rigid bike (Orbea Alma) fitted with \u00f8160mm Disc Wave\u00ae DB102W brake discs and Red Advanced G1851 brake pads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Short Track race on Friday, Koretzky took an excellent second place, beating Schurter again in a tight finish. Koretzky\u2019s win is also the first-ever win for KMC-Orbea in the top category, and both Koretzky and the team now lead the overall standings of the XCO World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other notable results from Galfer Bike riders were: Thomas Litscher (KMC-Orbea) 12th, Milan Vader (KMC-Orbea) 25th, David Valero (BH-Templo) 28th and Pablo Rodr\u00edguez (BH-Templo) 38th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Elite Women\u2019s category, Roc\u00edo del Alba (BH-Templo), the only Galfer Bike rider in Germany, finished in 17th position in a contested race that showed a great improvement in her performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next round of the XCO World Cup will be held in Nov\u00e9 M\u011bsto (Czech Republic) from 14 to 16 May.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/galfer.com\/bike\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/koretzky-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/galfer.com\/bike\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/koretzky-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/galfer.com\/bike\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/koretzky-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/galfer.com\/bike\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/koretzky-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/galfer.com\/bike\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/koretzky-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/galfer.com\/bike\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/koretzky-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/galfer.com\/bike\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/koretzky-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/galfer.com\/bike\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/koretzky-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/galfer.com\/bike\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/koretzky-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The French rider of Team KMC-Orbea achieved a spectacular victory in the Elite Men\u2019s category and now leads the XCO World Cup overall standings. The Cross-Country World Cup 2021 couldn\u2019t have got off to a better start for the brake components brand Galfer Bike, thanks to Victor Koretzky\u2019s win in the opening race in Albstadt [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"212","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[212],"tags":[232,73],"class_list":["post-1612","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-competition","tag-kmc-orbea","tag-victor-koretzky"],"lang":"en","translations":{"en":1612,"es":1622,"it":1623},"pll_sync_post":{"en":true},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/galfer.com\/bike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/galfer.com\/bike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/galfer.com\/bike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galfer.com\/bike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galfer.com\/bike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1612"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/galfer.com\/bike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1625,"href":"https:\/\/galfer.com\/bike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612\/revisions\/1625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/galfer.com\/bike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galfer.com\/bike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galfer.com\/bike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}