BATTY & DISERA REPEAT AS NATIONAL XCO CHAMPIONS

Oro-Medonte, ON (July 21, 2019) – Over 700 athletes came out to the Canadian XCO Championships on Saturday at Hardwood Ski & Bike, 75 minutes north of Toronto. Two familiar faces stood on top of the podium in the Elite races, with Emily Batty (Trek Factory) winning her fourth consecutive women’s title, and Peter Disera (Norco Factory) winning his third consecutive Elite men’s title. In the Under-23 races, Laurie Arsenault (ACQ) and Quinton Disera (Norco Factory) won their first titles in the category.

Both riders won in similar fashion: riding with their top rivals for the first few laps before pulling away in the second half of the race, despite heat and humidity that pushed temperatures to the mid-30s.

“I think it just came down to turning on for an event that I wanted to do well in,” said Batty, who has struggled in the first half of the World Cup season. “I definitely had a slow start to the season and have been overcoming a bunch of obstacles, but I think it is starting to come around.”

“The hat trick is cool, and I’m super excited to race here at home,” said Disera, whose family lives within 15 minutes of the race site. “This is week five [in a row] of racing for me, so I’m pretty tired. All the media attention is cool and I’m happy to talk, but it kept the high a little too high and stacked on pressure for this weekend, so I was a little bit excited and a little bit nervous going into this race.”

Results
U17 Women: 1- Nicole Bradbury 2- Marin Lowe 3- Ella Myers
U17 Men: 1- Owen Clark 2- Hugo Brisebois 3- Médéric Carrier
Junior Women: 1- Emilly Johnston 2- Magdeleine Vallières-Mill 3- Samuelle Baillargeon
Junior Men: 1- Carter Woods 2- Vincent Thiboutot 3- Hamish Graham
U23 Women: 1- Laurie Arsenault 2- Mackenzie Myatt 3- Marianne Théberge
U23 Men: 1- Quinton Disera 2- Raphael Auclair 3- Tyler Orschel
Elite Women: 1- Emily Batty 2- Catharine Pendrel 3- Sandra Walter
Elite Men: 1- Peter Disera 2- Léandre Bouchard 3- Marc-André Fortier

For full results, please visit: http://racetiming.ca/neweventpage.php?EventId=1924.