UCI Cross-country Olympic World Cup LIVE – Women’s and men’s finals in Snowshoe

It’s a nightmare for the Austrian, she’s been clocked at 27th! Up front, Keller leads the pack.

Mona Mitterwallner sits second in the world championships but she’s been caught as the track bottlenecks, slipping well down the order.

Championship leader Puck Pierterse moves to the front to take advantage.

Laura Stigger snuck through the tech zone to take the lead but it’s still tight at the top with Richards third. No one looks too hurt from that crash either.

It’s green, they’re racing and Evie Richards has take the lead early doors! She had to fight hard against Martina Berta and Alessandra Keller, there was a crash behind.

There’s just moments until we get going, it’s a sunny day in West Virginia, the start grid has cleared and it’s just the riders at the tapes ready to go.

As the riders line up, Alessandra Keller is on the front row after finishing fourth in the short track. She was the winner a year ago in Snowshoe, ahead of Jenny Rissveds who’s just been announced to the crowd, and Anne Terpstra.

Just a few minutes ago, we hope you’re as excited as we are!

After speaking on TV ahead of the race, we know that Richards is listing to a remix of a song that she doesn’t know the name of, and that she’s keeping her cards close to her chest for the race in five minutes’ time.

Britain’s Evie Richards has already tasted victory this weekend, notching a dominant short track win on Friday by five seconds. She’ll be getting underway in 10 minutes with the rest of the women’s field, Victor Koretzky was the men’s short track champion at Snowshoe.

Good morning, good afternoon or good evening wherever you’re joining us from in the world, and welcome to the cross-country Olympic elite races for the Mountain Bike World Cup from Snowshoe!

Tom Pidcock will be in action later for the men’s race but first up it’s the women’s event, starting in just 15 minutes’ time.