{"id":135532,"date":"2016-07-16T19:31:54","date_gmt":"2016-07-16T17:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/?p=135532"},"modified":"2016-07-16T19:33:17","modified_gmt":"2016-07-16T17:33:17","slug":"racing-legend-sam-hill-places-second-in-la-thuille","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/racing-legend-sam-hill-places-second-in-la-thuille\/","title":{"rendered":"[Racing] Legend Sam Hill places second in La Thuile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[ad3]<\/p>\n<p>After 3 brutal stages for Day One in La Thuille, Richie Rude is unsurprisingly taking the lead. The LEGEND that is Sam Hill is in second place; this should come as no surprise as he&#8217;s a master of technical riding and the courses are some of the toughest we&#8217;ll see all year. 2014 Winner Damien Oton was nipping at Sam&#8217;s heels in third place. Top 3 for each category is listed below. For more details head to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.enduroworldseries.com\">www.enduroworldseries.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/practicing-together-is-a-highlight-for-many-of-the-competitors.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-135533\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/practicing-together-is-a-highlight-for-many-of-the-competitors.jpg\" alt=\"practicing-together-is-a-highlight-for-many-of-the-competitors\" width=\"1020\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/practicing-together-is-a-highlight-for-many-of-the-competitors.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/practicing-together-is-a-highlight-for-many-of-the-competitors-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Men;<br \/>\n1 Richie Rude 26:54.40<br \/>\n2 Sam Hill + 0:53.64<br \/>\n3 Damien Oton + 1:08.50<\/p>\n<p>Women;<br \/>\n1 Cecile Ravanel 31:32.76<br \/>\n2 Isabeau Courdurier +1:04.61<br \/>\n3 Anita Gehrig +1:27.05<\/p>\n<p>U21 Men;<br \/>\n1 Adrien Dailly 27:59.45<br \/>\n2 Sebastien Claquin +0:23.29<br \/>\n3 Vid Persak +1:18.19<\/p>\n<p>U21 Women<br \/>\n1 Raphaella Richter 35:27.14<br \/>\n2 Julie Duvert +0:51.99<br \/>\n3 Martina Berta +1:13.96<\/p>\n<p>Masters<br \/>\n1 Karim Amour 30:11.30<br \/>\n2 Nigel Page +1:09.22<br \/>\n3 Carles Barcons +1:35.11<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/with-the-fresh-snow-on-the-peaks-in-the-last-few-days-the-media-raced-to-get-to-the-top.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-135535\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/with-the-fresh-snow-on-the-peaks-in-the-last-few-days-the-media-raced-to-get-to-the-top.jpg\" alt=\"with-the-fresh-snow-on-the-peaks-in-the-last-few-days-the-media-raced-to-get-to-the-top\" width=\"1020\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/with-the-fresh-snow-on-the-peaks-in-the-last-few-days-the-media-raced-to-get-to-the-top.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/with-the-fresh-snow-on-the-peaks-in-the-last-few-days-the-media-raced-to-get-to-the-top-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/some-corners-are-steep.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-135536\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/some-corners-are-steep.jpg\" alt=\"some-corners-are-steep\" width=\"1020\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/some-corners-are-steep.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/some-corners-are-steep-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/a-stark-comparison-to-previous-days-visibilty-was-excellent.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-135534\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/a-stark-comparison-to-previous-days-visibilty-was-excellent.jpg\" alt=\"a-stark-comparison-to-previous-days-visibilty-was-excellent\" width=\"1020\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/a-stark-comparison-to-previous-days-visibilty-was-excellent.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/a-stark-comparison-to-previous-days-visibilty-was-excellent-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photos : <a href=\"http:\/\/www.enduroworldseries.com\">www.enduroworldseries.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad3] After 3 brutal stages for Day One in La Thuille, Richie Rude is unsurprisingly taking the lead. The LEGEND that is Sam Hill is in second place; this should come as no surprise as he&#8217;s a master of technical riding and the courses are some of the toughest we&#8217;ll see all year. 2014 Winner Damien Oton was nipping at Sam&#8217;s heels in third place. Top 3 for each category is listed below. For more details head to www.enduroworldseries.com Men; 1 Richie Rude 26:54.40 2 Sam Hill + 0:53.64 3 Damien Oton + 1:08.50 Women; 1 Cecile Ravanel 31:32.76 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":170425,"featured_media":135536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3674],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.3 (Yoast SEO v19.7.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>[Racing] Legend Sam Hill places second in La Thuile | MTB-MAG.COM<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/racing-legend-sam-hill-places-second-in-la-thuille\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"[Racing] Legend Sam Hill places second in La Thuile\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[ad3] After 3 brutal stages for Day One in La Thuille, Richie Rude is unsurprisingly taking the lead. 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