SPAIN DELIVERS - Enduro World Series Ainsa Race Action Slideshow

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#strengthforjared - 32 minutes of racing came down to 8 seconds on the final stage as Richie Rude and Martin Maes would battle for the win. While Maes won the final stage, Richie took the EWS victory in Ainsa. Sam Hill struggled with a flat tire but pushed hard to earn valuable points toward the overall with an 11th place finish. Sam holds a comfortable overall lead with only the last round in Finale Ligure, Italy next week.

Cecile won comfortably but did give up a couple of stage wins to hard-charging Isabeau Courdurier who finished 50 seconds back in second place. Andreane Lanthier Nadeau confirmed her recent good form with her first podium finish of 2018 in third.

Richie dominated all weekend in Ainsa and took the well-deserved win. @maddogboris
The moment Richie found out he won the race. Mark Maurissen breaks the news to Richie that Martin won the stage but not by enough to snatch the win from him. -Sven Martin
Cecile Ravanel is just rad! @maddogboris
Cecile won five of the seven stages this weekend. Another brilliant result. -Sven Martin
Martin Maes doing the sketchy hop-to-side-camber after only one sighting run. A feature like this probably saw only ten riders hit it in the entire field after a 13-minute run. -Sven Martin
Martin, Sam's closest rival in the series championship gives a hand to keep Sam rolling and the racing fair. Great sportsmanship. -Sven Martin
Martin doing it for JARED! -Sven Martin
Ella Conolly has won every Junior Women's race this season and won 6 out of seven stages this weekend. Ready for Elites next season. -Sven Martin
Isabeau Courdurier was on fire. She thought Cecile would catch up to her, so she gave everything and won the last 2 stages in front of Cecile. @maddogboris
Isabeau during lunch today contemplating what it takes to beat Cecile in some stages, which she went out and accomplished a few minutes later. -Sven Martin
Damien Oton had a good race, and is more than happy with his 3rd place. @maddogboris
Real working chainsaw as the winner's trophy. Pretty sweet hand luggage for Richie. -Sven Martin
ALN coming in hot for the pass on the long stage one and overcooked the compression. -Sven Martin
Did she ride its out though? -Sven Martin
Your Elite Women's Enduro World Series Ainsa Podium. L to R: Isabeau Courdurier, Cecile Ravanel and Andreane Nadeau @maddogboris
Sam Hill can find grip and cornering traction on the tiniest of surfaces. Alien. -Sven Martin
Brraaappp! That´s how Sam Hill finishes a race. 7 physical stages and that's the moment he crossed the finish line on stage 7. @maddogboris
Dimitri Tordo ended up 7th after a crash. He was happy even if he could have been closer to the podium. @maddogboris
Jesse rocketing into eight place fresh off his Whistler injury just a few short weeks ago. This is Jesse taking it easy. -Sven Martin
Jesse Melamed has all reason for a big smile. Coming back from an injury and finishing the race here in Ainsa with the 8th position is amazing. @maddogboris
Remi does Canada proud by sending it to the moon. -Sven Martin
The crowds in Spain were everywhere and awesome, some of the friendliest and proudest anywhere. Orbea's Gabriel Torralba in audio. -Sven Martin
Well done "Texi"! 17th position for zee German. You should keep an eye out for him. Pretty sure we will see him more often next year. @maddogboris
Mechanic's Ritual: What should we do after the riders leave to Stage1? They watched MotoGP! @maddogboris
First EWS for downhiller Greg Williamson. 44th place and not too bad for figuring it out. -Sven Martin
Three Top 10's, but one 194th from a flat kept Ruaridh Cunningham out of the top spots this weekend. -Sven Martin
Wyn masters punching rocks on stage two. -Sven Martin
ALN with a solid third place performance this weekend, finally putting some of her injuries behind her. -Sven Martin
Colored chain wax to match. Santa Cruz mechanic, G-Bum's bike. -Sven Martin
Sam Hill had a tough battle here in Ainsa, losing some time on stage one but then flatting on stage two with a 128th. He rode an amazing second day to claw back some positions and valuable championship points with an 11th place finish. -Sven Martin
Women's Masters winner, Nadine Sapin! @maddogboris
A big, happy, relaxed family this weekend. -Sven Martin
Girls making sure Noga is their height for the photo. -Sven Martin
Your fastest Master for the weekend despite this big face plant on stage one. -Sven Martin
Mega or EWS? Mid-pack carnage on stage one. -Sven Martin
He would have won Juniors by 37 seconds, but Theotim Trabac missed his stage roll-off in the castle and received a one-minute penalty. Kids always have to learn the hard way. -Sven Martin
Sam Hill still smiling taking the lead to Finale Ligure. @maddogboris
Bad news when your race is over before it begins. Stage one drama. -Sven Martin
Jose Borges spends a lot of time scoping lines in practice and never misses tiny bonus set-ups like this. Great result with his sixth place. -Sven Martin
Youn Deniaud with a couple of flats this weekend kept him out of the top ten. It didn't look like it slowed him down any though. Smashing turns. -Sven Martin
Sam Hill with a front flat on a long rocky trail. Sketchy and trying to save the rim, he couldn't push too hard and lost a lot of time. -Sven Martin
Sam's whip.
Lewis Buchanen styling the blind fadeaway-to-compression in front of a loud and appreciative crowd. -Sven Martin
Miranda Miller's first EWS this season with some consistent riding slid into seventh. Making the transition look easy. -Sven Martin
Matt Simmonds almost cracks a top 20. 21st place. Stage six rampage. -Sven Martin
Morgane Charre on stage five early this morning. -Sven Martin
Martin getting ready to ride wide open after lunch today. He had one more stage left to race but needed to take eight seconds from Richie if he was to win the whole race. -Sven Martin
One handed swag from Noga. -Sven Martin
McKay Vezina soars on seven. -Sven Martin
Bar hump from your fourth place finisher Kevin Miguel. -Sven Martin
Ainsa was hot. Very hot! @maddogboris
Pretty low and sick riding style for such a big guy! Florian Nicolai finished 5th. @maddogboris
Yeah Richie Rude! @maddogboris
Cole Lucas was close to a podium spot before he crashed and lost too much time. One more chance for him next week in Italy. @maddogboris
Bex Barona with a solid 6th Position. @maddogboris
Canyon Teammanger, Lars Hartwich, is always making sure his riders have the best material to do their jobs. @maddogboris
Junior Men's winner, Louis Jeandel! @maddogboris
Anita Gehrig finished 4th here in Ainsa! @maddogboris
Early Morning Skids on Stage 5. @maddogboris
Wyn Masters has fans all over the world. Here he gets cheered on through Stage 6. @maddogboris
Richie's mechanic, Shaun Hughes, with the last tire check before Stage7! @maddogboris
See you in Finale! -Sven Martin
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​Sven and Boris nearly shrivel up from the heat but somehow survive to bring us the action-packed goods!

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