Montreal, May 3 2009 (Sportcom) - As she promised last week, after finishing 14th in Germany, Marie-Hélène Prémont did much better Sunday in Belgium, taking sixth place in the World Cup mountain bike race in Houffalize.
The cyclist from Château-Richer finished precisely three minutes behind the winner of the race, the Spanish and 2008 World Champion, Margarita Fullana Riera, who finished the course in 1 hour, 25 minutes and 1 second. The Canadian, Catharine Pendrel, with a gap of 14 seconds to the winner, took the silver medal. The Chinese Chengyuan Ren (+ 46 s) completed the podium.
Translated from Sportcom Press release.
Race photos at Canadiancyclist.com