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Challenge Family World Bonus Top Placings Decided at Challenge Xiamen

Alanis Siffert and Jack Moody confirmed as unbeatable in the 2024 Challenge Family World Bonus

While Challenge Xiamen was being decided, there was another race-within-a-race to decide final World Bonus placings

Challenge Family World Bonus Top Placings Decided at Challenge Xiamen. After a thrilling day’s racing at yesterday’s Challenge Xiamen, it’s all change in the Challenge Family World Bonus, with Jack Moody (NZL) and Alanis Siffert (SUI) now confirmed as unbeatable for 2024. While the winning titles of the inaugural Challenge Xiamen were being contended, there was a whole other race within a race being played out.

To retain his top spot, World Bonus leader, Jack Moody, needed to finish in a minimum of fifth place in the event that Ognjen Stojanović took the win

Will Draper (GBR) needed to finish in second to move up into the top five and be in the money

Jesper Svensson (SWE) needed to finish fifth or above to leapfrog over Tom Hug (GER) into third

Aurelia Boulanger (FRA) needed to finish in third or higher to retain her second place and prevent Els Visser (NED) from overtaking her

With the top five World Bonus final placings coming down to the wire at Challenge Xiamen, it made for exciting racing. Stojanović did indeed secure his first Challenge Family win and so maintained his second place in the World Bonus. Moody’s podium ensured his World Bonus top spot was secure, although there was only 100 points in it. After a stellar bike, Svensson blew up majorly on the run but hung on to secure his fifth place to move up into third and Draper’s second place in Xiamen saw him move into the top five.

The women’s placings were clearer cut. Siffert’s dominating win in Xiamen meant her final World Bonus placing at the top of the leader board was never under threat. For a while, Boulanger’s World Bonus second place looked in doubt, but her strong run saw her climb up the field to finish in third and able to hold off Visser whose second place finish elevated her to third place in the final World Bonus standings.

RANKATHLETEPOINTS
1Jack Moody (NZL)1,250
2Ognjen Stojanović (SRB)1,150
3Jesper Svensson (SWE)765
4Tom Hug (GER)750
5Will Draper (GBR)650
RANKATHLETEPOINTS
1Alanis Siffert (SUI)1,350
2Aurélia Boulanger (FRA)975
3Els Visser (NED)950
4Rebecca Robisch (GER)800
5Anne Haug (GER)600

Challenge Family’s World Bonus provides professional athletes with the opportunity to race for a share of a US$100,000 end-of-season bonus on top of the prize purses at races. There are still two more points races in 2024, Challenge Canberra and Challenge Florianopolis, but these will not affect the top rankings. Points are available at selected Challenge Family and started with Challenge Israman in January and will end with Challenge Florianopolis in Brazil on 24 November.

The bonus pays five deep across both men and women with the top ranked pros taking home $22k, second will earn $14k and third will win $8k, fourth $4k and fifth $2k. For further information and full rankings and points tables, visit https://www.challenge-family.com/world-bonus/.

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