Cory Wallace, Sonia Lopes emerge MTB Himalaya champions

SHIMLA, Oct 3:

Cory Wallace and Sonia Lopes emerged champions in the men’s and women’s sections respectively in the 10th Hero MTB Himalaya mountain biking race here today.
Manuel Wessenbacker and Andreas Hartman finished second and third in men’s category.
Brand ambassador of MTB, Lopes from Portugal topped the women’s solo section while Monica settled for the second place, Ashish Sood, spokesperson for the organisers said.
In the team category, Aymann Tamang and Budhi Bahadur Tamang were declared winners followed by Naresh Barman and Purna Bahadur from the Army A team and Manjit Shishir and Man Karki also from Army B team were placed in third.
The MTB Himalaya covered a total of 500 Kms in six days, touching a maximum altitude of 3100 meters. (PTI)