PWC Gourdon 2024. Photo: Marcus King

Baptiste’s world-class World Cups

21 October, 2024, by Cross Country; Photos: Marcus King

France continued their domination of the competition scene at the Paragliding World Cup in the final two events of the season. 

At the PWC in Gourdon, France in August it was almost like a French training camp, with an all-France overall podium. Julien Wirtz took the win just two points ahead of Baptiste Lambert with Ozone designer and local pilot Luc Armant third.

In the women’s class, which saw only four pilots competing, Austria’s Eli Egger won, Keiko Hiraki (JPN) came second and China’s Xiao Ya Xie was third.

Six tasks were completed, ranging from 64km to 133km. Day one saw a low cloudbase that made for tricky flying close to ridge height. On the second, conditions improved dramatically for...

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