Absalon won the men's elite cross-country race to claim the necessary 250 points that guaranteed him the title whilst a third place finish was enough to secure Pendrel her World Cup championship.

Absalon, the seven time World Cup winner and double Olympic gold medallist, won the men's elite race in a time of 1:26.08.

The Frenchman's victory gave him a total of 1,310 points in total meaning he finished an impressive 330 points ahead of the next best competitor Nino Schurter of Switzerland who ended the competition in second place.

Absalon knew that even if Schurter managed to win here, as long as he finished in the top 10 he'd be crowned World Cup champion.

Schurter's hopes were immediately dashed, however, as he suffered a flat tyre on lap five, effectively ruining his chances as he finished the race in 13th position. 

Absalon powered on to take the win, distancing himself from Ondrej Cink of the Czech Republic over the last two laps.

Cink had been leading the race up until lap four, and had built a healthy lead, but Absalon's relentless pace soon brought him level.

Cink secured second, 0.43 seconds behind Absalon, which was enough to secure him 10th place in the overall standings.

The women's overall title was also still up for grabs in the final race of the season.

Denmark's Annika Langvad and the Canadian Pendrel were the two battling it out for precious points.

Pendrel started the race brightly along with the experienced Gunn-Rita Dahle of Norway, while Langvad was stuck mid-pack.

Rain the previous evening had transformed the course, and slippery roots and rocks caught out a lot of the field, resulting in a number of crashes throughout the race.

Pendrel crashed on the track's steepest descent, giving Dahle chance to extend her lead and allowing Switzerland's Jolanda Neff to close in.

The front of the field spread out, with the top four riders all riding on their own.

Neff maintained a pursuit of Dahle, while Pendrel sat in a comfortable third and Olympic Champion Jenny Rissveds of Sweden held onto fourth.

In a nail biting finale it was Switzerland's Neff that was victorious.

As the final lap arrived, she embarked on one of her trademark attacks which was enough to see her for victory.

The top three riders all finished within 1.2 seconds of eachother with Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjaa from Norway finishing in between Neff and Pendrel.