# EWS Val di Fassa 2026: Conolly and Łukasik Dominate the Dolomites in Searing Heat
They call it the Fassa Bike District for a reason. The network of singletracks ribboning through Val di Fassa — the narrow Dolomite valley between the Marmolada glacier and the Catinaccio massif — is among the most technically demanding and visually overwhelming terrain on the entire Enduro World Cup calendar. On a hot, clear Saturday and Sunday in late June, it also became the scene of commanding performances from two of the circuit's most dominant riders.
Ella Conolly and Sławomir Łukasik arrived in Trentino already holding overall series leads. They left with those leads extended, courtesy of performances combining raw speed with tactical intelligence across two days of back-to-back racing in the 10th year of UCI Enduro competition at this venue.
The Course
Five timed stages per day totalled over 4,000 metres of vertical descent across the weekend. Stage 2 — a 12-minute descent from the base of the Pordoi Pass through rooted forest to the valley floor — was the key battleground: high-speed open lines, two demanding rock gardens, and a final section of blasted berms. Stage 4 was a loose-over-hard descent on the south face of the Catinaccio, exposed to afternoon sun, where brake fade became a genuine tactical concern as temperatures peaked.
Men: Łukasik's Grinding Precision
After Day 1, Poland's Sławomir Łukasik sat fourth overall — 2.3 seconds behind overnight leader Tommaso Calonaci of Italy. The home crowd in Canazei's village square roared for Calonaci. Łukasik was unmoved.
On Day 2, he posted the fastest time on both Stages 4 and 5 — 3.8 seconds ahead on Stage 4, 5.1 seconds ahead on Stage 5. In a discipline where a second is a large margin at the stage level, those gaps were emphatic. The aggregate leaderboard flipped: Łukasik overall winner, Calonaci runner-up, French youngster Alex Rudeau third.
“I trusted my tires," Łukasik said with characteristic understatement. "Some guys took risks early. I waited.”
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Ella Conolly's 2026 EWS season has been one of the circuit's most compelling storylines — a 24-year-old who seems to be getting better by the event. Val di Fassa was her third win in six rounds.
She led from Day 1 and never relinquished. Her Day 2 dominance on Stages 4 and 5 — the same stages where Łukasik was hunting rivals — produced a final margin of 12+ seconds over Great Britain's Elly Hoskin in second. Third went to Italian wildcard Nadine Ellecosta, who delivered the best EWS result of her season on home soil.
“The Dolomites speak to me," Conolly said, smiling. "I love technical terrain with commitment, and this place has the most beautiful version of that in the world.”
Championship Standings (After Round 6)
Łukasik leads men's by 47 points over Rudeau; Conolly leads women's by 61 over Hoskin. Both leads are substantial but not closed — the September-October block will decide.
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