Tag Archives: Greg Minnaar

If there’s one stop on the UCI Downhill World Cup calendar where things are guaranteed to get crazy, it’s Les Gets. The French resort has built a reputation for delivering some of the wildest, rowdiest and most unpredictable racing of the entire season – and in 2026, Les Gets somehow managed to take things to another level. This wasn’t just ...

Episode 8 of Norco Race Division’s Just Getting Started drops into Champéry with rain and one of the steepest, slickest tracks of the year for the 2025 Downhill MTB World Championships. Two near-podiums, big crashes, and all heart on one of the steepest tracks of the year.  The track quickly showed its teeth: humid, greasy, and relentless from top to bottom. Lina Frener ...

Episode 7 of Norco Race Division’s Just Getting Started series kicks off in Les Gets for the second half of the World Cup season. The behind-the-scenes series follows the Norco Race Division crew through the mud, the chaos, and the push for the podium as the season heats up. The weekend brought one of the wildest tracks yet. Rain poured, ruts deepened, and the course turned ...

Episode 5 of Norco Race Division’s Just Getting Started series showcases what was going on behind-the-scenes, and the full story of a weekend battling it out at the Val di Sole Downhill MTB World Cup. One of the most challenging courses on the World Cup circuit, the Val di Sole “Black Snake” track is almost entirely in the trees, and known for ...

Episode 4 of Just Getting Started drops into one of the biggest weekends yet for the Norco Race Division – covering another gold for Gracey Hemstreet, and breakthroughs for the team at the Leogang Downhill MTB World Cup. Gracey Hemstreet has hit her stride, making history with back-to-back wins. Her Loudenvielle first place made her the first Canadian woman to win in ...