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This past weekend saw another double-header round of the 2020 UCI Downhill MTB World Cup season tale place in Lousa, Portugal. Round 4 took place on Sunday 1 November on a track hailed as one of the best in recent history resulting in a close and thrilling race.
In the Men’s race Jamie Edmondson took the hot seat with a time of 3:56.332, and with rain playing havoc at the top of the mountain would remain in the lead for quite some time. Matt Walker, the third last down the hill, was be the first to break Edmondson’s time crossing the line in 3:55.703 to take the hotseat. Next up was Greg Minnaar who again was on top form and put down an incredible run with a time of 3:54.458 to take the lead. Loic Bruni was the final man down the hill and was behind at the second split but managed to pull it back at the line to beat Minnaar by just 0.170 to take the win on the day.
Matt Walker’s constancy saw him take the 2020 World cup title followed by Loic Bruni in 2nd and Greg Minnaar in 3rd
Matt Walker
In the Women’s race Nina Hoffman set down a time of 4:25.064 and seemed to be heading to victory as Tracey Hannah, in the final race of her illustrious career, pushed too hard and came off the bike with the finish line in sight. Marine Cabirou was next up and threw down a tidy run to better Hoffman’s time by a staggering 1.702 seconds. Tahnée Seagrave was up at the first split but eventually had to settle for 3rd place with a time of 4:25.771. Myriam Nicole would cross the line 4th.
Marine Cabirou secured the 2020 World Cup title with Myriam Nicole in 2nd and Nina Hoffman in 3rd.
Marine Cabirou
Men’s Results
1st Loic Bruni 3:54.288
2nd Greg Minnaar 3:54.458
3rd Matt Walker 3:55.703
4th Jamie Edmondson 3:56.332
5th Phillip Atwill 3:56.353
6th Troy Brosnan 3:56.726
7th Thibaut Daprela 3:56.967
8th Angel Suarez Alonso 3:57.154
9th David Trummer 3:57.252
10th Joe Breeden 3:58.117
Men’s Overall Result
1st Matt Walker
2nd Loic Bruni
3rd Greg Minnaar
4th Loris Vergier
5th Thibaut Daprela
Women’s Results
1st Marine Cabirou 4:23.362
2nd Nina Hoffmann 4:25.064
3rd Tahnée Seagrave 4:25.771
4th Myriam Nicole 4:28.344
5th Monika Hrastnik 4:29.046
Women’s Overall Result
1st Marine Cabirou
2nd Myriam Nicole
3rd Tahnée Seagrave
4th Tracey Hannah
5th Nina Hoffmann
Photos by Bartek Wolinski / Red Bull Content Pool.
