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The fifth Round of the 2021 UCI Downhill MTB World Cup season took place in Snowshoe, West Virginia, USA. The first and only double-header of the season saw the first race take place on Wednesday.
In the Men’s race the Top 10 were seperated by just over 2 seconds. It was Reece Wilson who put down a near perfect run to edge our Loic Bruni by just 0.032 seconds to take his first World Cup win. Loris Vergier managed to claim 3rd place and score valuable season points, as championship leader Thibaut Daprela crashed out in his race run due to a mechanical (front wheel collapsing). The championship is down to the wire with one round left.
World Champion Greg Minnaar crashed in qualifying injuring his shoulder, which unfortunately saw him pull out of the race.
Reece Wilson
In the Women’s race Vali Höll won her first elite World Cup race ahead of Camille Balanche in 2nd and Marine Cabirou in 3rd. Myriam Nicole, who had qualified fastest and was the last rider down the hill, was on pace for another win but a crash put an end to her incredible run and she crossed the line in 4th place.
Vali Höll
Men’s results
1st Reece Wilson 3:10.066
2nd Loïc Bruni 3:10.098
3rd Loris Vergier 3:10.646
4th Finn Iles 3:11.355
5th Mark Wallace 3:11.398
6th Dakotah Norton 3:11.506
7th Matt Walker 3:11.806
8th Charlie Harrison 3:11.851
9th Troy Brosnan 3:12.097
10th Amaury Pierron 3:12.316
Women’s results
1st Valentina Höll 3:40.233
2nd Camille Balanche 3:44.850
3rd Marine Cabirou 3:45.928
4th Myriam Nicole 3:50.128
5th Tahnée Seagrave 3:50.647
6th Eleonora Farina 3:51.994
7th Emilie Siegenthaler 3:54.472
8th Mille Johnset 3:56.576
9th Monika Hrastnik 3:57.902
10th Kailey Skelton 4:02.956
Photos by Bartek Wolinski / Red Bull Content Pool.
