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Round 2 of the 2022 UCI Downhill MTB World Cup season took place over the weekend at the infamous Fort William track in Scotland. Windy, wet weather made for difficult track conditions but that did not deter from producing an exciting and closely fought race.
In the Elite Men’s race Amaury Pierron produced a sensational run to remain undefeated after two rounds of the 2022 World Cup season. Pierron’s speed and guile, and time of 4:37.115, down the slippery course was enough to hold off compatriot Thibaut Daprela, who finished in 2nd just +0.469 seconds off the winning time, and Laurie Greenland who finished in 3rd +0.916 seconds behind.
Benoit Coulanges came in 4th with Matt Walker finishing in 5th. South Africa’s Greg Minnaar and Christopher Philogene crossed the line in 7th and 25th respectively.
Amaury Pierron
The Elite Women’s race saw Nina Hoffmann earn her second World Cup Win, taking the win by over 3 seconds from Camille Balanche (2nd) and Myriam Nicole (3rd). Eleonora Farina finished in 4th, while a crash in her run saw Valentina Höll take home 5th.
Nina Hoffmann
Men’s Results (Top 10)
1st Amaury Pierron 4:37.115
2nd Thibaut Daprela 4:37.583
3rd Laurie Greenland 4:38.031
4th Benoit Coulanges 4:38.051
5th Matt Walker 4:39.042
6th Loris Vergier 4:39.608
7th Greg Minnaar 4:41.015
8th Danny Hart 4:41.494
9th Luke Smith-Meier 4:41.718
10th Angel Suarez Alonso 4:42.300
*25th Christopher Philogene 4:48.252
Women’s Results (Top 10)
1st Nina Hoffmann 5:14.170
2nd Camille Balanche 5:17.785
3rd Myriam Nicole 5:21.342
4th Eleonora Farina 5:23.791
5th Vali Höll 5:25.648
6th Marine Cabirou 5:26.564
7th Veronika Widmann 5:29.384
8th Mikayla Parton 5:32.735
9th Mille Johnset 5:36.321
10th Stacey Fisher 5:37.709
Photos by Bartek Wolinski / Red Bull Content Pool.
