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The First Round of the 2023 UCI Downhill MTB World Cup season took place over the weekend in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. Riders were met with the new racing format, seeing the Qualification, Semi-Finals and Finals all counting towards valuable season points.
In his first year riding the Elite Men’s class, Jordan Williams proved dominant with an incredible Final run to take the overall. Loris Vergier finished in 2nd place ahead of Loic Bruni in 3rd.
In the Elite Women’s race, the returning Rachel Atherton took the win, edging out Camille Balanche by a margin of 0.5 seconds. Nina Hoffman followed closely in 3rd place.
Men’s Results (Top 10)
1st Jordan Williams 2:39.222
2nd Loris Vergier 2:39.717
3rd Loic Bruni 2:39.907
4th Laurie Greenland 2:40.058
5th Finn Iles 2:40.232
6th Jackson Goldstone 2:41.428
7th Troy Brosnan 2:42.094
8th Benoit Coulanges 2:42.520
9th Dakotah Norton 2:42.807
10th Charlie Hatton 2:43.055
Women’s Results (Top 10)
1st Rachel Atherton 3:07.514
2nd Camille Balanche 3:08.048
3rd Nina Hoffmann 3:08.301
4th Vali Höll 3:09.270
5th Marine Cabirou 3:11.118
6th Grasey Hemstreet 3:11.461
7th Tahnee Seagrave 3:13.428
8th Monika Hrastnik 3:14.835
9th Harriet Harnden 3:16.533
10th Anna Newkirk 3:17.926
Photos by Dan Hearn.
