The results are in from the second round of the 2021 DH World Cup in Les Gets after an incredible day of racing in some tough conditions.
Kicking off the day was the Junior Men with Jackson Goldstone securing his first World Cup win by over one and a half seconds. Jackson's winning time was nearly five-second faster than Loic Bruni's top qualifying time from yesterday. We will be in for some wild racing if these conditions hold through the day. Jordan Williams takes the second step of the podium after qualifying fastest yesterday and Lachlan Stevens-McNab continues with his success this year with third place.
The Junior Women's racing saw another new World Cup winner as Phoebe Gale pulled a two-second lead over Izabela Yankova. Phoebe's winning time was nearly 30 seconds faster than her fastest qualifier from yesterday. Closing out the top three riders was Anastasia Thiele crossing the line over 14 and a half seconds back.
There was plenty of drama in the Elite Women's racing with rain falling for all of the riders, conditions were very different to the drier conditions from qualifying. Tahnee Seagrave bested the course with a close contest against Myriam Nicole. Second-placed Myriam Nicole had a tough run today after a crash just after split two, but she closed the gap to only
0.252 seconds. Camille Balanche finished off the top three riders with another great result in 2021. Vali Höll was cursed with another finish line crash as she slipped out on the final turn and had to run across the line.
Tricky conditions affected most of the men's racing as the track became slicker with each run. Thibaut Daprela, who was coming back from a horrific crash at the French Cup last week, took the win today in the Elite Men's racing. His victory in Les Gets is Thibaut's first-ever Elite win after coming so many close attempts since moving up from Juniors last year. Max Hartenstern secured his best result with a second-place finish and Baptiste Pierron wrapped up the podium in third place.
Check out the full results below.
Results:
Elite Women
1st. Tahnee Seagrave: 4:10.566
2nd. Myriam Nicole: 4:10.818
3rd. Camille Balanche: 4:15.480
4th. Mille Johnset: 4:16.102
5th. Monika Hrastnik: 4:17.097
Elite Men
1st. Thibaut Daprela: 3:33.424
2nd. Max Hartenstern: 3:35.840
3rd. Baptiste Pierron: 3:35.944
4th. Connor Fearon: 3:36.014
5th. Mark Wallace: 3:36.205
Junior Women
1st. Phoebe Gale: 4:21.593
2nd. Izabela Yankova: 4:23.892
3rd. Anastasia Thiele: 4:36.163
4th. Vicky Clavel: 4:38.432
5th. Leona Pierrini: 4:48.319
Junior Men
1st. Jackson Goldstone: 3:26.950
2nd. Jordan Williams: 3:28.573
3rd. Lachlan Stevens-McNab: 3:31.380
4th. Oliver Davis: 3:31.581
5th. Oisin O'Callaghan: 3:32.472
Full Results:Elite WomenElite MenJunior WomenJunior Men
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The Elite Women's racing kicks off at: PST 03:30 / EST 06:30 / GMT 11:30 / CET 12:30
The Elite Men will start at: PST 04:30 / EST 07:30 / GMT 12:30 / CEST 13:30
The Elite Women's racing is now underway with Agnes Delest setting the first time of 4:32.787.
With ten riders left in the Elite Women's field, the current top five are:
1st. Mariana Salazar: 4:32.721
2nd. Agnes Delest: 4:32.787
3rd. Frida Ronning: 4:41.684
4th. Noga Korem: 4:52.950
5th. Lauryne Chappaz: 4:54.916
We have just heard on the Red Bull broadcast that Nina Hoffmann will not be racing today after a crash in practice.
It looks like Emilie Siegenthaler must have had some problems in the first split as she is over 12 seconds back. With some light rain on the course at the moment, things could start to get tricky out there today.
Mille Johnset has an amazing run as she goes over 16 seconds up and takes the lead.
A flat out ride from Tahnee Seagrave places her in the lead by five seconds. We are now less than three seconds off the top qualifier of Myriam Nicole despite the changing conditions.
With five riders left in the Elite Women's field, the current top five are:
1st. Tahnee Seagrave: 4:10.566
2nd. Mille Johnset: 4:16.102
3rd. Mathilde Bernard: 4:26.551
4th. Mariana Salazar: 4:32.721
5th. Agnes Delest: 4:32.787
Monika Hrastnik crosses the line six and a half seconds back and into third place.
As the rain gets heavier Eleonora Farina manages to keep up a great pace on the slippy track to slot into fourth place with three more riders left.
Camille Balanche has a dramatic run and finishes 4.914 back from Tahnee's top time.
Vali Höll is only three and a half seconds back at split two. Tahnee had a slower end to her run so we may see Vali take back some time at the bottom.
Vali Höll crashes out on the last turn and loses a ton of time to drop to sixth place.
Myriam Nicole was only 0.181 back at split two but she crashes just after. Can she recover and pull back some time before the finish line?
Myriam has closed the gap to 0.849 after a crash, she could still take the win today.
Tahnee Seagrave wins in Les Gets as Myriam just falls short of victory by 0.252 seconds.
The top five Elite Women are:
1st. Tahnee Seagrave: 4:10.566
2nd. Myriam Nicole: 4:10.818
3rd. Camille Balanche: 4:15.480
4th. Mille Johnset: 4:16.102
5th. Monika Hrastnik: 4:17.097
Goncalo Bandeira is first up for the Elite Men and he sets a time of 3:46.501.
After the first 20 Elite Men, the current top five are:
1st. Dean Lucas: 3:36.854
2nd. Joe Breeden: 3:37.307
3rd. Michael Jones: 3:37.659
4th. Phil Atwill: 3:37.792
5th. Sam Blenkinsop: 3:39.037
With 30 Elite Men still to go the current top five are:
1st. Max Hartenstern: 3:35.840
2nd. Connor Fearon: 3:36.014
3rd. Dean Lucas: 3:36.854
4th. George Brannigan: 3:36.942
5th. Kade Edwards: 3:37.059
Baptiste Pierron lays down a great run but he loses a lot of time at the bottom to cross the line 0.104 seconds back.
Mark Wallace comes just 0.365 second behind Hartenstern. The track is starting to look pretty tricky with some loose conditions.
Troy Brosnan is in touch at split two, only 0.558 behind.
A big crash for Troy Brosnan before split three loses a lot of time before he is back on the bike. The track is very different to the conditions in qualifying. Troy crosses the line back in 11th place.
Matt Walker looked to be on a great run before losing over two seconds in the last section of the track.
With 20 Elite Men still to go the current top five are:
1st. Max Hartenstern: 3:35.840
2nd. Baptiste Pierron: 3:35.944
3rd. Connor Fearon: 3:36.014
4th. Mark Wallace: 3:36.205
5th. Dean Lucas: 3:36.854
Thibaut Daprela is back from his huge crash last week and has found over a second at the second split.
Thibaut extends his lead to three seconds at the third split!
Thibaut Daprela goes fastest by over two seconds!
A massive crash for Ed Masters just after the second split. He is back on the bike now and making his way down the course.
Andreas Kolb has a wild run on the grass at the bottom of the track as he just barely misses the spectators in a huge slide.
Greg Minnaar can't match Daprela and goes over three seconds back.
A big crash just before split three as the back wheel on Luca Shaw's bike slips out in a turn.
With 10 Elite Men still to go the current top five are:
1st. Thibaut Daprela: 3:33.424
2nd. Max Hartenstern: 3:35.840
3rd. Baptiste Pierron: 3:35.944
4th. Connor Fearon: 3:36.014
5th. Mark Wallace: 3:36.205
After a loose run Bernard Kerr crosses the line just over six seconds back and into 16th.
Benoit Coulanges makes a few mistakes on the slick track and finishes his run in 27th place.
With 5 Elite Men still to go the current top five are:
1st. Thibaut Daprela: 3:33.424
2nd. Max Hartenstern: 3:35.840
3rd. Baptiste Pierron: 3:35.944
4th. Connor Fearon: 3:36.014
5th. Mark Wallace: 3:36.205
It looks like Danny Hart has had some big problems at split one as he goes over 14 seconds back.
Danny Hart goes into 55th, 34 seconds behind Daprela.
A massive crash on the creek jump from Reece Wilson. We hope he is not seriously hurt as he gets back on his bike to complete his run.
Loris Vergier is another rider that can't match Daprela, with two more racers to go it is looking like an unbeatable time.
Angel Suarez gets caught off line and goes down in the third split. Only Loic Bruni can stop Thibaut Daprela from taking his first Elite World Cup win.
Loic Bruni loses a ton of time at the top of the course as he lands to flat on the first drop.
Thibaut Daprela wins his first Elite World Cup in Les Gets!
I’m so glad I got up early to watch the rowdiness today.
It could be that the organization wasn't expecting the women to send it and discarded that angle, to be confirmed if the men's race has a camera there
If this was the case, I really worry for people's relationship with reality
I actually shot for Red Bull media house in the past covering hip hop content which I can't stand but I still did my research so that I knew who/ what was important or going to make compelling footy.
… what’d I just say?
She acknowledged it was a poor run after her race.
Racing is not shoulda, woulda, coulda, but instead whoever gets the result.
They are so loud that they drown out any other sound and you're left behind with that buzzing noise which is terrible to hear on the broadcast, and even worse if you're spectator.
I witnessed this first hand couple of times, and it almost ruined the better part of experience of spectating WC DH. There are just no positive sides to it. The whole mountain will resonate with that noise, you cannot talk to anyone if you're nowhere near those, they drown out the even loud, passionate fans, cause headaches, and actually can cause hearing loss as they put those trumpet ends on them to make them even louder.
And I will repeat myself: f*ck those guys with chainsaws. They are making the experience worse for everyone.
Don't you think cheering, on top of your lungs if you want to, is good enough ?
Do you really think an hour of racing is worth destroying your ears for your whole life ?
On a DH race one could also take a banged-up alloy wheel and a bent/cracked handlebar to make noise... Loud enough and not destroying other peoples ears.
IF you cant shout out loud , do you know what? YOU are the old man! Other then that get a f*ck Broken frame and handle bar if you are so keen about noise. Or a freaking wheel.
This is a sport without a motor and you insist there need to be a few. Just stupid shit...
Stoked to see Elliot in the booth aswell!
Fresh faces on the track and booth is always good for racing.
Shame the race was split by the weather and gutted for Reeco after that horrifying stack, man what a shame he was on fire til then!
Proper funny Warner commentary but Claudio where are you dude!!
Kinda wish riders were a bit more like Minnaar, but I guess that comes with experience.
f*ck yeah !!!!
- Deprela !! Commencal rider on it!! Full on, what a run.
- Jackson G. Like the Disney childhood star but with proper parenting/guidance. Incredible riding, very exciting future. Line up for factory deals at his parents front door next season.
- Saves. So many, so incredible. These jeti’s had me puckering the whole time.
- Track. When your nervous and excited watching, something is right.
MINUS:
- GWIN. Positivity/excuses running thin. Went off same batch as race winner, great opportunity lost. Right mind frame, quicker adaptation required.
- Vali/Nicole, crashes from what could have been.
- waiting till next round
Love the circus !!
I wrote my post just after seeing the junior times and before the elite men came down or any live feed.
Track looked so difficult by the last few riders, it was a different race. Makes the overall interesting!