Final Results from the Val di Sole DH World Championships 2021
The 2021 DH World Championships are underway in Val di Sole, stay tuned for live results and updates.
Izabela Yankova kicked off racing today in Val di Sole with a huge win in the Junior Women's race as she bested second-placed Kine Haugom by nearly 11 seconds. Jackson Goldstone takes home the rainbow jersey from his first Junior World Championships after a great performance. There was a close fight with Jordan Williams, but Jackson would find 1.812 seconds on the British rider.
Myriam Nicole had a perfect run in the Elite Women's race to fly into first place by nearly five seconds. Marine Cabirou laid down one of the most impressive performances today as she fought through her injury from Les Gets to cross the line in second place. 2020 World Champion, Camille Balanche, didn't match her winning run from last year, but she still walks away from Val di Sole with the bronze medal after a great run on the tricky course.
The Elite Men's racing provided plenty of drama as Greg Minnaar takes his fourth World Championships title. Benoit Coulanges came close to taking the top spot, but he would have to settle for the silver medal as he came across the line 0.227 seconds behind Greg. Troy Brosnan rounds out the top three riders and is the only other person to come within a second of Greg Minnaar's winning time.
Check out the full results below.
Results:
Elite Women
1st. Myriam Nicole: 4:06.243
2nd. Marine Cabirou: +4.827
3rd. Camille Balanche: +6.099
4th. Monika Hrastnik: +9.085
5th. Tahnee Seagrave: +9.781
Elite Men
1st. Greg Minnaar: 3:28.963
2nd. Benoit Coulanges: +0.227
3rd. Troy Brosnan: +0.441
4th. Loris Vergier: +1.166
5th. Danny Hart: +1.850
Junior Women
1st. Izabela Yankova: 4:30.865
2nd. Kine Haugom: +10.844
3rd. Gracey Hemstreet: +13.245
4th. Simonka Kuchynkova: +15.153
5th. Delia De Mocogno: +15.512
Junior Men
1st. Jackson Goldstone: 3:37.097
2nd. Jordan Williams: +1.812
3rd. Lachlan Stevens-McNab: +3.560
4th. Ethan Craik: +4.848
5th. Oisin O Callaghan: +6.218
Full Results:
Elite Women
Elite Men
Junior Women
Junior Men
Live Race Updates:
7:37 am PDT
Greg Minnaar is the 2021 Elite Men's DH World Champion!
7:35 am PDT
Loris Vergier has a wild run but he loses a lot of time at the bottom and goes into fourth place. Only Thibaut Daprela can stop Greg Minnaar from taking the 2021 World Championship title.
7:31 am PDT
Loic Bruni won't be taking the rainbow jersey today as he goes over the line in fifth place.
7:28 am PDT
Greg Minnaar goes fastest! Greg has a rapid run to pass the time of Benoit Coulanges by just 0.227 seconds.
7:24 am PDT
Matt Walker just puts himself in front of David Trummer and sits in fourth place.
7:22 am PDT
With five Elite Men left the top five is:
1st. Benoit Coulanges: 3:29.190
2nd. Troy Brosnan: +0.214
3rd. Danny Hart: +1.623
4th. David Trummer: +2.933
5th. Finn Iles: +4.162
7:20 am PDT
Troy Brosnan comes so close but he falls just 0.214 seconds back and sits in 2nd place with five more riders at the top.
7:18 am PDT
Benoit Coulanges has taken the top spot from Danny Hart! Benoit manages to find a sizeable 1.623 seconds on Danny Hart to take the lead with six riders left.
7:13 am PDT
David Trummer can't match the pace of Danny Hart but he does slot himself into second place, 1.3 seconds back.
7:06 am PDT
Danny Hart flies past the time of Finn Iles as he goes a massive two and a half seconds faster! Danny is the first rider to beat the fastest qualifying time of Loris Vergier.
7:01 am PDT
With 10 Elite Men left the top five is:
1st. Finn Iles: 3:33.352
2nd. Luca Shaw: +0.545
3rd. Andreas Kolb: +0.649
4th. Antoine Vidal: +0.905
5th. Mark Wallace: +2.236
7:00 am PDT
Luca Shaw goes into second place, half a second behind Finn Iles.
6:58 am PDT
Finn Iles has a wild run to take the lead from Andreas Kolb by only 0.649 seconds!
6:55 am PDT
Angel Suarez was looking to be way up on Andreas Kolb's time but he goes down. Angel gets back up and manages to finish his run just under three seconds back in eighth place.
6:52 am PDT
Reece Wilson isn't able to defend his title today as he reaches the bottom of the course with a front flat tire. Reece finishes just under two seconds back and goes into fifth place.
6:49 am PDT
Mark Wallace just breaks into the top three as he finishes 1.587 seconds back from Andreas Kolb.
6:46 am PDT
Dakotah Norton was on an incredible run but he gets thrown off line in the bottom part of the course.
6:43 am PDT
Andreas Kolb goes into the lead by just 0.256 seconds! Andreas is the first rider to beat Antoine Vidal's time in nearly an hour of racing.
6:37 am PDT
Bernard Kerr pulls together a great run and slots into third place, just over one and a half seconds back.
6:33 am PDT
Laurie Greenland must have crashed at the top of the course as he crosses the line nearly 28 seconds back.
6:28 am PDT
With 20 Elite Men left the top five is:
1st. Antoine Vidal: 3:34.257
2nd. Tuhoto-Ariki Pene: +1.383
3rd. Oliver Zwar: +2.722
4th. Rastislav Baranek: +2.889
5th. Joe Breeden: +3.353
6:18 am PDT
It looks like it is starting to rain on course, let's hope it doesn't mess with the results today.
6:02 am PDT
After the first 40 Elite Men the top five is:
1st. Antoine Vidal: 3:34.257
2nd. Tuhoto-Ariki Pene: +1.383
3rd. Oliver Zwar: +2.722
4th. Rastislav Baranek: +2.889
5th. Alex Marin: +3.732
5:54 am PDT
Tuhoto-Ariki Pene is the closest to Antoine Vidal's time so far as he goes 1.383 seconds back and into 2nd.
5:47 am PDT
Antoine Vidal sets a blistering early run as he goes fastest by over four and a half seconds. Antoine's time is less than two seconds back from Loris Vergier's fastest qualifier.
5:37 am PDT
The Elite Men are now on course and after the first 20 riders the top five is:
1st. Jacob Dickson: 3:39.470
2nd. Finn Hawkesby-Browne: +0.470
3rd. Lino Lehmann: +4.661
4th. Lucas Cruz: +4.735
5th. Zak Gomilscek: +6.744
4:50 am PDT
Myriam Nicole wins the 2021 DH World Championships in Val di Sole by a massive 4.827 seconds!
4:46 am PDT
Camille Balanche won't be retaining the rainbow jersey but she will still be walking away from Val di Sole with a medal as she finishes her run in second place. Only Myriam Nicole is left to beat the time of Marine Cabirou.
4:42 am PDT
Monika Hrastnik has a great run to pass Tahnee Seagrave's time and take second place with only two more riders left.
4:38 am PDT
Marine Cabirou fights through injury to smash the time of Tahnee Seagrave by nearly five seconds!
4:35 am PDT
A small mistake for Eleonora Farina costs her quite a bit of time, but she still comes across the line in second place. 0.188 seconds behind Tahnee Seagrave.
4:33 am PDT
With five Elite Women left the top five is:
1st. Tahnee Seagrave: 4:16.024
2nd. Mille Johnset: +0.283
3rd. Jessica Blewitt: +1.892
4th. Veronika Widmann: +3.669
5th. Emilie Siegenthaler: +9.690
4:32 am PDT
Tahnee Seagrave goes fastest with five more women left at the top of the course.
4:26 am PDT
Mille Johnset goes into the lead by over one and a half seconds.
4:23 am PDT
Vali Höll looked to be on an incredible run but goes down! Vali continues her way down the course but finishes in fourth place, nearly 11 seconds back.
4:16 am PDT
With ten Elite Women left the top five is:
1st. Jessica Blewitt: 4:17.916
2nd. Veronika Widmann: +1.777
3rd. Emilie Siegenthaler: +7.798
4th. Anna Newkirk: +11.880
5th. Mathilde Bernard: +17.168
4:13 am PDT
Jessica Blewitt now takes the lead by a huge 7.7798 seconds!
4:11 am PDT
Emilie Siegenthaler sets the fastest time so far by four seconds. We are within 15 seconds of the top Elite Women's qualifier.
4:06 am PDT
After the first ten Elite Women the top five is:
1st. Anna Newkirk: 4:29.796
2nd. Frida Ronning: +7.996
3rd. Abigail Hogie: +10.635
4th. Rachel Pageau: +16.960
5th. Justine Welzel: +19.690
4:00 am PDT
Frida Ronning goes into the lead by over two seconds. Abigail Hogie sits in second place and Rachel Pageau is in third.
3:55 am PDT
Ainhoa Ijurko is the first rider up today and she sets a time of 4:53.603. This run is around 40 seconds off the top qualifying time of Vali Höll.
Stay tuned for live updates and results from the Val di Sole DH World Championships.
The Elite Women's racing kicks off at: PST 03:50 / EST 06:50 / GMT 11:50 / CET 12:50
The Elite Men will start at: PST 05:10 / EST 08:10 / GMT 13:10 / CEST 14:10
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Only on bbc and yes I did go on redbull uk
Been watching on GCN race pass, and they had 2 with Gee been one of them for the woman's.
For the mens it just back to one guy and a bit boring, no tech info, just describing what was on screen!
I think I seen on Instagram Gee was doing the Eurosport commentary too, I did try and find that on Amazon but I for some reason the men’s wasn’t showing up?
It was just a shame they only had one person for the Mens, they did the same for the XC, they had Oli Beckingsale for the Womans XC, again v good insight, training/kit etc, but then Just ONE person for the mens, and it was very boring! it was like they could not afford to pay them for the two races!
I'm not looking for a conversation on the topic, so don't reply looking for 1 LoL
She absof*ckinglutely slayed it !!
What's Duck la orange in French? :-)
I really liked the details that Elliot provided.
I want to watch the race!
especially for early riders. But 10-20 were staggered by 3 minutes. The top 10 were staggered by 3:30 (winning time was 3:29). In theory they should have been able to show almost full runs.
Loved the commentary today though. Full of stoke. And props to Pene - awesome result.
No word on what happened to Amury or Ahearn?
Meanwhile I can’t wait until he starts tricking his DH bike!
Where's our Aussie lads Cycling Australia??
Damn, Vali can't catch a break -gutted for her.
Hey, every little bit helps.
No one would be in awe of a robot winning every race in F1, because winning does not visbly ignite passion inside robots. That's where Schumacher and every other sportsman with next to no personality falls down with the fans. He didn't convey any joy or pssion when he won. Even that contrived jump into the air he would do on the podium looked like a German PR person told him to do it to make him seem more human. It wasn't from the heart. That's fine - everyone isn't the same - but it explains to me why so many people groaned when he won, again. Same as Gwin. He's just not a cool guy, and he won too much in a short space of time.
No banter + too high a proportion of wins in a season = a lot of peeved off fans.
I will add the caveat that toooooo much personality is even more contrived these days i.e. too many people make an effort to impose their persona or interject their "personal story" onto every event they can. Sometimes we just want to see a good old-fashioned race and what it brings out of people.
But what you wrote is fantastic -really well put.
"I'm a broadcast engineer, don't ask me anything."
Then click on the live event. Don't click on "switch location".
You can (at most) have as much screentime per rider, as their start interval. Say they start every 30sec, you only have 30sec per rider to show.
Sure you can increase the start interval but then the competition lasts longer.
If you think about it you will find alot of solutions for this "problem" of yours, but then continue to think and you will find out, that none of them seems a good solution:
- Longer start intervals
- Shorter tracks
- No Start coverage
- No finish coverage
Not trying to insult. I just read the same after every race and it kinda irritates me that people don't get this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7dOpqYv1wE
Greg is GOAT!
It was like watching an open university program on geology
I do love the bbc, but they really don’t get it, wasted opportunity☹️
The top guys are so ridiculously fast, so cool Minaar still in the mix.
Remember seeing him race 2001 Worlds in Vail, Co. Pretty sure it was him on scorcher run then nailed fencing at bottom of course, think he was wearing skin suit back then as well.
Cheers
Minaaar minaaar
(Oh Minaar GOAT)
(if you don't see this comment it is because he didn't win)
Copy paste or tweak my rant if you want...
You coverage of the 2021 DH finals is absolutely appalling and offensive.
As someone who watches every race via red bull TV who have commentators that actually know about the sport . But because you bought some rights we are stuck with your offensive and unqualified commentator. Firstly, I find it disgusting that the commentator uses the term "schizophrenic" so loosely to describe something none relative. Mountain biking is an inclusive sport not a club for snob like ableists. Secondly, might try to learn some of the riders names so you don't cause offence. I mean you know who's riding days before. Thirdly, the commentators attitude towards and comments on people not coming above 3rd is a bit cold. Fourthly? I would like you to compare both the red bulls showing and the bbcs showing to show the huge amounts of technical riding talk and feedback. Has your commentator even got a mountain bike? LASTLY! You owe the whole UK mountain biking community for essentially taking a dump on the biggest race of the year. Had I watched this as a layman I would not of been excited or wanted to get on a bike after. Watching red bull TV coverage is enthusiastic and encouraging. Listening to old professionals talk and their love for the sport. Your not only annoying existing bikikers. Your putting new bikers off. I had broke my ribs and colar bone two weeks ago and now I have covid. Stuck at home in endless pain. With the only think I was looking forward too has been pooped on by you. I pay a TV licence and never watch anything on the BBC. The one thing I'm forced to watch on your terrible service which was also a pain to use and a nightmare to find the event or any scheduling. As a British cycling member I will be forwarding this onto them to also question your incompetence the second year in a row. Legging 2020 was poor but not half as sole destroying as today. Oh yeah? Sack your camera man too. Jumping back and forth between different runs while your commentator messes up.
Seul moyen de le voir pour moi: l'équipe TV.
Ouvre un compte et tu peux choper la redif en direct
Bien mieux le lien sur une tv suisse qu'a mis un mec en début de commentaires.
On va y arriver