Final Results: La Bresse DH World Cup 2018
UCI results & live timing.
Final Results:
Elite Men
1st. MAES Martin 2:26.841
2nd ATHERTON GEE+1.391
3rd. MACDONALD Brook +3.125
4th. THIRION Remi +3.787
5th. KERR Bernard +4.168
1st. MAES Martin 2:26.841
2nd ATHERTON GEE+1.391
3rd. MACDONALD Brook +3.125
4th. THIRION Remi +3.787
5th. KERR Bernard +4.168
Elite Women
1st. ATHERTON Rachel 2:51.421
2nd. SEAGRAVE Tahnee +0.638
3rd. NICOLE Myriam +11.662
4th. HANNAH Tracey +12.036
5th. CURD Katy +15.112
1st. ATHERTON Rachel 2:51.421
2nd. SEAGRAVE Tahnee +0.638
3rd. NICOLE Myriam +11.662
4th. HANNAH Tracey +12.036
5th. CURD Katy +15.112
Junior Women
1st. HOLL Valentina 2:56.147
2nd. ZIBASA Paula +17.564
3rd. JOHNSET Mille +18.478
4th. ATKINSON Maya +26.896
5th. MONAGHAN Rosy +27.442
1st. HOLL Valentina 2:56.147
2nd. ZIBASA Paula +17.564
3rd. JOHNSET Mille +18.478
4th. ATKINSON Maya +26.896
5th. MONAGHAN Rosy +27.442
Junior Men
1st. DAPRELA Thibaut 2:34.291
2nd. KERR Henry +0.724
3rd. EDWARDS Kade +0.752
4th. BOTTERAM Tristan +1.105
5th. LADEIRA Tiago +4.325
1st. DAPRELA Thibaut 2:34.291
2nd. KERR Henry +0.724
3rd. EDWARDS Kade +0.752
4th. BOTTERAM Tristan +1.105
5th. LADEIRA Tiago +4.325
Live Updates:
6:35 - "Did it for the enduro spirit.... good to beat the downhill boys at their own game." - Martin Maes post-race
6:33 - MARTIN MAES DOES IT!!!!!!
6:30 - Brook Macdonald pulls off a wicked run, but only gets him third. He's guaranteed a top-four finish with only Amaury Pierron left at the top to challenge Maes.
6:26 - Loic Bruni gives Maes a run for his money but even the world champ can't keep up with him and loses time somewhere in the last split.
6:21 - Connor Fearon slips a pedal out of the gate, three men left to challenge Martin Maes' time.
6:17 - Gwin goes down! This is Martin Maes' race to lose!
6:16 - Things are looking better and better for Maes. Only 5 men left now and nobody it coming close to the top time.
5:56 - 10 riders left here in La Bresse. Will anyone be able to catch Martin Maes!?
5:46 - Dean Lucas has a chance to unseat Maes, green in the splits at the start, but falls victim to the slippery course.
5:27 - Greg Minnaar can't keep it rubber side down, putting him way outside of podium contention.
5:26 - Gee green through the first three splits but loses time to Maes at the end to slide into second.
5:22 - Eddie Masters on a great run until he clips a tree mid-race. Maes still holding the top spot with top qualifier Gee Atherton up on course next.
5:09 - Enduro shredder, Martin Maes, finds himself in the hot seat with a time of 2:26, the first man down the hill with a sub-2:30 time. Bernard Kerr sits in second, followed by Mick Hannah in third.
4:19 - "Literally the worst race ever... I'm stoked" - Rachel Atherton post-race on the conditions.
4:15 - Tahnee takes second, pulling in time in the final stretch, but crosses 0.6 back to take second.
4:13 - Tahnee in the red, but right on the tail of Rachel's split times.
4:11 - Fastest by over 11 seconds, Rachel takes the hot seat and secures her win in the overall standings, and her title as the first woman ever to take 6 overall World Cup wins.
4:09 - Absolutely crushing it, Rachel is up 7 seconds at split three.
4:06 - Tracey Hannah sends the big jumps, but loses time in the last split to Myriam and can't take first.
4:01 - Myriam Nicole goes green in all the splits, taking the top spot so far in the mud.
3:49 - Katy Kurd takes the lead in La Bresse with seven women left to go.
6:35 - "Did it for the enduro spirit.... good to beat the downhill boys at their own game." - Martin Maes post-race
6:33 - MARTIN MAES DOES IT!!!!!!
6:30 - Brook Macdonald pulls off a wicked run, but only gets him third. He's guaranteed a top-four finish with only Amaury Pierron left at the top to challenge Maes.
6:26 - Loic Bruni gives Maes a run for his money but even the world champ can't keep up with him and loses time somewhere in the last split.
6:21 - Connor Fearon slips a pedal out of the gate, three men left to challenge Martin Maes' time.
6:17 - Gwin goes down! This is Martin Maes' race to lose!
6:16 - Things are looking better and better for Maes. Only 5 men left now and nobody it coming close to the top time.
5:56 - 10 riders left here in La Bresse. Will anyone be able to catch Martin Maes!?
5:46 - Dean Lucas has a chance to unseat Maes, green in the splits at the start, but falls victim to the slippery course.
5:27 - Greg Minnaar can't keep it rubber side down, putting him way outside of podium contention.
5:26 - Gee green through the first three splits but loses time to Maes at the end to slide into second.
5:22 - Eddie Masters on a great run until he clips a tree mid-race. Maes still holding the top spot with top qualifier Gee Atherton up on course next.
5:09 - Enduro shredder, Martin Maes, finds himself in the hot seat with a time of 2:26, the first man down the hill with a sub-2:30 time. Bernard Kerr sits in second, followed by Mick Hannah in third.
4:19 - "Literally the worst race ever... I'm stoked" - Rachel Atherton post-race on the conditions.
4:15 - Tahnee takes second, pulling in time in the final stretch, but crosses 0.6 back to take second.
4:13 - Tahnee in the red, but right on the tail of Rachel's split times.
4:11 - Fastest by over 11 seconds, Rachel takes the hot seat and secures her win in the overall standings, and her title as the first woman ever to take 6 overall World Cup wins.
4:09 - Absolutely crushing it, Rachel is up 7 seconds at split three.
4:06 - Tracey Hannah sends the big jumps, but loses time in the last split to Myriam and can't take first.
4:01 - Myriam Nicole goes green in all the splits, taking the top spot so far in the mud.
3:49 - Katy Kurd takes the lead in La Bresse with seven women left to go.
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For the rest, not true... Martin was doubting to run on his enduro bike...
He also lowered the dh bike cause it was more like his enduro bike then...
Know your facts Ka-Brappa
You just fail to take into consideration why more practice runs are required for a DH event. And you also fail to note that EWS races have practice too. To claim they only take one run and it's their race run is untrue.
EWS has one or a few training, in some not even 1... it is pure blind into the game...
You cannot ever compare DH to EWS..... EWS needs loads more skill...
Many times two days, full days, changing weather conditions, all different trails... only few times ridden at most..
You have no clue...
About the bike.. you have no clue either... modern Enduro bikes are almost like DH bikes... travell and sizing...
And no, enduro bikes are not almost like DH bikes...when was the last time you rode a DH bike? Couldn’t have been recently with that opinion.
No doubt modern enduro bikes are more capable than bikes of yesteryear, but DH bikes are no different...they’ve changed a lot too.
Both specialties have their place and are a lot of fun.
I don’t see Maes pulling this off on a proper track in normal conditions, but I didn’t see him pulling this off to begin with- incredible riding and well deserved
head angle... just a minimal...
You don't know a freaking F*** about Maes if you talk like this... better dive in his track record smarty...
My opinion is pretty meaningless so what do you care if I don’t see a repeat in lenzerheide.
Cheer for him if you want, he’s clearly a great rider with a good attitude liked by all
I don't think anyone here neglegts that EWS racers are incredable bikers that can do amzing things on two wheels. That sad though, I also believe your comparison between EWS and DH is totally off topic here, they are two verry different disciplines for a reason. E.g. small mistakes and bobbles can make the difference between 1st and 15th in a DH run, were as in EWS u can expect everyone to mess up/not take the perfect line at least once over the course of 2 days.
What really is impressive about this is that maes takes the win in two totally different disciplines, that have similarities but their own unice challenges (just like shaun white with snowboard and skateboard).
But imho you should just stop trying to pull an analogy towards EWS being better or having the better riders than DHWC or vice versa. Anyone that does that misses the pont that these ppl are all just amazing riders and can be good in anything they really wanna achive greatness in, if they want to.
To determine whats harder or more demanding also falls within the same category, as some ppl will find their challenge to have one run down were all counts and every piece of concentration is needed, while others may find it more attractive to race multiple lines over the course of two days and see who is the greatest enduro rider of the weekend.
So let the people decide themselfe what they find better and pls stop trying to uselessly prove a point. After all what do you want to acchive with this argument? Force people to watch more EWS? Do advertising for EWS? Tell us how dumb we are watching DH instead of EWS? How about we leave the advertising to Maes, he did an amazing job with it today and truly deserved his win, i don't think anyone can deny that
Cheers.
Hurr hurr
Ironically, this looked like one of the most physical tracks of the year. What an awesome race!
I was expecting to see that Martin had just smashed the lower section, and while he did win it, he only won sector 4 by .648 and sector 5 by .122. What seemed to be the case was that everyone who was fast up top was slower at the bottom and vise versa. Gee actually won sector 3 by .809.
Some other notables:
Greg Williamson 4th at split 4 before a crash.
Bernard Kerr in 5th! Yes boy!
Matt Walker, one of the original vanzacs in 13th.
Also, Amaury is too much... too good.
Would have loved to see the Atherton 1 - 1.
worldcup.eliotjackson.com/results
@EliotJackson this is great stuff, and to be able to turn it around so quickly is awesome too. Gotta find time to learn this one of these days. I can just imagine the possibilities with data visualization and a whole host of other stuff.
"YOU MIGHT f*ckING WIN MATE!"
Best moment of the year for me haha
Amaesballs!
I overslept - is the Gwin bonk clip up anywhere?
"HE WENT DOWN HARDER THAN AMY WINEHOUSE!"
And other classics like
"He's all over the place... LIKE A MONKEY DRY HUMPIN' A FOOTBALL!"
"He looks like he just shit a Lego death star"
"That's as popular as a ginger haired step child!"
"That would have opened up his arse hold like a vintage golf bag!"
"He went down like a $20 dollar hooker for Fifty Bucks"
"he's more tired than a Maxxis Minion"
"That bike climbs like a monkey on meth"
"That's easier than a drunken prom date"
"That kid is about as sharp as a beach ball"
well, you get the idea
He hit the "deck" like an old woman on a cruise ship.
And the commentators brought it up several times.. have you been watching hockey or something?
The difference was not that big in conditions, Martin just smoked the 3th and 4th section, fair and square win !!
Calling someone dumb because they have a different opinion to you is ridiculous. I'm fortunate enough to have a) visited LB on Thursday and looked at the track b) having been involved in data acquisition in Motocross for over a decade and c) have enough of an understanding to know what works.
This place is full of clueless people who don't seem to have a concept of how track conditions change.
Yes, of course track conditions change. It happens at every race, probably nowhere more so than Val di Sole. My point was that while track & weather conditions change, the conditions between start number 37 and 63 weren't unfairly different. You could argue that Maes had worse conditions because he had less visibility. And when you watch his race run, you can see that he almost completely crashes in one of the "easiest" sections of the track. The same can be argued for track conditions between Maes and the next 16-26 riders. Different? Of course- that's racing. Enough to offer an unfair advantage? Not at all.
All I see is a much faster speed and better control than all the rest of the field...
www.redbull.com/int-en/tv/video/AP-1VWBVJTN92111/mens-winning-run-dh-la-bresse
The only difference is that Maes made a significant jump from his qualifying position , while all of the others stayed around the same. With the new start order, guys who werent on pace this weekend like Vergier, Hart, Brosnan, Iles, Blenki started later than they should have under the old start system. That made it seem like the track was slowing them down but they just werent fast on this track.
People who qualified well, finished well (unless they crashed). Look at Roots & Rain, and then tell me I'm wrong.
* KEEP POINTS FOR QUALIES
* START TIME BASED OFF QUALIES
KISS !!! (Keep It Simple Stupid)
Crybabies... Maes just beat all fair and square... Skills, commitment, raw power and endur(o/ance)
I love EWS and DH, too bad EWS has not the coverage with media like DH.
But EWS is the kings class, not DH... EWS is much more spectacular and takes more skill to ride so much on a day, total different tracks and mostly changing weather conditions. Much more demanding too for the body...
DH is a great sport, but a total different discipline than EWS...
Martin just showed it... he was not on a DH bike since Fort William, and he smokes them all here ...
kudos!
Like ekstra weight in standard car racing.
Makes the overall more interesting.
Well did Maes' lower frontend also help him, have more grip??
Martin is still 21... he is already for years in EWS cause he won all there was in juniors..
A multi trick pony... slalom, 4cross, downhill, enduro, it does not matter, he won them all and proves he wins them all...
Next years, Martin will be stronger even due to age and muscle development and will be the man to beat, watch my words...
You're right on the some point with the enduro but you're dissing to much dh race. Racing in dh is so hard, not lot of enduro guys can make the cut on a saturday wc quali(a lot are ex world cup racers(rude, hill, cunningham) but honestly theyre 4/5 riders on the top 20/30 in enduro who can make the top 60 in a world cup quali and vice versa. Lot of dh guys seem to struggle to find the speed at ews at finale ligure last year, but some really arrived during the season this year (keegan, eddie the eagle)
So ok maybe Maes was an alien, but not all the enduro world series riders..
Personnaly I race enduro and dh both and at national round, enduro need more multi-skilled but the intensity in a dh race run has no equivalent, and not everyone can make that intensity..(
I do not say here that I am pro, not all lol) like I said before, in my opinion both are sick but different
But you can think what you want ! the owner of my local gt shop told me today that the next year plan for maes is racing all the world cup race and a couple of ews, i'm curious what your boy can do on the overall !
Martin, I talked to him a few times personally, is indeed a multi skilled pro ... he wins it all.. slalom, 4 cross, enduro, dh... does not matter... his father was a world champ already...
He went into the elite cause he had nothing more to win in juniors... still he is one of the youngest of the field... you underestimate Maes to the level that you dont know shit about biking.....
btw it is not that different... Maes just showed the DH groupies... he won it easy... without months of training..
Dive into history before you bark against the wrong tree pls...
5 of the top eight qualifiers finished inside the top 8 so that throws your theory out the window somewhat. And 2nd qualifier Pierron was clearly on pace to join them before his crash. And Luca Shaw was also on pace to go close to the win. The qualifiers we're clearly representative of the riders real pace.
The only difference is that Maes made a significant jump from his qualifying position (9 seconds quicker than his qualification), while most of the others only improved by 3-5 seconds. With the new start order, guys who werent on pace this weekend like Vergier, Hart, Brosnan, Iles, Blenki started later than they should have under the old start system. That made it seem like the track was slowing them down but they just werent fast on this track.
People who qualified well, finished well (unless they crashed). Look at Roots & Rain, and then tell me I'm wrong.
Oh man, thems is fightin words.
Reminds me a bit like Shaun Palmer and his: "I dont know, these guys are training hard and practicing and I was out drinking all night, then come out here and beat them all. It's like maybe I should retire and give someone else a chance to win ." Yeah, he was the best.
Palmer wasn't serious either but he was still breaking balls. It's all good though
www.facebook.com/RedBullBike/videos/226688518011861
Kudos Martin, back to back win EWS > DH
Finn's pull-off mid air and Gwin's crazy sideways scrub thing.
The only difference is that Maes made a significant jump from his qualifying position (9 seconds quicker than his qualification), while most of the others only improved by 3-5 seconds. With the new start order, guys who werent on pace this weekend like Vergier, Hart, Brosnan, Iles, Blenki started later than they should have under the old start system. That made it seem like the track was slowing them down but they just werent fast on this track.
People who qualified well, finished well (unless they crashed). Look at Roots & Rain, and then tell me I'm wrong.
The start order makes zero sense, but was gold Gee and Martin today.
The highlight of the day was “The Gwynn” scrub
The only difference is that Maes made a significant jump from his qualifying position , while all of the others stayed around the same. With the new start order, guys who werent on pace this weekend like Vergier, Hart, Brosnan, Iles, Blenki started later than they should have under the old start system. That made it seem like the track was slowing them down but they just werent fast on this track.
People who qualified well, finished well (unless they crashed). Look at Roots & Rain, and then tell me I'm wrong.
www.redbull.com/int-en/tv/video/AP-1U6A9CNH91W11/mens-dh-finals-en-la-bresse
It's not Pierron second but Atherton.
Congrats to Nina and Max, of course all tge others too!
EDIT: it's corrected, thanks.
When was the last time a GT won a DH WC?
Showing my age here, but my girlfriend thought Martin Mae's looked like Chezney Hawkes. To be fair his one hit wonder is very suitable for the win
However, he does have a certain passing resemblance to the above mentioned singer.
lots of people says enduro is for pussies, for people afraid of jumping, etc
if you never heard that is because is hang around xc'rs
U said that u loved me - why did u leave me.......all alone?