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Relive all the action from the Val di Sole 2023 UCI Downhill MTB World Cup
Jump into the highlights, best photos and reports from the downhill rounds of the 2023 Mercedes-Benz UCI Mountain Bike World Cup racing season.
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From technical and natural to super-fast and open racing from the eight rounds of the Mercedes-Benz UCI Downhill World Cup is always an entertaining. spectacle that’s just as exciting to watch over again. Scroll down for long-form highlights from each of the rounds from this year.
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Lenzerheide
24 min
Highlights – Lenzerheide
Take a look back at all the action from the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup 2023 in Lenzerheide, Switzerland.
British athletes dominated the Elite downhill racing action with the headline story being Rachel Atherton's 40th World Cup win in the women's race. Before this Lenzerheide race, Atherton had only raced one World Cup round since midway through the 2019 season – Lenzerheide in 2022! Switzerland's Camille Balanche and Germany's Nina Hoffman finished second and third. The men's downhill saw Jordan Williams win on his Elite race debut after stepping up from the Juniors. French racers Loris Vergier and Loïc Bruni finished second and third.
A thoroughly enjoyable Swiss weekend for Rachel Atherton
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Back on top of the podium
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Loic Bruni was just off the race pace of his team-mate Jordan Williams
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Leogang
24 min
Highlights – Leogang
Take a look back at all the action from the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup 2023 in Leogang, Austria.
Celebrations continued well into the weekend at the Austrian venue, with the home crowd celebrating wins for two of their home-grown athletes in the downhill. Vali Höll and Andreas Kolb took the victories in the Elite women's and men's racing in what proved to be landmark wins for them both.
For Höll, it was her first win as an elite in Leogang after several years of trying. Kolb's victory was his first World Cup win. Second and third in the women's race were Camille Balanche and Rachel Atherton, with Loïc Bruni and Jackson Goldstone finishing in those positions in the men’s category.
Vali Höll found her mojo on the Austrian circuit
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Celebrations begin for Höll
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Andreas Kolb savouring the moment of his first World Cup win
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Val di Sole
Two weeks after scoring her first elite win on home soil in Leogang, Valentina Höll was on unbeatable form again in Italy. On what is the most demanding and difficult track on the downhill calendar, Höll showed her strength to win by over 2.9s from Switzerland’s Camille Balanche. New Zealander Jess Blewitt secured her best-ever World Cup result by posting the third best time.
The men's race saw a first time win for Canada's Jackson Goldstone. Still only 19, Goldstone put down a composed run beyond his years to win from compatriot Finn Iles by 2.2s. Frenchman Thibaut Dapréla finished third.
Jess Blewitt excelled on this technical track
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That's two consecutive World Cup wins for Höll
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A more than delighted Jackson Goldstone celebrates his Elite win
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