- Utterly spoiled for racing choice
this weekend as we bring you all
the excitement from Crankworx Whistler
and the legendary MTB Alpine Cup in Verbier
but that's not all because we also have
the Proffix Swiss Bike Cup
and the Carpathian MTB Epic as well.
So, there's lots to get into.
Let's do it, it's the Race Show.
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Okay, to Crankworx for the Fox Air DH.
Now Finn Iles celebrated his 19th birthday
by winning the Fox Air DH event at Crankworx
with a two second lead over Magnus Manson,
the Canadian national champ.
Now over on the women's podium stood, who else?
Jill Kintner, who later said,
"This feels great, I was ready for that."
I bet she was.
As she took her sixth consecutive win in the event.
Standing next to her, second place,
was Canadian national champ Vaea Verbeeck,
with Casey Brown in third place.
And talking about Fox Air DH,
I heard a funny story from Neil Donoghue the other day,
who said when he raced it,
he actually came down and missed the finish line.
He went down the wrong shoot
and actually rode past all of the finish line
and the crowd, into the pits.
No time recorded.
Right, Rockshox Pump Track Challenge.
Caroline Buchanan's return to racing
after suffering injuries sustained in a car crash,
saw her first appearance at Crankworx Pump Track Challenge,
going head to head with, who else?
Jill Kintner.
Stealing the win in both rounds
secured the title for Buchanan.
This year, as she said,
"It's pretty surreal, I came to this event
"with pretty low expectations."
You can imagine why that would be
after that horrible crash,
and it's great to see her back.
Now, French rider Chaney Guennet faced off
against Tomas Lemoine, ultimately securing him
the Pump Track World Championship title.
However, the American BMX racer Max Hudson
was waiting for him in the Gold Medal match,
in which Guennet lost both rounds.
Gutted.
Still, you are World Champ, it's not too bad.
Okay, more Crankworx.
The 100% Dual Slalom.
The women's event saw five time winner Jill Kintner
face off against Australian rider Danielle Beercroft.
After back to back battles and trading wins,
Beercroft finally overthrew the reigning champion.
On a downhill bike no less!
When questioned on her bike of choice she said,
"I literally think it was the best idea she'd ever had."
It just ripped up all the corners, all the straights.
Everything.
Despite losing out on the win in Pump Track and Dual Slalom,
Jill Kintner accumulated enough points to secure her
the title as Queen of Crankworx for yet another year.
Congratulations Jill Kintner.
We've said her name a lot today.
Over in the men's Dual Slalom Kyle Strait took the win
off his friend Bubba Warren.
Strait is no stranger to Crankworx.
He's been competing since 2004, when Crankworx began,
and has taken numerous wins and podiums in that time.
Still on Crankworx, Red Bull Joy Ride.
History was made at this year's Red Bull Joy Ride,
with Nicholi Rogatkin winning his third
Crankworx Slop Style event in one season,
and earning the never before awarded Triple Crown.
The Triple Crown is pretty prestigious
and is the sign of the most consistent rider,
who is willing to push boundaries and never hold back.
Definitely attributes that come to mind
when you think of Nicholi Rogatkin.
It wasn't easily won though.
Canadian Brett Rheeder was set on winning on home soil
and he came out swinging.
His first run was huge.
But he crashed on the final feature,
attempting his new signature trick,
a flat drop, back flip, oppo tail whip.
Yeah.
Brett put everything together on his second run down,
moving ahead of Nicholi, into first place.
It all rested on Nicholi's second run
where Rugatkin delivered an explosive performance,
doing harder tricks on three of the features
and claiming a score of 96.5.
Another Crankworx first, as he became the first rider
to win an event on a second run.
The last rider on the track too.
Great for the crowd.
Thrills and spills all the way to the end.
This is why Nicholi Rugatkin is our Rider of the Week.
He put down two incredibly clean runs to take the win
at Crankworx at Whistler this weekend.
Making him the first ever rider to secure that
Triple Crown of Slope Style and bag $25,000 to boot.
That's not bad at all.
Hey, what do you think?
For slope style, is it more important
to execute clean style?
Or to push the boundaries of what can be done?
We've put a poll just above my head.
Get involved, tell us what you like most.
Style or tricks.
The Canadian Open DH presented by iXS.
It was the Australian's who dominated
the Canadian open this weekend,
With both Tracey Hannah and Troy Brosnan taking the win.
Brosnan wins four of four in the Canadian Open.
He later said,
"To go three in a row last year
"was something really special,
"and four is just one better."
Great maths there from Brosnan.
For Tracey Hannah, her win marked three of three
for the Crankworx Downhill event.
She later went on to say,
"I was so bummed to miss Cranworx Road to Roota,
"to make it back mid-year and come to Canada
"at the end of the season and to be able
"to finish like that is amazing."
Congratulations Tracey.
The Proffix Swiss Bike Cup.
Right, this is in Villars in Switzerland.
The race didn't start well for Ukrainian rider
Yana Belomoina, who stacked it just out of the start gate
by having a huge OTB, over the bars,
on one of the log obstacles.
Putting an end to her race run very early.
Meanwhile, Swiss rider Ramona Forchini stormed ahead,
creating a sizeable gap ahead of the others,
which she maintained to the finish line to take the win.
In the men's race it proved to be a close battle
with riders packed tight,
looking for passing opportunities throughout the race.
The final sprint was an intense head to head
between Simon Vitzthum and Matthias Stirnemann.
Which ended with a five second lead
and victory for Vitzthum.
Carpathian MTB Epic 2018.
Exploring some of the most wild trails in Europe,
the Carpathian MTB Epic multi-day event
took place at the weekend.
180 kilometers of gut-busting pedaling,
and 8,500 meters of climbing
gave these racers a real challenge.
It was Estonian XEM Champion Peter Pruus
who took this year's win.
Followed by Marek Rauchfuss in second,
with Frans Claes in third.
In the women's category, the multiple Cape Epic Champion
from Switzerland, Ariane Luthi,
claimed the red women's leader jersey,
and took the overall win.
Second place went to Jovana Crnogorac,
who challenged the big favorite Ariane Luthi
throughout the race, but couldn't quite manage it.
Event of the week, Race Across France.
This is a hugely epic race through France,
covering 2,500 kilometers in seven days,
with 40,000 meters of ascent.
It started on Saturday, and these riders
will be put through their paces until next weekend,
when it all finishes in the North of France.
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Some great racing this weekend,
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