Mont Sainte Anne World Cup

Sam Hill has won here numerous times, including the world championships here in 2010, not the same results for him this weekend though!
Sam Hill has won here numerous times, including the world championships here in 2010, not the same results for him this weekend though!

Self Balancing Scooter
Self Balancing Scooter Sale

Loic Bruni was back for this race after injury and whilst stating he was using it to get back up to speed 3rd in the finals show he must be pretty close back to 100%.[/caption]

With dry temperatures there was a lot of dust about, a storm did come through over night and there was a decent amount of rain with it but the track just absorbed it up. Qualifying saw the top 4 senior men match the world cup standings! 1. Gwin 2. Hart 3. Brosnan 4. Minnaar but with every race it is always the finals that matter.

After seeding first Jackson Frew finished 11th in junior men with the rest of the Australians putting in varied results. In the womens’ race we were ecstatic to see Tegan Molloy sneak into the top 10 (in 10th) and Tracey Hannah was second! It was Rachel Atherton who took the win and with it the overall series. Senior men’s finals saw Loic Bruni take the hot seat early, his time stood for a long time, what was obvious was that the length of the track meant that there were some large gaps between places. Loic would eventually go onto finish 3rd, with the top four left it looked like Luca Shaw might grab his maiden podium. Greg Minnaar couldn’t take the hot seat and with it guaranteed Luca a podium.

Luca Shaw scoring his first podium in 5th place.
Luca Shaw scoring his first podium in 5th place.

Troy Brosnan came down and couldn’t best Loic who was still in the hot seat, next was Danny Hart and you could visibly see him pushing the boundaries of his tyres, drifting corners. He came through and the timing board was green! One rider left, fastest qualifer, Aaron Gwin, watching the splits it was close but in the end Danny Hart took his second consecutive world cup and denied Aaron Gwin the chance to take the overall series in Canada.

Troy Brosnan finished 4th keeping up his consistency.
Troy Brosnan finished 4th keeping up his consistency.
Danny Hart dropping into the finish arena and with it taking his second career win, the confidence must be high after winning his first last round in Lenzerhide!
Danny Hart dropping into the finish arena and with it taking his second career win, the confidence must be high after winning his first last round in Lenzerhide!
The overall series is still alive with one round to go!
The overall series is still alive with one round to go!

With one round to go the men’s series is still alive! Tune back soon.

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