MTB cycling: Rachel Atherton (Trek Factory Racing DH) was unstoppable again last weekend - and also made history with her run! At the UCI Mountain Bike Downhill World Cup in Leogang, the fast Briton clinched her tenth World Cup victory in a row. A new record! She passed the grand dame of downhill racing Anne-Caroline Chausson from France.
What the Brit is putting on the downhill floor this season is unbelievable! The dominance was also clear in Leogang, where despite a mistake she was able to win with a lead of 5,370 seconds. “It feels crazy. My run was pretty chaotic. I was pretty nervous. I didn't want to fall and I couldn't make any mistakes, but then I slipped a bit. I think you really have to push yourself to keep up with the other girls. Now I'm just happy," said Rachel Atherton after the race in Leogang, overjoyed. Her compatriot Tahnee Seagrave (Transition Factory Racing / FMD) and Miranda Miller (+9.912 seconds) from Canada completed the podium in Leogang.
Video: Rachel Atherton's perspective on the record run
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While the women had to start in slippery conditions, the 84 riders in the Men Elite class were able to rock the course in perfect conditions. In recent years, one rider in particular has been responsible for spectacular action: Aaron Gwin (The YT Mob). Sometimes without a tire, sometimes without a chain, what would follow this year? This time his run in Leogang went without any technical problems, but the American made sure that there was excitement. In the upper area with the technical passages, he was still behind, to the delight of the young Frenchman Loris Vergier (Specialized Gravity powered by SRAM), who had been leading up to that point, but then pulled the rudder around and ultimately won with a lead of 3.131 seconds. Aaron Gwinn on his run: “I wasn't really into the race and once I had the root section behind me, I knew that the technical passages were over. That frustrated me, so I said to myself: Dude, now you have to step on the gas!”. Third place went to Australian driver Troy Brosnan (Specialized Racing / +4.118 seconds) behind Loris Vergier.
