If you haven't been able to keep up with all the scheduled races in the last few days, it's time to catch up with the Mercedes-Benz UCI World Cup Downhill watching the replay of the races from last long and exciting weekend.
Source: press release / Giulia De Maio
The first double stage of this bizarre 2020 was staged in Maribor, Slovenia, and Red Bull TV broadcast it with Italian commentary by Marco Aurelio Fontana and Torquato Testa.
MEN'S ELITE RACE
In the men's field, success of Lori's vergier, who won both in the wet race on Friday and in the sunlit Sunday one. On two similar routes but with totally different climatic and terrain conditions, the Frenchman in Race 1 got behind his compatriots Remi Thirion e Thibaut Daprela, with the latter applauding his debut in the Cup in the highest category. In Race 2, the other Frenchman got on the podium with him Loic Bruni and the British Matt Walker.
The new world champion Reece wilson Thursday was the best in qualifying, but he had to raise the white flag after a bad crash in the morning practice. If he manages to recover in time, he will do his best to show off the rainbow jersey in Lousã, Portugal, where the challenge between the strongest downhillers on the planet will continue on October 30th and November 1st. Good 18th place of Loris Revelli in race 2.
SEE THE RUN OF LORIS REVELLI
ELITE WOMEN RACE
Among the women yesterday the German's first success in the World Cup Nina Hoffman in front of the French Marine Cabirou, winner on Friday in front of the compatriot Myriam Nicole and Australian Tracey Hannah. Weekend to remember for the Italian Eleonora Farina, fourth in Race 1 and third in Race 2, that if he hadn't made a mistake on the highest jump, yesterday he could have really hit the big bang. The blue was stronger than many rivals and the difficulties of the track, which especially in the first round put many participants in crisis. Among the athletes who ended up out of the game due to the mud, the world champion Camille Balanche was worth mentioning, who was unable to keep control of the bike when her front wheel slipped on a root.
SEE THE RUN OF ELEONORA FARINA
COMPLETE REPORT
The complete report of the event, the finishing orders and the winning runs of the men's and women's races are available on www.redbull.com/it-it/world-cup-dh-maribor-results-replay.
