The iris shines in the Downhill Elite women thanks to the most awaited female athlete of the weekend in Val di Sole. Valentina Höll defeated the competition on the Black Snake, repeating the success achieved in 2019 among the Juniores in the top category.
Source: Vitesse press release
The 21-year-old Austrian, reigning World Champion, was the fastest athlete in all sectors at the final round. With the time of 4:07.440, the Rockshox Trek athlete left behind the Swiss Camille Balanche (Dorval Am Commencal), second at 2.943, while the New Zealander Jess Blewitt completed the top-3 at 4.770 from the winner. Ninth place for the only Italian in the final round, the South Tyrolean Veronika Widmann (Continental NukeProof).
Vali Höll made the difference in the central part, finding the ideal line and flow in the more technical section of the Black Snake. Conversely, Balanche adopted a more conservative tactic in the same section, an approach that he didn't pay off in comparison with the younger Austrian.
“The Black Snake is a very physical and demanding track – said Valentina Höll – where it is very difficult to be able to maintain concentration in all sectors. Winning the second race in a row in the World Cup is something I felt I had inside, but that I hadn't been able to express yet. This time I managed to put all the pieces together, and I'm happy to have hit the back-to-back ”.
Camille Balanche, holder of the specialty World Cup, maintained her leadership in the general classification with 1020 points, just ahead of Valentina Höll (982) and the British Rachel Atherton (616), who was absent in Val di Sole.
FEMALE ELITE RANKING
| 1. |  | HÖLL Valentina * ROCKSHOX TREK RACE TEAM | 4:07.440 |
| 2. |  | BALANCHE Camille DORVAL AM COMMENCAL | 4:10.353 + 2.913 |
| 3. |  | Jess BLEWITT * GT CONTINENTAL FACTORY RACING | 4:12.210 + 4.770 |
| 4. |  | CABIROU Marine SCOTT DOWNHILL FACTORY | 4:12.445 + 5.005 |
| 5. |  | HOFFMANN Nina SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE | 4:12.689 + 5.249 |
| 6. |  | HRASTNIK Monika DORVAL AM COMMENCAL | 4:14.002 + 6.562 |
| 7. |  | HEMSTREET Gracey * NORCO FACTORY TEAM | 4:14.641 + 7.201 |
| 8. | | BAUMANN Lisa * COMMENCAL LES ORRES | 4:21.465 + 14.025 |
| 9. |  | WIDMANN Veronika CONTINENTAL NUKEPROOF FACTORY RACING | 4:24.109 + 16.669 |
| 10. |  | A'HERN Sian yt MOB extension | 4:27.745 + 20.305 |
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