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#2 DH World Cup: Cabirou wins in Poland. Scarsi and Widmann Top10

The Frenchwoman returned to winning ways after a less than perfect start to the season in Fort William. Gloria Scarsi placed 7th.

Written by

David Finetto

May 19, 2024

The 2024 UCI Mountain Bike World Series made its debut in Poland this week with a route that put the athletes to the test due to the weather conditions. In fact, after a heavy morning downpour, the sun came out but the track remained damp.

Marine Cabirou had a disappointing start at Fort William by his standards, finishing off the podium. Third place in Saturday's qualifying and semifinals was a sign that Cabirou was in form. Too bad for Tahnee Seagrave who was almost a second ahead at the first intermediate split, but then ended up fifth on arrival due to various errors.

And then there was Höll. The 2023 UCI downhill world champion put a broken chain behind her in qualifying to set the fastest time in the semi-finals. The 22-year-old launched with incredible force from the starting gate, but her race ended as quickly as it began: a crash in the first sector sent her violently to the ground. She quickly got back on the bike and finished in sixth place.

The third rounds of the UCI World Cup Downhill and the UCI Enduro and E-Enduro World Cups will take place in Saalfelden Leogang – Salzburg, Austria, from 7 to 9 June, while the Cross Country championships will resume next weekend (24-26 May) in Nové Město Na Moravě, Czech Republic.

FEMALE ELITE RANKING

1.	CABIROU Marine SCOTT DOWNHILL FACTORY	3:26.643
2.	BALANCHE Camille DORVAL AM COMMENCAL	3:27.831 +1.188
3.	HOFFMANN Nina SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE	3:28.323 +1.680
4.	Jess BLEWITT * CUBE FACTORY RACING	3:29.068 +2.425
5.	SEAGRAVE Tahnee CANYON CLLCTV FMD	3:29.890 +3.247
6.	HÖLL Valentina yt MOB extension	3:34.928 +8.285
7.	POOR Glory CANYON CLLCTV PIRELLI	3:36.010 +9.367
8.	GALE Phoebe * CANYON CLLCTV FMD	3:36.016 +9.373
9.	FERGUSON Louise-Anna INTENSE FACTORY RACING	3:36.755 +10.112
10.	WIDMANN Veronika CONTINENTAL GT RACING	3:37.894 +11.251

COMPLETE RANKING
GENERAL WORLD CUP

In this article:Bielsko-Biala, Camille Blanche, World Cup, World Cup Downhill, Scarce Glory, Marine Cabirou, Racing World, Racing World Downhill, Nina Hoffman, Veronika Widman

Written by David Finetto

[email protected] I am a fan of everything that has 2 wheels: at a young age I practiced road and track cycling (Italian Allievi champion). At the age of 18 I passed into the cross country competing at national/international level as an Under23. Past Elite, I made the choice to take things more lightly from a training point of view, and my love for gravity disciplines was born, training me as an FCI MTB instructor and guide. Now I have made passion my profession by managing 2 MTB centers on the island of Elba (Bike Center Elba and Elba MTB), creating the FANTAmtb and telling in an ironic but professional way everything that revolves around MTB thanks to 365mountainbike and 365TV (YouTube'PULITI dentro BIKER fuori').