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Schön zu sehen, dass es weiterhin Überraschungen im UCI Downhill World Cup gibt! Das Finale im Bikepark Vallnord in Andorra war wieder spannend bis zum Schluss und alle, die live zugeschaut haben, waren sicher froh ihre Zeit mit diesem aufregenden Rennen verbracht zu haben. Für alle anderen gibt es die beiden Final-Runs nochmal zur Wiederholung. Rachel Atherton schnappte sich mit gerade einmal 33 Jahren ihren 39 Weltcupsieg und Loic Bruni gewann wie nach dem Quali-Run zu erwarten in La Massana.

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About Today: it was INSANE!!!!!!!! . Crazy racing all the girls pushing so hard, Tracey sent it so fast but crashed right st the finish 🙁 Nina crashed & lost a show!! Marine sent it so fast! Emi sent it… Vero sent it… Eleonora sent it…!! . . The track was so insanely hard deep in dust & blown up with big holes & just savage, I knew after I qualified 3rd I would have to dig deep …. pushing to the edge of the limit but not over that limit…. I was changing stuff EVERY practice run, trying all sorts to get comfortable on such a wild track, race day 2 practice runs still changing settings & rebound making a huge difference in the heat… & even dropping my forks thru by 3mm more – huge improvement! Last practice run I suddenly had the answer… my brake levers were not in the right position and I couldn’t ride very aggressively with my arms….. well that change made a huge difference! (Try it and see!) Even after so long racing I still can’t get my brake levers in the right position 😂😂😂 So big thank you to @marekufnal @cordijortes for putting up with my mental shite every run & @tomlloyd123 @athertonracing for mopping up my puke cos I was so nervous I puke a lot 😂😂😂 Ant from @dyfibikepark @Dyfi_diggers with the gnar horns @porosa @millejohnset dinner date! This is just a huge massive honour to win my 39th World Cup on our @athertonbikes 😍! 🤯🤮💥🤪🥳🤘🚲🤘🚲🤘🚲🤘🚲🤘🚲🤘🚲🤘 . @svenmartinphoto braving the dust & heat to bring the photos to life…. 💥💥💥💥💥💥👌

A post shared by Rachel Atherton (@rachybox) on Jul 6, 2019 at 2:33pm PDT