Photos: Norway DH Finals - UCI World Cup 2012

 And with a moustache that awesome.

 Steve, can you spare a minute?

I can't, I moustache to the finish!

 Always makes me think of his seasons segment where he says he wants to become no1. Thats true determination!

 One 'stache to rule them all, One 'stache to find them. One 'stache to bring them all, And in the darkness bind them.

 jaffa... best comment ever.. propper ticlked me

 Are you sure you can't wait, Stevie? because I really moustache you a question.

 was gonna say pics go stevie then minaar! wtf pinkbike

 Wander if he would have won if he was also on the full carbon bike? does carbon make 0.4s difference?

 Dude gets 2nd out of nowhere...no pics, no nothing . Not bitter ,mind Well done Steve BTW, about time.

 you mean redbull? or are you just referring to the pictures and link?
i'm just bummed that i have to wait 8 months for more UCI action

 Wow really?
Everything I've ever seen of Gwin leads me to believe that he is an upstanding person. I'm100% sure that he would give Stevie all the credit he deserves. He's been chomping HARD at his heels,and on given day on any given track,he can destroy!
Gwin being a true sportsman would be embarrassed of such a comment!
Wurd!

 Happy as fawk...Stevie destroys! Humbleness is one of Gwin's greatest traits, I'm a huge fan of his! Unlike you he is an American I strive to be more like!

 Dear Everyone,

Not all Americans are like this silly head ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Congrats Stevie! You killed it out there!

 when it comes down to it you cant win a race if your not in it and your race run is your race run. you cant say i could have done better or this guy would have beet him if he raced the fact is the results dont lie!

 Not arse kissing. It's called not being a douchebag. And he's right, not all Americans are as narrow minded and condescending. I'm a huge Gwin fan just like anyone else, but Stevie deserves this win no matter what. A wise downhill racer once told me that mt bike racing is a collaborative process in terms of the rider, equipment, weather, support crew, planets aligning, and pure dumb luck all working together to produce a victory, or not. Mechanical failures, rainy weather, a kid running onto the track, etc cannot be controlled so your race run - sometimes being at the mercy of chance and luck - is fully the responsibility of the rider. We can blame Shimano for Gwin's brake failure, or we can blame his crew for not installing it properly, or we can blame Gwin himself for taking a bad line. Just like tanman said above, you can't win a race if you aren't in it, and the fact is, he wasn't racing.

Congrats Stevie for a great showing this year! He's come a long way and beyond since Seasons when he said "I want be on the podium with Sam Hill and Steve Peat."

 In the pre-race interview with Gwin, he himself was rooting for Stevie. True sportsmanship. And congrats Stevie on the win and Devinci for storming the podium!

 Steve is a true gentleman and a popular winner, humble, fast and relaxed. The thing that makes his success even better for the majority of fans is not him, but his supporters and countrymen being so grounded and humble too. Long may his winning ways continue aboard the Canadian Carbon rocketship.

With the release of the carbon Wilson at a price a little over the aluminium version, is the price of the latter set to fall I wonder? I would be happy to see a version released with a Kage or Van RC shock, full aluminium for $2000. That would be great for the likes of me to have a shot at buying Steve's winning machine (or the next best thing). How about it Devinci?

3 races without a win now... looks to me like "GWINSANITY" is well and truly over.

What's next? Smith or Bulldog mania?

 dude, fuck. Shut up about gwin for second. I have a feeling you would be all hyped up about any person with a winning streak as great as Gwins as long as he were American. Show some damn respect for smith, let alone anyone who podiums. Put your you pants back on. '

 IDGAF who wins the damn world cup, just happy to see the sport grow. Props to anyone who is fast enough in the worlds

 Trickland! A response to a negative comment that was appropriate and that I agree with! Well put.

 Now, now Protour... You're being like the overly-prideful Americans.

"He's a better person" ?? Because you know them both personally?

 No, guess not. They are both decent guys.

 get em sarsar lol

 Gwin WOULD have won IF he would have raced and IF his time was faster than everybody else's. Derp.

 Gwin's on YT next season?!

 Gwin is on Trek next year.

 Yes, you'r right!

 yes it is...

 Hey screw you buddy Canada is the shit

 if Canada is so great then move there, and change your profile flag to one which is Canadian. so, so many haters... let the neg props roll in...lol
i wish PB had a "global" flag so we didn't all need to be so inclusive and a-whole-ish

 Perhaps dh433 was referring how it sucks that he lives in Cali now? Just a hunch.

 American's will have no idea who that is. I kind of like that they're not a Test playing nation, cricket doesn't need the ignorance and arrogance.

 A game even more boring than baseball and takes days to complete? I prefer ignorance and arrogance - it's more timely and practical.

 right on cuban-b! i hear that! cricket is ALMOST as boring and silly as soccer--what a waste of time and space

 So timely and practical huh? what are you spending that time on, definitely not anything useful like public healthcare. America = fail.

 relax it's a joke - i conceded that baseball was boring as well, didn't i?

right... i personally have control of the public health infrastructure. i'll get moving on that sir!

 Yes she did, I apologize for that. She won the most points at every race she entered, so when I looked at the the overall it listed her as number one for every race...

 Definitely made waking up at 5:30am to watch the race a little more worth it.

 Yeah I noticed that sweet steel spring too!

 wirst injury i think

 He's a weakling....