Race Analysis from the Andorra DH World Cup 2023

The Andorran round of the 2023 World Cup series brought plenty of drama both on and off the track with ranking point confusion, distant privateer pits, wind gusts, heavy rain and post-race interview name mix-ups. As the teams pack up the pits and start heading to the next round in France we have collected the stats and dived deep into the numbers from round four of the 2023 series.

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Race Results

Full results, here.

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Sector by Sector Results

Overall Split Positions

Split Rankings

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Sector Breakdown

Sector 1

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The first sector saw both eventual race winners come out on top as Nina Hoffmann kicked off proceedings with an around 0.3 seconds advantage. Thibaut Daprela was dominant in this sector as he found 0.4 seconds against Angel Suarez. The rest of the top 15 would be split by 0.5 seconds.

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Sector 2

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Interestingly sector two would be the turn of the race runner-ups to take a win as Vali Höll and Greg Minnaar led here. 0.7 seconds back from Vali was Nina Hoffmann who actually never dropped out of the top three in a split for the whole race. For the men, it was a sector victory for Greg Minnaar as he found almost 0.4 seconds on Thibaut Daprela. Finn Iles took third, just over 0.5 seconds off the pace.

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Sector 3

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The race winners were back in the lead for sector three as Nina Hoffmann and Thibaut Daprela went fastest. Nina Hoffmann would almost take a huge margin of a second in this split alone as she blew apart the women's field. Vali Höll lost around 1.4 seconds to the German rider in this part of the track. The split was far tighter for the men as Thibaut Daprela just edged ahead of Greg Minnaar by 0.02 seconds. The pair would lead 3rd-placed Bernard Kerr by 0.1 seconds.

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Sector 4

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Nina Hoffmann pulls ahead once again in sector four as she takes a third split win. Nina found 0.4 seconds against Tahnee Seagrave here and would best Vali Höll by 0.7 seconds. Greg Minnaar also rocketed to another fastest split as he bested Oliver Davis by just 0.08 seconds. Thibaut Daprela would really struggle here losing a massive 0.65 seconds against the charging South African.

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Sector 5

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The final split shook things up as we saw two new faces at the top with Marine Cabirou and Mark Wallace leading. The women's split would be incredibly close at the top with just 0.16 separating the top four. Mark Wallace would make things far different for the men as he blasted across the line 0.24 seconds up on Dylan Maples. Thibaut Daprela would set the first fastest time here as Greg Minnaar dropped 0.5 seconds on the French race winner, handing him the win in Andorra.

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Story of the Race

Elite Women

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Elite Men

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The Perfect Run

Elite Women
The Perfect Run: 3:08.931 (0.824 seconds faster than the race winner)

//Nina Hoffmann: 35.638 // Vali Höll: 1:01.163 // Nina Hoffmann: 32.473 // Nina Hoffmann: 29.634 // Marine Cabirou: 30.023 //

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Elite Men
The Perfect Run: 2:45.17 (1.285 seconds faster than the race winner)

//Thibaut Daprela: 32.611 // Greg Minnaar: 54.05 // Thibaut Daprela: 27.567 // Greg Minnaar: 25.79 // Mark Wallace: 25.152 //

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Stats Breakdown

You can use the drop-down menu to view each rider's times.

You can use the drop-down menu to view each rider's times.

The top 10 Elite Women's race runs were plotted before including results at positions 12, 15 and 16.

The top 15 race runs were plotted before including results at positions 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 and 61

You can hover over the graph to reveal the lap improvement times.

You can hover over the graph to reveal the lap improvement times.

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Overall Standings

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