Race Analysis from the Leogang DH World Cup 2023

Jun 17, 2023
by Ed Spratt  
Vali Hoell going for nothing but the top step on her home-track.

Leogang delivered another incredible day of racing as the second round of the 2023 downhill World Cup series wraps up in Austria. As the dust settles in Leogang it was Vali Höll and Andreas Kolb who came out on top taking their first home World Cup wins (a first-ever win for Kolb). The racing was flat-out and rowdy but apart from the winning riders who else was performing well at round two?

After a hectic day of racing let's get into the results and stats.


Race Results


Andreas Kolb pulling up at mach 10.

Elite Women

1st. Vali Höll: 3:23.222
2nd. Camille Balanche: 3:27.525
3rd. Rachel Atherton: 3:30.556
4th. Monika Hrastnik: 3:30.825
5th. Phoebe Gale: 3:31.074
Elite Men

1st. Andreas Kolb: 2:59.335
2nd. Loic Bruni: 3:00.015
3rd. Jackson Goldstone: 3:00.246
4th. Finn Iles: 3:00.786
5th. Luca Shaw: 3:01.048

Full results, here.


Sector by Sector Results


Camille Balanche is somewhat of a Leogang specialist and will be hoping to go one better than she managed in Lenzerheide last week.

Overall Split Positions

Elite Women
Sector 1
1st. Vali Höll: 36.720
2nd. Nina Hoffmann: 37.234
3rd. Rachel Atherton: 37.269
4th. Camille Balanche: 37.590
5th. Marine Cabirou: 38.648

Sector 2
1st. Vali Höll: 1:27.316
2nd. Camille Balanche: 1:29.064
3rd. Nina Hoffmann: 1:29.185
4th. Rachel Atherton: 1:29.185
5th. Monika Hrastnik: 1:31.665

Sector 3
1st. Vali Höll: 2:07.367
2nd. Nina Hoffmann: 2:09.908
3rd. Camille Balanche: 2:10.733
4th. Rachel Atherton: 2:11.276
5th. Phoebe Gale: 2:12.888

Sector 4
1st. Vali Höll: 2:48.774
2nd. Camille Balanche: 2:52.241
3rd. Rachel Atherton: 2:53.038
4th. Marine Cabirou: 2:55.182
5th. Phoebe Gale: 2:55.595

Finish
1st. Vali Höll: 3:23.222
2nd. Camille Balanche: 3:27.525
3rd. Rachel Atherton: 3:30.556
4th. Monika Hrastnik: 3:30.825
5th. Phoebe Gale: 3:31.074


Elite Men
Sector 1
1st. Thibaut Daprela: 32.450
2nd. Finn Iles: 32.652
3rd. Loic Bruni: 32.740
4th. Benoit Coulanges: 32.808
5th. Loris Vergier: 32.908

Sector 2
1st. Jackson Goldstone: 1:16.929
2nd. Laurie Greenland: 1:17.567
3rd. Thibaut Daprela: 1:17.631
4th. Andreas Kolb: 1:17.647
5th. Finn Iles: 1:17.732

Sector 3
1st. Jackson Goldstone: 1:54.868
2nd. Loic Bruni: 1:54.996
3rd. Thibaut Daprela: 1:55.018
4th. Finn Iles: 1:55.326
5th. Andreas Kolb: 1:55.343

Sector 4
1st. Jackson Goldstone: 2:28.614
2nd. Loic Bruni: 2:29.008
3rd. Andreas Kolb: 2:29.195
4th. Finn Iles: 2:29.455
5th. Luca Shaw: 2:30.237

Finish
1st. Andreas Kolb: 2:59.335
2nd. Loic Bruni: 3:00.015
3rd. Jackson Goldstone: 3:00.246
4th. Finn Iles: 3:00.786
5th. Luca Shaw: 3:01.048


Split Rankings
Unlike previous years results for each individual split have not been published on the UCI site following the race. As there are now only 10 women and 30 men in finals we have done the calculations and tried to break down who was fastest at each split.


Elite Women

Sector 1
1st. Vali Höll: 36.720
2nd. Nina Hoffmann: 37.234
3rd. Rachel Atherton: 37.269
4th. Camille Balanche: 37.590
5th. Marine Cabirou: 38.648

Sector 2
1st. Vali Höll: 50.596
2nd. Camille Balanche: 51.474
3rd. Rachel Atherton: 51.916
4th. Nina Hoffmann: 51.951
5th. Gracey Hemstreet: 52.618

Sector 3
1st. Vali Höll: 40.051
2nd. Nina Hoffmann: 40.723
3rd. Phoebe Gale: 40.817
4th. Camille Balanche: 41.669
5th. Marine Cabirou: 41.782

Sector 4
1st. Vali Höll: 41.407
2nd. Camille Balanche: 41.508
3rd. Gracey Hemstreet: 41.609
4th. Marine Cabirou: 41.641
5th. Rachel Atherton: 41.762

Final Split to Finish
1st. Monika Hrastnik: 34.444
2nd. Vali Höll: 34.448
3rd. Camille Balanche: 35.284
4th. Rachel Atherton: 37.518
5th. Nina Hoffmann: 45.209


Elite Men

Sector 1
1st. Thibaut Daprela: 32.450
2nd. Finn Iles: 32.652
3rd. Loic Bruni: 32.740
4th. Benoit Coulanges: 32.808
5th. Loris Vergier: 32.908

Sector 2
1st. Jackson Goldstone: 43.907
2nd. Laurie Greenland: 44.38
3rd. Andreas Kolb: 44.7
4th. Loic Bruni: 45.068
5th. Finn Iles: 45.08

Sector 3
1st. Luca Shaw: 36.61
2nd. Loic Bruni: 37.188
3rd. Tuhoto-Ariki Pene: 37.333
4th. Thibaut Daprela: 37.387
5th. Bernard Kerr: 37.403

Sector 4
1st. Jackson Goldstone: 33.746
2nd. Andreas Kolb: 33.852
3rd. Loic Bruni: 34.012
4th. Ronan Dunne: 34.129
5th. Finn Iles: 34.129

Final Split to Finish
1st. Andreas Kolb: 30.14
2nd. Matt Walker: 30.581
3rd. Laurie Greenland: 30.64
4th. Charlie Hatton: 30.659
5th. Loris Vergier: 30.694



Story of the Race


Elite Women


Elite Men


The Perfect Run


Elite Women
The Perfect Run: 3:23.218 (0.004 seconds faster than the race winner)

//Vali Höll: 36.720 // Vali Höll: 50.596 // Vali Höll: 40.051 // Vali Höll: 41.407 // Monika Hrastnik: 34.444 //



Elite Men
The Perfect Run: 2:56.853 (2.482 seconds faster than the race winner)

//Thibaut Daprela: 32.450 // Jackson Goldstone: 43.907 // Luca Shaw: 36.61 // Jackson Goldstone: 33.746 // Andreas Kolb: 30.14 //



Stats Breakdown


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Split 5 is the sector between the fourth split and the finish line.

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Split 5 is the sector between the fourth split and the finish line.

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.

All 10 Elite Women's race runs were plotted.

The top 15 race runs were plotted before including results at positions 20, 25 and 29

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

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








Overall Standings






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55 Comments
  • 77 1
 Love the analysis Pinkbike, thanks for the effort that goes into this
  • 42 1
 Hey @Pinkbike:

Could you do a poll about how many of PB users actually get to watch the races?

I'd be genuinly interested to know how many of the core fans of the sport are missing out with the new broadcast limitations.
  • 18 7
 follow dh for a bit more than 15 years and it s the first that after 2 races i m like "wtf happen". This new format and commentator are gonna kill the vibes that was here for years at least for me.
  • 10 1
 On Youtube the peak viewership was around 6000 people for the semifinals I think.
At the risk of getting a bit of hate here ... Its pretty good coverage ! The commentary should definitely improve but besides that I think its fine. I`d rather have it free as it was the last years but I will also not give up on watching my favorite sport because of 4 bucks a month, but that`s just my opinion.
  • 2 4
 The price of admission is so cheap that I don't think it makes such a difference.
  • 5 0
 @asapyohanes: The coverage seemed better this week. I agree with your commentary comments, it's dreadful. Ric said to Cedric........"can you talk us through Vali Holls run Cedric......errmmmm yes she use clear lenses and others are wearing tinted! I mean WTF! There's no analysis anymore, do they even show a table of results? Definitely no points comparison etc etc. There are so many capable pundits out there.....is Eliot Jackson under a Redbull contract? Wyn Masters?
  • 31 6
 It's a travesty that only 10 women get into the final. Phoebe Gale didn't make finals in Lenzerheide by one place, but was on podium here. Having such a tiny final round is excluding potential winners from the pool. That said, no one was going to beat Vali today. She killed it start to finish. Absolutely stoked for Kolb as well.
  • 5 18
flag Borealwoods FL (Jun 17, 2023 at 17:04) (Below Threshold)
 Totally agree, it should be same as the mens
  • 14 0
 @Borealwoods: It can’t be the same as the men, they don’t have enough women.
  • 19 0
 Percentage wise more women make it into the semi final then the men. Around 45% of the women compared to 33% of the men.
  • 1 3
 @Borealwoods: I’ve said it for years - combine mens and womens classes- prize money etc. it would solve all of these issues.
  • 16 0
 Gutted for Jackson, what a pace. Kolb put down some magic in that last split.
  • 3 0
 Ya, look at those stats... if he didn't mess up that corner, he would have won. But that's racing... other guys got it right and beat him. I'm sure we'll see him take a win soon.
  • 1 0
 @islandforlife: only a matter of time
  • 17 0
 Two Atherton bike wins in a row
  • 14 0
 Pinkbike: Taking "Look At The Time!" Way Too Literally Since 2023
  • 8 0
 Andreas Kolb won this race in the last corner!
  • 19 0
 yes.. or Jackson overcooked that last corner and lost the race.
  • 7 0
 @Lagr1980: how fast and smooth was Jackson's run? And he looks so tiny.

Ben Cathro kept talking last year about just how fast he and Jordan were and how much of a shame it was that none of their battle last year was televised.

He was not wrong.
  • 1 0
 @SBdhmtb: Yeah, Jordans run ad VDS...
  • 3 0
 hey @pinkbike the last graph would be interesting to duplicate and show the previous rounds also split into quali/semi/finals.over the course of the season it would show which points make the difference. could be someone gets to the top with only semi points or so
  • 3 0
 What a great race. Lived in Austria for a while, holds a special place in my heart and went to my first WC back there in '02

So happy for Andy.

What can be said about Valli Holl though? Especially after the heartache of crashes. What an absolute beast! No disrespect for any of the other super fast ladies but the way she rides is on another level.
  • 3 0
 Honestly my favorite part of all of DH racing currently is Ben's story of the race. Everyone was thinking the same thing, Jackson could've won wouldn't have lost his wheel on that last loose turn, but it's cool to see the extra film analysis to confirm he lost about a second there.
  • 3 1
 Congrats Kolb, been a long time coming, been knocking on the door for a while. Great final from the riders, but I think a few steps have been taken backwards in the coverage, commentating and need to pay to view the finals, which I’m happy to pay if it’s worth it, but I think will restrict audience growth.. I have lots of friends to whom I would send out links to finals replay who have zero chance of paying, and get feedback and banter on the race. Can’t help but feel the semi/final changes are nothing more than a money grab at a time when the sport was actually getting some traction. Don’t feel like the coverage is any better, lack of Warner is glaringly obvious to anyone who’s watched previous seasons. But then again I’m an old man who won’t accept change easily, and sorry discovery but hasn’t been hard to find free streams of finals.. go internet.. EAD discovery, signed grumpy old dh’r
  • 6 3
 Coverage is much better. Red Bull never showed nearly as much of the track on livestream. Commenting isn't there yet, but I hope in the end of the season or start of the next one, it will be just as good as Red Bull.
  • 1 0
 @Nuss-95: is it really? Coverage feels basically the same to me. Except the cameras are worse quality (on the GCN+ App).

Leogang and Lenzerheidi felt very familiar from a coverage perspective.
  • 2 0
 @Ososmash: Yes it definitely is. Red Bull has NEVER shown a full race run. Discovery shows the full run from start to finnish for the last 10 riders. For example in Leogang, Red Bull never showed the upper bikepark section, they cut from the start gate to the stump section. On some tracks they didn't show a whole minute of the track.

For me on Desktop and the GCN+ App on iPhone the camera quality was better than Red Bull, but I have heard that the stream has low quality on some smart TVs. I hope they'll fix that.
  • 1 0
 @Nuss-95:

I haven't checked desktop top or phone (I'll have to do that.)

Stream quality on a Google Chrome is very meh. Like it's fine, but just fine.

Really hope ESO gets their metrics together. So much they could be showing us.

The good news is coverage is fine and I am okay paying for it.
  • 2 0
 It’s interesting to see how the times drop spread out towards the end of the runs amongst the women finalists. The level is incredible, but the physicality of tracks like Leogang, the fatigue that is causes, must play a huge part.
  • 5 0
 Great Wien by the hometown heroes.
  • 1 0
 Someone get Ric and CG to look at this. Would be some great filler for the times they feel they need to repeat themselves for the 1000th time in Val di Sole. Give the people some valuable insight instead of useless chatter, adding nothing to the experience except a headache.
  • 5 1
 The men’s times were insanely tight the whole race. Wild.
  • 4 0
 One day Daprela is going to link a whole run together and it will be fast.
  • 3 0
 Any stats on the windspeed / direction at certain timeframes while they where doing the 'motorway' section?
  • 1 0
 Pretty impressive by Jackson who was a step ahead in 3/5. That last turn really cost him the win. But I'm pretty sure he, Bruni or Finn will take the overall this year. My bet is on Jackson.
  • 1 0
 My moneys on Jordan for VDS, 4 seconds faster than any other time there last year...
  • 1 0
 @bikes-arent-real: Didn't track conditions change a lot in VDS last year?
  • 1 0
 Crazy that blown corner at the bottom for Goldstone probably cost him the win. We would have had back to back first year rookies winning the first 2 races. Going to be some very good racing this year.
  • 4 1
 I need to see those graphs during the race.
  • 2 0
 It’s interesting to see that the speed trap really doesn’t have much of a correlation in the men’s race.
  • 1 0
 Yeah I would be interested in seeing a speed trap coming out of the last corner. The last bit of track made the biggest difference
  • 2 1
 Can we get a histogram of finishing times? Would be really cool to see what distribution falls out.
  • 2 0
 Love these stats
  • 1 0
 ....Kolb from President \m/
  • 1 0
 Seems like a very comprehensive analysis
  • 2 0
 Analysis was done by AI in 30 seconds.
  • 4 0
 @Twenty6ers4life: Call me Al :-)
  • 1 0
 Be helpfull if you'd list each riders split time with all the stats.
  • 2 1
 Rachel for Queen!
  • 4 5
 Race analysis : 2 top Austrians win on a bike park track they ride every other day.
  • 4 0
 Andi is from Schladming, thats in another state.
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