Red Bull Valparaiso Cerro Abajo in Photos

Bus jump section.

Sunday was the 15th edition of Red Bull Valparaíso Cerro Abajo, stop of City Downhill World Tour. The event congregated over 15 thousand spectators, who challenged the sun and hot conditions to see the best riders in the world passing different obstacles of the circuit starting in Cerro Carcel and finishing at the bottom of Cerro Alegre were the hot spot chair was waiting for the fastest rider.

Valparaiso bay and some of its 45 hills

Wouldn t be great to transform your patio into a platform

The chec rider on his last pass during warm up

At 11 am begun the track familiarization and training rounds were the riders could find the best line to entry the jumps, wall rides, and high to low spots of the circuit and set up their bikes the best way possible to conquer them.

Ben Moore focus

Of the turn and speeding up to hit the wall ride

The classification round started at 14.45 pm with 39 riders who fought to be one of the fastest 15 and get a spot in the final round. Tomas Slavik came on top finishing the circuit in 2 minutes 48 seconds. The second place was for Bernard Kerr (GB) who completed the circuit in 2.50 and third place was to Pedro Ferreira (CL) with 2.52.

Open house party.

The crowd moving from one spot to another

Staff showing Roberto Nicolas and Felipe Rodriguez how to reconec to to the race track

Valparaiso layers.

In between the container an landing all wired up

This new edition of Red Bull Valparaíso Cerro Abajo got new jumps and sections in the track, it started as always at the top of Cerro Carcel going through iconic places as Bocaccio stairs, Bismarck square, Atahualpa Street to end in the classic finish line at Aníbal Pinto square.

As always pergola jump was the last one to cheer up the crowd.

Opening the course.

Kike Genova hitting the dirt turn.

After the race the crowd walking excited to the stage to see who won

Everybody wants a pic of the winners.

The sky is the limit.

Slavik before jump into the stage to be crowned

Are you high? Yep roof high!

Chilean Pedro Ferreira got third place

Bernard Kerr holding his trophy proud and happy.

Tomas Slavik winner of Red Bull Valparaiso Cerro Abajo/

Results
1. Tomas Slavik (CZE) 2:48,480; 2. Bernard Kerr (GBR) 02:50,560; 3. Pedro Ferreira (CHI) 02:52,520; 4. Mauricio Acuña (CHI) 02:53,640; 5. Matías Núñez (CHI) 02:53,720; 6. Adrien Loron (FRA) 02:58,260; 7. Logan Binggeli (USA) 02:59,250; 8. Oscar Harnström (SWE) 03:01,290; 9. Santiago de Santiago (ARG) 03:01,830;
10. Felipe Agurto (CHI) 03:02,060.

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