Semi-Final Results from the Leogang DH World Cup 2023

Jun 17, 2023
by Ed Spratt  
The results are in from the flat-out semi-finals in Leogang.

First up in the packed schedule of racing today was the Elite Women and the track looked to be running better than the Elite qualifying as Vali Höll went around six seconds faster than her top qualifying time. Vali Höll was the dominant force in semi-finals as she led from top to bottom leaving Nina Hoffmann and Camille Balanche with no answer to her speed.

Nina Hoffmann was looking good before a crash into the finish area. This could spell trouble for the German rider as she is still recovering from a knee injury. Hopefully, she is all good for finals. Camille Balanche has been unbeatable in Leogang since 2020 but she could not match the winning pace in semi-finals crossing the line in 3rd. Camille doesn't have much time to regroup before heading back up the hill for the most important run of the week.

The speeds were kept high for the Elite Men's semi-final as Finn Iles made it another great day for the Specialized team taking the win by almost a second. Finn Iles held the lead all the way down from the second split as he bested Loic Bruni on the drying course. Wrapping up the top three was Troy Brosnan who ended his run just 1.2 seconds off the pace. Riders found it tricky to trust the track after yesterday's conditions so expect the pace to rise again in finals now riders are fully up to speed on the course.

Check out the results below.


Results:

Elite Women

1st. Vali Höll: 3:26.737
2nd. Nina Hoffmann: 3:32.392
3rd. Camille Balanche: 3:32.417
4th. Monika Hrastnik: 3:36.215
5th. Rachel Atherton: 3:36.240
Elite Men

1st. Finn Iles: 3:03.070
2nd. Loic Bruni: 3:04.007
3rd. Troy Brosnan: 3:04.332
4th. Jackson Goldstone: 3:04.494
5th. Luca Shaw: 3:04.517



The Elite Women's Race as it Happened:

1:45 am PDT: The Elite Women's Race is Now Underway
Semi-finals kicks off in Lenzerheide with Louise Ferguson starting proceedings.

1:49 am PDT: Louise Ferguson Sets a Time of 3:48.843
Louise Ferguson is the first rider down with a time that would have placed around 10th in qualifying. Conditions are very different today after yesterday's storms and some overnight rain.

1:50 am PDT: Frida Ronning goes 0.1 Seconds Up
Frida Ronning goes just ahead to take an early lead.

1:51 am PDT: Anna Newkirk Takes a Big Lead
Anna Newkirk has gone into the lead by nearly three seconds as the times continue to tumble.

1:53 am PDT: Veronika Widmann Goes Fastest
Veronika Widmann lost a little bit of time at the top but goes into the lead by half a second.

1:54 am PDT: Gracey Hemstreet Takes a Huge Lead
Gracey Hemstreet flies into the lead as she masters the lower part of the course to lead by 5.494 seconds. Already we are reaching the 4th place qualifying times.

1:58 am PDT: Marine Cabirou Pulls Ahead of Gracey Hemstreet
Marine Cabirou looks to have found her old speed as she is another rider fast at the bottom of the course and leads by 1.2 seconds.

2:02 am PDT: Rachel Atherton Smashes the Course to Lead by Over 2 Seconds
Rachel Atherton holds the lead from top to bottom as she pulls ahead of Marine Cabirou by 2.466 seconds.

2:03 am PDT: Top 5 with 5 Riders Left
1st. Rachel Atherton: 3:36.240
2nd. Marine Cabirou: 3:38.706
3rd. Phoebe Gale: 3:38.976
4th. Gracey Hemstreet: 3:39.923
5th. Jess Blewitt: 3:41.087

2:05 am PDT: A Crash Could End Tahnee Seagrave's Chances of Making Finals
A crash near the top has meant Tahnee Seagrave is in 8th so far. With four more riders, she could very well be pushed outside of the top ten and not make it to finals.

2:06 am PDT: Monika Hrastnik Overtakes Atherton by 0.025
The times are very tight at the top as Monika Hrastnik manages to make up over two seconds in the final section to go fastest by just 0.025 seconds.

2:08 am PDT: What a Run from Nina Hoffmann
Nina Hoffmann was on an absolutely wild run. Despite a crash into the finish she still leads by a huge 3.823 seconds.

2:09 am PDT: Camille Balanche Keeps it Steady to Take 2nd
Camille Balanche stays upright with a calm and collected run and goes across the line just 0.025 seconds behind Nina Hoffmann.

2:12 am PDT: Vali Höll Dominates in Leogang
Vali Höll was unstoppable in semi-finals as she takes the win by over five and half seconds.




The Elite Men's Race as it Happened:

2:23 am PDT: The Elite Men's Race is Now Underway
Onni Rainio is first up for the Elite Men today.

2:32 am PDT: Top 5 After 10 Riders
1st. Ronan Dunne: 3:06.381
2nd. Tuhoto-Ariki Pene: 3:06.765
3rd. Pau Menoyo Busquets: 3:09.976
4th. Greg Williamson: 3:10.183
5th. Adam Brayton: 3:10.369

2:43 am PDT: Top 5 After 20 Riders
1st. Ronan Dunne: 3:06.381
2nd. Tuhoto-Ariki Pene: 3:06.765
3rd. Remy Meier-Smith: 3:06.998
4th. Pau Menoyo Busquets: 3:09.976
5th. Oliver Zwar: 3:10.151

2:54 am PDT: Top 5 After 30 Riders
1st. Ronan Dunne: 3:06.381
2nd. Max Hartenstern: 3:06.519
3rd. Tuhoto-Ariki Pene: 3:06.765
4th. Remy Meier-Smith: 3:06.998
5th. Antoine Vidal: 3:07.358

3:06 am PDT: Top 5 After 40 Riders
1st. Ronan Dunne: 3:06.381
2nd. Max Hartenstern: 3:06.519
3rd. Tuhoto-Ariki Pene: 3:06.765
4th. Remy Meier-Smith: 3:06.998
5th. Antoine Vidal: 3:07.358

3:07 am PDT: Greg Minnaar Takes the Lead
Greg Minnaar is looking fast on course as conditions are quickly improving. Greg crosses the line 0.103 seconds up and moves onto the hot seat.

3:11 am PDT: Laurie Greenland Makes it a Santa Cruz Top Two
Laurie Greenland makes it green on the timing screen as he finds some extra time to pull ahead of Greg Minnaar.

3:12 am PDT: Benoit Coulanges is Next to go Fastest
Benoit Coulanges found a lot of time on the course as he leads by over a second.

3:13 am PDT: Jordan Williams Takes 11th
Jordan Williams ends his run 2.7 seconds back, he will be looking for more in finals.

3:14 am PDT: A French Top Two as Loris Vergier Goes 2nd
Loris Vergier matches his position from Lenzerheide as he sits in second after his semi-final run.

3:15 am PDT: Loic Bruni Takes a Big Lead
Loic Bruni is out to prove he is the fastest Specialized team rider as he heads onto the hot seat with a lead of one second.

3:16 am PDT: Jackson Goldstone Goes 2nd
Jackson Goldstone is on it this week as he manages to come within half a second of Loic Bruni's time.

3:19 am PDT: Top 5 With 10 Riders Remaining
1st. Loic Bruni: 3:04.007
2nd. Jackson Goldstone: 3:04.494
3rd. Luca Shaw: 3:04.517
4th. Benoit Coulanges: 3:05.009
5th. Loris Vergier: 3:05.348

3:27 am PDT: Troy Brosnan Rides into 2nd Place
Troy Brosnan has placed himself in 2nd as he comes 0.325 seconds off Loic Bruni.

3:31 am PDT: A Wild Run from Finn Iles Takes the Top Time
Finn Iles keeps the speed high as he finds almost a second on his teammate Loic Bruni to lead semi-finals with five riders left.

3:32 am PDT: Top 5 With 5 Riders Remaining
1st. Finn Iles: 3:03.070
2nd. Loic Bruni: 3:04.007
3rd. Troy Brosnan: 3:04.332
4th. Jackson Goldstone: 3:04.494
5th. Luca Shaw: 3:04.517

3:31 am PDT: Finn Iles Wins Semi-Finals in Leogang
None of the remaining could match the fastest time as Finn Iles will be last down the hill in finals later today.




Full Results:


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Elite Men

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Finals Start List:


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38 Comments
  • 13 1
 Y'all sure like to complain. I'm just glad that racing's back on. I haven't watched the finals yet but it was especially fun to see Vali do so well at home.
  • 4 1
 welcome to the internet
  • 2 0
 CG is a cool OG dude but realistically he doesn't belong there. Everything just sounds awkward. Bring Back Rob Warner !
  • 10 7
 the drone shot was terrible either half the body or high above. It felt like the men's had only half the track shown compared to the women's feed. Plus I'm sorry but CG needs to ask warner for some lessons as his commentary was shite.
  • 4 1
 I feel like it's just a matter of time before they crash the drone into a rider.
  • 3 0
 @Oolex: they were getting close
  • 5 0
 The drone through the tunnel was pretty sweet. I'm counting my blessings on this one. Drone shots are awesome even if not perfect.
  • 2 4
 CG is the worst. Try hard to be funny.
  • 4 1
 I am just pretending the semi-finals are the finals and enjoying it for free the best I can. I have to say it’s much better than I thought it would be
  • 7 2
 Cedric sounds like a bad Sacha Baron Cohen character.
  • 6 4
 His commentating style swings between pointing out the obvious and utter gibberish.
  • 4 0
 Why the fuck are they showing an interview with some random team coach while someone's run is going.
  • 2 0
 Pretty amazing to me how these guys are putting 2-5 seconds into each other on the less technical high speed sections at the start and finish. How hard you can sprint has to be the difference between first and tenth.
  • 3 1
 The announcers have to work on their math skills when Revelli finishes in 23rd and they say "it might work" (to move to finals) with only 4 riders left. I guess they had other priorities in grade school.
  • 8 5
 I can’t handle the screaming commentator so I’ve muted GCN+ while watching it.
  • 8 4
 But Warner is gone
  • 1 0
 Agreed
  • 4 0
 You can go ambient sound on GCN so you just have natural sound no commentary
  • 5 2
 @wblh: no one seems to get it that all Warner did was shout the same 3 words and 5 phrases over and over.
  • 1 1
 @no-good-ideas: Its not what Rob said its how he said it. He could be doing a table read of pride and prejudice and get my heart going.
  • 1 0
 @acali: He definitely had the 'x-factor' or whatever because this new team just feels so flat. Rob definitely did his homework as well (or his RedBull researchers did?) because he always had some interesting news or fact about riders to fill in dead air or just add a bit extra to the story of each run. These two repeat each other a lot as well. Rob was doing it for a long time though so maybe we should be a little less harsh and give them a chance to improve with practice.
  • 1 0
 @cains08: Just watched the latest round. I think I'll be ok with Rick. Maybe Cedric will grow into the Claudio role. Not great but next to Rob Claudio seemed fine. He'll need to learn to repeat "He hit the sweet spot" over and over again to really be Claudio.

Somewhere into watching the latest round I found myself less distracted by the changes and actually enjoying the race.
  • 1 1
 Personally I'm super stoked that racing is back, but having paid out for GCN+ I'm surprised how visually shit the quality is. Throw into it the spud camera that's attached to the drone and the whole thing is pretty hard to watch for me.
  • 1 0
 I noticed the free version was 1080p max and pixelated. I wondered if the paid version was higher quality
  • 2 0
 Are you watching on a smart TV app? For me on Desktop and in the iOS app the quality is much higer than it was with Red Bull.
  • 1 0
 @Nuss-95: Smart TV app. I'll try desktop, hopefully see some improvement
  • 1 0
 The drone quality won't improve, unfortunately. Not sure why we're going backwards here. Drone picture and piloting was insanely good last year. You'd think Discovery would have the same resources for the broadcast as Redbull, or at least comparable, no?
  • 1 0
 Did Dakota get bumped from the semis by protected riders, or did he just not qualify? (I thought he had qualified.)
  • 1 0
 Edit- didn't see the name somehow, nevermind
  • 1 0
 Well that's me read the top five from another final. This is so much less time consuming!
  • 1 0
 Crazy seeing Sam Hill getting his ass handed to him.
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