Watch the Winning Runs - Lenzerheide DH World Champs 2018

 Enduro foe finally vanquished!

 @headshot: 0.2 back is a little far from “finally vanquished” ahaha

 Agreed I really wanted to see how he’s doing it , look at the maes style and technique !!

 That is winning runs article not Maes run. We should be happy that we are watching worlds for free If Maes will start racing DH he will get "later start positon" and gets more covarage time. Stop whinnig guys. Btw Kudos for Martin he seems to be a really humble and professional sportsman.

 @AdamOdh: Atthe end UCI makes the startlist they want whichit should be based into providing the best show... HUGE mistake tonot have put Maes top 10 after win and 4th qualifier... Stupid none sence you a*sholes!

 Went to go piss and came back and Maes and Eddie were sitting on boxes, WTF!

 @AdamOdh: Congrats On The Bike win dude..... #LooksLikeASessionForYou :-))))

 @AdamOdh: btw: congrats to the trek seesion dude!!! whithout first and last race i would have had good chances beating you

 Yeah. Tahnee played it a bit safe but with Rachel's run I honestly don't think there was anything any woman in the world could have done to beat her. Just one of those races. Next year should be good watching those two battle out. Year after that Holl will be in the mix. Women's is looking up... at least for the next couple years.

 @onemanarmy: Will Holl take the option to move up to Elite a year early though?

 @Wit290186: Lol I love how everyone has been clamoring this whole season for Höll to move up... this was her first year in Jr!

 @Wit290186: She said she wanted another year in Jr's I recall.

 @mtbikeaddict: who’s clamouring? I simply asked will she? If I was fortunate enough to be in her position I’d want to stay in juniors for another year to continue to learn my trade before moving up to elite and taking the world by storm, but that’s just my opinion

 It can be so convenient to talk about how Tahnee played it safe to undermine things. She likely lacked the nerve going into this and that's only a testament to how much more seasoned and fast Rachel is. To be able to back off those brakes is part of the mental and physical game that makes someone the better and faster racer, Rachel is clearly the dominant athlete here. Def can't chaulk Rachel's wins up to being lucky hat tricks and Tahnee playing it safe, it's night and day that Rachel has the pedigree and has put in the work to claim what she's claimed. After her clavicle reconstruction and the muscle atrophy, loss of movement and coordination that comes with hanging out in a sling for a while, it is a fucking marvel to see Rachel back in this form. Anyone who has had a bone breaking injury can testify that coming back to your previous form feels like a never ending journey. I personally feel like Tahnee's ability looked further along then it was with Rachel patiently and slowly working her way back up, but races like this world champs just shows the veteran rider has things in her bag that others simply don't. I don't doubt that if Rachel continues onto another season that we wont see anyone at her heels now that she again has the capacity to go balls to the wall again so as long as she stays healthy. It's not fair to judge character by how folks react at the podium when they're dethroned, competition can bring out a cold side in anyone. But Rachel's always been so friendly to the other racers and has always celebrated them. Said it on one of the other PB articles but this reminds me of Rogatkin in slopestyle. I love that shit. I can't expect every racer to adopt this attitude, but for those that do deserve long excellent careers in whatever their sport is. Also Val wants to finish school. Important to let her be a teen. It's cool that YT is helping her along with no commitment on her part. She's said multiple times that Rachel is her hero, and what a solid influence to have. I hope she gets to race Rachel someday, but we gotta let this kid be a kid. Finishing school with friends, figuring out what you want in life, all those things are important and they matter. She'll have her chance no doubt but I don't anticipate to see her in elites next year and maybe even the following year. She deserves to have a chance to race and a chance to finish the things that make her a normal kid. The pressure this stuff brings at a young age doesn't usually end well for athletes as they grow older.

 72nd over all

 @wit2901: Agreed, and that is also her opinion. You must've missed the last few months... as I stated, not just you, but all comments were about Höll and going to elite.

 @onemanarmy: don't forget Myriam though, once she has fully recovered from her injury she'll be aiming for the top spot again too

 @mtbmaniatv: She'd be stupid not to take it. She's fast as hell. But she's still young. Giver her another year and a half to mature and get stronger... she will seriously be fighting for top 5's every race her first year and more than likely top 3's.

 @lhgros: No doubt. She's still real fast. She's 28. Her and Atherton have a few more years of battling before Tahnee and Holl take over. Most def.

Emilie and a few others as well. Solid top 10 in women's for the next few years.

 I would highly doubt that he'll go full time to DH, but I'm sure that he'll do more WC DH races. Wasn't he already a Jr. DH WC champion?

 Maes had mentioned in the press conference afterwards that one factor for him to consider is that racing DH world cups only gives a short amount of riding time during the week, while racing enduro gives much more time on the bike (and on a variety of terrain and trails). As much as I want to see him at every DH world cup, I wouldn't be surprised if he still focuses on the full EWS season but adds a few more world cups into the mix. Guess we'll all find out by next season though.

 @brownies: Yeah I saw him say the same thing on WynTV as well. Time will tell.

 Enduro is downhill with more volume, not that surprising or impressive

 Oops unwanted downvote. Yes good question and it's a shame that there wasn't a live on YouTube uci channel as it was for the xc! Hard to be a junior downhill racer...

 Surprised he was only mentioned because of bruni's move

 He sure did, check out his instagram post where he used my photo from the 2009 World Champs in Canberra I had sent to him earlier that day encouraging him to come back
www.instagram.com/p/Bnff0gLAqgo/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

 I had to watch it in German.

 @onemanarmy: Hahaha I started to but then googled it with the word "english" in it. Rob Warner saved the day