[Updated with Overall] Final Results from the Val di Sole DH World Cup 2022
The final round of the 2022 downhill World Cup is underway at Val di Sole. In the Junior Racing Gracey Hemstreet wrapped up the overall with another win. Izabela Yankova threatened the top spot but after losing time at the bottom of the course she ends the day in 2nd. Newly crowned World Champion Jenna Hastings piloted the rainbow jersey to third. Jordan Williams backed up his World Champs win with another rapid ride in Val di Sole. Ryan Pinkerton came the closest but was still almost ten seconds off the pace. Remy Meier-Smith wrapped up the top three and what must have been a big mistake in the final split took Jackson Goldstone out of contention for the win. As he took the title at the last round Jackson Goldstone still wins the 2022 overall.
The Elite Women's race was a nail-biting conclusion to the 2022 season as Myriam Nicole put down an incredible run to take the win by just over four seconds. Nina Hoffmann ends her season on a high with second place ahead of Vali Höll in third. Camille Balanche managed what seemed impossible after Mont-Sainte-Anne to take the overall World Cup win.
What a run from Loris Vergier to take a massive win of over three seconds on Andreas Kolb. Dakotah Norton just edged ahead of teammate Aaron Gwin to end the year with a top-three finish. A crash for Amaury Pierron knocked him down to 53rd but he still keeps the overall win.
Check out the results below.
Results:
Elite Women
1st. Myriam Nicole: 4:21.804
2nd. Nina Hoffmann: 4:25.873
3rd. Vali Höll: 4:28.039
4th. Jess Blewitt: 4:28.643
5th. Camille Balanche: 4:32.441
Elite Men
1st. Loris Vergier: 3:39.774
2nd. Andreas Kolb: 3:42.782
3rd. Dakotah Norton: 3:42.903
4th. Aaron Gwin: 3:44.265
5th. Bernard Kerr: 3:44.806
Junior Women
1st. Gracey Hemstreet: 4:42.576
2nd. Izabela Yankova: 4:46.210
3rd. Jenna Hastings: 4:50.143
4th. Valentina Roa Sanchez: 4:52.840
5th. Lisa Bouladou: 4:57.047
Junior Men
1st. Jordan Williams: 3:35.941
2nd. Ryan Pinkerton: 3:45.766
3rd. Remy Meier-Smith: 3:50.305
4th. Jackson Goldstone: 3:50.786
5th. Alix Francoz: 3:53.079
Full Results:
Elite Women
Elite Men
Junior Women
Junior Men
Overall Standings:
Elite Women
Elite Men
Junior Women
Junior Men
Live Race Updates:
Stay tuned for live updates and results from the Val di Sole DH World Cup
The Elite Women's racing kicks off at: PDT 3:25 / EDT 6:25 / BST 11:25 / CEST 12:25
The Elite Men will start at: PDT 4:45 / EDT 7:45 / BST 12:45 / CEST 13:45
Elite Women
First up in the Elite racing is the Women and we are sure to get some incredible racing as we still have the overall title hanging in the balance.
Course Preview:
Top Five from Qualifying:
1st. Vali Höll: 4:31.753
2nd. Monika Hrastnik: 4:35.945
3rd. Eleonora Farina: 4:42.060
4th. Jess Blewitt: 4:43.345
5th. Veronika Widmann: 4:48.149
Who do you think will win?:
Who do you think will win today's racing? Will we see someone new take the top step of the podium?
Who do you think will win the overall?:
There are three riders who can take the overall today, will it be Camille Balanche, Myriam Nicole or Vali Höll?
Race Updates:
3:30 am PDT Siel Van Der Velden is the first rider on track as Mikayla Parton has not started today.
3:35 am PDT After the first run of the day Siel Van Der Velden crosses the line with a 4:50.027. We are still a way off the top qualifying time but with plenty more riders to come, this will start dropping quickly.
3:38 am PDT Louise Ferguson finds a sizeable amount of time at the bottom of the course to go fastest by over one and a half seconds.
3:42 am PDT Anna Newkirk now takes the lead as we head into the top ten.
3:43 am PDT With 10 riders left the current top five are:
1st. Anna Newkirk: 4:47.168
2nd. Louise Ferguson: 4:48.457
3rd. Siel Van Der Velden: 4:50.027
4th. Lisa Baumann: 4:50.588
5th. Stacey Fisher: 4:52.872
3:44 am PDT Camille Balanche has an early start and is on the track now. We will have a better idea of the overall when we see how she places.
3:47 am PDT Camille put everything into that run and goes fastest by a huge 14.7 seconds. There are still nine riders left but all Camille has to do is stay inside the top four and she will win the overall no matter what happens.
3:50 am PDT An amazing run from Myriam Nicole smashes past Camille's time and bests the top qualifying time. Every rider coming will have to beat Camille for Myriam to take the title and Vali will have to be third or worse.
3:53 am PDT Nina Hoffmann flies into second place, four seconds behind Myriam Nicole. Camille now sits in 3rd so if one more rider beats her then Vali can take the overall with a win today.
3:59 am PDT With five riders left the current top five are:
1st. Myriam Nicole: 4:21.804
2nd. Nina Hoffmann: 4:25.873
3rd. Camille Balanche: 4:32.441
4th. Mélanie Chappaz: 4:43.270
5th. Anna Newkirk: 4:47.168
4:04 am PDT The overall title is all to play for as Jess Blewitt pushes Camille Balanche into fourth place! Vali Höll can take it all if she wins.
4:06 am PDT Eleonora Farina crashes out, she is up quickly and back on her run.
4:11 am PDT It looks like Monika Hrastnik won't be pushing Camille Balanche into fifth meaning Vali Höll will need the win today.
4:12 am PDT Vali Höll is now on course and she will need to win to take the overall. Myriam has set a blistering run so this is going to be a tough challenge for the newly crowned World Champ.
4:14 am PDT It's not looking good at the second split as Vali is almost three seconds back.
4:16 am PDT Vali Höll takes third place but it is not enough as Camille Balanche takes the overall.
Elite Men
After the incredible Elite Women's race we now have the Elite Men to close out the 2022 World Cup season. Amaury Pierron has already won the overall so there is nothing to play for apart from taking the final win of the season.
Inside the Tape:
Before the Elite Men's racing check the lines Ben Cathro has found out on the course.
Top Five from Qualifying:
1st. Andreas Kolb: 3:41.572
2nd. Loris Vergier: 3:43.532
3rd. Dakotah Norton: 3:46.779
4th. Benoit Coulanges: 3:47.528
5th. Aaron Gwin: 3:48.151
Who do you think will win?:
Who do you think will win today's racing?
Race Updates:
5:07 am PDT With 30 riders left the current top five are:
1st. Matteo Iniguez: 3:51.937
2nd. Dean Lucas: 3:52.797
3rd. Antoine Rogge: 3:53.466
4th. Matthew Walker: 3:54.695
5th. Connor Finnis: 3:55.839
5:12 am PDT The track is looking lethal with rain showers making the exposed parts of the track very slippery.
5:17 am PDT Despite the hard conditions Jacob Dickson manages to pull into the top five, just over three seconds back.
5:25 am PDT Luca Shaw pulls back over two seconds at the bottom of the course to go into fourth place so far.
5:27 am PDT Troy Brosnan is another rider finding extra time at the bottom of the course. It looks like the exposed top sections are slower riders down.
5:29 am PDT Luke Meier-Smith has a big crash but looks to be uninjured as he starts making his way down the course.
5:32 am PDT With 20 riders left the current top five are:
1st. Matteo Iniguez: 3:51.937
2nd. Dean Lucas: 3:52.797
3rd. Antoine Rogge: 3:53.466
4th. Troy Brosnan: 3:54.188
5th. Luca Shaw: 3:54.578
5:34 am PDT It's great to see Reece Wilson back at the races and he crosses the line in 31st place.
5:43 am PDT A massive run from Bernard Kerr! The tricky conditions clearly didn't affect Bernard as he goes fastest by over seven seconds.
5:46 am PDT Lucas Cruz takes 2nd so far, 6.4 seconds back.
5:49 am PDT Disaster for Henry Kerr as he slides out in one of the final turns.
5:53 am PDT Oliver Zwar can't quite match the speed of Bernard Kerr and moves in 2nd.
5:55 am PDT Around six seconds back and into third for Dylan Levesque.
5:58 am PDT Remi Thirion blasts into 2nd place but the gap is still over five seconds.
6:00 am PDT A massive crash for Amaury Pierron! Luckily he has the overall title wrapped up and looks to be uninjured.
6:01 am PDT With 10 riders left the current top five are:
1st. Bernard Kerr: 3:44.806
2nd. Rémi Thirion: 3:50.227
3rd. Oliver Zwar: 3:50.513
4th. Dylan Levesque: 3:50.795
5th. Lucas Cruz: 3:51.300
6:07 am PDT David Trummer looked to be on a great run but a rear flat pushes him back to 25th.
6:10 am PDT After attacking at the top of the course Laurie Greenland seems to be taking it easier for the rest of his run.
6:14 am PDT Charlie Hatton goes just 2.2 seconds back and into 2nd place. Bernard Kerr's time is looking better and better but we still have some big names left.
6:17 am PDT Newly Crowned World Champ Loic Bruni goes into third after losing time from the first split onwards.
6:21 am PDT A flat tire for Thibaut Daprela pushes him back to sixth.
6:22 am PDT With 5 riders left the current top five are:
1st. Bernard Kerr: 3:44.806
2nd. Charlie Hatton: 3:47.022
3rd. Loic Bruni: 3:48.510
4th. Rémi Thirion: 3:50.227
5th. Oliver Zwar: 3:50.513
6:25 am PDT Aaron Gwin pulls ahead of Bernard Kerr by just 0.541 seconds.
6:29 am PDT Benoit Coulanges flies into third place, 0.82 off the pace.
6:32 am PDT Dakotah Norton denies teammate Aaron Gwin the win as he goes fastest by 1.3 seconds with two riders remaining.
6:36 am PDT What a run! Loris Vergier spoils the party for the Intense team as he destroys the previous top times with a gap of over three seconds.
6:41 am PDT Andreas Kolb can't match Loris but still ends the day in 2nd. This means Loris Vergier wins the final round by over three seconds!
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Take over the enduro coverage?
Please can you get Rob Warner to make a preprogrammed sound bite sample amp. On IOS for a few bucks.
So I can play
“ LOOK AT THE TIME”
Over the top of well anything
Maybe 15 sound bites per screen. At least 2 screens including his greatest hits :
“ LOOK AT THE TIME”
"Uglier than ET with skin cancer"
"he's letting it all hang out like a fat bird in a bikini"
"He's gonna need a lawyer for that case!"
“He's on the rampage like a dog with two dicks!”
"Steve Peat has done more for Downhill Mountain Biking than Osama Bin Laden has done for terrorism"
And anything about Danny Harts B@!!S
(I will Bluetooth it from my phone to my stereo,to play louder over my laptop )
@lochussie:
“ A tournament, a tournament, a tournament of lies
Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives and I decline”
Too good! Sir Elton is definitely a Kerr fan
"He's riding like he's drunk his own piss!"
"Here comes Dakota Norton, a hard working mountain biker who's not afraid to get dirty."
Bonus: "Reece is riding like he's being chased by a shark! Don't forget to watch shark week starting next Tuesday."
Will the commentators even be at the venues next year? More likely in a studio nowhere near the race.
Fair play to Gwin though. At 34 and after so long to do a run like that is mentally impressive.
Dakotah looked to me like a guy who’s just stoked to finally prove his pace after a rough season starting out on a new team with new sponsors while developing a new bike.
Wow. Dude really hates his some Dak. It’s been a hugely frustrating season for him. Also consider that he didn’t even have a ride at the end of last season after YT dissolved their team. So yeah: dude was pumped but NOTHING about that celebration was any more over the top than anyone else’s. Good grief.
What would be nice is if they give coverage to some other events, IXS, BDS, other countries' series etc.
"We've lost the world cup rights, but Red Bull will be back next year, i promise you very much so. Sometimes, we're even better, when we have to start from scratch."
This doesn't seem like they will simply air the IXS or any other existing series, but something brand new. It is notable, that he said this right after talking about Red Bull Hardline...
Claudio: "You said that already two years ago"
I liked that there was no bitterness
Agree great rivalry.
Nothing to lose for either rider with Jackson G. having already won the overall back in SnowShoe.
Jackson may have the most consistent speed, but seems like both riders flat out the last three races. In that "nothing to lose", "if not first you are last" context post-snowshoe Jordan took 2/3. But if there was one more race of the season it might be tied up so who knows.
Pretty incredible how similarly matched and on the edge both of them are.
Bottom line is both wicked fast, and will be interesting to see how they approach the off season and perform next year.
Keep an eye out for both at World Champs next year!
"3rd. Vali Höll: 4:28.039
4th. Jess Blewitt: 4:28.039"
(A tie to the thousandth of a second which would be remarkable and should be indicated by a tie for 3rd place)
Article image:
"HÖLL Valentina [...] 4:28.039
BLEWITT Jess [...] 4:28.643"
I wasted too much time piecing this together.
Have the track conditions changed since the junior race?
Thanks!
Scroll down the page to the live timing section, find Val Di Sole results link, pick the team tab and you can download a PDF of the team results.
Any Info about the LED on Loic's left shifter?
he needs to transfer team now,
that V10 is not for him, or maybe the team is not a good fit.
Tell me again what wealth of information regarding my character, knowledge, history and life experience you are a drawing on to make your presumptions?
Asking for a friend