La Bresse DH World Cup

[joshleb]

Track was getting slated initially from the fans, riders seemed to like it, and of course it pisses it down for quali and finals!

What a race though, Maes is something else! Massive props to the lad!

Could he be a World Champ in 2 weeks...?

[Kieranv]

I think one of the main reasons Maes won at La Bresse was the style of the track, there was a sprint section which is longer than usually seen on the DH WC courses, which suites the enduro rider better.

No disputing he's amazing on a bike though and definitely in with a shot.

I'd love to see Pierron come from being relatively unknown last year to getting the WC overall and the World Champs this year, that would be cool!

[P-Jay]

Was a good race.

Almost more surprising than Maes’ win was Gee winning qualifying and 2nd in the race after more than a few years of dropping out of the top 10.

As above Maes’ is a fantastic rider and rode a great run, but was slightly helped by running whilst it was raining, before it started to dry and made the track claggy and the 30 second sprint in the middle.

[Craikeybaby]

I really enjoyed watching the race at the weekend. Martin Maes' run was impressive and am stoked he won, but I was most impressed by Rachel Atherton and Tahnee Seagrave - 10s+ faster than the rest of the field!!! It has to look promising for a British girl to win the work champs!