In the women's race, reigning world champion Valentina Höll (Rockshox Trek Race Team) was unimpressed by the conditions and took her third UCI Downhill World Cup victory of the year. Nina Hoffmann (Santa Cruz Syndicate) finished second, just 2.8 seconds behind, while Marine Cabirou (Scott Downhill Factory) equaled her best result of the season so far to complete the podium in third place.

Swiss rider Lisa Baumann finished just nine seconds behind Höll. The Romande from the Commencal Les Orres team is riding her first full downhill season and is improving noticeably. In Loudenvielle, she already put in a strong performance in the qualifiers and was able to repeat this in the final. She finished in fifth place, her best result to date.

With her victory, Höll extends her lead in the overall standings, she is now over 400 points ahead of Hoffman, who is in second place, and Camille Balanche (Dorval AM Commencal), who is still in third place. However, she will not be able to defend this position due to her accident in Andorra.

Results women

The specialist for home victories

In the men's race, overall leader Finn Iles (Specialized Gravity) caused the biggest shock of the race when he rattled off the course after an uncharacteristic mistake and was disqualified for it. Dakotah Norton (Intense Factory Racing), on the other hand, had a completely different day on the mountain, taking the lead early on with a flawless run. But Loic Bruni (Specialized Gravity) is always hard to stop in front of his home crowd, and today was no exception. The 29-year-old takes his first UCI World Cup win of the season by just under a second, relegating Norton to second place. Laurie Greenland (Santa Cruz Syndicate) also mastered the course within the same second and took third place.

With three races to go before the end of the season, Bruni now leads the overall standings. Iles' disqualification costs the Canadian valuable points and knocks him back to second place. Jackson Goldstone (Santa Cruz Syndicate/CAN) is only five points behind Iles in third place.

Results men