Almost on time for the downhill semifinals, the rain sets in at the World Cup final in Mont Saint Anne and makes the course treacherous. And it stayed that way until the final of the top ten riders. Although the course increasingly dries out, the final and very notorious rock garden remains slippery. In fact, one competitor after the other rides herself out of the decision.

Italian Veronika Widmann was the first to make it over the difficult course with virtually no mistakes, and this paid off with a temporary lead. Then France's Marine Cabirou plunged down the mountain with the fastest split times, safely negotiated the dreaded rock garden, but messed up the exit. The possible second place overall once again recedes into the distance. All the more so when her direct rival Nina Hoffmann attacks. The German set top times and was clearly riding at the limit. But she doesn't stay clear either and gets stuck on a tree in the rock garden. The power and excitement is gone after this mishap, but she still tries to salvage what she can. She comes up short on the last jump, causing the tire to pop off the rim. To her own surprise, Hoffmann leads the race.  

Now world champion Valentina Höll enters the race and masters the course to perfection, practically unperturbed by the greasy sections. The Austrian crossed the finish line 13 seconds ahead of the field. Hoffmann finishes second, also in the overall classification, while Widmann is delighted with third place ahead of Monika Hrastnik (SLO) and British enduro specialist Harriet Harnden. Switzerland's Lisa Baumann did not make it into the final and finished twelfth, eleventh overall. By the way, fifth place in the overall standings goes to Camille Balanche, although she was out after three races due to injury.

Results
Overall standings

Another Canadian

The increasingly better conditions on the course change again as the clouds clear once more in the men's final. However, not for long, so there doesn't seem to be much of an impact. But the new forest passage in particular turns out to be a provocateur of errors time and again. The first rider to set a serious time on the track is the American Luca Shaw. But what his time is really worth becomes clear when top riders such as Andreas Kolb, Loris Vergier and Snowshow winner Oisin O'Callaghan finish behind him.

Shaw's time then began to slip - first Frenchman Gaëtan Vige and then Bernard Kerr beat him, and his compatriot Dakotah Norton also beat his time. Only a small crash prevented Norton from setting the fastest time. The Frenchman Loic Bruni took it instead, despite a moment of shock. But Bruni, who has "only" one win to his name this season, was not to remain in the lead either. First, Briton Ethan Craik put in an impressive run and edged out the Frenchman by almost 2.5 seconds.

But then all eyes were on the Canadian Jackson Goldstone. After his compatriot Finn Iles crashed while in the lead, the Canadians' hopes are now pinned on the 19-year-old. And Goldstone put in an incredible ride, extending his lead at every intermediate time and crossing the finish line 4.328 seconds faster than Craik - the Canadians were once again in raptures. With his victory, Goldstone is the only rider to have won two World Cup races this season.

This is still not enough for the young Canadian to take overall victory, but second place. The overall World Cup victory goes to Loic Bruni, who was under a lot of pressure before the race to ride his leader's jersey to victory.  

Results
Overall classification