In the debut of the Red Bull Rampage for women, the participants performed amazing tricks on extremely tough terrain. The coveted prize was ultimately won by Robin Goomes with 85 points, who wowed the judges with two backflips during her run. The flips also earned her the Utah Sports Commission Best Trick Award. In addition to her tricks, Goomes nailed her 41-foot drop and also cleanly mastered her technical lines. 

Canadian Georgia Astle, who was originally slated to be a substitute rider and did not expect to compete this year, took second place. Astle received the call in September that she had made it onto the start list, and she seized the opportunity. The former racer rode with confidence and proved her precision by landing her 41-foot marquee drop and mastering one technical section after another. Her run earned her a score of 79 points.

The godmother of freeride, Casey Brown, rounded out the podium with a score of 77.33 points. Brown was the first woman to complete a top-to-bottom run in training and carried that momentum into her final run. Her standout feature was the 'Laundry Chute', an extremely exposed rock roll drop that Brown described as one of the gnarliest things she's ever ridden. Brown also received the McGazza Spirit Award for her tenacity and contribution to the women's freeride movement.

Ranking

1. Robin Goomes - NZL - 85.00 points
2. Georgia Astle - CAN - 79.00
3. Casey Brown - CAN - 77.33
4. Vaea Verbeeck - CAN - 72.66
5. Vero Sandler - NZL - 71.00
6. Vinny Armstrong - NZL - 65.00
7. Chelsea Kimball - USA - 62.37

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Tricked just before the end

Canadian Brandon Semenuk makes history in the Utah desert as the only five-time winner of the world's most important freeride mountain bike event. Seventeen riders took to the red rocks of southwestern Utah and delivered some of the most spectacular rides and biggest moments at the Red Bull Rampage. It was a neck-and-neck race between Brandon Semenuk and Poland's Szymon Godziek.

After the groundbreaking women's Rampage premiere on Thursday, which was won by New Zealander Robin Goomes, the men's competition also provided thrills and spills. In the end, Semenuk claimed a record-breaking fifth victory in a dramatic race at the last second. The Canadian started his first run strong, impressing with a highly technical tailwhip into his double drop, but what looked like a podium-worthy run came to a halt when he crashed while attempting a flip whip. After a grueling two-and-a-half hour break due to high winds, Semenuk returned to the start line to re-enter for his second run, one of only two riders to actually do so.

Semenuk stood both his tailwhip and flip whip to post a 92.73 score for the run and his fifth Red Bull Rampage win. He is the only rider in Red Bull Rampage history to accomplish this feat. Poland's Szymon Godziek led the competition until Semenuk's late attack, taking silver for the second time in three years with a run that included a stunning backflip off the venue's biggest drop. Godziek started with a front flip, followed by a backflip, a 360 and a double backflip on his final jump. The entire line was daring and left little room for error, but his vision paid off, earning him a 91.66 from the judges.

Third place went to American Tyler McCaul, a Red Bull Rampage veteran who finished sixth and fifth at this venue in 2018 and 2019. Instead of riding his previous line, McCaul decided to reinvent it. One feature that caught everyone's attention was a gap jump out of the canyon that measured 74 feet from takeoff to landing. In addition to the dangerous canyon jump, McCaul integrated a backflip, a suicide no-hander and a flip nac, which put him on the podium with a score of 90.66.

Brendan Fairclough was very badly rewarded by the judges. The Brit chose the most technically difficult line of all, spiced it up with creative elements and mastered it perfectly. Even if not by the judges, the fans appreciated Fairclough's performance and he won the Samsung Galaxy Trailblazer Award.

Ranking

1. Brandon Semenuk - CAN - 92.73 points
2. Syzmon Godziek - POL - 91.66
3. Tyler McCaul - USA - 90.66
4. Tom Van Steenbergen - CAN - 89.33
5. Kurt Sorge - CAN - 87.16
6. Thomas Genon - BEL - 85.83
7. Carson Storch - CAN - 85.00
8. Adolf Silva - ESP - 83.50
9. Ethan Nell - USA - 82.33
10. Kyle Strait - USA - 78.66
11. Brendan Fairclough - GBR - 76.00
12. Reed Boggs - USA - 74.66
13. Talus Turk - USA - 72.00
14. Luke Whitlock - USA - 70.66
15. Tom Isted - GBR - 50.53
16. Bienvenido Aguado Alba - ESP - DNF
17. Cam Zink - USA - DNF

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