Marine Cabirou and Troy Brosnan take the last Downhill World Cup victories in 2024
Marine Cabirou (FRA) takes the last World Cup victory of the 2024 season, ahead of Gracey Hemstreet (CAN) and Vali Höll (AUT). The course with its slippery rock slabs claims a few victims. Cabirou is also not thrilled with her run: "I made so many mistakes and didn't think that would be the winning run."
Lisa Baumann (SUI) and Nina Hoffmann (GER) had bigger problems, both having to go down and finishing 24 seconds behind in 8th and 10th place. Vali Höll, who recently became a three-time world champion, also wins the overall Downhill World Cup standings - also for the third time.
Derniere for Minaar, premiere for Brosnan
A special kind of derniere for Greg Minaar (RZA) in Mont-Sainte-Anne, who at the age of 42 is riding his last ever elite race. He is still fast enough for the final, but he has nothing to do with the victory. A complicated name to remember is that of Lachlan Stevens McNab. In the rain, the Australian outsprinted Laurie Greenland (GBR), who had been in the lead until then and had started in reasonably dry conditions, and ultimately missed out on his first World Cup victory by a whole 6 hundredths of a second.
Troy Brosnan (AUS), who traveled to Mont-Sainte-Anne straight from his baby break, was sometimes ahead and sometimes behind Stevens-MacNab during his ride and said afterwards: "I didn't even know if I could come." His head was completely free, everything just clicked. "I can't believe I got that run down in the rain." Brosnan's second World Cup victory is his first as a father.
Loïc Bruni (FRA) takes the overall World Cup title ahead of Troy Brosnan (AUS) and Amaury Pierron (FRA). It is the six-time world champion's fourth overall victory.
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