Emilie Siegenthaler can turn her good form into a top result after her difficult start to the season. However, she is called to the start twice in Saturday's qualification. Australian Danielle Beecroft crashed heavily and did not get off the track immediately. Siegenthaler, who had already started, had to abandon her run, but was allowed to start again. She keeps her nerve and rides to seventh place in a well-considered qualifying run. The Swiss champion puts her announcement to ride at full throttle on Sunday into practice. Still in tenth place in the first intermediate time, she really turns it up in the second, which puts the Biel native in fourth place and on the podium. "I'm very happy with my result, even if my ride wasn't completely flawless and I missed the big jumps at the end," Siegenthaler sums up, adding: "I'm in good shape and I'm relieved to be on the podium again. Now I'm looking forward to the upcoming World Cup in Leogang!"

The race was won by former world champion Emmeline Ragot. After the fifth-best first intermediate time, she improved considerably and crossed the finish line with the best time. Myriam Nicole, who was faster in qualifying, cannot match Ragot's performance and finishes eight seconds behind. Qualification winner Manon Carpenter is the last starter on the course. The Brit was still in the lead until the first split time. However, she then suffered a puncture, which also put an end to her dream of home victory.

Carina Cappellari was happy with her tenth place. The Swiss skier suffered internal injuries in a crash on the same course two years ago. Now Cappellari has not only made peace with the course, but has also achieved her best World Cup result. "Despite one mistake, I had a great run! The course was extremely exhausting, but the effort was worth it," sums up Cappellari.

A victory at the premiere
In the junior race, the focus is on Belgian Martin Maes. Although Frenchman Loris Vergier is the favorite, Maes, who is in his first year as a junior, is already a strong contender among the world's best enduro riders and has never ridden a downhill race before. His racing team, the "GT Factory Racing Team", was convinced that Maes would also cut a good figure in the downhill. In fact, the young Belgian finished second in qualifying.

In the race, Maes even won, relegating favorite Vergier, who crashed twice, to second place. The Spaniard Alex Marin Trillo finished third. The fastest qualifier Luca Shaw (USA) only managed eighth place. There are no Swiss riders in the final of the top 30. Mike Schär, who was on the entry list for the World Cup, opted for the iXS Swiss Downhill Cup in Morgins shortly beforehand.

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Results #3 Downhill World Cup Fort William/GBR, Women
1.	Emmeline Ragot (FRA)	LAPIERRE GRAVITY REPUBLIC	5,12,624
2.	Myriam Nicole (FRA)	COMMENCAL / RIDING ADDICTION	+0.08,710
3.	Tracey Hannah (AUS)	HUTCHINSON UR	+0.13,976
4.	Emilie Siegenthaler (SUI)	GSTAAD-SCOTT	+0.18,567
5.	Jill Kintner (USA)		+0.22,994
6.	Fionn Griffiths (GBR)		+0.27,385
7.	Morgane Charre (FRA)	EVIL VENGEANCE TOUR	+0.29,012
8.	Micayla Gatto (CAN)	PIVOT FACTORY DH TEAM	+0.31,269
9.	Casey Brown (CAN)	BERGAMONT HAYES WORLD TEAM	+0.32,997
10.	Carina Cappellari (SUI)		+0.51,626

Results #3 Downhill World Cup Fort William/GBR, Juniors
1.	Martin Maes (BEL)	GT FACTORY RACING	4.51,072
2.	Loris Vergier (FRA)	LAPIERRE GRAVITY REPUBLIC	+0.01,298
3.	Alex Marin Trillo (ESP)	GIANT FACTORY OFF-ROAD TEAM	+0.03,928
4.	Drew Carters (GBR)		+0.04,634
5.	Tyler Vernon (GBR)	GT FACTORY RACING	+0.04,704