Hannah's most significant victory

New Zealand's Kate Weatherly takes the hot seat early on in the elite women's race with an outstanding run. Marine Cabirou, one of the up-and-coming French talents, is on the verge of clearly undercutting the New Zealander's best time. However, she crashes shortly before the finish and finishes just behind in fourth place.

The German Nina Hoffman, who finished in the top three for the first time at the last round in Fort William, is then the first to beat Weatherly's time by a clear margin of almost seven seconds.

World champion Rachel Atherton crashes at the top of the course and is over 20 seconds behind at the first intermediate time. In 22nd place at one point, she then fights her way up to 14th place.
Tracey Hannah, the fastest qualifier, is still challenged. However, the Australian put in a perfect run in the dusty conditions and was rewarded with her first victory of 2019.

"I've won three World Cup races, but Rachel Atherton wasn't at the start in any of them. To win against her now, this World Cup victory means more to me than the other victories before."

In the Swiss camp, European champion Camille Balanche once again stood out. She equaled her best World Cup result with seventh place and was only just behind the top 5.
Emilie Siegenthaler has overcome her uncertainties after the first two races, which were marked by crashes, and is in a solid eighth place. Just behind her and again in ninth place is Swiss champion Carina Cappellari.

Tracey Hannah celebrates her most important victory in Leogang. Photo © Bartek Wolinski / Red Bull Content Pool

Nearly misses 22nd World Cup victory

The fastest qualifying time from Saturday has already been beaten in the men's elite race. Greg Minnaar had ridden the fastest on Saturday, so the big question was whether he could turn that into a remarkable 22nd World Cup victory.

American Charlie Harrison initially holds the upper hand until world champion Loïc Bruni beats his time by more than three seconds. Bruni celebrates in the finish area, but quickly explains that he didn't think that would be enough. He thought he had left too much time on the fast middle section of the course.

The last man in with a chance of taking first place is Minnaar. The South African is faster at the end of the track, but he does the damage at the top, allowing Bruni to celebrate his second win of the season.

"I struggled at the start of the weekend in the top section, then yesterday in the bottom section, so maybe I somehow found the balance today. I started the run quite committed and couldn't really feel the grip. It was super hard because it was very dry. I just held on, depending on everything I had - every detail counts on this track - and it was enough."

After eleventh place in qualifying, Loic Bruni really turned up the heat in the final. Photo © Bartek Wolinski / Red Bull Content Pool

Webers celebrate their best World Cup results

Lutz Weber already put in a solid run in qualifying with 26th place. Noel Niederberger, Basil Weber and Jérôme Caroli also qualified for the final on Sunday.


There, Lutz Weber was able to improve on his Saturday result, finishing 22nd - his best result in the World Cup. Noel Niederberger also improved on his qualifying run. He takes 32nd place. The same goes for Basil Weber: after 46th place in qualifying, he finishes 40th in the race - also his best result in the World Cup.
Jérôme Caroli rides to 55th place.

There is now a break of a few weeks before the World Cup season resumes in Vallnord, Andorra on July 5 with cross country and downhill.