Pierron and Seagrave clinch classic wins on ‘toughest’ downhill track
France’s Amaury Pierron and Briton Tahnée Seagrave held their nerve on the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup’s toughest downhill track to triumph on Saturday at Val di Sole in Italy. Amaury Pierron. Bartek Wolinski/Red Bull Content Pool. Pierron produced an extraordinary run to edge out Britain’s Laurie Greenland for his third 2018 win in a […]
Atherton back to winning ways, Pierron takes two in a row
Rachel Atherton and Amaury Pierron tasted victory at the third round of the Mercedes-Benz UCI World Cup in Leogang, Austria. Amidst the soaring peaks of the Austrian Alps is a race track like no other. In short, when it comes to going fast on a downhill mountain bike, Leogang is a temple of speed. Rachel […]
Downhill riders Seagrave and Pierron win big in Fort William
Britain’s Tahnée Seagrave and France’s Amaury Pierron took their respective wins in front of a packed crowd at the second round of the Mercedes-Benz UCI World Cup downhill. The Aonach Mor venue is just about as iconic in terms of mountain bike racing as it’s possible to get. Only Canada’s Mont-Sainte-Anne has appeared on the […]
Lenzerheide: Minnaar’s masterclass in risk management
Magnanimous in victory, Minnaar’s Lenzerheide win should never be discredited by tyre issues. This past Saturday was a testing one for friends, family, pets and neighbours. Ordinarily mild-mannered mountain bikers across the country exploded from their sofas, rising into postures of fist-pumping delight, crowing with approval, as Greg Minnaar cemented another victory to the foundation […]