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<\/a>Amaury Pierron<\/span><\/p>\nBriton Laurie Greenland had threatened to spoil the French Alps party mood with a great run to set a time that most of the leading qualifiers failed to beat.<\/p>\n
After Troy Brosnan and Loris Vergier fell just short, world champion Loic Bruni stormed down the dusty course to bring the crowd to their feet at the finish.<\/p>\n
Reigning World Cup champion Pierron, though, was a man possessed with his phenomenal sliding speed at the top setting up the chance of victory which he duly delivered on by an amazing 2.352 seconds.<\/p>\n It was Pierron’s second 2019 win after Fort William with Bruni’s overall lead now cut to just 110 points heading into the Val di Sole stop in Italy.<\/p>\n Pierron said: “It was just so good. The crowd in France was just mental all the way along. I knew I was good at the top, then I was on the edge and nearly crashed. I was sliding everywhere. That was my limit. The level this year is so high. I am going to fight for it.”<\/p>\n Bruni explained: “Amaury was on fire all weekend. I was a little bit too conservative. Maybe I was thinking too much of the overall to win this one. The crowd was insane. It was so loud the whole way down. Amaury is a big threat now and it will be a good end of season.”<\/p>\n In the women’s race, Hannah took advantage of Rachel Atherton’s injury to win from France’s Marine Cabirou with El Salvador’s Mariana Salazar a popular third.<\/p>\n<\/a>Loris Vergier<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a>Laurie Greenland<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/a>Loic Bruni<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n