CAIRNS WORLD CUP SUM UP

Tzadaam! Race is over and we have three happy winners. Matt Walker won the Juniors, Rachel Atherton women and Loic Bruni took his first ever World Cup win! Congratulations to everyone :)

Day was really beautiful and there was no sign of clouds or rain. Perfect conditions for racers, spectators and media to enjoy the race. Only one bad news was that the junior cup leader Finnley Iles couldn't compete as he broke his arm. Shiiaaat! He was totally flying on the course when doing practise runs.

Volunteers selling mosquito repellent and sunscreen

Fox stand presenting their forks

Sadly this rig was just hanging in the tent on race day  

My favorite athlete the Italian National Champion Veronika Widmann

I though I would take tons of photos during the race but then I realised that fuck, I want to see and enjoy the race so I just took few photos and rest of the time I was yelling like crazy and making noise with my bell and horn. That's the right world cup spirit right?!

Instagoodness

The race went well without any major crashes. Steve Smith got unlucky and his run was ruined by flat front tire. Still he crossed the finish line with a long wheelie. Stylish as always. The number one in qualifications Troy Brosnan seemed to take the win leading in every splits but the last 300 metres took it's toll and Troy ended up on second place just +0.493 seconds back from Bruni. The disappointment was tangible.

Vige Gaetan (10th Junior Men) making his way thru The Generator

Ruffin Thibaut (60th Men Elite) pedalling like crazy towards finish line

The sad man. But after the first expression he put a little smile on his face

And the happy man who took his first World Cup WIN!

If Bruni enjoyed his first win, this champ was celebrating her 28th win with a margin of 7 seconds before Tracey Hannah. She's unstoppable at the moment.

After the awards were over it was time to prepare for the Cairns nightlife. It was quite cool to have drinks with the buds like Brendan Fairclough. To sum this up the whole World Cup event was a really great experience and I will definitely remember it always! I still got some deconstruction tomorrow and a thank you BBQ offered by Mountainbike Australia.

 

And for everyone's information: THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE NEXT YEAR HERE IN CAIRNS SO BE HERE OR BE NOWHERE! IT'S GONNA BE BIG!

SEE YA IN 2017!