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[Music] and a new card for Frameworks Racing leaves the start hut what can you tell about tells about Anna’s prep for this one anna is the pleasure of a rider to work with and she is up huge 15.4 seconds to the good now newart making great sense of the conditions here and Basco Bava hangs a leg off manages to skate her way around that turn but she’s got a massive chunk of time to play with this is looking good from Newark here the US national champion clean through to the finish here heads down towards the line new car crosses it and goes fastest by 17.7 seconds nico Mali nods his head that’s what we like to see on the framework squad yeah and here we go she did really well there Nico that’s mud riding at its best it doesn’t matter what shape your body is you can still carry speed yeah she came in committed and made it work you ever been at a start hut when it’s snowing leo Gang Worlds 2020 that was the only time didn’t enjoy it balanche leaves the star hut to get her 2025 UCI downhill world cup season underway what do you think of this move from Balanch then in the offseason to join Yeti i think Yeti is one of the most established teams maybe new for downhill this year they did a little bit of downhill last year but 3.8 seconds back for Balanch so far so can’t get near that time of Newark so far swiss riders should be used to racing in the snow exactly yeah former Olympian of course as well in ice hockey just got to get the bike moving through here it just looks so It looks so much hard work out of that little bridge section doesn’t it even with that new bridge absolutely it’s just the conditions i mean this thing if it was dry riders would be tucking and pumping but in the mud they just have to keep that bike driving there’s the fastest sector times and a new cart accounting for all but one limb and that’s taken by the rider on your screen now in sector 3 so 4.7 seconds back at the fourth split for the lanch she heads into this really steep final sting in the tail and that race we talked about it’s snowing camil won yeah it’s true she did that’s a great conditions camil Balanch then former UCI Dino world champion heads towards the bottom of round one in 2025 bias Bawa crosses the line and goes into second position still by 3.7 seconds so what a run from Anna Newark time is looking more and more solid it’s looking good isn’t it look at that it really is snowing now it’s really snowing now hoffman for the Santa Cruz Syndicate leaves the start hut and it’s so so heavy up there what a brutal set of conditions to get the year underway in and you wonder if it might actually be better than rain it’s not soaking into your clothing making you feel so drenched snow maybe bounces off yeah I’ll give it I’ll give you you’re an optimist 1.9 1.9 seconds Nina Hoffman but it’s just psychological as well is it make this hard to see through it does disrupts the vision a bit more than Rain 1.9 then at split one let’s get her through split two hoffman and this sprint into split two is tough too this one and then the one out of the third split is Yeah 3.8 seconds not headed her way hoffman needs to get in the trees and get to work here well it’s all available here in the wood section there’s a lot of technical sections and she can make that up 173 beats per minute on the live whoop for Hoffman she is working through here nice and tidily done through there you’re really right Nico maybe this is where she can get to work in this run yeah it’s so tough you have these hard sprints as we mentioned and then the ground being so soft it just really sucks the bike into all the holes it’s it’s hard on the upper body and your sprinting leg she’s holding the station here 3.7 seconds back at the third split the winner of three different UCI World Cup downhill races so far in her career solidly through the tech section there she made the middle woodsman gained it gained a 10 yeah 50 overall last year for Hoffman had a good year but just didn’t have that race winning pace at times oh up that bank manages to keep it rubber side down really distinctive style on the bike as well yeah she looks strong in the pedals here she’s going for it yeah one of the strongest women in the elite women’s field hoffman that will not be a problem for her so it’s a case of cracking on now trying to make some inroads top five currently Newkerk Balanch Bowman Vidman and Buladoo hanging in there in fifth see how much water’s on the ground right there 3.2 seconds as Hoffman has to nose it into that wood section as she comes with an ear shot on the finish yeah she picked up a bit of time now the second has come back towards her hoffman so if she can hold station here she will be up into the top three nina Hoffman opens the knees up lets that back wheel skate around underneath her heads across that gap onto the BMS going to jump out into the open here nina Hoffman down the line where is this one going to slot her in it slots her in in second place 3 seconds behind Anna Newark that’s an impressive run she kept that together crave leaves the star hut then to get her UCI downhill world cup champ campaign out of the traps in 2025 looking fast here seagra attacking the top of the track tanny in full flight a sight to behold let’s get it’s go big or go home time for Tanny Crave as she heads down to the first split crosses and she’s faster by 4/10 of a second tanny Seagra is up in impossible conditions here in Biasco Biala the 29year-old we’ve got a race on in some brutal conditions today nine times a UCI downhill elite level world cup winner 28 times in the top three can she notch both of those up one today crave was superb last season nearly back to her very very best fifth here last season third in the UCI World Cup overall behind Marine Kabiru and Valentina Hull the last woman left at the top of the hill looks like that snow’s disappeared a wee bit now so Valentina Hull will be left with slightly better vision let’s get Crave down that second split and see if the lights are still green she looks solid through here tanny Crave looking really really good here on that new RP she’s 1.6 6 seconds faster than Anna Newkerk now Crave really nicely through that corner this is so so impressive Nico yeah watch how committed she’s riding through this technical wood section just taking these big holes rallying through these ruts in this in this little wood section crave really forcing that bike on with her elbows making sure that that forward momentum that we’ve talked about all race long is preserved crave on a run here in Viaba 2.9 seconds faster now 43 km an hour for Tanny Crave through there she’s on fire today it’s all going to come down to this pedaling section you know Valley is going to be on for a good one right after so she’s going to need to hit this entrance well and sprint out of this woods here we go through this tricky off camber section see there’s something that just spits the riders up the left hand side fighting the bike stomping on the pedals crave heads through now by as cleanly as any of the last few riders have absolutely it’ll be really interesting what this last split says and then it’ll be all up to the final wood section crave what is she going to stop the clock at a split for Tanny Crave through this tricky off Camber and into the woods 1.2 seconds faster she’s lost time but crucially it’s still green there’s still a margin of error of 1.2 seconds ty Secret through this really rocky right hand corner now and heads into the really steep final section here in Poland she looks solid through here going to go for the inside line can she hit this apex and get the exit tanny Cr near to get sent over the front of the bike now will it time she’s held on to it is she holding on to her lead tanny Cra down to the line tanny Cra goes fastest if go by 1.7 seconds tony Sad team manager celebrates at the bottom orbeea FMD into the lead here with just one rider to go with Bawa what can Valentina Hall do on a cold day in Sturk valentina Hall leaves a start hut on final stay for the first time in the UCI Dhole World Cup 2025 and let’s get her down to this first split this is going to be fascinating and what is it going to say for the Austrian secret has put down a run there though you know she has this is going to be a tight race this is going to be exciting to watch here we go valentina Hall deep deep breath everyone what is the timing beam going to tell us from split one sliding a bit before that split 2.9 back valentina Hall’s in trouble here she needs to find some time if she wants to beat Tanny Crave you can expect Valley to be strong through all this mud she’s going to be physically fit on the bike so she could make this up valentina Ho a 23 year old from Salsburg oh vision there pulls a roll off can’t see she got it off got a bit of a bubble after she’s still going for it can’t see a thing valentina Hole that is the limiting factor here what is Split 2 going to say when she comes back into the open finally pulls another T off our team manager Gunnar shakes his head 6 and 1/2 seconds back on the time of Cri see time all of a sudden looking absolutely superb doesn’t look like she’s attacking as hard as Tanya is and if if you start to lose vision and she can’t see very well you can appreciate it’s hard to commit to how gnarly this track is tanny just attacked absolutely everything it’s 6.8 seconds so she’s brought some time back Valentina Hole now but it’s not going to be enough you know Valentina Hole round one UCI downhill World Cup 2025 cross the line in fifth and that means that your winner today is Tanny Seagrave tanny Crave cashing out at round one valentina Hull slumps over the bars has to settle for fifth place today great to see though straight up applauds Tanny tanny Crave lifted in high in the air by Nina Hoffman and Tanny Cra’s 10th elite level UCI downhill world cup win and it’s at round one here in fiasco in Poland on one of the coldest wetest days it’s seen [Music]
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Fantastic well done 🎉🎉
Bring back Rob Warner & Red Bull!!!!