RACE HIGHLIGHTS | Elite Men | Round 6 Pal Arinsal | UCI Downhill World Cup

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TBO Depella leaves the start hop in Palar and Salandor a track where he has won as an elite before. Doubles across there really nicely. You can see how aggressive he’s coming out of the Stargate. Last year in the world championships he had the fastest two first sectors of this race. So I expect him to be green green and if he can hold it to the finish might be a time that lasts a long time. This is a track he specializes on Josh and Depella could be a threat for a big long sitting hot seat today. That’s right. He won here in 23. He does know what it takes and he knows how to manage these changing conditions. Fighting this track just a little bit. Hopefully he can maintain this to the bottom. Look how narrow it is through the trees of those big 800 mil wide bars. Pella threading the needle beautifully as he heads back out towards the open piece section now where we saw Wilson come up with a bit of his trademark magic. Depa two seconds faster lands it on the back wheel. Nico yeah little too much too much gas over that triple. Bit of whiskey throttle for TBO Dep as he heads back into the woods again. He’s two seconds up right now. So that aggression is paying off with an incredible run here this afternoon. The speeds are going up. Had to do it the hard way through Q2 yesterday, Tibo Deprell. But this is a track he loves. He feels good on. He feels he can win at. He’s 2.7 seconds faster now. Tbo Drella really smoothly through that last rock garden. This is a big margin on a short track like this. Fastest time yesterday was Max with 239.1. Tot looks like he’s about to smash that today. Tbo pedaling midair, crosses the line, goes 3 seconds faster with a 237.4 fourth jumps off the bike, lights it. The French national champion on fire in Andor, but it’s a good time. Here we go. Lorier, the UCI downhill world champion. Went it on this track just a year ago. Interesting line there. Went inside and gapped over the rock that was kicking a lot of riders. Pretty creative for a simple section. Yeah, there’s one here at UCI World Cup level as well as at UCI Worldsman. The past one of the most successful riders here on calls this place home. lives just up the road 410 a second back in the first split. He’s in touch with his compatriate here and he was so close last weekend. Now he knows the speed. He knows what it takes to be up there and compete and to be here at home with Common Cell at the bottom of the hill. We saw their headquarters this week. He sees he knows and he’s in touch with the people that make that brand what it is. So this is a big weekend for the entire Common Cell crew. About as local as it gets. Lores Verier. It’s a kudos to the brand. You don’t see many other brand owners. It’s Max Commonell. It’s Common Cell bikes. Verier is his world champion and he’s at the bottom watching him race. He’s find some time here. A tenth of a second. Has come back towards Loris Versier. We saw Matt Walker make up some time in this last sector as well. So, we expect the same from Loris. That time is within touch. Max got missile ahead in his hands as UCI Dino world champion. been a man he tried to sign for years and years and is still so happy that he’s part of that brand. Loris V. Really good exit speed around that left turn. Found a real home here at Common Sol. He’s faster now by 210 of a second. Here comes Loris Vier. Is this going to be enough to defell out of that hot seat? Verier has one quarter to go. Loris Far, the UCI Dino World Champion, heads across the line of Palar and Sal and goes fast by 8/10 of a second. Uh to move back there in the last couple of weeks, we’ve seen a big change for Martin. Yeah, you should point out, you know, the five rounds, he’s failed to make finals three times, but when he has done a ninth and a seventh place, so always inside the top 10, and he’s growing back into it, Nico, isn’t he? Yeah. I almost think the first round just suited the enduro riders well. the speeds were a bit slower with the conditions in Poland and then after that it took him a little bit to get used to the pace of a downhill race and it’s really cool to see how he’s taken that on board. He’s adapted and he’s come back these last two races and delivered really good results. M not scared at all through those top corners gets himself across that big rock smoothly and that’s that trademark loping Martin May style we’re used to Josh as he’s 6 hundreds of a second faster than the large version already. Yeah, he carries some great speed through those early corners up high. I like that jump over the rock. Gives a bit of extra speed and momentum into the next section here. This is the key part as Martin comes in with a little bit of hucker side to side. Martin’s got to carry some good speed through here. Such a casual character until he grabs a set of handlebars. A little look up there. Martin M. Such a entertainer on the bike. Great to watch. What can he do at the second split as we wait for the time? Wait for the inflatable split marker to arrive. Looking really, really good so far here. Dancing the line between aggression and precision really nicely. Good acceleration out of that corner as well, Nico. Yeah, he carried good momentum. That’s a crucial turn. Here we go. M half a second fast. Tony Seag liking what he’s seeing so far. It’s good to have that gap in the first two splits. He’s going to have to carry really good momentum across this ski piece and then commit through this bottom. Two10 is not much margin considering how fast Loris was through this second. Martin Maz has been green the whole way down here. Is this going to finally challenge that time of Loris Fier set early in the final session Josh? Yeah, good hard exit out of that left hand. This is where Loris accelerated. Martin is carrying some great speed through the rocks. He goes low. He’s lost.1 of a second. So he’s missed out on.3 so far. Nearly two tack. Can he make it up with one quarter to go? Here comes Martin for a FMD towards the line. Is this going to topple Via? He goes second by only three t of a second. We have a rest on our hands here at Salandor straight through Q1. Learning that consistency. You got to remember he’s still just a young athlete. So, he’s still growing into that role as one of the key riders as part of that YT mob. Look at the breaking bumps getting bigger and bigger. That’s going to be key in a little bit of time to make sure that riders choose the right line to navigate their speed through there. Nico, we talked about it earlier this season, didn’t we? He’s it’s not a bad name. We mentioned in the same breath as, but he’s kind of morphing into a sort of a modern Troy Brosman slightly, isn’t he, Oshin? He is a really consistent rider. I think he he’s a guy who excels in the in the wet conditions. He’s always talking about that. Even this morning, he heard bad weather in the forecast and he was praying for rain, hoping he was going to have to take the rolloffs out. But he’s doing really good considering how dry this track is today. Half a second, a split one for Oshino Callahan. We know that there’s not a whole lot of time in that particular split, but yeah, this is where Oene needs to accelerate. It’s coming back towards him. He’s pulled back another tenth of a second. He gets the backside of the double jump into the trees. Two ten of a second back at the third split for Oshino Callahan now as he heads into the penultimate wood section. Looking good for the young Irishman here, but he needs to turn the lights green. He’s looking really aggressive. This was the section where Lis pulled out a huge margin. Oh, look at the exit speed. This is aggressive. He’s anticipating what’s coming, which is a good sign. He’s still within 210 of a second here. So, if he can lace this one up out of that rock garden, he carried good speed out of this woods. Here comes the Irishman. Oino Kalahan down towards the line. What has he got for Lawrence Fier? He crosses the line and goes third fastest. If Goldstone can get a win today, he will be he will become the first elite male to win five five races in a row. Jackson Goldstone sets out on course in an attempt to make history. He’s a hard rider to bet against, especially the way he’s riding right now. But this track today, I think he’s got his work cut out for him. This suits some of the other riders, some of his big biggest competition really well, but doesn’t mean that he’s out of the race. Josh Aaron Gwyn won five in one season, but not consecutively in 2011. How big a result would this be if Jackson Goldstone can get a win today? Oh, it’ be humongous and it definitely and especially in the very terrain we’ve seen these performances over. It’s not just like one terrain is suited to him. It’s back to back to back to back on all different types. Right now, he’s slightly back in a section that we probably would assume Jackson would not excel. His creativity, the way he picks apart the technical sections is will all be in the second half of this track here today. He’s 4/10 of a second back at the first split. The man who’s wearing the green of the UCI World Cup overall points leader. Goldstone huge lead in that competition now thanks to four wins back to back to back to back heads towards the second split through this slightly tweaked section here in Palaron Salandor at the second round. 2025 UCI downhill world cup needs a nice little exit here to carry speed down. We know he’s not the biggest rider out there, Nico, so he might lose some time here. Let’s get him into the second split. He’s using all the track. You see him all the way on the left side over that triple what took Amry out. The whole Santa Cruz camp is buzzing for getting their first ever double win last time out in the wheel. Look at him floating through some of these bumps. The entrance here is speed that we haven’t seen since exit. That was a great exit. This is where it counts in 9/10. Nice deep pink fores on the bottom of F is the hard line. The hug across. Jackson Goldstone is feeding it. Jackson going towards the final corner. Jackson Goldstone. Is it going to be a famous fight for Jackson Goldstone crosses and goes fast of a second? That cycle. He needs to find an answer for Jackson Goldstone. The big red ass of Superman not specializ on top of his helmet Rooney leaves the start hut and gets to work here in Palar and Salandor. Look how calm he is. He’s whooped da 120 to 130 in the start gate. This man means business. Super Brun was Superman launching this weekend. What a moment. Bike squirming around underneath him slightly through those corners. Nico. Yeah, pushing the insides of the turns, trying to avoid some of those breaking holes. Just a little bit looser there, but he looks like he’s really composed. He’s charging here today and leveraging every single ounce of the champion that he is. Look at the speed through the key section. The speed under the drone is obvious and absolutely flying like got a win and BA to start the year. Heads down into the open crosses. Another split. It’s 1.3 seconds. He’s lost the 10th now. He won the first of five UCI world titles here back in 2015 beating Greg Manor and Josh Braceland that day. Here comes Lloyd Brun that the old track in Valor of course very very different to this 168 beats per minute. Jackson and Loris were very fast through this fourth sector but I think Brun has enough time to play with here and I think he can get to the finish even with that 1.3 margin. He’s got to charge. He’s got to attack the entrance into the rock garden here. 1 seconds at split four. Brun dances across the rocks heads down the final shoot will head out into the open and it’s going to be Lloyd Brun second win the year L Brun is he going to break Jackson go crosses the line and goes fastest in Palar and Salora what a run from Ly back to his very very best apologies if you heard any language of the specialized teammate there celebrates with his best friend at the bottom Jackson Goldstone is going to be denied. A famous five in a row, but take nothing away. There we go. We saw a bit of emotion from Lorov last time out in L. We see even more this week. Here’s the results then. Brun from Jackson Goldstone by 1.2 seconds. Verier May is up in fourth position. O’ Callahan fifth. Depella cold. Penn Williams Norton 10th back in action. Yeah, it means a lot um having this season battling with Jackson and being always like have to let him be better. Uh I came here I came here with so much motivation and also a lot of redemption and big feelings from last year crashing at world champs. So I really wanted it. It was difficult because this track was fully flat out not much to to do like just open the gas and a lot of guys were incredibly fast and I’m so happy that I could be a bit loser or crazier than everybody but Jackson was again on fire. So it’s really cool to beat him fair and square but uh it’s a cool season and I’m happy to to be at the top and sharing the podium with Loris is amazing too. So hell of a day.