Mountain Bike World Championships 2022 [FULL RACE – DHI] (ladies)

August 27, 2022

Mountain Bike World Championships 2022 – DHI WE – Les Gets

The Mountain Bike World Championships come around once a season and are the most coveted and hard fought race of the year. To be victorious means wearing the biggest prize in cycling – the Rainbow Jersey. Win it and you become a legend and go down in cycling history for eternity. This year’s World Championships take place in Les Gets, an Alpine ski resort that’s played host to countless top-tier mountain bike competitions over the past thirty years. The French commune has even hosted the Mountain Bike World Championships once already in 2004. Riders from all over the globe will have been competing all year in national races and – for many – on the UCI World Cup circuit, accumulating UCI points to compete for the overall World Cup title.
As the name suggests Downhill is all about harnessing gravity! Much like downhill skiing, riders race one at a time down a course littered with obstacles which test the riders’ skill, nerve and equipment. The rider who has the quickest time and – crucially – has also remained between the course tape is the winner! Tracks typically take anywhere between three to six minutes to thunder down and often riders can reach in excess of 70kmph. The Les Gets course has a new design since the 2021 World Cup, including a number of technical sections, with riders catching a glimpse of Mont Blanc before they descend the 2.4km track which has an average gradient of -23.8%.

Vali Höll has become the first Austrian downhill World Champion after an incredible run put her just under a second ahead of Nina Hoffmann. Myriam Nicole couldn’t take the win on home soil but still mages to secure the bronze medal. Despite only recently having surgery Camille Balanche crossed the line in fourth place.

Results :
1st. Vali Höll: 3:53.857
2nd. Nina Hoffmann: 3:54.763
3rd. Myriam Nicole: 3:57.304
4th. Camille Balanche: 3:58.062
5th. Monika Hrastnik: 3:59.570