Edited Date/Time
8/23/2017 10:25am
If you're going to try to race a World Cup DH for the very first time, why not go for the gnarliest one of the year?! Cecile Ravanel has been fully dominating the Enduro World Series and is making the jump to World Cup downhill to see how it goes. The EWS course are as challenging, if not more challenging than some of the World Cup DH tracks, so the crossover should be exciting to see. She has already won the EWS overall in the Elite Women's class, so why not? Here at Vital, we're extremely eager to see how she fairs!
from Cecile and Commencal...
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We glad to say that Cecile Ravanel will race the DH World Cup this weekend in Val di Sole!
Cécile's comment: “To race a DH World Cup has always been a dream, but there was always something stopping me... Maybe I was just scared! Recently there have been a lot of people encouraging me to do it and this round falls at a perfect point in the year! Apparently VDS is the most gnarly track of the year, so if I'm going to be scared anyway, I might as well throw myself in at the deep end!”
This week will be exciting! Stay tuned!
Cecile from Vital's Aspen EWS slideshow looking like a full-on DH destroyer! photo by Lee Trumpore
from Cecile and Commencal...
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We glad to say that Cecile Ravanel will race the DH World Cup this weekend in Val di Sole!
Cécile's comment: “To race a DH World Cup has always been a dream, but there was always something stopping me... Maybe I was just scared! Recently there have been a lot of people encouraging me to do it and this round falls at a perfect point in the year! Apparently VDS is the most gnarly track of the year, so if I'm going to be scared anyway, I might as well throw myself in at the deep end!”
This week will be exciting! Stay tuned!
Cecile from Vital's Aspen EWS slideshow looking like a full-on DH destroyer! photo by Lee Trumpore
IFO would not be at all surprised if she got a top-3 result.
2011 Val di Sole Qualifying 11th .... he ended up 21st in finals
Full Results - Men
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Aaron Gwin (USA) Trek World Racing 0:03:16.693
2 Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate 0:00:07.649
3 Marc Beaumont (GBr) Gt Factory Racing 0:00:08.194
4 Gee Atherton (GBr) Gt Factory Racing 0:00:09.191
5 Rémi Thirion (Fra) Labyrinth Shimano Racing Team 0:00:09.918
6 Samuel Hill (Aus) Monster Energy-Specialized 0:00:10.108
7 Josh Bryceland (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate 0:00:10.771
8 Danny Hart (GBr) Giant Factory Off-Road Team 0:00:10.823
9 Cameron Cole (NZl) Lapierre International 0:00:11.437
10 Samuel Blenkinsop (NZl) Lapierre International 0:00:12.590
11 Richard Rude Jr (USA) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team 0:00:12.854
12 Bernard Kerr (GBr) 0:00:13.226
13 Damien Spagnolo (Fra) Ms Mondraker Team 0:00:13.400
14 Brook Macdonald (NZl) Ms Mondraker Team 0:00:13.493
15 Justin Leov (NZl) Trek World Racing 0:00:13.536
16 George Brannigan (NZl) Devinci Global Racing 0:00:13.542
17 Joshua Button (Aus) Sc-Intense 0:00:13.580
18 Mickael Pascal (Fra) Ck Racing Santacruz 0:00:13.687
19 Benjamin Torrano (Fra) 0:00:13.876
20 Steve Peat (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate 0:00:14.112
21 Brendan Fairclough (GBr) Scott11 0:00:14.627
22 Marcelo Gutierrez Villegas (Col) Cg Racing Brigade 0:00:14.923
23 Michael Hannah (Aus) Hutchinson United Ride 0:00:14.954
24 Florent Payet (Fra) Sc-Intense 0:00:14.983
25 Loic Bruni (Fra) Lapierre International 0:00:15.204
But, I wish her well and would be happy to eat my words come race day
Atherton & the women's field vs Cecil
All these athletes crossing grey lines should make for a good sporting weekend
I hope she wins. Predict she's top five.
Good luck, Cecile!
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