Minnaar Wins His 18th World Cup Downhill - Lenzerheide Action Slideshow - Mountain Biking Pictures

No lunge, just flat out pedals and a low body. Greg Minnaar knows a thing or two about winning races as the oldest competitor today. He wins Lenzerheide and his 18th World Cup downhill, setting a new record. -Duncan Philpott

18 and life...One Life. -Lee Trumpore

Peaty lurking in the background plotting his comeback for next year. -Duncan Philpott

Rachel has years of racing experience and can always step it up come race day! Cleanliness earns gold. -Duncan Philpott

One last huge stepdown, a table top, and 2 sketchy corners is all that's left in the path of Rachel Atherton on her way to a massive 5-second victory. -Lee Trumpore

Loic has qualified 1st at three of four races now. It's only a matter of time he takes the win. This over-cooked flat corner, just feet before the finish may have been the difference. -Fraser Britton

Here you go Deano. Hopefully gordo puts this shot near the front of the show so as not to keep you on tenterhooks. Well done. -Duncan Philpott

The double valve technique pioneered by Mark Maurissen and Beaumont a few years ago saved Deano's run today. 3rd place radness. -Sven Martin

Because we care. Bonus Dean Lucas photo from Lourdes. -Johan Hjord

Manon monster-trucks massive mountain monoliths. 2nd place. -Lee Trumpore

Laurie Greenland may be smaller than some of competition but that doesn't stop him putting down a time good enough for the Top 15 Elite men and winning the Junior competition. -Duncan Philpott

Crimmins shouldn't have even been riding today with a chipped elbow and an awkward brace. He rode it steady for 2nd place and protected his points lead. -Sven Martin

Tracey Hannah perfectly balanced on the off-camber and riding it down to 3rd place. -Sven Martin

Troy slingshotting towards the finish line. 4th place in a close race. -Sven Martin

A cloud of dust follows Ragot after she got loose in this corner - a product of pushing it all weekend and ultimately the downfall of a potentially race-winning run. -Duncan Philpott

Gee smashing the fast, rutted, rough berms during practice this morning. He found enough time to be back on the podium with a 5th, just pipped by Troy by just .25-seconds -Sven Martin

USA still on top in the overall on Independence Day. Gwin still leads by a big margin despite slipping a few points to Greg and Loic with his 8th place. -Sven Martin

Gwin rocks. -Lee Trumpore

A mistake-riddled run made Gwin seem a little more human this weekend. -Duncan Philpott

If you can corner like Alex Marin here, you're probably are good enough to race World Cups. Perfect technique while almost pedal dragging a dead-flat turn with a miniscule rut. -Sven Martin

Happy 4th of July, Charlie Harrison and congrats on your 8th place finish in Juniors. -Lee Trumpore

You wish you could look this good on a bike when you're riding injured. 58th on a cruiser run. Look out MSA. -Duncan Philpott

Connor Fearon was on a fast time when he crashed today. If you pushed too hard, you went down. #noregrets -Lee Trumpore

There were some dubious timing incidents today and we'll probably never hear the whole story. -Duncan Philpott

What's one finger when you have 4 more? Josh had a busy day today. Not much of it was spent on a bike or even at the race venue. -Sven Martin

The girls get ready for the podium. There were all sorts of goodies back stages for the winners, including shampoo, hairspray and what not. -Sven Martin

They don't take kindly to chainsaw massacres in Switzerland, but smashing rocks is completely acceptable. 9th place today for Sender Steve. -Lee Trumpore

Instead of trophies and plaques, some of the awards were cases of beer. The mechanics and media quickly made haste use of the prizes. -Sven Martin

Specialized Turbo Levo. Troy Brosnan tests its hill climbing ability before the embargo lift. -Sven Martin

Thanks SRAM as always for the post-race BBQ and beers! I hope Luca has a better start gate experience next race. What a stress! -Sven Martin

Brook MacDonald hucking the triple! -Duncan Philpott

Needles earlier in the day plenty of speed nd plenty of style. Pushing hard in his race run he slid out just before the wave bridge. -Sven Martin

The result was built-in brass knuckles. -Sven Martin

1/8th of a second could have meant a few places today. Only 7-seconds back meant 28th place. Marcelo Gutierrez, eyes on the prize. -Lee Trumpore

Angel Suarez with the Vital Wildcard of the Week award. Fastest speed trap (66.1kph!) and ragging it home to 16th on the #129 plate. -Duncan Philpott

George Brannigan is your man if you want big gaps or sick pretty much anything sick and stylish. One of the few to commit to the proper landing sliding her in sideways. @maddogboris

We're not sure who's hurt worse. The rocks or Sam Dale. An unfortunately 33rd today. -Lee Trumpore

He won the race from Ft. Bill to Leogang out of all the truck teams. Never idle, always busy. Legend. -Sven Martin

Alex Marin receives the day's play from Oscar Saiz this morning before practice. -Sven Martin

Loic Bruni gliding through the glades with the sun catching mirrors. #boss -Sven Martin

Greg Minnaar, the oldest competitor, brings it home to an appreciative capacity crowd here in Lenzerheide -Sven Martin

Beer, not champagne here in Switzelrland. -Sven Martin

Natural goods keeping the media fueled on the hill courtesy of the Radon pits. Apparently there was some likeness. Two of these constitute a full lunch right? -Duncan Philpott

Out of the dust cloud and steaming down the inside, riding smooth and collected for 6th place. Remi. Only 1-second faster and he would have been in 3rd. -Duncan Philpott

Keeping it low and fast. Despite missing a round, Danny's on a number 9 plate thanks to another 8th place this weekend. -Duncan Philpott

Textbook cornering style and looking ahead to that finish arena. 4th place for Morgan Charre. -Duncan Philpott

Crashing out in the finals was not an ideal end to the weekend for Jacob Dickson. -Duncan Philpott

So what color gloves you wearing? Happy July 4th race day! Red, white and blue! @maddogboris

Eddie blasting his way to 11th place. The Bergamont bike park rental rate just increased ten-fold. -Duncan Philpott

No one was sure what quite to expect from the large black tubes the riders were presented with on the podium. The team color confetti is an added bonus for team Atherton Racing who were the fastest on the day. -Duncan Philpott

Too young for juniors, Finn Iles has been course sweeping at mach speed all week. Watch this space. -Lee Trumpore

The Bulldog lived up to his name today in Lenzerheide. Crashing twice then flatting in this section during morning practice, Brook battled his way back to a top 10 finish. -Lee Trumpore

Laurie Greenland growing up fast. -Sven Martin

Water, the drink of a World Champion. H2Ohyeah -Duncan Philpott

Boris' new tattoo coming in hand-y as an arm-y of one. #punintended -Sven Martin

That's one gnarly podium of shredders. -Sven Martin

A gracious victory for the winningest World Cup downhill racer of all time. -Duncan Philpott

Marshy and Minnaar back to their winning ways? Ft Bill De-ja-vu. gordo can make fun of this limo of a bike all he wants, but Greg has 18 World Cup wins and all gordo has is Funyun-dusted keyboard. CONGRATS, GREG! -Sven Martin