2021 Les Gets World Cup Downhill Race Slideshow

Tahnee on her way to a World Cup DH win in Les Gets. She kept her run clean and consistent, despite the rain setting in, and took the win by .2 seconds. -Sven Martin

Yeah Tahnee! That Champagne shower was defo yours. @maddogboris

Winning Bike plus Dad and Team Manager, Tony Seagrave. He's obviously winning the sock game too. @maddogboris

When you start on a nearly fresh track...@maddogboris

Thibaut Daprela - the dark knight into the light. In very wet and sketchy conditions, Thibaut did what most thought wasn't possible -put down a run to compete with those who ran in the dry. Not only did he do that, he won the race by 2.4 seconds in the end. -Sven Martin

Thibaut Daprela smashing the last corner before winning his first Elite race. @maddogboris

Daprela happy to stomp one, clean fast run when it counted after a challenging week of questions and decisions. -Sven Martin

Another French win in France. Thibaut Daprela knew he had laid down a heater. -Dan Hearn

Viva La France. -Sven Martin

Thibaut doing the Formula-1-champagne-thing. @maddogboris

Leader's jersey for someone who almost didn’t ride this week. Sometimes luck is on your side (as long as there is plenty of hard work and determination behind it). -Sven Martin

When we met Thibaut early morning before practice, we actually thought he just here to check lines for his teammates. Didn't expect this to be a portrait of a race winner this week. @maddogboris

Inside or outside that is the question. -Sven Martin

Canyon Collective FMD Junior, Phoebe Gale, getting low in training before winning the race on Saturday @maddogboris

Junior, Phoebe Gale crushed it in finals and took her first win. -Dan Hearn

Yeow Jackson Goldstone! First Wold Cup win for the Canadian Shredder. @maddogboris

A strong performance from Jackson Goldstone who was attacking from training to finals. 1st place for the Canadian Junior. -Dan Hearn

Jackson Goldstone was over the moon to take his first World Cup win and it seemed his competitors were, too. Good vibes in the Junior field. -Dan Hearn

Is this a photo or a video? The lift was so slow, it's hard to know the difference. @maddogboris

From her first runs on the new track it was obvious that Myriam Nicole was both confident and focused. A crash in the woods cost her the win, but she was happy with all of her preparation and overcoming of fears this week. -Sven Martin

PomPon was already fully pinned in her first training runs. Most MediaSquids would have probably put the money on her for the win. @maddogboris

Myriam Nicole came in super confident this week and jumped the blind, tech and big road gap early on the first day of training. One of only four women to do so this weekend. -Sven Martin

Pompon admits she’s ok by being beaten by Tahnee. The two have helped each other back through multiple tough injuries the past few seasons. Sometimes rivals can work together and not against each other. -Sven Martin

Max Hartenstern is the first German male to stand on a World Cup podium in 13 years. -Dan Hearn

Max Hartenstern is a grafter. He’s been getting great splits all week and held it together for 2nd in finals. -Dan Hearn

Madison Junior, Jordan Williams, taking in the view and stoked on a 2nd place in Junior Men. @maddogboris

Izabela Yankova finished 2nd in Junior Women just 2.2 seconds off the win with some impressive green splits on the way down. @maddogboris

Plenty of options for a trail bike around here. -Sven Martin

Camille Balanche keeps on trucking. When it's steep, tech and slippery, she really comes into her own. Third on the day and leaving with the leader's jersey still on her back. -Sven Martin

Baptiste Pierron sprinting for the last jump before the finish @maddogboris

Coming here we always expected Pierron to be on the podium. We didn’t think it would be Baptiste. Well done, flying the family flag high! -Sven Martin

Anastasia Thiele in the race run that landed her on the podium in Junior Women. 3rd place. -Sven Martin

3rd place Junior, Lachlan Stevens-Mcnab, was possibly the only rider to inside the last berm in finals. -Dan Hearn

And then it turned into a spectacle! Love it when Juniors let loose. Sideways-step-out on the final berm Lachlan out of New Zealand. -Sven Martin

Junior Men Podium left-to-right: Jordan Williams, Jackson Goldstone, Lachlan Steven-Mcnab @maddogboris

Good to see teams like FMD developing new talent in both Men's and Womens Junior divisions. Double win for the two ladies. -Sven Martin

Max Commencal has racing in his DNA, it’s part of his business and part of his life. His passion is evident and it's no surprise that success follows. -Sven Martin

Reece’s Rut. This shot is from training day so imagine the state of the ground during finals. Marshalls were having to pack it down with shovels between runs. -Dan Hearn

Reece Wilson. Only one foot off the main line, but it made all the difference, slingshotting him straight into the booter out of the woods with much more speed than anyone else. A little bit of a brake check and he would have sealed an amazing run in the toughest of conditions. -Sven Martin

The aftermath of Reece’s race run. Aptly cheered on by the wildest of the mob here in Les Gets. -Sven Martin

Reece Wilson, peakless, battered and muddy, but surely one of the most memorable runs in years. -Dan Hearn

This is a picture of Reece Wilson which actually resembles his crazy race run. @maddogboris

It was war out there this weekend. More DNS and injuries than we’ve seen in a long while. What a track! -Sven Martin

Sad to see Marine (and many others) out with injury from the super-awkward, blind and tech road gap. It's a fine line downhill racing treads balancing both safety and legitimacy. -Sven Martin

Troy had a tough weekend in both qualifying and race run. Not often we see him crashing twice against the clock. -Sven Martin

When the top men struggle and are scared of features, you know it's legit. Or too much? -Sven Martin

That´s how you make World Cup winners happy - pimp their Scooters. @maddogboris

Greg Minnaar with the best result out of the top qualifiers. He rode an attacking-yet-clean run in the rain to a very credible 7th position. -Sven Martin

Last man down, Loic Bruni, had the wettest course and knew it was a tough job ahead. -Dan Hearn

The last man down the hill. Loic's fans were waiting hours in the rain for this moment! @maddogboris

Fat and Furious was just way too good. Can you spot Loic in there? @maddogboris

The clean, dry kits of those on the hot seat in contrast to the wet muddy ones of the recent finishers, all watching Loic Bruni, the last man down. -Sven Martin

Quali-winning run by Loic Bruni. Hope you listened to his interview to know more about his perspective of the rainy race. @maddogboris

Matt readying Vali’s bike with some new rotors. Brakes were something she chose to ignore in the final turn of her race run. -Sven Martin

Damn, Vali. @maddogboris

Another race and another crash within sight of the finish line for Vali. Heartbreaking. -Sven Martin

Eliot Jackson with his first, full-live commentating gig on Red Bull TV. Welcome to the big time! -Sven Martin

Bernard Kerr angle number 1/2/3? What a pleasure to watch his run on the live feed. This is what DH is about -Sven Martin

Bernard Kerr. Mud on his pants or the result of this incredible save on the last berm? -Dan Hearn

Slip-n-Slide for Bernard Kerr. @maddogboris

Bernard's secret training techniques? Plenty of e-bike-powered dog walks. -Sven Martin

Pee with a view for Dan Hearn. @maddogboris

Is it the incoming weather or the outgoing smoke from Boris fogging up the shot? -Sven Martin<br />

Andreas Kolb had a wild week - almost hitting a car in timed training and then having one of the loosest runs in finals, saving himself from the off-camber-death-stump. -Dan Hearn

Connor Fearon feeling quite at home in Europe. -Sven Martin

Good, old French open piste - perfect for slalom in the winter and French Downhill World Cups in the summer. Mille with some cross-training. -Sven Martin

Finn looking clean. He’s always a favorite on wet, tech tracks but it didn’t go his way this weekend afternoon after qualifying seventh. -Sven Martin

You don’t need to see his face to know who the rider is in the shot by now. -Sven Martin

Deano stepping out the rear end in the moto ruts that littered the top of the track. -Sven Martin

Blenki on fire! @maddogboris

Pinkbike emo opener photo epic picture. -Sven Martin

Angel played a big part in the development of the new Commencal bike. A 2nd-place qualifier is a highlight of the weekend with a challenging race run in the wet. -Sven Martin

Not quite the same bike as under Amaury, Myriam and Daprela. Work is never done. - Angel's bike. -Sven Martin

Mark Wallace. Tidy and fast, -Sven Martin

Chaotic scenes here in Les Gets yet again. -Sven Martin

Monika Hrastnik sailing into the finish area and onto another podium. Team Dorval hold on as the leading UCI DH team and the yellow plates for another race. -Sven Martin

Another Kiwi, Ollie Davis from Union in fourth, missing the podium but just 0.2 seconds. -Sven Martin

Noga was happy to qualify and race in the final. This will give her heaps of skill and speed at this week's EWS in La Thuile. -Sven Martin

Luca Shaw flat out. Using trees for berms when he needs to. Steve Peat, Syndicate honcho, in the audio. -Sven Martin

Man, what a boy. I saw him going so fast and taking plenty of crashes this week. All-or-nothing always for Kade Edwards. -Sven Martin

#USDH - Christopher Grice has the speed and lines in training, now he just needs to shift into another gear on race day. -Sven Martin

Some rolled this, others squashed it just past the roots. Not Phil Atwill. Don't ever change! -Sven Martin

Charlie Hatton was looking like one of the quickest all week on this steep, wet, tech track. He got swapped in a moto rut on a lip and suffered a big crash, concussion and body bruising. He will be welcoming the extended World Cup break. -Sven Martin

Wide and slippery with ruts and stumps and trees to navigate. A lot harder to pull off at race pace than it looks. Pau pinned. -Sven Martin

Mille Johnset with her first Elite podium. Choosing to stay on the dry tires paid off for her. -Sven Martin

Remi Thiron. We know he would have wanted more out of this track and conditions, but his race run was a clinic in technique, on his own lines as usual. -Sven Martin

Kade Edwards sliding sideways around the final, rain-slicked berm. Trek colors matching the French flag he's about to fly under. -Sven Martin

We have still not quite seen a proper World Cup race run from Loris this year. It will be much anticipated when we do. -Sven Martin

Danny Hart was looking the fastest in this section. @maddogboris

Yeah Connor! 4th place for the Aussie @maddogboris

We freakin love the crazy French Fans, and so does Benoit Coulanges who's barely visible at light-speed in this picture. @maddogboris

The lift in Les Gets was so slow that some riders fell asleep midway and nearly fell off. @maddogboris

Nina Hoffmann had the idea to roll the road gap instead of taking the b-line. Turned out she was a bit too fast and broke her collarbone. @maddogboris

Mark Wallace had a close call landing the roadgap. Luckily his bar-dragging skills saved him. Stoked to see Sharky on the Podium @maddogboris

Mark Wallace and Fabien Barel. @maddogboris

George Brannigan with a 9th! @maddogboris

Laurie Greenland and a few French fans. I can't even imagine how the finish area will look like at next years' World Champs. @maddogboris

1/20th Brendog Pan for his race run. @maddogboris

Emilie Siegenthaler in front of spectators. It was kinda weird but also pretty rad to have fans back at the races. @maddogboris

Moody pan shot for David Trummer. @maddogboris

You can't get any further away from the deep, mainline rut. @maddogboris

Steeze. Brendog on the step-down a few meters out of the start gate. @maddogboris

Pau Menoyo Busquetes ended up 8th in finals after a solid 3rd in qualis. @maddogboris

The calm before the storm. @maddogboris

Yeow FMD Family! You rock! @maddogboris

Brook MacDonald looked impressively dialed and controlled all week with one of the most incredible race runs of the day. Wet? Dry? Didn't matter, Brook held his lines. @maddogboris

As long as you hold the bars you got the grip. Or something similar was going through Kade Edwards' head. @maddogboris

Sometimes you just have to be a bit lucky as a photographer, and be at the right spot at the right time. @maddogboris

Oisin O'Callaghan in his race run. After 2 green splits, he lost some time to Jackson in the bottom part. @maddogboris

Cannonball Noga Korem on the "Straight Shooter" jump. @maddogboris

Not the Race Ed Masters was looking for in 59th. He went down in the wet and steep grass chute. @maddogboris

22nd place for, Union Rider, Benjamin Zwar. @maddogboris

It's all about the details. Troy's mechanic, Aaron, chatting to the SRAM BLACKBOX crew. @maddogboris

Joe Breeden had a storming run and finished 10th with a crash. -Dan Hearn

#USDH - Dakotah Norton is one to rely on for style over any lump or jump. -Dan Hearn

Dakotah Norton remembering to keep it fun out there on the awkward last jumps. -Dan Hearn

Remi Thirion continuing to clinic as he gets wild, taking a fresh line between two ruts. -Dan Hearn

Not one to be in the limelight, Connor Fearon let's his riding do the talking. -Dan Hearn

Champagne showers, but no drinking for Thibaut Daprela, who is still recovering from several crashes. -Dan Hearn

The most cost-efficient Fantasy Team rider, Matteo Iniguez. -Dan Hearn

2019 winner, Amaury Pierron, still made it onto the team podium in spirit. He was sorely missed by everyone and we wish him the speediest of recoveries. -Dan Hearn

Danny Hart was looking strong but fell victim to the weather in his finals run. The most inside line of everyone on this corner. -Dan Hearn

Mille limbering up before a long few days in Les Gets. -Dan Hearn

Kona Junior, Noah Hofmann, breaking into the light. -Dan Hearn

Parting shot. See you in Maribor. -Sven Martin