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Aletha Ostgaard wins US Open by 2.79 seconds over Camille Balanche to take the $15,000 first place cash.
Aletha also wins the Hole Shot Award of $500 by having the fastest first sector time. What a weekend for her!
(She might also have won the season overall for the Monster Energy Pro Series. Not sure about that. She came into the race in 2nd in the standings and series leader Kailey Skelton had difficulties in the 3rd sector, ultimately finishing 22nd. That might have been enough to give Aletha the series points lead.)
3rd through 5th were: Maylei Leaneagh, Mille Johnset, and Arleigh Kemp.
Time gap from 1st to 5th was 6.57 seconds.
A quick note about Arleigh Kemp, in case anyone's wondering: She's a 15-year old Canadian DH racer who's had quite a bit of success the past couple of years. I'm pretty sure she lives in Whistler, BC.
Canyon may need to capture the vibe Aletha got from this event and apply it to world cups. Not sure if it can possibly transfer over but she was just vibin in the zone.
pretty sure between her, kiefer, and troy's results recently (and their recent "team" wins), the canyon vibe is strong. now if luca can just get some luck...
I just checked on the timing site for the US Open and it seems to be frozen. It last updated something like 25 minutes ago, when Asa Vermette was on the hill. It showed his 1st split time and nothing after that. At that time, the top 4 finishers were Norton, Rude, Brosnan and Gwin.
Haha, what a suspenseful way to finish the race coverage. As I mentioned in a previous comment, the "live" timing site they use for this race is not very impressive. This is another example.
alright i'll confess. I'll stop putting him on my Fantasy so he can get a podium.
it's his fault for riding so well in TT/Qz! what was I supposed to do!?
Well, they just updated it.
Dakotah Norton wins the US Open by 0.67 seconds over Richie Rude. I think he also wins the $500 Hole Shot prize for fastest 1st split time.
3rd - 5th were: Brosnan, Vermette, Gwin.
Time gap from 1st to 5th was 3.63 seconds.
Prize money:
1st - $15,000
2nd - $7500
3rd - $3750
4th - $1875
5th - $950
fuck yeah dak! privateer vanlife ftw! (at least for this race)
Impressive for Dak to win on that track after the injury. Definitely shows how good he is at generating speed from bike inputs.
Should go a long way for his renovation goals. Both on and off the bike with that 15 k.
A few quick notes on US Open and Monster Energy Pro Downhill Series:
- Dakotah now has three wins and one 2nd place finish in the last 4 US Opens.
- Kailey Skelton won the Series overall by just 4 points, with Mayleigh Leaneagh taking second. Kailey won 3 of the 5 Series races this year.
- Aaron Gwin won the men's Series overall by 12 points (215 to 203) over Dante Silva. Five different men won races this season.
(I don't know if they give a cash prize for winning the overall.)
I believe there is a series prize but it’s very small compared to the individual races. Clay has stated one of his goals is to increase the purse for the overall series.
I think Dakotah was really overcome when he realized he'd just won. It's been a tough year for him, to put it mildly.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPHumgfD89F/?hl=en
Best rider to never have won a world cup, hope that title doesn't stick with him for his entire career.
Putting full US Open results below. Great stuff! Can't wait for the Race Replay
Pro Women's
1. ALETHA OSTGAARD 3:02.868
2. CAMILLE BALANCHE 3:05.658
3. MAYLEI LEANEAGH 3:08.093
4. MILLE JOHNSET 3:08.144
5. ARLEIGH KEMP 3:09.441
6. RAINA LOGAR 3:13.612
7. ZANNA LOGAR 3:14.677
8. RUBY WELLS 3:17.187
9. MAZIE HAYDEN 3:17.416
10. TAYLOR OSTGAARD 3:18.715
11. CAMERON BRAGG 3:20.099
12. INDY DEAVOLL 3:21.060
13. JORDAN SCOTT 3:21.573
14. ROISIN MCGUINNESS 3:21.685
15. ANNA NEWKIRK 3:22.343
16. TAYTE PROULX ROYDS 3:24.875
17. KALE CUSHMAN 3:29.077
18. SOPHIE GREGORY 3:31.090
19. ISLA O CONNOR 3:33.277
20. FLORENCIA RODRÍGUEZ CONTARDO 3:35.149
21. MCKENNA MERTEN 3:38.798
22. KAILEY SKELTON 3:41.347
23. KALLIE STEWART 3:42.038
24. ASHLEY STEARNS 3:45.548
25. KIMBER BURGER 4:00.288
26. TEAGAN HEAP 4:13.207
27. BEE BLACK 4:18.192
28. SARAH SHYMSKE 4:40.760
29. LEAH MACARTNEY DNF
Pro Men's
1. DAKOTAH NORTON 2:36.631
2. RICHARD RUDE 2:37.303
3. TROY BROSNAN 2:37.723
4. ASA VERMETTE 2:38.247
5. AARON GWIN 2:40.263
6. JACKSON CONNELLY 2:40.298
7. JOE BREEDEN 2:40.886
8. COLE SUETOS 2:40.907
9. DANTE SILVA 2:41.001
10. EVAN MEDCALF 2:41.110
11. ALDEN PATE 2:41.949
12. DANIEL CASTELLANOS 2:42.982
13. TEGAN CRUZ 2:43.226
14. AIDEN CHAPIN 2:43.371
15. TYLER WAITE 2:43.387
16. JON MOZELL 2:43.494
17. ANDREW DRISCOLL 2:44.012
18. GEORGE BRANNIGAN 2:44.409
19. NICOLAS BROCHET 2:44.660
20. AUSTIN DOOLEY 2:44.697
21. GREG WILLIAMSON 2:45.078
22. JAGGER BUCY 2:45.428
23. NATHAN KITCHEN 2:45.456
24. CHRIS GRICE 2:45.771
25. LUCAS DEDORA 2:45.803
26. MICHAEL DELESALLE 2:46.108
27. BERGEN O'NEILL 2:46.448
28. DYLAN CONTE 2:47.047
29. NIKOLAS NESTOROFF 2:47.730
30. MARK WALLACE 2:47.810
31. JONTY WILLIAMSON 2:48.194
32. DRAKE PARKER 2:48.370
33. JAKE POLITO 2:48.914
34. MAX ABRAMS 2:49.201
35. MACK MANIETTA 2:49.445
36. BRAEDYN DAVIS 2:49.540
37. GREG MINNAAR 2:49.824
38. SHANE LESLIE 2:50.272
39. GAVIN TOMLINSON 2:50.418
40. LOICK HUDON 2:51.023
41. LUCA COMETTI 2:51.066
42. NATHAN STERCKX 2:51.405
43. JULIEN MARKEWITZ 2:52.749
44. COLIN MCELYEA 2:52.765
45. WILL HYNES 2:53.022
46. MITCH ROPELATO 2:53.163
47. AUSTIN HAESSLY 2:53.569
48. SAM TOOHEY 2:53.851
49. CADE CLASON 2:54.025
50. KYLE FINDLAY 2:54.885
51. ELI GADBOIS 2:54.915
52. JORDAN BOULDIN 2:56.355
53. CODY KELLEY 2:56.898
54. DAN MOON 2:58.268
55. JULIEN LARAMÉE 2:58.424
56. SANTIAGO VAZQUES 2:59.038
57. BODIE HEFLIN 2:59.262
58. KAHLIL KEM 2:59.266
59. GEORGE RYAN 3:02.662
60. RONNIE VANCE 3:02.964
61. ADAM ROBBINS 3:03.165
62. MIKEY HADERER 3:03.456
63. JUSTIN GAGNÉ 3:03.478
64. MCLURE BAILEY 3:03.933
65. JAKE DESMARAIS 3:03.976
66. COLBY SMITH 3:03.987
67. MARIUS DALLAIRE-BOUCHARD 3:05.526
68. DANNY PUGMIRE 3:06.578
69. KEVIN WILSON 3:07.619
70. HENRY DAVIS 3:10.908
71. ZANE HULET 3:11.459
72. YOAN PHANEUF 3:13.760
73. DEXTER WILSON 3:17.137
74. MARVIN MUSQUIN 3:25.447
75. DMITRIY SEMENOV 3:29.000
76. JED STANTON 3:34.808
77. NATHAN SYKES 3:39.470
78. COLIN MULALLY 3:48.744
79. MICHAEL WILLIAMS 3:55.436
80. CONNOR CASLER 4:07.042
81. AVERY SYKES DNF
82. WILL GOODY DNF
Mille's and Troy's runs. course and conditions look great, crowd was legit!
Dak is such a boss! He is so genuinely him. Such a beacon in an already awesome sport.
So stoked for DAK!
Stoked for Dak what a turnaround for him over this season.
Where did Richie Rude find the pace? He's been struggling in DH all season really, and suddenly turned it on
Goat Skull is on the flatter side for a DH race course. I could picture Richie's pedal and pumping power being a weapon on this track. Either way I'm stoked for both of them.
AG Whiteface course preview
that looks like such a sick track! way more tech than i was expecting from the pics we saw. really stoked!
The wide open upper woods looks sick, tons of line choice.
considering that high-speed straight, we may have to implement the Vital MTB Sammy Hagar award if anyone gets over 55mph.
In 1999 Jurgen Beneke said if we want the average US citizen to watch downhill we need to give them what they understand. Speed, big air and crashes. I hope there are no gnarly crashes but this track has high speed, big air and enough tech to keep it interesting. Should be a great race. My money is on Asa for the win.
Aaron should be pretty proud of what they've accomplished.
Cool to see a World Cup track with slow speed tech corners instead of the usual stuff of the last few years. Could (hopefully) make for some cool special lines people might keep in their pocket until their race runs.
Looks sick. Placid and MSA back to back...I'm so stoked.
That middle straight at Whitface is going to be so fast!
That track is sick.
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