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RESULTS: Qualifying, 2017 Lourdes World Cup DH 21

A 29er on top and some incredibly close racing! Analyze the data from qualifying at Lourdes today.

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4/29/2017 6:00 AM

RESULTS: Qualifying, 2017 Lourdes World Cup DH

A sizeable crowd, flawless weather and perfect track conditions made for one of the most exciting World Cup qualifying sessions in recent memory. Loris Vergier took a 29er to the top spot in Elite Men, Tahnee Seagrave put a hit out on Rachel Atherton in Elite Women's and Matt Walker was the fastest Junior of the day.

Study the data and get ready for race day!

Super Sick Slowmo from Quali practice this morning

Lourdes Slomo Sickness | Qualification Day Practice on Vital MTB

Loris Vergier on his way to qualifying #1

Loic Bruni, 2nd
Luca Shaw, 3rd
Danny Hart, 4th
Aaron Gwin, 5th

Official Elite Men's Results

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Tahnee Seagrave 1st place qualifier.

Elite Women Qualifying Results

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Matt Walker, 1st Place

Kaos Seagrave, 2nd place
Finn Iles, 3rd place

Junior Qualifying Results

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All Things Lourdes World Cup DH

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Vital MTB member LLLLL 37223 LLLLL /images/default/avatar/c50.png https://www.vitalmtb.com/community/LLLLL,37223/all 08/30/15 1 https://www.vitalmtb.com/community/LLLLL,37223/setup 1 244 401
LLLLL 4/30/2017 2:17 AM

Rain due at 2pm?

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Vital MTB member Tehllama 41774 Tehllama /images/default/avatar/c50.png https://www.vitalmtb.com/community/Tehllama,41774/all 07/21/16 7 24
Tehllama 4/29/2017 9:55 PM

What happened to Florent Payet? I'd be gutted if he couldn't run in the final, after putting it on the podium in Val di Sol

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Tehllama 5/1/2017 9:44 PM

Lol, just kidding. A brilliant fourth place.

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philipmcm 4/29/2017 5:52 PM

Part of the reason I prefer vital for race coverage is because each article title isn't a paragraph long, unlike that other website.

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Vital MTB member grinch 27945 grinch https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/users/27945/avatar/c50_WINNING2_1404268568.jpg?1404267960 https://www.vitalmtb.com/community/grinch,27945/all 10/15/13 https://www.vitalmtb.com/community/grinch,27945/setup 110 245
grinch 4/29/2017 1:37 PM

Brook cleans up that first split and he's a contenda

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Verbl Kint 4/29/2017 1:20 PM

29er comes on top on the 29th of April

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metadave 4/29/2017 12:45 PM

Let's be real though for a moment, Loris and Luca were top 5 contenders all last season as is Minaar and the times are reasonably tight. I don't see anything out of the ordinary here looking at the numbers.

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Vital MTB member Eoin 34379 Eoin /images/default/avatar/c50.png https://www.vitalmtb.com/community/Eoin,34379/all 03/06/15 https://www.vitalmtb.com/community/Eoin,34379/setup 102 91
Eoin 4/29/2017 1:34 PM

We need this reminder on every page: These are the 7th and 9th ranked guys from last year, and they are both ~20 years old, so it is completely normal that they keep progressing each year into their mid-twenties.

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Vital MTB member Pininator 2697 Pininator https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/users/2697/avatar/c50_100062720_1279587405.jpg?1290157567 https://www.vitalmtb.com/community/Pininator,2697/all 05/03/10 2 46 37 1005 1 1
Pininator 4/29/2017 12:12 PM

Crazy splits between Loris and Loic!

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Vital MTB member troyleedesigns 35476 troyleedesigns https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/users/35476/avatar/c50_image_1431367921.jpg?1431366973 https://www.vitalmtb.com/community/troyleedesigns,35476/all 05/11/15 10 1 5
troyleedesigns 4/29/2017 12:00 PM

YEAH Luca! and Gwin. TLD Top 5!

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Vital MTB member adamdigby 59 adamdigby https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/users/59/avatar/c50_92032930_1249115959.jpg?1290150009 https://www.vitalmtb.com/community/adamdigby,59/all 08/01/09 2 38 11 https://www.vitalmtb.com/community/adamdigby,59/setup 2 32 74
adamdigby 4/29/2017 11:34 AM

I was about to comment about the top 23 Men being ranked same order through the speed trap, but it appears they are just giving an average speed down the track. Does anyone out there know if they will be having a speed trap this race?

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Vital MTB member sspomer 2 sspomer https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/users/2/avatar/c50_Screen_Shot_2015_03_09_at_2.10.12_PM_1425936051.jpg?1425935424 https://www.vitalmtb.com/community/sspomer,2/all 06/26/09 1295 170 19483 772 303 2103 3062 26 36
sspomer 4/29/2017 11:38 AM

not sure. if it's not in qualifying, i'd wager it won't be in finals b/c the system is in place. total guess though. the timing company has changed from years past (used to be tissot, now it's chronorace). top speed was always rad to see

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Vital MTB member Maverickdh005 8859 Maverickdh005 https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/users/8859/avatar/c50_Maverick_3.jpg?1307599465 https://www.vitalmtb.com/community/Maverickdh005,8859/all 06/08/11 44 332
Maverickdh005 4/29/2017 11:19 AM

Top qualifying result for rookie and privateer Keegan Wright 31st inside some big names, good hunting boi for the finals!

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Vital MTB member DubC 11292 DubC /images/default/avatar/c50.png https://www.vitalmtb.com/community/DubC,11292/all 10/26/11 2 1 56 76
DubC 4/29/2017 8:18 AM

bye bye 27.5 DH bike sales. See you on the other side, Felicia.

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Vital MTB member sspomer 2 sspomer https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/users/2/avatar/c50_Screen_Shot_2015_03_09_at_2.10.12_PM_1425936051.jpg?1425935424 https://www.vitalmtb.com/community/sspomer,2/all 06/26/09 1295 170 19483 772 303 2103 3062 26 36
sspomer 4/29/2017 7:44 AM

RAW is up! http://www.vitalmtb.com/videos/features/Vital-RAW-2017-World-Cup-Downhill-Chaos-from-Lourdes,33587/jawlor,779

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Redwoodrider 4/29/2017 7:35 AM

What, Syndicate!
kooks

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LLLLL 4/29/2017 7:02 AM

What happened to Jacob, phill,Jones and Beaumont?

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Condro 4/29/2017 6:30 AM

2 29ers in the top 5?

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Pininator 4/29/2017 9:47 AM

Shots = fired. I'm pretty sure Pinkbike is imploding as I type this. wink

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fabdemaere 4/29/2017 7:13 AM

I think it makes perfect sense for Loris, he's always been blazing fast, he was just a little on the loose side, which people often forget, because the French are almost all "slow iz smoozze, smoozze iz fast" type of riders. The wagon wheels most likely help him tame down his wild style

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iceman2058 4/29/2017 6:38 AM

3 in the top-6!!!

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