THE GOAT+1 - Lousa World Cup DH Slideshow Race 1 - Mountain Biking Pictures

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Greg Minnaar, the Greatest Of All Time, does the nearly unthinkable and takes his 22nd World Cup Downhill win in Lousa, Portugal. Familiar with the region and venue, his experience and strategy took out racers that were two years old when he was racing. The first of two races in Portugal is in the books and oh what a race it was. @maddogboris and Dan Hearn deliver the goods from the race while Sven Martin keeps us all entertained on Instagram from his couch in South Africa. YEW!!

Greg Minnaar crossing the finish line full green and no one else could catch him. It's good to see the GOAT where the GOAT belongs. @maddogboris

Thanks @anotherbikerguy for the stats: Greg's first WC win 2001. 22 wins in 19 years of racing. Loic was 7 and Matt 2 years old when Greg won his first World Cup. #oldguysrule @maddogboris

+1 to the tally for the G.O.A.T. -Dan Hearn

Congrats Pompon! 4-something seconds faster than Marine. That's pretty impressive. @maddogboris

It’s Myriam Nicole’s first win since the first race of last year. Stoked to see her back on top of the box! -Dan Hearn

Pompon deserved the highlight of today! @maddogboris

Yeah Ethan! The GT Factory Junior got his first WC win. @maddogboris

Charging from start to finish, GT’s Ethan Craik took the win by a convincing 2.7 seconds. -Dan Hearn

France’s Leona Pierrini has won every World Cup so far this year, including today's. -Dan Hearn

Matt Walker donned the leader;s jersey after today’s race and his 2nd place finish. -Dan Hearn

Matt Walker, eyes on the prize. 2nd place today for the young Brit. -Dan Hearn

2nd place finisher Marine Cabirou with the inside line! @maddogboris

Spanish Junior, Pau Menoyo Busquets, 2.711 seconds behind Ethan Craik in 2nd. @maddogboris

Full focus. Tahnee Seagrave charging hard and stoked to be back on the podium in 3rd. A couple more spots to climb for Sunday’s race! -Dan Hearn

Loic Bruni kinda knew before that he wouldn't win today. Still pretty impressive to finish with a 3rd place. He knows what to do for Sunday to get the win. @maddogboris

Some inspiration for the privateers out there! Jamie Edmondson bought his own bike, came out here to race and landed himself 10th place. Right up there with the big dogs. -Dan Hearn

2 slots in today’s slideshow for Jamie Edmondson for taking a Top 10 spot as a proper privateer! -Dan Hearn

Junior Women's World Champ, Lauryne Chappaz with the 3rd fastest time. @maddogboris

All green as Aaron Gwin crossed the line, and he stayed on the hot seat for a while. He’s stoked to be back up in the mix and on the podium after not feeling quite ready for the season. #USDH -Dan Hearn

Yeah Aaron. You can see him going faster and faster race by race. He just needs a bit time to get the race head back. @maddogboris

Damn Dakotah. Peak on and straight to the podium. #USDH @maddogboris

Specialized’s Christopher Grice took his first podium today with a 3rd place. #USDH -Dan Hearn

Tracey Hannah looking back on an amazing Career! Hopefully you get bored quickly and come back racing next year just for fun. @maddogboris

A couple of weeks ago it was mud, now it’s backlit dust. Dreamy. -Dan Hearn

There are a lot of teams having fun with what they are doing. This crew is probably having a little bit more fun! @maddogboris

There was some serious G-out action off the finish drop! -Dan Hearn

Thibaut Daprela missed the podium by just under half a second. He’s having a hell of a season so far! -Dan Hearn

Autumn colors and rainbow stripes. @maddogboris

Thanks for making World Cups great! @maddogboris

Early morning views! @maddogboris

Ethan Craik lining up for his race run today, head clear and ready to rumble. -Dan Hearn

World Champ Camille Balanche bashing through the dust but not quite taming the track in a way we’ve seen recently from her. She missed the podium by just over a second. -Dan Hearn

There will be a few changes to contend with, but it’s going to be largely the same track for Sunday’s race. -Dan Hearn

Mille Johnset cracking the whip in training. -Dan Hearn

A chilly morning’s training for Luke Williamson. He was on a stormer of a race run but had a huge crash on the last drop into the finish area. -Dan Hearn

Dan Slack of the UK giving it the beans and narrowly missing the junior podium by one spot. -Dan Hearn

Kade Edwards slaying berms in training. Great to see him up to speed and in the Top 20 in finals. -Dan Hearn

Local junior, Goncalo Bandiera, was a favorite to take the win today. Unfortunately punctured around split 1. Somehow he made it to split 3 still in top spot, but lost time at the end and dropped way back. He’ll be back for redemption on Sunday. -Dan Hearn

It’s nice to have sun at a World Cup for a change! -Dan Hearn

Oisin O'Callaghan sending it bit too high and got a flat in the landing. @maddogboris

Loris had a front flat and has to try to get his leader's jersey back on Sunday. Class act from Greg to wait for his celebration until Loris crosses the line. @maddogboris

9th for Troy. Fingers crossed we seem him back on the podium (where he belongs) in Race 2. @maddogboris

Last man standing, Greg Williamson in 8th! @maddogboris

Phil Atwill was absolutely on fire the whole week. 14th in Race 1 for him. @maddogboris

Big send measuring device. @maddogboris

A podium spot for last week's winner, Nina Hoffmann. @maddogboris

4th for our Aussie Mate Tracey Hannah. One to go #sadface @maddogboris

Benoit Coulanges was on Eddie's List for Lousa. His 7th place is nothing to scoff at. @maddogboris

Junior Woman, Aina Gonzalez, with 3rd. @maddogboris

Martin Maes with a solid 13th Place in Race 1. @maddogboris

Loris Revelli with an impressive 11th Place. @maddogboris

Finally champagne on the podium! Although Greg had to bring it himself. -Dan Hearn

A group of 5 happy women…not that you can see through the masks! Myriam Nicole, Marine Cabirou, Tahnee Seagrave, Tracey Hannah and Nina Hoffmann. -Dan Hearn

Ethan Craik atop the junior podium for the first time. Pau Menoyo Busquets in 2nd and Christopher Grice in 3rd. -Dan Hearn