July 1/23 12:03 pm - Canadians Go 1-2 in DH Final at Val di Sole World Cup
Posted by Editoress on 07/1/23
For the third consecutive day there was a Canadian win at the World Cup in Val di Sole, Italy; this time on Saturday, with a 1-2 finish in the Men's Downhill on Canada Day. Jackson Goldstone (Santa Cruz Syndicate), in his first year of the Elite ranks, won his first Elite World Cup, while compatriot Finn Iles (Specialized Gravity) took second. In the Elite women's race, Gracey Hemstreet (Norco Factory) finished seventh.
It was the perfect way for Goldstone to wash away last year's disappointment of a likely win vanish due to a crash in Val di Sole's Junior World Cup Grand Finale.
Between Friday's qualifier and Saturday's semi-final and final, the 19-year-old from Squamish looked strong in all of his three official runs: fast, clean and effective. In Saturday's final, his only mistake came right after the start, possibly due to his desire of giving his best on what he felt could be his perfect day. Goldstone ended his effort in 3.34.926, floating on a terrain made treacherous by the rain that poured down over Friday night and during the Elite Men's final itself, but stopped before the last 15 riders started their runs.
Jackson Goldstone (Photo: Daniele Molineris)
L to r: Troy Brosnan, Finn Iles, Jackson Goldstone, Thibaut Daprela and Loris Vergier (Photo: Michele Mondini)
Finn Iles came in 2.224 seconds down, with Thibaut Daprela (Commencal/Muc-Off) taking third at 2.440 seconds behind the winner.
"I have no words; I am so excited. My run was on the edge all the time; right off the first corner I was pushing really hard. I escaped all the mistakes I made and somehow kept the flow going, then I had a really good bottom that I think is where I made up all of that time. I am so stoked," said Goldstone.
"I made a mistake at the very beginning, but I was so in the zone that I even forgot about that; I was pushing too much but I got away with it. The rain scared me a bit, but we have a big break after this, so I thought I could try and make something special. I can't believe it happened."
"It was hard to find the limit today, [but] fortunately I had my teammates like Laurie Greenland and Greg Minnaar, who had finished before my run and gave me some tips on where it was wet and stuff, and that was really helpful."
Results from Elite DH Semi-Finals and Finals in Val di Sole, Italy
| Elite Women | Time |
Gap |
| 1 Valentina Höll (Aut) Rockshox Trek Race Team | 4:14.414 | 0.000 |
| 2 Camille Balanche (Sui) Dorval AM Commencal | 4:18.100 | 3.686 |
| 3 Gracey Hemstreet (Can) Norco Factory Team | 4:18.764 | 4.350 |
| 4 Jess Blewitt (NZl) Gt-Continental Factory Racing | 4:18.783 | 4.369 |
| 5 Marine Cabirou (Fra) Scott Downhill Factory | 4:20.288 | 5.874 |
| 6 Monika Hrastnik (Slo) Dorval AM Commencal | 4:25.035 | 10.621 |
| 7 Lisa Baumann (Sui) Commencal Les Orres | 4:25.133 | 10.719 |
| 8 Tahnee Seagrave (GBr) Canyon CLLCTV FMD | 4:29.627 | 15.213 |
| 9 Sian A'Hern (Aus) YT Mob | 4:31.343 | 16.929 |
| 10 Veronika Widmann (Ita) Continental Nukeproof Factory | 4:31.691 | 17.277 |
| 11 Mille Johnset (Nor) Canyon CLLCTV Factory Team | 4:33.360 | 18.946 |
| 12 Anna Newkirk (USA) Beyond Racing | 4:33.843 | 19.429 |
| 13 Nina Hoffmann (Ger) Santa Cruz Syndicate | 4:34.249 | 19.835 |
| 14 Siel van der Velden (Bel) Commencal Ic Process | 4:38.849 | 24.435 |
| 15 Phoebe Gale (GBr) Canyon CLLCTV FMD | 4:51.512 | 37.098 |
| DNS Frida Helena Rønning (Nor) Union - Forged By Steel City Media | ||
| Top 10 advance to Final | ||
| Elite Men | ||
| 1 Loris Vergier (Fra) Trek Factory Racing Gravity | 3:35.394 | 0.000 |
| 2 Jordan Williams (GBr) Specialized Gravity | 3:36.434 | 1.040 |
| 3 Finn Iles (Can) Specialized Gravity | 3:36.539 | 1.145 |
| 4 Jackson Goldstone (Can) Santa Cruz Syndicate | 3:36.595 | 1.201 |
| 5 Andreas Kolb (Aut) Continental Atherton | 3:37.479 | 2.085 |
| 6 Thibaut Daprela (Fra) Commencal/Muc-Off By Riding | 3:37.766 | 2.372 |
| 7 Troy Brosnan (Aus) Canyon CLLCTV Factory Team | 3:39.304 | 3.910 |
| 8 Danny Hart (GBr) Cube Factory Racing | 3:39.704 | 4.310 |
| 9 Benoit Coulanges (Fra) Dorval AM Commencal | 3:40.904 | 5.510 |
| 10 Matt Walker (GBr) Madison Saracen Factory Team | 3:41.965 | 6.571 |
| 11 Ronan Dunne (Irl) Continental Nukeproof Factory | 3:41.981 | 6.587 |
| 12 Antoine Rogge (Fra) Lapierre Zipp Collective | 3:42.125 | 6.731 |
| 13 Thomas Estaque (Fra) Commencal Ic Studio | 3:42.334 | 6.940 |
| 14 Luca Shaw (USA) Canyon CLLCTV Factory Team | 3:42.335 | 6.941 |
| 15 Angel Suarez Alonso (Esp) Unno Racing | 3:43.186 | 7.792 |
| 16 Mark Wallace (Can) Norco Factory Team | 3:43.401 | 8.007 |
| 17 Dylan Levesque (Fra) Scott Downhill Factory | 3:43.501 | 8.107 |
| 18 Jakob Jewett (Can) Pivot Factory Racing | 3:43.539 | 8.145 |
| 19 Baptiste Pierron (Fra) Dorval AM Commencal | 3:43.887 | 8.493 |
| 20 Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate | 3:44.114 | 8.720 |
| 21 Cantante Carvalho Gonçalo Bandeira (Por) | 3:44.365 | 8.971 |
| 22 Oliver Zwar (Swe) Canyon CLLCTV FMD | 3:44.501 | 9.107 |
| 23 Simon Chapelet (Fra) Cube Factory Racing | 3:44.727 | 9.333 |
| 24 Remy Meier-Smith (Aus) Giant Factory Off-Road Team - DH | 3:44.789 | 9.395 |
| 25 Matteo Iniguez (Fra) Commencal Ic Studio | 3:44.811 | 9.417 |
| 26 Dante Silva (USA) Canyon CLLCTV Factory Team | 3:45.007 | 9.613 |
| 27 Rémi Thirion (Fra) Giant Factory Off-Road Team - DH | 3:45.048 | 9.654 |
| 28 Bernard Kerr (GBr) Pivot Factory Racing | 3:45.092 | 9.698 |
| 29 Antoine Pierron (Fra) Union - Forged By Steel City Media | 3:45.425 | 10.031 |
| 30 Greg Williamson (GBr) Madison Saracen Factory Team | 3:45.626 | 10.232 |
| 31 Davide Cappello (Ita) Rogue Racing - After Skull Team | 3:46.205 | 10.811 |
| 32 Oliver Davis (Aus) Union - Forged By Steel City Media | 3:46.848 | 11.454 |
| 33 Fernando Juan Muñoz (Col) Racing-Chigüiro Extremo Team | 3:46.853 | 11.459 |
| 34 Kade Edwards (GBr) Trek Factory Racing Gravity | 3:47.214 | 11.820 |
| 35 Loris Revelli (Ita) Canyon CLLCTV Pirelli | 3:47.366 | 11.972 |
| 36 Dylan Maples (USA) | 3:47.395 | 12.001 |
| 37 Adam Brayton (GBr) | 3:47.430 | 12.036 |
| 38 Hugo Frixtalon (Fra) Commencal Ic Studio | 3:48.380 | 12.986 |
| 39 Jack Piercy (GBr) Commencal Les Orres | 3:48.582 | 13.188 |
| 40 Sascha Kim (Aus) Raw Racing Team | 3:48.591 | 13.197 |
| 41 Austin Dooley (USA) Commencal / Schwalbe | 3:48.645 | 13.251 |
| 42 Tuhoto-Ariki Pene (NZl) MS Mondraker Team | 3:49.173 | 13.779 |
| 43 Benjamin Zwar Kvist (Swe) Unior-Sinter Factory Racing | 3:49.335 | 13.941 |
| 44 James Macdermid (NZl) The Alliance | 3:49.532 | 14.138 |
| 45 Stefano Introzzi (Ita) Rogue Racing - After Skull Team | 3:50.030 | 14.636 |
| 46 Preston Williams (GBr) | 3:50.039 | 14.645 |
| 47 Jack Reading (GBr) | 3:50.826 | 15.432 |
| 48 Johan Garcin (Fra) Scott Downhill Factory | 3:50.999 | 15.605 |
| 49 Luke Mumford (GBr) | 3:51.347 | 15.953 |
| 50 Samuel Blenkinsop (NZl) | 3:51.617 | 16.223 |
| 51 Matthew Walker (NZl) Pivot Factory Racing | 3:52.721 | 17.327 |
| 52 Lucas Cruz (Can) Norco Factory Team | 3:52.837 | 17.443 |
| 53 Loic Bruni (Fra) Specialized Gravity | 3:54.258 | 18.864 |
| 54 Thibault Laly (Fra) Pinkbike Racing | 3:55.484 | 20.090 |
| 55 Dakotah Norton (USA) Intense Factory Racing | 3:57.014 | 21.620 |
| 56 Joe Breeden (GBr) Intense Factory Racing | 4:36.623 | 1:01.229 |
| 57 Brook Macdonald (NZl) MS Mondraker Team | 4:56.010 | 1:20.616 |
| 58 Roger Vieira (Bra) Impact Racing | 5:24.271 | 1:48.877 |
| DNF Laurie Greenland (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate | ||
| DNF Charlie Hatton (GBr) Continental Atherton | ||
| DNF Max Hartenstern (Ger) Cube Factory Racing | ||
| DSQ Philip Atwill (GBr) Propain Positive | ||
| DNS Pau Menoyo Busquets (Esp) Commencal / Schwalbe | ||
| Top 30 advance to Final | ||
| Final | ||
| Elite Women | ||
| 1 Valentina Höll (Aut) Rockshox Trek Race Team | 4:07.440 | 0.000 |
| 2 Camille Balanche (Sui) Dorval AM Commencal | 4:10.353 | 2.913 |
| 3 Jess Blewitt (NZl) Gt-Continental Factory Racing | 4:12.210 | 4.770 |
| 4 Marine Cabirou (Fra) Scott Downhill Factory | 4:12.445 | 5.005 |
| 5 Nina Hoffmann (Ger) Santa Cruz Syndicate | 4:12.689 | 5.249 |
| 6 Monika Hrastnik (Slo) Dorval AM Commencal | 4:14.002 | 6.562 |
| 7 Gracey Hemstreet (Can) Norco Factory Team | 4:14.641 | 7.201 |
| 8 Lisa Baumann (Sui) Commencal Les Orres | 4:21.465 | 14.025 |
| 9 Veronika Widmann (Ita) Continental Nukeproof Factory | 4:24.109 | 16.669 |
| 10 Sian A'Hern (Aus) YT Mob | 4:27.745 | 20.305 |
| 11 Tahnee Seagrave (GBr) Canyon CLLCTV FMD | 6:15.020 | 2:07.580 |
| Elite Men | ||
| 1 Jackson Goldstone (Can) Santa Cruz Syndicate | 3:34.926 | 0.000 |
| 2 Finn Iles (Can) Specialized Gravity | 3:37.150 | 2.224 |
| 3 Thibaut Daprela (Fra) Commencal/Muc-Off By Riding | 3:37.366 | 2.440 |
| 4 Troy Brosnan (Aus) Canyon CLLCTV Factory Team | 3:38.797 | 3.871 |
| 5 Loris Vergier (Fra) Trek Factory Racing Gravity | 3:39.121 | 4.195 |
| 6 Andreas Kolb (Aut) Continental Atherton | 3:39.311 | 4.385 |
| 7 Bernard Kerr (GBr) Pivot Factory Racing | 3:40.945 | 6.019 |
| 8 Benoit Coulanges (Fra) Dorval AM Commencal | 3:42.337 | 7.411 |
| 9 Danny Hart (GBr) Cube Factory Racing | 3:42.685 | 7.759 |
| 10 Remy Meier-Smith (Aus) Giant Factory Off-Road Team - DH | 3:42.984 | 8.058 |
| 11 Ronan Dunne (Irl) Continental Nukeproof Factory | 3:43.683 | 8.757 |
| 12 Antoine Pierron (Fra) Union - Forged By Steel City Media | 3:43.697 | 8.771 |
| 13 Luca Shaw (USA) Canyon CLLCTV Factory Team | 3:43.809 | 8.883 |
| 14 Loic Bruni (Fra) Specialized Gravity | 3:43.984 | 9.058 |
| 15 Rémi Thirion (Fra) Giant Factory Off-Road Team - DH | 3:45.152 | 10.226 |
| 16 Thomas Estaque (Fra) Commencal Ic Studio | 3:45.736 | 10.810 |
| 17 Matt Walker (GBr) Madison Saracen Factory Team | 3:45.900 | 10.974 |
| 18 Matteo Iniguez (Fra) Commencal Ic Studio | 3:47.079 | 12.153 |
| 19 Simon Chapelet (Fra) Cube Factory Racing | 3:47.128 | 12.202 |
| 20 Baptiste Pierron (Fra) Dorval AM Commencal | 3:47.332 | 12.406 |
| 21 Laurie Greenland (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate | 3:49.069 | 14.143 |
| 22 Oliver Zwar (Swe) Canyon CLLCTV FMD | 3:49.245 | 14.319 |
| 23 Greg Williamson (GBr) Madison Saracen Factory Team | 3:49.504 | 14.578 |
| 24 Dylan Levesque (Fra) Scott Downhill Factory | 3:52.285 | 17.359 |
| 25 Mark Wallace (Can) Norco Factory Team | 3:53.152 | 18.226 |
| 26 Jakob Jewett (Can) Pivot Factory Racing | 3:53.730 | 18.804 |
| 27 Antoine Rogge (Fra) Lapierre Zipp Collective | 3:55.387 | 20.461 |
| 28 Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate | 3:56.400 | 21.474 |
| 29 Cantante Carvalho Gonçalo Bandeira (Por) | 3:59.273 | 24.347 |
| 30 Angel Suarez Alonso (Esp) Unno Racing | 4:02.884 | 27.958 |
| 31 Jordan Williams (GBr) Specialized Gravity | 4:10.940 | 36.014 |
| DNF Dante Silva (USA) Canyon CLLCTV Factory Team |
Elite DH Qualifying: Val di Sole
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