Photo Blast and Podium Interviews - Val di Sole Race Weekend - Mountain Bike Feature

Amaury is back and he made sure there was no doubt in his abilities with a win by nearly 5 seconds, a year after major injury.

Investigate.

Tahnee Seagrave never wrote herself off. Battling injury and mental health issues, her work to get back to the top was made complete on the roughest, trickiest track of the year. .320 was all it took.

Elite Women's hot seat.

Tahnee's mechanic.

Hugs from dad.

Tony Seagrave

Canyon Sender of Tahnee Seagrave

The secret?

Dakotah Norton continues to push and remain one of the fastest in battle. While Amaury was in a league of his own today, Big Stak Dak Attak keeps the pressure on the rest of the field with a 2nd place.

Dakotah Norton, and there he sat thanks to an early race run due to a botched semi-finals.

Marine Cabirou, 2nd place by just .320 and back on the upswing during a rollercoaster of a season so far.

Monika Hrastnik with a career-best result in 3rd place, less than one second off the win! She's had a challenging start to the season but has clearly put that behind her.

Finn catching the inside on Hrastnik during practice

In practice, Finn went inside on Hrastnik as she laughed the whole way through the corner!

Speaking of Finn, a solid 3rd place result for the Canadian as he continues to remain consistent, holding onto 2nd place in the overall.

Dak congratulates Finn.

Can you ever sleep on Troy Brosnan? He came down rabid in some of the greasiest conditions and claimed 4th place, just half a second off of Finn's time. He clings to 3rd place in the overall despited Amaury's victory.

Myriam Nicole has returned to form despite a slow start to the season. Many thought this race was hers to win, but in the end, she wound up with a respectable 4th place with eyes on a home french race in Les Gets in two weeks.

Winner a week ago in Leogang, Vali Holl struggled in Val di Sole and had to settle for 5th place, some 6 seconds off the pace. Still on the podium, the Austrian retains a strong grip on the series overall.

Loic Bruni was coming off a high with a mind-blowing performance in Leogang the week earlier. During the week he was positive despite lackluster results at VDS and eyes were on the tactician, SuperBruni. A 24th in semi-finals showed race day may not be a cakewalk. And it wasn't. 5th place, 8 seconds back. The overall is still his by a big 276-point lead.

Max Alran showing Amaury how it's done earlier in the day with a Junior victory men's victory, 2.3 ahead of Asa Vermette.

Ellie Hulsebosch of The Union finally gets a Junior World Cup DH win and she earned by 10.7 seconds, smashing her competitors. Her 4:31.388 would have beat Tahnee Seagrave's 4:31.471, so let's keep that in the back of our heads for the future!

Fastest women's bike of the day. Ellie's Trek Session

Asa Vermette has proven that he's human with an honest 2nd place finish. He's holding off Max Alran in the overall, but only by 13 points. The groms are delivering in 2024!

Sacha Earnest tamed the technical terror of Val di Sole and finished 2nd in Junior Women. She was nearly 5 seconds ahead of Erice in 3rd, too.

Mylann Falquet is now a familiar face on the Junior Men's podium. 3rd place in VDS, 5th in the overall and setting sights on Les Gets with momentum.

Erice van Leuven happy to survive and happy to claim a 3rd place in the gnar of Val di Sole. She slides back into 2nd overall just 5 points behind Hulsebosch.

Val di Sole was not kind to many. Camille Balanche, DNF in semi-finals, deciding not to race.

Jess Blewitt, fastest in semi-finals only to go down during race day morning practice, DNS in finals.

Jordan Williams, now member of the wrecked knee club. DNS qualifying.

Heather Wilson, DNF in finals and remains 3rd in the overall.

Ollie Davis, snake bitten with a DNF in finals.

Some soared this weekend, however. Dylan Maples breaks the Top 10 this year with an 8th place result for #USDH

The G.O.A.T. makes a return to the show. The most brutal track with an injured shoulder, he hangs on for Norco into 25th.

Stronger than you are.

Hopefully you watch our Bike Magic video or saw our Insta clip, but Richie Rude is a BEAST! Flexing bars, bottoming forks and showing his DH heritage by making the show holding down a 22nd place in finals.