Five Canadian juniors in top-5 in Andorra World Cup downhill
It was a huge day for Canada’s juniors in Andorra on Saturday, with five Canadians in the top-five. Jackson Goldstone leads with his third win of 2022. Gracey Hemstreet was second in junior women. Tegan Cruz finds his first World Cup podium of 2022 in third. Bodhi Kuhn in fourth and Tristan Lemire in fifth add to a stellar weekend in Vallnord.
Junior Men: Canada owns Vallnord
Jackson Goldstone (Syndicate) continues his stellar 2022 season with his third World Cup win of the year. Canada’s junior world champion opened the season with a victory in Lourdes, France. After two silvers, the Squamish, B.C. racer returned to the top step last week in Lenzerheide.
This week, Goldstone was joined on the box by Tegan Cruz. The RockShox Trek racer was third, behind Jordan Williams (Madison-Saracen). It’s the young Pemberton, B.C. racer’s first World Cup podium in his first year on the circuit.
Bodhi Kuhn (Rossland, B.C.) and Tristan Lemire (Commencal/Muc-Off) followed close behind in fourth and fifth. That makes four Canadians in the top-five in the junior men’s race.
Wei Tien Ho (Whistler,B.C.) was riding inside the top-10 until the bottom of the Andorra track. Whatever happened there put the Whistler rider back to 23rd. Elijah Barron (Gravity MTB) squeezes inside the top-20 with an 18th-place finish.
Hemstreet holds on to the overall lead
Gracey Hemstreet’s (Norco Factory Team) season-long battle with Phoebe Gale (Canyon CllctvFMD) continued to another location. This time Gale takes the “W” by a solid 5.993 seconds.
Hemstreet followed in second. The Canadian still holds the World Cup leader’s jersey with 275 points, but Gale’s win cuts the Canadian’s advantage to just five points.
Fernie, B.C.’s Joy Atalla added a 13th to the Canadian results.
World Cup racing returns to North America next. Snowshoe, W.Va hosts on July 19-31 before the iconic Mont-Sainte-Anne World Cup returns on Aug 5-7, 2022.
Results: 2022 Downhill World Cup #5 – Vallnord, Andorra
Junior Women
| 1. |  |
GALE Phoebe CANYON COLLECTIVE FMD |
3:16.852 |
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| 2. |  |
HEMSTREET Gracey NORCO FACTORY TEAM |
3:22.845 +5.993 |
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| 3. |  |
HASTINGS Jenna PIVOT FACTORY RACING |
3:24.301 +7.449 |
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| 4. |  |
BOULADOU Lisa |
3:25.234 +8.382 |
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| 5. |  |
YANKOVA Izabela GEN-S |
3:25.239 +8.387 |
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| 6. |  |
MILLER Riley COMMENCAL NORTH AMERICA |
3:28.921 +12.069 |
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| 7. | |
LASSUS Alizes COMMENCAL LES ORRES |
3:29.236 +12.384 |
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| 8. |  |
ROA SANCHEZ Valentina PROBUILDS RACING |
3:30.832 +13.980 |
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| 9. | |
KENYON Aimi PINKBIKE RACING |
3:31.005 +14.153 |
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| 10. |  |
HAUGOM Kine |
3:33.182 +16.330 |
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| 11. |  |
EMPEY Elise COLLAB RACING |
3:38.720 +21.868 |
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| 12. |  |
PETROVSKÁ Vanesa NS BIKES UR |
3:41.713 +24.861 |
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| 13. | |
ATTALLA Joy |
3:44.123 +27.271 |
Junior Men
| 1. | |
GOLDSTONE Jackson SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE |
2:43.420 |
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| 2. | |
WILLIAMS Jordan MADISON SARACEN FACTORY TEAM |
2:45.106 +1.686 |
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| 3. | |
CRUZ Tegan ROCKSHOX TREK RACE TEAM |
2:48.190 +4.770 |
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| 4. | |
KUHN Bodhi |
2:48.843 +5.423 |
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| 5. | |
LEMIRE Tristan COMMENCAL/MUC-OFF BY RIDING ADDICTION |
2:49.487 +6.067 |
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| 6. |  |
CAPPELLO Davide ROGUE RACING – AFTER SKULL TEAM |
2:51.048 +7.628 |
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| 7. | |
WAYMAN Alex YD RACING |
2:51.661 +8.241 |
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| 8. | |
STEVENS-MCNAB Lachlan UNION |
2:52.045 +8.625 |
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| 9. | |
HOLGUIN VILLA Sebastian IJ RACING-CHIGÜIRO EXTREMO TEAM |
2:52.339 +8.919 |
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| 10. | |
PINKERTON Ryan GT FACTORY RACING |
2:52.529 +9.109 |
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| 11. | |
FRANCOZ Alix DORVAL AM COMMENCAL |
2:52.819 +9.399 |
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| 12. | |
PONTVIANNE Nathan |
2:53.030 +9.610 |
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| 13. | |
DAVIS Oliver UNION |
2:53.882 +10.462 |
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| 14. | |
PIERCY Jack COMMENCAL LES ORRES |
2:55.289 +11.869 |
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| 15. | |
MARTIN Loïc |
2:56.710 +13.290 |
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| 16. | |
VIARDOT Kimi |
2:56.726 +13.306 |
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| 17. | |
ABELLA Léo COMMENCAL VEE |
2:57.034 +13.614 |
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| 18. | |
BARRON Elijah |
2:57.048 +13.628 |
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| 19. | |
MEDCALF Evan EVOLVE RACING |
2:58.317 +14.897 |
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| 20. |  |
PONS POLO Adriel |
2:59.516 +16.096 |
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| 21. | |
BRODIE William |
3:01.887 +18.467 |
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| 22. |  |
KLAASSEN Ike |
3:02.760 +19.340 |
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| 23. | |
HO Wei Tien |
3:07.812 +24.392 |
