Goldstone and Lemire podium at Snowshoe Downhill World Cup
Two Canadian juniors in top three in West Virginia
Photo by:
Commencal/Muc-Off
Two Canadian juniors crowded onto the podium Wednesday in Showshoe, W.Va at World Cup downhill #5. Jackson Goldstone and Tristan Lemire finished second and third in the penultimate junior men’s race of the 2021 season.
For Goldstone, his second place at Snowshoe is enough to secure the 2021 junior men’s World Cup overall title, even with one race remaining.
Goldstone (Miranda Factory Racing) narrowly missed out on extending his winning streak to a fourth-straight World Cup. Instead, Justin Williams (Madison Saracen) set the day’s fastest junior time with a 3:16.597. Goldsone, recently crowned world champion in Val di Sole, Italy, followed 3.544 seconds later to take his second World Cup silver medal of 2021.
Tristan Lemire (Commencal Muc-Off) followed closely behind in third. Snowshoe is the young Quebec rider’s first career World Cup podium after numerous top-10 finishes this season.
Goldstone now leads Williams in the overall standings by 260 to 190. With just one race to go, that’s enough to secure Goldstone the overall title. Lemire is sixth with 78 points, but within striking distance of fourth overall if he has a good day on Saturday in finals.
Junior Women
Izabella Yankova (Belarus) continued her incredible domination of the junior women’s category. After fundraising following the last European round of the World Cup to support her travel, the Belarusian extended her own winning streak to four races. Three World Cup’s and junior women’s world championships title.
Phoebe Gale (Canyon Cllctv FMD) followed 5.213 seconds later to take silver. That also keeps Gale, who has two wins of her own in the hunt for the junior women’s overall title. Siel van der Velden (Commencal NOBL) finished third.
Racing continues Wednesday with the men’s and women’s elite downhill events. The second World Cup in Snowshoe then kicks off with XCC racing Friday, a second downhill on Saturday and Sunday’s XCO finale. See full broadcast schedule details for the entire week in West Virginia.
Results: 2021 World Cup Downhill #5 – Snowshoe, W.Va
Junior Men
| 1. |  |
WILLIAMS Jordan MADISON SARACEN FACTORY TEAM |
3:16.597 |
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| 2. |  |
GOLDSTONE Jackson MIRANDA FACTORY TEAM |
3:20.141 +3.544 |
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| 3. | |
LEMIRE Tristan COMMENCAL/MUC-OFF BY RIDING ADDICTION |
3:22.191 +5.594 |
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| 4. |  |
DAVIS Oliver THE UNION |
3:23.068 +6.471 |
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| 5. | |
MEIER-SMITH Remy PROPAIN FACTORY RACING |
3:23.524 +6.927 |
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| 6. |  |
JOHNSTON Guy THE YT MOB |
3:24.728 +8.131 |
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| 7. | |
STEVENS-MCNAB Lachlan YD RACING |
3:25.026 +8.429 |
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| 8. |  |
HOLGUIN VILLA Sebastian CHIGÜIRO EXTREMO DH TEAM |
3:26.590 +9.993 |
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| 9. | |
LUFFMAN Dennis CANYON COLLECTIVE FMD |
3:26.817 +10.220 |
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| 10. | |
WILLIAMS Preston |
3:27.978 +11.38 |
Junior Women
| 1. |  |
YANKOVA Izabela |
4:00.555 |
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| 2. | |
GALE Phoebe CANYON COLLECTIVE FMD |
4:05.768 +5.213 |
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| 3. |  |
VAN DER VELDEN Siel COMMENCAL NOBL |
4:11.943 +11.388 |
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| 4. |  |
ERICKSON Ella |
4:24.159 +23.604 |
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| 5. | |
ARTZ Emma |
4:36.667 +36.112 |
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| 6. | |
FARMER Caitlyn |
4:37.752 +37.197 |
