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Gracey Hemstreet wins her final World Cup as a junior

Sunshine Coast racer tames Val di Sole's Black Snake

Photo by: Bartek Wolinski / Red Bull Content Pool

Gracey Hemstreet ended her junior career on a high note on Saturday, winning the jr. women’s downhill race on the brutally hard Val di Sole course.

Hemstreet (Norco Factory Team) takes the final World Cup win of 2022 by a very-solid 3.634 seconds over 2021 junior women’s world champion, Izabela Yankova (Gen-S) and current champ Jenna Hastings (Pivot Factory Racing). With that win, Hemstreet also wraps up the junior women’s World Cup overall title, a huge accomplishment for the Sunshine Coast racer.

Gracey Hemstreet focused and fast in the final World Cup of 2022. Photo:  Bartek Wolinski / Red Bull Content Pool

Val di sole is Hemstreet’s fifth win in eight World Cup races this year. It adds on top of victories at Snowshoe, Lenzerheide, Fort William and the season opener in Lourdes, France. Between that, Hemstreet stopped back in Canada to pick up the junior women’s national championship sleeve at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort.

Fernie, B.C.’s Joy Attalla (Dunbar) ends her season on a high note, too, taking her best World Cup result in eighth.

Junior Men

Jackson Goldstone (Syndicate) led through three splits on Saturday, only to fall behind near the bottom and finish off the podium in fourth. The Canadian already had the World Cup title locked up coming into Val di Sole, though, so keeps that trophy. Goldstone also won that series in 2021.

Bodhi Kuhn of Rossland, B.C. grabs another top-10 finish, placing sixth. Tegan Cruz (Rockshox Trek) adds an 11th place to his excellent season.

Jordan Williams (Madison Saracen) lands his first World Cup win in the rainbow stripes of junior men’s world champion. The Brit set the days fastest time – junior or elite – in qualifying in Val di Sole on Friday. He backed that up with a nearly 10-second win on Saturday in finals. Ryan Pinkerton (GT Factory Racing) of the U.S.A. followed 9.825 seconds back in second place. Remy Meier-Smith (Propain Factory Racing) takes the final podium position in third.

Despite a less-than-ideal finish to the season, Jackson Goldstone’s early dominance still gives him the World Cup overall. Photo: Bartek Wolinski / Red Bull Content Pool

Results: 2022 World Cup DH #8 – Val di Sole, Italy

Junior Women

1.
HEMSTREET Gracey
NORCO FACTORY TEAM
4:42.576
2.
YANKOVA Izabela
GEN-S
4:46.210
+3.634
3.
HASTINGS Jenna
PIVOT FACTORY RACING
4:50.143
+7.567
4.
ROA SANCHEZ Valentina
PROBUILDS RACING
4:52.840
+10.264
5.
BOULADOU Lisa
4:57.047
+14.471
6.
KENYON Aimi
PINKBIKE RACING
5:08.797
+26.221
7.
LANGLOIS Suzy
LES ARCS MOUNTAINBIKE TEAM
5:27.023
+44.447
8.
ATTALLA Joy
5:32.926
+50.350
9.
PRIORI VIALE Sofia
ROGUE RACING – AFTER SKULL TEAM
5:35.761
+53.185
10.
DE NOOYER Elle
5:45.044
+1:02.468
11.
FLAVELL Caitlin
YD RACING
5:45.605
+1:03.029
12.
MCCULLY Bethany
5:50.809
+1:08.233

Junior Men

1.
WILLIAMS Jordan
MADISON SARACEN FACTORY TEAM
3:35.941
2.
PINKERTON Ryan
GT FACTORY RACING
3:45.766
+9.825
3.
MEIER-SMITH Remy
PROPAIN FACTORY RACING
3:50.305
+14.364
4.
GOLDSTONE Jackson
SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE
3:50.786
+14.845
5.
FRANCOZ Alix
DORVAL AM COMMENCAL
3:53.079
+17.138
6.
KUHN Bodhi
3:53.354
+17.413
7.
KIEFER Henri
CANYON COLLECTIVE PIRELLI
3:53.679
+17.738
8.
HOLGUIN VILLA Sebastian
IJ RACING-CHIGÜIRO EXTREMO TEAM
3:54.021
+18.080
9.
CAPPELLO Davide
ROGUE RACING – AFTER SKULL TEAM
3:54.724
+18.783
10.
KLAASSEN Ike
3:58.889
+22.948
11.
CRUZ Tegan
ROCKSHOX TREK RACE TEAM
3:59.250
+23.309
12.
PONTVIANNE Nathan
4:00.642
+24.701
13.
BALDWIN Mario
COLLAB RACING
4:02.372
+26.431
14.
MEDCALF Evan
EVOLVE RACING
4:03.796
+27.855
15.
PIERCY Jack
COMMENCAL LES ORRES
4:03.814
+27.873
16.
MARINI Hugo
COMMENCAL/MUC-OFF BY RIDING ADDICTION
4:03.995
+28.054
17.
OLLIER Thomas
4:07.581
+31.640
18.
KEW Ross
4:08.154
+32.213
19.
KOLECÍK Ondrej
4:08.230
+32.289
20.
BERGEL Gabin
4:11.445
+35.504
21.
PONS POLO Adriel
4:15.847
+39.906
22.
CASTELLANOS LIBERAL Daniel
4:30.747
+54.806