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Qualifying results: World Cup #3 – Lousã, Portugal

Iles and Sherlock poised for solid finals after the first qualifying round in Portugal

Photo by: Bartek Wolinski/Red Bull Content Pool

Loris Vergier looks poised to extend his winning streak as World Cup downhill resumes in Portugal this week. The Santa Cruz Syndicate rider leads the qualifying results for the first of two races in Lousã on Thursday.

Finn Iles (Specialized Gravity) leads the Canadians into Friday’s finals, ranking sixth 3.858 seconds behind Vergier. Mark Wallace is 33rd. Seth Sherlock (Intense Factory Racing) kept his footwear in check to qualify 10th in the junior men’s race.

RELATED: How to watch the final World Cup of 2020 in Lousã

Vergier is one of only two riders to break the four-minute mark on a long, physical track in Lousã. Matt Walker (Madison Saracen), podium finisher in the last World Cup in Maribor is the other. Vergier’s Syndicate teammates took three of the top four qualifying spots on Thursday, flexing at a venue that the team has used extensively for suspension testing in the past.

In the elite women’s qualifying, Myriam Nicole (Commencal Muc-Off) leads by a solid 4.859 second gap. Tracey Hannah qualifies second for her second last World Cup appearance. Tahnée Seagrave, though, looks like she could be back up to speed for Friday’s finals after a slower start to her 2020 season than the Canyon Collective FMD rider would have liked.

Watch the first of two World Cup downhill races in Lousã, Portugal live on Red Bull TV this Friday, Oct. 30.

Qualifying: Downhill World Cup #3 – Lousã, Portugal

Elite Women

1. n°2
NICOLE Myriam
COMMENCAL / MUC – OFF BY RIDING ADDICTION
4:30.658
2. n°5
HANNAH Tracey
POLYGON UR
4:35.517
+4.859
3. n°7
SEAGRAVE Tahnee
CANYON COLLECTIVE FMD
4:35.642
+4.984
4. n°1
CABIROU Marine
SCOTT DOWNHILL FACTORY
4:37.732
+7.074
5. n°3
HOFFMANN Nina
NINA HOFFMANN RACING – STIF
4:43.161
+12.503
6. n°4
FARINA Eleonora
MS MONDRAKER TEAM
4:44.729
+14.071
7. n°6
HRASTNIK Monika
DORVAL AM PRO RACE TEAM
4:47.024
+16.366
8. n°9
PARTON Mikayla
4:59.251
+28.593
9. n°12
JOHNSET Mille
CONTINENTAL ATHERTON
4:59.938
+29.280
10. n°21
BANDEIRA Margarida
5:25.640
+54.982
11. n°8
BALANCHE Camille
DORVAL AM PRO RACE TEAM
6:32.658
+2:02.000

Elite Men

1. n°1
VERGIER Loris
SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE
3:59.487
2. n°2
WALKER Matt
MADISON SARACEN FACTORY TEAM
3:59.595
+0.108
3. n°10
SHAW Luca
SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE
4:01.090
+1.603
4. n°7
MINNAAR Greg
SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE
4:02.115
+2.628
5. n°4
BRUNI Loic
SPECIALIZED GRAVITY
4:02.657
+3.170
6. n°6
THIRION Remi
COMMENCAL / MUC – OFF BY RIDING ADDICTION
4:02.795
+3.308
7. n°3
DAPRELA Thibaut
COMMENCAL / MUC – OFF BY RIDING ADDICTION
4:02.888
+3.401
8. n°8
ILES Finn
SPECIALIZED GRAVITY
4:03.345
+3.858
9. n°16
NORTON Dakotah
UNIOR DEVINCI FACTORY RACING
4:03.842
+4.355
10. n°5
BROSNAN Troy
CANYON COLLECTIVE FACTORY TEAM
4:03.892
+4.405
11. n°26
ATWILL Philip
CUBE GLOBAL SQUAD PROTECTED BY BLISS
4:04.167
+4.680
12. n°42
BRAYTON Adam
HOPE TECHNOLOGY
4:04.509
+5.022
13. n°9
SUAREZ ALONSO Angel
THE YT MOB
4:04.545
+5.058
14. n°13
HART Danny
MADISON SARACEN FACTORY TEAM
4:04.635
+5.148
15. n°15
TRUMMER David
THE YT MOB
4:04.873
+5.386
16. n°20
COULANGES Benoit
DORVAL AM PRO RACE TEAM
4:05.169
+5.682
17. n°28
KERR Bernard
PIVOT FACTORY RACING
4:05.385
+5.898
18. n°14
PIERRON Baptiste
DORVAL AM PRO RACE TEAM
4:05.511
+6.024
19. n°12
GWIN Aaron
INTENSE FACTORY RACING
4:06.938
+7.451
20. n°27
JONES Michael
MS MONDRAKER TEAM
4:07.662
+8.175
21. n°22
HANNAH Michael
POLYGON UR
4:07.751
+8.264
22. n°45
PAYET Florent
SCOTT DOWNHILL FACTORY
4:07.900
+8.413
23. n°72
CABIROU Rudy
4:07.902
+8.415
24. n°69
FAIRCLOUGH Brendan
SCOTT DOWNHILL FACTORY
4:08.193
+8.706
25. n°21
KOLB Andreas
GAMUX FACTORY RACING
4:08.269
+8.782
26. n°49
FISCHBACH Johannes
4:08.411
+8.924
27. n°19
ZABJEK Jure
UNIOR DEVINCI FACTORY RACING
4:08.649
+9.162
28. n°18
HATTON Charlie
CONTINENTAL ATHERTON
4:08.829
+9.342
29. n°33
REVELLI Loris
4:08.857
+9.370
30. n°40
SEHNAL Stanislav
KELLYS FACTORY TEAM
4:08.918
+9.431
31. n°32
MULALLY Neko
INTENSE FACTORY RACING
4:08.978
+9.491
32. n°25
EDMONDSON Jamie
4:09.357
+9.870
33. n°23
WALLACE Mark
CANYON COLLECTIVE FACTORY TEAM
4:09.446
+9.959
34. n°67
LEVESQUE Dylan
4:10.027
+10.540
35. n°51
MASTERS Wyn
GT FACTORY RACING
4:10.528
+11.041
36. n°53
WILLIAMSON Greg
COMMENCAL / 100%
4:10.560

Junior Men

1. n°7
BANDEIRA Goncalo
MIRANDA FACTORY TEAM
4:09.723
2. n°1
O CALLAGHAN Oisin
THE YT MOB
4:11.251
+1.528
3. n°6
SILVA Dante
4:12.271
+2.548
4. n°4
CRAIK Ethan
GT FACTORY RACING
4:12.722
+2.999
5. n°43
MENOYO BUSQUETS Pau
4:13.532
+3.809
6. n°5
GRICE Christopher
SPECIALIZED GRAVITY
4:13.681
+3.958
7. n°2
REIS Nuno
MIRANDA FACTORY TEAM
4:14.097
+4.374
8. n°10
GARCIN Johan
4:14.247
+4.524
9. n°8
WILLIAMSON Luke
PROPAIN FACTORY RACING
4:16.634
+6.911
10. n°12
SHERLOCK Seth
INTENSE FACTORY RACING
4:17.010
+7.287
11. n°9
JOHNSTON Guy
THE YT MOB
4:19.220
+9.497
12. n°19
ROGGE Antoine
4:19.565
+9.842
13. n°28
DOOLEY Austin
4:21.146
+11.423
14. n°45
WILLIAMS Preston
4:21.341
+11.618
15. n°39
ERVIN Tyler
4:23.880
+14.157

Junior Women – Seeding

1. n°4
CHAPPAZ Lauryne
DORVAL AM PRO RACE TEAM
4:58.594
2. n°1
PIERRINI Leona
5:11.531
+12.937
3. n°8
GONZALEZ GRIMAU Aina
IJ RACING
5:15.400
+16.806
4. n°3
ERICKSON Ella
5:22.004
+23.410