Results: Final World Cup downhill of 2020 crowns new overall winner

Super-Bruni is back! Not even rain could spoil Loic Bruni’s run on Sunday in Lousã, as the French rider tackled tough conditions to win his first World Cup of 2020.

After dominating much of the 2019 season, winning the World Cup overall and world championships, Bruni was thrilled with his result on Sunday, winning the final World Cup of a shortened season. The win was never clear, though, as rain started falling partway through the elite men’s race. As favorite after favorite failed to match the time of Jamie Edmondson, it looked like it might be an anti-climactic end to the year.

“It was the toughest day because at the start there was a little bit of rain,” said Bruni, of the trying conditions that saw Edmondson occupy the hot seat Sunday until the final three riders. “I thought ‘something is testing me, because these are not my conditions,’ but I thought ‘you know what, I’ll go for it.’ Greg [Minnaar] and Matt [Walker] had the same conditions. I wanted it so bad, and I’m so happy to finish on a bang!”

With his first win of 2020, Loic Bruni denies Greg Minnaar his 23rd World Cup win by 0.170 seconds. The South African was close to his second victory in one weekend, even after changing course conditions and apparently hitting his head on the start hut as he was starting his run. “As I went to pedal, the start hut is really low and I hit my helmet, pushing my goggles up into my eyes. So I went down the first straight shaking my head trying to get my goggles out,” Minnaar said post-race. “I felt like I had a really good run and I got my rhythm back straight away, but man it sucks to lose by such a little bit.”

Walker walks away with series overall

While 21-year-old Matt Walker was also close to a win, he was thrilled at the finish line. After finishing 4th and 3rd in Maribor, then 2nd in Lousã on Friday, Walker’s third on Sunday gives him the World Cup series title. In doing so, he becomes the first British rider since Josh Briceland in 2014 to take the overall.

“I came into the race having already surpassed my expectations for the year,” Walker said of his ride Sunday. “It’s so hard to put into words, I can’t believe it. I just tried to keep a level head all week and enjoy riding my bike.”

Canadians in Lousã

The Canadians seemed to start just as the conditions deteriorated in Lousã. Mark Wallace slid to a 45th. Finn Iles was one of the first riders to push close to Edmondson’s time, but settled for 16th in the end.

In the junior men’s race, Seth Sherlock rode to a solid seventh-place finish.

Elite Women

In a hard-fought women’s overall, Marine Cabirou walks away with not only a win Sunday, but a series title. Cabirou pushes ahead of Myriam Nicole (Commencal Muc-Off), who finishes fourth on Sunday. Nina Hoffmann is second behind Cabirou in the final World Cup of 2020, with Tahnée Seagrave in third.

Results: World Cup #4 – Lousã, Portugal

Elite Women

1.	n°1		CABIROU Marine SCOTT DOWNHILL FACTORY					4:23.362
2.	n°3		HOFFMANN Nina NINA HOFFMANN RACING – STIF					4:25.064 +1.702
3.	n°7		SEAGRAVE Tahnee CANYON COLLECTIVE FMD					4:25.771 +2.409
4.	n°2		NICOLE Myriam COMMENCAL / MUC – OFF BY RIDING ADDICTION					4:28.344 +4.982
5.	n°6		HRASTNIK Monika DORVAL AM PRO RACE TEAM					4:29.046 +5.684
6.	n°8		BALANCHE Camille DORVAL AM PRO RACE TEAM					4:30.638 +7.276
7.	n°12		JOHNSET Mille CONTINENTAL ATHERTON					4:33.652 +10.290
8.	n°5		HANNAH Tracey POLYGON UR					4:43.258 +19.896
9.	n°4		FARINA Eleonora MS MONDRAKER TEAM					4:47.192 +23.830

Elite Men

1.	n°4		BRUNI Loic SPECIALIZED GRAVITY					3:54.288
2.	n°7		MINNAAR Greg SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE					3:54.458 +0.170
3.	n°2		WALKER Matt MADISON SARACEN FACTORY TEAM					3:55.703 +1.415
4.	n°25		EDMONDSON Jamie					3:56.332 +2.044
5.	n°26		ATWILL Philip CUBE GLOBAL SQUAD PROTECTED BY BLISS					3:56.353 +2.065
6.	n°5		BROSNAN Troy CANYON COLLECTIVE FACTORY TEAM					3:56.726 +2.438
7.	n°3		DAPRELA Thibaut COMMENCAL / MUC – OFF BY RIDING ADDICTION					3:56.967 +2.679
8.	n°9		SUAREZ ALONSO Angel THE YT MOB					3:57.154 +2.866
9.	n°15		TRUMMER David THE YT MOB					3:57.252 +2.964
10.	n°29		BREEDEN Joe POLYGON UR					3:58.117 +3.829
11.	n°33		REVELLI Loris					3:58.179 +3.891
12.	n°42		BRAYTON Adam HOPE TECHNOLOGY					3:58.192 +3.904
13.	n°17		MAES Martin GT FACTORY RACING					3:58.836 +4.548
14.	n°21		KOLB Andreas GAMUX FACTORY RACING					3:59.374 +5.086
15.	n°28		KERR Bernard PIVOT FACTORY RACING					3:59.490 +5.202
16.	n°8		ILES Finn SPECIALIZED GRAVITY					3:59.562 +5.274
17.	n°67		LEVESQUE Dylan					3:59.638 +5.350
18.	n°10		SHAW Luca SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE					3:59.862 +5.574
19.	n°1		VERGIER Loris SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE					4:00.102 +5.814
20.	n°20		COULANGES Benoit DORVAL AM PRO RACE TEAM					4:00.230 +5.942
21.	n°95		LALY Thibault MS MONDRAKER TEAM					4:00.259 +5.971
22.	n°56		ZWAR KVIST Benjamin LUSTY HYPERFORMANCE RACING					4:00.305 +6.017
23.	n°35		READING Jack					4:00.566 +6.278
24.	n°55		ZWAR Oliver LUSTY HYPERFORMANCE RACING					4:00.585 +6.297
25.	n°14		PIERRON Baptiste DORVAL AM PRO RACE TEAM					4:00.624 +6.336
26.	n°32		MULALLY Neko INTENSE FACTORY RACING					4:00.896 +6.608
27.	n°49		FISCHBACH Johannes					4:00.994 +6.706
28.	n°22		HANNAH Michael POLYGON UR					4:01.127 +6.839
29.	n°34		A’HERN Kye CANYON COLLECTIVE FACTORY TEAM					4:01.936 +7.648
30.	n°13		HART Danny MADISON SARACEN FACTORY TEAM					4:02.078 +7.790
31.	n°31		VIGE Gaetan CUBE GLOBAL SQUAD PROTECTED BY BLISS					4:02.113 +7.825
32.	n°6		THIRION Remi COMMENCAL / MUC – OFF BY RIDING ADDICTION					4:02.148 +7.860
33.	n°68		GUTIERREZ VILLEGAS Rafael IJ RACING					4:02.237 +7.949
34.	n°40		SEHNAL Stanislav KELLYS FACTORY TEAM					4:02.260 +7.972
35.	n°70		POMBO Emanuel MIRANDA FACTORY TEAM					4:02.780 +8.492
36.	n°72		CABIROU Rudy					4:02.929 +8.641
37.	n°44		RUFFIN Thibaut COMMENCAL / MUC – OFF BY RIDING ADDICTION					4:03.140 +8.852
38.	n°51		MASTERS Wyn GT FACTORY RACING					4:03.196 +8.908
39.	n°121		CAROLI Jérôme					4:03.230 +8.942
40.	n°19		ZABJEK Jure UNIOR DEVINCI FACTORY RACING					4:03.241 +8.953
41.	n°82		KRAL Antonin KELLYS FACTORY TEAM					4:03.455 +9.167
42.	n°54		MAURER Simon ASSAULT RACING					4:03.471 +9.183
43.	n°38		PIERRON Antoine TC CONCEPT					4:03.631 +9.343
44.	n°12		GWIN Aaron INTENSE FACTORY RACING					4:03.802 +9.514
45.	n°23		WALLACE Mark CANYON COLLECTIVE FACTORY TEAM					4:03.881 +9.593

Junior Men

1.	n°6		SILVA Dante					4:00.349
2.	n°7		BANDEIRA Goncalo MIRANDA FACTORY TEAM					4:01.688 +1.339
3.	n°4		CRAIK Ethan GT FACTORY RACING					4:03.548 +3.199
4.	n°22		ELLIOTT James					4:03.952 +3.603
5.	n°2		REIS Nuno MIRANDA FACTORY TEAM					4:04.944 +4.595
6.	n°8		WILLIAMSON Luke PROPAIN FACTORY RACING					4:05.550 +5.201
7.	n°12		SHERLOCK Seth INTENSE FACTORY RACING					4:06.121 +5.772
8.	n°43		MENOYO BUSQUETS Pau					4:06.431 +6.082
9.	n°34		LUFFMAN Dennis CANYON COLLECTIVE FMD					4:06.954 +6.605
10.	n°19		ROGGE Antoine					4:07.078 +6.729

Junior Women

1.	n°4		CHAPPAZ Lauryne DORVAL AM PRO RACE TEAM					4:52.591
2.	n°8		GONZALEZ GRIMAU Aina IJ RACING					4:58.284 +5.693
3.	n°2		VAN DER VELDEN Siel					4:58.762 +6.171
4.	n°1		PIERRINI Leona					4:59.322 +6.731
5.	n°3		ERICKSON Ella					5:03.721 +11.130