Tristan Lemire eighth in first European DH of 2021
Amaury Pierron wins Portugal Cup DH race
Photo by: Commencal/Muc-OffTristan Lemire, finally able to join his Commencal/Muc-Off team in Europe, finished inside the top 10 in a Portugal Cup DH race on Sunday. It’s the first time the young Canadian, who turns 17 in June, has had the chance to race with the team since signing with them at the start of 2020.
Lemire’s teammates won both the elite men’s and women’s races. Amaury Pierron, the 2018 World Cup overall winner, edged out Angel Suarez of Spain. Thibault Daprela, Pierron’s teammate and a former junior world champion that took 2020 elite racing by storm finished third.
Lemire, going into his first year of junior World Cup racing, finished eighth.
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The elite women’s Portugal Cup round was dominated by Myriam Nicole, the former elite women’s world champion and also on the Commencal Muc-Off team.
Downhill de Boticas is a C1 race that is part of the Portugal Cup DH series. The Commencal/Muc-Off team is using the event as tune-up race ahead of World Cup. After the postponement of Fort William, Leogang, Austria is set to host the opening World Cup downhill on June 12-13.
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Results: Downhill de Boticas – Portugal Cup DH – May 16,2021
1 | PIERRON Amaury |
FRA
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COMMENCAL/MUC-OFF BY RIDING ADDICTION | 00:02:07 | ||||
2 | SUAREZ ALONSO Angel |
ESP
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COMMENCAL 21 | 00:02:07 | ||||
3 | DAPRELA Thibaut |
FRA
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COMMENCAL/MUC-OFF BY RIDING ADDICTION | 00:02:08 | ||||
4 | MENOYO BUSQUETS Pau |
ESP
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COMMENCAL 21 | 00:02:08 | ||||
5 | ROGGE Antoine |
FRA
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00:02:11 | |||||
6 | DUNNE Ronan |
IRL
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CONTINENTAL – NUKEPROOF RACING | 00:02:12 | ||||
7 | CUMMING Christopher |
IRL
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CONTINENTAL – NUKEPROOF RACING | 00:02:13 | ||||
8 | LEMIRE Tristan |
CAN
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COMMENCAL/MUC-OFF BY RIDING ADDICTION | 00:02:13 | ||||
9 | BANDEIRA Gonçalo |
POR
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00:02:14 | |||||
10 | GRANDJEAN Mathéo |
FRA
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00:02:14 |
Elite Women
1 | NICOLE Myriam |
FRA
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COMMENCAL/MUC-OFF BY RIDING ADDICTION | 00:02:21 | ||||
3 | DELEST Agnes |
FRA
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00:02:37 | |||||
2 | TORREGROSA SANCHO Telma |
ESP
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00:02:36 | |||||
4 | BANDEIRA Margarida |
POR
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00:02:46 | |||||
5 | LEITE Ana |
POR
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00:02:59 | |||||
6 | MEIER Maaris |
EST
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00:03:01 | |||||
7 | FERREIRA Raquel |
POR
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00:03:15 | |||||
8 | NUNES Joana |
POR
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00:03:28 | |||||
9 | SIMÕES Marta |
POR
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00:04:27 |