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.
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.
Jackson Goldstone made it to - but not through - the final corners. Photo: Bartek Wolinski / Red Bull Content Pool
The Canadian limped across the line with half a bar hanging loose off his bike. Photo: Bartek Wolinski / Red Bull Content Pool
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.
Results: 2022 World Cup DH #8 – Val di Sole, Italy
Junior Women
| 1. |  |
HEMSTREET Gracey NORCO FACTORY TEAM |
4:42.576 |
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| 2. |  |
YANKOVA Izabela GEN-S |
4:46.210 +3.634 |
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| 3. |  |
HASTINGS Jenna PIVOT FACTORY RACING |
4:50.143 +7.567 |
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| 4. |  |
ROA SANCHEZ Valentina PROBUILDS RACING |
4:52.840 +10.264 |
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| 5. |  |
BOULADOU Lisa |
4:57.047 +14.471 |
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| 6. |  |
KENYON Aimi PINKBIKE RACING |
5:08.797 +26.221 |
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| 7. | |
LANGLOIS Suzy LES ARCS MOUNTAINBIKE TEAM |
5:27.023 +44.447 |
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| 8. | |
ATTALLA Joy |
5:32.926 +50.350 |
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| 9. |  |
PRIORI VIALE Sofia ROGUE RACING – AFTER SKULL TEAM |
5:35.761 +53.185 |
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| 10. |  |
DE NOOYER Elle |
5:45.044 +1:02.468 |
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| 11. | |
FLAVELL Caitlin YD RACING |
5:45.605 +1:03.029 |
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| 12. | |
MCCULLY Bethany |
5:50.809 +1:08.233 |
Junior Men
| 1. | |
WILLIAMS Jordan MADISON SARACEN FACTORY TEAM |
3:35.941 |
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| 2. |  |
PINKERTON Ryan GT FACTORY RACING |
3:45.766 +9.825 |
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| 3. | |
MEIER-SMITH Remy PROPAIN FACTORY RACING |
3:50.305 +14.364 |
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| 4. | |
GOLDSTONE Jackson SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE |
3:50.786 +14.845 |
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| 5. | |
FRANCOZ Alix DORVAL AM COMMENCAL |
3:53.079 +17.138 |
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| 6. | |
KUHN Bodhi |
3:53.354 +17.413 |
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| 7. |  |
KIEFER Henri CANYON COLLECTIVE PIRELLI |
3:53.679 +17.738 |
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| 8. | |
HOLGUIN VILLA Sebastian IJ RACING-CHIGÜIRO EXTREMO TEAM |
3:54.021 +18.080 |
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| 9. | |
CAPPELLO Davide ROGUE RACING – AFTER SKULL TEAM |
3:54.724 +18.783 |
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| 10. |  |
KLAASSEN Ike |
3:58.889 +22.948 |
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| 11. | |
CRUZ Tegan ROCKSHOX TREK RACE TEAM |
3:59.250 +23.309 |
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| 12. | |
PONTVIANNE Nathan |
4:00.642 +24.701 |
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| 13. | |
BALDWIN Mario COLLAB RACING |
4:02.372 +26.431 |
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| 14. | |
MEDCALF Evan EVOLVE RACING |
4:03.796 +27.855 |
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| 15. | |
PIERCY Jack COMMENCAL LES ORRES |
4:03.814 +27.873 |
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| 16. | |
MARINI Hugo COMMENCAL/MUC-OFF BY RIDING ADDICTION |
4:03.995 +28.054 |
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| 17. | |
OLLIER Thomas |
4:07.581 +31.640 |
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| 18. |  |
KEW Ross |
4:08.154 +32.213 |
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| 19. |  |
KOLECÍK Ondrej |
4:08.230 +32.289 |
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| 20. | |
BERGEL Gabin |
4:11.445 +35.504 |
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| 21. |  |
PONS POLO Adriel |
4:15.847 +39.906 |
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| 22. | |
CASTELLANOS LIBERAL Daniel |
4:30.747 +54.806 |
