Aaron Gwin holds a 208 point lead over Great Britain’s Danny Hart as the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup heads to Mont-Sanite-Anne, Quebec for the second to last event of the year. With 250 points available each event Gwin could win the overall title this weekend with the right results. There is a large crowd of 17 American men in the field this weekend, ten more than other other stop this year and no surprise for the only North American event. Luca Shaw is again in the field with two top seven finishes in the last there events as is Eliot Jackson, who finished 30th in Lenzerheide. Back for the first time since Cairns is Neko Mulally who was 23rd in that event.
For the first time this year there is a US woman competing in the downhill as Amanda Batty is in the starting list for the women’s event. The qualifying rounds for the men and women will be on Friday with the final on Saturday. Sunday will be a cross-country event.
Previous Mountain Bike World Cup Downhill Coverage:
Lenzerheide Recap
