Other than we are used to the race was on Saturday, which affected the whole schedule. The qualifying on Friday started restrained. Emmeline had a big mistake in the woods and needed to push back to not get disqualified. Brook crashed and finished 49th just behind his teammate Markus, who went off the track. Damien didn’t have a good run and finished in 27th position.

Race day started with good weather and good conditions for a fair race. As usual women start the race. The pressure was on as there was still a small chance for Emmeline to get back the overall. Therefore it needed a mistake of Rachel and a win of Emmeline. Emmeline came down first and crossed the finish line in lead. Then the pressure was on Rachel, but she was confident enough to put a winning run together without mistakes. “Congrats Rachel and see you hopefully next year for another battle!”

After the domination of our friends from the Devinci global racing team and our fail in the qualifying we were looking forward to the men’s race. Markus was first to come and he put together an awesome run. He struggled a bit in the rock section, but he pinned it in the lower section and managed it to get into the hotseat, where stood for a while. Damien was on a good run with good split times, but he gained too many seconds in the finish and could get on the hoseat as Markus. Last of the MS Mondraker team to come down was again Brook. He struggled a bit at the gate, but came thru the splits ahead of Markus, who was still in the hotseat. It seemed to be close, but the upcoming wind in the finish slowed him down and so he wasn’t able to beat Markus’s time.

In the end Markus finished in 9th, Brook in 14th and Damien in 23rd position. With Emmeline in 2nd place also the team was the 2nd team of the day, which brought us into the 2nd place in the worldcup team overall.
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After a couple of days with a lot of rain and temperature drop close to 0° we were lucky for race day. The weather turned back to good and so the conditions on the track changed quiet a lot from deep and slippery to a really fast and rough piste.

After a descent timed training on Saturday where Emmeline set the fastest time for women’s and all male riders end up in the top 15 we were prepared for the race.

Emmeline came down as second last rider with some little mistakes here and there. When she came to the finish she knew that it hasn’t been a winning run and so it was when she checked on the timing board . Emmeline came in in 2nd place and there was Rachel Atherton still to come. Rachel was handicapped by a back injury and so she was not able to put a winning run together as well. The winner of the day was the 19 year-old Chaare Morgane from France- maybe the unexpected racer of this weekend even she showed up already and the one or other worldcup podium.

The boys showed a strong performance in seeding already and the boys knew what’s possible. Starting by the current UCI ranking Markus Pekoll was the first to come down of the MS boys. He is Austrian and so he was in the position of being the local hero, which puts some pressure on him. Markus had a solid run on and managed it to hop into the 2nd position of the hot seat. He sat there for a while and a few top riders haven’t been able to beat his time and in the end this brought him into 9th position.
Second last of MS-RACING to come down was Damien. He has a good but not perfect run, but in the end he finished in 6th position. Brook was the last man of MS to come down and he was on his limits, but not without mistakes, which cost too much time in the end for being on the podium- Brook ended up in 8th position.
Even we haven’t been able to win the infamous rainbow stripes we are happy with what we have reached in co-operation with our partners. One rider on the podium and 3 others in the top 10 is an awesome result and makes us one of the best teams on the circuit.

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The qualification was a tough one as the weather changed a few times and quiet a lot of top 20 riders came down with flat tires such as Steve Smith or Sam Hill. Markus had solid run and ended up in 22nd place, Damien came in promising 7th place and Brook stand out with a 3rd place. Emmeline showed her strength again and finished in 2nd place just behind all-time competitor Rachel Atherton.
Like in Windham everything seems to perfect for race day, but with outcome of this past worldcup race in mind we were a bit more nervous than at other races.

The girl’s finals were again a competition between Emmeline and Rachel Atherton. Emmeline had a couple of mistakes right after the start and a little bit of headwind. In the end Emmeline was 1,8 seconds off Rachel, which was the 2nd place of the day.
In the men’s race Markus was the first rider to come down of the MS Mondraker Team. He had again a solid run and finished in 19th position. Damien came down with a decent run, which might have brought him on the podium. He was around 0.7 seconds off the current lead as he went over his bars and crashed hard.
Last men to come down of the MS Mondraker Team was Brook and we knew that he was hungry for a podium. He came crossed the finish line and got in lead ahead of Greg Minaar and Gee Atherton, but there were 2 riders still to come, which was Josh Bryceland and Cameron Cole. Both weren’t able to beat Brooks time and Brook won his first worldcup race.

The whole MS MONDRAKER TEAM is now pretty proud and happy about this win, as it is the first men’s victory for MS RACING since Chris Kovarik in 2006. Furthermore it’s the last win on flat pedals since the world championships in 2010.
“Thank you Brook for making this happen and congrats to your first worldcup win- there are more to come!”

With this strong performance the MS Mondraker Team became 2nd best team of the day, which brought us back in 3rd position of the teams overall.

A big “thank you” to all our supporters and people who are helping us out in the background- you guys are awesome and you are a part of this victory!

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The conditions in Windham were similar to what we know from the past, but they did some changes on the track, which were mainly made for TV action such as the big jump line to the finish. The last jump was with 17 meters the biggest of this line and changing winds made it pretty challenging. Every now and then you saw also top riders struggling on the last jump. Even there was an option to this jump everyone knew that he has to jump as the option was about 3 seconds slower.

We started in the race weekend with a more than solid qualification. Emmeline was again one of the top 2 riders, Damien qualified in 3rd position, Brook in 6th and Markus in 20th position. The qualification was affected by some big crashes and some mechanicals some big names were affected of, but with the results of all the MS Mondraker Team riders we have been again in a promising position for the race.
The girl’s race was clouded by a questionable decision of the head commissar of the UCI and a big crash of Emmeline. She had a pretty good run till the last jump. She knew that she had to go over the big men’s jump to win the race and even there were incalculable crosswinds she took the risk to take the wind. Unfortunately she caught a squall and crashed just before the finish. Even she crashed she came in 2nd and got just beaten by Tracey Hannah and Rachel Atherton, who went thru the tapes and didn’t get back on course where she exit- the was a clear breach of UCI rules and didn’t get fined by the UCI head commissar.

In the boys race the bad luck continued with Markus crashing in a corner in one of the upper sections, Brook crashed in the rock garden and Damien flated with 1,2 seconds ahead of Gee Atherton. Even Markus crashed he was able to finish in 24th position, Brook in 34th position and Damien fall back on 69th spot.

We are now pretty disappointed, but we are looking forward to the next races to fight back. Stay tuned for more news and the upcoming movie of Windham.

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