The first elite women’s race of the season has just taken place and the results are in!
Tahnee Seagrave takes first place at the first round of the UCI DH World Cup. The 23-year-old rider managed to beat Rachel Atherton who placed 2nd and Tracey Hannah in 3rd place.
The race was pretty close between Tahnee and Rachel with the 2 riders jostling for position all the way down the track, but ultimately it was the Transition rider who came out on top.
Tahnee Seagrave: 3:25.888
Rachel Atherton: +0.855
Tracey Hannah: +2.638
Results for the Juniors at the Maribor DH World Cups are available here.
Andi is a gadget guru and mountain biker who has lived and ridden bikes in China and Spain before settling down in the Peak District to become Singletrack's social media expert. He is definitely more big travel fun than XC sufferer but his bike collection does include some rare hardtails - He's a collector and curator as well as a rider. Theory and practice in perfect balance with his inner chi, or something. As well as living life based on what he last read in a fortune cookie Andi likes nothing better than riding big travel bikes.