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For second year running, the IXS Downhill Cup comes to revolutionize the latin American downhill in the Southern Hemisphere. This time with two continuous weekends in two countries, Argentina and Chile.
The track kept its same course as last year, technical strength plays an important factor. But things will not be easy, because the track might be in bad conditions, as traditionally, and the climate factor could help or harm anyone.
The morning begins with the first riders coming to Cathedral Hill, practice started at 10:00 AM and the cold morning made for a slow start.
Those puffy clouds made us remember the efforts of the day on Saturday.
The special guest of this race was Marcelo Gutierrez, who traveled from Colombia to Argentina only with a one goal, the victory!
Felipe Agurto came from Chile with big expectations and with excellent chances of achieving a good spot. In this picture, you can see him stretching minutes before starting in morning practice.
The first part of the track was comprised of a pair of turns and a jump which was formed by some logs that had been in place. Here you can see to Mauricio Acuña, who ranked third, and with some mistakes on track, he got the eighteenth place in Elite Men. Life and races allow for second chances, surely Mauricio will pursue them until get what he wants, the precious first place.
The silhouettes in the forest are some of the rarest things that can be observed when the light is of our side.
In the morning riders where throwing buckets of roost. Jeronimo Perez doing exactly that.
From the floor to the sky everything seems to have a different perspective .
It’s important to remember the rain that visited Cathedral Hill on Saturday, because it played a starring role in the final product, gracing the track with great conditions.
Gustavo Santa Chiara, from Brasil, participated for the first time in a downhill race since he is a BMX rider. Within the many differences between the two disciplines, he highlights the constant effort that he has to do to be non-stop on a downhill circuit vs. the explosivity in a BMX race.
Marcos Mallmann en route to first place in Pro Master.
Marco’s fluidity on track is simply incredible.
Lionel Vaccarini from above the trees at 1/20th of a second.
Hot seat for Marcelo Gutierrez, but one rider remains…
All are aware of the position of Jero, since there were few seconds that separated them in the qualy. But even through his concentration and determination, he couldn’t take a second away from his qualification time, unlike Marcelo who lost around five seconds.
2.- Alía Marcellini
3.- Renata Wiese
2.- Valetin Ricca
3.- Lucas Carrera
With the time that Felipe Agurto (CHI) clocked, he got 5th place: quite awesome for the level of the riders, the track and, of course the age of this young gun.
Mas resultados : http://www.ixsdownhillcup.com/de/Ergebnis-Finale-Bariloche
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