The rain kept at bay rather nicely with the exception of some brutal wind. In the men’s field, Loic Bruni would keep the hot seat warm for quite some time after a bad qualifier combined with a solid effort on the last section of the track. Brosnan put in a stormer of a run and toppled him by nearly 2.5 seconds. Stevie Smith would unfortunately have a high speed crash in a turn up top – uninjured though. Remi Thirion proved his mettle by upsetting Brosnan and settling into third. Connor Fearon threw down a blistering run and took his career best run. With perhaps the greatest run of all time, Aaron Gwin snapped his chain in the start gate and took the win by .04. Faces melted and minds blown, Gwin did not pedal once on the entire track and still stood atop the box. Unreal – what a race.
In the women’s field, Rachel Atherton let us know she plans to dominate this year and won by a full 3 seconds. Tahnee Seagrave matched her career best performance last week to take second place again.
In the juniors, Aussie Andrew Crimmins took the win – also by a full 3 seconds.
![08:24 - Let the games begin !](https://www.mtb-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/2E4B4818.jpg)
![The focus was unfortunately not on Gee today- congratulations to his sister !](https://www.mtb-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/BM6I6742.jpg)
![After a fall at the top Stevie Smith had time for some fat whips .](https://www.mtb-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/BM6I6700.jpg)
![Marcelo Gutierres Villegas arrives today at the 10th place](https://www.mtb-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/BM6I6606.jpg)
![Loic Bruni was in the hot seat for ages after a bad qualifier. He was eventually dethroned.](https://www.mtb-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/BM6I6555.jpg)
![World champion Manon Carpenter shortly before the finish line.](https://www.mtb-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/BM6I6256.jpg)
![Andrew Crimmins secured the win in Junior mens.](https://www.mtb-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/BM6I6168.jpg)
![Loic's mechanic is even responsible for the cleanliness of his eyewear.](https://www.mtb-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/BM6I5988.jpg)
![Manon's striped jersey.](https://www.mtb-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/BM6I5978.jpg)
![Good video spots are in high demand . Here the race is filmed from the gondola's pillar.](https://www.mtb-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/BM6I5826.jpg)
![Rachel Aterthon - pure focus.](https://www.mtb-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/BM6I5570.jpg)
![Samuel Blenkinsop had a wild run but would only pull off 15th.](https://www.mtb-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/2E4B5132.jpg)
![The Specialized team marveling at the air show shortly before the start of the juniors .](https://www.mtb-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/2E4B4930.jpg)
![Rachel Aterthon being interviewed. She can hardly contain her excitement.](https://www.mtb-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/BM6I6946.jpg)
![Third time is a charm.](https://www.mtb-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/BM6I6870.jpg)
![Two years ago, no brakes, last year no tire, this year no chain. Amazing.](https://www.mtb-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/BM6I6859.jpg)
![Head down and great form was part of the success.](https://www.mtb-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/BM6I6809.jpg)
![Remi Thirion on the last corner giving it everything.](https://www.mtb-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/BM6I6753.jpg)
Photos : Hoshi Yoshida and Constantine Fiene