{"id":187650,"date":"2018-07-07T18:33:17","date_gmt":"2018-07-07T16:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/?p=187650\/"},"modified":"2018-07-08T07:23:52","modified_gmt":"2018-07-08T05:23:52","slug":"racing-val-di-sole-can-anyone-stop-amaury-pierron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/racing-val-di-sole-can-anyone-stop-amaury-pierron\/","title":{"rendered":"[Racing] Val Di Sole – Can Anyone Stop Amaury Pierron?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another year, another exciting race in Val di Sole on the dry and dusty soil of the dreaded Black Snake track, between huge rocks and ominous roots.\u00a0Amaury Pierron sealed his utter domination of the UCI DH World Cup 2018 season by also winning Val di Sole, his third World Cup victory in a row. The win is doubly impressive ast VDS is easily the most feared and brutally challenging race on the circuit, of which he is now the undisputed leader in the overall standings.<\/p>\n

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Pierron shows his total confidence,\u00a0but his win may have come from the fact that he took a completely different line choice from the rest of the competitors, while staying fluid and fast. This is proving to be very effective strategy at every race.<\/p>\n

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Second position went to Laurie Greenland, who had an excellent run, full of adrenaline and energy, practically perfect.\u00a0Only half a second separated him from Pierron’s time and thanks to this result he climbs from the fifth to the second place in the overall standings.\u00a0Danny Hart\u00a0landed in\u00a0third position with a slightly conservative\u00a0race run\u00a0(for his style), but clearly he was blazing fast as he was just over a tenth of a second from his former team mate Greenland. Danny also went up in the overall, to\u00a0fifth place.<\/p>\n