A few days before the 3rd round of the DH World Cup, Maribor hosted the European Championships! Ideal preparation for the return to the World Cup of our riders who have collected several medals!

French Champion a few weeks ago, Benoit Coulanges took the men's silver medal for the 3rd time in a row! He missed the title by half a second, but he's surely one day he’ll get it! Good performances also for Daniel Slack (4th), Dylan Levesque (6th) and Thomas Estaque (10th) in the top ten.

In the women’s competition, another COMMENCAL Dorval AM Team rider Monika Hrastnik, took the gold! It’s her second European title after her first in 2018, and confirmation of her great start to the World Cup season. Her teammate Camille Balanche 4th.

Amongst the U17s, it was Hugo Marini who took the gold medal at these European Championships and Isa Bouladou in the women! His young X1 Racing teammate Max Alran, won in the U15 category! Also note the nice performances from Loic Martin (5th), Tom Guillo (6th) and Alix Francoz (8th) in the junior men.

Excellent performances just before the return from the World Cup here for this weekend!

Photos: Nico Brizin / Jay Crunch