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The 2025 DH World Champs took place in the very steeps of Champery, Switzerland. Here are the results, reports and highlights vids.
It's early days but watching Goldstone I feel like he's the fastest person to ever race a DH bike.
I've been watching since the 90's and no one has ever ridden a bike like that before. His cruising speed is levels above everyone else's best efforts.
I know anything could happen in the next few seasons but I can see him becoming the Ricky Carmichael of Downhill. He's playing a different game to everyone else.
That gap he pulled on the open section was next level nuts and yet pinpoint precise.
Would have been interesting to see Pierrons time if he didn’t have his off
Williams was with him all the way time wise when Juniors, so as much as I like Goldstone and think he is currently different level, I think he is catchable from the others, if not this season. Pierron is still easing back and there is a lot of untapped potential in the likes of O'Callaghan, Dunne, Williams and even Hatton etc. They could all go on a run if it "clicks" for them.
Andreas Kolb deserves a mention - he was also flying. I'm surprised he was the only one to come a cropper on that section as it was waiting to happen to someone.
Williams was with him all the way time wise when Juniors, so as much as I like Goldstone and think he is currently different level, I think he is catchable from the others, if not this season. Pierron is still easing back and there is a lot of untapped potential in the likes of O'Callaghan, Dunne, Williams and even Hatton etc. They could all go on a run if it "clicks" for them.
yes… but if the thought is Jackson is beatable (which he is) on any given Sunday by any one of the current top ten, that surely makes him a cut above, just from having that conversation.
@somafunk thanks for sharing that, great 5mins. Capturing (or adding) that deep breath out from Jackson at the start gate was genius, gave me goosebumps.
I am really enjoying the mens elite racing now. For a few seasons I have favored the womens races for viewing due to the lower predictability of results, obvious progression in the sport, and what appeared to be more camaraderie between riders. But with the introduction of Goldstone, Dunne, Callaghan, Norton and a few others, I am loving the mens elite again. I think teams like Frameworks have also added a dimension that wasn't there before.
Adding to the comments on Goldstone, I think he will become the Vali of the mens for a couple of seasons if he manages to knock the stuffing out of Bruni (no guarantee he will) and then others, like Asa Vermett, will come through and push things further.
I am so thankful for the riders and the teams like Frameworks keeping it interesting because from my perspective I am not enjoying the commentary or the coverage. I might be a dinosaur, and I can handle that, but the Redbull days and Freecaster were lifted by the commentary not hampered. I managed to watch the champs on youtube live stream using a VPN from Nigeria, the racing saved it, the commentary tried to kill it. XCC was the same. And as I don't have a TNT subscription I can only assume that the World Cup commentary is similar.
@somafunk thanks for sharing that, great 5mins. Capturing (or adding) that deep breath out from Jackson at the start gate was genius, gave me goosebumps.
All their edits of the world cups are ace,, if you haven’t watched them (already) then they are well worth 5 mins of your time v