Was this the greatest downhill mountain bike race ever? Steve Peat thinks so, and he's seen almost every one of them! The final race of the 2019 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Downhill season concluded in Snowshoe, West Virginia, with Danny Hart taking the race win and Loic Bruni narrowly edging out Amaury Pierron for the World Cup overall Championship of 2019. Loic would need a third place finish to keep the overall if Amaury won the race. Amaury was leading the race with an early run that seemed unbeatable. Loic dropped in and ended up in 3rd place with only Danny Hart remaining. If Danny landed in 2nd, Amaury would win the overall. If Danny won the race, Loic would win the overall. Danny's split times were so close the entire way down his run, that until he crossed the line, no one was sure what the outcome would be. Danny eventually beat Amaury by just .656 seconds, winning the race and leaving Loic with the title. Tracey Hannah earned the women's overall championships victory, but not after Marine Cabirou took the race win, forcing Tracey to be mistake-free within a tight threshold. If Marine won the race, Tracey would have to finish 7th or better. Tracey ended up finishing 5th with just a few seconds to spare and earned the overall victory.Rider Interviews and Times Table of Contents1:26 - Steve Peat5:13 - Loic Bruni11:38 - Amaury Pierron20:45 - Eddie Masters22:18 - Laurent Delorme, Loic's Team Manager23:47 - Tracey Hannah29:56 - Danny Hart34:09 - Marine Cabirou35:48 - Charlie Harrison42:12 - Dakotah Norton43:09 - Bruce Klein45:11 - Thibaut Daprela47:01 - Myriam Nicole48:21 - Troy Brosnan51:54 - Chris Kilmurry55:12 - Veronika Widmann56:10 - Greg Minnaar1:00:00 - Loris Vergier1:03:37 - Luke Meier-Smith1:04:53 - Greg Williamson1:06:28 - Thomas Estaque1:07:21 - Dean Lucas (Nicest guy in Downhilling?)1:10:56 - Finn Iles1:16:08 - Kye A'hern

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