Leogang Qualifying Slideshow

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Greg Minnaar punches a hole in the competition with a first-place qualifier in Leogang as the entire field struggles to find the edge of traction without finding destruction. A quality qualifier from Austria thanks to Sven Martin and @maddogboris.

Greg Minnaar harnessing the speed and squashing the jumps on the motorway. One of the oldest riders, also the fastest. -Sven Martin

Wheeling out the flat, slippery corner like Greg Minnaar. His mechanic, Marshy, with some of the secret sauce. @maddogboris

Well done Tracey Hannah. Will we see another great split time battle between Tracey and Rachel in finals? @maddogboris

The fine folks at Mountain Reggae Radio. Check their music station out. Always entertaining for us out here in Austria. -Sven Martin

Matteo Iniguez, 2nd place Junior qualifier with style to boot. -Dan Hearn

Matteo Inguez from France is always one of the fastest juniors I'm practice. Finally he puts a clean run down for second place and 2 photos in the show. -Sven Martin

Oh Loic wasn't happy about his 11th place. Fingers crossed he will find some time in finals. @maddogboris

Flat Pedal Thunder, Connor Fearon backed up his time dtraining result with a 6th position in qualis. He even had a faster Split 2 than Greg. @maddogboris

Mark Wallace taking the high line above the chunky square roots. Oh what a difference 3 centimeters make. -Sven Martin

For some reason I can't get the visual of a frog out of my head when I look at this. Not sure if it's because it's Loris or just cause he looks like a frog here from behind? Second place today nipping at the Boss's heals by just .16. -Sven Martin

Phil Atwill has been in this predicament before and he came out with flying colors. Nervously watching the last rider coming down. 60th place today, all or nothing tomorrow. -Sven Martin

Laurie Greenland in eleventh but only half a second away from 5th. It's going to be tight tomorrow for those top five spots and every point matters in a battle for overall rankings at the end of the year. -Sven Martin

This weeks potential privateer of the race contestant. By today's result yes, but let's see how Johannes Von Klebelsberg goes tomorrow. 16th today. BTW, Wyn's GoFundMe has over 10,000 euros raised. Some factory riders may think about jumping ship. -Sven Martin

Cutting through ruts like a hot knife through butter. Andrew Neething with the experience in the audio. @maddogboris

Valentine Chatanay catches the big roots on the exit of the rock garden and goes out the front door. -Sven Martin

Rachel clearly having fun with the course sliding and roosting with a big smile during her race run today. Tight times (again) with Tracey, this time Rachel into second. -Sven Martin

Just like that. After her first defeat last weekend, Vali is determined to show everyone her true form. 18 seconds in front today. She would have placed 4th in Elite Women's with her time. -Sven Martin

Another third for Nina Hoffmann, not afraid to let it slide. -Sven Martin

Jamie Edmondson carving the loam in one of the short new sections. -Sven Martin

Joey Foresta into third, which is closer to where we expected him to be this year. Stoked for the finals tomorrow. -Sven Martin

Alternate lines allow for passing opportunities. Raphaella Richter (29) makes the pass and hops into a 5th place qualifier. -Sven Martin

Juniors. They get fatigued 3/4 way down and can't stay on course. #makeyourownline -Sven Martin

Gwin knows the difference between a functional scrub and a whip. 8th place, regardless of choice. -Sven Martin

Super Marin not Super Bruni. -Sven Martin

Me: "Do a quick fake race run start sprint out the start house."<br />
Vali: "How's this?" (does a stoppie down the ramp). -Sven Martin

You really can tell when some riders push harder and faster than others. Troy doing all he can to control the torque. -Sven Martin

1/6th for all you tech heads. The cloudy overcast day allowed for slow and low shutter speeds. -Sven Martin

Mitch Ropelato with another showstopper today this time off the step-down. -Sven Martin

Check out Sven's shot of Mitch Ropelato from the front. One sick scrub from front and behind. @maddogboris

When you can throw scrubs like this, you don't need your name on your jersey. Everyone just knows. Dakotah Norton -Sven Martin

The other main contender for Saturday's Vital King of the Scrubs contest. -Sven Martin

Mille Johnset in third, three seconds back from Newkirk. -Sven Martin

Anna New in her Leaders Jersey with 2nd place today in qualis. @maddogboris

Well done Rafael Gutierrez! 29th for the Colombian. @maddogboris

Thibault Daprela with some rear tire roost into 1st. @maddogboris

G-Out Project Leogang? @maddogboris

Mark Wallace's mechanic, Nigel Reeve, defo loves his job. @maddogboris

TimewarpWalllride! @maddogboris

Yeah Greg Williamson! 9th place for the Scotsman. @maddogboris

Paula Zibasa will race her first World Cups finals as an Elite rider on sunday. Here she makes a plan for the race with her trainier. Good Luck, Paula. @maddogboris

Raphaela Richter is the German National Enduro Champion and here to have some Fun on the DH Bike. 5th fastest time for her. @maddogboris

Rock n Roll ohmmmmmmmmmm @maddogboris

Peaty knows how to pimp a bike! @maddogboris

Not sure if Loris Vergier is trying to find the 0.166 seconds on Greg with his phone?! @maddogboris

Emilie Siegenthaler is happy about her 10th place. She wasnt protected and is also not 100% fit after her Injury. @maddogboris

Simon Chapelet had some wild moments today. @maddogboris

Father and son, one passion. Finn Iles and his dad probably checking out some of Finn's unbelievable sick scrubs from practice. @maddogboris

Even with the 4th fastest time today, Amaury Pierron wasn't happy. We saw him just rolling down the track twice. Let's see what he will deliver tomorrow @maddogboris

Eddie Masters considering a podcast career over a race career? -Sven Martin

Jure is back in the Top 10. 5th fastest time for the Unior Devinci rider. @maddogboris

You guys remember our Editing-Pool-Selfie from 2 years ago? This time we were editing while watching a Freestyle MX Show. @maddogboris

Get your shit together Loic and smash it in finals bro! @maddogboris

When Troy arrives tomorrow in the finish area, we expect a few more fans. @maddogboris

Matt Walker just with the 30th fastest time today. Will he be back in the top10 in finals? @maddogboris

Not sure if Danny Hart was really happy about his performance in quali, but we know he can be up there on the podium in finals. @maddogboris

Thibaut Daprela is on a mission. 2.7 seconds faster than the second Junior. With this time he would have been 24th in Elite Men. @maddogboris

Luca Shaw wasn't happy about 21st place, but i was happy about that panshot I got of him. @maddogboris

Aaaannd i was also pretty happy about that Panshot of Mick Hannah. @maddogboris

Poor Kaos. He went down hard in his last training run before Qualis. He had the speed before his crash, but now he all he has is a scratch on his helmet and has to watch the race tomorrow. @maddogboris

Kye A´Hern 3 seconds behind on P3! @maddogboris