New Champions Crowned - 2015 MTB World Champs DH Slideshow

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<b>Loic Bruni takes World Champs Downhill gold and knows it before it was official. Everyone rejoiced with him.</b> -Duncan Philpott
<b>What an emotional way to end a year of near misses and lots of 2nd places with a big win at World Champs. The tears were inevitable. </b> -Sven Martin
<b>French and South African flags fly high among the crowds. The French highest today.</b> -Sven Martin
<b>All that glitters was gold today.</b> -Sven Martin
<b>Golden light for the gold medal girl.</b> -Duncan Philpott
<b>Rachel beasting it to the finish line.</b> -Sven Martin
<b>I don't usually like to include wood features in DH but when the day dawned like this, we can make an exception. Rachel tasting the rainbow.</b> -Sven Martin
<b>Rachel Atherton powering out the last turn of her last sprint of a near-perfect season. </b> -Sven Martin
<b>Laurie Greenland sending it on a magic Sunday morning. Junior Men's gold.</b> -Sven Martin
<b>Marine Cabirou ends a near-perfect season with a deserved World Champs win. 7-seconds ahead of the next Junior Woman. </b> -Sven Martin
<b>Greg Minnaar compresses into the finish area. Another World Champs medal for one of the most impressive downhillers of all time. Mastering any type of course at any age and finishing interviews in the face of adversity.</b> -Sven Martin
<b>Solid bike-vault-to-crowd-surf. 10/10 for execution and style and the second-coolest thing today.</b> -Duncan Philpott
<b>Manon's margin of defeat was slim on such a long course. Perfect motivation to hit it hard in the off-season.</b> -Duncan Philpott
<b>Josh Bryceland managed to reign it in on the step down and cross the line for the bronze medal...injury-free, too.</b> -Duncan Philpott
<b>Tracy Hannah slipped a place from seeding to bronze, not a bad result by any means! Attacking this final shoot and looking fresh all the way to the finish.</b> -Duncan Philpott
<b>Mike Jones DESTROYED the bottom section of this track. It made for tense racing when so many guys would go faster at the top and middle only to lose 4 or more seconds to Mike and be defeated by the bottom.</b> -Duncan Philpott
<b>Mike Jones grinning as he ticks off the places all the way to 4th.</b> -Duncan Philpott
<b>Martin Maes smashed the top and had a good run. Just losing too much out to Laurie on the final split. An impressive finish for Maes considering how little time he spends on his DH bike.</b> -Sven Martin
<b>Marcelo, the lone rider does his thing. Other tend to practice in packs or pairs. Marcello does his own thing and its working out this year. </b> -Sven Martin
<b>The moment Gee hit the deck and the whole Atherton Racing staff (including Rachel) are shocked and dismayed.</b> -Duncan Philpott
<b>A final drop into the final finish arena for the final time. Bernat Guardia.</b> -Duncan Philpott
<b>The poor women had the most challenging riding all week. Practice finals day began pre-sunrise. When the sun rose, it was straight in their eyes too.</b> -Sven Martin
<b>A deflating run for Brendan who still managed a Top 20 with a puncture.</b> -Duncan Philpott
<b>The betting pool win was a three-way split. The Hoff, Tommy and Alberto/Laura took the spoils with their faith on Loic. </b> -Sven Martin
<b>Another bet lost. Tommy Wilkinson had to spend the remainder of the day and night tattooed by Boris.</b> -Sven Martin
<b>The light just peaking over the mountains was a beautiful start to a not-so-ideal day for Miriam Nicole who crashed in her race run.</b> -Duncan Philpott
<b>Rachel and Pom Pon discusswhat happened during Pom Pon's run as her crash didn't show on the big screen. </b> -Sven Martin
<b>I'm with the World Champ.</b> -one of the squids via WhatsApp
<b>Rise and shine, it's race day!</b> -Sven Martin
<b>Mick Hannah ends the year in a good place for both his body and head.</b> -Sven Martin
<b>The French hope of Remi tried but failed. Riding in a lot of pain after months off the bike and a not-yet-healed broken ankle. Much respect Remi!</b> -Sven Martin
<b>Sam Hill was making up a lot of time on the steep part of the track but he pushed too hard and went down. What could have been?</b> -Duncan Philpott
<b>Jill Kintner, the only American woman racing, had a good run going until she had a big crash and her podium chances dashed. </b> -Sven Martin
<b>Not just a fast rider but a super stylish one, too. Loris Vergier let it go sideways after a race run crash. </b> -Duncan Philpott
<b>Sometimes it just doesn't go to plan and once you cross your line there's that moment where you have to just embrace the experience.</b> -Duncan Philpott
<b>Danny Hart pin-balled his way down the track in front of the massive crowds. The vibe of the event was certainly worthy of a World Champs.</b> -Duncan Philpott
<b>Blenki had a problem trying to clip back in on the bottom of the track and couldn't push as hard as he wanted. He still managed to slot it into 7th place.</b> -Duncan Philpott
<b>Connor Fearon can schralp a corner and certainly didn't lose any time here for 8th place.</b> -Duncan Philpott
<b>The dreaded hot seat wait as the fastest on paper remained.</b> -Duncan Philpott
<b>The prize all were chasing...</b> -Sven Martin
<b>Casey Brown won the huck-to-flat award for the women.</b> -Sven Martin
<b>A former World Champ, Morgan Charre rode to 4th place.</b> -Duncan Philpott
<b>Vital RAW team looking for sketchy nugs. Mono's jinx is finally broken.</b> -Sven Martin
<b>Gwin congratulates Loic and Loic consoles Gwin. Gwin is a top-notch sportsman, putting others ahead of himself every time. What a great year for these two riders.</b> -Sven Martin
<b>Mandatory Boris finish line rainbow selfie.</b> @maddogboris
<b>Brook Macdonald slapping through the singletrack section of the open. His wild ride cut his medal hopes short.</b> -Duncan Philpott
<b>Crank Brothers pounding out some hardware.</b> -Sven Martin
<b>#1 nicest guy among media squids. The Hoff.</b> -Duncan Philpott
<b>Jackson Frew, bronze medal grom!</b> -Duncan Philpott
<b>Laurie's dad Ben, 55-seconds into capturing one of the proudest moments of his life.</b> -Duncan Philpott
<b>Greenland's grin. A geniune moment from when all that hard work has paid off.</b> -Duncan Philpott
<b>Laurie lurkin'.</b> -Duncan Philpott
<b>GBGBAUS with hands-on-hips media training.</b> -Duncan Philpott
<b>Rachel may profess to not care too much about World Champs compared to World Cup racing, but that doesn't stop her checking out the times and splits of her nearest competitors at the end of the day.</b> -Sven Martin
<b>The tears tell the real story...</b> -Duncan Philpott
<b>An upside-down race venue means a gondola back up to the pits. Rachel on her second uncorking celebrating with the media squids. </b> -Sven Martin
<b>Loic bringing it home...</b> -Sven Martin
<b>Telemetry, secret bikes and all-around, top-notch mechanic skills from Jack is fundamental in taking Loic to the top. #teamwork</b> -Duncan Philpott
<b>Vital PhotoChop contest anyone? Email entries to sspomer@vitalmtb.com</b> -Sven Martin
<b>Oh what a feeling! Couldn't have been earned by a more deserving rider.</b> -Sven Martin
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<b>If you've made it this far, just know that Vital's shows wouldn't be anything without the incredible work of Sven, Duncan, @maddogboris, Joe, Mono and everyone else who has helped bring our sport to the screens this year. We are honored to showcase their work!</b> -gordo
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The most important one-day race in mountain biking crowns four new World Champion downhillers. The photos and interviews by mountain biking's hardest-working media crew tell the tale.

Vital's shows wouldn't be anything without the incredible work of Sven, Duncan, @maddogboris, Joe, Mono and everyone else who has helped bring our sport to the screens this year. We are honored to showcase your work, guys! Thank you for an epic 2015. -gordo

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