1996 Mont Sainte Anne World Cup Replay 5

Grundig / UCI 1996 Mont-Sainte Anne DH + XC World Cup by Eurosport

Mont-Sainte Anne has been the highlight of the World Cup for many years.In 1996, Anne Caroline Chausson was a seemingly unstoppable force. One woman, the World Champion Leigh Donovan dared to challenge her. In truth, the women's field was stacked with talents like Marla Streb, Missy Giove, and many more.

The men's field was as crowded as ever with Shaun Palmer, Steve Peat, Mike King, and Brian Lopes all gunning for the top spot. Of course, The Alien, Nicolas Vouilloz was a perennial threat to the top step.

Enjoy the racing and marvel at these riders' ability to navigate the terrifying bikes at such breakneck speeds.

Related:
Missy Giove
Nicolas Vouilloz
Anne Caroline Chausson
Steve Peat
Mont Sainte Anne, Canada
Leigh Donovan
Marla Streb
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TRex
4 years ago
Ronning must have been so happy to get off of that chap having Gary Fisher and onto the the Intense program a few years later. That bike sounded terrible.
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Big Bird
4 years ago
Misser's helmet paint job was Sick! I lived in Santa Cruz in those days and worked just up the street from Rock Shox. Our team would get product hand delivered the same day they were mailed to the pro racers. But we never got ahold of one of those bolt together Boxxer prototypes.
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harorider13
4 years ago
Watched the Steve Peat doc and now I love watching these old races. This is still a young sport and the early days are fun to watch.
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Big Bird
4 years ago
It's Red Bull Bike putting these out in leu of the regular races. Keep an eye on their YouTube channel and I'm sure there'll be more.