After a week of incredible competition that kicks off the international racing calendar, here are five things we noticed from the sidelines.
1. The Hannah Family had a very good day
Tracey Hannah is the reigning Crankworx downhill champion and proved she was more than worthy of that title in Sunday’s race. She now has 11 Crankworx downhill victories under her belt and is unbeaten in all Crankworx downhill races she has started since June 2018.
Her humongous 24-second winning margin is not the biggest in Crankworx history (that honour goes to Morgane Charre who battled through the bog to win by 25 seconds in Les Gets in 2016) but it underlines her dominance over the rest of the field. While some of the other top ladies didn’t take the start-line, a commenter pointed out that her run was closer to being in the top ten of the men’s race than to being second in the women’s.
Tracey Hannah finished in first place for the women and had a full 24 second gap separating her and the next racer.Her brother Mick on the other hand, hasn’t won at Crankworx Rotorua before so it was awesome to see the 36 year old kick off his 2020 season with a strong result. Someone correct us if we’ve missed one, but Tracey and Mick haven’t both won an event since their Elite Downhill wins at the 2013 Australian National Championships, where Mick beat out Jared Graves and Sam Hill for the win.
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