The UCI Mountain Bike Downhill World Cup elite finals in Andorra are to go ahead after being postponed due to high winds.
The prospect of worsening conditions meant that the races had been set to start earlier than planned on Saturday in a reduced format - with no semi-final - but a worsening outlook early on Saturday morning forced a further safety hold.
Now, after favourable weather updates, the finals will be live from 14:30 (CEST) on GCN+ globally, Eurosport.com and discovery+
The women - whose race will also be live on Eurosport 2 -will be on track from 14:45 and the men at 15:30.
A statement by the UCI WBD Sports and the local organisers reads: "Due to extreme wind speeds Saturday's UCI Downhill World Cup will go ahead on a reduced schedule.
"This safety decision has been made by the UCI, WBD Sports and the local organisers to ensure the welfare of the athletes, teams, marshals, volunteers, spectators, and everyone working at the event.
"There will be no semi-final race."
The juniors went between the tapes during Friday’s sunshine and enjoyed dry and dusty conditions.
It was new World Champion Erice Van Leuven (Commencal Les Orres) who backed up her triumph in Scotland by taking the win in the women’s race by a hefty 5.3 seconds from Colombian Valentina Roa Sanchez (Transition Factory Racing). France’s Lisa Bouladou was third but keeps hold of the leader’s jersey.
In the junior men, USA’s Ryan Pinkerton (GT Continental Factory Racing) made good on some scorching qualifying runs by taking the win by just over a second from Italy’s Christian Hauser (Union - Forged by Steel City Media). Bodhi Kuhn (Trek Factory Racing Gravity) ended up fifth but retains the lead in the overall.
The Cross-country racing is due to continue on Sunday when the fifth round of the UCI Cross-country Olympic World Cup gets underway in Andorra.
Full results from the weekend’s racing so far are available here.
