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Snowshoe also provided a heartstoppingly exciting double header to decide the UCI World Cup DH overall title, just as it did back in 2019, when Danny Hart’s win decided the title race between Loic Bruni and Amaury Pierron. This year, there was high drama at every turn, with the pressure getting to title favourites Myriam Nicole, Thibaut Daprela and Loris Vergier in spectacular fashion. In the end, 2020 world champ Reece Wilson (here) won the penultimate round and almost backed it up with a double win, while Loic Bruni showed his class with a flawless run to take the final win and the overall championship. In the women’s, Vali Holl finally shrugged the monkey off her back to win both rounds and claim a totally unexpected victory in the overall championship.