3) Tracey Hannah Wins in Fort William to End Rach’s Winning Streak

When news broke that Rachel Atherton had injured herself in qualification at Fort William in round two of the DH World Cup there was shock around the event village. Tracey Hannah stepped up to put down a stunning time and take her first win since Pietermaritzburg in 2012. It was a great run and though Rach missed out with a shoulder issue, there’s no guarantee she would’ve been able to beat Hannah’s time even if she did compete. The 2017 women’s overall race was blown wide open.

4) Greg Minnaar Proves He’s Pretty Much Unbeatable in the Scottish Highlands

…by taking a third successive win and his seventh of all time in Fort William, even after rain started falling as the top 10 took to the starting gates. The result was Minnaar’s 20th career World Cup win.

8) Aaron Gwin Lays Down One of the All Time Greatest Runs in Mont-Sainte-Anne

After the heavens opened in Canada, most of the field struggled to come close to the time of Australian Dean Lucas, whose 4:19.484 in desirable conditions was enough to leave him on top of the podium until the very last rider came down the hill.

Unfortunately for Lucas, that rider was Aaron Gwin, who slid down the track through silly amounts of mud to take over a second off the Australian and claim the win for the YT Mob. This was not only the best run of the season, but also one of the best of all time.

9) Drama Galore as the Overalls Come Down to the Wire in Val di Sole

Tahnee Seagrave grabbed her third win of the series but Myriam Nicole’s second-place was more than enough for her to take the overall win, while a puncture ended Greg Minnaar’s hopes of the overall title as Aaron Gwin won the race and the series for 2017.

10) Miranda Miller Shocks the World in Cairns and Loic Bruni Becomes a Two Time World Champion

Tahnee put five seconds into Miranda Miller‘s time then crashed. Tracey Hannah was on a fantastic run on home soil then also came off her bike. Myriam Nicole came within a tenth of a second of victory. But Miranda Miller took the rainbow jersey for Canada.

In the men’s Loic Bruni was the only man who could better homeboy Mick Hannah’s time (and only by +0.339) as he rode to his second World Champs win in three years to cap off another stunning year on the World Cup circuit.