UCI Downhill

The UCI Downhill World Cup and World Championships are raced on a single track. The event starts with scouting and the track walk, continues with training and qualifying, and ends with the race, where athletes get a single run to descend as fast as possible without leaving the course.

These images come from the World Cup in Lourdes in 2022, Loudenvielle in 2023 and the World Championships in Les Gets in 2022. This kind of coverage demands rigorous preparation: checking the spots, planning the runs to know who is riding, where and when, then carrying all the equipment across committing terrain, through mud and dust.