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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nBerginc remains unbeaten, but…<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In the seeding run, which also earns half points for the series standings, the defending Croatian champion Ivan Ba\u0161i\u0107<\/strong> (Coast Riders) set the best time of the male elite category with 3 minutes, 2 seconds and 26 hundredths of a second. He was 2.82 seconds faster than the Slovenian champion Luka Berginc<\/strong> (DH Visit Pohorje) and earned the right to be the last rider to take to the track in the late afternoon finale. Matic Kokelj<\/strong> (Wolf Racing Team) was third fastest, 5.92 seconds behind Ba\u0161i\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Surprisingly, the Slovenian master champion Bo\u0161tjan Volf<\/strong> (Wolf Racing by Wheelbase) was a good second faster than Ba\u0161i\u0107. Volf started half an hour earlier, but the conditions were not significantly different from those experienced by the elite rider later on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the final run, Volf improved his time significantly to 2:55.10 and it was interesting to see how the U17 and U19 riders and the elite would cope with the new track record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before the last three elite riders, Slovenian enduro rider David Ivartnik<\/strong> (Golovec Trails) was in the lead with a time of 3:05.50, a good second and a half over Ga\u0161per Jure\u010di\u010d<\/strong> (DGK Pohorje – Spank Team). Kokelj was fast and took the hot seat with a lead of just under four seconds. Ba\u0161i\u0107 also improved his performance and took the lead to defend his Croatian national title, but just missed the three-minute mark. Berginc showed once again why he is currently the ruler at the national events. He won in 2:55.44. The honour of the best performance of the final, however, went to the veteran Volf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Final results \u2013 elite men<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the women’s category, four young Slovenian competitors competed. The fastest in both the classification and the final was junior Hana Kranjec \u017dagar<\/strong> (Rajd Ljubljana), a cross-country racer who took the opportunity of borrowing equipment from the club and tried her hand at her first ever downhill race. A successful attempt! In the final, second place went to Ana Inkret<\/strong> (Calcit Bike Team), who beat last year’s Sljemena winner Tina Smrdel<\/strong> (MBK \u010crni Vrh). Tina was second in the seeding run, but lost a lot of time in the final when she crashed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the master category, Volf won ahead of the new Croatian veteran champion Veno Vrbanovi\u0107<\/strong> (BK Opu\u0161teno) and Ro\u017ele Mesec<\/strong> (Golovec trails).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Among the U19 junior men, Maks Oblak<\/strong> (\u0160D Supersnurf) scored his first win ahead of Nino Popovi\u0107<\/strong> (Rajd Ljubljana) and teammate Matja\u017e Franci Selan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The U17 men were in fact faster than the U19. Matija La\u010den<\/strong> (KK \u010crn trn) won here with an excellent time of 3:02.52 ahead of Vid Berlot<\/strong> and Maks Struna<\/strong> (both KK Zavr\u0161nica).<\/p>\n\n\n\n The victory also went to \u010crn trn in the U15 boys’ category, where Jurij Antler<\/strong> was the fastest ahead of Gabriel Nosan<\/strong> and Alja\u017e \u0160av <\/strong>(both Calcit Bike Team).<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the youngest U13 category, Gaj Pal\u010di\u010d<\/strong> (Rajd Ljubljana) won ahead of Loren Mohar<\/strong> and his teammate Gal Novak<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The amateur category was again numerous and fast, thanks to the winner Berislav Topol<\/strong> (BK Stvaramo staze), former Croatian elite champion, with a time of 3:03.33. Jo\u0161t \u0160trucelj<\/strong> and Patrik Ba\u0161elj<\/strong> followed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The fourth and final race of the 20chocolate Downhill Cup 2023 series is now confirmed. It will be the Kenda DH Pohorje in Maribor, and the date is 8 October 2023. Propositions and registrations follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the muddy third round of the 20chocolate Downhill Cup series on the DH Legends track above Zagreb, the Croatian Federation also awarded the 2023 championship titles. Luka Berginc and Hana Kranjec \u017dagar came out on top of elite podium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":53506,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,3],"tags":[64],"blocksy_meta":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slodhcup.pumptrack.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53512"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slodhcup.pumptrack.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slodhcup.pumptrack.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slodhcup.pumptrack.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slodhcup.pumptrack.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53512"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/slodhcup.pumptrack.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53521,"href":"https:\/\/slodhcup.pumptrack.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53512\/revisions\/53521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slodhcup.pumptrack.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slodhcup.pumptrack.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slodhcup.pumptrack.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slodhcup.pumptrack.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>\n
Excellent first attempt by Hana Kranjec \u017dagar<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Vrstni results \u2013 women<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe quick U17 men<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Complete results from DH Sljeme<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Finals at Pohorje!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
More photos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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