The weekend wasn’t all positive for TFR. Ollie Davis had his finals bid in his second qualifying run scrapped due to a crash, and teammates Chris Hauser and Matt Walker had to sit out due to injuries. In men’s XC racing, Riley Amos and Gunnar Holmgren are still trying to find their footing within a cutthroat elite men’s field, finishing 34th and 32nd, respectively, in Sunday’s XCO.
“I had a great start and was feeling really strong ticking off riders and had an unfortunate mechanical, but after a quick pit stop was making up a ton of ground and cracked back into the top 25 for a bit before a little bit of a final lap blow-up,” Amos wrote after the race. “Last two races have been a huge step forward in a lot of ways and I’m fired up for the opportunity the last two races in North America brings.”
Amos and Holmgren can take heart from the weekend. Their teammates showed how maintaining the grind, especially in the midst of struggles, pays off. With wind in their sails and just two World Cup rounds left — in Lake Placid from Oct. 3-5, and Mont-Sainte-Anne from Oct. 9-12 — TFR DH and XC are poised to end the season with a bang.
