Canada’s crimes against humanity are as bad as they get: Avril Lavigne, Alanis Morissette and Bryan Adams for starters. We’ll forgive them, though – any country that has a World Cup track like Mont-Sainte-Anne can’t be all bad.
MSA’s seen some classic racing over the years – check out this beauty below from 1999 if you need proof. Read on to discover our top six moments from years past.
Source: Transcontinental Headliners 2. Republished by VitalMTB with permission from Taylor Congdon and TEC Films
1 Minnaar beats Nico
By 2001 Nico Vouilloz had the World Cup series in a vise-like grip. It took a 19-year-old Greg Minnaar to wrest it from him. Things were never the same again. Except the next year, when Nico won again.
2 Sweet for Peat
Steve Peat was on fire in 2004, and Mont-St-Anne was where he took overall honours. Arise Sir Peaty of Wharncliffe.
3 Aaron who?
In 2008 Aaron Gwin entered his first World Cup and fluked 10th place. Except it was no fluke. Unlucky, er, everybody else…
Source: Team Yeti/Fox / Pinkbike
4 Silver Smith
Stevie Smith bagged silver at the 2010 World Champs despite slipping a pedal and nearly wiping out. The crowd went wild at having a Canadian on the podium. Aboot time, too!
5 Wait is finally over for Moseley
Tracy Moseley’s no quitter – she missed out on World Champs glory 13 times before finally winning the rainbow stripes in 2010. About bloody time too!
6 Hill bounces back from injury
Sam Hill’s home trails are as dry as his sense of humour but he always pulls it out of the bag at muddy races. A big crash at Fort Bill wrecked his 2010 World Cup campaign but he bounced back at MSA to snatch his third world title.
Source: Extreme.com
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