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When are you watching Crankworks Cairns on Red Bull TV?
Crankworx Cairns takes place from May 17 to 21 and a total of five events from the festival will be broadcast live on Red Bull TV:
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Where does Crankworx Cairns take place?
Smithfield is on the Queensland coast at the corner of the Great Barrier Reef. Be it an athlete or a fan, almost everyone speaks in favor of moving to Australia.
Having hosted two UCI Mountain Bike World Championships and two World Cup races in the past, Smithfield has a solid place in mountain bike history. In addition, the standard downhill course and sections of the course used in the Olympic cross-country races can also be ridden by regular spectators.
Enjoy amazing winning streaks from the downhill event at Crankworks 2022:
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Downhill winning runs – Cairns
See who’s the fastest man and woman in Cairns at the first ever Crankworks World Tour in Australia.
The world-renowned Australian trail builders of World Trail in Smithfield are tasked with creating slopestyle, dual slalom, speed & style and bump track courses. These are within the rainforest area, not far from the host village.
Impressive Slope Style Course 2022
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Who to consider at Crankworx Cairns?
We’ll start with an all-male slopestyle tournament where competitors are invited based on the FMB World Tour rankings. If the names sound familiar, that’s because many of them were spotted at Crankworks Rotorua in New Zealand in March.
Rotorua Stage – David Katzik, Emil Johansson and Tom Istedt
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Harriet Burbidge Smith and Jenna Hastings at Crankworks Cairns 2022
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With the new Crankworks World Tour Downhill Championship and substantial prize money for the best downhillers, the races will be tough. In addition to some top Aussies like Tracey Hannah, the women’s category also features female riders like up-and-coming Brit Louise Ferguson or Caroline Buchanan. In the men’s race, Mick Hanna will be looking for a great performance to beat the likes of Sam Hill or Sam Blenkinsop.
Caroline Buchanan is off to a good start to the 2023 Crankworks season
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Who has the best chance to win the titles King and Queen of Crankworks?
With the first Crankworks Festival behind us, the battle for the King and Queen titles is slowly but surely taking shape. A small reminder: points are awarded in all events and disciplines, while athletes with the most points win the title. As a rule, these are the riders who show the most consistency in the four Crankworks Festivals.
Two winners from 2022 currently lead the rankings — Boss van Steenbergen and Caroline Buchanan. The Australian player is second with 334 points, followed by the New Zealander with 290 points. Shania Rawson is third with 240 points. In the men’s category Van Steenbergen has 247 points ahead of New Zealand’s Tuhoto-Ariki Bene with 221 points. Sam Blenkinsop is third with 190 points.
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Here’s what you missed at Crankworx Cairns 2022:
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Recap Show – Cairns
Enjoy a complete recap of the third stop of the world’s largest MTB festival, the Crankworks World Tour.
American Nikoli Rogatkin used the moment to overtake Germany’s Eric Fedko for the win. Fedko was still in first place after the first round with a score of 92.75, but Rogadkin did magic in his second run and was rewarded by the judges with an astronomical 94.75 points. In other competitions, local riders were the main focus, with victories for Carline Buchanan, Harriet Burbidge-Smith, Troy Brosnan, Tracy Hannah, Mick Hannah and Jace Gunning.
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