Les Gets World Cup: Max Alran wins the downhill, Harriet Harnden takes the women's race

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A look back at the downhill at the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup round in Les Gets. On Saturday 22 August 2026, France’s Max Alran won the elite men’s final, according to the Les Gets tourist office and Vojo Magazine, both of which published the results the same day.

The results

Men. Max Alran won in 3:27.924, finishing 1.65 seconds ahead of Austria’s Andreas Kolb and 2.31 seconds ahead of Jackson Goldstone. Richie Rude was fourth and France’s Antoine Pierron fifth. The tourist office says it was Alran’s first elite World Cup win; Kolb had held the hot seat for much of the final before Alran’s run. Alran had also been fastest in Thursday’s timed training and in Friday’s first qualifying round.

Women. Britain’s Harriet Harnden took her first World Cup downhill win, ahead of France’s Marine Cabirou and Austria’s Vali Höll, the reigning world champion, who had led at the early splits. Vojo does not give the gaps on the women’s podium. On the French side, Lisa Bouladou (9th) and Myriam Nicole (10th) also made the top ten.

Conditions

Friday’s qualifying took place on a muddy track. By the finals the course had partly dried out, with conditions changing through the day.

What it means

A home win for a French rider is a landmark for the Les Gets track. In 2027 the resort hosts another World Cup round on 18-20 June, followed by the world championship downhill finals on 27 and 28 August.

Still to be confirmed

Full results are published by the UCI. A photo caption on the tourist office page names different riders on the podium, which contradicts both the results table on the same page and Vojo’s report: we have followed the results table.

For the resort’s racing history, see our page on mountain bike competitions; to ride the trails outside race days, read our bike park guide. Sources: Les Gets tourist office and Vojo Magazine, 22 August 2026.