{"id":60546,"date":"2025-09-08T08:30:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T06:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sloveniadownhillcup.si\/2025\/dh-sorca-predzadnja-dirka-serije-klasika-na-prelazu\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T10:22:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T08:22:10","slug":"dh-sorca-predzadnja-dirka-serije-klasika-na-prelazu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slodhcup.pumptrack.si\/en\/2025\/dh-sorca-predzadnja-dirka-serije-klasika-na-prelazu\/","title":{"rendered":"DH Sor’ca: Classic on Mountain Pass as Penultimate Race of Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This weekend, on September 14, the fifth and penultimate race of the Slovenian Downhill Cup 20chocolate Downhill Cup will take place on Sori\u0161ka planina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Slovenski pokal v spustu 20chocolate Downhill Cup se 13. in 14. septembra vra\u010da na zdaj \u017ee klasi\u010dno prizori\u0161\u010de na Sori\u0161ki planini. Tri tedne po skupni dirki z avstrijskim pokalom na Belem jezeru (Weissensee) na Koro\u0161kem se utegne na progi pod Lajnarjem skupna razvrstitev \u017ee po\u010dasi razplesti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Classic With a Twist<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sori\u0161ka planina has been hosting downhill races more or less regularly since 2014, and for three years in a row (from 2021 to 2023) it has also hosted the national championship. The fastest riders complete the 1650 m long track with a 280 m elevation difference in less than three minutes, with last year’s winning time by Miha Jerki\u010d being two minutes and 34 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After the rocky section in the upper part of the track, a new section is being built, but the details are not yet revealed. Otherwise, the track is more or less classic, similar to the one used for last summer’s race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Field<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Today, Monday 8 September, was supposed to be the last day for registration, but the deadline has been extended to Wednesday, so the list is still filling up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the men’s elite these riders were already registered over the weekend: the four-time winner of Sori\u0161ka planina (2016, 2017, 2021, and 2023) Luka Berginc (Coast Riders), last year’s Sori\u0161ka planina winner and last weekend’s World Championship participant Miha Jerki\u010d (427 Savage Squad), and Croatian champion Fran Bo\u0161njak (BBK \u0160i\u0161mi\u0161). If the leader in the rankings, national champion Marko Niemiz, does not appear at the start after competing in the World Championships in Switzerland, Berginc will be in an excellent position to take the lead. Luka’s team mate, Croatian Matija Crnkovi\u0107, who is currently in third place, is already too far behind the leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jerki\u010d won Sor’ca on an enduro bike last year, photo Jure Gaspari\u010d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ma\u0161a Komel in strong lead among women, photo @fskugi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Among the women, the winner of DH Planina and the leader in the series rankings, Ma\u0161a Komel (427 Savage Squad), is coming. She is already the winner of the series before the last two races, but there could be a battle for second and third place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German champion Vicent Vodan is coming to challenge the Slovenian juniors. At the top of the rankings is Matej Osolin (Golovec trails), who was second at Poseka. Four different juniors have won the four races, so no one has many points, so Vodan, who already has some points from Maribor, can quickly close in on the top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vinci Vodan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Two young international riders returning to spice up racing in Slovenia, photo Jure Kranjec<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The U17 men, led by national champion Svit Kunaver Smolkovi\u010d (Bikehanic \u2013 Lumar), will once again try to beat Croatian \u0160imun Juras (BK Fortica), winner of Poseka and Weissensee, and close the gap on him in the rankings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

List of registered riders and registration on prijavim.se<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Schedule<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

According to the established schedule of the series, the seeding run will begin at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, and the final run at 4 p.m. This will be followed by the award presentation at the finish area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The track will be open for riding on Saturday between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., when the Lajnar chairlift will also be operating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Details and registration in propositions<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Let’s ride!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

And not just the competitors. On the day for familiarizing with the course, Saturday, September 13, at 2 p.m., a free guided cycling tour will start from the parking lot as part of the Let’s Go Cycling! program of the Cycling Federation of Slovenia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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