{"id":6642,"date":"2020-07-31T09:12:05","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T07:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/43ride.com\/en\/?p=6642"},"modified":"2025-10-21T11:35:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T09:35:28","slug":"clif-crankworx-summer-series-verbeeck-van-steenbergen-master-dual-slalom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/43ride.com\/en\/events\/2020\/clif-crankworx-summer-series-verbeeck-van-steenbergen-master-dual-slalom\/","title":{"rendered":"CLIF Crankworx Summer Series: Verbeeck & Van Steenbergen master Dual Slalom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For Vaea Verbeeck and Bas van Steenbergen of nearby Coldstream, B.C., it was a \u201cdramatic, eventful day\u201d (in the words of Verbeeck) of racing at Vernon\u2019s SilverStar Resort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vaea Verbeeck & Bas van Steenbergen \/ photo: Chris Pilling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The two emerged victorious, the first shared podium for the couple, after a hot and rowdy day in the SilverStar Dual Slalom. The event was the second day of competition for the SilverStar stop of the three week long CLIF Crankworx Summer Series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The win marked the third career Crankworx Dual Slalom win for Verbeeck, and her second podium of the week. She placed second in the previous day\u2019s SilverStar Enduro.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: Clint Trahan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Her opponent in the final matchup on the Dual Slalom course was the rider who bested her by under two seconds the previous day, Casey Brown. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Casey got the first round and I knew that I had to make up some time. Near the bottom I was feeling like I had a little bit of a lead but not much. So we both didn\u2019t know who had won it.<\/p>– Vaea Verbeeck<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

When the final times came through, Verbeeck was ahead by a tight 0.37 seconds overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s the way it should be. We\u2019re both stoked for each other. Fun, positive note to end the day on for sure.<\/p>– Vaea Verbeeck<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: Clint Trahan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Third place went to Miranda Miller, who battled Georgia Astle for the final podium spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: Clint Trahan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like Verbeeck, van Steenbergen lined up at the start gate next to the winner of the Enduro for the Elite Men\u2019s final. In his case, World Cup downhiller Finn Iles. Like Brown, Iles crossed the line fastest in their first finals matchup, but van Steenbergen didn\u2019t let it get in his head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I feel like the last while I\u2019ve thrown it away by overriding it. I knew that I had the speed to win and I rode safe and smooth and didn\u2019t override it, which I\u2019m pretty stoked on.<\/p>– Bas van Steenbergen<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In the end, BVS was faster than Iles by just under half a second after two. A tight margin, but enough to earn him the win. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: Clint Trahan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

He said today, and in general with Slalom racing, the mindset of when to hit the gas and when to hit the brakes was key.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I just kind of visualize the track before dropping in and try to tell myself where to come in easy and where to come in fast and just try to cool myself down. I feel like a lot of times you\u2019re either trying too hard or not hard enough in Dual Slalom.<\/p>– Bas van Steenbergen<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: Clint Trahan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Third place for the men went to the young gun, downhiller Lucas Cruz, who beat out Enduro all-star Remi Gauvin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For both van Steenbergen and Verbeeck, the win was hard-fought. Verbeeck called the course \u201ca bit of a monster,\u201d and for good reason.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: Clint Trahan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShortly after the beginning I thought I was out for the next two months,\u201d<\/em> she said, after a spill in practice left her thinking she had broken her arm. With some time off to assess, she decided to power through, a decision that paid off.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was manicured and built up but definitely not forgiving at all. You had to be very precise. So if you took a chance and tried to double through the rhythm you had to be super precise or bite the dust. Definitely a tough one, but overall still very exciting to have that sort of built track rather than keeping it too simple. It was exciting to watch and that\u2019s how it should be.<\/p>– Vaea Verbeeck<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Right off the start, that triple into the really tight turns was actually really hard and I had to wiggle my way around some of those corners a couple of times to make it around the posts. Those were pretty gnarly for sure.<\/p>– Bas van Steenbergen<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

FULL RESULTS – coming soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n