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Get the lowdown on what on what happened during the Australian leg of the 2025 Crankworx World Tour in Cairns.
The second of the three Crankworx World Tour stops of 2025 went down in Cairns, Australia, with five days of action across a multitude of mountain bike disciplines. Cairns is the new kid on the block of the Crankworx festival series and there's always plenty that's fresh to enjoy in the tropicl jungle setting, with the slopestyle contest as always being the headline-grabber.
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Replay Crankworx Cairns on Red Bull TV
Crankworx Cairns is running from May 21–25 and five events from the festival were broadcasted live on Red Bull TV:
- Downhill: May 23 – Watch the replay
- Full Tilt: May 24 – Watch the replay
- Pump Track: May 24 - Watch the replay
- Slopestyle: May 25 – Watch the replay
- Dual Slalom: May 25 – Watch the replay
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Who won what at Crankwworx Cairns 2025?
After winning her first-ever Crankworx FMBA Slopestyle World Championship event at the season-opening Crankworx Rotorua in March, Patricia Druwen had to settle for second this time out in the Crankworx Cairns Slopestyle.
The German talent dominated in New Zealand, but had to be content with the second step of the podium in Australia after last year's winner, Sweden's Alma Wiggberg, returned from a shoulder injury to claim her second straight Cairns win with a massive score of 90.50 on her first run. Druwen crashed mid-course during her first run, but recovered to score 84.25 on her second to take second, ahead of 18-year-old Canadian Natasha Miller.
Rotorua victor Tim Bringer made it two wins from two at Crankworx so far this year after delivering a massive run that lead with Double Backflip Tuck No Hander over the course’s only wooden feature and scored the Frenchman a massive 92.37 points.
Reigning Slopestyle World Champion and last year's Cairns Slopestyle champ Dawid Godziek was close on his heels, but couldn't out-trick his rival this time. Second after Run 1, the Polish rider pushed hard on his second run and couldn't land his final trick, finishing with 90.5, while Canadian Chance Moore scored his first ever Crankworx slopestyle podium finish in third.
Elsewhere at Crankworx Cairns, the hotly anticipated Full Tilt event made it's debut, blending speed, tactics and technical prowess in the three-rider head-to-head race format on a course that blended speed, big jumps and technical DH features.
In the women’s final, Sabina Košárková, Caroline Buchanan and Jordy Scott lined-up to contest the medals, with Košárková leading the race from gate to flag, while Buchanan made a last-gasp pass for second on the final obstacle. The men's final saw youngster Josh Jolly beat Jackson Frew and Niels Bensink to the gold medal. Košárková beat Buchanan to the win in women's pump track final the same evening, while Jolly was second behind victor Jayce Cunning.
Closing out the festival was the Specialized Dual Slalom event, where Sabina Košárková made it three wins out three events entered at Crankworx Cairns after defeating Jordy Scott in the women's final, while Caroline Buchanan won the small final claim the bronze medal. The men's final was taken out by Tegan Cruz, who beat donwhill race winner Jackson Frew to claim his first elite Crankworx gold medal.
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Who's leading the race to be King and Queen of Crankworx?
With two of this year's three Crankworx World Tour stops now done and dusted, the battle for theKing and Queen of Crankworx titles is really taking shape. Thanks to her hat-trick of wins in Cairns, Sabina Košárková is sitting proud at the top of the Queen standings on 560 points, but close behind her is Jordy Scott on 522, while Carloine Buchanan is within striking distance of the crown on 405.
he race for the King's crown is bit more stretched out with Australia's Ryan Gilchrist holding a commanding position at the top of the standings on a massive 654 points, while closest challenger Jackson Frew sits on 472. Dual Slalom victory in Cairns has helped Tegan Cruz move up to third spot currently on 416.
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Tell us more about where Crankworx Cairns takes place
Crankworx Cairns happens at Smithfield Mountain Bike Park, which is set in the confines of a World Heritage tropical rainforest. The Smithfield Mountain Bike Park, which is around a 20-minute drive north of Cairns Airport, boasts an impressive trail riding network of more than 60km that's hard to beat given its rainforest surroundings.
Smithfield is also on the Queensland coast of Australia, with the Great Barrier reef nearby, so who wouldn't want to come to compete here or make a trip to spectate?
Smithfield has its own place in the history of mountain biking, having been the location for two UCI Mountain Bike World Championships and two World Cups in the past. The UCI World Cup-standard downhill track and parts of the courses that have been used in World Cup cross-country races can be ridden by those visiting the bike park.
Watch below for the winning runs from the 2023 Crankworx Downhill event on that track.
In response to challenges posed following tropical cyclone Jasper in December 2023, the Cairns team have had to repair damage across the bike park. As a result, the team have had an opportunity to reimagine certain areas, including the Slopestyle course and Whip-Off section.
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What happened at Crankworx Cairns 2024?
History was made at this edition of Crankworx Cairns because, for the first time ever, men and women competed on the same slopestyle course at a Crankworx event.
In a major surprise, the men's contest was won by Poland's Dawid Godziek, who beat outright favourite Emil Johansson into second place. The Swede was unable to overcome Godziek's score of 93.00 on his two runs, scoring 90.25 first time out and 92.25 on his second run. Frenchman Timothé Bringer rounded off the podium.
"It was always my dream to get this gold medal here. It's been a long journey as well. I dreamed about it, so it couldn't be any better. It's the best feeling ever," said Godziek.
In the women's event, Swede Alma Wiggberg took the win after her second run of 89.75 saw her trump the 86.00 score of New Zealand's Robin Goomes Australian Harriet Burbidge-Smith's score of 75 was good enough to secure third place.
Earlier in the week, competition at Cairns started with the Specialized Dual Slalom. There were wins for Australia's Ryan Gilchrist in the men’s race and American Jordy Scott in the women’s. Next up was the RockShox Downhill races. Australian and New Zealand riders featured strongly in the rider lin-ups. Australian Connor Fearon won the men’s competition and compatriot Tracey Hannah dominated the women’s race.
In Speed & Style, Jody Scott claimed top honours in the women's event, with American rider Garret Mechem securing victory in the men’s event. The Pump Track finals saw further wins for Gilchrist and Scott, giving the Australian and American two and three contest wins over the week.
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