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Tomáš Slavík's street smarts dominate at Red Bull Valparaíso Cerro Abajo
Daredevil feats are all but guaranteed at Chile's famous Red Bull Valparaíso Cerro Abajo urban downhill mountain bike race. Find out what went down and watch the best of the action right here.
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The 21st edition of Red Bull Valparaíso Cerro Abajo, the world’s most extreme urban downhill mountain bike race, crowned Czech rider Tomáš Slavík the ‘King of the Port’ for a fourth time in the historic Chilean city. Here’s what you need to know:
Slavík, winner of the opening round of the Red Bull Cerro Abajo series in Genoa, Italy, last October, returned to this year’s race with a clear goal: to get redemption after last year’s unfortunate mechanical failure, when his bike's chain snapped just seconds into his run.
Tomáš Slavík has another trophy to add to his collection
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Facing a heavily revised course that featured an all-new top half compared to 2024, not only did Slavík achieve that goal with a blistering time of 2m 18s, reaching speeds of over 54kph in the process, but with victory over a stacked field of the world’s best urban downhill racers, he also made history by becoming one of the three most successful riders in the competition’s history.
With victories in 2017, 2018, 2023 and now 2025, Slavík now shares the record for most Red Bull Valparaíso Cerro Abajo wins together with Chile’s Antonio Leiva and Slovakia’s Filip Polc.
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It was tight at the top
Local Chilean rider Felipe Agurto secured second place amid roaring support from the home crowd throughout the weekend. The Curacaví native came within fractions of a second of claiming the top spot of the podium, but had to be satisfied with repeating his 2024 result.
Completing the podium was 2024’s race winner, Lucas Borba, making it an impressive three podium finishes in three years for the consistent Brazilian.
Felipe Agurto was a few 10ths away from a very popular victory
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Slavík, Agurto and Borba share the champagne around
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2024 champ Lucas Borba had to settle for third this time round
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Roger Vieira missed the podium by the narrowest of margins
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Two-time series champion Juanfer Vélez was the fastest qualifier and up on Slavík’s benchmark time during his race run, but lost traction on one of the slick asphalt corners in the track’s middle section, hitting the ground and losing his chance of a first win in Valparaíso.
Following the conclusion of the race, the riders will take a well-deserved break before gearing up to conclude the global Red Bull Cerro Abajo series on March 29 at Red Bull Guanajuato Cerro Abajo in Mexico.
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An urban downhill course like no other
Lucas Borba tackles the top of his run
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Red Bull Valparaíso Cerro Abajo is seen as a true urban downhill challenge as riders have to rattle over a rooftop and ride through an actual house, navigate down narrow staircases, take on difficult drops, and navigate man-made obstacles as they make their way down the narrow residential streets of the city's UNESCO world heritage-designated historic quarter to a finish area in the centre.
Every edition that takes place sees a number of changes to the course – some years more than others - in order to present the riders with different challenges. In the 2025 edition there was plenty to give the athletes something to think about during every second of their runs.
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Watch the replay
If you want to see all the runs from finals or want to relive the live broadcast of Red Bull Valparaíso Cerro Abajo, then watch below.
Red Bull Valparaíso Cerro Abajo: Livestream
MTB riders fly down steep, narrow streets, navigating ancient buildings in an insane urban downhill race.
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Red Bull Valparaíso Cerro Abajo 2025 results
Red Bull Valparaíso Cerro Abajo 2025 results
Rank
Person
Result
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Tomáš Slavík (CZE)
2m 18.828s
2
Felipe Agurto (CHI)
2m 19.029s
3
Lucas Borba (BRA)
2m 19.541s
4
Roger Vieira (BRA)
2m 19.543s
5
Gonzalo Gajdosech (ARG)
2m 19.968s
6
Johannes Fischbach (GER)
2m 21.663s
7
Felipe Benavides (CHI)
2m 22.933s
8
Douglas Vieira (BRA)
2m 23.266s
9
Alex Rudeau (FRA)
2m 23.380s
10
Jeronimo Paez (ARG)
2m 24.083s
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