BY THE SLIMMEST OF MARGINS - Lenzerheide World Cup DH Race Show - Mountain Biking Pictures

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.16 seconds is all that it took to win a World Cup Downhill race today in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. That .16 seconds earned Greg Minnaar his 21st World Cup victory and his 75th appearance on the podium. Myriam Nicole earns here 2nd win in as many races and Finn Iles secures a victory and the 2017 World Cup DH overall in the Junior Men's class. Incredible racing once again from the most competitive DH series on the planet.

Minnaar extends his lead in the overall and racks up another record-breaking win #21. It's also his 75th World Cup podium appearance. .16 seconds is all it took. -Sven Martin

Impressive race Greg Minnaar! far away from being too old to win World Cups! @maddogboris

Bad luck, but best attitude from Aaron Gwin. He was 1.5-seconds up on Greg's time before his tire sidewall ripped and sent him down to 51st place. @maddogboris

#realsportsman @maddogboris

Eyes on the prize! Fired up after her win in Andoorra, Myriam Nicole, did it again and for the first time in her career, she is wearing the leader's jersey. CONGRATS @maddogboris

Finn warming up for the big night ahead. With the overall wrapped up you deserve it. -Sven Martin

Finn "Ill" (as the commentator referred to him) just has the sparkle about him. -Sven Martin

Junior women's podium. Champagne for all in Europe. Paula Zibasa on top by just .3 seconds! -Sven Martin

Troy with perfect efficiency and text book style as always. 2nd place by such a slim margin and the opposite of last week in Andorra. -Sven Martin

Rachel came very close to being back on top. She has come a long way in a very short time especially on this very steep and rough track for her shoulders. With the break she will be near 100% again for Mt St Anne. -Sven Martin

It's a tiring track to ride at full pace without a shoulder injury. Rachel feeling like she's been through the wars in the finish area.

Joe Breeden just 1.13 seconds behind winner Finn Iles! @maddogboris

Danny Hart pushing hard through the crowded finish area to break the beam in top spot. Only two could best his time, Minnaar and Brosnan leaving him in 3rd. -Dan Hearn

Emilie Siegenthaler with an amazing run into 3rd in front of a very proud local Swiss crowd. -Sven Martin

Tracey Hannah was really in the mood of pushing hard. still an impressive performance and some very interesting cool words. @maddogboris

All split times green for Tahnee Seagrave and just a few corners before the finish she made a little mistake and ended up in the tape. Still on the podium! @maddogboris

Tracey Hannah sums up the taste for victory these woman now have. The rest of the season is going to be a great one! @maddogboris

Laurie leaning and laying it out on his last practice run before finals. His first World Cup podium too! -Sven Martin

Yeoowww!!! Phil Atwill asked me in Andorra if I could design him a tattoo with a "9" involved. We have to change the plan and make a "5" out of it! So stoked for you bro! #buddytattoos @maddogboris

Phil Atwill enjoying his first World Cup podium to the max! maddogboris

Junior Sylvian Cougoureux with 3rd today! @maddogboris

Moritz Ribarich took fourth place in Juniors, matching his best ever result from Lourdes at the start of the season. -Dan Hearn

This was Neko's last run on the track. Not by choice. He went up for his race run with non-authorized back protection (cardboard stapled to his jersey) and the commissar rightfully stopped him from taking his run. A tough way to learn a lesson. No more Top 20 protected plate. -Sven Martin

Luca Shaw wasn't happy with his run but he was happy with the result. A sixth just off the podium by .1 seconds. -Sven Martin

Tire Tap to Table - Kade Edwards. Race run. -Sven Martin

Another view. -Sven Martin

One of the tallest and nicest men in downhill, Flo Payet pushed hard on track to take 9th spot. -Dan Hearn

We don't only shoot fast moving objects on race day. -Sven Martin

Gee knows how to send it big. Good to see him racing today! 30th place when he should barely be road riding. @maddogboris

A bit of a surprise for the VIP guests! For downhill, Lenzerheide is over and the circus moves on. Just the faint beat of the Scott Velosolutions band remains long into the night. -Dan Hearn

It was a top day for the Unior Tools Team: Jure Zabjek brought home 10th place, just 2 places back from his teammate Cabirou. -Dan Hearn

Adam Brayton sailling into the finish area for 13th with two slow punctures that were leaking air during his run. -Sven Martin

Sessler with Greg's winnings. Easy come easy go. I wonder if that 200 was ever picked up. -Sven Martin

When you have no plate or utensils, this is what Boris and Tracey came up with as a Pizza eating solution. -Sven Martin

Gaetan Vige passing Santa Cruz Corner before dropping into the finish. -Sven Martin

Graeme Mudd (if you can spot him) entering the finish area. -Sven Martin

Loose Kiwis ready for a picnic and day of DH race spectating. Good to see Keegan Wright (left) up and about after Thursday's crash. -Sven Martin

What would a Greg Minnaar Win be without Ivan! @maddogboris

#superbruni aka #superhelpfull ?? Loic on the phone while Miranda Miller carries some big boxes around ;) @maddogboris

Aussie Junior Darcy Couts style it into the finish area at the end of his run. -Sven Martin

Rudy Cabirou from Team unior Tools with an impressive 8th place @maddogboris

Probably the moment when Gabe Fox and Troy Brosnan saw the flat tire of Aaron on the big screen. @maddogboris

Brook MacDonald leaning it out in practice. He was stoked with a 15th place finish, especially without a solid qualifying time to compare to others yesterday. -Dan Hearn

Charlie Hatton made some proper use of the security nets in finals! @maddogboris

Blenki speed tucking aft the "Lenzerheide edge" @maddogboris

Myriam Nicole on her way to victory. @maddogboris

Swiss fans rock! @maddogboris

Loic Bruni didn't have the best raceweekend. Some crashes in training and an unexpected bad run for the best Frenchie out there. @maddogboris

The heat was already on early morning, evaporating some evening moisture. @maddogboris

And the golden light is defo worth running up a steep hill before 8 am. @maddogboris

It took me the whole Junior women's final to get this shot. The price of trying to be arty! @maddogboris

Max Hartenstern off the final feature. -Sven Martin

Great to see so many fans sticking around for the podiums. -Dan Hearn

Loris Vergier's wash-out in the first corner didn't stop him from pinning it with some podium-worthy splits aside. -Dan Hearn

Vaea Veerbeck dropping into 7th place, matching her best World Cup result to date. On form and looking onwards to MSA already. -Dan Hearn

Finn Iles tucked and committed to his race run, on his way to another World Cup win. He didn't achieve his goal of getting an elite top-5 time, but looking at how tight the times were in mens it's not surprising.

Big smiles for the second time in two weeks for Pom Pon! -Dan Hearn

Greg Minnaar proving you can be extremely fast AND stylish in morning practice. -Dan Hearn

The crowds came out in full force for the big show this afternoon. The World Cup takes a month-long break before heading to the famed Mont Sainte Anne course, where it's anyone's guess who will come out on top! -Sven Martin