September 9, 2025 - (Champéry, Switzerland) On one of the most legendary and unforgiving tracks in downhill mountain biking, Canadian athlete Jackson Goldstone delivered a fearless, all-out run to capture his first Elite Men’s Downhill World Championship title in Champéry, Switzerland.
Tackling one of the sport’s most technically demanding courses, Goldstone laid down a blistering time of 2:54.153, outpacing Germany’s Henri Kiefer (+1.946) and Ireland’s Ronan Dunne (+1.993) to secure the rainbow jersey.
Great Britain’s Ethan Craik laid down a mark to beat when he was the first rider to go faster than Jackson Goldstone’s qualification-winning time, averaging more than 50km/h. Then 2023 Junior UCI World Champion Henri Kiefer blitzed the 3-minute mark.
Only the last three riders could stop 20-year-old Kiefer becoming Germany’s first ever downhill Men Elite UCI World Champion: 2025 UCI World Cup series leader Goldstone; reigning UCI World Champion Loris Vergier (FRA); and five-time UCI World Champion Loïc Bruni (FRA).
Twenty-one-year-old Goldstone put in a stunning run to go 1.946 seconds quicker than Kiefer’s mark. When Vergier couldn’t find the pace to retain his title, it came down to the two men at the top of the current UCI Downhill World Cup table: Goldstone versus Bruni.
But Bruni crashed, and the rainbow jersey was for Goldstone.
Full results here.
