Congratulations to 6D rider Hattie Harnden on her first World Cup DH Victory in Les Gets, France!

The weekend kicked off with an aggressive rainstorm that made it next to impossible to navigate the technical track. Even still, Hattie managed to qualify third in Q1 setting her up nicely for finals.

During finals, Hattie battled hard through her race run. Starting in the red through the first two splits, she pulled away hard on splits three through five, coming across the line in first with two more riders to go, including the dominant Vali Holl.

In the end, Hattie secured her first World Cup win by a dominant 1.232 seconds. What makes this win even sweeter is that she did it on a belt driven bike. Last season Gates introduced their $100k Belted Prize Purse for the first rider to win a World Cup Downhill on a Gates belt-drive equipped bike. After over a season and a half, Hattie became the rider to accomplish their goal and was able to claim this amazing prize.

We are so proud of Hattie and the entire AON team for this historic win. We can't wait to see if she can ride this win into World Champs in Val di Sole this weekend and grab the rainbow stripes to cap an already amazing season.