The 16 year old Victoria Goncheva from the Gravity Sports Club won the women's title at the Borovets Open Cup 2017 International Mountain Biking Race. She managed to take the downhill of the Borovets Bike Park trail with the fastest time  and won 100 points for the rankings in the Bulgarian Downhill Series.

"I am pleased with the final result because in the final round I was with about 20 seconds faster compared to the qualifications," Victoria said after raising  the cup. – “I was injured and that's a good achievement. Besides, I finished with a tire out without even knowing how it happened. The Borovets Bike Park track was good, but at the end it became more rough, making riding very difficult.  On 7th and 8th of October the last start for the Bulgarian Downhill Series will take place and this will be the end of the season. Next year I want to take part in the World Cup series and if I find funding I will not miss a single one. I have a huge chance to finish in the top 5 or top 3, which will be a great success for me and for Bulgaria. I  want to thank Borosport for being my biggest support in this sport and I hope we will continue to work together. "

Borovets Open Cup 2017 provided great battles, especially in the men's UCI class, valid for the world rankings. Eight athletes from the UK, two from France and the best Bulgarian bikers competed for the first place. After perfect and very technical ride, first place was taken by George Gannikott from Great Britain from One Vision Global Racing team, who gave the fastest time in the qualifications. Second was Pasquale Charly from France (Indem), and third was Robert Smith of Great Britain (Silverfish UK). From the Bulgarians best time was given by the former national champion Rossen Kovachev, followed by Stivian Gatev and Yoan Neychev.

In the hardtail category, Vassil Denchev was again above all, leaving the competitors far behind. The winner of the Open category, where competitors without a team or license are racing, was Viktor Lozanov from Pro Team Samokov and in the Masters category the gold medal took Dimitar Gaidov from the Shambhala Sports Club. Among the youngsters aged 15-16 dominated Yordan Anchev of Riders United, who was the fastest in the children's downhill series.

Borovets Open Cup 2017 was attended by more than 100 bikers from France, Romania, Turkey, Greece, UK and Bulgaria. The length of the track was 2.4 km and the displacement was 440 m. The youngest participant was 10 years old and the oldest was 44. And all the bikers were unanimous that it was one of the most technical and fast tracks they had ridden.

"The Borovets Open Cup 2017 has gone well," said the UCI supervisor Piera Bansy (Italy). - The racers are happy, there were no accidents, and the guests from France and the UK showed high class biking. We also saw the best representatives of the Bulgarian mountain biking. The organizers from Borosport and Borovets Bike Park have done a great job and I have no remarks. The competition allowed everyone to show their best. I will recommend Borovets to hold a World Cup race in mountain biking and hope to see you again. "

Next year Borovets will host again the UCI category race on September 15 and 16, and the 2.4 km long Borovets Bike Park route will once again gather the best bikers to show us the best they can do.