Continuing the proud tradition of South American urban downhill races, the Taxco Downhill has all the ingredients you need to put on a good show: lots of vert, narrow streets, dogs, pedestrians, a frenzied crowd, and a good collection of jumps and drops posing various degrees of risk to life and limb...

For the 2012 edition, which was held on Nov 2-3, an illustrious list of riders showed up with Brendan Fairclough eventually coming out on top in the men's finals:



Brendan Fairclough 3:17.48 Mauricio Acuña 3:17.94 Neko Mullaly 3:18.03 Chris Van Dine 3:22.25 Ricardo Preciado 3:22.42 Bernardo Cruz 3:24.77 Carlos Castillo 3:32.21 Jose Villalobos 3:36.00 Dante Harmoney 3:40.56 Arthur Babcok 3:41.37

Luana Oliveira 3:49.22 Jaqueline Harmony 4:04.14 Lorena Dromundo 4:12.63 Katie Holden 4:57.92

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Here's a longer trackside video - don't miss Will White's massive boosts over the jump section...



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Here's a POV edit from Luana Oliveira showing just why she ended up taking such a convincing win in the Women's:



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Stay tuned for more as we get it. Stay tuned for more as we get it. Here's a POV edit from Luana Oliveira showing just why she ended up taking such a convincing win in the Women's: Here's a longer trackside video - don't miss Will White's massive boosts over the jump section...

The women were at it as well, with Luana Oliveira taking the win with an impressive margin:Coverage is still a bit hard to come by (we'll update this feature as we get more), but we've dug up a couple of videos that do a good job of showing just how gnarly this event was. First up, trying to hang with Brendog is never an easy thing: