{"id":456393,"date":"2026-02-05T22:57:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T22:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/456393\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T22:57:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T22:57:10","slug":"it-definitely-ruined-the-moment-goldstone-says-of-long-aftermath-to-msa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/456393\/","title":{"rendered":"“It definitely ruined the moment” Goldstone says of long aftermath to MSA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jackson Goldstone may be on the bike in Maydena getting ready to defend his Red Bull Hardline victory from 2025, but the race on many fans minds is still Mont-Sainte-Anne. The Canadian clinched his first World Cup overall title in, well, not exactly storybook fashion. Instead, the deciding moment was one of chaos and confusion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speaking with\u00a0Downtime\u00a0podcast<\/a>, Goldstone says the aftermath of that dramatic twist stayed with him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was really bummed that he wasn\u2019t able to race,\u201d Goldstone says of Bruni backing out of his race run at Mont-Sainte-Anne. \u201cIt was such a crazy feeling after everything that happened in the season. It was gnarly.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Jackson<\/a>Jackson Goldstone on his way to a win and
overall title in Mont-Sainte-Anne. Image: Colin Field
\nFrom a feeling \u201cwritten off\u201d to a stunning win-streak<\/p>\n

And a lot happened in that season. After a false start at the first World Cup in Poland<\/a>, where, after a result that didn\u2019t meet expectations, Goldstone \u201cfelt written off,\u201d the Canadian won a staggering four World Cup rounds in a row.<\/p>\n

That streak of wins gave Goldstone the lead in the overall points race. It also started to heap expectations on the young Canadian. Wearing the leader\u2019s jersey also put him in the crosshairs of the rest of the field, but especially defending World Cup winner Loic Bruni.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said it to my face, \u2018I\u2019m tired of you winning,’\u201d Goldstone recounted with a laugh, adding \u201cWinning four in a row is super motivating. But it is also super motivating for everyone else.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bruni would end Goldstone\u2019s run with a win in Andorra. Another off result in Les Gets gave the French veteran racer the lead going into the final two rounds in North America. Goldstone closed the gap slightly at the penultimate round in Lake Placid with a fourth place finish.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Jackson Goldstone celebrates winning the 2025 World Cup overall title. Photo: \u00a0Boris Beyer \/ Red Bull Content Pool\u00a0
\nSetting up a showdown at MSA<\/p>\n

Closing the points differential in the U.S.A. set up Mont-Sainte-Anne, Goldstone\u2019s \u201chome\u201d World Cup, as massive showdown. An entire season of racing to be defined by just two runs. Or, as it turned out, one run.<\/p>\n

After a crash in practice, Bruni ultimately didn\u2019t start. But Bruni did go up to the start hut as if he was going to race, putting pressure on Goldstone to perform. After qualifying over three seconds slower than Bruni, Goldstone put in an absolute heater of a run to take the hot seat. Bruni, knowing he couldn\u2019t match that run without risking injury, declined to start his race run<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bruni\u2019s move proved controversial among fans, even if most riders have defended it. Goldstone, being the target of that pressure, seems to have mixed feelings, even months after everything worked out in his favour.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he absolutely did the right thing. It\u2019s hard to say that, but if you were in that situation where you\u2019re injured and struggling and trying to compete for the win, this is your only option,\u201d Goldstone says. But he adds, \u201cIt would have been a little unethical if I\u2019d flatted or crahsed and he was able to just cruise down and win the championship. But it was his only option.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sounds like there\u2019s still a rivalry to pick up when the 2026 World Cup season starts in May<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jackson Goldstone may be on the bike in Maydena getting ready to defend his Red Bull Hardline victory…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":456394,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-456393","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-cycling","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=456393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}