Chile’s Pedro Ferreira became the first local MTB rider to win Valparaíso in more than seven years through the UNESCO World Heritage port city.

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2019 Red Bull Valparaíso Cerro Abajo result

1 Pedro Ferreira (Chile) 02:50.084
2 Felipe Agurto (Chile) +0.468
3 Johannes Fischbach (Germany) +0.711
4 Oscar Harnstrom (Sweden) +2.103
5 Remy Metailler (France) +3.051
6 Adrien Loron (France) +3.074
7 Lucas Alves (Brazil) +3.247
8 Gabriel Giovannini (Brazil) +3.495
9 Bernardo Cruz (Brazil) +4.301
10 Beto Nicolas (Chile) +4.844
11 Mauricio Acuna (Chile) +6.705
12 Ian Rojas (Chile) +8.438
13 Jerónimo Paez (Argentina) +27.335
14 Wyn Masters (New Zealand) +30.485
15 Tomáš Slavík (Czech Republic) DNF

Two-time champion Tomáš Slavík achieved first place during the qualifiers in his pursuit of a third title down the narrow 2km urban downhill track.

However the 31-year-old Czech rider could not defend his title as he could not complete his last run after a fall in the first quarter of the track.

It opened the path for someone else to take the spoils with 2018 Downhill Taxco urban downhill winner Ferreira posting a brilliant time of 02:50.084.

Compatriot Felipe Agurto fell agonisingly short by just 468 hundredths of a second to finish runner-up with 2016 champion Johannes Fischbach of Germany back in third, 711 hundredths of a second behind Ferreira.

Ferreira, who descended from 254.59m (835.26ft) at speeds of up to 60km/h, said: “I am very happy. Since I was a child, I have dreamed of winning this race and it fills me with pride to be able to do it. I have won competitions abroad, but it definitely feels much better in my country. I always felt the support of the crowd and I was hearing my name through the whole run.”