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MTB World Cup XC #6 & DH #4 - CDM
Mont Sainte Anne, Canada, July 25-27, 2008
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Race 5 - July 26: Elite men downhill
Minnaar speeds to closely contested victory
By Sue George in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Québec
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Greg Minnaar is now two for two in the recent World Cups. After winning in Fort William, Minnaar doubled up with a win in Mont-Sainte-Anne. As the last man down the mountain, he dropped nine seconds off his qualifying time and took over the lead from second-fastest qualifier Sam Hill (Monster Energy) and third fastest qualifier and world champion Gee Atherton (Animal Commencal).
"Coming from last year, I knew I had a chance. It was a confidence thing," said Minnaar, who also won in 2001. "Last year, if my shoulder hadn't come out [dislocated during the run, yet he still finished second - ed.]. I would have had a much better chance of winning."
In between the semi-finals and the finals, Minnaar tweaked his suspension settings. "I souped up my fork so it was better on the small bumps. It made a difference - giving me more traction up front.
"I didn't have a clean run; it was a bit loose now and then, and I still made a few mistakes like I did on the earlier run" said Minnaar. "I don't think anyone can have a clean run in downhill racing. If they say they do, I think they're lying," he laughed.
Minnaar said he didn't know what time he had to beat. "I don't like knowing the times. I think it'd just play in my head the whole time and the downhill is so psychological that you don't want to be thinking about something else or you're not riding fast. I'd rather just focus on my race and if I can do it, I'll do it, if I can't, I won't."
Minnaar's run clearly made him feel better after what was a disappointing World Championship for him last month. "You can't do well every weekend and those things happen. I'm stoked to be back up riding and my confidence is back up. [Team-mate] Steve [Peat] has been giving me pointers and riding with me this week. I think all of us push each other the whole time."
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Minnaar's run came long after some of the men started their final run. The first time to stick at the top of the leaderboard was the second man off, Nico Vink (Dolphin Trek MTB), with a 4:55.70.
Next up in the hot seat was Luke Strobel (Team Maxxis) with a 4:55.02. The 22 year-old American was happy to be back in competition. "My run wasn't so good, but it's my first race back after a wrist injury. I broke my scaphoid at Sea Otter, and I've been out since April. I'm having a lot of fun being back."
Florent Payet (Subaru Mountain Bike Pro) ousted Strobel from the hot seat with a time of 4:50.21. The French racer passed the honor to Matti Lehikoinen (MS Intense Factory Racing), who clocked a 4:48.67.
Next up with the then-fastest time was Mitchell Delfs (Kenda Tomac) at 4:47.15. He stayed while 20 racers finished, none of them able to surpass him.
Young American Aaron Holmes Gwin (Yeti Fox Shox Factory Racing) became the surprise of the day when he landed in the hotseat with a 4:42.65.. The 20 year-old from California was making his first appearance racing at a World Cup. In fact, it was his first race internationally and his race was good enough for 10th place.
"I got tired in qualifying, and I wanted to ride faster in the finals," said Gwin. "I wanted to keep it smooth and I did that for the most part except for one mistake, but it didn't end up costing me too much."
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Gwin held the honor of leading for another six racers. That's when sixth fastest qualifier Fabien Barel (Subaru Mountain Bike Pro) clocked a 4:37.25.
"I pushed hard and took risks. The track was so rough, but it's the same for everyone," said Barel. "If you lose a couple seconds on a few sections, then you're behind. I gave my best though." Barel had recovered from a collision with a slower racer merging back onto the course after taking an alternate line last weekend at the French National Championships. His injured ankle had swelled up after the incident, but finally felt good enough for riding late this week - just in time for him to still get some practice time before competing. "I don't feel the pain when I race although it's painful now," he said after his first run of the day.
After Barel, only five more racers remained out on course, yet the lead would change hands four more times. First up was Steve Peat (Santa Cruz Syndicate) in 4:33.53, then Gee Atherton in 4:32.83, then Hill in 4:32.30, and lastly Minnaar in 4:30.57. On Chris Kovarik (Chain Reaction Cycle), who had qualified fourth, failed to set a new best time.
"I just made a little mistake in the high speed sections," said Peat, who was crowned British National Downhill Champion last weekend. "I blew the following rut, and I was pissed off at myself for making that mistake - especially when the top four times are so close. I knew I rode most of the run pretty well, but those three guys that beat me are all on it this year and you never know until they get down."
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"I tried to hit all my lines and not over-ride some sections," said Hill. "Overall it was pretty good." After a crash at the World Championship cost Hill a win despite a six second advantage beforehand, Hill said, "It was a safe run - I wanted to make it down without crashing. I wanted to make sure I didn't get a flat. I'm pleased to get second - it's good points for the series."
Looking back at worlds, Hill said, "I think it was one of those things and I got unlucky on that turn. I know everyone says I could have slowed down, but if someone had told me I was up by six seconds I probably wouldn't have slowed down. I was just unlucky really."
Third placed Atherton said, "It's a track where you really need to hold on to the bike. Nearly every run this weekend, the course has changed - whether it was getting wetter and rougher or drying out like this afternoon. Every time it dried out a little more, you could hit something a little faster. It kept the race exciting."
It was exciting with Minnaar winning by less than two seconds and Hill and Atherton separated by just 0.53 seconds in the next two spots. Atherton summed up the level of competition that has kept the top men pushing each other at every event and left no clear dominant racer. "Given the standard of the World Cup riders these days, you have to aim for a perfect run."
Photography
For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
Images by Dave McElwaine/www.trailwatch.net
- Alan Beggin (GT) going over a stone wall
- The sun finally came out for the rider at Mont-Sainte-Anne
- Anton Ferreiro Pajuelo (Massi) cornering hard
- Anton Ferreiro Pajuelo (Massi) up close
- Oscar Saiz Castone (Giant) cornering
- Cannondale Speed Racer
- Claudio Caluori (Tomac)
- Ralph Jones sprinting to the finish line
- Anton Ferreiro Pajuelo (Massi) flying through the air
- A close call with some tree branches
- Will Longden (Bike Radar)
- Florent Payet (Subaru) riding over the rollers near the finish
- Ben Cathro (Mojo Orange) soaring through the air
- Pasqual Canals Flix (Massi) coming in for a landing
- Marc Beaumont (Bike Radar) in the air
- World champion Gee Atherton (Animal Commencal) heading to a third place finish
- World Downhill Champion Gee Atherton (Animal Commencal) clearing a rock garden.
- Greg Minnaar (Santa Cruz Syncicate) riding to victory.
- Steve Peat (Santa Cruz Syndicate) went on to finish fourth.
- Sam Hill (Monster Energy) soaring through the air as the crowd cheered.
- Greg Minnaar (Santa Cruz Syncicate) flying over the last jumps
- Gee Atherton (Animal Commencal)
- Greg Minnaar (Santa Cruz Syncicate) as pleased with his win.
Images by Marek Lazarski
- Samuel Hill (Monster Energy).
- Gee Atherton (Animal Commencal).
- Greg Minnaar (Santa Cruz Syndicate).
- JulienCamellini (Chain Reaction Cycle).
- Fabien Barel (Subaru Mountain Bike Pro).
- Aaron Gwin (Yeti Fox Shox Factory Racing).
- Samuel Blenkinsop (Yeti Fox Shox Factory Racing).
- Justin Leov (Yeti Fox Shox Factory Racing).
- Steve Peat (Santa Cruz Syndicate).
- The mens podium (l-r): Steve Peat, Samuel Hill, Greg Minnaar, Gee Atherton, Fabien Barel.
Results
Finals 1 Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate 4.30.57 2 Samuel Hill (Aus) Monster Energy / Iron Horse 0.01.73 3 Gee Atherton (GBr) Animal Commencal 0.02.23 4 Steve Peat (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate 0.02.93 5 Fabien Barel (Fra) Subaru Mountain Bike Pro Team 0.06.73 6 Samuel Blenkinsop (NZl) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team 0.07.73 7 Nathan Rennie (Aus) Santa Cruz Syndicate 0.09.53 8 Julien Camellini (Fra) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 0.11.13 9 Justin Leov (NZl) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team 0.11.83 10 Aaron Holmes Gwin (USA) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team 0.12.13 11 Chris Kovarik (Aus) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 0.12.73 12 Brendan Fairclough (GBr) Monster Energy / Iron Horse 0.13.23 13 Marc Beaumont (GBr) Team Bike Radar 0.15.23 14 Mitchell Delfs (Aus) Kenda Tomac 0.16.63 15 Josh Bryceland (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate 0.17.53 16 Matti Lehikoinen (Fin) Ms-Intense Factory-Racing 0.18.13 17 Fabien Pedemanaud (Fra) Team Pyrenees Morewood 18 Nathan Rankin (NZl) Playbiker - Iron Horse 0.18.83 19 Nick Beer (Swi) Ixs Sports Division Racing Team 20 Pasqual Canals Flix (Spa) Massi 21 Florent Payet (Fra) Subaru Mountain Bike Pro Team 0.19.63 22 Thibaut Ruffin (Fra) 0.20.83 23 Dan Atherton (GBr) Animal Commencal 0.20.93 24 Oscar Saiz Castane (Spa) Giant Mountain Bike Team 0.21.93 25 Amiel Cavalier (Aus) Giant Mountain Bike Team 0.22.53 26 Ben Reid (Irl) 0.22.73 27 Cameron Cole (NZl) Team Maxxis 0.22.83 28 Joris Bigoni (Fra) 0.22.93 29 Duncan Riffle (USA) Cannondale Factory Racing 0.23.03 30 Jared Rando (Aus) Giant Mountain Bike Team 0.23.53 31 Ben Cathro (GBr) 0.23.63 32 Ryan Condrashoff (USA) 0.24.33 33 Luke Strobel (USA) Team Maxxis 0.24.43 34 Kieran Bennett (NZl) 0.24.73 35 Toni Berg (Fin) 36 Samuel Zbinden (Swi) 0.25.03 37 Nico Vink (Bel) 0.25.13 38 Andrew Neethling (RSA) 0.25.43 39 Alan Beggin (Ita) 39 Cody Warren (USA) 41 Ralph Jones (GBr) 0.26.13 42 Danny Hart (GBr) 0.27.13 43 Markus Pekoll (Aut) 0.28.63 44 Dominik Gspan (Swi) 0.28.83 45 Claudio Caluori (Swi) 0.28.93 46 Joshua Button (Aus) 0.29.23 47 Lars Peyer (Swi) Suspension Center 0.29.33 48 Antonio Ferreiro Pajuelo (Spa) Massi 0.29.43 49 Chris Hutchens (GBr) 0.29.63 50 Daniel Critchlow (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 0.29.83 51 Kyle Strait (USA) 0.29.93 52 Fabien Cousinie (Fra) 0.30.13 53 Adam Brayton (GBr) Playbiker - Iron Horse 0.30.43 54 Joseph Smith (GBr) 55 Justin Brown (Can) 0.30.53 56 Markolf Berchtold (Bra) 0.30.63 57 Will Longden (GBr) Team Bike Radar 58 Markus Schwab (Swi) 0.31.23 59 Charles-Alexandre Dube (Can) 0.32.03 60 Thomas Braithwaite (GBr) 0.32.13 61 Maxime Remy (Fra) 0.32.23 62 Ruaridh Cunningham (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 0.33.93 63 Tim Eaton (Aus) 0.34.43 64 Jason Memmelaar (USA) 0.34.73 65 Ben Ineson (GBr) 0.34.93 66 Mathieu Troquier (Fra) 0.35.23 67 Will Rischbieth (Aus) 0.35.43 68 Arnaud Delente (Fra) 0.35.83 69 Bradley Benedict (USA) 0.37.63 70 Boris Tetzlaff (Aut) 0.38.63 71 Geritt Beytagh (USA) 0.42.13 72 Derrick Nobman (USA) 0.43.63 73 Drew Pautler (Can) 0.44.83 74 Jamie Biluk (Can) 0.46.53 75 Steve Smith (Can) 0.52.63 76 Damien Spagnolo (Fra) Subaru Mountain Bike Pro Team 1.02.03 77 John Swanguen (USA) Ms-Intense Factory-Racing 1.38.83 78 Matthew Simmonds (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 2.08.13 79 Lorenzo Suding (Ita) Playbiker - Iron Horse 4.45.53 80 Michael Skinner (NZl) Playbiker - Iron Horse 5.50.83 Team (includes men, women and juniors) 1 Santa Cruz Syndicate 110 pts 2 Animal Commencal 80 3 Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team 69 4 Monster Energy / Iron Horse 54 5 MS-Intense Factory-Racing 45 6 Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 43 7 Team Maxxis 39 8 Subaru Mountain Bike Pro Team 38 9 Suspension Center 33 10 Kona 32 11 Norco World Team 28 12 Playbiker - Iron Horse 26 13 4 Elements Yeti/Hotec/Rsp 23 14 Team Bike Radar 18 15 Kenda Tomac 17 16 Team Pyrenees Morewood 14 17 Giant Mountain Bike Team 14 18 Ixs Sports Division Racing Team 12 19 Massi 11 20 Cannondale Factory Racing 2 Qualifying (unofficial) 1 Greg Minnar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate 4.39.07 2 Sam Hill (Aus) Monster Energy 0.00.44 3 Gee Atherton (GBr) Animal Commencal 0.01.03 4 Chris Kovarik (Aus) Chain Reaction Cycle 0.01.48 5 Steve Peat (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate 0.02.62 6 Fabien Barel (Fra) Subaru Mountain Bike Pro Team 0.06.69 7 Nathan Rennie (Aus) Santa Cruz Syndicate 0.08.15 8 Julien Camellini (Fra) Chain Reaction Cycle 0.08.18 9 Justin Leov (NZl) Yeti Fox Shox Factory 0.08.47 10 Brendan Fairclough (GBr) Monster Energy 0.08.52 World Cup Standings after four rounds 1 Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate 792 pts 2 Samuel Hill (Aus) Monster Energy / Iron Horse 770 3 Gee Atherton (GBr) Animal Commencal 727 4 Steve Peat (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate 642 5 Fabien Barel (Fra) Subaru Mountain Bike Pro Team 424 6 Julien Camellini (Fra) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 403 7 Chris Kovarik (Aus) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 386 8 Justin Leov (NZl) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team 356 9 Samuel Blenkinsop (NZl) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team 348 10 Nathan Rennie (Aus) Santa Cruz Syndicate 314 11 Dan Atherton (GBr) Animal Commencal 270 12 Florent Payet (Fra) Subaru Mountain Bike Pro Team 243 13 Brendan Fairclough (GBr) Monster Energy / Iron Horse 228 14 Pasqual Canals Flix (Spa) Massi 222 15 Mickael Pascal (Fra) MSC Bikes 212 16 Fabien Pedemanaud (Fra) Team Pyrenees Morewood 206 17 Andrew Neethling (RSA) GT Bicycle 202 18 Ben Cathro (GBr) Mojo Orange 194 19 Marc Beaumont (GBr) Team BikeRadar 164 20 Matti Lehikoinen (Fin) MS-Intense Factory-Racing 164 21 Bernat Guardia Pascual (Spa) MSC Bikes 145 22 Mitchell Delfs (Aus) Kenda Tomac 143 23 Steve Smith (Can) 138 24 Nick Beer (Swi) IXS Sports Division Racing Team 132 25 Josh Bryceland (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate 129 26 Cédric Gracia (Fra) Commencal - Furious - Oakley Team 120 27 Thibaut Ruffin (Fra) 119 28 Damien Spagnolo (Fra) Subaru Mountain Bike Pro Team 118 29 Dan Stanbridge (GBr) Mojo Orange 95 30 Matthew Simmonds (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 91 31 Jared Rando (Aus) Giant Mountain Bike Team 89 32 Aaron Holmes Gwin (USA) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team 87 33 Adam Vagner (Cze) 86 34 Amiel Cavalier (Aus) Giant Mountain Bike Team 84 35 Nico Vink (Bel) Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike Racing Team 84 36 Danny Hart (GBr) Lapierre Dh Powered By Saab Salomon 84 37 Bryn Atkinson (Aus) GT Bicycle 84 38 David Vazquez Lopez (Spa) Lapierre Dh Powered By Saab Salomon 84 39 Nathan Rankin (NZl) Playbiker - Iron Horse 80 40 Oscar Saiz Castane (Spa) Giant Mountain Bike Team 78 41 Ivan Oulego Moreno (Spa) Massi 78 42 Kyle Strait (USA) Specialized Factory Racing 77 43 Rémi Thirion (Fra) Team Sunn 76 44 Cameron Cole (NZl) Team Maxxis 74 45 Dominik Gspan (Swi) 74 46 Chris Hutchens (GBr) Mojo Orange 72 47 Ruaridh Cunningham (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 72 48 Filip Polc (Svk) Kenda Tomac 70 49 Ben Reid (Irl) 69 50 Duncan Riffle (USA) Cannondale Factory Racing 69 51 Alan Beggin (Ita) 69 52 Markus Pekoll (Aut) Solid Aclass Factory Team 63 53 Neil Donoghue (GBr) Team BikeRadar 63 54 Joshua Button (Aus) 62 55 Antonio Ferreiro Pajuelo (Spa) Massi 57 56 Maxime Remy (Fra) Team Sunn 57 57 Marcus Klausmann (Ger) Team Ghost International 56 58 Sam Dale (GBr) Cannondale Factory Racing 52 59 Joris Bigoni (Fra) 51 60 Samuel Zbinden (Swi) Argentina Bike Gravity Team 50 61 John Swanguen (USA) MS-Intense Factory-Racing 50 62 Robin Wallner (Swe) 50 63 Joseph Smith (GBr) Tomac Factory Racing 49 64 Wyn Masters (NZl) 49 65 Cody Warren (USA) 43 66 Adam Brayton (GBr) Playbiker - Iron Horse 42 67 Marcel Beer (Swi) IXS Sports Division Racing Team 38 68 Valentin Juillard (Fra) Team Sunn 36 69 Kieran Bennett (NZl) 35 70 Pierre Charles Georges (Fra) 35 71 Daniel Critchlow (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 34 72 Mathieu Troquier (Fra) Solid Aclass Factory Team 33 73 Antoine Badouard (Fra) 32 74 Toni Berg (Fin) 31 75 Herman Olund (Swe) 30 76 Ryan Condrashoff (USA) 29 77 Claudio Caluori (Swi) Tomac Factory Racing 27 78 Will Rischbieth (Aus) 27 79 Ralph Jones (GBr) 26 80 Rowan Sorrell (GBr) 26 81 Luke Strobel (USA) Team Maxxis 25 82 Marco Bugnone (Ita) 24 83 Markolf Berchtold (Bra) 23 84 Arnaud Delente (Fra) 22 85 Bradley Benedict (USA) 22 86 Michael Skinner (NZl) Playbiker - Iron Horse 22 87 Marco Milivinti (Ita) 22 88 Lars Peyer (Swi) Suspension Center 20 89 Ben Ineson (GBr) Reverse Components 19 90 Boris Tetzlaff (Aut) Solid Aclass Factory Team 19 91 Esteban Deronzier (Fra) Sport Promotion 19 92 Jack Geoghegan (GBr) 19 93 Kévin Danh Pha (Fra) Team Pyrenees Morewood 19 94 Cole Bangert (USA) 19 95 Andreas Sieber (Ger) Solid Aclass Factory Team 19 96 Frank Schneider (Ger) 18 97 Fabien Cousinie (Fra) 17 98 Tim Eaton (Aus) 17 99 Lorenzo Suding (Ita) Playbiker - Iron Horse 17 100 Stuart Jenkinson (GBr) Printexpress UK MTB Team 17 101 Brook Macdonald (NZl) 16 102 Will Longden (GBr) Team BikeRadar 14 103 Jamie Biluk (Can) Mojo Orange 14 104 Georg Sieder (Aut) Solid Aclass Factory Team 14 105 Matej Charvat (Cze) 14 106 Scott Mears (GBr) 14 107 Espen Johnsen (Nor) 14 108 Renato Ventura (Por) 14 109 Nathan Vials (GBr) Reverse Components 14 110 Mathias Haas (Aut) 13 111 Pierre Laurent Bucci (Fra) Corsica Fed Consulting 12 112 Jonty Neethling (RSA) 12 113 Nicolas Gspan (Swi) 12 114 Rhys Willemse (Aus) Tomac Factory Racing 12 115 Erik Irmisch (Ger) 12 116 Luca Bertocchi (Ita) Playbiker - Iron Horse 12 117 Geoffrey Arthur Ulmer (USA) Playbiker - Iron Horse 12 118 Laurie Dinham (Aus) Tomac Factory Racing 12 119 Matthieu Gallean (Fra) Argentina Bike Gravity Team 12 120 Edoardo Franco (Ita) Playbiker - Iron Horse 12 121 Markus Schwab (Swi) 11 122 Charles-Alexandre Dube (Can) 11 123 Geritt Beytagh (USA) 11 124 Tamryn Murrell (Aus) 11 125 Lars Sternberg (USA) 11 126 Tom Deacon (GBr) 11 127 Matthew Walker (NZl) 11 128 Joe Barnes (GBr) 11 129 Dertell Dennis ° (Swe) 11 130 Cyrille Kurtz (Fra) 11 131 Philip Ashbridge (GBr) 11 132 Arnau Sugranes Mateu (Spa) MSC Bikes 11 133 Ivan Oziol (Fra) 11 134 Vlastimil Hyncica (Cze) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team 11 135 Joey Schusler (USA) 4 Elements Yeti/Hotec/Rsp 9 136 Thomas Warmuth (Aut) Reverse Components 9 137 Andrew Phillips (GBr) Reverse Components 9 138 Scott Laughland (GBr) 9 139 Alastair Wilson (GBr) 9 140 Alastair Parkin (GBr) Reverse Components 9 141 Mario Sieder (Aut) Solid Aclass Factory Team 9 142 Pedro Antonio Ferreira Landskran (Chi) 9 143 Thomas Jeandin (Swi) Argentina Bike Gravity Team 9 144 Brad Oien (USA) 9 145 Richard Lee (Aus) 9 146 Caleb Cambern (USA) The Fix 9 147 Scott Beaumont (GBr) Rocky Mountain UK 9 148 Aari Barrett (NZl) 9 149 Ewan Doherty (Irl) 9 150 Patrick Meyer (Swi) IXS Sports Division Racing Team 9 151 Benny Strasser (Ger) IXS Sports Division Racing Team 9 152 Daniel Wolfe (Irl) 9 153 Richard Cunynghame (GBr) 9 154 Paul Aston (GBr) Solid Aclass Factory Team 9 155 Seanan O'riordan (Irl) 9 156 Bernard Kerr (GBr) 9 157 Marco Fidalgo (Por) 9 158 Vittorio Gambirasio (Ita) Surfing Shop 9 159 Tim Hammar (Swe) 9 160 Jordi Bago (Spa) 9 161 Lucas Meyer (Swi) IXS Sports Division Racing Team 9 162 Marco Fernandez Garcia (Spa) Motril-Sierra Nevada Bike Park 9 163 Sacha Robert (Swi) Suspension Center 9 164 Liam Mason (GBr) Printexpress UK MTB Team 9 165 Roman Roschi (Swi) Suspension Center 9 166 John Holbrook (GBr) Reverse Components 9 167 Oyvind Maehle (Nor) 9 168 Gareth Brewin (GBr) 9 169 Justin Brown (Can) 8 170 Thomas Braithwaite (GBr) 8 171 Jason Memmelaar (USA) 8 172 Derrick Nobman (USA) 8 173 Drew Pautler (Can) 8 174 Andrew Mitchell (Can) 8 175 Carlo Gambirasio (Ita) Surfing Shop 8 176 Emanuel Pombo (Por) 8 177 Jorge Aguin Castro (Spa) 8 178 Aki Färm (Fin) 8 179 Dave Wardell (GBr) 8 180 Rutar Nejc (Slo) 8 181 Aurélien Giordanengo (Fra) 8 182 Sasha Merljak (Slo) 6 183 Mads Weidemann (Den) 6 184 Tom Patton (Aus) 6 185 Clément Benoit (Fra) 6 186 John Hauer (USA) 6 187 Alex Prochazka (Can) 6 188 Alexi Felipe Garcia Aros (Chi) 6 189 Liam Little (GBr) 6 190 David Smith (GBr) 6 191 David Camp (USA) 6 192 Gerard Wolfe (Irl) 6 193 Erik Kallstrom (Swe) 6 194 Craig Pattle (NZl) 6 195 Martin Frei (Swi) 6 196 Alexander Evans (GBr) 6 197 Dave Goris (Bel) 6 198 Niklas Wallner (Swe) 6 199 Daniel Aitken (NZl) 6 200 Petr Heinik (Cze) 6 201 Brian Buell (USA) 6 202 Justin Norek (Ita) 6 203 Michael Buell (USA) 6 204 Steve Wentz (USA) 6 205 Samuele Aicardi (Ita) 6 206 Martins Sprogis (Lat) 6 207 Bjorn Ballangrud (Nor) 6 208 Leoluca Scurria (Ita) 6 209 Martin Chenicek (Cze) 6 210 Thomas Power (Irl) 6 211 Joseph Nation (NZl) 6 212 Pavel Cep (Cze) 6 213 Yannick Colomb (Fra) 6 214 Guilhem Andre (Fra) 6 215 Félix Groizard (Fra) 6 216 Rémy Charrier (Fra) 6 217 Kevin Mollard (Fra) 6 218 Camille Blanchard (Fra) 6 219 Massimo Rosson (Ita) 6 220 Roland Seereiner (Aut) 6 221 Luca Pittino (Ita) 6 222 Robin Hagen (Swi) 6 223 Simon Charvat (Cze) 6 224 Ben Mullen (Irl) 6 225 Bostjan Volf (Slo) 6 226 Alexander Mikowitsch (Aut) 6 227 David Kennan (Irl) 6 228 Martin Hanak (Cze) 6 229 Martin Mikulenka (Cze) 6 230 Tobias Sieber (Ger) 6 231 Matej Laktis (Svk) 6 232 Tine Mahkovec (Slo) 6 233 Michael Matt (Aut) 6 234 Michal Wiesenganger (Svk) 6 235 Marcel Vasko (Svk) 6 236 Stephen Beattie (Irl) 6 237 Dean Tennant (Can) 3 238 Evan Turpen (USA) 3 239 Cody Eichhorn (Aus) 3 240 Louis-Philippe Leonard (Can) 3 241 Dylan Morley (Can) 3 242 Eli Krahenbuhl (USA) 3 243 Ludovic May (Swi) 3 244 Geoff Pendrel (Can) 3 245 Mauricio Andres Acuna Quintana (Chi) 3 246 Matthew Johnston (USA) 3 247 James Jeannet-Chipman (Can) 3 248 Philip Wheeler (USA) 3 249 Dave Trumpore (USA) 3 250 Lee Trumpore (USA) 3 251 Matthew Fisher (USA) 3 252 Andrew Pierce (USA) 3 253 Thomas Rose (Aus) 3 254 Matthew Thompson (USA) 3 255 Mathieu Laurin (Can) 3 256 Chris Shewmake (USA) 3 257 Philippe Cyrenne Blanchard (Can) 3 258 Douglas Ewer (USA) 3 259 Jorge Alejandro Acuna Quintana (Chi) 3 260 Javier Ignacio Cozar Hernandez (Chi) 3 261 Alexander Vidal (USA) 3 262 Hans Lambert (Can) 3 263 Mitchell Mckinlay (Aus) 3 264 Emyr Davies (GBr) 3 265 Robert Smith (GBr) 3 266 Gareth Mc Kee (Irl) 3 267 Harry Heath (GBr) 3 268 James Scott (GBr) 3 269 Colin Ross (Irl) 3 270 Patrick Thome (Fra) 3 271 Denis Zareskiy (Rus) 3 272 Ashley Mullane (GBr) 3 273 Ruben Garcia Ramon (Spa) 3 274 Claudio Loureiro (Por) 3 275 Mario José Jarrin Molina (Ecu) 3 276 Nicolas Ortiz (Fra) 3 277 Jonas Simon (Fra) 3 278 José Manuel Soares Borges (Por) 3 279 Jose Carlos Bartolome Aviles (Spa) 3 280 Romain Lescure (Fra) 3 281 Andréa Gamenara (Ita) 3 282 Sjur Faerden (Nor) 3 283 Richard Leacock (NZl) 3 284 Santiago De Santiago (Arg) 3 285 Kristof Lenssens (Bel) 3 286 Matej Vitko (Svk) 3 287 Edgar Carballo Gonzalez (Spa) 3 288 Dylan Prohm (Aus) 3 289 Ondrej Barta (Cze) 3 290 Boris Petrau (Fra) 3 291 Afonso Ferreira (Por) 3 292 Matthew Vincent (Aus) 3 293 Albert Barilaro Caparros (And) 3 294 Tomas Kybic (Cze) 3 295 Petr Nechutny (Cze) 3 296 Martin Mitvalsky (Cze) 3 297 Thibaud Radermecker (Bel) 3 298 Andrew Godfrey (Irl) 3 299 Filip Srail (Cze) 3 300 Jorge Jaramillo Salazar (Col) 3 301 Ricard Ferreira Campos (And) 3 302 Florent Wolter (Fra) 3 303 Falco Ruppert (Ger) 3 304 Denis Paradiz (Slo) 3 305 Ben Baker (GBr) 3 306 Luka Novak (Slo) 3 307 Markus Olkkonen (Fin) 3 308 Fergus Lamb (GBr) 3 309 Jan Javornik (Svk) 3 310 Curtis Keene (USA) 3 311 Bertrand Gilles (Bel) 3 312 Jan Cestnik (Slo) 3 313 Jure Logar (Slo) 3 314 Patrik Kotrla (Cze) 3 315 Quentin Derbier (Fra) 3 316 Quentin Leroy (Fra) 3 317 Jan Savr (Cze) 3 318 Michal Marosi (Cze) 3 319 Jaka Seme (Slo) 3 320 James Hughes (GBr) 3 321 Janick Lieberherr (Swi) 3 322 Jörg Neuhart (Aut) 3 323 Rossen Kovachev (Bul) 3 324 Matus Paulovic (Svk) 3 325 Sam Shucksmith (GBr) 3 326 Greg O'keefe (Irl) 3 327 Blair Christmas (NZl) 3 328 Walter Martinschitz (Aut) 3 329 Arkadiusz Perin (Pol) 3 330 Aku Hjelm (Fin) 3 331 Rostislav Stencel (Cze) 3 332 Chris Heath (USA) 3 333 Jiri Placek (Cze) 3 334 Patrik Zölei (Hun) 3 335 Radek Machycek (Cze) 3 336 Janko Zubcevic (Cro) 3 337 Peter Novacik (Svk) 3 338 Paolo Viola (Ita) 3 339 Urban Pogladic (Slo) 3 340 Zan Jurca (Slo) 3 341 Chris Boice (USA) 3 342 Hynek Hajek (Cze) 3 343 Matej Drnovsek (Slo) 3 344 Janis Ozolins (Lat) 3 345 Andras Szecskay (Hun) 3 346 Dino Zunjic (Cro) 3 347 Maciej Kucbora (Pol) 3 348 Martin Buck (Swi) 3 349 Igor Jadlovsky (Svk) 3 350 Matevz Zupanc (Slo) 3 351 Nicklas Fastegaard (Nor) 3 352 Didar Amin (Bul) 3 353 Chris Kilmurray (Irl) 3 354 Rok Podbevsek (Slo) 3 355 Heikki Hall (USA) 3 356 Dusan Leposa (Slo) 3 357 Christian Daxner (Aut) 3 358 Lorenzo Dal Re (Ita) 3 359 Krisztian Halasz (Hun) 3 360 Martin Kafka (Svk) 3 361 Tibor Kolozsvari (Hun) 3 362 Walter Zeidler (Aut) 3 363 Juris Luscenoks (Lat) 3 364 Adam Toth (Hun) 3 365 Anton Nastev (Bul) 3 366 Ninoslav Ruzicka (Cro) 3 367 Mauro Sirotic (Cro) 3 368 Attila Kovacs (Hun) 3 369 Balazs Veres (Hun) 3 370 Gergely Veres (Hun) 3 371 Tobias Meister (Aut) 3 372 Rade Curcic (Srb) 3 373 David Hosang (Swi) 3 374 Andras Jako (Hun) 3 375 Tomas Toth (Svk) 3 376 Nino Dusak (Cro) 3 377 Martin Markov (Bul) 3 378 Elias Vonier (Aut) 3 379 Andraz Jersin (Slo) 3 380 Jakub Fiser (Cze) 3 381 Tommy Folkoy (Nor) 3 Team standings 1 Santa Cruz Syndicate 359 pts 2 Animal Commencal 345 3 Monster Energy / Iron Horse 187 4 Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team 183 5 Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 177 6 Subaru Mountain Bike Pro Team 168 7 Team Maxxis 149 8 Suspension Center 147 9 Ms-Intense Factory-Racing 140 10 Kona 126 11 Norco World Team 107 12 Playbiker - Iron Horse 107 13 Msc Bikes 85 14 Solid Aclass Factory Team 76 15 Massi 75 16 Mojo Orange 63 17 4 Elements Yeti/Hotec/Rsp 61 18 Sport Promotion 55 19 Team Sunn 54 20 Gt Bicycles 53 21 Team Pyrenees Morewood 46 22 Team Bike Radar 41 23 Kenda Tomac 36 24 Ixs Sports Division Racing Team 30 25 Lapierre Dh Powered By Saab Salomon 24 26 Giant Mountain Bike Team 22 27 Commencal - Furious - Oakley Team 18 28 Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike Racing Team 15 29 Team Ghost International 9 30 Specialized Factory Racing 7 31 Cannondale Factory Racing 6
