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MTB World Cup DH & 4X #3 - CDM
Vallnord, Andorra, May 15-17, 2009
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Race 2 - May 16: Downhill qualifying
Hill, Jonnier top qualifying
By Rob Jones
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Sam Hill (Monster Energy/Specialized) eked out a slim leading time over defending Andorra and UCI Downhill World Champion Gee Atherton (Animal-Commencal), with World Cup leader Steve Peat (Santa Cruz Syndicate) third. Canada's Steve Smith (Evil Bikes) was a very strong seventh as the top North American, on a course where he recorded his first top-10 last year.
Sabrina Jonnier (Maxxis-Rocky Mountain) followed up her win at last week's World Cup in La Bresse, France by beating World Cup leader Tracy Moseley (Trek World Racing) by over two seconds in the women's qualifying. Emmeline Ragot (Suspension Center) was the only rider close to the leading two, in third place.
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- France's Sabrina Jonnier (Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles) was the quickest woman in qualifying.
- Australia's Samuel Hill (Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz) posted the top elite men's time.
- Steve Peat (Santa Cruz Syndicate) was third quickest in the elite men's downhill qualifying.
- Gee Atherton (Animal Commencal) in qualifying.
- Tracy Moseley (Trek World Racing) leads the UCI World Cup series going into this qualifying round.
- Emmeline Ragot (Suspension Center) of France
Results
Elite men 1 Samuel Hill (Aus) Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz 2.26.45 2 Gee Atherton (GBr) Animal Commencal 0.00.38 3 Steve Peat (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate 0.01.93 4 Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate 0.02.31 5 Nick Beer (Swi) Scott 11 0.02.91 6 Mickael Pascal (Fra) MSC Bikes 0.03.03 7 Steve Smith (Can) MS Evil Racing 0.03.49 8 Andrew Neethling (RSA) Trek World Racing 0.03.64 9 Justin Leov (NZl) Trek World Racing 0.04.11 10 Chris Kovarik (Aus) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 0.04.33 11 Matti Lehikoinen (Fin) MS Evil Racing 0.04.62 12 Samuel Blenkinsop (NZl) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team 0.04.74 13 Julien Camellini (Fra) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 0.05.61 14 Brendan Fairclough (GBr) Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz 0.05.65 15 Mitchell Delfs (Aus) Kenda Morewood 0.05.72 16 Marc Beaumont (GBr) GT Bicycles 0.05.78 17 David Vazquez Lopez (Spa) Lapierre Powered By Saab Salomon 0.05.91 18 Michael Hannah (Aus) GT Bicycles 0.06.12 19 Filip Polc (Svk) MS Evil Racing 0.06.13 20 Josh Bryceland (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate 0.06.32 21 Fabien Pedemanaud (Fra) Scott 11 0.06.37 22 Dan Stanbridge (GBr) 0.06.50 23 Jared Rando (Aus) Giant Mountain Bike Team 0.07.14 24 Ben Reid (Irl) Just Reid Race Team 0.07.35 25 Joseph Smith (GBr) Kona 0.07.46 26 Aurélien Giordanengo (Fra) 0.07.48 27 Duncan Riffle (USA) Duncan Riffle Racing 0.07.55 28 Kyle Strait (USA) Specialized Team America 0.07.88 29 Cameron Cole (NZl) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles 0.07.91 30 Matthew Simmonds (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 0.07.98 31 Jared Graves (Aus) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team 0.08.04 32 Cyrille Kurtz (Fra) Team Sunn 0.08.11 33 Fabien Cousinie (Fra) 0.08.21 34 Damien Spagnolo (Fra) Subaru Mountain Bike Pro Team 0.08.40 35 Danny Hart (GBr) Lapierre Powered By Saab Salomon 0.08.53 35 Bryn Atkinson (Aus) 37 Joris Bigoni (Fra) 0.08.72 38 Nathan Rankin (NZl) Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker 0.08.83 39 Curtis Keene (USA) 0.08.88 40 Antonio Ferreiro Pajuelo (Spa) XMS-Devinci World Cup Team 0.08.89 41 Joe Barnes (GBr) 0.09.17 42 Thibaut Ruffin (Fra) 0.09.26 42 Cody Warren (USA) Specialized Team America 42 Luke Strobel (USA) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles 45 Bernat Guardia Pascual (Spa) Massi 0.09.28 46 Cesar Rojo (Spa) 0.09.29 47 Robin Wallner (Swe) 0.09.36 48 Thirion Rémi (Fra) Team Sunn 0.09.53 49 Antoine Badouard (Fra) 0.09.72 50 Tom Deacon (GBr) 2Stagefactory 0.09.89 51 Arnau Sugranes Mateu (Spa) 0.10.01 52 Matthew Scoles (NZl) 0.10.02 53 Lorenzo Suding (Ita) Dytech DH 0.10.06 54 Benny Strasser (Ger) 0.10.10 55 Thomas Braithwaite (GBr) 0.10.21 56 Rhys Willemse (Aus) 0.10.30 57 Pierre Charles Georges (Fra) Solid Aclass Factory Team 0.10.53 58 Jorge Aguin Castro (Spa) 0.10.62 58 Adam Brayton (GBr) Just Reid Race Team 60 Emanuel Pombo (Por) 0.10.63 61 Ruaridh Cunningham (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 0.10.86 62 Romain Paulhan (Fra) 0.11.08 63 Bernard Kerr (GBr) 0.11.26 64 Kieran Bennett (NZl) X-Fusion-Intense 0.11.28 65 Georg Sieder (Aut) Solid Aclass Factory Team 0.11.54 66 Boris Tetzlaff (Aut) Solid Aclass Factory Team 0.11.68 67 Markus Olkkonen (Fin) 0.11.92 68 Markus Pekoll (Aut) Solid Aclass Factory Team 0.12.08 69 Matej Charvat (Cze) 0.12.14 70 Joshua Button (Aus) 0.12.56 71 Kim Petersson (Swe) 0.12.60 72 Iago Garay Tamayo (Spa) 0.12.71 73 Nathan Rennie (Aus) Kenda Morewood 0.12.89 74 Esteban Deronzier (Fra) Morzine-Avoriaz 74 0.12.99 75 Marco Bugnone (Ita) Argentina Bike Gravity Team 0.13.04 76 Bradley Benedict (USA) Duncan Riffle Racing 0.13.11 77 Nicolas Ortiz (Fra) 0.13.19 77 Ryan Condrashoff (USA) X-Fusion-Intense 79 Maxime Remy (Fra) Suspension Center 0.13.33 80 Arran Gannicott (GBr) 0.13.40 81 Kevin Aiello (USA) GT Bicycles 0.13.41 82 Ivan Oulego Moreno (Spa) Massi 0.13.55 83 Toni Berg (Fin) 0.13.57 84 Will Rischbieth (Aus) 0.13.60 85 Camille Blanchard (Fra) Team Sport Bike 0.13.65 86 Harry Heath (GBr) 0.13.70 87 Richard Thomas (GBr) 0.13.78 88 Mathieu Troquier (Fra) Solid Aclass Factory Team 0.13.90 89 Olivier Nicole (Fra) 0.14.01 90 Xavier Simo Cervera (Spa) 0.14.19 91 Aari Barrett (NZl) Scott 11 0.14.22 92 Espen Johnsen (Nor) 0.14.43 92 Mathieu Gallean (Fra) Team Sunn 94 Herman Olund (Swe) 0.14.53 95 Charrier Rémy (Fra) Team Sunn 0.14.54 96 Patrick Thome (Fra) Team Sport Bike 0.14.63 97 Marcus Klausmann (Ger) Ghost A.T.G. Pro Team 0.14.64 98 Tamryn Murrell (Aus) 0.14.65 99 Alexander Kangas (Swe) 0.14.81 100 Jan Cestnik (Slo) 0.15.21 101 Aaron Gwin (USA) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team 0.15.32 102 Claudio Loureiro (Por) 0.15.44 103 Luis Paulo Vicente Ferreira (Por) 0.15.47 104 Kristof Lenssens (Bel) 0.15.48 105 James Stock (GBr) 0.15.67 106 Marco Milivinti (Ita) Dytech DH 0.15.92 107 Robert Smith (GBr) 0.16.11 107 Mario Sieder (Aut) Solid Aclass Factory Team 109 Florian Arthus (Fra) 0.16.60 110 Dominik Gspan (Swi) 0.16.65 111 Clément Benoit (Fra) Team Sport Bike 0.16.74 112 Erik Kallstrom (Swe) 0.17.04 112 Marco Fernandez Garcia (Spa) Motril-Sierra Nevada 114 Alex Bond (GBr) 0.17.18 115 Andréa Gamenara (Ita) Argentina Bike Gravity Team 0.17.38 116 Javier Guijarro Villacieros (Spa) XMS-Devinci World Cup Team 0.17.39 117 Carlo Gambirasio (Ita) Surfing Shop 0.17.83 118 Sam Dale (GBr) 0.17.85 119 Francisco Pardal (Por) 0.17.97 120 Ben Cathro (GBr) 0.18.13 121 Davide Michelis (Ita) Surfing Shop 0.18.26 122 Groizard Félix (Fra) Team Sport Bike 0.18.27 123 Muller Sébastien (Swi) 0.18.33 124 Mathias Haas (Aut) 0.18.41 125 Aki Färm (Fin) 0.18.45 126 David Smith (GBr) 0.18.49 127 Marco Fidalgo (Por) 0.18.56 128 Gareth Brewin (GBr) 0.18.60 129 Martin Frei (Swi) 0.18.90 130 Harry Molloy (GBr) 0.18.91 131 Quentin Jacquet (Fra) 0.18.95 132 Matej Vitko (Svk) 0.18.98 133 Ivan Oziol (Fra) 0.19.14 134 Yannick Colomb (Fra) 0.19.26 135 Elias Somvi (Ita) 0.19.46 136 Emyr Davies (GBr) 0.19.78 137 Adrien Loron (Fra) 0.19.82 138 Niklas Wallner (Swe) 0.19.95 139 Bertrand Gilles (Bel) 0.19.96 140 Albert Barilaro Caparros (And) 0.20.55 141 Scott Mears (GBr) 0.21.12 142 Brook Macdonald (NZl) Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team 0.21.34 143 Daniel Alvarez Salgueiro (Spa) 0.21.45 144 Loïc Delteil (Fra) 0.21.48 145 Dennis Dertell (Swe) 0.22.19 146 Erik Kimmel (Cze) 0.22.87 147 Kristjan Vrecek (Slo) 0.23.08 148 Pedro Miguel Brandao Fernandes (Por) 0.23.21 149 Simon Charvat (Cze) 0.23.31 150 Oskar Harnstrom (Swe) 0.23.34 150 Nicolas Gspan (Swi) 152 Fabien Bois (Fra) Team Scott Valloire Galibier 0.23.40 153 Dave Goris (Bel) 0.24.42 154 Daniel Critchlow (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 0.24.48 155 Quentin Geynet (Fra) Team Sport Bike 0.24.59 156 Shaun O'Connor (Aus) Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker 0.24.94 157 Luis Ribeiro (Por) 0.25.83 158 Leandro Salgueiro (Por) 0.25.94 159 Hayden Lee (NZl) 0.26.13 160 Laurie Dinham (Aus) Suspension Center 0.26.18 161 Bastien Andreu (Fra) Team Sport Bike 0.26.23 162 Jan Javornik (Svk) 0.26.47 163 Francesco Petrucci (Ita) Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team 0.26.87 164 Kevin Locquet (Fra) 0.28.14 165 Tomas Liska (Svk) 0.28.17 166 Ricard Ferreira Campos (And) 0.28.52 167 Zan Jurca (Slo) 0.30.01 168 Xavier Raventos Marti (Spa) 0.32.38 169 Jerome Crocombette (Fra) 0.32.50 170 Liam Mason (GBr) 0.32.63 171 Michal Jankiv (Svk) 0.32.66 172 Ondrej Novak (Cze) 0.34.19 173 Sergey Maltsev (Rus) 0.34.74 174 Alex Powell (GBr) 2Stagefactory 0.37.21 175 Alex Prochazka (Can) 0.39.35 176 Nicholas Shields (Aus) 0.39.63 177 Jordi Bago (Spa) 0.40.31 178 Anton Rumyantsev (Rus) 0.41.99 179 Martin Hanak (Cze) 0.43.25 180 Vadim Savelyev (Rus) 1.35.12 DNF Ralph Jones (GBr) DNS Dan Atherton (GBr) Animal Commencal DNS Pasqual Canals Flix (Spa) XMS-Devinci World Cup Team DNS Renato Ventura (Por) DNS Scott Beaumont (GBr) Rocky Mountain UK DNS Fredrik Hansson (Swe) DNS Arthur Racaud (Fra) Team Sport Bike Elite women 1 Sabrina Jonnier (Fra) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles 2.50.50 2 Tracy Moseley (GBr) Trek World Racing 0.02.28 3 Emmeline Ragot (Fra) Suspension Center 0.02.75 4 Floriane Pugin (Fra) Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker 0.07.41 5 Gros Céline (Fra) Morzine-Avoriaz 74 0.07.94 6 Myriam Nicole (Fra) 0.08.67 7 Mio Suemasa (Jpn) 0.08.85 8 Katy Curd (GBr) 0.12.20 9 Emilie Siegenthaler (Swi) Scott 11 0.12.47 10 Anais Pajot (Fra) Team Sunn 0.12.53 11 Fionn Griffiths (GBr) Norco World Team 0.16.14 12 Helen Gaskell (GBr) 0.18.24 13 Petra Bernhard (Aut) Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team 0.18.45 14 Diana Marggraff (Ecu) 0.19.05 15 Melissa Buhl (USA) 0.20.16 16 Anita Molcik (Aut) 0.21.42 17 Fanny Lombard (Fra) 0.21.93 18 Miranda Miller (Can) 0.22.39 19 Jessica Stone (GBr) 2Stagefactory 0.23.30 20 Micayla Gatto (Can) 0.24.23 21 Claire Buchar (Can) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 0.25.81 22 Aimee Dix (GBr) 0.27.16 23 Harriet Rucknagel (Ger) 0.27.97 24 Miriam Ruchti (Swi) Team Vario Racing 0.28.05 25 Caroline Sax (Fra) 0.28.55 26 Elisa Canepa (Ita) Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker 0.28.76 27 Joanna Petterson (RSA) 0.32.54 28 Sophie Borderes (Fra) 0.37.53 29 Victoria Hernandez Molinas (Spa) 0.38.33 30 Helene Valerie Fruhwirth (Aut) 0.43.67 31 Mireia Bosca Ballester (Spa) 0.44.93 32 Monet Adams (GBr) 0.46.59 33 Katarina Tothova (Cze) 0.51.43 34 Carole Armanet (Fra) 1.51.81 DNF Sarah Newman (GBr) DNS Neven Steinmetz (USA)
