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MTB World Cup DH-4X #7 - B
Pila, Italy, August 20-21, 2005
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Race 1 - August 20: 4 Cross
Bad weather, but nobody stops Prokop
Great race by American Jill Kintner
The weather was awful tonight at Pila (Italy), for the 4-Cross World Cup race, that took place in violent rainfalls, cold temperatures and even fog. In spite of the weather, many people were there to watch an amazing show.
The absolute protagonist was Czech Michal Prokop, who dominated all the heats, semi-final and the final. Last year's World Cup winner was so excited he even left behind American Brian Lopes, the World Cup leader. The Czech started very fast and never left the lead. Lopes tried until the very end to get his bike ahead, but the rhythm was very fast and the risk of falling because of the mud was too high. Obviously, Lopes looked ahead to the World Cup that still belongs to him. The winning trio was completed by Cedric Garcia.
The World Cup situation is still unchanged and reflected in the results at Pila, although the first two are inverted: Lopes still holds the lead (211 p), followed by Prokop (187) and Gracia (151).
The women's race was won by Jill Kintner, who won the semi-finals and the final. This means for the American, who dominated the Cup's last races, that she could actually get to the highest step at the end of the season. Second place went to Czech Jana Horakova, thus taking precious points away from the Cup leader, Dutchwoman Anneke Beerten, who got third place.
Tomorrow, hopefully under a better sky, the Downhill World Cup will be taking place.
Results
Men 1 Michal Prokop (Cze) 2 Brian Lopes (USA) 3 Cédric Gracia (Fra) Siemens Cannondale Mtb Racing Team 4 Chris Powell (USA) Specialized Factory Racing 5 Lukas Tamme (Cze) 6 Mickael Deldycke (Fra) 7 Damien Godet (Fra) 8 Filip Polc (Svk) 9 Leiv Ove Nordmark (Nor) 10 Scott Beaumont (GBr) Team Kona Beaumont Racing 11 Will Longden (GBr) 12 David Wardell (GBr) 13 Kamil Tatarkovic (Cze) Kona Les Gets 14 Joost Wichman (Ned) 15 Bas De Bever (Ned) Merlan Duo-Be One 16 Tomas Slavik (Cze) 17 Jurg Meijer (Ned) 18 Ivan Van Der Putten (Ned) 19 Kyle Strait (USA) Specialized Factory Racing 20 Dan Atherton (GBr) 21 Greg Minnaar (RSA) Team G-Cross Honda 22 Johannes Fischbach (Ger) 23 Robin Baloochi (USA) 24 Andrea Bruno (Ita) 25 Gee Atherton (GBr) 26 Thomas Schäfer (Ger) 27 Nicolas Siedl (Aut) 28 Ewoud Stam (Ned) 29 Sidney Gerber (Swi) 30 Dimitri Jeziorek (Fra) 31 Guido Dracone (Ita) 32 Stefan Scherz (Ger) 33 Federico Ravizzini (Ita) 34 Pasqual Canals Flix (Spa) 35 Thierry Fouilleul (Fra) 36 Camille Beaulieu (Fra) 37 Leander Angerer (Ger) 38 Peter Fernbach (Aut) 39 Matthias Schell (Ger) 40 Luka Novak (Slo) 41 Mathieu Troquier (Fra) 42 Lukas Jaeger (Swi) 43 Ramon Hunziker (Swi) 44 Jurgen Harrer (Aut) 45 Pavel Cep (Cze) 46 Philipp Meyer (Ger) 47 Ansi Deutschenbaur (Ger) 48 Joan Vicente Merida (Spa) 49 Darren Pokoj (Aus) 50 Guido Tschugg (Ger) 51 Kai Schugk (Ger) 52 Oscar Colombo (Ita) 53 Dan Stanbridge (GBr) 54 Georg Engel (Aut) 55 Tomofumi Aragane (Jpn) 56 Guillaume Winninger (Fra) 57 Jan Poric (Slo) DNS Gregor Alff (Ger) DNS Roger Rinderknecht (Swi) Commencal Oxbow DNS Nathan Rennie (Aus) DNS Chris Kovarik (Aus) DNS Bryn Atkinson (Aus) DNS Reto Schmid (Swi) DNS Adrian Kiener (Swi) DNS Thomas Braithwaite (GBr) DNS James Gould (GBr) DNS Alberto Martino (Ita) DNS Danilo Lazzati (Ita) DNS Dag Schneevoigt (Ger) Women 1 Jill Kintner (USA) 2 Jana Horáková (Cze) 3 Anneke Beerten (Ned) Specialized Factory Racing 4 Joey Gough (GBr) 5 Fionn Griffiths (GBr) 6 Anita Molcik (Aut) Arbö Rsp Downhill Racing Team 7 Lucia Oetjen (Swi) 8 Zsofia Koczka (Hun) 9 Ramona Stellnberger (Aut) 10 Michela Thaler (Ita) Arbö Rsp Downhill Racing Team DNS Eva Castro Fernandez (Spa) DNS Scarlet Hagen (NZl)
World Cup Standings after round 7
Men 1 Brian Lopes (USA) 211 pts 2 Michal Prokop (Cze) 187 3 Cédric Gracia (Fra) Scn 151 4 Guido Tschugg (Ger) 90 5 Roger Rinderknecht (Swi) Cox 81 6 George Atherton (GBr) 74 7 Lucas Tamme (Cze) 69 8 Jared Graves (Aus) 69 9 Filip Polc (Svk) 51 10 Kyle Strait (USA) Sfr 46 10 Dan Atherton (GBr) 46 12 Nathan Rennie (Aus) 41 13 Steve Peat (GBr) Ora 40 14 Chris Powell (USA) Sfr 39 15 Kamil Tatarkovic (Cze) Klg 36 16 Bas De Bever (Ned) Mdb 35 17 Scott Beaumont (GBr) Kbr 34 18 Robin Baloochi (USA) 34 19 Michael Hannah (Aus) 33 20 Will Longden (GBr) 26 21 Mickael Deldycke (Fra) 25 22 Brian Schmith (USA) 25 23 Dave Wardell (GBr) 23 24 Chris Kovarik (Aus) 20 25 Greg Minnaar (RSA) Hon 18 26 Darren Pokoj (Aus) 18 27 Damien Godet (Fra) 15 28 Jurg Meijer (Ned) 15 29 Rich Houseman (USA) 15 30 Robson Almeida (Bra) 15 31 Rafael Alvarez De Lara Lu (Spa) 15 32 Michal Marosi (Cze) 13 33 Leiv Ove Nordmark (Nor) 11 34 Ivan Van Der Putten (Ned) 11 35 Tomas Slavik (Cze) 10 36 Mike King (USA) 10 37 Bryn Atkinson (Aus) 10 38 Vicente Neto (Bra) 8 39 Frans Sjöblom (Swe) 8 40 Romain Saladini (Fra) Cox 8 41 Joost Wichman (Ned) 6 42 Luiz Trozzi (Bra) 6 43 Ross Milan (USA) 5 44 Cristian Valdiviezo (Ecu) 5 44 Vitor Plentz (Bra) 5 44 Person Pauletto (Bra) 5 47 Jan Novak (Cze) 5 48 Michal Pribyl (Cze) 5 49 Mario Jarrin (Ecu) Zen 4 50 Jakub Hnidak (Cze) 4 51 Duncan Riffle (USA) 3 52 Jeferson Silva (Bra) 3 53 Reto Schmid (Swi) 3 54 Johannes Fischbach (Ger) 2 55 Jonathan Watt (USA) 2 55 Christopher Herndon (USA) 2 57 Fabiano Maria (Bra) 2 57 Doron Cattoni (Bra) 2 59 Andrew Neethling (RSA) 2 60 Duncan Ferris (GBr) 2 60 Oscar Colombo (Ita) 2 62 Samuel Hill (Aus) 2 62 Adrian Kiener (Swi) 2 64 Andrea Bruno (Ita) 1 65 Henry Odonnell (USA) 1 65 Cody Warren (USA) 1 67 Jaques Santos (Bra) 1 67 Andres Sotomayor (Ecu) 1 69 Cameron Zink (USA) 1 69 Marc Fontaine (Can) 1 71 Philipp Meyer (Ger) 1 71 Borut Roic (Slo) 1 73 Pablo Galan (Spa) 1 73 Sergey Maltsev (Rus) 1 Women 1 Anneke Beerten (Ned) Sfr 280 pts 2 Jill Kintner (USA) 270 3 Anita Molcik (Aut) Rsp 98 4 Fionn Griffiths (GBr) 83 5 Joey Gough (GBr) 77 6 Katrina Miller (Aus) 70 7 Jana Horáková (Cze) 60 8 Vanessa Quin (NZl) 45 9 Tara Llanes (USA) 40 10 Sari Joergensen (Swi) 31 11 Melissa Buhl (USA) 25 12 Diana Marggraff (Ecu) Zen 24 13 Sonja Granzow (Ger) 22 14 Zsofia Koczka (Hun) 20 15 Julia Lasso (Ecu) 20 16 Anja Jerenko (Ger) 14 17 Michela Thaler (Ita) Rsp 12 18 Bobbi Kae Watt (USA) 10 19 Lucia Oetjen (Swi) 7 20 Leana Gerrard (USA) 7 21 Caroline Pasedach (Ger) 6 22 Eva Castro Fernandez (Spa) 6 23 Michelle Dumaresq (Can) 5 24 Ramona Stellnberger (Aut) 4 25 Dalma Kiss (Hun) 3 Teams 1 Specialized Factory Racing 374 pts 2 Arbö Rsp Downhill Racing 169 3 Siemens Cannondale Mtb Racing Team 114 4 Commencal Oxbow 81 5 Kona Les Gets 60 6 Team Kona Beaumont Racing 44 7 Merlan Duo-Be One 40 8 Team Orange 36 9 Zenith-Mtb-International Racing Team 31 10 Team G-Cross Honda 26
