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MTB World Cup XC #9 & DH #7 - CDM
Schladming, Austria, September 11-14, 2008
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Race 5 - September 13: Elite men downhill
Blenkinsop claims first victory
By Luke Webber in Schladming
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Sam Blenkinsop has made history by recording New Zealand's first ever World Cup victory, here in Schladming. After consistent results in the top ten throughout the year the Yeti Cycles rider clearly enjoyed the steep Schladming track that rewarded a loose style of riding.
Blenkinsop qualified in the number one position but most expected the finals to be dominated by the race for the overall World Cup title, between Greg Minnaar (Santa Cruz Syndicate) and Sam Hill (Monster Energy). Finishing fourth and sixth meant the pressure was on the final run and when Minnaar made it to the top of the hill, it was clear the strain was showing.
A quiet and almost secretive atmosphere was the order, as turbos buzzed before the main event got underway. First down the hill was Minnaar and despite a small mistake in the top section he inherited the hotseat from Justin Leov. Steve Peat (Santa Cruz Syndicate), however, made sure that Minnaar's reign was short-lived and in theory could have ended his teammates hope of the overall win by bumping him down the rankings.
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As it came to Hill's turn, it was obvious that the Australian phenomenon had saved everything in reserve for his final run. Up at the split and gaining constantly Hill then had a huge moment, the bike tankslapping across the infamous rutted Schaldming hillside only to miraculously save it and get back on track. This cost around a second but the quality of the run was enough to take the hot-seat and a real opportunity of rescuing the season with the overall title.
Hill's teammate Brendan Fairclough was the penultimate rider on course, posting the best split of the race but he crashed on the final drop onto the Schladming slopes. He scrambled back up and rescued his bike before rolling over the line just outside the top 20.
Finally, Blenkinsop took to the descent - everyone expected a solid top ten finish but this was the Kiwi's kind of course, and he revelled in the wet. After several gasps from the crowd there was finally a shocked roar as he dropped into the arena clearly beating Hill's time despite a mistake en route.
This result handed the overall World Cup title to Minnaar, an accolade he did not expect but one which was accepted very happily as the whole Santa Cruz Syndicate celebrated on the podium.
Photography
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- Sam Hill took it easy during the semi-finals.
- Blenkinsop was on the edge all day and loving it.
- The course was a mix of dense forest and open grass mountain.
- The run in to the finish.
- Sam Hill’s year was without major highlight - much to the surprise of the pundits.
- Congratulations to Blenkinsop were universal.
- Right after the race, Minnaar was on the blower to pass on the good news.
- Blenkinsop got a bit carried away with his celebrations.
- The final 2008 series podium.
Results
Finals 1 Samuel Blenkinsop (NZl) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Rac 4.10.16 2 Samuel Hill (Aus) Monster Energy 0.01.64 3 Gee Atherton (GBr) Animal Commencal 0.02.20 4 Steve Peat (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate 0.03.04 5 Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate 0.07.40 6 Justin Leov (NZl) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Rac 0.08.17 7 Fabien Barel (Fra) Subaru Mountain Bike Pro 0.08.33 8 Aaron Holmes Gwin (USA) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Rac 0.11.28 9 Mitchell Delfs (Aus) Kenda Tomac 0.11.44 10 Andrew Neethling (RSA) Gt Bicycles 0.11.71 11 Neil Donoghue (GBr) Team Bike Radar 0.11.96 12 Nathan Rankin (NZl) Playbiker - Iron Horse 0.12.00 13 Oscar Saiz Castane (Spa) Giant Mountain Bike Team 0.12.13 14 Julien Camellini (Fra) Chain Reaction Cycle 0.12.23 15 Mickael Pascal (Fra) Msc Bikes 0.12.25 16 Boris Tetzlaff (Aut) Solid Aclass Factory Team 0.12.54 17 Amiel Cavalier (Aus) Giant Mountain Bike Team 0.13.81 18 Joseph Smith (GBr) Tomac Factory Racing 0.13.84 19 Nathan Rennie (Aus) Santa Cruz Syndicate 0.14.24 20 Dan Atherton (GBr) Animal Commencal 0.14.38 21 Marc Beaumont (GBr) Team Bike Radar 0.14.65 22 Sam Dale (GBr) Cannondale Factory Racing 0.14.96 23 Filip Polc (Svk) Kenda Tomac 0.15.01 24 Brendan Fairclough (GBr) Monster Energy 0.15.48 25 Anton Ferreiro Pajuelo (Spa) Massi 0.15.50 26 Steve Smith (Can) 0.15.61 27 Ben Ineson (GBr) Reverse Components 0.15.67 28 Thibaut Ruffin (Fra) 0.15.77 29 Damien Spagnolo (Fra) Subaru Mountain Bike Pro 0.15.94 30 Marcus Klausmann (Ger) Team Ghost International 0.16.32 31 Bernat Guardia Pascual (Spa) Msc Bikes 0.17.48 32 Thomas Braithwaite (GBr) 0.17.59 33 Fabien Pedemanaud (Fra) Team Pyrenees Morewood 0.17.90 34 Adam Brayton (GBr) Playbiker - Iron Horse 0.17.98 35 Nico Vink (Bel) Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike 0.18.04 36 David Vazquez Lopez (Spa) Lapierre Dh Powered By 0.18.20 37 Ruaridh Cunningham (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycle 0.18.26 38 Cyrille Kurtz (Fra) 0.18.64 39 Rémi Thirion (Fra) Team Sunn 0.18.86 40 Markus Pekoll (Aut) Solid Aclass Factory Team 0.19.51 41 Adam Vagner (Cze) 0.19.52 42 Bryn Atkinson (Aus) Gt Bicycles 0.20.13 43 Danny Hart (GBr) Lapierre Dh Powered By 0.20.34 44 Samuel Zbinden (Swi) Argentina Bike Gravity 0.20.48 45 Marcel Beer (Swi) Ixs Sports Division Racin 0.20.85 46 Georg Sieder (Aut) Solid Aclass Factory Team 0.21.14 47 Luke Strobel (USA) Team Maxxis 0.21.28 48 Rémy Charrier (Fra) Team Sunn 0.21.33 49 Toni Berg (Fin) 0.21.69 50 Ben Baker (GBr) Printexpress Uk Mtb Team 0.22.61 51 Pasqual Canals Flix (Spa) Massi 0.22.72 52 Cédric Gracia (Fra) Commencal - Furious - Oak 0.22.85 53 Joe Barnes (GBr) 0.23.29 54 Michael Skinner (NZl) Playbiker - Iron Horse 0.23.30 55 Ralph Jones (GBr) 0.23.35 56 Ben Cathro (GBr) Mojo Orange 0.23.36 57 Rowan Sorrell (GBr) 0.23.52 58 Ben Reid (Irl) 0.23.61 59 David Smith (GBr) 0.24.01 60 Aguin Castro (Spa) 0.24.07 61 Pierre Georges (Fra) 0.24.13 62 Alan Beggin (Ita) 0.24.48 63 Jared Rando (Aus) Giant Mountain Bike Team 0.24.79 64 Mathieu Troquier (Fra) Solid Aclass Factory Team 0.24.83 65 Marco Bugnone (Ita) 0.25.09 66 David Eme (Fra) 0.25.15 67 Rhys Willemse (Aus) Tomac Factory Racing 0.25.35 68 Lorenzo Suding (Ita) Playbiker - Iron Horse 0.25.55 69 Duncan Riffle (USA) Cannondale Factory Racing 0.25.66 70 Florent Payet (Fra) Subaru Mountain Bike Pro 0.27.02 71 Daniel Wolfe (Irl) 0.28.07 72 Vlastimil Hyncica (Cze) 0.28.64 73 Fabien Cousinie (Fra) 0.29.64 74 Herman Olund (Swe) 0.32.76 75 Benny Strasser (Ger) Ixs Sports Division Racin 0.34.23 76 Espen Johnsen (Nor) 0.40.30 77 Andreas Sieber (Ger) Solid Aclass Factory Team 0.47.01 78 Aki Färm (Fin) 0.56.11 79 Nick Beer (Swi) Ixs Sports Division Racin 2.39.95 80 Chris Kovarik (Aus) Chain Reaction Cycle 5.42.48 Qualifications / Semi-finals 1 Samuel Blenkinsop (NZl) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Rac 4.10.27 2 Brendan Fairclough (GBr) Monster Energy 0.00.49 3 Gee Atherton (GBr) Animal Commencal 0.00.75 4 Samuel Hill (Aus) Monster Energy 0.01.21 5 Steve Peat (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate 0.04.77 6 Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate 0.05.41 7 Fabien Barel (Fra) Subaru Mountain Bike Pro 0.05.86 8 Justin Leov (NZl) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Rac 0.10.45 9 Chris Kovarik (Aus) Chain Reaction Cycle 0.10.84 10 Ruaridh Cunningham (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycle 0.11.43 11 Nathan Rennie (Aus) Santa Cruz Syndicate 0.11.64 12 Mickael Pascal (Fra) Msc Bikes 0.11.67 13 Nathan Rankin (NZl) Playbiker - Iron Horse 0.11.83 14 Oscar Saiz Castane (Spa) Giant Mountain Bike Team 0.12.58 15 Luke Strobel (USA) Team Maxxis 0.12.69 16 Julien Camellini (Fra) Chain Reaction Cycle 0.12.80 17 Boris Tetzlaff (Aut) Solid Aclass Factory Team 0.12.84 18 Fabien Pedemanaud (Fra) Team Pyrenees Morewood 0.13.20 19 Ben Ineson (GBr) Reverse Components 0.13.45 20 Marc Beaumont (GBr) Team Bike Radar 0.13.74 21 Mitchell Delfs (Aus) Kenda Tomac 0.13.83 22 Rémi Thirion (Fra) Team Sunn 0.13.88 23 Bernat Guardia Pascual (Spa) Msc Bikes 0.13.97 24 Aaron Holmes Gwin (USA) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Rac 0.14.22 25 Andrew Neethling (RSA) Gt Bicycles 0.14.25 26 Joseph Smith (GBr) Tomac Factory Racing 0.14.51 27 Dan Atherton (GBr) Animal Commencal 0.15.14 28 Filip Polc (Svk) Kenda Tomac 0.15.20 29 David Vazquez Lopez (Spa) Lapierre Dh Powered By Sa 0.15.25 30 Amiel Cavalier (Aus) Giant Mountain Bike Team 0.15.48 31 Florent Payet (Fra) Subaru Mountain Bike Pro 0.16.23 32 Damien Spagnolo (Fra) Subaru Mountain Bike Pro 0.16.84 33 Lorenzo Suding (Ita) Playbiker - Iron Horse 0.17.46 34 Thibaut Ruffin (Fra) 0.17.50 35 Marcus Klausmann (Ger) Team Ghost International 0.18.44 36 Markus Pekoll (Aut) Solid Aclass Factory Team 0.19.48 37 Sam Dale (GBr) Cannondale Factory Racing 38 Pierre Charles Georges (Fra) 0.19.96 39 Steve Smith (Can) 0.19.99 40 Marco Bugnone (Ita) 0.20.01 41 Joe Barnes (GBr) 0.20.53 42 Nick Beer (Swi) Ixs Sports Division Racin 0.20.67 43 Herman Olund (Swe) 0.20.75 44 Neil Donoghue (GBr) Team Bike Radar 0.21.10 45 Pasqual Canals Flix (Spa) Massi 0.21.23 46 Danny Hart (GBr) Lapierre Dh Powered By Sa 47 Adam Vagner (Cze) 0.21.32 48 Nico Vink (Bel) Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike 0.21.47 49 Ben Baker (GBr) Printexpress Uk Mtb Team 0.22.49 50 Jared Rando (Aus) Giant Mountain Bike Team 0.22.72 51 Cédric Gracia (Fra) Commencal - Furious - Oak 0.22.80 52 Marcel Beer (Swi) Ixs Sports Division Racin 0.22.81 53 Georg Sieder (Aut) Solid Aclass Factory Team 0.22.83 54 Espen Johnsen (Nor) 0.23.45 55 Samuel Zbinden (Swi) Argentina Bike Gravity Te 0.24.17 56 David Smith (GBr) 0.24.37 57 Ralph Jones (GBr) 0.24.68 58 Ben Reid (Irl) 0.24.89 59 Anton Ferreiro Pajuelo (Spa) Massi 0.24.92 60 Adam Brayton (GBr) Playbiker - Iron Horse 0.24.93 61 Ben Cathro (GBr) Mojo Orange 0.25.21 62 Toni Berg (Fin) 0.25.22 63 Michael Skinner (NZl) Playbiker - Iron Horse 0.25.33 64 Jorge Aguin Castro (Spa) 0.25.65 65 Cyrille Kurtz (Fra) 0.25.78 66 Vlastimil Hyncica (Cze) 0.25.91 67 Aki Färm (Fin) 0.26.03 68 Thomas Braithwaite (GBr) 0.26.18 69 Bryn Atkinson (Aus) Gt Bicycles 0.26.24 70 Alan Beggin (Ita) 0.26.51 71 Benny Strasser (Ger) Ixs Sports Division Racin 0.26.64 72 Duncan Riffle (USA) Cannondale Factory Racing 0.26.65 73 Rémy Charrier (Fra) Team Sunn 0.26.69 74 Mathieu Troquier (Fra) Solid Aclass Factory Team 0.26.99 75 Andreas Sieber (Ger) Solid Aclass Factory Team 0.27.01 76 David Eme (Fra) 0.27.11 77 Rowan Sorrell (GBr) 0.27.30 78 Rhys Willemse (Aus) Tomac Factory Racing 0.27.70 79 Fabien Cousinie (Fra) 0.27.89 80 Daniel Wolfe (Irl) 0.28.13 81 Erik Kallstrom (Swe) 0.28.15 82 Joseph Nation (NZl) 0.28.47 83 Patrik Kotrla (Cze) 0.28.72 84 Olivier Nicole (Fra) 0.29.56 85 Harry Heath (GBr) 0.29.88 86 Daniel Critchlow (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycle 0.30.06 87 Patrick Meyer (Swi) Ixs Sports Division Racin 0.30.12 88 Alexander Evans (GBr) 0.30.17 89 Nimrod Hemmo (Isr) 0.30.42 90 Jan Cestnik (Slo) 0.30.54 91 Curtis Keene (USA) 0.30.68 92 Erik Irmisch (Ger) 0.31.03 93 Martin Frei (Swi) 94 Scott Laughland (GBr) 95 Alexander Kangas (Swe) 0.31.07 96 Chris Hutchens (GBr) 0.31.37 97 Cole Bangert (USA) 0.31.38 98 John Swanguen (USA) 0.31.46 99 Scott Mears (GBr) 0.31.79 100 Clément Benoit (Fra) 0.31.83 101 Kamil Tatarkovic (Cze) 0.31.86 102 Ewan Doherty (Irl) 0.31.88 103 Dennis Dertell (Swe) 0.32.27 104 Cody Warren (USA) 0.32.43 105 Frank Schneider (Ger) 0.32.54 106 Pavel Cep (Cze) 0.32.96 107 Marco Milivinti (Ita) 0.33.10 108 Nicolas Gspan (Swi) 109 Robert Smith (GBr) 0.33.24 110 Gareth Brewin (GBr) 0.33.44 111 Martin Mikulenka (Cze) 0.33.46 112 Alastair Wilson (GBr) 0.33.78 113 Ludovic May (Swi) 0.33.81 114 Oskar Harnstrom (Swe) 0.34.33 115 Nejc Rutar (Slo) 0.34.41 116 Mathieu Gallean (Fra) 0.34.71 117 Janos Krizsak (Hun) 0.35.08 118 Robin Wallner (Swe) 0.35.13 119 James Scott (GBr) 0.35.14 120 Matej Vitko (Svk) 0.35.25 121 Laurie Dinham (Aus) 0.35.68 122 Denis Paradiz (Slo) 0.36.02 123 Martin Strasser (Aut) 0.36.14 124 Emyr Davies (GBr) 0.36.24 125 Jan Javornik (Svk) 0.36.64 126 James Bashford (Aus) 0.37.30 127 Tom Deacon (GBr) 0.37.55 128 Andréa Gamenara (Ita) 0.37.82 129 Dan Stanbridge (GBr) 0.38.36 130 Niklas Wallner (Swe) 0.38.44 131 Liam Little (GBr) 0.38.57 132 John Holbrook (GBr) 0.39.09 133 Kristjan Vrecek (Slo) 0.39.87 134 Davide Don (Ita) 0.39.98 135 Loïc Delteil (Fra) 0.40.18 136 Karl O'sullivan (Irl) 0.40.53 137 Johann Potgieter (RSA) 0.41.22 138 Aurélien Giordanengo (Fra) 0.41.24 139 Matej Laktis (Svk) 140 Jordi Bago (Spa) 0.41.93 141 Gundars Osis (Lat) 0.42.39 142 Adam Morse (USA) 0.42.50 143 Gerard Wolfe (Irl) 0.42.54 144 Petr Heinik (Cze) 0.42.66 145 Stuart Jenkinson (GBr) 0.43.34 146 Raffael Maltrovsky (Aut) 0.43.54 147 Philipp Inselsbacher (Aut) 0.44.71 148 Jörg Neuhart (Aut) 0.45.76 149 Tim Hammar (Swe) 0.45.87 150 Daniel Aitken (NZl) 0.45.95 151 Liam Mason (GBr) 0.46.09 152 Jan Savr (Cze) 0.46.73 153 Rudiger Jahnel (Aut) 0.47.18 154 Francesco Locatelli (Ita) 0.47.71 155 Matus Paulovic (Svk) 0.47.89 156 Lars Peyer (Swi) 0.47.92 157 Ondrej Barta (Cze) 0.48.45 158 Marco Fernandez Garcia (Spa) 0.48.94 159 Patrick Thome (Fra) 0.49.00 160 Pierre Laurent Bucci (Fra) 0.49.16 161 Drew Pautler (Can) 0.49.34 162 Bostjan Volf (Slo) 0.49.83 163 Lukas Ucen (Svk) 0.50.61 164 Roland Seereiner (Aut) 0.50.98 165 Robin Hagen (Swi) 0.51.31 166 Daniel Gottschall (Ger) 0.51.41 167 Dave Trumpore (USA) 0.51.84 168 Félix Groizard (Fra) 0.51.88 169 Janick Lieberherr (Swi) 0.52.08 170 Martin Hanak (Cze) 0.52.23 171 Martins Sprogis (Lat) 0.52.25 172 Timo Burgler (Aut) 0.52.94 173 Jaroslav Chytil (Cze) 0.53.06 174 Thomas Jeandin (Swi) 0.53.13 175 Edoardo Franco (Ita) 0.53.63 176 Aaron Bashford (Aus) 0.54.89 177 Gerhard Wagenhofer (Aut) 0.55.15 178 Andraz Jersin (Slo) 0.56.01 179 Lucas Meyer (Swi) 0.56.05 180 Lorenzo Dal Re (Ita) 0.56.08 181 Urban Pogladic (Slo) 0.56.35 182 Alexander Mikowitsch (Aut) 0.56.86 183 Matej Mackovic (Svk) 0.57.60 184 Gino Schlifske (Ger) 0.58.09 185 Leoluca Scurria (Ita) 0.58.10 186 Chris Kilmurray (Irl) 0.58.63 187 Erik Kimmel (Cze) 0.59.07 188 David Schmied (Ger) 0.59.64 189 Vittorio Gambirasio (Ita) 0.59.72 190 Matevz Zupanc (Slo) 1.00.22 191 Tyler Mccaul (USA) 1.00.62 192 Hynek Hajek (Cze) 1.00.79 193 Sacha Robert (Swi) 1.01.59 194 Scott Beaumont (GBr) 1.04.09 195 Marcel Vasko (Svk) 1.07.59 196 Jiri Placek (Cze) 1.08.12 197 Michael Matt (Aut) 1.08.64 198 Roman Roschi (Swi) 1.09.79 199 Niko Länsiö (Fin) 1.09.81 200 Rossen Kovachev (Bul) 1.09.94 201 Martin Buck (Swi) 1.09.95 202 Nikolay Tsymbalov (Rus) 1.14.15 203 Igor Jadlovsky (Svk) 1.15.64 204 Nikolay Pukhir (Rus) 1.19.53 205 Simon Charvat (Cze) 1.23.75 206 Will Longden (GBr) 1.25.89 207 Mihnea Tirca (Rom) 1.27.55 208 Mario Hohnjec (Cro) 1.30.77 209 Robert Nagl (Aut) 1.31.57 210 Sergey Maltsev (Rus) 1.32.34 211 Darren Quille (Irl) 1.33.66 212 Balazs Veres (Hun) 1.36.13 213 David Hosang (Swi) 1.38.55 214 Gernot Ruppert (Ger) 1.42.42 215 Sorin Mircea Parau (Rom) 1.44.76 216 Andrew Phillips (GBr) 1.54.62 217 Tobias Sieber (Ger) 1.55.03 218 Gergely Veres (Hun) 219 Miklos Kantor (Hun) 2.21.23 220 Sam Shucksmith (GBr) 2.32.03 221 Martin Markov (Bul) 3.34.61 222 Vesa Virta (Fin) 6.03.55 DSQ Mads Weidemann (Den) DNF Matthew Simmonds (GBr) DNF Romain Paulhan (Fra) DNF Fredrik Hansson (Swe) DNF Andreas Gasser (Aut) DNS Falco Ruppert (Ger) DNS Luka Novak (Slo) DNS Paul Aston (GBr) DNS Rade Curcic (SCG) DNS Martin Chenicek (Cze) DNS Joey Van Veghel (Ned) DNS Joost Wichman (Ned) DNS Florian Wilhelm (Aut) DNS Jurg Meijer (Ned) DNS Tomas Hrdinka (Cze) Final World Cup Standings 1 Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate 1354 pts 2 Samuel Hill (Aus) Monster Energy / Iron Horse 1293 3 Gee Atherton (GBr) Animal Commencal 1207 4 Steve Peat (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate 1099 5 Samuel Blenkinsop (NZl) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team 794 6 Fabien Barel (Fra) Subaru Mountain Bike Pro Team 717 7 Nathan Rennie (Aus) Santa Cruz Syndicate 620 8 Justin Leov (NZl) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team 614 9 Chris Kovarik (Aus) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 608 10 Julien Camellini (Fra) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 505 11 Andrew Neethling (RSA) GT Bicycles 455 12 Brendan Fairclough (GBr) Monster Energy / Iron Horse 446 13 Marc Beaumont (GBr) Team Bike Radar 409 14 Dan Atherton (GBr) Animal Commencal 403 15 Mitchell Delfs (Aus) Kenda Tomac 341 16 Pasqual Canals Flix (Spa) Massi 327 17 Fabien Pedemanaud (Fra) Team Pyrenees Morewood 288 18 Florent Payet (Fra) Subaru Mountain Bike Pro Team 281 19 Mickael Pascal (Fra) MSC Bikes 280 20 Matti Lehikoinen (Fin) Ms-Intense Factory-Racing 267 21 Jared Rando (Aus) Giant Mountain Bike Team 252 22 Amiel Cavalier (Aus) Giant Mountain Bike Team 237 23 Ben Cathro (GBr) Mojo Orange 217 24 Damien Spagnolo (Fra) Subaru Mountain Bike Pro Team 217 25 Filip Polc (Svk) Kenda Tomac 214 26 Aaron Holmes Gwin (USA) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team 199 27 Bryn Atkinson (Aus) GT Bicycles 195 28 Neil Donoghue (GBr) Team Bike Radar 194 29 Steve Smith (Can) 192 30 Cédric Gracia (Fra) Commencal - Furious - Oakley Team 191 31 Thibaut Ruffin (Fra) 186 32 Josh Bryceland* (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate 184 33 Oscar Saiz Castane (Spa) Giant Mountain Bike Team 183 34 Bernat Guardia Pascual (Spa) MSC Bikes 172 35 Cameron Cole (NZl) Team Maxxis 169 36 Nathan Rankin (NZl) Playbiker - Iron Horse 167 37 Luke Strobel (USA) Team Maxxis 166 38 Rémi Thirion* (Fra) Team Sunn 150 39 Ruaridh Cunningham (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 149 40 Nick Beer (Swi) IXS Sports Division Racing Team 148 41 Nico Vink (Bel) Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike Racing Team 142 42 Matthew Simmonds (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 142 43 Joseph Smith* (GBr) Tomac Factory Racing 125 44 Dan Stanbridge (GBr) Mojo Orange 122 45 Alan Beggin (Ita) 122 46 Sam Dale* (GBr) Cannondale Factory Racing 118 47 Danny Hart* (GBr) Lapierre DH Powered By Saab Salomon 112 48 Ben Reid (Irl) 109 49 David Vazquez Lopez (Spa) Lapierre DH Powered By Saab Salomon 106 50 Adam Vagner (Cze) 103 51 Boris Tetzlaff* (Aut) Solid Aclass Factory Team 99 52 Kyle Strait (USA) Specialized Factory Racing 93 53 Antonio Ferreiro Pajuelo* (Spa) Massi 90 54 Kieran Bennett (NZl) 88 55 Adam Brayton (GBr) Playbiker - Iron Horse 87 56 Duncan Riffle (USA) Cannondale Factory Racing 85 57 Marcus Klausmann (Ger) Team Ghost International 84 58 Markus Pekoll (Aut) Solid Aclass Factory Team 84 59 Chris Hutchens (GBr) Mojo Orange 83 60 Maxime Remy (Fra) Team Sunn 83 61 Wyn Masters (NZl) 82 62 Dominik Gspan (Swi) 82 63 Ivan Oulego Moreno (Spa) Massi 78 64 Pierre Charles Georges (Fra) 76 65 Joshua Button (Aus) 73 66 Samuel Zbinden (Swi) 72 67 Will Rischbieth (Aus) 61 68 Ben Ineson* (GBr) Reverse Components 56 69 John Swanguen (USA) Ms-Intense Factory-Racing 56 70 Cody Warren (USA) 54 71 Robin Wallner (Swe) 53 72 Valentin Juillard* (Fra) Team Sunn 53 73 Joris Bigoni (Fra) 51 74 Marcel Beer (Swi) IXS Sports Division Racing Team 51 75 Tim Eaton (Aus) 50 76 Toni Berg (Fin) 50 77 Mathieu Troquier (Fra) Solid Aclass Factory Team 49 78 Thomas Braithwaite (GBr) 46 79 Daniel Critchlow (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 45 80 Ralph Jones (GBr) 43 81 Marco Milivinti (Ita) 41 82 Ryan Condrashoff (USA) 39 83 Brook Macdonald* (NZl) 38 84 Herman Olund (Swe) 38 85 Michael Skinner (NZl) Playbiker - Iron Horse 38 86 Cyrille Kurtz (Fra) 34 87 Rowan Sorrell (GBr) 34 88 Georg Sieder (Aut) Solid Aclass Factory Team 34 89 Lorenzo Suding (Ita) Playbiker - Iron Horse 33 90 Benjamin Cory (Aus) 32 91 Antoine Badouard (Fra) 32 92 Marco Bugnone (Ita) 32 93 Matthew Scoles (NZl) 31 94 Markolf Berchtold (Bra) 31 95 Claudio Caluori (Swi) Tomac Factory Racing 30 96 Andrew Mills (Aus) 29 97 Fabien Cousinie (Fra) 28 98 Daniel Sims (NZl) 27 99 Aari Barrett* (NZl) 27 100 Andreas Sieber (Ger) Solid Aclass Factory Team 27 101 Lars Peyer (Swi) Suspension Center 26 102 Charles-Alexandre Dube (Can) 25 103 Arnaud Delente* (Fra) 25 104 Richard Lee (Aus) 23 105 Rhys Willemse* (Aus) Tomac Factory Racing 23 106 Stuart Jenkinson (GBr) 23 107 Erik Irmisch (Ger) 23 108 Tom Patton* (Aus) 22 109 Tamryn Murrell* (Aus) Tomac Factory Racing 22 110 Matej Charvat (Cze) 22 111 Cole Bangert (USA) 22 112 Esteban Deronzier (Fra) Sport Promotion 22 113 Espen Johnsen (Nor) 22 114 Bradley Benedict (USA) 22 115 Hayden Mcgregor (NZl) 21 116 Frank Schneider (Ger) 21 117 Hans Lambert (Can) Norco World Team 21 118 Ricky Boyer (Aus) 20 119 Will Longden (GBr) Team Bike Radar 20 120 Alastair Wilson* (GBr) 20 121 Scott Mears (GBr) 20 122 Jonty Neethling (RSA) 20 123 Brad Kelly (Aus) 19 124 Joe Barnes (GBr) 19 125 Jack Geoghegan* (GBr) 19 126 Kévin Danh Pha (Fra) Team Pyrenees Morewood 19 127 Drew Pautler (Can) 19 128 Vlastimil Hyncica (Cze) 19 129 Dean Tennant (Can) 18 130 Pierre Laurent Bucci (Fra) 18 131 Mathieu Gallean (Fra) 18 132 Laurie Dinham* (Aus) Tomac Factory Racing 18 133 Edoardo Franco* (Ita) Playbiker - Iron Horse 18 134 Alexi Felipe Garcia Aros* (Chi) 17 135 Daniel Wolfe (Irl) 17 136 Jamie Biluk (Can) Mojo Orange 17 137 Benny Strasser (Ger) IXS Sports Division Racing Team 17 138 Rémy Charrier (Fra) Team Sunn 16 139 Jorge Aguin Castro (Spa) 16 140 Aki Färm (Fin) 16 141 Jason Memmelaar (USA) 16 142 Shaun O'connor* (Aus) Santa Cruz Syndicate 15 143 Nicolas Gspan* (Swi) 15 144 Geoffrey Arthur Ulmer* (USA) Playbiker - Iron Horse 15 145 Andrew Phillips* (GBr) Reverse Components 15 146 Scott Laughland* (GBr) Reverse Components 15 147 Luca Bertocchi (Ita) Playbiker - Iron Horse 15 148 Scott Beaumont (GBr) 15 149 Darcy Murrell (Aus) 14 150 Cody Eichhorn (Aus) 14 151 Tom Deacon (GBr) 14 152 Markus Schwab (Swi) 14 153 David Smith (GBr) 14 154 Thomas Power (Irl) 14 155 Ludovic May (Swi) 14 156 Nathan Vials* (GBr) Reverse Components 14 157 Geritt Beytagh (USA) 14 158 Emyr Davies* (GBr) Reverse Components 14 159 Dennis Dertell* (Swe) 14 160 Renato Ventura (Por) 14 161 Matthew Vincent* (Aus) 13 162 Mathias Haas (Aut) 13 163 Craig Yates (Aus) 12 164 Mario Sieder (Aut) Solid Aclass Factory Team 12 165 Ewan Doherty* (Irl) 12 166 Brad Oien (USA) 12 167 Patrick Meyer (Swi) IXS Sports Division Racing Team 12 168 Pedro Antonio Ferreira Landskran (Chi) 12 169 Clément Benoit* (Fra) 12 170 John Holbrook (GBr) Reverse Components 12 171 Alastair Parkin* (GBr) Reverse Components 12 172 Thomas Jeandin (Swi) 12 173 Gareth Brewin* (GBr) 12 174 Vittorio Gambirasio* (Ita) 12 175 Caleb Cambern (USA) 12 176 Jordi Bago (Spa) 12 177 Marco Fernandez Garcia* (Spa) 12 178 Tim Hammar* (Swe) 12 179 Lucas Meyer* (Swi) IXS Sports Division Racing Team 12 180 Liam Mason (GBr) 12 181 Sacha Robert (Swi) Suspension Center 12 182 Roman Roschi* (Swi) Suspension Center 12 183 Arnau Sugranes Mateu (Spa) MSC Bikes 11 184 Ben Baker (GBr) 11 185 Richard Leacock* (NZl) 11 186 Lars Sternberg (USA) 11 187 Dylan Prohm* (Aus) 11 188 Justin Brown (Can) 11 189 Matthew Walker* (NZl) 11 190 Eli Krahenbuhl (USA) 11 191 Dylan Morley* (Can) Playbiker - Iron Horse 11 192 Ivan Oziol* (Fra) 11 193 Nejc Rutar (Slo) 11 194 Mathieu Laurin (Can) 11 195 Aurélien Giordanengo (Fra) 11 196 Philip Ashbridge (GBr) 11 197 Alex Swann (Aus) 9 198 Erik Kallstrom (Swe) 9 199 Joseph Nation (NZl) 9 200 Pavel Cep (Cze) 9 201 Joey Schusler* (USA) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team 9 202 Alexander Evans (GBr) 9 203 Thomas Warmuth (Aut) 9 204 David Camp (USA) 9 205 Bernard Kerr* (GBr) 9 206 Sasa Merljak (Slo) Solid Aclass Factory Team 9 207 Martin Frei (Swi) 9 208 Liam Little (GBr) Reverse Components 9 209 Félix Groizard* (Fra) 9 210 Gerard Wolfe (Irl) 9 211 Paul Aston (GBr) Solid Aclass Factory Team 9 212 Dave Trumpore (USA) TRA 9 213 Martin Mikulenka (Cze) 9 214 Richard Cunynghame (GBr) 9 215 Tobias Sieber (Ger) 9 216 John Hauer (USA) GT Bicycles 9 217 Seanan O'riordan* (Irl) 9 218 Niklas Wallner* (Swe) 9 219 Daniel Aitken (NZl) 9 220 Marco Fidalgo (Por) 9 221 Petr Heinik (Cze) 9 222 Matej Laktis* (Svk) 9 223 Roland Seereiner (Aut) 9 224 Marcel Vasko (Svk) 9 225 Bostjan Volf (Slo) 9 226 Martins Sprogis (Lat) 9 227 Oyvind Maehle (Nor) 9 228 Robin Hagen* (Swi) Tomac Factory Racing 9 229 Leoluca Scurria* (Ita) 9 230 Simon Charvat (Cze) 9 231 Martin Hanak* (Cze) 9 232 Alexander Mikowitsch (Aut) 9 233 Michael Matt* (Aut) 9 234 Edward Masters (NZl) 8 235 Nathan Sharratt (NZl) 8 236 Brendan Wood (Aus) 8 237 Joseph Allen (NZl) 8 238 Marcelo Gutierrez* (Col) 8 239 James Rennie (NZl) 8 240 Andrew Mitchell (Can) 8 241 Isaac Heppell (Aus) 8 242 Daniel Meilink (NZl) 8 243 Carlo Gambirasio (Ita) 8 244 Campbell Robertson* (NZl) 8 245 David Eme (Fra) 8 246 Dave Wardell (GBr) 8 247 Derrick Nobman (USA) 8 248 Emanuel Pombo (Por) 8 249 Patrik Kotrla (Cze) 6 250 Harry Heath* (GBr) 6 251 Evan Turpen (USA) 6 252 Yannick Colomb* (Fra) 6 253 Denis Paradiz* (Slo) TEM 6 254 Robert Smith (GBr) Reverse Components 6 255 Jan Cestnik (Slo) 6 256 Curtis Keene (USA) 6 257 Matthew Johnston (USA) 6 258 Guilhem Andre (Fra) Team Sunn 6 259 Mads Weidemann (Den) 6 260 Matthew Fisher (USA) 6 261 Geoff Pendrel (Can) 6 262 Philippe Cyrenne Blanchard* (Can) 6 263 Mauricio Andres Acuna Quintana (Chi) 6 264 James Jeannet-Chipman* (Can) 6 265 James Scott* (GBr) 6 266 Philip Wheeler (USA) 6 267 Craig Pattle (NZl) 6 268 Chris Shewmake (USA) 6 269 Douglas Ewer (USA) 6 270 Andrew Pierce (USA) 6 271 Kevin Mollard* (Fra) 6 272 Matej Vitko (Svk) 6 273 Jan Javornik (Svk) 6 274 Loïc Delteil (Fra) 6 275 Javier Ignacio Cozar Hernandez (Chi) 6 276 Dave Goris* (Bel) 6 277 Andréa Gamenara* (Ita) 6 278 Camille Blanchard* (Fra) Team Sunn 6 279 Alex Prochazka* (Can) 6 280 Jan Savr (Cze) 6 281 Patrick Thome* (Fra) 6 282 Brian Buell (USA) 6 283 Justin Norek* (Ita) 6 284 Massimo Rosson (Ita) 6 285 Jörg Neuhart (Aut) 6 286 Michael Buell (USA) 6 287 Steve Wentz (USA) 6 288 Matus Paulovic (Svk) 6 289 Samuele Aicardi (Ita) 6 290 Ondrej Barta (Cze) 6 291 Janick Lieberherr* (Swi) IXS Sports Division Racing Team 6 292 Bjorn Ballangrud (Nor) 6 293 Luca Pittino (Ita) 6 294 Rossen Kovachev (Bul) 6 295 Martin Chenicek (Cze) 6 296 Sam Shucksmith* (GBr) 6 297 Ben Mullen (Irl) 6 298 Andraz Jersin (Slo) 6 299 Lorenzo Dal Re* (Ita) 6 300 Urban Pogladic* (Slo) 6 301 David Kennan* (Irl) 6 302 Chris Kilmurray (Irl) 6 303 Jiri Placek (Cze) 6 304 Matevz Zupanc (Slo) 6 305 Michal Wiesenganger (Svk) 6 306 Hynek Hajek (Cze) 6 307 Martin Buck* (Swi) 6 308 Tine Mahkovec (Slo) 6 309 Igor Jadlovsky (Svk) 6 310 Balazs Veres (Hun) 6 311 David Hosang* (Swi) Suspension Center 6 312 Gergely Veres (Hun) 6 313 Stephen Beattie (Irl) 6 314 Martin Markov (Bul) 6 315 Olivier Nicole (Fra) 3 316 Florent Wolter (Fra) Sport Promotion 3 317 Ruben Garcia Ramon (Spa) 3 318 Falco Ruppert (Ger) 3 319 Nimrod Hemmo (Isr) 3 320 Claudio Loureiro (Por) 3 321 Alexander Kangas* (Swe) 3 322 Gareth Mc Kee (Irl) 3 323 Kamil Tatarkovic (Cze) 3 324 Louis-Philippe Leonard (Can) 3 325 Luka Novak (Slo) 3 326 Markus Olkkonen (Fin) 3 327 Mario José Jarrin Molina (Ecu) 3 328 Rob Fraser* (Can) 3 329 Nicolas Ortiz (Fra) 3 330 Fergus Lamb (GBr) 3 331 Oskar Harnstrom* (Swe) 3 332 Jonas Simon* (Fra) 3 333 Janos Krizsak (Hun) 3 334 Lee Trumpore (USA) 3 335 Emmanuel Daoust* (Can) 3 336 Martin Strasser (Aut) 3 337 Thomas Rose (Aus) 3 338 José Manuel Soares Borges* (Por) 3 339 James Bashford (Aus) 3 340 Jose Carlos Bartolome Aviles (Spa) Giant Mountain Bike Team 3 341 Matthew Thompson (USA) 3 342 Bertrand Gilles* (Bel) 3 343 Thiago Velardi (Bra) 3 344 Romain Lescure (Fra) 3 345 Jure Logar (Slo) 3 346 Quentin Derbier (Fra) 3 347 Kristjan Vrecek* (Slo) 3 348 Davide Don* (Ita) 3 349 Colin Ross (Irl) 3 350 Karl O'sullivan (Irl) 3 351 Nick Dent (Can) 3 352 Johann Potgieter (RSA) 3 353 Quentin Leroy (Fra) 3 354 Jorge Alejandro Acuna Quintana (Chi) 3 355 Gundars Osis (Lat) 3 356 Alexander Vidal (USA) 3 357 Adam Morse (USA) 3 358 Denis Zareskiy (Rus) 3 359 Sjur Faerden (Nor) 3 360 Ashley Mullane (GBr) 3 361 Raffael Maltrovsky (Aut) 3 362 Michal Marosi (Cze) 3 363 Philipp Inselsbacher (Aut) 3 364 Mitchell Mckinlay (Aus) 3 365 Santiago De Santiago (Arg) 3 366 Rudiger Jahnel (Aut) 3 367 Francesco Locatelli* (Ita) 3 368 James Hughes (GBr) Reverse Components 3 368 Jaka Seme* (Slo) 3 370 Kristof Lenssens (Bel) 3 371 Lukas Ucen* (Svk) 3 372 Daniel Gottschall* (Ger) 3 373 Timo Burgler* (Aut) 3 374 Jaroslav Chytil (Cze) 3 375 Edgar Carballo Gonzalez (Spa) 3 376 Greg O'keefe (Irl) 3 377 Aaron Bashford (Aus) 3 378 Blair Christmas (NZl) 3 379 Gerhard Wagenhofer (Aut) 3 380 Walter Martinschitz (Aut) 3 381 Arkadiusz Perin (Pol) 3 382 Matej Mackovic (Svk) 3 383 Aku Hjelm (Fin) 3 384 Gino Schlifske (Ger) 3 385 Rostislav Stencel (Cze) 3 386 Erik Kimmel* (Cze) 3 387 Chris Heath (USA) 3 388 David Schmied* (Ger) 3 389 Boris Petrau (Fra) Team Pyrenees Morewood 3 390 Afonso Ferreira (Por) 3 391 Tyler Mccaul (USA) 3 392 Patrik Zölei (Hun) 3 393 Radek Machycek* (Cze) 3 394 Albert Barilaro Caparros (And) 3 395 Janko Zubcevic (Cro) 3 396 Niko Länsiö* (Fin) 3 397 Peter Novacik (Svk) 3 398 Tomas Kybic* (Cze) 3 399 Paolo Viola (Ita) 3 400 Nikolay Tsymbalov* (Rus) 3 401 Nikolay Pukhir (Rus) 3 402 Zan Jurca (Slo) 3 403 Petr Nechutny (Cze) 3 404 Mihnea Tirca (Rom) 3 405 Mario Hohnjec (Cro) 3 406 Martin Mitvalsky* (Cze) 3 407 Chris Boice (USA) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team 3 408 Robert Nagl (Aut) 3 409 Sergey Maltsev (Rus) 3 410 Darren Quille (Irl) 3 411 Thibaud Radermecker (Bel) 3 412 Andrew Godfrey (Irl) 3 413 Matej Drnovsek (Slo) 3 414 Gernot Ruppert* (Ger) 3 415 Sorin Mircea Parau (Rom) 3 416 Filip Srail (Cze) 3 417 Jorge Jaramillo Salazar (Col) 3 418 Janis Ozolins* (Lat) 3 419 Miklos Kantor* (Hun) 3 420 Andras Szecskay (Hun) 3 421 Dino Zunjic (Cro) 3 422 Vesa Virta (Fin) 3 423 Ricard Ferreira Campos (And) 3 424 Maciej Kucbora (Pol) 3 425 Nicklas Fastegaard (Nor) 3 426 Didar Amin (Bul) 3 427 Rok Podbevsek (Slo) 3 428 Heikki Hall (USA) 3 429 Dusan Leposa (Slo) 3 430 Christian Daxner (Aut) 3 431 Krisztian Halasz (Hun) 3 432 Martin Kafka (Svk) 3 433 Tibor Kolozsvari (Hun) 3 434 Walter Zeidler (Aut) 3 435 Juris Luscenoks (Lat) 3 436 Adam Toth* (Hun) 3 437 Anton Nastev (Bul) 3 438 Ninoslav Ruzicka (Cro) 3 439 Mauro Sirotic (Cro) 3 440 Attila Kovacs (Hun) 3 441 Tobias Meister (Aut) 3 442 Rade Curcic SCG19860927 3 443 Andras Jako (Hun) 3 444 Tomas Toth (Svk) 3 445 Nino Dusak (Cro) 3 446 Elias Vonier* (Aut) 3 447 Jakub Fiser (Cze) 3 448 Tommy Folkoy (Nor) 3 Team 1 Santa Cruz Syndicate 618 pts 2 Animal Commencal 582 3 Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team 351 4 Monster Energy / Iron Horse 325 5 Team Maxxis 303 6 Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 257 7 Playbiker - Iron Horse 247 8 Subaru Mountain Bike Pro Team 246 9 Suspension Center 246 10 Kona 228 11 Ms-Intense Factory-Racing 222 12 Norco World Team 182 13 GT Bicycles 139 14 Team Bike Radar 131 15 4 Elements Yeti/Hotec/Rsp 126 16 Giant Mountain Bike Team 122 17 Kenda Tomac 106 18 Massi 106 19 MSC Bikes 101 20 Solid Aclass Factory Team 91 21 Sport Promotion 75 22 Team Sunn 69 23 Mojo Orange 63 24 Team Pyrenees Morewood 53 25 Commencal - Furious - Oakley Team 33 26 IXS Sports Division Racing Team 30 27 Lapierre DH Powered By Saab Salomon 24 28 Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike Racing Team 23 29 Cannondale Factory Racing 17 30 Tomac Factory Racing 13 31 Team Ghost International 10 32 Specialized Factory Racing 7 33 Reverse Components 4
