2004 MTB World championships - CM

Les Gets, France, September 8-12, 2004

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Race 11 - September 11: 4-Cross Women

BMX skills pay off for Czech newcomer

By Rob Jones in Les Gets

An unknown (in mountain biking circles at least) BMX racer named Jana Horakova from the Czech Republic scooped up the women's four-cross title in Les gets today, in the absence of favourite Anne-Caroline Chausson of France.

In the women's final it was Horakova, Americans Jill Kinter and Tara Llanes, and Sari Jorgensen from Switzerland. Horakova, a two time BMX world champion and seven time European champion got into the sport after seeing how well another Czech BMXer had done - last year's 4-Cross world champion Michal Prokop. This race was only her fourth international 4-Cross, but she used her BMX starting skills to get the holeshot and stay away for the win.

"In practice I started to like the track, but I didn't know what to expect for myself. I decided just to focus on my start and then try to avoid doing any mistakes. For me, it was like doing a BMX race, but down a hill."

Kinter commented "I came into it knowing that Anne-Caroline was the one to beat, so once we heard that she was not racing, we could all start to think about it (winning). Then Jana came out of nowhere."

The women's podium
Photo ©: Birke Ulrich

Photography

Images by Birke Ulrich/www.alakarte.de

• Katrina Miller looks towards the finals
• Vanessa Quinn (New Zealand) prepares to land during the qualifying rounds
• Lisa Sher (USA) was disqualified in the qualifying rounds
• Melissa Buhl (USA) makes it through to the finals
• Eva Castro Fernandez walks home
• Laetitia Le Corguille of France
• Tara Llanes (USA) leads early in the final
• Women's Four-cross World Champion Jana Horakova
• The women's podium - Jill Kinter (USA, 2nd) Jana Horakova (Czech Republic, 1st) and Tara Llanes (USA, 3rd)
• Flowers and seriousness on the women's podium
• Jill Kinter, Jana Horakova and Tara Llanes
• A happy Tara Llanes on the podium for third

Results

Final
 
1 Jana Horakova (Czech Republic)        
2 Jill Kinter (USA)                     
3 Tara Llanes (USA)                     
4 Sari Jorgensen (Switzerland)          
 
Small Final
 
5 Katrina Miller (Australia)            
6 Mio Suemasa (Japan)                   
7 Anneke Beerten (Netherlands)          
8 Laetitia Le Corguille (France)        
 
1/4 Finals
 
9 Melissa Buhl (USA)                    
10 Fionn Griffiths (Great Britain)      
11 Zsofia Koczka (Hungary)              
12 Leana Gerrard (USA)                  
13 Michelle Dumaresq (Canada)           
14 Joanne Gough (Great Britain)         
15 Anne-Caroline Chausson (France)      
16 Vanessa Quinn (New Zealand)          
 
Qualifications
 
17 Eva Castro Fernandez (Spain)         
18 Julia Lasso (Equador)                
DSQ Lisa Sher (USA)                     
DNS Anita Molcik (Austria)              
DNS Celine Gros (France)                
DNS Claire Buchar (Canada)              
DNS Dalma Kiss (Hungary)                
DNS Katarina Siskova (Slovakia)         
DNS Helene Fruhwirth (Austria)          
DNS Nolvenn Le Caer (France)            
DNS Audrey Le Corguille (France)        
DNS Diana Marggraff (Equador)           

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