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Les Gets, France , September 07-08, 2002
Peat and Chausson win World Cup finals & overall championships
Just one week ago Steve Peat (Team Orange England) rolled across the finish line to take a disappointing 2nd place in the World Championship. But on Saturday afternoon, all was forgotten as Peat took out both the last round of the World Cup and the overall title.
A very muddy course welcomed riders early on in the week for practice, but with conditions improving over the week, a perfect day and a perfect course greeted the competitors for the final days racing.
The racing was on from the word go, with both Peat and Aussie Chris Kovarik (Intense Cycles) trying to rack up point for the overall title, but when it came time for the finals, a disappointing run of 3:43 from Kovarik meant that Peat would only need to finish inside the top 20 to take out the title. And so he did.
Finishing in a time of 3.38.03, Peat was half a second clear of second place winner Fabien Barel (Maxxis-MSC) who narrowly missed out on the top spot with a time of 3.38.61. Barel's time was all the more impressive due to his crash just after the intermediate time check and his two crashes in the semi-finals. Third place went to World Championship Nicolas Vouilloz (Vouilloz Racing Team) who crossed the line 1.05 seconds behind Peat.
Anne-Caroline Chausson (Volvo-Cannondale) just keeps on winning. Last week it was her 10th World Championships, this week it's her 5th World Cup title. Her only disappointment was that this was her last ride on the now defunct Volvo-Cannondale team, who have decided to concentrate fully on yacht racing.
Anne-Caro crossed the line in 4.05.51, a full 3.57 seconds clear of second place holder Sabrina Jonnier (Intense Cycles). Fionna Griffiths (Ancillotti Zeal) took 3rd place in a time of 4.09.08. Tracy Moseley (Team Kona) and Marielle Saner (Team Global Racing took fourth and fifth respectively.
Results
Men
1 Steve Peat (GBr) ORANGE ENGLAND 3.38.03
2 Fabien Barel (Fra) MAXXIS-MSC 58
3 Nicolas Vouilloz (Fra) VOUILLOZ RACING 1.05
4 Mickael Pascal (Fra) TEAM BE ONE 4.20
5 Cedric Gracia (Fra) VOLVO-CANNOND 5.20
6 Cesar Rojo (Spa) GLOBAL RACING 5.36
7 Oscar Saiz (Spa) MAXXIS-MSC 5.19
8 Christopher Kovarik (Aus) 5.44
9 Bernat Guardia Pascual (Spa) MAXXIS-MSC 5.45
10 Samuel Hill (Aus) 6.45
11 David Vazquez Lopez (Spa) GIANT GLOBAL 7.13
12 Sean Mccarroll (Aus) GLOBAL RACING 8.58
13 Mick Hannah (Aus) HAROLEEDUNGAR 9.01
14 Corrado Herin (Ita) 9.17
15 Tomas Misser Vilaseca (Spa) 10.05
16 Rob Warner (GBr) GIANT GLOBAL 10.09
17 Marcus Klausmann (Ger) 10.10
18 Will Longden (GBr) 11.27
19 Claudio Caluori (Swi) MAXXIS-MSC 11.42
20 Adam Vagner (Cze) 11.50
21 Mark Beaumont (GBr) 13.15
22 Julien Camellini (Fra) VOUILLOZ RACING 13.32
23 Justin Havukainen (Aus) 13.04
24 Rene Wildhaber (Swi) 13.14
25 Daniel Atherton (GBr) 13.39
26 Thomas Ryser (Swi) 14.18
27 David Mclaughlin (Aus) 14.24
28 Bas De Bever (Ned) TEAM BE ONE 14.45
29 Cyril Lagneau (Fra) MAXXIS-MSC 15.23
30 Julien Poomans (Fra) 15.31
31 Michal Marosi (Cze) 16.23
32 Matti Lehikoinen (Fin) GLOBAL RACING 16.31
33 Stuart Thomson (GBr) 16.42
34 Pau Misser Vilaseca (Spa) 16.43
35 Damien Spagnolo (Fra) 16.48
36 Kris Hargreaves (GBr) 16.56
37 Luke Strom (Aus) 17.04
38 Andreas Steffen (Swi) 18.09
39 Nathan Rennie (Aus) 18.15
40 Justin Leov (NZl) 18.32
41 Markolf Berchtold (Bra) GLOBAL RACING 18.51
42 Neil Donoghue (GBr) 18.56
43 Mickael Deldycke (Fra) FIAT ROTWILD 19.11
44 Dave Wardell (GBr) 19.18
45 Gertje Tholen (Ned) 19.50
46 Yoann Paccard (Fra) 20.21
47 Nico Vink (Bel) 20.25
48 Julien Clauzel (Fra) 20.30
49 David Bonhomme (Fra) 21.01
50 Andrew Neethling (RSA) 21.32
51 Vincent Saut (Fra) 21.28
52 Will Clifford (Aus) 22.28
53 Wilfred Van De Haterd (Ned) 23.12
54 Chris Ball (GBr) 23.34
55 Rudiger Jahnel (Aut) 23.05
56 Andre Wagenknecht (Ger) 23.44
57 Jon Cheetham (GBr) 24.04
58 John Waddell (Aus) 24.29
59 James Hughes (GBr) 24.07
60 Dave Smith (GBr) 24.26
61 Derek Bahlo (Ger) 24.36
62 Judd Devall (USA) 24.56
63 Vlastimil Hyncica (Cze) 25.12
64 Kristof Lenssens (Bel) 25.34
65 Frank Schneider (Ger) 25.40
66 Jordi Bago (Spa) 26.05
67 Jorge Aguin Castro (Spa) 27.22
68 Pierre Charles Georges (Fra) 27.23
69 Nathaniel Goiny (Ger) 27.42
70 Arnaud Bonifaci (Fra) 28.34
71 Richard Lancaster (USA) 29.00
72 Matthieu Roussel (Fra) 29.21
73 Richard Cheetham (GBr) 31.03
74 Steve Barker (GBr) 31.04
75 Vincent Pernin (Fra) 34.35
76 Dan Crithlow (Aho) 37.15
77 Damien Mermoud (Swi) 57.35
78 Teddy Ritz (Fra) 1.00.39
79 John Kirkcaldie (NZl) 1:00.99
80 Nicolas Collet (Fra) 1:43.75
Women
1 Anne-Caroline Chausson (Fra) VOLVO-CANNONDALE 4.05.51
2 Sabrina Jonnier (Fra) 3.57
3 Fionn Griffiths (GBr) 7.13
4 Tracy Moseley (GBr) 9.79
5 Marielle Saner (Swi) GLOBAL RACING 11.03
6 Nolvenn Le Caer (Fra) FIAT ROTWILD 13.98
7 Marla Streb (USA) LUNA WOMENS M 16.94
8 Celine Gros (Fra) MORZINE-AVORIZ 17.85
9 Kathy Pruitt (USA) 17.97
10 Amelie Thevoz (Swi) 18.24
11 Vanessa Quin (NZl) 21.14
12 Mio Suemasa (Jpn) TREK VOLKSWAG 25.20
13 Tai-Lee Muxlow (Aus) 26.47
14 Helen Gaskell (GBr) 26.92
15 Anita Molcik (Aut) 27.53
16 Emmeline Ragot (Fra) 28.82
17 Anneke Beerten (Ned) TEAM BE ONE 31.30
18 Anja Rees Jones (GBr) 35.63
19 Diana Marggraff (Ecu) 38.97
20 Petra Bernhard (Aut) 39.01
21 Sandra Walker (Swi) 39.85
22 Bernardita Pizarro (Chi) 44.16
23 Laetitia Le Corguille (Fra) 47.09
24 Anne Rougier (Fra) 47.23
25 Audrey Le Corguille (Fra) 57.91
26 Mami Masuda (Jpn) 59.05
27 Celine Spicher (Swi) 1.03.72
28 Jaymie Mart (GBr) 1.19.38
29 Sara Mologni (Ita) 1.26.21
Pascaline Reusser (Swi) DSQ
