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MTB index page for all MTB content MTB World Cup DH & 4X #4 - CDMFort William, Scotland, Great Britain, June 5-7, 2009Main Page Results Previous Race Next Race World Cup Standings Race 5 - June 7: Elite women downhillJonnier wins third consecutive World CupFrench women dominate in ScotlandBy Rob Jones in Fort William Sabrina Jonnier's domination of the women's World Cup downhill circuit continued when the Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles rider took her third consecutive victory and led a French sweep of the top five places in Fort William, Scotland. Jonnier retained her World Cup leader's jersey, with the season now half finished. "It's great to finally win a World Cup in Fort William, one of the best tracks on the circuit - especially after waking up to sunshine!" said Jonnier. The good weather remained from the previous night of four cross racing, leaving the track fast and loose. Canada's Micayla Gatto was the first to set a sub-six minute time, and her 5:42.72 ride was fast enough to put her into the Hot Seat for nearly half of the race. Her compatriot Claire Buchar (Chain Reaction/Intense) finally knocked a slim three-hundredths off the lead time. Buchar lasted on top for three riders, until Myriam Nicole put in the first of what would prove to be a series of very strong French rides, knocking ten seconds off the best time. However, Nicole's time in the lead lasted exactly one rider before Floriane Pugin (Iron Horse-Kenda) replaced her. Pugin, in turn, was replaced immediately by Celine Gros (Morzine-Avoriaz 74). Next up was Tracy Moseley (Trek World Racing), the home favourite. Moseley went off to a good start, posting the fastest time at the first intermediate time check, but then crashed lower on the course, falling out of contention. There were just two riders left, both French - Emmeline Ragot (Suspension Center) and Jonnier. Both were clearly a step above the rest of the field, with Ragot knocking four seconds off of Gros' time, and then Jonnier completely demolishing Ragot's run by over nine seconds, to claim her third consecutive World Cup win. Jonnier's win has extended her over Moseley, with 892 points to the British riders 750. Moseley is also being chased from behind, as Ragot has moved to within 25 points. "It was awesome to be part of an all-French girl podium," said Jonnier, who credited her new Rocky Mountain Flatline WC as a key to her success. "I made the right choice with my front and rear [tires] today, too."
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Results1 Sabrina Jonnier (Fra) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles 5.17.65 2 Emmeline Ragot (Fra) Suspension Center 0.09.02 3 Céline Gros (Fra) Morzine-Avoriaz 74 0.12.95 4 Floriane Pugin (Fra) Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker 0.13.70 5 Myriam Nicole (Fra) 0.14.10 6 Mio Suemasa (Jpn) 0.15.19 7 Tracy Moseley (GBr) Trek World Racing 0.15.51 8 Claire Buchar (Can) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 0.25.04 9 Micayla Gatto (Can) 0.25.07 10 Emilie Siegenthaler (Swi) Scott 11 0.25.37 11 Melissa Buhl (USA) 0.27.54 12 Fionn Griffiths (GBr) Norco World Team 0.31.63 13 Anita Molcik (Aut) 0.32.88 14 Katy Curd (GBr) 0.33.93 15 Miriam Ruchti (Swi) Team Vario Racing 0.38.04 16 Joanna Petterson (RSA) 0.39.35 17 Harriet Rucknagel (Ger) 0.45.94 18 Sarah Newman (GBr) 0.48.18 19 Sophie Borderes (Fra) 0.48.27 20 Jessica Stone (GBr) 2Stagefactory 0.52.16 Teams 1 Santa Cruz Syndicate 90 pts 2 Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team 54 3 GT Bicycles 49 4 Scott 11 49 5 Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles 47 6 Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz 44 7 Trek World Racing 44 8 MS Evil Racing 42 9 Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 40 10 Suspension Center 35 11 Morzine-Avoriaz 74 32 12 Animal Commencal 30 13 Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker 30 14 Lapierre Powered By Saab Salomon 21 15 Norco World Team 19 16 Massi 18 17 Subaru Mountain Bike Pro Team 16 18 Team Vario Racing 16 19 Duncan Riffle Racing 12 20 2Stagefactory 11 21 Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team 6 22 Dytech DH 4 23 Kona 2 World Cup standings after four rounds 1 Sabrina Jonnier (Fra) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles 892 pts 2 Tracy Moseley (GBr) Trek World Racing 750 3 Emmeline Ragot (Fra) Suspension Center 725 4 Myriam Nicole (Fra) 496 5 Floriane Pugin (Fra) Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker 439 6 Céline Gros (Fra) Morzine-Avoriaz 74 421 7 Mio Suemasa (Jpn) 375 8 Fionn Griffiths (GBr) Norco World Team 355 9 Melissa Buhl (USA) 284 10 Emilie Siegenthaler (Swi) Scott 11 242 11 Claire Buchar (Can) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 235 12 Joanna Petterson (RSA) 135 13 Micayla Gatto (Can) 110 14 Petra Bernhard (Aut) Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team 97 15 Katy Curd (GBr) 92 16 Helen Gaskell (GBr) 80 17 Anita Molcik (Aut) 80 18 Miriam Ruchti (Swi) Team Vario Racing 75 19 Anais ° Pajot (Fra) Team Sunn 60 20 Sarah Newman (GBr) 60 21 Diana Marggraff (Ecu) 60 22 Anka Martin (RSA) 40 23 Jessica Stone (GBr) 2Stagefactory 40 24 Helene Valerie Fruhwirth (Aut) 35 25 Miranda Miller (Can) 30 26 Elisa Canepa (Ita) Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker 30 27 Risa Suseanty (Ina) 25 28 Harriet Rucknagel (Ger) 20 29 Victoria Phillips (RSA) 20 30 Antje Kramer (Ger) 15 31 Sophie Borderes (Fra) 10 32 Fanny ° Lombard (Fra) 5 33 Caroline Sax (Fra) 5 Teams 1 Santa Cruz Syndicate 329 pts 2 Trek World Racing 269 3 GT Bicycles 191 4 Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles 185 5 Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team 164 6 Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz 163 7 Scott 11 152 8 Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 145 9 Animal Commencal 139 10 MS Evil Racing 133 11 Suspension Center 133 12 Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker 118 13 Norco World Team 95 14 Morzine-Avoriaz 74 88 15 Massi 67 16 Lapierre Powered By Saab Salomon 62 17 2Stagefactory 47 18 Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team 45 19 Kenda Morewood 43 20 Duncan Riffle Racing 36 21 Team Vario Racing 35 22 Specialized Team America 34 23 MSC Bikes 32 24 Subaru Mountain Bike Pro Team 30 25 Team Sunn 22 26 Ghost A.T.G. Pro Team 9 27 XMS-Devinci World Cup Team 6 28 Dytech DH 4 29 Kona 2 |
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