Specialized wins IMTTO Constructors Championship

Under 23 world champion Burry Stander (Specialized) (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

Specialized topped a field of 67 companies who earned themselves a spot in the Constructors Championship of the 2009 mountain bike racing season. The contest, created by the International Mountain Bike Teams, Tech support and Organisers (IMTTO) - an international non-profit organization supporting the greater good of mountain biking - was run for the first time this year.

Specialized was helped in largely by its professional World Cup team which includes racers such as Lene Byberg, Burry Stander, Todd Wells and Christoph Sauser. Trek brought a strong to to both the cross country and the downhill competitions with its Trek World Racing squad including Liam Killeen, Lukas Flückiger, Matthias Flückiger, Andrew Neethling, Tracy Moseley and Justin Leov. Some of Giant's top talent included Oli Beckingsale and Adam Craig.

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#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Specialized	648	pts
2	Trek	415	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Giant	404	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Intense	375	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Scott	361	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Yeti	359	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	GT	348	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Santa Cruz	324	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Commencal	303	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Merida	269	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Orbea	235	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Rocky Mountain	227	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Ghost	205	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Cannondale	164	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Evil	162	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Massi	154	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Lapierre	127	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Sunn	127	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Rotwild	109	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Norco	108	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Author	99	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Turner	87	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	Mondraker	83	Row 22 - Cell 3
24	Morewood	72	Row 23 - Cell 3
25	KHS	67	Row 24 - Cell 3
26	Iron Horse	52	Row 25 - Cell 3
27	Bianchi	51	Row 26 - Cell 3
28	MSC	44	Row 27 - Cell 3
29	FRM	41	Row 28 - Cell 3
30	Nicolai	41	Row 29 - Cell 3
31	Canfield	40	Row 30 - Cell 3
32	RB	40	Row 31 - Cell 3
33	Hercules	36	Row 32 - Cell 3
34	Corratec	35	Row 33 - Cell 3
35	Gary Fisher	35	Row 34 - Cell 3
36	Colnago	29	Row 35 - Cell 3
37	Canyon	27	Row 36 - Cell 3
38	Kraftstoff	25	Row 37 - Cell 3
39	Orange	24	Row 38 - Cell 3
40	Felt	21	Row 39 - Cell 3
41	Focus	21	Row 40 - Cell 3
42	Tomac	21	Row 41 - Cell 3
43	Pell’s	17	Row 42 - Cell 3
44	Carraro	13	Row 43 - Cell 3
45	BMC	12	Row 44 - Cell 3
46	Cube	12	Row 45 - Cell 3
47	Identiti	12	Row 46 - Cell 3
48	Seven	12	Row 47 - Cell 3
49	Thömus	12	Row 48 - Cell 3
50	Chumba	11	Row 49 - Cell 3
51	Jamis	11	Row 50 - Cell 3
52	Lee Cougan	11	Row 51 - Cell 3
53	Ancillotti	10	Row 52 - Cell 3
54	Solid	10	Row 53 - Cell 3
55	Spatz	10	Row 54 - Cell 3
56	Ancillotti	9	Row 55 - Cell 3
57	Ridley	9	Row 56 - Cell 3
58	Independent	5	Row 57 - Cell 3
59	Zenith	5	Row 58 - Cell 3
60	2Stage	3	Row 59 - Cell 3
61	Ibis	3	Row 60 - Cell 3
62	Transition	3	Row 61 - Cell 3
63	Wheeler	3	Row 62 - Cell 3
64	Devinci	1	Row 63 - Cell 3
65	Koba	1	Row 64 - Cell 3
66	Spank	1	Row 65 - Cell 3
67	Vario	1	Row 66 - Cell 3

Sue George is an editor at Cyclingnews. She coordinates all of the site's mountain bike race coverage and assists with the road, 'cross and track coverage.