Ragot takes first World Cup win
Jonnier keeps overall lead
The race for the World Cup title in the women's Downhill got a little tighter on Saturday, at round four in Champéry, Switzerland. World champion Emmeline Ragot (Suspension Center) took the first World Cup victory of her career and jumped into third in the women's overall standings behind leader Sabrina Jonnier (Maxxis-Rocky Mountain).
The rain, which had turned the steep 1,500 metre course into a slippery mud slide during qualifying, finally backed off for race day, but the damage had been done and, in some ways, the drying conditions made things worse. As the thick mud began to dry, it clung to bikes and turned to the consistency of peanut butter, doubling the weight of bikes and slowing forward momentum to a crawl. For the lighter, less powerful women, it was the worst, with riders literally coming to a halt in some corners as they pushed on the ground with their feet to keep moving.
Floriane Pugin (Scott 11) set the first fast, sub-6 minute time. Canada's Claire Buchar (Chain Reaction/Intense) also went under six minutes, but was more than 16 seconds behind Pugin. The young French rider stayed in the hot seat until the final three riders came down, with Ragot racing third from last and knocking over eleven and a half seconds off the top time. Jonnier was next, and moved into second, still nearly five seconds behind Ragot, and the fastest qualifier, Myriam Nicole (Commencal Superiders) slotted into third.
"I was a real balance not to fall, [because] the mud was very sticky," said Ragot. "I kept saying 'go slow, go slow, go slow' ... but not too slow or you will fall over! The end [of the course] it was terrible... I had a rock caught between my frame and my tire. It made a terrible noise. But now I feel good. I have been waiting for a win."
Jonnier now has 850 points to Pugin's 645, with Ragot up to 615 points.
Full results
1 | Emmeline Ragot (Fra) Suspension Center | 0:05:27.25 |
2 | Sabrina Jonnier (Fra) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain | 0:00:04.87 |
3 | Myriam Nicole (Fra) Commencal Superiders | 0:00:09.72 |
4 | Floriane Pugin (Fra) Scott 11 | 0:00:11.65 |
5 | Tracy Moseley (GBr) Trek World Racing | 0:00:12.08 |
6 | Manon Carpenter (GBr) | 0:00:18.11 |
7 | Claire Buchar (Can) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense | 0:00:27.87 |
8 | Petra Bernhard (Aut) RC Alpine Commencal Austria | 0:00:38.87 |
9 | Fionn Griffiths (GBr) Norco World Team | 0:00:39.72 |
10 | Céline Gros (Fra) Morzine-Avoriaz/Haute- | 0:00:41.16 |
11 | Mio Suemasa (Jpn) FFC | 0:00:51.71 |
12 | Martina Bruehlmann (Swi) | 0:00:52.77 |
13 | Miriam Ruchti (Swi) Dr-Gravity Union | 0:01:06.75 |
14 | Katy Curd (GBr) Rose Bikes | 0:01:07.63 |
15 | Caroline Sax (Fra) | 0:01:13.06 |
16 | Micayla Gatto (Can) Oakley/Commencal | 0:01:15.88 |
17 | Jacqueline Harmony (USA) Vixen Racing | 0:01:38.21 |
18 | Nicole Beege (Ger) | 0:02:01.84 |
19 | Morgane Charre (Fra) | 0:04:00.15 |
DNF | Emilie Siegenthaler (Swi) Scott 11 | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense | 85 | pts |
2 | Scott 11 | 70 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Santa Cruz Syndicate | 48 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Commencal | 40 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Suspension Center | 40 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain | 35 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz | 32 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Commencal Superiders | 32 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Norco World Team | 32 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Lapierre International | 30 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Mondraker Factory Team | 28 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Trek World Racing | 28 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | MS Evil Racing | 26 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 23 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | RC Alpine Commencal Austria | 23 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Morzine-Avoriaz/Haute-Savoie | 21 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | GT Bicycles | 19 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Dr-Gravity Union | 18 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Solid Aclass Factory Team | 17 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Kenda-Playbiker | 15 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Giant Factory Team | 9 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Team Lac Blanc Massif Des Vosges | 8 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Blackmountain Morewood United | 7 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | XMS Racing Squad | 4 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Team Cingolani - Protone | 3 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
World Cup Standings after four rounds
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Sabrina Jonnier (Fra) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain | 850 | pts |
2 | Floriane Pugin (Fra) Scott 11 | 645 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Emmeline Ragot (Fra) Suspension Center | 615 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Myriam Nicole (Fra) Commencal Superiders | 540 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Tracy Moseley (GBr) Trek World Racing | 519 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Rachel Atherton (GBr) Commencal | 460 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Claire Buchar (Can) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense | 374 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Petra Bernhard (Aut) RC Alpine Commencal Austria | 326 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Céline Gros (Fra) Morzine-Avoriaz/Haute-Savoie | 321 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Mio Suemasa (Jpn) | 316 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Manon Carpenter° (GBr) | 307 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Fionn Griffiths (GBr) Norco World Team | 155 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Micayla Gatto (Can) | 140 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Katy Curd (GBr) | 135 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Miriam Ruchti (Swi) Dr-Gravity Union | 100 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Harriet Rucknagel (Ger) | 90 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Melissa Buhl (USA) | 75 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Jessica Stone (GBr) | 70 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Emilie Siegenthaler (Swi) Scott 11 | 65 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Martina Bruehlmann (Swi) | 45 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Joanna Petterson (RSA) | 40 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Caroline Sax (Fra) | 30 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Aimee Dix (GBr) | 25 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Jacqueline Harmony (USA) | 20 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Anais Pajot (Fra) Team Sunn Montgenevre | 20 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Fanny Lombard° (Fra) | 20 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Nicole Beege (Ger) | 15 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Morgane Charre (Fra) | 15 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Sophie Borderes (Fra) | 15 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Birgit Braumann (Aut) | 10 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense | 309 | pts |
2 | Scott 11 | 260 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Commencal | 240 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain | 235 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Santa Cruz Syndicate | 219 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Trek World Racing | 196 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz | 125 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Suspension Center | 124 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Commencal Superiders | 122 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | MS Evil Racing | 119 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 109 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Lapierre International | 105 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | GT Bicycles | 96 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | RC Alpine Commencal Austria | 92 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Morzine-Avoriaz/Haute-Savoie | 89 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Norco World Team | 71 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Dr-Gravity Union | 60 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Giant Factory Team | 57 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Mondraker Factory Team | 50 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Kenda-Playbiker | 42 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Kona | 41 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Solid Aclass Factory Team | 28 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Team Cingolani - Protone | 20 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Team Sunn Montgenevre | 20 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Blackmountain Morewood United | 16 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Dirt Norco Race Team | 15 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Massi Team | 8 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Team Lac Blanc Massif Des Vosges | 8 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team | 6 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | XMS Racing Squad | 4 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
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