Gwin tops the podium again at Mont-Sainte-Anne downhill
Bryceland, MacDonald all within about half a second
The men's downhill at the Mont-Sainte-Anne World Cup was expected to be a battle between current leader Aaron Gwin (Trek World Racing) and second-placed Greg Minnaar (Santa Cruz Syndicate), who was only 36 points back. Minnaar had qualified first and Gwin second, and the rider who won the final would don the leader's jersey. Unfortunately, Minnaar's crash derailed his attempt to take the jersey, while Gwin padded his lead with his third win of the season.
Czech national champion Matej Charvat set the early standard of 4:47, but riders following him steadily chipped away at it. Justin Leov (Trek World Racing) was the first to go under 4:40, and his time would be good enough for 10th at the end of the day.
Andrew Neethling (Giant) knocked a few tenths off Leov's time, but junior World Cup leader Troy Brosnan (Monster Energy/Specialized/Mad Catz) then took a significant 1.2 seconds off the lead. Brook MacDonald (MS Evil), one of the revelations of the season, then took a massive five and a half seconds off the leading time two riders later.
MacDonald's time held up through pre-race and local favourite Steve Smith (Devinci), Sam Blenkinsop (Lapierre International), Gee Atherton (Commencal) - who flatted - and Danny Hart (Giant) and Cameron Cole (Lapierre International). It took Josh Bryceland (Santa Cruz Syndicate), the third fastest qualifier, to finally remove MacDonald from the top spot, by five-hundredths of a second.
All that were left were Gwin and Minnaar. Gwin had a good, solid run, but less than half a second faster than Bryceland; not the spectacular gaps we have seen earlier in the season. Minnaar started strongly, setting the highest speed through the speed trap - the only rider to crack 60 kilometres an hour. At the first split he was less than a tenth of a second behind Gwin, but then disaster struck for the South African, when he hit a rock and crashed. While he was back on his bike quickly, the damage was done, and Minnaar would finish 18th, seceding an additional 137 points to Gwin in the World Cup race.
"I was on a good one, having a smooth fast top," said Minnaar, "so I backed off a bit at the bottom to continue the flow through, and somehow I got too close to a tree, got hooked on a rock and went over the bars. I'm pretty banged up right now, but hopefully I'll be back next week to keep the challenge going.
Gwin tried to put the pressure of the World Cup lead out of his mind for the final. "My qualifying run didn't go as well as I hoped it would, so I was focussed on not making any mistakes and riding like I knew I could. I know at this point that if I put a good one together I should be right up there, so I just focussed on doing that. Minus one massive mistake at the top, I think I did that, so it was good."
Gwin now has 868 points, followed by Minnaar with 695, and then Gee Atherton at 547. Brosnan leads the junior World Cup standings with 314 points.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Aaron Gwin (USA) Trek World Racing | 0:04:31.771 |
2 | Josh Bryceland (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate | 0:00:00.465 |
3 | Brook Macdonald (NZl) MS Evil Racing | 0:00:00.515 |
4 | Danny Hart (GBr) Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 0:00:02.679 |
5 | Cameron Cole (NZl) Lapierre International | 0:00:03.726 |
6 | Troy Brosnan° (Aus) Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz | 0:00:06.126 |
7 | Steve Smith (Can) Devinci Global Racing | 0:00:06.807 |
8 | Samuel Blenkinsop (NZl) Lapierre International | 0:00:07.156 |
9 | Andrew Neethling (RSA) Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 0:00:07.327 |
10 | Justin Leov (NZl) Trek World Racing | 0:00:07.711 |
11 | Fabien Barel (Fra) Mondraker Factory Team | 0:00:08.624 |
12 | Marc Beaumont (GBr) | 0:00:08.647 |
13 | Matti Lehikoinen (Fin) Chain Reaction Cycles / Nukeproof | 0:00:08.836 |
14 | Damien Spagnolo (Fra) Mondraker Factory Team | 0:00:09.053 |
15 | Steve Peat (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate | 0:00:09.487 |
16 | Shaun O'connor (Aus) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 0:00:10.450 |
17 | Michael Hannah (Aus) | 0:00:10.572 |
18 | Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate | 0:00:10.651 |
19 | Matthew Scoles (NZl) Team Cingolani Trek | 0:00:11.023 |
20 | Romain Paulhan (Fra) | 0:00:11.149 |
21 | Brendan Fairclough (GBr) Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz | 0:00:11.179 |
22 | Neko Mulally° (USA) Trek World Racing | 0:00:12.706 |
23 | Ben Reid (Irl) Dirt Norco Race Team | 0:00:12.840 |
24 | Robin Wallner (Swe) Team Are Bikepark Powered By W - Racing | 0:00:13.377 |
25 | George Brannigan (NZl) Devinci Global Racing | 0:00:13.467 |
26 | Sam Dale (GBr) Team Sunn Montgenevre | 0:00:14.090 |
27 | Harry Heath (GBr) Unior Tools Team | 0:00:14.510 |
28 | Luke Strobel (USA) MS Evil Racing | 0:00:14.599 |
29 | Nick Beer (Swi) Scott 11 | 0:00:14.817 |
30 | Ben Cathro (GBr) | 0:00:15.523 |
31 | Loic Bruni° (Fra) Lapierre International | 0:00:15.645 |
32 | Pierre Charles Georges (Fra) Team Lac Blanc / Solid / Massif Des Vosges | 0:00:15.846 |
33 | Matej Charvat (Cze) | 0:00:16.006 |
34 | Cédric Gracia (Fra) CG Racing Brigade | 0:00:16.224 |
35 | Mickael Pascal (Fra) Morewood Unitedride | 0:00:16.228 |
36 | Lewis Buchanan° (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles / Nukeproof | 0:00:16.828 |
37 | Duncan Riffle (USA) Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 0:00:16.831 |
38 | Florent Payet (Fra) SC - Intense | 0:00:16.855 |
39 | Julien Camellini (Fra) Team Sunn Montgenevre | 0:00:16.898 |
40 | Markus Pekoll (Aut) MS Evil Racing | 0:00:17.241 |
41 | Dan Stanbridge (GBr) Dirt Norco Race Team | 0:00:17.782 |
42 | Kyle Sangers° (Can) | 0:00:18.197 |
43 | Nico Vink (Bel) Team Lac Blanc / Solid / Massif Des Vosges | 0:00:18.483 |
44 | Matthew Simmonds (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles / Nukeproof | 0:00:18.951 |
45 | Dan Atherton (GBr) Commencal | 0:00:19.008 |
46 | Patrick Thome (Fra) Mondraker Factory Team | 0:00:19.328 |
47 | Nejc Rutar (Slo) Unior Tools Team | 0:00:19.454 |
48 | Florian Arthus (Fra) | 0:00:19.722 |
49 | Fergus Lamb (GBr) | 0:00:19.872 |
50 | Connor Fearon° (Aus) Kona | 0:00:20.003 |
51 | Adam Brayton (GBr) | 0:00:20.567 |
52 | Chris Del Bosco (Can) | 0:00:20.897 |
53 | Filip Polc (Svk) MS Evil Racing | 0:00:22.709 |
54 | Dean Tennant (Can) | 0:00:22.714 |
55 | Harry Molloy (GBr) Madison Saracen | 0:00:23.259 |
56 | Yann Gauvin (Can) | 0:00:23.349 |
57 | Ruaridh Cunningham (GBr) Team Maxxis - Rocky Mountain | 0:00:23.583 |
58 | Gareth Brewin (GBr) | 0:00:24.973 |
59 | Oscar Harnstrom (Swe) | 0:00:25.235 |
60 | Thomas Braithwaite (GBr) | 0:00:25.326 |
61 | Thibaut Ruffin (Fra) Riding Addiction Commencal | 0:00:25.968 |
62 | Dominik Gspan (Swi) | 0:00:26.017 |
63 | Remi Gauvin (Can) | 0:00:27.697 |
64 | Fabien Cousinie (Fra) Morewood Unitedride | 0:00:27.844 |
65 | Greg Williamson (GBr) | 0:00:28.236 |
66 | Oliver Burton (GBr) | 0:00:29.943 |
67 | Boris Tetzlaff (Aut) Alpine Commencal Austria | 0:00:30.357 |
68 | Scott Mears (GBr) | 0:00:30.544 |
69 | Gaetan Ruffin (Fra) Riding Addiction Commencal | 0:00:32.145 |
70 | Hajime Imoto (Jpn) | 0:00:33.788 |
71 | Logan Binggeli (USA) | 0:00:34.380 |
72 | Fabien Pedemanaud (Fra) Scott 11 | 0:00:35.092 |
73 | Yuuki Kushima° (Jpn) | 0:00:35.690 |
74 | Mark Scott° (GBr) Team Maxxis - Rocky Mountain | 0:00:37.322 |
75 | Daniel Sims (NZl) | 0:00:40.255 |
76 | Marcelo Gutierrez Villegas (Col) CG Racing Brigade | 0:00:45.667 |
77 | Joseph Smith (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles / Nukeproof | 0:00:47.554 |
78 | Niklas Wallner (Swe) Team Are Bikepark Powered By W - Racing | 0:00:48.667 |
DNF | Gee Atherton (GBr) Commencal | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Martin Frei (Swi) | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Joshua Button (Aus) SC - Intense | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Trek World Racing | 101 | pts |
2 | Santa Cruz Syndicate | 64 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Scott 11 | 57 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 52 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Lapierre International | 51 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Mondraker Factory Team | 37 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz | 36 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | MS Evil Racing | 35 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Commencal | 30 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Devinci Global Racing | 30 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Team Maxxis - Rocky Mountain | 26 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Riding Addiction Commencal | 22 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Alpine Commencal Austria | 18 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Chain Reaction Cycles / Nukeproof | 18 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Team GR | 17 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 15 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Team Morzine - Avoriaz / Haute - Savoie | 14 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Aaron Gwin (USA) Trek World Racing | 868 | pts |
2 | Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate | 695 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Gee Atherton (GBr) Commencal | 547 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Danny Hart (GBr) Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 506 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Steve Smith (Can) Devinci Global Racing | 459 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Josh Bryceland (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate | 431 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Brook Macdonald (NZl) MS Evil Racing | 430 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Samuel Blenkinsop (NZl) Lapierre International | 371 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Cameron Cole (NZl) Lapierre International | 356 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Steve Peat (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate | 347 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Justin Leov (NZl) Trek World Racing | 344 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Samuel Hill (Aus) Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz | 315 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Troy Brosnan° (Aus) Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz | 314 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Marc Beaumont (GBr) | 309 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Fabien Barel (Fra) Mondraker Factory Team | 304 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Cédric Gracia (Fra) CG Racing Brigade | 304 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Matthew Scoles (NZl) Team Cingolani Trek | 243 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Luke Strobel (USA) MS Evil Racing | 241 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Romain Paulhan (Fra) | 226 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Damien Spagnolo (Fra) Mondraker Factory Team | 221 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Matti Lehikoinen (Fin) Chain Reaction Cycles / Nukeproof | 216 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Julien Camellini (Fra) Team Sunn Montgenevre | 210 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Michael Hannah (Aus) | 207 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Duncan Riffle (USA) Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 207 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Mickael Pascal (Fra) Morewood Unitedride | 207 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Ruaridh Cunningham (GBr) Team Maxxis - Rocky Mountain | 204 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Pierre Charles Georges (Fra) Team Lac Blanc / Solid / Massif Des Vosges | 202 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Markus Pekoll (Aut) MS Evil Racing | 198 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Robin Wallner (Swe) Team Are Bikepark Powered By W - Racing | 196 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Fabien Cousinie (Fra) Morewood Unitedride | 188 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Florent Payet (Fra) SC - Intense | 185 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Filip Polc (Svk) MS Evil Racing | 172 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
33 | Shaun O'connor (Aus) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 171 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
34 | Andrew Neethling (RSA) Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 170 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
35 | Neko Mulally° (USA) Trek World Racing | 170 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
36 | Fabien Pedemanaud (Fra) Scott 11 | 160 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
37 | Mitchell Delfs (Aus) Kona | 155 | Row 36 - Cell 3 |
38 | Ben Cathro (GBr) | 153 | Row 37 - Cell 3 |
39 | Nick Beer (Swi) Scott 11 | 146 | Row 38 - Cell 3 |
40 | Ben Reid (Irl) Dirt Norco Race Team | 141 | Row 39 - Cell 3 |
41 | Nico Vink (Bel) Team Lac Blanc / Solid / Massif Des Vosges | 135 | Row 40 - Cell 3 |
42 | Thibaut Ruffin (Fra) Riding Addiction Commencal | 131 | Row 41 - Cell 3 |
43 | Sam Dale (GBr) Team Sunn Montgenevre | 130 | Row 42 - Cell 3 |
44 | Joseph Smith (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles / Nukeproof | 130 | Row 43 - Cell 3 |
45 | Harry Heath (GBr) Unior Tools Team | 129 | Row 44 - Cell 3 |
46 | Dan Stanbridge (GBr) Dirt Norco Race Team | 129 | Row 45 - Cell 3 |
47 | Rémi Thirion (Fra) Labyrinth Shimano Racing Team | 127 | Row 46 - Cell 3 |
48 | Patrick Thome (Fra) Mondraker Factory Team | 126 | Row 47 - Cell 3 |
49 | Brendan Fairclough (GBr) Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz | 118 | Row 48 - Cell 3 |
50 | Marcelo Gutierrez Villegas (Col) CG Racing Brigade | 118 | Row 49 - Cell 3 |
51 | Guardia Pascual Bernat (Spa) | 113 | Row 50 - Cell 3 |
52 | Button Joshua (Aus) SC - Intense | 109 | Row 51 - Cell 3 |
53 | Braithwaite Thomas (GBr) | 100 | Row 52 - Cell 3 |
54 | Ropelato Mitch (USA) | 99 | Row 53 - Cell 3 |
55 | Simmonds Matthew (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles / Nukeproof | 98 | Row 54 - Cell 3 |
56 | Buchanan Lewis° (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles / Nukeproof | 94 | Row 55 - Cell 3 |
57 | Bruni Loic° (Fra) Lapierre International | 91 | Row 56 - Cell 3 |
58 | Tetzlaff Boris (Aut) Alpine Commencal Austria | 90 | Row 57 - Cell 3 |
59 | Brannigan George (NZl) Devinci Global Racing | 85 | Row 58 - Cell 3 |
60 | Scott Mark° (GBr) Team Maxxis - Rocky Mountain | 85 | Row 59 - Cell 3 |
61 | Suding Lorenzo (Ita) | 82 | Row 60 - Cell 3 |
62 | Atkinson Bryn (Aus) | 80 | Row 61 - Cell 3 |
63 | Pombo Emanuel (Por) | 72 | Row 62 - Cell 3 |
64 | Giordanengo Aurélien (Fra) Mondraker Factory Team | 70 | Row 63 - Cell 3 |
65 | Atherton Dan (GBr) Commencal | 69 | Row 64 - Cell 3 |
66 | Graves Jared (Aus) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 68 | Row 65 - Cell 3 |
67 | Bond Alex (GBr) | 68 | Row 66 - Cell 3 |
68 | Lamb Fergus (GBr) | 68 | Row 67 - Cell 3 |
69 | Ferreiro Pajuelo Antonio (Spa) | 67 | Row 68 - Cell 3 |
70 | Bentley Timothy (RSA) Morewood Unitedride | 67 | Row 69 - Cell 3 |
71 | Keene Curtis (USA) | 66 | Row 70 - Cell 3 |
72 | Rutar Nejc (Slo) Unior Tools Team | 64 | Row 71 - Cell 3 |
73 | Brayton Adam (GBr) | 63 | Row 72 - Cell 3 |
74 | Thomas Richard (GBr) | 57 | Row 73 - Cell 3 |
75 | Williamson Greg (GBr) | 56 | Row 74 - Cell 3 |
76 | Mears Scott (GBr) | 55 | Row 75 - Cell 3 |
77 | Potgieter Johann (RSA) | 53 | Row 76 - Cell 3 |
78 | Charvat Matej (Cze) | 48 | Row 77 - Cell 3 |
79 | Arthus Florian (Fra) | 48 | Row 78 - Cell 3 |
80 | Klausmann Marcus (Ger) Ghost Factory Racing Team | 47 | Row 79 - Cell 3 |
81 | Masters Wyn (NZl) MS Evil Racing | 47 | Row 80 - Cell 3 |
82 | Kerr Bernard (GBr) | 46 | Row 81 - Cell 3 |
83 | Tennant Dean (Can) | 45 | Row 82 - Cell 3 |
84 | Sangers Kyle° (Can) | 39 | Row 83 - Cell 3 |
85 | Strasser Benny (Ger) | 39 | Row 84 - Cell 3 |
86 | Jeandin Thomas (Swi) | 36 | Row 85 - Cell 3 |
87 | Rischbieth Will (Aus) | 35 | Row 86 - Cell 3 |
88 | Reading Jack (GBr) | 32 | Row 87 - Cell 3 |
89 | Fearon Connor° (Aus) Kona | 31 | Row 88 - Cell 3 |
90 | Beer Marcel (Swi) | 31 | Row 89 - Cell 3 |
91 | Harnstrom Oscar (Swe) | 31 | Row 90 - Cell 3 |
92 | Del Bosco Chris (Can) | 29 | Row 91 - Cell 3 |
93 | Neethling Jonty (RSA) | 27 | Row 92 - Cell 3 |
94 | Molloy Harry (GBr) Madison Saracen | 26 | Row 93 - Cell 3 |
95 | Kangas Alexander (Swe) | 26 | Row 94 - Cell 3 |
96 | Gauvin Yann (Can) | 25 | Row 95 - Cell 3 |
97 | Gspan Dominik (Swi) | 25 | Row 96 - Cell 3 |
98 | Brewin Gareth (GBr) | 23 | Row 97 - Cell 3 |
99 | Brown Hayden (RSA) | 23 | Row 98 - Cell 3 |
100 | Cardon Simon (Fra) Xcytt Racing | 22 | Row 99 - Cell 3 |
101 | Gauvin Remi (Can) | 22 | Row 100 - Cell 3 |
102 | Peyer Lars (Swi) SC - Intense | 18 | Row 101 - Cell 3 |
103 | Mcglone Fraser° (GBr) | 17 | Row 102 - Cell 3 |
104 | Pombo Daniel (Por) | 16 | Row 103 - Cell 3 |
105 | Burton Oliver (GBr) | 15 | Row 104 - Cell 3 |
106 | Purchase Kelvin (RSA) | 15 | Row 105 - Cell 3 |
107 | Pandur Ziga (Slo) Unior Tools Team | 14 | Row 106 - Cell 3 |
108 | Hutchens Chris (GBr) | 14 | Row 107 - Cell 3 |
109 | Odendaal Tiaan° (RSA) | 13 | Row 108 - Cell 3 |
110 | Di Pasquale Charly (Fra) Labyrinth Shimano Racing Team | 13 | Row 109 - Cell 3 |
111 | Smith Robert (GBr) | 12 | Row 110 - Cell 3 |
112 | Ruffin Gaetan (Fra) Riding Addiction Commencal | 12 | Row 111 - Cell 3 |
113 | Barnes Joe (GBr) | 11 | Row 112 - Cell 3 |
114 | O'riordan Seanan (Irl) | 11 | Row 113 - Cell 3 |
115 | Petrucci Francesco Danilo (Ita) Team Cingolani Trek | 11 | Row 114 - Cell 3 |
116 | Imoto Hajime (Jpn) | 11 | Row 115 - Cell 3 |
117 | Roschi Roman (Swi) | 10 | Row 116 - Cell 3 |
118 | Binggeli Logan (USA) | 10 | Row 117 - Cell 3 |
119 | Oulego Moreno Ivan (Spa) | 9 | Row 118 - Cell 3 |
120 | Milivinti Marco (Ita) Torpado Surfing Shop | 8 | Row 119 - Cell 3 |
121 | Parret Arthur° (Fra) Passion Velo Thiers Stemtee | 8 | Row 120 - Cell 3 |
122 | Kushima Yuuki° (Jpn) | 8 | Row 121 - Cell 3 |
123 | Mcglinchey Christopher° (Irl) | 8 | Row 122 - Cell 3 |
124 | Bigoni Joris (Fra) | 8 | Row 123 - Cell 3 |
125 | Payet Jérôme (Fra) | 7 | Row 124 - Cell 3 |
126 | Sims Daniel (NZl) | 6 | Row 125 - Cell 3 |
127 | Haas Mathias (Aut) Alpine Commencal Austria | 5 | Row 126 - Cell 3 |
128 | Gallean Mathieu (Fra) Ryde - Racing | 5 | Row 127 - Cell 3 |
129 | Critchlow Daniel (GBr) | 4 | Row 128 - Cell 3 |
130 | Vagner Adam (Cze) | 3 | Row 129 - Cell 3 |
131 | Wallner Niklas (Swe) Team Are Bikepark Powered By W - Racing | 3 | Row 130 - Cell 3 |
132 | Browning Travis (RSA) | 3 | Row 131 - Cell 3 |
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