Pendrel wins at home
Kalentieva and Nash battle for second
Canadian National Champion Catharine Pendrel (Luna Pro Team) claimed the second World Cup victory of her career in the fifth round of the Mountain World Cup at Mont Ste Anne, Quebec.
Pendrel was very pleased with her win, especially considering her crash and other aspects of the race. “It was a great day. I was a little worried at the start. I didn't start as fast as I wanted to. I was a bit behind in the first singletrack,” she said. “It was all single-file. Luckily the girls that were at the front didn't string too far ahead. I was able to use the climbs and the fitness sections to bridge up.
“Once I saw the front I wanted to hang onto it and make as few mistakes as possible,” added Pendrel. “I took the lead from Marie-Helene at the end of the first lap, just before the switch backing climb. The rain made things very slick and the degree of technical difficulty was high but I got better every lap.”
The track is brand new and much more technical in nature than seen here previously. Many of the professionals described it as the most technically demanding course on the World Cup circuit.
Making things even more interesting was the weather, with rain starting to fall 10 minutes before the start of the women's race. With the forecast being so poor well in advance of the race, the organizers added a "chicken run" on the now infamous new rocky descent. The technical nature of this section attracted a huge crowd of spectators waiting to cheer on both clean rides and crashes.
The women's World Cup was four laps of the 5.7 kilometre course. In an approach that hasn't been seen here in recent memory there was no start loop. This mandated a lightning fast start to be the first into the singletrack in the woods after the opening fire road climb.
Up the climb it was Katrin Leumann and Willow Koerber (Subaru-Gary Fisher) in the lead followed by World Cup leader Marga Fullana (Massi). The climb didn't do much to separate the pack and they entered the first section of woods en masse.
Out of the woods Marie-Helene Premont (Maxxis-Rocky Mountain), the perennial home-town favourite and defending champion, gained an eight second lead on Fullana, followed by Irina Kalentieva (Topeak Ergon), Heather Irmiger (Subaru-Gary Fisher), Elisabeth Osl (Central Ghost) and Willow Koerber (Subaru-Gary Fisher). Pendrel was sitting 10th.
By the end of the lap Pendrel had taken the lead, followed by Premont, Kalentieva and Koerber together at seven seconds. The first lap was completed in 23:11.
Pendrel steadily increased her lead on Kalentieva and Koerber in lap two, followed closely by Nash, and then Premont. Fullana was in 14th and having real difficulty on the technical sections. Much to the disappointment of the partisan crowd, Premont had had a flat towards the end of the first lap, and then ran into suspension problems, dropping her out of the top-10.
Although Pendrel had the lead she was also showing the signs of a crash on the rocky descent, mainly an abrasion on her chin. By the time she reached this spot on the third lap she was opting for the chicken route.
On the final lap Pendrel was in cruise control, looking very comfortable in the lead. Nash was still in second place, but Kalentieva was catching her, and would pass to take the silver medal. Lene Byberg (Specialized) had worked her way up from a poor start to overtake a fading Koerber for fourth, while Koerber managed to hang on for the final podium spot.
Premont was philosophical with her placing. “It wasn't the best day for me,” she said. “I was feeling good on the first lap. I had a rear flat tire and I had to stop and change it, and then I had to come back. It just wasn't the best day for me. I would have liked to win here at Mont Ste Anne, but that's life. My fitness was better than it was at Nationals, but still not as good as I had hoped for.”
In the women's Under 23 category the winner was Aleksandra Dawidowicz, finishing ninth overall. With her win she took over the series points lead. Emily Batty was the second place U23, standing fourth.
After this round Fullana remains the World Cup Points leader, but has lost ground to four riders including Pendrel who moved up to fourth from fifth. Osl remains in second with Kalentieva in third.
Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Catharine Pendrel (Can) Luna Pro Team | 1:37:42 |
2 | Irina Kalentieva (Rus) Topeak Ergon Racing Team | 0:01:31 |
3 | Katerina Nash (Cze) Luna Pro Team | 0:01:49 |
4 | Lene Byberg (Nor) Specialized Factory Racing | 0:02:09 |
5 | Willow Koerber (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher | 0:02:26 |
6 | Elisabeth Osl (Aut) Central Ghost Pro Team | 0:03:09 |
7 | Georgia Gould (USA) Luna Pro Team | 0:03:15 |
8 | Maja Wloszczowska (Pol) CCC Polkowice | 0:03:28 |
9 | Aleksandra Dawidowicz* (Pol) CCC Polkowice | 0:04:01 |
10 | Marie-Helene Premont (Can) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles | 0:05:24 |
11 | Cécile Rode Ravanel (Fra) Lapierre International | 0:06:14 |
12 | Anna Szafraniec (Pol) JBG-2 Professional MTB Team | 0:06:49 |
13 | Lea Davison (USA) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles | 0:07:22 |
14 | Laura Metzler (Fra) BH-Suntour | 0:08:13 |
15 | Emiliy Batty* (Can) | 0:09:31 |
16 | Sabrina Enaux (Fra) BH-Suntour | 0:09:38 |
17 | Tereza Hurikova* (Cze) Ceska Sporitelna MTB | 0:10:11 |
18 | Mary Mcconneloug (USA) | 0:10:49 |
19 | Magdalena Sadlecka (Pol) CCC Polkowice | 0:11:19 |
20 | Katrin Leumann (Swi) | 0:11:45 |
21 | Heather Irmiger (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher | 0:11:53 |
22 | Margarita Fullana Riera (Spa) Massi | 0:13:01 |
23 | Mical Dyck (Can) | 0:13:05 |
24 | Adelheid Morath (Ger) | 0:13:22 |
25 | Caroline Mani* (Fra) Team Bikepark.Ch | 0:13:33 |
26 | Rowena Fry (Aus) Discovertasmania.Com | 0:14:09 |
27 | Julie Krasniak* (Fra) | 0:14:17 |
28 | Laura Turpijn (Ned) | 0:15:15 |
29 | Hanna Klein* (Ger) | 0:15:45 |
30 | Katherine O'shea (Aus) Torq Performance Nutrition | 0:15:51 |
31 | Kelli Emmett (USA) Giant Mountain Bike Team Gmt | 0:15:57 |
32 | Amanda Sin (Can) | 0:16:01 |
33 | Nicola Leary (NZl) | 0:16:21 |
34 | Suzanne Clarke (GBr) | 0:17:33 |
35 | Fanny Bourdon* (Fra) | 0:18:48 |
36 | Sandra Walter (Can) | 0:19:17 |
37 | Helene Marcouyre (Fra) BH-Suntour | 0:19:42 |
38 | Chloe Forsman* (USA) Luna Pro Team | 0:20:21 |
39 | Marie-Claude * Surprenant (Can) | 0:20:29 |
40 | Joanna Wall (Aus) Torq Performance Nutrition | 0:21:25 |
41 | Caroline Villeneuve (Can) | 0:22:07 |
42 | Joanna Harrington (Aus) | 0:23:46 |
43 | Zoe King (Aus) | 0:24:25 |
44 | Kate Potter (Aus) | 0:25:03 |
45 | Daniela Campuzano (Mex) | 0:26:07 |
46 | Josiane Mathieu (Can) | 0:26:17 |
47 | Kathleen Villeneuve (Can) | 0:32:11 |
-1lap | Karine Travaillaud (Can) | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Gracie Elvin* (Aus) Discovertasmania.Com | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Cindy Montambault (Can) | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Anna Oberparleiter* (Ita) | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Stephanie Lacoursiere* (Can) | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Rebecca Beaumont* (Can) | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Therese Rhodes* (Aus) | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Jeanette Gerrie (NZl) | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Katherine Compton (USA) | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tory Thomas (Aus) Torq Performance Nutrition | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mikaela Kofman* (Can) | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Luna Pro Team | 96 | pts |
2 | CCC Polkowice | 57 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles | 39 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Subaru-Gary Fisher | 38 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Topeak Ergon Racing Team | 35 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | BH-Suntour | 32 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Specialized Factory Racing | 30 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Central Ghost Pro Team | 26 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Lapierre International | 20 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | JBG-2 Professional MTB Team | 19 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Ceska Sporitelna MTB | 14 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Massi | 9 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Team Bikepark.ch | 6 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Discovertasmania.com | 5 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Torq Performance Nutrition | 1 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Margarita Fullana Riera (Spa) Massi | 912 | pts |
2 | Elisabeth Osl (Aut) Central Ghost Pro Team | 790 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Irina Kalentieva (Rus) Topeak Ergon Racing Team | 740 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Catharine Pendrel (Can) Luna Pro Team | 720 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Lene Byberg (Nor) Specialized Factory Racing | 715 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Marie-Helene Premont (Can) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles | 503 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Willow Koerber (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher | 492 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Sabine Spitz (Ger) Central Ghost Pro Team | 470 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Maja Wloszczowska (Pol) CCC Polkowice | 464 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Eva Lechner (Ita) Colnago Cap Arreghini | 436 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Chengyuan Ren (Chn) | 410 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Katrin Leumann (Swi) | 404 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Mary Mcconneloug (USA) | 384 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Georgia Gould (USA) Luna Pro Team | 373 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Petra Henzi (Swi) Fischer-BMC | 349 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Anna Szafraniec (Pol) JBG-2 Professional MTB Team | 336 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Heather Irmiger (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher | 328 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Aleksandra Dawidowicz* (Pol) CCC Polkowice | 326 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Cécile Rode Ravanel (Fra) Lapierre International | 320 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Adelheid Morath (Ger) | 307 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Laura Turpijn (Ned) | 294 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Rowena Fry (Aus) Discovertasmania.com | 288 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Caroline Mani* (Fra) Team Bikepark.ch | 284 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Julie Bresset* (Fra) Breiz Mountain | 260 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Emiliy Batty* (Can) | 251 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Janka Stevkova (Svk) | 249 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Nathalie Schneitter (Swi) Colnago Cap Arreghini | 242 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Marielle Saner-Guinchard (Swi) Team Bikepark.ch | 234 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Magdalena Sadlecka (Pol) CCC Polkowice | 230 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Sabrina Enaux (Fra) BH-Suntour | 217 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Julie Krasniak* (Fra) | 196 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Blaza Klemencic (Slo) Felt International MTB Team | 188 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
33 | Helene Marcouyre (Fra) BH-Suntour | 183 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
34 | Lea Davison (USA) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles | 182 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
35 | Laura Metzler (Fra) BH-Suntour | 179 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
36 | Anna Villar Argente (Spa) Massi | 177 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
37 | Hanna Klein* (Ger) | 166 | Row 36 - Cell 3 |
38 | Katerina Nash (Cze) Luna Pro Team | 160 | Row 37 - Cell 3 |
39 | Kate Potter (Aus) | 147 | Row 38 - Cell 3 |
40 | Alexandra Engen* (Swe) | 131 | Row 39 - Cell 3 |
41 | Tereza Hurikova* (Cze) Ceska Sporitelna MTB | 130 | Row 40 - Cell 3 |
42 | Esther Süss (Swi) | 130 | Row 41 - Cell 3 |
43 | Ivonne Kraft (Ger) | 127 | Row 42 - Cell 3 |
44 | Katherine O'shea (Aus) Torq Performance Nutrition | 117 | Row 43 - Cell 3 |
45 | Githa Michiels (Bel) Team Saeco | 116 | Row 44 - Cell 3 |
46 | Amanda Sin (Can) | 101 | Row 45 - Cell 3 |
47 | Mical Dyck (Can) | 99 | Row 46 - Cell 3 |
48 | Vera Andreeva* (Rus) | 97 | Row 47 - Cell 3 |
49 | Barbara Benko* (Hun) | 96 | Row 48 - Cell 3 |
50 | Gracie Elvin* (Aus) Discovertasmania.com | 94 | Row 49 - Cell 3 |
51 | Vivianne * Meyer (Swi) Colnago Cap Arreghini | 94 | Row 50 - Cell 3 |
52 | Anja Gradl (Ger) Central Ghost Pro Team | 90 | Row 51 - Cell 3 |
53 | Maria Osl (Aut) Fischer-BMC | 73 | Row 52 - Cell 3 |
54 | Yolande Speedy (RSA) | 64 | Row 53 - Cell 3 |
55 | Fanny Bourdon* (Fra) | 62 | Row 54 - Cell 3 |
56 | Tanja Zakelj* (Slo) MBK Orbea | 62 | Row 55 - Cell 3 |
57 | Suzanne Clarke (GBr) | 53 | Row 56 - Cell 3 |
58 | Fiona Macdermid (GBr) | 52 | Row 57 - Cell 3 |
59 | Rosara Joseph (NZl) | 49 | Row 58 - Cell 3 |
60 | Kelli Emmett (USA) Giant Mountain Bike Team | 44 | Row 59 - Cell 3 |
61 | Maaike Polspoel* (Bel) | 44 | Row 60 - Cell 3 |
62 | Nataliya Krompets* (Ukr) | 43 | Row 61 - Cell 3 |
63 | Virginie Pointet* (Swi) Team Bikepark.ch | 42 | Row 62 - Cell 3 |
64 | Nicola Leary (NZl) | 40 | Row 63 - Cell 3 |
65 | Kathrin Stirnemann* (Swi) | 39 | Row 64 - Cell 3 |
66 | Evelyn Staffler (Ita) Colnago Cap Arreghini | 38 | Row 65 - Cell 3 |
67 | Sandra Santanyes Murillo (Spa) Cemelorca-Trek-Lorca Taller Del Tiempo | 38 | Row 66 - Cell 3 |
68 | Oksana Rybakova (Rus) | 37 | Row 67 - Cell 3 |
69 | Melanie Spath (Ger) | 36 | Row 68 - Cell 3 |
70 | Sandra Walter (Can) | 34 | Row 69 - Cell 3 |
71 | Inbar Ronen (Isr) | 34 | Row 70 - Cell 3 |
72 | Chloe Forsman* (USA) Luna Pro Team | 30 | Row 71 - Cell 3 |
73 | Jean Ann Mckirdy (Can) | 30 | Row 72 - Cell 3 |
74 | Marie-Claude Surprenant* (Can) | 29 | Row 73 - Cell 3 |
75 | Tania Raats (RSA) | 29 | Row 74 - Cell 3 |
76 | Joanna Wall (Aus) Torq Performance Nutrition | 28 | Row 75 - Cell 3 |
77 | Cristina Mascarreras Sabria (Spa) Conor - Camping La Siesta | 28 | Row 76 - Cell 3 |
78 | Sara Muhl (RSA) | 28 | Row 77 - Cell 3 |
79 | Caroline Villeneuve (Can) | 27 | Row 78 - Cell 3 |
80 | Kajsa Snihs* (Swe) | 27 | Row 79 - Cell 3 |
81 | Shawna Thunder (RSA) | 27 | Row 80 - Cell 3 |
82 | Joanna Harrington (Aus) | 26 | Row 81 - Cell 3 |
83 | Janneke Leask* (RSA) | 26 | Row 82 - Cell 3 |
84 | Zoe King (Aus) | 25 | Row 83 - Cell 3 |
85 | Heletje Van Staden* (Nam) | 25 | Row 84 - Cell 3 |
86 | Asa Maria Erlandsson (Swe) Subaru-Gary Fisher | 24 | Row 85 - Cell 3 |
87 | Hilana Marais (RSA) | 24 | Row 86 - Cell 3 |
88 | Daniela Campuzano (Mex) | 23 | Row 87 - Cell 3 |
89 | Kristien Nelen (Bel) | 23 | Row 88 - Cell 3 |
90 | Josiane Mathieu (Can) | 22 | Row 89 - Cell 3 |
91 | Carmen Bassingthwaighte (Nam) | 22 | Row 90 - Cell 3 |
92 | Kathleen Villeneuve (Can) | 21 | Row 91 - Cell 3 |
93 | Judith Pollinger* (Ita) Sunshine Racers ASV Nals | 21 | Row 92 - Cell 3 |
94 | Carla Freysen (RSA) | 21 | Row 93 - Cell 3 |
95 | Karine Travaillaud (Can) | 20 | Row 94 - Cell 3 |
96 | Stephanie Wiedner* (Aut) DS-Rennsport | 20 | Row 95 - Cell 3 |
97 | Katrin Schwing (Ger) | 19 | Row 96 - Cell 3 |
98 | Cindy Montambault (Can) | 18 | Row 97 - Cell 3 |
99 | Anna Oberparleiter* (Ita) | 17 | Row 98 - Cell 3 |
100 | Christel Ferrier-Bruneau (Fra) Team Scott Valloire Galibier | 17 | Row 99 - Cell 3 |
101 | Stephanie Lacoursiere* (Can) | 16 | Row 100 - Cell 3 |
102 | Rebecca Beaumont* (Can) | 15 | Row 101 - Cell 3 |
103 | Elisabeth Brandau (Ger) | 15 | Row 102 - Cell 3 |
104 | Therese Rhodes* (Aus) | 14 | Row 103 - Cell 3 |
105 | Camille Pousse* (Fra) | 14 | Row 104 - Cell 3 |
106 | Jeanette Gerrie (NZl) | 13 | Row 105 - Cell 3 |
107 | Nadine Rieder* (Ger) Fumic.Brothers.International | 13 | Row 106 - Cell 3 |
108 | Silke Schmidt* (Ger) | 13 | Row 107 - Cell 3 |
109 | Laure Boulay (Fra) Keops | 12 | Row 108 - Cell 3 |
110 | Joana Barbosa* (Por) | 11 | Row 109 - Cell 3 |
111 | Coralie Redelsperger (Fra) | 11 | Row 110 - Cell 3 |
112 | Catherine Lohri (Swi) | 10 | Row 111 - Cell 3 |
113 | Sarka Chmurova (Cze) | 10 | Row 112 - Cell 3 |
114 | Tatjana Dold (Ger) | 10 | Row 113 - Cell 3 |
115 | Elena Ondasova (Svk) | 9 | Row 114 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Central Ghost Pro Team | 253 | pts |
2 | Luna Pro Team | 241 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | CCC Polkowice | 182 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Massi | 163 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Specialized Factory Racing | 145 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Topeak Ergon Racing Team | 142 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Subaru-Gary Fisher | 140 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles | 127 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Colnago Cap Arreghini | 124 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Fischer-BMC | 76 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | JBG-2 Professional MTB Team | 74 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Team Bikepark.ch | 71 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | BH-Suntour | 54 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Lapierre International | 47 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Breiz Mountain | 42 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Discovertasmania.com | 37 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Felt International MTB Team | 28 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Ceska Sporitelna MTB | 21 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Team Saeco | 10 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Torq Performance Nutrition | 1 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
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