Emmeline Ragot (Suspension Center) took her second successive World Cup victory in two weekends in round five of the women's Downhill World Cup in Val di Sole, Italy, tightening the overall standings and denying Sabrina Jonnier (Maxxis-Rocky Mountain) a chance to lock down the women's title
Japan's Mio Suemasa set the first fast time for the women, and would claim the Hot Seat until the final five riders made their runs. Myriam Nicole (Commencal Superiders) took the lead by five seconds from Suemasa, but only held it for a few minutes before Jonnier came down over 10 seconds faster.
Next was Tracy Moseley (Trek World Racing), but she could only slot in behind Jonnier. Finally, it was World Champion Ragot, the fastest qualifier, who knocked another 2.4 seconds from Jonnier's time to claim the victory.
With her victory, Ragot moves from second to third behind Jonnier in the overall standings, 175 points behind her rival. While Jonnier still holds a commanding lead, it is by no means a sure thing, since a victory by Ragot and a poor showing by Jonnier could still cause an upset.
"I think my ride was okay," said Ragot. "I didn't make a lot of mistakes, but I thought I had flatted my tyre on the first part, because the ground was so soft.
"My strategy was to just be smart, don't do crazy stuff. Just try to stay smooth on the bike. Don't go like crazy. And it worked, it went so good, that maybe I will try that for the World Championships."
"Sabrina has a lot of points, and I missed the first race and crashed in the next two," said Ragot. "So now I am second, but I don't know how it will go from there. But, I am feeling good and I have a new bike; I've only ridden it twice now [qualifying and final] and it rode well."
Full Results
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emmeline Ragot (Fra) Suspension Center | 0:03:59.75 |
| 2 | Sabrina Jonnier (Fra) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain | 0:00:02.40 |
| 3 | Tracy Moseley (GBr) Trek World Racing | 0:00:06.50 |
| 4 | Myriam Nicole (Fra) Commencal Superiders | 0:00:12.79 |
| 5 | Floriane Pugin (Fra) Scott 11 | 0:00:13.67 |
| 6 | Mio Suemasa (Jpn) | 0:00:17.78 |
| 7 | Claire Buchar (Can) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense | 0:00:18.80 |
| 8 | Céline Gros (Fra) Morzine-Avoriaz/Haute-Savoie | 0:00:21.06 |
| 9 | Emilie Siegenthaler (Swi) Scott 11 | 0:00:21.66 |
| 10 | Manon Carpenter° (GBr) | 0:00:25.37 |
| 11 | Miriam Ruchti (Swi) Dr-Gravity Union | 0:00:33.46 |
| 12 | Micayla Gatto (Can) | 0:00:34.70 |
| 13 | Petra Bernhard (Aut) RC Alpine Commencal Austria | 0:00:35.13 |
| 14 | Jessica Stone (GBr) | 0:00:36.14 |
| 15 | Joanna Petterson (RSA) | 0:00:38.05 |
| 16 | Caroline Sax (Fra) | 0:00:44.41 |
| 17 | Morgane Charre (Fra) | 0:00:47.36 |
| 18 | Mélanie Pugin (Fra) | 0:00:59.98 |
| 19 | Nicole Beege (Ger) | 0:01:02.68 |
| 20 | Harriet Rucknagel (Ger) | 0:01:02.85 |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Cruz Syndicate | 83 | pts |
| 2 | MS Evil Racing | 66 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Scott 11 | 63 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
| 4 | Trek World Racing | 62 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
| 5 | GT Bicycles | 59 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
| 6 | Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense | 59 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
| 7 | Suspension Center | 40 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
| 8 | Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain | 35 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
| 9 | Commencal | 32 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
| 10 | Commencal Superiders | 30 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
| 11 | Solid Aclass Factory Team | 25 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
| 12 | Giant Factory Team | 24 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
| 13 | Lapierre International | 23 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
| 14 | Morzine-Avoriaz/Haute-Savoie | 23 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
| 15 | Dr-Gravity Union | 20 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
| 16 | RC Alpine Commencal Austria | 18 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
| 17 | Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 17 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
| 18 | Kona | 12 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
| 19 | XMS Racing Squad | 1 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sabrina Jonnier (Fra) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain | 1040 | pts |
| 2 | Emmeline Ragot (Fra) Suspension Center | 865 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Floriane Pugin (Fra) Scott 11 | 780 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
| 4 | Tracy Moseley (GBr) Trek World Racing | 699 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
| 5 | Myriam Nicole (Fra) Commencal Superiders | 685 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
| 6 | Claire Buchar (Can) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense | 466 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
| 7 | Rachel Atherton (GBr) Commencal | 460 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
| 8 | Mio Suemasa (Jpn) | 411 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
| 9 | Céline Gros (Fra) Morzine-Avoriaz/Haute-Savoie | 407 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
| 10 | Manon Carpenter° (GBr) | 376 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
| 11 | Petra Bernhard (Aut) RC Alpine Commencal Austria | 366 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
| 12 | Micayla Gatto (Can) | 190 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
| 13 | Fionn Griffiths (GBr) Norco World Team | 155 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
| 14 | Miriam Ruchti (Swi) Dr-Gravity Union | 150 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
| 15 | Emilie Siegenthaler (Swi) Scott 11 | 135 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
| 16 | Katy Curd (GBr) | 135 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
| 17 | Jessica Stone (GBr) | 105 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
| 18 | Harriet Rucknagel (Ger) | 95 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
| 19 | Melissa Buhl (USA) | 75 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
| 20 | Joanna Petterson (RSA) | 70 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
| 21 | Caroline Sax (Fra) | 55 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
| 22 | Martina Bruehlmann (Swi) | 45 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
| 23 | Morgane Charre (Fra) | 35 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
| 24 | Nicole Beege (Ger) | 25 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
| 25 | Aimee Dix (GBr) | 25 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
| 26 | Jacqueline Harmony (USA) | 20 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
| 27 | Anais Pajot (Fra) Team Sunn Montgenevre | 20 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
| 28 | Fanny Lombard° (Fra) | 20 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
| 29 | Mélanie Pugin (Fra) | 15 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
| 30 | Sophie Borderes (Fra) | 15 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
| 31 | Birgit Braumann (Aut) | 10 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense | 368 | pts |
| 2 | Scott 11 | 323 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Santa Cruz Syndicate | 302 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
| 4 | Commencal | 272 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
| 5 | Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain | 270 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
| 6 | Trek World Racing | 258 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
| 7 | MS Evil Racing | 185 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
| 8 | Suspension Center | 164 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
| 9 | GT Bicycles | 155 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
| 10 | Commencal Superiders | 152 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
| 11 | Lapierre International | 128 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
| 12 | Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 126 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
| 13 | Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz | 125 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
| 14 | Morzine-Avoriaz/Haute-Savoie | 112 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
| 15 | RC Alpine Commencal Austria | 110 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
| 16 | Giant Factory Team | 81 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
| 17 | Dr-Gravity Union | 80 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
| 18 | Norco World Team | 71 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
| 19 | Solid Aclass Factory Team | 53 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
| 20 | Kona | 53 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
| 21 | Mondraker Factory Team | 50 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
| 22 | Kenda-Playbiker | 42 | 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 | 5 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
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