Jonnier holds onto overall title
Atherton makes it a family day to remember
The final round of the 2010 Mountain Bike World Cup concluded on Sunday in Windham, New York, with the crowd favourite downhill race. Rachel Atherton (Commencal) took the women's win, while Sabrina Jonnier (Maxxis-Rocky Mountain) easily won her fifth overall title.
The competition for the women's title was all but over, with Jonnier holding an almost insurmountable 155-point lead over world champion Emmeline Ragot (Suspension Center) after qualifying on Friday. Mio Suemasa (Funn Bike) set the early fast time, which ended up being good enough for fourth. Suemasa held the hot seat until Atherton came down, four riders from the end, and the British rider knocked over seven and a half seconds from the leading time.
Neither of the final two riders - Ragot and fastest qualifier Tracy Moseley (Trek World Racing) - could come close to Atherton's time. Atherton, back from missing much of the season with a shoulder injury, showed that she will be a force to contend with at next week's world championships by blitzing the women's field by 1.36 seconds.
"I am so surprised," said Atherton. "It is so dry and fast, and having not raced for so long... I just did not know. I was just so happy I got to the bottom, it was such a complete surprise to win. I had nothing lose so I put it all on the line. Just late braking, pushing it that extra bit. I can't believe it."
"I know now I am ready for the Worlds. This weekend I thought: well, whatever happens, happens. I am just so happy to be racing again. No pressure. Now I have made some pressure for myself, because I know I can push myself this hard."
Jonnier, who finished eighth in the final, took the title with 1130 points, followed by Ragot at 1045 and Moseley with 909.
"I couldn't get my head into racing this week," said Jonnier. "I don't know what it was, but I was making a lot of mistakes all week and not riding well. I'm just happy to have this finished so that I can concentrate on the world championships."
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Rachel Atherton (GBr) Commencal | 0:02:49.85 |
2 | Tracy Moseley (GBr) Trek World Racing | 0:00:01.36 |
3 | Emmeline Ragot (Fra) Suspension Center | 0:00:02.72 |
4 | Mio Suemasa (Jpn) | 0:00:07.64 |
5 | Floriane Pugin (Fra) Scott 11 | 0:00:09.91 |
6 | Myriam Nicole (Fra) Commencal Superiders | 0:00:11.04 |
7 | Claire Buchar (Can) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense | 0:00:11.16 |
8 | Sabrina Jonnier (Fra) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain | 0:00:11.39 |
9 | Emilie Siegenthaler (Swi) Scott 11 | 0:00:14.19 |
10 | Fionn Griffiths (GBr) Norco World Team | 0:00:14.55 |
11 | Céline Gros (Fra) Morzine-Avoriaz/Haute-Savoie | 0:00:17.83 |
12 | Petra Bernhard (Aut) RC Alpine Commencal Austria | 0:00:18.71 |
13 | Jessica Stone (GBr) | 0:00:26.14 |
14 | Harriet Rucknagel (Ger) | 0:00:26.83 |
15 | Anne Laplante (Can) | 0:00:35.62 |
16 | Jill Kintner (USA) | 0:00:36.25 |
17 | Lauren Daney° (USA) | 0:01:02.39 |
DNF | Darian Harvey (USA) | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Manon Carpenter° (GBr) | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Jacqueline Harmony (USA) | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Scott 11 | 88 | pts |
2 | Commencal | 80 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | MS Evil Racing | 64 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense | 64 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Trek World Racing | 56 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Santa Cruz Syndicate | 54 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz | 53 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Commencal Superiders | 38 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Lapierre International | 32 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Suspension Center | 32 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 30 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | GT Bicycles | 26 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain | 23 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Norco World Team | 21 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Morzine-Avoriaz/Haute-Savoie | 20 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | RC Alpine Commencal Austria | 19 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Giant Factory Team | 16 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Kona | 8 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Kenda-Playbiker | 8 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Solid Aclass Factory Team | 7 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Dirt Norco Race Team | 6 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Blackmountain Morewood United | 4 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Massi Team | 2 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Sabrina Jonnier (Fra) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain | 1130 | pts |
2 | Emmeline Ragot (Fra) Suspension Center | 1045 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Tracy Moseley (GBr) Trek World Racing | 909 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Floriane Pugin (Fra) Scott 11 | 906 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Myriam Nicole (Fra) Commencal Superiders | 810 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Rachel Atherton (GBr) Commencal | 685 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Claire Buchar (Can) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense | 556 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Mio Suemasa (Jpn) | 536 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Céline Gros (Fra) Morzine-Avoriaz/Haute-Savoie | 469 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Petra Bernhard (Aut) RC Alpine Commencal Austria | 411 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Manon Carpenter° (GBr) | 376 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Fionn Griffiths (GBr) Norco World Team | 215 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Emilie Siegenthaler (Swi) Scott 11 | 195 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Micayla Gatto (Can) | 190 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Miriam Ruchti (Swi) Dr-Gravity Union | 150 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Jessica Stone (GBr) | 145 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Katy Curd (GBr) | 135 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Harriet Rucknagel (Ger) | 130 | 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 | Jill Kintner (USA) | 39 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Morgane Charre (Fra) | 35 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Anne Laplante (Can) | 30 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Nicole Beege (Ger) | 25 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Aimee Dix (GBr) | 25 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Jacqueline Harmony (USA) | 20 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Lauren Daney° (USA) | 20 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Anais Pajot (Fra) Team Sunn Montgenevre | 20 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Fanny Lombard° (Fra) | 20 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Mélanie Pugin (Fra) | 15 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
33 | Sophie Borderes (Fra) | 15 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
34 | Birgit Braumann (Aut) | 10 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense | 432 | pts |
2 | Scott 11 | 411 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Santa Cruz Syndicate | 356 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Commencal | 352 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Trek World Racing | 314 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain | 293 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | MS Evil Racing | 249 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Suspension Center | 196 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Commencal Superiders | 190 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | GT Bicycles | 181 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz | 178 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Lapierre International | 160 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 156 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Morzine-Avoriaz/Haute-Savoie | 132 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | RC Alpine Commencal Austria | 129 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Giant Factory Team | 97 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Norco World Team | 92 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Dr-Gravity Union | 80 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Kona | 61 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Solid Aclass Factory Team | 60 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Mondraker Factory Team | 50 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Kenda-Playbiker | 50 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Dirt Norco Race Team | 21 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Team Cingolani - Protone | 20 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Team Sunn Montgenevre | 20 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Blackmountain Morewood United | 20 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Massi Team | 10 | 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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