Vernon wins junior downhill World Cup at Windham
Shaw and Vergier complete top three
Taylor Vernon (GT Factory Racing) won the junior men's downhill World Cup in Windham, New York on Saturday afternoon. Vernon finished 0.844 seconds ahead of American Luca Shaw (SRAM/TLD Racing) and 1.632 seconds up on Loris Vergier (Lapierre Gravity Republic).
"I didn't think it was a winning run to be honest, but it's a fine line on this track where you can push or go too slow," said Vernon. "I loved the course. It's probably one of my favorites tracks this year - it was fast."
Marcus Hansson (W-Racing) set the early fast time and was later bettered by Thibault Laly (France) and Andrew Crimmins (Kona Factory Team).
Joshua McCombie (New Zealand) was riding well until he got a rear flat, then Max Warshawsky (Australia) stepped into the hot seat.
Neil Stewart (FMD Racing) dropped 2.25 seconds off Warsahwky's pace, and then Vernon leapt into the hot seat by going another 3.3 seconds faster.
The next rider down the mountain, Vergier rode well enough to finish third ultimately while fastest qualifier Shaw finished off the racing with a second fastest time.
"I had a great run. I knew I lost some time on the top yesterday so I was happy to hit that fast today. I didn't make any mistakes and kept it smooth. Second will do," said Shaw. "I went as hard as I could and left it out there."
"It's pretty awesome to race a World Cup on home soil. I wish there were more, but this was a good experience."
In the World Cup standings, Shaw leads Vergier 214 to 200 points, while Vernon is in third with 181 points.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Taylor Vernon (GBr) GT Factory Racing | 0:02:31.800 |
2 | Luca Shaw (USA) Sram/TLD Racing | 0:00:00.844 |
3 | Loris Vergier (Fra) Lapierre Gravity Republic | 0:00:01.632 |
4 | Neil Stewart (GBr) FMD Racing | 0:00:03.321 |
5 | Thomas Estaque (Fra) Lac Blanc/Scott | 0:00:04.721 |
6 | Max Warshawsky (Aus) Australia | 0:00:05.544 |
7 | Andrew Crimmins (Aus) Kona Factory Team | 0:00:06.339 |
8 | Thibault Laly (Fra) France | 0:00:07.467 |
9 | Connor Hamilton (NZl) New-Zealand | 0:00:07.486 |
10 | Jack Almond (Can) Canada | 0:00:07.771 |
11 | Benjamin Boutie (Fra) Lac Blanc/Scott | 0:00:07.897 |
12 | Chase Nelson (USA) United States Of America | 0:00:08.204 |
13 | Marcus Hansson (Swe) W-Racing | 0:00:08.228 |
14 | Reece Wilson (GBr) Great Britain | 0:00:08.265 |
15 | Loris Revelli (Ita) Italy | 0:00:08.336 |
16 | Jack Iles (Can) Evil Vengeance Tour | 0:00:08.482 |
17 | Shane Leslie (USA) United States Of America | 0:00:08.537 |
18 | Demetri Triantafillou (USA) United States Of America | 0:00:09.028 |
19 | Drew Carters (GBr) Great Britain | 0:00:09.376 |
20 | Charlie Harrison (USA) United States Of America | 0:00:09.567 |
21 | Frazer Mccubbing (GBr) Steve Peat Syndicate | 0:00:09.965 |
22 | Carlos Alfaro Peralta (Per) Peru | 0:00:10.041 |
23 | Bryan Pfeiffer (Fra) France | 0:00:10.106 |
24 | Jackson Davis (Aus) Australia | 0:00:10.279 |
25 | Benjamin Dengate (Aus) Australia | 0:00:11.102 |
26 | Steve Marietta (Fra) France | 0:00:21.162 |
27 | Joshua Mccombie (NZl) New-Zealand | 0:00:36.282 |
DNF | Ferran Jorba Prats (Spa) Spain | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
DSQ | Matthew Mccorkell (Aus) Australia | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Galen Carter (USA) United States Of America - B | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Luca Shaw (USA) Sram/TLD Racing | 214 | pts |
2 | Loris Vergier (Fra) Lapierre Gravity Republic | 200 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Taylor Vernon (GBr) GT Factory Racing | 181 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Amaury Pierron (Fra) France | 90 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Neil Stewart (GBr) FMD Racing | 69 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Jack Iles (Can) Evil Vengeance Tour | 68 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Aiden Varley (Aus) Australia | 65 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Martin Maes (Bel) GT Factory Racing | 60 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Alex Marin Trillo (Spa) Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 55 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Thomas Estaque (Fra) Lac Blanc/Scott | 40 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Laurie Greenland (GBr) Trek World Racing | 40 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Steve Marietta (Fra) France | 38 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Reece Wilson (GBr) Great Britain | 34 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Ferran Jorba Prats (Spa) Spain | 33 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Connor Hamilton (NZl) New-Zealand | 32 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Benjamin Boutie (Fra) Lac Blanc/Scott | 29 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Drew Carters (GBr) Great Britain | 25 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Thibault Laly (Fra) France | 22 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Loris Revelli (Ita) Italy | 21 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Max Warshawsky (Aus) Australia | 18 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Martin Lebl (Cze) Czech Republic | 18 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Connor Sandri (NZl) New-Zealand | 18 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Francisco Matias (Chi) Chile | 18 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Frazer Mccubbing (GBr) Steve Peat Syndicate | 18 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Andrew Crimmins (Aus) Kona Factory Team | 16 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Ben Hill (Aus) Australia | 16 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Marcus Hansson (Swe) W-Racing | 16 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Adrien Dailly (Fra) France | 15 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Keegan Wright (NZl) New-Zealand | 14 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Andreas Kolb (Aut) Austria | 12 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Joshua Mccombie (NZl) New-Zealand | 12 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Mike Schaer (Swi) Switzerland | 12 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
33 | Jack Almond (Can) Canada | 10 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
34 | Maxime Ciriego (Fra) Roc Vtt Oz En Oisans | 8 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
35 | Jacob Dickson (Irl) Orange Dirt World Team, O'neal | 8 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
36 | Shane Leslie (USA) United States Of America | 8 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
37 | Dan Farley (GBr) Great Britain | 7 | Row 36 - Cell 3 |
38 | Chase Nelson (USA) United States Of America | 6 | Row 37 - Cell 3 |
39 | Andrew Dorrit (GBr) MS Mondraker Team | 6 | Row 38 - Cell 3 |
40 | Bradley Swinbank (GBr) Steve Peat Syndicate | 6 | Row 39 - Cell 3 |
41 | Sam Herd (GBr) Perth City Cycles | 6 | Row 40 - Cell 3 |
42 | Dan Booker (Aus) Australia - B | 4 | Row 41 - Cell 3 |
43 | Bryan Pfeiffer (Fra) France | 2 | Row 42 - Cell 3 |
44 | Silas Grandy (Ger) Germany | 2 | Row 43 - Cell 3 |
45 | Benjamin Dengate (Aus) Australia | 2 | Row 44 - Cell 3 |
46 | Jackson Davis (Aus) Australia | 1 | Row 45 - Cell 3 |
47 | Jonathan Philogene (RSA) South Africa | 1 | Row 46 - Cell 3 |
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