Graves on top in men's four cross
Saladini, Fischbach round out podium
World Cup champion Jared Graves (Yeti Fox Shox) confirmed his four cross World Cup title under the lights of the Planai ski slope in Schladming, Austria, Saturday night.
The men's series had already been won by Graves, the new world champion, but he wasn't about to pass up the opportunity to finish the season on a winning note. The Australian was untouchable, easily winning his heats in every round, often by huge margins. in the final, it came down to Graves, Romain Saladini (Team Sunn), Johannes Fishbach (Ghost ATG) and Dutchman Joost Wichman. Wichman ran into trouble at the top of the course, putting himself out of contention, and the young Frenchman Saladini was able to hold off Fishbach for second behind Graves.
Saladini's second place bumped him up to third in the final standings behind Graves and Wichman. He took over the place of injured Roger Rinderknecht (GT Bicycles).
"It's been a good season," said Graves. "Tonight I was confident [of winning], but there were a lot of interesting moves and crashes happening out there. I wanted to go out on a strong finish to the season, so I knew what I had to do. There were a couple of small mistakes, but nothing that cost me, so it was a good night."
Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team |
---|---|
1 | Jared Graves (Aus) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team |
2 | Romain Saladini (Fra) Team Sunn |
3 | Johannes Fischbach (Ger) Ghost A.T.G. Pro Team |
4 | Joost Wichman (Ned) |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team |
---|---|
5 | Dan Atherton (GBr) Animal Commencal |
6 | Guido Tschugg (Ger) Ghost A.T.G. Pro Team |
7 | Filip Polc (Svk) Ms Evil Racing |
8 | Scott Beaumont (GBr) Rocky Mountain Uk |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team |
---|---|
9 | Tomas Slavik (Cze) |
10 | Patrick Campbell-Jenner (GBr) |
11 | Quentin Derbier (Fra) |
12 | Brook Macdonald (NZl) Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team |
13 | Michal Prokop (Cze) |
14 | Jurg Meijer (Ned) |
15 | Pascal Seydoux (Swi) |
16 | Premek Tejchman (Cze) |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team |
---|---|
17 | Mitch Ropelato (USA) |
18 | Wyn Masters (NZl) Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team |
19 | David Graf (Swi) |
20 | Fabien Cousinie (Fra) Kenda Morewood |
21 | William Evans (GBr) |
22 | Marek Pesko (Svk) |
23 | Adrian Kiener (Swi) |
24 | Daniel Fülle (Ger) |
25 | Adam Stasek (Cze) Ghost A.T.G. Pro Team |
26 | Lukas Mechura (Cze) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense |
27 | Thomas Schäfer (Ger) Solid Aclass Factory Team |
28 | Arne Tschugg (Ger) |
29 | Will Longden (GBr) |
30 | Rafael Alvarez De Lara Lucas (Spa) Specialized Factory Racing |
31 | Luka Novak (Slo) |
32 | Jan Svub (Cze) |
33 | Duncan Ferris (GBr) |
34 | Stepan Novotny (Cze) |
35 | Petrik Brückner (Ger) |
36 | Jakub Hnidak (Cze) |
37 | Peter Novacik (Svk) |
38 | Joey Van Veghel (Ned) |
39 | Scott Roberts (GBr) |
40 | Aiko Göhler (Ger) |
41 | Attila Kovacs (Hun) |
42 | Tom Dowie (GBr) |
43 | Stefan Kiser (Swi) |
44 | Marko Runst (Ger) |
45 | Mathieu Troquier (Fra) |
46 | Matej Stapic (Slo) |
47 | Daniel Auerswald (Ger) |
48 | Lukasz Baran (Pol) |
49 | Jakub Riha (Cze) |
50 | Kieran Mcavoy (GBr) |
51 | Matej Vitko (Svk) |
52 | Martin Frei (Swi) |
53 | Tilen Frank (Slo) |
54 | Thomas Bubla (Aut) |
55 | Luis Brethauer (Ger) |
56 | Frans Sjoblom (Swe) |
57 | Maximilian Wrstala (Ger) |
58 | Christoph Eder (Aut) |
59 | Robert Kulesza (Pol) |
60 | Thomas Krainer (Aut) |
DSQ | Mathieu Gallean (Fra) |
DSQ | Sidney Gerber (Swi) |
DNS | Lorenzo Suding (Ita) |
DNS | Piotr Paradowski (Pol) |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 70 | pts |
2 | Suspension Center | 50 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Ghost A.T.G. Pro Team | 50 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Team Sunn | 35 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Animal Commencal | 22 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | MS Evil Racing | 18 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Rocky Mountain UK | 16 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team | 9 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jared Graves (Aus) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 800 | pts |
2 | Joost Wichman (Ned) | 551 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Romain Saladini (Fra) Team Sunn | 428 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Roger Rinderknecht (Swi) GT Bicycles | 376 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Dan Atherton (GBr) Animal Commencal | 341 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Michal Prokop (Cze) | 270 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Rafael Alvarez De Lara Lucas (Spa) Specialized Factory Racing | 240 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Tomas Slavik (Cze) | 235 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Johannes Fischbach (Ger) Ghost A.T.G. Pro Team | 143 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Guido Tschugg (Ger) Ghost A.T.G. Pro Team | 133 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Scott Beaumont (GBr) Rocky Mountain UK | 111 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Filip Polc (Svk) MS Evil Racing | 110 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Mitch Ropelato (USA) | 100 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Luke Madill (Aus) GT Bicycles | 100 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Lukas Mechura (Cze) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense | 100 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Jurg Meijer (Ned) | 97 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Quentin Derbier (Fra) | 87 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Mickael Deldycke (Fra) | 40 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Cédric Gracia (Fra) | 40 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Pascal Seydoux (Swi) | 34 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Matej Vitko (Svk) | 34 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Michael Robert Haderer (USA) | 30 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Gee Atherton (GBr) Animal Commencal | 30 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Patrick Campbell-Jenner (GBr) | 28 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Bernard Kerr (GBr) | 25 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Kamil Tatarkovic (Cze) | 25 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Brook Macdonald (NZl) Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team | 22 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | David Graf (Swi) | 20 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Sascha Meyenborg (Ger) | 20 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | John Swanguen (USA) | 14 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | William Evans (GBr) | 14 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Joey Van Veghel (Ned) | 14 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
33 | Blake Carney (USA) | 12 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
34 | Fabien Cousinie (Fra) Kenda Morewood | 11 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
35 | Randal Huntington (Aus) | 11 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
36 | Lewis Lacey (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense | 11 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
37 | Darryn Stow (RSA) | Row 36 - Cell 2 | Row 36 - Cell 3 |
38 | Michal Marosi (Cze) | Row 37 - Cell 2 | Row 37 - Cell 3 |
39 | Will Longden (GBr) | Row 38 - Cell 2 | Row 38 - Cell 3 |
40 | Martin Frei (Swi) | Row 39 - Cell 2 | Row 39 - Cell 3 |
41 | Premek Tejchman (Cze) | Row 40 - Cell 2 | Row 40 - Cell 3 |
42 | Arne Tschugg (Ger) | Row 41 - Cell 2 | Row 41 - Cell 3 |
43 | Marek Pesko (Svk) | Row 42 - Cell 2 | Row 42 - Cell 3 |
44 | Adam Stasek (Cze) Ghost A.T.G. Pro Team | Row 43 - Cell 2 | Row 43 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 305 | pts |
2 | Suspension Center | 300 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Team Sunn | 182 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Ghost A.T.G. Pro Team | 176 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | GT Bicycles | 174 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Animal Commencal | 168 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Norco World Team | 165 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Specialized Factory Racing | 109 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Rocky Mountain UK | 72 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | MS Evil Racing | 71 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense | 67 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team | 18 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Kenda Morewood | 9 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
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