Minnaar edges Atherton in La Bresse
Gwin claims third, locks up World Cup title
Greg Minnaar (Santa Cruz Syndicate) took his second win of the season at La Bresse, France, in round six of the UCI Downhill Mountain Bike World Cup. However, it was not enough to stop Aaron Gwin (Trek World Racing) from locking up the men's World Cup overall title with a third place, an impressive feat with one race still remaining in the series. Gee Atherton (Commencal) took second on the day.
The men started with the same course-drying conditions as the women, and the first rider on the course, Tim Bentley (Morewood United Ride), set the first fast, sub-2:20 time. He was bumped a few riders later by Brit Greg Williamson, before Sam Dale (Sunn Montgenevre) took a more significant 3.2 seconds off the lead, to drop it to 2:16.100.
Harry Heath (Junior Tools) scrubbed a tenth of a second off, but it was Britain's Ben Cathro who set what would prove to be the first top-ten time, and spend much of the race in the Hot Seat. Cathro was aided by intermittent rain, heavy at times, that made some drying dirt sections slippery again, forcing riders to navigate more cautiously than riders that went down earlier in the seeding.
Cathro stayed on top through 34 riders before Justin Leov (Trek World Racing) finally displaced him by 0.414 seconds. Leov was immediately pushed out of the top spot one rider later by Marc Beaumont (GT). It was a certainty that the next rider down, Josh Bryceland (Santa Cruz Syndicate), was about to bump Beaumont when he crashed spectacularly in sight of the finish line. Bryceland, using flat pedals, was over a half a second faster at the second split, but just before the final jump his right foot slipped off his pedal and he went tumbling.
Fabien Barel (Mondraker), the two-time world champion and French favourite, managed to recover from a near crash at the top of the course, and slip-slid his way through the mud to finish 0.675 seconds ahead of Beaumont and move into the hot seat, which he held through Andrew Neethling (Giant) and Cam Cole (Lapierre), before Minnaar came down the track.
Minnaar had qualified a relatively slow fifth, but was on fire for his final run. The South African was near flawless, avoiding the slide-outs that cost others time, while still managing to throw in pedal strokes where others were coasting. He came flying across the line nearly 3.5 seconds faster than Barel, setting the first sub-2:10 time of the day.
Minnaar's teammate Steve Peat rode next, with a time that was initially good enough for fifth in the final standings. However, the Brit had slid off course on the wet grass near the top, sliding through the tape on one side of a pole and then back in on the other side. It wasn't intentional, and didn't offer him any advantage, but was enough to subsequently disqualify him.
It was down to the final three riders, with Gee Atherton looking at upsetting Minnaar after recording the fastest split of the day at the upper half of the course. However, he slowed significantly through the tight, twisty middle section, to finish 0.459 seconds behind Minnaar at the line. Canada's Steve Smith (Devinci) could not repeat his second place run from qualifying and finished seventh, leaving only World Cup leader Gwin to ride.
From the start, it was clear that Gwin was not showing the dominating form that he has had all season, four-tenths of a second back at the first split and almost two seconds back at the second split. He lost another half a second by the finish line, but it was good enough for third, and locked up the World Cup title, with an insurmountable lead of 310 points over Minnaar. Gee Atherton remains third, a further 151 points back.
"After I crashed at Mont-Sainte-Anne, I wasn't carrying a lot of confidence through Windham," said Minnaar. "So I went to Santa Cruz [California] and spent three weeks getting ready for this last trip. I felt bit discouraged being beat by Aaron by so much in the qualies, so after practice this morning I went back to my room and just hung out by myself and just really thought about the run that I needed to put together if I was to have any chance to win this race.
"I ran into a lot of mud spray at the top, and I was being somewhat cautious, so I didn't think it was enough to win, but I guess I kept it smooth, and I guess that was enough to win. It's awesome to do that. It was just a great weekend, with a great crowd and a great atmosphere."
Race notes
- Minnaar's win was his 52nd podium appearance, tying him with teammate Steve Peat for the most (Peat would have gotten his 53rd if he hadn't been DQ'd).
- Fabien Barel (Mondraker Factory Team) announced that he will retire at the end of this season, following the World Cup Final (Val di Sole, Italy, in two weeks) and the world championships in Champery, Switzerland. Barel, who won back-to-back elite world titles in 11 years of World Cup competition plus a junior world title, has been battling injuries over the past few seasons, including riding at times with a leg brace, so, while it will be sad to see the cheerful Frenchman leave, it is not totally unexpected.
1 | Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate | 0:02:09.611 |
2 | Gee Atherton (GBr) Commencal | 0:00:00.459 |
3 | Aaron Gwin (USA) Trek World Racing | 0:00:02.429 |
4 | Fabien Barel (Fra) Mondraker Factory Team | 0:00:03.473 |
5 | Cameron Cole (NZl) Lapierre International | 0:00:03.979 |
6 | Marc Beaumont (GBr) | 0:00:04.148 |
7 | Steve Smith (Can) Devinci Global Racing | 0:00:04.390 |
8 | Damien Spagnolo (Fra) Mondraker Factory Team | 0:00:05.003 |
9 | Justin Leov (NZl) Trek World Racing | 0:00:05.196 |
10 | Ben Cathro (GBr) | 0:00:05.610 |
11 | Brook MacDonald (NZl) MS Evil Racing | 0:00:05.694 |
12 | Brendan Fairclough (GBr) Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz | 0:00:05.862 |
13 | Danny Hart (GBr) Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 0:00:06.020 |
14 | Mickael Pascal (Fra) Morewood Unitedride | 0:00:06.182 |
15 | Joseph Smith (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles / Nukeproof | 0:00:06.223 |
16 | Rémi Thirion (Fra) Labyrinth Shimano Racing Team | 0:00:06.381 |
17 | Michael Hannah (Aus) | 0:00:06.385 |
18 | Harry Heath (GBr) Unior Tools Team | 0:00:06.394 |
19 | Alex Bond (GBr) | 0:00:06.481 |
20 | Sam Dale (GBr) Team Sunn Montgenevre | 0:00:06.489 |
21 | Lewis Buchanan* (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles / Nukeproof | 0:00:06.508 |
22 | Pierre Charles Georges (Fra) Team Lac Blanc / Solid / Massif Des Vosges | 0:00:07.091 |
23 | Filip Polc (Svk) MS Evil Racing | 0:00:07.095 |
24 | Matthew Simmonds (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles / Nukeproof | 0:00:07.243 |
25 | Bernard Kerr (GBr) | 0:00:07.309 |
26 | Ben Reid (Irl) Dirt Norco Race Team | 0:00:07.337 |
27 | Adam Brayton (GBr) | 0:00:07.550 |
28 | Ivan Oulego Moreno (Spa) | 0:00:07.623 |
29 | Eliot Jackson (USA) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 0:00:07.824 |
30 | Troy Brosnan* (Aus) Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz | 0:00:07.979 |
31 | Loic Bruni* (Fra) Lapierre International | 0:00:08.005 |
32 | Marcelo Gutierrez Villegas (Col) CG Racing Brigade | 0:00:08.258 |
33 | Andrew Neethling (RSA) Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 0:00:08.322 |
34 | Marcus Klausmann (Ger) Ghost Factory Racing Team | 0:00:08.350 |
35 | Nico Vink (Bel) Team Lac Blanc / Solid / Massif Des Vosges | 0:00:08.413 |
36 | Fabien Pedemanaud (Fra) Scott 11 | 0:00:08.494 |
37 | Joshua Button (Aus) SC - Intense | 0:00:08.642 |
38 | Markus Pekoll (Aut) MS Evil Racing | 0:00:08.680 |
39 | Joris Bigoni (Fra) | 0:00:09.228 |
40 | Dan Atherton (GBr) Commencal | 0:00:09.380 |
41 | George Brannigan (NZl) Devinci Global Racing | 0:00:09.394 |
42 | Matthew Scoles (NZl) Team Cingolani Trek | 0:00:09.549 |
43 | Luke Strobel (USA) MS Evil Racing | 0:00:09.624 |
44 | Mitchell Delfs (Aus) Kona | 0:00:09.625 |
45 | Greg Williamson (GBr) | 0:00:09.681 |
46 | Timothy Bentley (RSA) Morewood Unitedride | 0:00:09.822 |
47 | Fabien Cousinie (Fra) Morewood Unitedride | 0:00:09.910 |
48 | Jack Reading (GBr) | 0:00:10.105 |
49 | Marco Milivinti (Ita) Torpado Surfing Shop | 0:00:10.107 |
50 | Neko Mulally* (USA) Trek World Racing | 0:00:10.419 |
51 | Ruaridh Cunningham (GBr) Team Maxxis - Rocky Mountain | 0:00:10.429 |
52 | Mark Scott* (GBr) Team Maxxis - Rocky Mountain | 0:00:10.942 |
53 | Fergus Lamb (GBr) | 0:00:11.057 |
54 | Josh Bryceland (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate | 0:00:11.310 |
55 | Nick Beer (Swi) Scott 11 | 0:00:11.548 |
56 | Felix Beckeman (Swe) | 0:00:12.145 |
57 | Oscar Harnstrom (Swe) | 0:00:12.399 |
58 | Joe Barnes (GBr) | 0:00:12.413 |
59 | Matti Lehikoinen (Fin) Chain Reaction Cycles / Nukeproof | 0:00:12.707 |
60 | Dan Stanbridge (GBr) Dirt Norco Race Team | 0:00:12.755 |
61 | Patrick Thome (Fra) Mondraker Factory Team | 0:00:13.135 |
62 | Ralph Jones (GBr) | 0:00:13.167 |
63 | Boris Tetzlaff (Aut) Alpine Commencal Austria | 0:00:13.244 |
64 | Rudy Cabirou* (Fra) | 0:00:13.366 |
65 | Duncan Riffle (USA) Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 0:00:13.388 |
66 | Bernat Guardia Pascual (Spa) | 0:00:13.896 |
67 | Isak Leivsson* (Nor) | 0:00:14.166 |
68 | Benny Strasser (Ger) | 0:00:14.495 |
69 | Julien Camellini (Fra) Team Sunn Montgenevre | 0:00:15.399 |
70 | Jasper Jauch (Ger) | 0:00:15.551 |
71 | Peter Williams (GBr) | 0:00:15.666 |
72 | Scott Mears (GBr) | 0:00:17.199 |
73 | Ludovic Oget* (Fra) Labyrinth Shimano Racing Team | 0:00:17.223 |
74 | Romain Contreres* (Fra) US Cagnes VTT | 0:00:18.340 |
75 | Robert Smith (GBr) | 0:00:18.923 |
76 | Shaun O'Connor (Aus) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 0:00:19.527 |
77 | Thomas Braithwaite (GBr) | 0:00:19.888 |
78 | Benjamin Staehle* (Fra) | 0:00:20.243 |
79 | Gaetan Ruffin (Fra) Riding Addiction Commencal | 0:00:46.581 |
80 | Claudio Cozzi (Ita) | 0:00:50.038 |
DSQ | Steve Peat (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Samuel Blenkinsop (NZl) Lapierre International | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
1 | Aaron Gwin (USA) Trek World Racing | 1308 | pts |
2 | Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate | 998 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Gee Atherton (GBr) Commencal | 847 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Steve Smith (Can) Devinci Global Racing | 732 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Danny Hart (GBr) Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 689 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Brook MacDonald (NZl) MS Evil Racing | 640 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Cameron Cole (NZl) Lapierre International | 552 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Justin Leov (NZl) Trek World Racing | 552 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Steve Peat (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate | 548 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Josh Bryceland (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate | 539 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Fabien Barel (Fra) Mondraker Factory Team | 526 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Marc Beaumont (GBr) | 492 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Samuel Blenkinsop (NZl) Lapierre International | 478 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Troy Brosnan* (Aus) Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz | 475 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Andrew Neethling (RSA) Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 391 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Cédric Gracia (Fra) CG Racing Brigade | 366 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Damien Spagnolo (Fra) Mondraker Factory Team | 359 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Luke Strobel (USA) MS Evil Racing | 345 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Matthew Scoles (NZl) Team Cingolani Trek | 341 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Mickael Pascal (Fra) Morewood Unitedride | 321 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Samuel Hill (Aus) Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz | 315 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Markus Pekoll (Aut) MS Evil Racing | 307 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Michael Hannah (Aus) | 304 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Pierre Charles Georges (Fra) Team Lac Blanc / Solid / Massif Des Vosges | 304 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Matti Lehikoinen (Fin) Chain Reaction Cycles / Nukeproof | 301 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Julien Camellini (Fra) Team Sunn Montgenevre | 299 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Ruaridh Cunningham (GBr) Team Maxxis - Rocky Mountain | 298 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Filip Polc (Svk) MS Evil Racing | 275 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Ben Cathro (GBr) | 264 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Rémi Thirion (Fra) Labyrinth Shimano Racing Team | 259 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Neko Mulally* (USA) Trek World Racing | 255 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Joseph Smith (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles / Nukeproof | 248 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
33 | Brendan Fairclough (GBr) Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz | 247 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
34 | Florent Payet (Fra) SC - Intense | 246 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
35 | Fabien Pedemanaud (Fra) Scott 11 | 239 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
36 | Ben Reid (Irl) Dirt Norco Race Team | 236 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
37 | Sam Dale (GBr) Team Sunn Montgenevre | 233 | Row 36 - Cell 3 |
38 | Lewis Buchanan* (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles / Nukeproof | 231 | Row 37 - Cell 3 |
39 | Duncan Riffle (USA) Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 228 | Row 38 - Cell 3 |
40 | Romain Paulhan (Fra) | 226 | Row 39 - Cell 3 |
41 | Harry Heath (GBr) Unior Tools Team | 223 | Row 40 - Cell 3 |
42 | Fabien Cousinie (Fra) Morewood Unitedride | 222 | Row 41 - Cell 3 |
43 | Nick Beer (Swi) Scott 11 | 220 | Row 42 - Cell 3 |
44 | Shaun O'Connor (Aus) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 220 | Row 43 - Cell 3 |
45 | Loic Bruni* (Fra) Lapierre International | 215 | Row 44 - Cell 3 |
46 | Robin Wallner (Swe) Team Are Bikepark Powered By W - Racing | 213 | Row 45 - Cell 3 |
47 | Joshua Button (Aus) SC - Intense | 208 | Row 46 - Cell 3 |
48 | Marcelo Gutierrez Villegas (Col) CG Racing Brigade | 204 | Row 47 - Cell 3 |
49 | Mitchell Delfs (Aus) Kona | 192 | Row 48 - Cell 3 |
50 | Matthew Simmonds (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles / Nukeproof | 187 | Row 49 - Cell 3 |
51 | Nico Vink (Bel) Team Lac Blanc / Solid / Massif Des Vosges | 181 | Row 50 - Cell 3 |
52 | Thibaut Ruffin (Fra) Riding Addiction Commencal | 177 | Row 51 - Cell 3 |
53 | Dan Stanbridge (GBr) Dirt Norco Race Team | 171 | Row 52 - Cell 3 |
54 | Mitch Ropelato (USA) | 153 | Row 53 - Cell 3 |
55 | Patrick Thome (Fra) Mondraker Factory Team | 146 | Row 54 - Cell 3 |
56 | Bernat Guardia Pascual (Spa) | 144 | Row 55 - Cell 3 |
57 | George Brannigan (NZl) Devinci Global Racing | 141 | Row 56 - Cell 3 |
58 | Mark Scott* (GBr) Team Maxxis - Rocky Mountain | 139 | Row 57 - Cell 3 |
59 | Alex Bond (GBr) | 138 | Row 58 - Cell 3 |
60 | Adam Brayton (GBr) | 137 | Row 59 - Cell 3 |
61 | Boris Tetzlaff (Aut) Alpine Commencal Austria | 126 | Row 60 - Cell 3 |
62 | Lorenzo Suding (Ita) | 120 | Row 61 - Cell 3 |
63 | Dan Atherton (GBr) Commencal | 120 | Row 62 - Cell 3 |
64 | Greg Williamson (GBr) | 116 | Row 63 - Cell 3 |
65 | Fergus Lamb (GBr) | 115 | Row 64 - Cell 3 |
66 | Timothy Bentley (RSA) Morewood Unitedride | 109 | Row 65 - Cell 3 |
67 | Thomas Braithwaite (GBr) | 104 | Row 66 - Cell 3 |
68 | Bernard Kerr (GBr) | 102 | Row 67 - Cell 3 |
69 | Matej Charvat (Cze) | 97 | Row 68 - Cell 3 |
70 | Marcus Klausmann (Ger) Ghost Factory Racing Team | 94 | Row 69 - Cell 3 |
71 | Oscar Harnstrom (Swe) | 83 | Row 70 - Cell 3 |
72 | Bryn Atkinson (Aus) | 80 | Row 71 - Cell 3 |
73 | Kyle Sangers* (Can) | 80 | Row 72 - Cell 3 |
74 | Curtis Keene (USA) | 80 | Row 73 - Cell 3 |
75 | Emanuel Pombo (Por) | 72 | Row 74 - Cell 3 |
76 | Aurélien Giordanengo (Fra) Mondraker Factory Team | 70 | Row 75 - Cell 3 |
77 | Jared Graves (Aus) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 68 | Row 76 - Cell 3 |
78 | Dean Tennant (Can) | 68 | Row 77 - Cell 3 |
79 | Antonio Ferreiro Pajuelo (Spa) | 67 | Row 78 - Cell 3 |
80 | Jack Reading (GBr) | 65 | Row 79 - Cell 3 |
81 | Nejc Rutar (Slo) Unior Tools Team | 64 | Row 80 - Cell 3 |
82 | Scott Mears (GBr) | 64 | Row 81 - Cell 3 |
83 | Ivan Oulego Moreno (Spa) | 62 | Row 82 - Cell 3 |
84 | Austin Warren* (USA) | 58 | Row 83 - Cell 3 |
85 | Richard Thomas (GBr) | 57 | Row 84 - Cell 3 |
86 | Connor Fearon* (Aus) Kona | 57 | Row 85 - Cell 3 |
87 | Eliot Jackson (USA) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 55 | Row 86 - Cell 3 |
88 | Johann Potgieter (RSA) | 53 | Row 87 - Cell 3 |
89 | Benny Strasser (Ger) | 52 | Row 88 - Cell 3 |
90 | Joris Bigoni (Fra) | 50 | Row 89 - Cell 3 |
91 | Ralph Jones (GBr) | 49 | Row 90 - Cell 3 |
92 | Florian Arthus (Fra) | 48 | Row 91 - Cell 3 |
93 | Wyn Masters (NZl) MS Evil Racing | 47 | Row 92 - Cell 3 |
94 | Marco Milivinti (Ita) Torpado Surfing Shop | 40 | Row 93 - Cell 3 |
95 | Lars Peyer (Swi) SC - Intense | 40 | Row 94 - Cell 3 |
96 | Thomas Jeandin (Swi) | 36 | Row 95 - Cell 3 |
97 | Will Rischbieth (Aus) | 35 | Row 96 - Cell 3 |
98 | Harry Molloy (GBr) Madison Saracen | 35 | Row 97 - Cell 3 |
99 | Joe Barnes (GBr) | 34 | Row 98 - Cell 3 |
100 | Marcel Beer (Swi) | 31 | Row 99 - Cell 3 |
101 | Cody Warren (USA) | 29 | Row 100 - Cell 3 |
102 | Chris Del Bosco (Can) | 29 | Row 101 - Cell 3 |
103 | Oliver Burton (GBr) | 28 | Row 102 - Cell 3 |
104 | Gavin Vaughan (USA) | 27 | Row 103 - Cell 3 |
105 | Jonty Neethling (RSA) | 27 | Row 104 - Cell 3 |
106 | Alexander Kangas (Swe) | 26 | Row 105 - Cell 3 |
107 | Yann Gauvin (Can) | 25 | Row 106 - Cell 3 |
108 | Felix Beckeman (Swe) | 25 | Row 107 - Cell 3 |
109 | Dominik Gspan (Swi) | 25 | Row 108 - Cell 3 |
110 | Gaetan Ruffin (Fra) Riding Addiction Commencal | 25 | Row 109 - Cell 3 |
111 | Gareth Brewin (GBr) | 23 | Row 110 - Cell 3 |
112 | Hayden Brown (RSA) | 23 | Row 111 - Cell 3 |
113 | Simon Cardon (Fra) Xcytt Racing | 22 | Row 112 - Cell 3 |
114 | Remi Gauvin (Can) | 22 | Row 113 - Cell 3 |
115 | Robert Smith (GBr) | 18 | Row 114 - Cell 3 |
116 | Fraser McGlone* (GBr) | 17 | Row 115 - Cell 3 |
117 | Rudy Cabirou* (Fra) | 17 | Row 116 - Cell 3 |
118 | Daniel Pombo (Por) | 16 | Row 117 - Cell 3 |
119 | Hans Lambert (Can) | 15 | Row 118 - Cell 3 |
120 | Kelvin Purchase (RSA) | 15 | Row 119 - Cell 3 |
121 | Charly Di Pasquale (Fra) Labyrinth Shimano Racing Team | 15 | Row 120 - Cell 3 |
122 | Ziga Pandur (Slo) Unior Tools Team | 14 | Row 121 - Cell 3 |
123 | Chris Hutchens (GBr) | 14 | Row 122 - Cell 3 |
124 | Isak Leivsson* (Nor) | 14 | Row 123 - Cell 3 |
125 | Tiaan Odendaal* (RSA) | 13 | Row 124 - Cell 3 |
126 | Matt Zdriluk (Can) | 12 | Row 125 - Cell 3 |
127 | Jasper Jauch (Ger) | 11 | Row 126 - Cell 3 |
128 | Seanan O'Riordan (Irl) | 11 | Row 127 - Cell 3 |
129 | Francesco Danilo Petrucci (Ita) Team Cingolani Trek | 11 | Row 128 - Cell 3 |
130 | Hajime Imoto (Jpn) | 11 | Row 129 - Cell 3 |
131 | Peter Williams (GBr) | 10 | Row 130 - Cell 3 |
132 | Roman Roschi (Swi) | 10 | Row 131 - Cell 3 |
133 | Logan Binggeli (USA) | 10 | Row 132 - Cell 3 |
134 | Ludovic Oget* (Fra) Labyrinth Shimano Racing Team | 8 | Row 133 - Cell 3 |
135 | Arthur Parret* (Fra) Passion Velo Thiers Stemtee | 8 | Row 134 - Cell 3 |
136 | Yuki Kushima* (Jpn) | 8 | Row 135 - Cell 3 |
137 | Christopher Mcglinchey* (Irl) | 8 | Row 136 - Cell 3 |
138 | Romain Contreres* (Fra) US Cagnes VTT | 7 | Row 137 - Cell 3 |
139 | Jérôme Payet (Fra) | 7 | Row 138 - Cell 3 |
140 | Rob Fraser (Can) | 6 | Row 139 - Cell 3 |
141 | Daniel Sims (NZl) | 6 | Row 140 - Cell 3 |
142 | Mathias Haas (Aut) Alpine Commencal Austria | 5 | Row 141 - Cell 3 |
143 | Mathieu Gallean (Fra) Ryde - Racing | 5 | Row 142 - Cell 3 |
144 | Cyrille Kurtz (Fra) CK Racing Santacruz | 4 | Row 143 - Cell 3 |
145 | Daniel Critchlow (GBr) | 4 | Row 144 - Cell 3 |
146 | Adam Vagner (Cze) | 3 | Row 145 - Cell 3 |
147 | Benjamin Staehle* (Fra) | 3 | Row 146 - Cell 3 |
148 | Niklas Wallner (Swe) Team Are Bikepark Powered By W - Racing | 3 | Row 147 - Cell 3 |
149 | Travis Browning (RSA) | 3 | Row 148 - Cell 3 |
150 | Claudio Cozzi (Ita) | 1 | Row 149 - Cell 3 |
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