Barel bombs to messy downhill win

Three time UCI World Champion Fabien Barel (Subaru) announced his return from a knee injury by becoming the first non-Santa Cruz Syndicate rider of the year to win a World Cup. Greg Minnaar (Santa Cruz Syndicate) took over the World Cup lead from his team-mate Steve Peat after the Englishman flatted on his run.

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Results
1Fabien Barel (Fra) Subaru Mountain Bike Pro Team0:03:03
2Samuel Hill (Aus) Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz0:00:01
3Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate0:00:02
4Justin Leov (NZl) Trek World Racing0:00:04
5Brendan Fairclough (GBr) Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz0:00:05
6Fabien Pedemanaud (Fra) Scott 110:00:05
7Steve Smith (Can) MS Evil Racing0:00:05
8Matti Lehikoinen (Fin) MS Evil Racing0:00:05
9Mitchell Delfs (Aus) Kenda Morewood0:00:06
10Andrew Neethling (RSA) Trek World Racing0:00:06
11Samuel Blenkinsop (NZl) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team0:00:06
12Gee Atherton (GBr) Animal Commencal0:00:07
13Rhys Willemse (Aus)0:00:07
14Aaron Gwin (USA) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team0:00:07
15Bernat Guardia Pascual (Spa) Massi0:00:07
16Luke Strobel (USA) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles0:00:08
17Nick Beer (Swi) Scott 110:00:08
18Damien Spagnolo (Fra) Subaru Mountain Bike Pro Team0:00:08
19Michael Hannah (Aus) GT Bicycles0:00:08
20Mickael Pascal (Fra) MSC Bikes0:00:09
21Pierre Charles Georges (Fra) Solid Aclass Factory Team0:00:09
22Filip Polc (Svk) MS Evil Racing0:00:09
23Lorenzo Suding (Ita) Dytech DH0:00:09
24Cameron Cole (NZl) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles0:00:09
25Josh Bryceland (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate0:00:10
26Joe Barnes (GBr)0:00:10
27Joris Bigoni (Fra)0:00:10
28Aurélien Giordanengo (Fra)0:00:10
29Nathan Rankin (NZl) Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker0:00:11
30Markus Pekoll (Aut) Solid Aclass Factory Team0:00:11
31Toni Berg (Fin)0:00:11
32Maxime Remy (Fra) Suspension Center0:00:11
33Robin Wallner (Swe)0:00:12
34Duncan Riffle (USA) Duncan Riffle Racing0:00:12
35Danny Hart (GBr) Lapierre Powered By Saab Salomon0:00:12
35Matthew Simmonds (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles/IntenseRow 35 - Cell 2
37Rémi Thirion (Fra) Team Sunn0:00:12
38Steve Peat (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate0:00:13
39David Vazquez Lopez (Spa) Lapierre Powered By Saab Salomon0:00:13
40Aari Barrett (NZl) Scott 110:00:13
41Will Rischbieth (Aus)0:00:13
42Thomas Braithwaite (GBr)0:00:14
43Antonio Ferreiro Pajuelo (Spa) XMS-Devinci World Cup Team0:00:14
44Bernard Kerr (GBr)0:00:14
45Dan Stanbridge (GBr)0:00:14
46Benny Strasser (Ger)0:00:14
46Chris Kovarik (Aus) Chain Reaction Cycles/IntenseRow 46 - Cell 2
48Nico Vink (Bel)0:00:14
49Matthew Scoles (NZl)0:00:15
50Jared Rando (Aus) Giant Mountain Bike Team0:00:15
51Dominik Gspan (Swi)0:00:16
52Joseph Smith (GBr) Kona0:00:16
53Sam Dale (GBr)0:00:16
54Herman Olund (Swe)0:00:16
55Ruaridh Cunningham (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense0:00:17
56Cesar Rojo (Spa)0:00:17
57Joshua Button (Aus)0:00:17
58Ben Reid (Irl) Just Reid Race Team0:00:17
59Harry Heath (GBr)0:00:18
60Marcel Beer (Swi)0:00:18
61Vlastimil Hyncica (Cze)0:00:19
62Fabien Cousinie (Fra)0:00:19
63Martin Mikulenka (Cze)0:00:19
64Rémy Charrier (Fra) Team Sunn0:00:19
65Carlo Gambirasio (Ita) Surfing Shop0:00:19
66Romain Paulhan (Fra)0:00:20
67Roman Roschi (Swi)0:00:20
68Daniel Wolfe (Irl)0:00:20
69Marco Milivinti (Ita) Dytech DH0:00:20
70Ben Cathro (GBr)0:00:21
71Shaun O'connor (Aus) Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker0:00:21
72Mario Sieder (Aut) Solid Aclass Factory Team0:00:21
73Nejc Rutar (Slo) MBK Orbea0:00:22
74Espen Johnsen (Nor)0:00:22
75Rick Balbierer (Ger)0:00:22
76Ralph Jones (GBr)0:00:23
77Kieran Bennett (NZl) X-Fusion-Intense0:00:24
78Mathieu Gallean (Fra) Team Sunn0:00:24
79David Eme (Fra)0:00:25
80Ziga Pandur (Slo)0:00:25
81Erik Irmisch (Ger)0:00:31
82Will Longden (GBr)0:01:40
83Mathias Haas (Aut)0:02:23

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