MTB World Cup Downhill #3 - Fort William 2012: Elite men downhill Results

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Men's podium: Sam Hillm Danny Hart, Aaron Gwin, Gee Atherton, Josh Bryceland(Image credit: Canadian Cyclist)

Aaron Gwin (Trek World Racing) took his second consecutive UCI Downhill World Cup win of the season on Sunday in Fort William, Scotland, solidifying his lead atop the men's standings after three rounds. However, unlike last weekend at Val di Sole, Italy, his victory margin was measured in tenths of a second rather than multiple seconds.

The men struggled with the wet and slippery conditions, and also had to contend with mist on the open slopes of the upper section of the course, at times so thick that it became almost impossible to see more than 10 meters ahead. It wasn't until there were less than 30 riders remaining that the five minute barrier was broken by young British rider Greg Williamson, at 4:57.864 . Williamson held onto the lead through seven more riders before Gwin obliterated it, knocking 9.654 seconds off the leading time - a time still nearly six seconds slower than Marc Beaumont's (GT Factory) top qualifying time a day earlier in much drier conditions.

As the race counted down to the final ten riders, they began chipping away at Gwin's lead, but it wasn't enough. Greg Minnaar (Santa Cruz Syndicate), the winner of round one, was five seconds back after dropping his chain, a resurgent Sam Hill (Monster Energy-Specialized) at three and a half seconds, and Gee Atherton (GT Factory) a second closer. Only world champion Danny Hart (Giant) could get within a second, after leading at the first split, but he was 0.834 seconds back at the finish, giving Gwin his second consecutive victory of the season.

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#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Aaron Gwin (USA) Trek World Racing	0:04:48.210
2	Danny Hart (GBr) Giant Factory Off-Road Team	0:00:00.834
3	Gee Atherton (GBr) GT Factory Racing	0:00:02.516
4	Samuel Hill (Aus) Monster Energy-Specialized	0:00:03.532
5	Josh Bryceland (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate	0:00:05.056
6	Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate	0:00:05.123
7	Joseph Smith (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	0:00:06.938
8	Sam Dale (GBr)	0:00:07.142
9	Matthew Simmonds (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	0:00:07.382
10	Cameron Cole (NZl) Lapierre International	0:00:07.564
11	Rémi Thirion (Fra) Labyrinth Shimano Racing Team	0:00:07.711
12	Samuel Blenkinsop (NZl) Lapierre International	0:00:08.035
13	Andrew Neethling (RSA) Giant Factory Off-Road Team	0:00:08.127
14	Luke Strobel (USA)	0:00:08.958
15	Michael Hannah (Aus) Hutchinson United Ride	0:00:09.274
16	Loic Bruni° (Fra) Lapierre International	0:00:09.615
17	Greg Williamson (GBr)	0:00:09.654
18	Nick Beer (Swi) Devinci Global Racing	0:00:11.145
19	Steve Smith (Can) Devinci Global Racing	0:00:11.185
20	Bryn Atkinson (Aus) Team Norco International	0:00:13.832
21	George Brannigan (NZl) Devinci Global Racing	0:00:14.132
22	Patrick Thome (Fra) Lapierre International	0:00:14.197
23	Lewis Buchanan (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	0:00:14.864
24	Mitchell Delfs (Aus) Kona	0:00:14.999
25	Richard Thomas (GBr)	0:00:15.129
26	Filip Polc (Svk)	0:00:15.280
27	Ben Reid (Irl) Dirt Norco Race Team	0:00:15.366
28	Pierre Charles Georges (Fra) Team Lac Blanc / Solid / Batibois Alsace	0:00:15.757
29	Brendan Fairclough (GBr) Scott11	0:00:15.992
30	Johannes Fischbach (Ger) Ghost Factory Racing Team	0:00:16.157
31	Alexander Kangas (Swe)	0:00:16.225
32	Justin Leov (NZl) Trek World Racing	0:00:16.341
33	Richard Rude Jr° (USA) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	0:00:16.574
34	Mickael Pascal (Fra) CK Racing Santacruz	0:00:16.753
35	Fraser Mcglone° (GBr)	0:00:17.238
36	Dan Atherton (GBr) GT Factory Racing	0:00:17.305
37	Matti Lehikoinen (Fin) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	0:00:18.138
38	Connor Fearon° (Aus) Kona	0:00:18.418
39	Jack Reading (GBr)	0:00:18.790
40	Marcelo Gutierrez Villegas (Col) Cg Racing Brigade	0:00:19.258
41	Duncan Riffle (USA) Dirt Norco Race Team	0:00:19.514
42	Damien Spagnolo (Fra) MS Mondraker Team	0:00:19.902
43	Nico Vink (Bel) Rose Vaujany Gravity MTB Team	0:00:20.093
44	Ivan Oulego Moreno (Spa)	0:00:20.194
45	Aurélien Giordanengo (Fra) Topcycle By Trek	0:00:20.361
46	Lars Vatnebryn Sandviken (Nor)	0:00:21.033
47	Julien Camellini (Fra)	0:00:21.322
48	Joshua Button (Aus) SC-Intense	0:00:21.821
49	Thomas Braithwaite (GBr)	0:00:22.498
50	Nejc Rutar (Slo) Unior Tools Team	0:00:22.642
51	Ralph Jones (GBr)	0:00:22.788
52	Joe Barnes (GBr)	0:00:22.817
53	Ziga Pandur (Slo) Unior Tools Team	0:00:22.976
54	Boris Tetzlaff (Aut) Alpine Commencal Austria	0:00:22.978
55	Oliver Burton (GBr)	0:00:23.316
56	Mark Scott (GBr)	0:00:25.894
57	Fabien Cousinie (Fra) Hutchinson United Ride	0:00:25.940
58	Cyrille Kurtz (Fra) CK Racing Santacruz	0:00:26.056
59	Scott Mears (GBr)	0:00:26.641
60	Oscar Harnstrom (Swe) Pila-BlaCK Arrows-MTB Herin School Asd	0:00:27.821
61	Florent Payet (Fra) SC-Intense	0:00:28.339
62	Francisco Pardal (Por)	0:00:28.968
63	Thomas Jeandin (Swi)	0:00:30.740
64	Phil Atwill° (GBr) Madison Saracen Downhill Team	0:00:31.026
65	Robin Wallner (Swe) Team Are Bikepark By W-Racing	0:00:31.106
66	Marc Beaumont (GBr) GT Factory Racing	0:00:32.479
67	Niklas Wallner (Swe) Team Are Bikepark By W-Racing	0:00:33.437
68	Mathieu Gallean (Fra) Dagg - Racing	0:00:37.229
69	Brook Macdonald (NZl) MS Mondraker Team	0:00:39.184
70	Edgar Carballo Gonzalez (Spa)	0:00:39.312
71	Matthew Beer (Can)	0:00:41.505
72	Alex Bond (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	0:00:42.252
73	Gaetan Ruffin (Fra) Commencal / Riding Addiction	0:00:52.026
74	Bernat Guardia Pascual (Spa)	0:00:53.101
75	Harry Heath (GBr) Unior Tools Team	0:00:55.882
76	Jared Graves (Aus) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	0:00:57.744
77	Steve Peat (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate	0:03:19.320
DNF	Ruaridh Cunningham (GBr)	Row 77 - Cell 2
DNF	Lorenzo Suding (Ita) Pila-BlaCK Arrows-MTB Herin School Asd	Row 78 - Cell 2
DNF	George Gannicott° (GBr)	Row 79 - Cell 2
DNF	Andreas Sieber (Ger)	Row 80 - Cell 2

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Teams
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	GT Factory Racing	67	pts
2	Lapierre International	55	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Santa Cruz Syndicate	54	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	54	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Giant Factory Off-Road Team	53	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Trek World Racing	40	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	MS Mondraker Team	40	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Scott11	37	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Hutchinson United Ride	36	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Devinci Global Racing	35	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Commencal / Riding Addiction	30	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Monster Energy-Specialized	30	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Team Norco International	23	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Labyrinth Shimano Racing Team	20	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Passion Velo.Fr	18	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Team Morzine - Avoriaz / Haute - Savoie	14	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Kona	7	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Unior Tools Team	4	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Dirt Norco Race Team	4	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Team Lac Blanc / Solid / Batibois Alsace	3	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Alpine Commencal Austria	2	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Ghost Factory Racing Team	1	Row 21 - Cell 3

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World Cup individual standings after round 3
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Aaron Gwin (USA) Trek World Racing	650	pts
2	Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate	565	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Gee Atherton (GBr) GT Factory Racing	495	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Danny Hart (GBr) Giant Factory Off-Road Team	355	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Samuel Hill (Aus) Monster Energy-Specialized	334	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Steve Smith (Can) Devinci Global Racing	302	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Marc Beaumont (GBr) GT Factory Racing	293	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Michael Hannah (Aus) Hutchinson United Ride	288	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Josh Bryceland (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate	257	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Rémi Thirion (Fra) Labyrinth Shimano Racing Team	237	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Cameron Cole (NZl) Lapierre International	217	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Samuel Blenkinsop (NZl) Lapierre International	214	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Nick Beer (Swi) Devinci Global Racing	207	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Justin Leov (NZl) Trek World Racing	204	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Andrew Neethling (RSA) Giant Factory Off-Road Team	199	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Loic Bruni° (Fra) Lapierre International	199	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Matthew Simmonds (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	189	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	George Brannigan (NZl) Devinci Global Racing	189	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Joseph Smith (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	185	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Damien Spagnolo (Fra) Ms Mondraker Team	182	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Richard Rude Jr° (USA) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	172	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Brendan Fairclough (GBr) Scott11	170	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	Julien Camellini (Fra)	167	Row 22 - Cell 3
24	Brook Macdonald (NZl) Ms Mondraker Team	166	Row 23 - Cell 3
25	Aurélien Giordanengo (Fra) Topcycle By Trek	157	Row 24 - Cell 3
26	Steve Peat (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate	156	Row 25 - Cell 3
27	Luke Strobel (USA)	153	Row 26 - Cell 3
28	Pierre Charles Georges (Fra) Team Lac Blanc / Solid / Batibois Alsace	153	Row 27 - Cell 3
29	Mickael Pascal (Fra) Ck Racing Santacruz	144	Row 28 - Cell 3
30	Jared Graves (Aus) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	142	Row 29 - Cell 3
31	Patrick Thome (Fra) Lapierre International	137	Row 30 - Cell 3
32	Johannes Fischbach (Ger) Ghost Factory Racing Team	137	Row 31 - Cell 3
33	Sam Dale (GBr)	135	Row 32 - Cell 3
34	Bryn Atkinson (Aus) Team Norco International	133	Row 33 - Cell 3
35	Robin Wallner (Swe) Team Are Bikepark By W-Racing	125	Row 34 - Cell 3
36	Bernard Kerr (GBr)	115	Row 35 - Cell 3
37	Richard Thomas (GBr)	112	Row 36 - Cell 3
38	Mitchell Delfs (Aus) Kona	110	Row 37 - Cell 3
39	Troy Brosnan (Aus) Monster Energy-Specialized	107	Row 38 - Cell 3
40	Greg Williamson (GBr)	106	Row 39 - Cell 3
41	Connor Fearon° (Aus) Kona	102	Row 40 - Cell 3
42	Joshua Button (Aus) Sc-Intense	100	Row 41 - Cell 3
43	Fabien Cousinie (Fra) Hutchinson United Ride	95	Row 42 - Cell 3
44	Cédric Gracia (Fra) Cg Racing Brigade	93	Row 43 - Cell 3
45	Thibaut Ruffin (Fra) Commencal / Riding Addiction	91	Row 44 - Cell 3
46	Marcus Klausmann (Ger) Ghost Factory Racing Team	88	Row 45 - Cell 3
47	Marcelo Gutierrez Villegas (Col) Cg Racing Brigade	88	Row 46 - Cell 3
48	Duncan Riffle (USA) Dirt Norco Race Team	85	Row 47 - Cell 3
49	Oliver Burton (GBr)	80	Row 48 - Cell 3
50	Lewis Buchanan (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	78	Row 49 - Cell 3
51	Alexander Kangas (Swe)	78	Row 50 - Cell 3
52	Florent Payet (Fra) Sc-Intense	75	Row 51 - Cell 3
53	Harry Molloy (GBr) Madison Saracen Downhill Team	74	Row 52 - Cell 3
54	Fraser Mcglone° (GBr)	73	Row 53 - Cell 3
55	Oscar Harnstrom (Swe) Pila-Black Arrows-Mtb Herin School Asd	71	Row 54 - Cell 3
56	Jack Reading (GBr)	70	Row 55 - Cell 3
57	Eliot Jackson (USA) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	69	Row 56 - Cell 3
58	Neko Mulally (USA) Trek World Racing	67	Row 57 - Cell 3
59	Matti Lehikoinen (Fin) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	67	Row 58 - Cell 3
60	Ziga Pandur (Slo) Unior Tools Team	66	Row 59 - Cell 3
61	Matthew Beer (Can)	64	Row 60 - Cell 3
62	Ruaridh Cunningham (GBr)	58	Row 61 - Cell 3
63	Thomas Braithwaite (GBr)	57	Row 62 - Cell 3
64	Francisco Pardal (Por)	56	Row 63 - Cell 3
65	Filip Polc (Svk)	55	Row 64 - Cell 3
66	Lorenzo Suding (Ita) Pila-Black Arrows-Mtb Herin School Asd	55	Row 65 - Cell 3
67	Ben Reid (Irl) Dirt Norco Race Team	54	Row 66 - Cell 3
68	Markus Pekoll (Aut) Ms Mondraker Team	51	Row 67 - Cell 3
69	Marco Milivinti (Ita) Torpado Surfing Shop	48	Row 68 - Cell 3
70	Johann Potgieter (RSA)	48	Row 69 - Cell 3
71	Nejc Rutar (Slo) Unior Tools Team	48	Row 70 - Cell 3
72	Dan Atherton (GBr) GT Factory Racing	45	Row 71 - Cell 3
73	Isak Leivsson (Nor)	44	Row 72 - Cell 3
74	Yoann Barelli (Fra)	42	Row 73 - Cell 3
75	Bernat Guardia Pascual (Spa)	41	Row 74 - Cell 3
76	Kyle Sangers (Can)	38	Row 75 - Cell 3
77	Curtis Keene (USA) Specialized Racing - Usa Gravity	38	Row 76 - Cell 3
78	Nico Vink (Bel) Rose Vaujany Gravity Mtb Team	38	Row 77 - Cell 3
79	Mitch Ropelato (USA) Specialized Racing - Usa Gravity	37	Row 78 - Cell 3
80	Ivan Oulego Moreno (Spa)	37	Row 79 - Cell 3
81	Alex Bond (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	37	Row 80 - Cell 3
82	Lars Vatnebryn Sandviken (Nor)	35	Row 81 - Cell 3
83	Mathieu Gallean (Fra) Dagg - Racing	35	Row 82 - Cell 3
84	Timothy Bentley (RSA) Hutchinson United Ride	33	Row 83 - Cell 3
85	Miran Vauh (Slo)	33	Row 84 - Cell 3
86	Faustin Figaret (Fra) Sc-Intense	32	Row 85 - Cell 3
87	Jonty Neethling (RSA)	32	Row 86 - Cell 3
88	Benny Strasser (Ger)	31	Row 87 - Cell 3
89	Niklas Wallner (Swe) Team Are Bikepark By W-Racing	31	Row 88 - Cell 3
90	Gianluca Vernassa° (Ita) Devinci Global Racing	30	Row 89 - Cell 3
91	Ralph Jones (GBr)	30	Row 90 - Cell 3
92	Mark Scott (GBr)	30	Row 91 - Cell 3
93	Joe Barnes (GBr)	29	Row 92 - Cell 3
94	Emanuel Pombo (Por)	28	Row 93 - Cell 3
95	Stefan Garlicki (RSA)	27	Row 94 - Cell 3
96	Boris Tetzlaff (Aut) Alpine Commencal Austria	27	Row 95 - Cell 3
97	Harry Heath (GBr) Unior Tools Team	26	Row 96 - Cell 3
98	Cyrille Kurtz (Fra) Ck Racing Santacruz	23	Row 97 - Cell 3
99	Lars Peyer (Swi) Sc-Intense	22	Row 98 - Cell 3
100	Scott Mears (GBr)	22	Row 99 - Cell 3
101	Logan Binggeli (USA)	18	Row 100 - Cell 3
102	Thomas Jeandin (Swi)	18	Row 101 - Cell 3
103	Carlo Caire° (Ita) Argentina Bike Gravity Team	17	Row 102 - Cell 3
104	Phil Atwill° (GBr) Madison Saracen Downhill Team	17	Row 103 - Cell 3
105	Charly Di Pasquale (Fra) Xcytt Racing	16	Row 104 - Cell 3
106	Fergus Lamb (GBr)	16	Row 105 - Cell 3
107	Arthur Parret (Fra) Passion Velo.Fr	14	Row 106 - Cell 3
108	Manuel Gruber (Aut) Alpine Commencal Austria	13	Row 107 - Cell 3
109	Ludovic May (Swi)	13	Row 108 - Cell 3
110	Emyr Davies (GBr)	12	Row 109 - Cell 3
111	Edgar Carballo Gonzalez (Spa)	11	Row 110 - Cell 3
112	Dan Stanbridge (GBr) Dirt Norco Race Team	11	Row 111 - Cell 3
113	Tommy Herrmann (Ger)	11	Row 112 - Cell 3
114	Matthias Stonig (Aut)	10	Row 113 - Cell 3
115	Guillaume Cauvin° (Fra) Hutchinson United Ride	10	Row 114 - Cell 3
116	Gaetan Ruffin (Fra) Commencal / Riding Addiction	8	Row 115 - Cell 3
117	Lutz Weber (Swi)	8	Row 116 - Cell 3
118	Mathias Haas (Aut) Alpine Commencal Austria	7	Row 117 - Cell 3
119	Tiaan Odendaal° (RSA)	7	Row 118 - Cell 3
120	Benjamin Torrano (Fra)	7	Row 119 - Cell 3
121	Jonathan Jones° (GBr)	6	Row 120 - Cell 3
122	Kevin Aiello (USA)	4	Row 121 - Cell 3
123	Dan Sheridan° (Irl)	3	Row 122 - Cell 3
124	Kristoffer Haugland (Nor)	2	Row 123 - Cell 3

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World Cup team standings after round 3
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	GT Factory Racing	212	pts
2	Santa Cruz Syndicate	172	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Trek World Racing	160	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	MS Mondraker Team	153	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Hutchinson United Ride	137	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Lapierre International	131	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Devinci Global Racing	131	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Scott11	121	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Giant Factory Off-Road Team	103	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Monster Energy-Specialized	97	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Commencal / Riding Addiction	85	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	66	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Team Norco International	64	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Labyrinth Shimano Racing Team	63	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Passion Velo.Fr	40	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	SC-Intense	37	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	36	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Madison Saracen Downhill Team	35	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Alpine Commencal Austria	34	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Team Morzine - Avoriaz / Haute - Savoie	27	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	CG Racing Brigade	26	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Topcycle By Trek	18	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	Team Lac Blanc / Solid / Batibois Alsace	12	Row 22 - Cell 3
24	CK Racing Santacruz	11	Row 23 - Cell 3
25	Torpado Surfing Shop	10	Row 24 - Cell 3
26	Team Are Bikepark By W-Racing	9	Row 25 - Cell 3
27	Kona	8	Row 26 - Cell 3
28	Unior Tools Team	7	Row 27 - Cell 3
29	Dirt Norco Race Team	4	Row 28 - Cell 3
30	Ghost Factory Racing Team	3	Row 29 - Cell 3