Ragot wins women's downhill finale in Leogang
Rachel Atherton celebrates overall World Cup title
Emmeline Ragot (Lapierre Gravity Republic) won the elite women's downhill final World Cup in Leogang, Austria on Sunday. The French woman beat Rachel Atherton (GT Factory Racing) and Manon Carpenter (Madison Saracen Downhill Team). Jill Kintner (Team Norco International) and Myriam Nicole (Commencal / Riding Addiction) rounded out the podium.
Fastest times were set by Tracey Hannah (Hutchinson UR), Tahnee Seagrave (FMD Racing) and then Nicole. Next into the hot seat was Carpenter, then the second last rider Ragot knocked an impressive five seconds off Carpenter's time. Her time was fastest enough to hold up for the win.
"It's good to finish the season with a high. I couldn't expect more," said Ragot. "I'm very happy. I took a couple of risks, but not too many because I didn't want to crash and lose my second in the overall."
The last woman down the mountain and fastest qualifier was Atherton. She would finish 0.5 seconds slower than Ragot for second place. But more importantly for her, she won the overall, season-long World Cup title.
"I'm absolutely over the moon," said Atherton. "All year, both titles were getting closer and closer. I thought this week I would hurt myself. I've had bad luck at Leogang every year."
"I don't think I played it safe today. I wanted to win this for sure. A World Cup win is a World Cup win. A little bit of me comes out of this thinking that it's good to have a different winner in the last World Cup. I'll have to find that extra half-second this winter, and it will keep me motivated in training."
Ragot was second in the World Cup, Carpenter was third, Nicole was fourth and Morgan Charre was fifth.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Emmeline Ragot (Fra) Lapierre Gravity Republic | 0:03:52.866 |
2 | Rachel Atherton (GBr) GT Factory Racing | 0:00:00.502 |
3 | Manon Carpenter (GBr) Madison Saracen Downhill Team | 0:00:04.817 |
4 | Jill Kintner (USA) Team Norco International | 0:00:07.562 |
5 | Myriam Nicole (Fra) Commencal / Riding Addiction | 0:00:07.815 |
6 | Morgane Charre (Fra) MS Mondraker Team | 0:00:10.592 |
7 | Tahnee Seagrave° (GBr) FMD Racing / Intense Cycles | 0:00:10.609 |
8 | Tracey Hannah (Aus) Hutchinson UR | 0:00:13.078 |
9 | Emilie Siegenthaler (Swi) Gstaad-Scott | 0:00:13.178 |
10 | Micayla Gatto (Can) | 0:00:15.348 |
11 | Miranda Miller (Can) | 0:00:19.676 |
12 | Fionn Griffiths (GBr) | 0:00:20.722 |
13 | Anita Ager-Wick (Nor) | 0:00:24.862 |
14 | Vaea Verbeeck (Can) | 0:00:27.275 |
15 | Carina Cappellari (Swi) | 0:00:31.220 |
16 | Jana Bartova (Cze) | 0:00:32.109 |
17 | Martina Bruehlmann (Swi) | 0:00:33.337 |
18 | Fiona Ourdouillie° (Fra) US Cagnes VTT | 0:00:37.622 |
19 | Zarja Cernilogar (Slo) Blackthorn GT | 0:01:08.842 |
DNS | Casey Brown (Can) Dirt Norco Race Team | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
Row 20 - Cell 0 | Dirt Norco Race Team | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Lapierre Gravity Republic | 99 | pts |
2 | GT Factory Racing | 65 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Devinci Global Racing | 60 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Hutchinson UR | 54 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Santa Cruz Syndicate | 50 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Commencal / Riding Addiction | 41 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 35 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Trek World Racing | 34 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Madison Saracen Downhill Team | 30 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Gstaad-Scott | 27 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Team Norco International | 26 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Specialized Racing DH | 23 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Kona | 21 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | MS Mondraker Team | 20 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | FMD Racing / Intense Cycles | 18 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Evil Vengeance Tour | 16 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | GT / 360 Degrees | 15 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof | 14 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Team Bulls - DH | 10 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Topcycle By Trek | 8 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | RRP Ghost | 5 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | US Cagnes VTT | 3 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Ghost Factory Racing Team | 3 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Unior Tools Team | 3 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Blackthorn GT | 2 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Rachel Atherton (GBr) | 1295 | pts |
2 | Emmeline Ragot (Fra) | 1165 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Manon Carpenter (GBr) | 1045 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Myriam Nicole (Fra) | 807 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Morgane Charre (Fra) | 747 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Floriane Pugin (Fra) | 580 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Emilie Siegenthaler (Swi) | 531 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Jill Kintner (USA) | 396 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Tahnee Seagrave° (GBr) | 383 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Tracey Hannah (Aus) | 316 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Fionn Griffiths (GBr) | 250 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Anita Ager-Wick (Nor) | 235 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Micayla Gatto (Can) | 235 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Zarja Cernilogar (Slo) | 205 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Casey Brown (Can) | 175 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Miranda Miller (Can) | 120 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Vaea Verbeeck (Can) | 110 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Jessica Stone (GBr) | 100 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Alanna Columb (NZl) | 85 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Miriam Ruchti (Swi) | 85 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Mélanie Pugin (Fra) | 75 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Fiona Ourdouillie° (Fra) | 70 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Mio Suemasa (Jpn) | 60 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Jana Bartova (Cze) | 60 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Alia Marcellini (Ita) | 55 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Martina Bruehlmann (Swi) | 55 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Claire Buchar (Can) | 52 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Petra Bernhard (Aut) | 50 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Carina Cappellari (Swi) | 30 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Jaime Hill (Can) | 30 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Kristen Courtney (Can) | 25 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Rebecca Gardner (USA) | 20 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
33 | Alison Zimmer (USA) | 15 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
34 | Jacqueline Harmony (USA) | 15 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
35 | Marianne Ruud° (Nor) | 15 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
36 | Josefine Björkman (Swe) | 15 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
37 | Rachael Walker (GBr) | 10 | Row 36 - Cell 3 |
38 | Severine Cigana (Fra) | 10 | Row 37 - Cell 3 |
39 | Taylor Allison° (USA) | 5 | Row 38 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | GT Factory Racing | 473 | pts |
2 | Lapierre Gravity Republic | 434 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Santa Cruz Syndicate | 311 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 305 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Gstaad-Scott | 282 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Devinci Global Racing | 278 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Commencal / Riding Addiction | 263 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Specialized Racing DH | 237 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Madison Saracen Downhill Team | 225 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof | 198 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | MS Mondraker Team | 182 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Trek World Racing | 169 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Hutchinson UR | 169 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Evil Vengeance Tour | 97 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Team Norco International | 80 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | FMD Racing / Intense Cycles | 73 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | GT / 360 Degrees | 55 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Pivot Factory Team | 51 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Evil CK Racing Evian | 46 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | RRP Ghost | 44 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Topcycle By Trek | 42 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Blackthorn GT | 41 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Dirt Norco Race Team | 36 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Kona | 31 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Unior Tools Team | 30 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | SC Intense | 29 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Team W-Racing | 22 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 21 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Team Bulls - DH | 19 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | US Cagnes VTT | 16 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Team Morzine-Avoriaz/Haute-Savoie | 15 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Torpado Surfing Shop | 11 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
33 | Ghost Factory Racing Team | 3 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
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