MTB World Cup Cross Country #1 & Downhill #1 - Pietermaritzburg 2012: Elite men downhill Results

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Greg Minnaar (Santa Cruz Syndicate) on his way to winning (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

The opening round of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup concluded on Sunday with the downhill, a crowd favourite in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Local fans went wild when the hometown son, Greg Minnaar (Santa Cruz Syndicate), came from behind to win the men's title.

After Gwin set the fastest time, overtaking Mick Hannah (Hutchinson United Ride), and with Minnaar over two seconds behind at the first time check, it looked like the race was over. However, the "Greg Minnaar Nation" was cheering their hero on, and the Pietermaritzburg rider made up the time deficit in the lower half of the course, cutting it to one second at the second intermediate split and then winning by over six-tenths of a second.

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Elite men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate	0:03:57.980
2	Aaron Gwin (USA) Trek World Racing	0:00:00.632
3	Michael Hannah (Aus) Hutchinson United Ride	0:00:00.994
4	Gee Atherton (GBr) GT Factory Racing	0:00:01.303
5	Steve Smith (Can) Devinci Global Racing	0:00:04.384
6	Jared Graves (Aus) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	0:00:04.436
7	Andrew Neethling (RSA) Giant Factory Off-Road Team	0:00:04.800
8	Troy Brosnan (Aus) Monster Energy-Specialized	0:00:05.017
9	Julien Camellini (Fra)	0:00:05.604
10	Cédric Gracia (Fra) CG Racing Brigade	0:00:05.674
11	Samuel Hill (Aus) Monster Energy-Specialized	0:00:05.836
12	Nick Beer (Swi) Devinci Global Racing	0:00:05.894
13	Aurélien Giordanengo (Fra) Topcycle By Trek	0:00:06.064
14	Neko Mulally (USA) Trek World Racing	0:00:06.327
15	Steve Peat (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate	0:00:07.670
16	Fabien Cousinie (Fra) Hutchinson United Ride	0:00:07.674
17	Justin Leov (NZl) Trek World Racing	0:00:08.579
18	Marc Beaumont (GBr) GT Factory Racing	0:00:08.874
19	Brook Macdonald (NZl) MS Mondraker Team	0:00:09.036
20	Brendan Fairclough (GBr) Scott11	0:00:09.212
21	Josh Bryceland (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate	0:00:09.396
22	Rémi Thirion (Fra) Labyrinth Shimano Racing Team	0:00:10.307
23	Thibaut Ruffin (Fra) Commencal / Riding Addiction	0:00:10.412
24	Bryn Atkinson (Aus) Team Norco International	0:00:10.657
25	Damien Spagnolo (Fra) MS Mondraker Team	0:00:10.938
26	Loic Bruni° (Fra) Lapierre International	0:00:11.038
27	Oliver Burton (GBr) Team Are Bikepark By W-Racing	0:00:11.178
28	Robin Wallner (Swe)	0:00:11.418
29	Johannes Fischbach (Ger) Ghost Factory Racing Team	0:00:11.881
30	Mitchell Delfs (Aus) Kona	0:00:11.886
31	Richard Rude Jr° (USA) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	0:00:12.047
32	Pierre Charles Georges (Fra) Team Lac Blanc / Solid / Batibois Alsace	0:00:12.386
33	Johann Potgieter (RSA) Ghost Factory Racing Team	0:00:12.472
34	Marcus Klausmann (Ger)	0:00:12.533
35	Lorenzo Suding (Ita) Pila-Black Arrows-MTB Herin School Asd	0:00:12.759
36	Duncan Riffle (USA) Dirt Norco Race Team	0:00:13.211
37	Isak Leivsson (Nor)	0:00:13.491
38	Luke Strobel (USA)	0:00:13.584
39	Greg Williamson (GBr)	0:00:14.492
40	George Brannigan (NZl) Devinci Global Racing	0:00:14.515
41	Danny Hart (GBr) Giant Factory Off-Road Team	0:00:14.616
42	Joseph Smith (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	0:00:14.844
43	Curtis Keene (USA) Specialized Racing - USA Gravity	0:00:15.038
44	Mitch Ropelato (USA) Specialized Racing - USA Gravity	0:00:15.072
45	Matthew Simmonds (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	0:00:15.105
46	Richard Thomas (GBr)	0:00:15.358
47	Bernard Kerr (GBr)	0:00:15.742
48	Timothy Bentley (RSA) Hutchinson United Ride	0:00:15.914
49	Jonty Neethling (RSA)	0:00:16.222
50	Harry Molloy (GBr) Madison Saracen Downhill Team	0:00:16.312
51	Eliot Jackson (USA) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	0:00:16.656
52	Mickael Pascal (Fra) CK Racing Santacruz	0:00:16.657
53	Alex Bond (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	0:00:16.732
54	Stefan Garlicki (RSA)	0:00:16.838
55	Patrick Thome (Fra) Lapierre International	0:00:16.912
56	Thomas Braithwaite (GBr)	0:00:17.154
57	Emanuel Pombo (Por)	0:00:18.060
58	Samuel Blenkinsop (NZl) Lapierre International	0:00:18.106
59	Lars Peyer (Swi) SC-Intense	0:00:18.447
60	Oscar Harnstrom (Swe) Pila-Black Arrows-MTB Herin School Asd	0:00:18.649
61	Ziga Pandur (Slo) Unior Tools Team	Row 60 - Cell 2
62	Connor Fearon° (Aus) Kona	Row 61 - Cell 2
63	Logan Binggeli (USA)	Row 62 - Cell 2
64	Niklas Wallner (Swe) Team Are Bikepark By W-Racing	Row 63 - Cell 2
65	Fergus Lamb (GBr)	Row 64 - Cell 2
66	Harry Heath (GBr) Unior Tools Team	Row 65 - Cell 2
67	Nejc Rutar (Slo) Unior Tools Team	Row 66 - Cell 2
68	Ludovic May (Swi)	Row 67 - Cell 2
69	Jack Reading (GBr)	Row 68 - Cell 2
70	Tommy Herrmann (Ger)	Row 69 - Cell 2
71	Guillaume Cauvin ° (Fra) Hutchinson United Ride	Row 70 - Cell 2
72	Miran Vauh (Slo)	Row 71 - Cell 2
73	Lutz Weber (Swi)	Row 72 - Cell 2
74	Tiaan Odendaal° (RSA)	Row 73 - Cell 2
75	Jonathan Jones° (GBr)	Row 74 - Cell 2
76	Mark Scott (GBr)	Row 75 - Cell 2
77	Kevin Aiello (USA)	Row 76 - Cell 2
78	Dan Sheridan° (Irl)	Row 77 - Cell 2
79	Kristoffer Haugland (Nor)	Row 78 - Cell 2
80	Markus Pekoll (Aut) MS Mondraker Team	Row 79 - Cell 2
DNF	Zakarias Blom Johansen (Nor)	Row 80 - Cell 2

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Teams
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Hutchinson United Ride	87	pts
2	Santa Cruz Syndicate	66	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Trek World Racing	66	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	MS Mondraker Team	48	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Devinci Global Racing	47	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	GT Factory Racing	43	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Monster Energy-Specialized	43	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Madison Saracen Downhill Team	35	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Team Norco International	33	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Scott11	31	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	26	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	CG Racing Brigade	26	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Giant Factory Off-Road Team	24	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	SC-Intense	22	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Commencal / Riding Addiction	20	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Topcycle By Trek	18	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Alpine Commencal Austria	14	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Labyrinth Shimano Racing Team	9	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Team Lac Blanc / Solid / Batibois Alsace	6	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Lapierre International	5	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Team Are Bikepark By W-Racing	3	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Ghost Factory Racing Team	2	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	Kona	1	Row 22 - Cell 3

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World Cup individual standings after round 1
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate	250	pts
2	Aaron Gwin (USA) Trek World Racing	200	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Michael Hannah (Aus) Hutchinson United Ride	160	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Gee Atherton (GBr) GT Factory Racing	150	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Steve Smith (Can) Devinci Global Racing	140	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Jared Graves (Aus) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	111	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Troy Brosnan (Aus) Monster Energy-Specialized	107	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Andrew Neethling (RSA) Giant Factory Off-Road Team	105	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Cédric Gracia (Fra) CG Racing Brigade	93	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Aurélien Giordanengo (Fra) Topcycle By Trek	85	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Samuel Hill (Aus) Monster Energy-Specialized	81	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Nick Beer (Swi) Devinci Global Racing	81	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Julien Camellini (Fra)	80	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Steve Peat (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate	80	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Marc Beaumont (GBr) GT Factory Racing	73	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Justin Leov (NZl) Trek World Racing	69	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Josh Bryceland (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate	68	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Neko Mulally (USA) Trek World Racing	67	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Fabien Cousinie (Fra) Hutchinson United Ride	65	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Bryn Atkinson (Aus) Team Norco International	64	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Brook Macdonald (NZl) MS Mondraker Team	62	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Damien Spagnolo (Fra) MS Mondraker Team	62	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	Brendan Fairclough (GBr) Scott11	61	Row 22 - Cell 3
24	Johannes Fischbach (Ger) Ghost Factory Racing Team	61	Row 23 - Cell 3
25	Rémi Thirion (Fra) Labyrinth Shimano Racing Team	59	Row 24 - Cell 3
26	Thibaut Ruffin (Fra) Commencal / Riding Addiction	58	Row 25 - Cell 3
27	Loic Bruni° (Fra) Lapierre International	55	Row 26 - Cell 3
28	Oliver Burton (GBr)	54	Row 27 - Cell 3
29	Robin Wallner (Swe) Team Are Bikepark By W-Racing	53	Row 28 - Cell 3
30	Danny Hart (GBr) Giant Factory Off-Road Team	53	Row 29 - Cell 3
31	Mitchell Delfs (Aus) Kona	51	Row 30 - Cell 3
32	Richard Rude Jr° (USA) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	50	Row 31 - Cell 3
33	Pierre Charles Georges (Fra) Team Lac Blanc / Solid / Batibois Alsace	49	Row 32 - Cell 3
34	Johann Potgieter (RSA)	48	Row 33 - Cell 3
35	Marcus Klausmann (Ger) Ghost Factory Racing Team	47	Row 34 - Cell 3
36	Lorenzo Suding (Ita) Pila-Black Arrows-MTB Herin School ASD	46	Row 35 - Cell 3
37	Duncan Riffle (USA) Dirt Norco Race Team	45	Row 36 - Cell 3
38	Isak Leivsson (Nor)	44	Row 37 - Cell 3
39	Luke Strobel (USA)	43	Row 38 - Cell 3
40	Greg Williamson (GBr)	42	Row 39 - Cell 3
41	George Brannigan (NZl) Devinci Global Racing	41	Row 40 - Cell 3
42	Joseph Smith (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles.com / Nukeproof	39	Row 41 - Cell 3
43	Curtis Keene (USA) Specialized Racing - USA Gravity	38	Row 42 - Cell 3
44	Mitch Ropelato (USA) Specialized Racing - USA Gravity	37	Row 43 - Cell 3
45	Matthew Simmonds (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles.com / Nukeproof	36	Row 44 - Cell 3
46	Richard Thomas (GBr)	35	Row 45 - Cell 3
47	Bernard Kerr (GBr)	34	Row 46 - Cell 3
48	Timothy Bentley (RSA) Hutchinson United Ride	33	Row 47 - Cell 3
49	Jonty Neethling (RSA)	32	Row 48 - Cell 3
50	Harry Molloy (GBr) Madison Saracen Downhill Team	31	Row 49 - Cell 3
51	Eliot Jackson (USA) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	30	Row 50 - Cell 3
52	Mickael Pascal (Fra) CK Racing Santacruz	29	Row 51 - Cell 3
53	Alex Bond (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles.com / Nukeproof	28	Row 52 - Cell 3
54	Stefan Garlicki (RSA)	27	Row 53 - Cell 3
55	Patrick Thome (Fra) Lapierre International	26	Row 54 - Cell 3
56	Thomas Braithwaite (GBr)	25	Row 55 - Cell 3
57	Emanuel Pombo (Por)	24	Row 56 - Cell 3
58	Samuel Blenkinsop (NZl) Lapierre International	23	Row 57 - Cell 3
59	Lars Peyer (Swi) SC-Intense	22	Row 58 - Cell 3
60	Oscar Harnstrom (Swe) Pila-Black Arrows-MTB Herin School ASD	21	Row 59 - Cell 3
61	Ziga Pandur (Slo) Unior Tools Team	20	Row 60 - Cell 3
62	Connor Fearon° (Aus) Kona	19	Row 61 - Cell 3
63	Logan Binggeli (USA)	18	Row 62 - Cell 3
64	Niklas Wallner (Swe) Team Are Bikepark By W-Racing	17	Row 63 - Cell 3
65	Fergus Lamb (GBr)	16	Row 64 - Cell 3
66	Harry Heath (GBr) Unior Tools Team	15	Row 65 - Cell 3
67	Nejc Rutar (Slo) Unior Tools Team	14	Row 66 - Cell 3
68	Ludovic May (Swi)	13	Row 67 - Cell 3
69	Jack Reading (GBr)	12	Row 68 - Cell 3
70	Tommy Herrmann (Ger)	11	Row 69 - Cell 3
71	Guillaume Cauvin° (Fra) Hutchinson United Ride	10	Row 70 - Cell 3
72	Miran Vauh (Slo)	9	Row 71 - Cell 3
73	Lutz Weber (Swi)	8	Row 72 - Cell 3
74	Tiaan Odendaal° (RSA)	7	Row 73 - Cell 3
75	Jonathan Jones° (GBr)	6	Row 74 - Cell 3
76	Mark Scott (GBr)	5	Row 75 - Cell 3
77	Kevin Aiello (USA)	4	Row 76 - Cell 3
78	Dan Sheridan° (Irl)	3	Row 77 - Cell 3
79	Kristoffer Haugland (Nor)	2	Row 78 - Cell 3
80	Markus Pekoll (Aut) MS Mondraker Team	1	Row 79 - Cell 3

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World Cup team standings after round 1
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Hutchinson United Ride	87	pts
2	Santa Cruz Syndicate	66	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Trek World Racing	66	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	MS Mondraker Team	48	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Devinci Global Racing	47	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	GT Factory Racing	43	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Monster Energy-Specialized	43	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Madison Saracen Downhill Team	35	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Team Norco International	33	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Scott11	31	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	26	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	CG Racing Brigade	26	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Giant Factory Off-Road Team	24	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	SC-Intense	22	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Commencal / Riding Addiction	20	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Topcycle By Trek	18	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Alpine Commencal Austria	14	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Labyrinth Shimano Racing Team	9	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Team Lac Blanc / Solid / Batibois Alsace	6	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Lapierre International	5	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Team Are Bikepark By W-Racing	3	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Ghost Factory Racing Team	2	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	Kona	1	Row 22 - Cell 3