MTB World Cup # 4 - La Bresse 2012

[kosmonooit]

Elite Womens

 

1 Gunn Rita Dahle Flesjaa (Nor) Multivan Merida 1:39:57

2 Katerina Nash (Cze) Luna 0:00:16

3 Julie Bresset (Fra) BH - SR Suntour - Peisey Vallandry 0:00:55

4 Catharine Pendrel (Can) Luna 0:01:12

5 Maja Wloszczowska (Pol) CCC Polkowice 0:02:22

6 Georgia Gould (USA) Luna 0:02:46

7 Katrin Leumann (Swi) Ghost Factory Racing Team

8 Annie Last* (GBr) Milka Brentjens MTB Racing Team

9 Emily Batty (Can) Subaru - Trek

10 Sabine Spitz (Ger) Sabine Spitz Haibike

 

 

 

Mens coming up - line on Red Bull TV

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Vogel out front 1st lap, Burry punctured, still way back

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Lap 2

 

Absalon opened up a lead

 

Vogel cant stay on his wheel on the descents, 10 sec back

 

MIlatz

 

Marco Fontano out with a flat

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Elite Mens Results

1 Julien Absalon (Fra) Orbea Racing Team 1:37:33

2 Jaroslav Kulhavy (Cze) Specialized Racing 0:00:07

3 Ralph Naef (Swi) Multivan Merida Biking Team 0:00:40

4 Florian Vogel (Swi) Scott - Swisspower MTB Racing Team 0:01:24

5 Fabian Giger (Swi) Rabobank Giant Offroad Team 0:01:41

6 Christoph Sauser (Swi) Specialized Racing 0:02:08

7 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) 0:02:20

8 Maxime Marotte (Fra) BH - SR Suntour - Peisey Vallandry 0:02:35

9 Max Plaxton (Can) 0:02:51

10 Lukas Flückiger (Swi) Trek World Racing 0:03:20

 

 

Fantastic race, beautiful weather, Jaroslav was charging towards the end

 

Burry 24th. Nino pulled a sicky.

Edited May 20, 2012 by kosmonooit

[kosmonooit]

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[SwissVan]

Eish, Burry cocked up a huge chance to pile some points over Nino.

 

Great last lap between Koolharvey and Absalon, especially with Absalons over the bars fall on the last decent, luckily he did not puncutre or bend something...

[SwissVan]

Brillant result again for Candice Neethling

 

1 Yana Belomoyna (Ukr) Bi&Esse - Infotre Protek 1:23:33

2 Rebecca Henderson (Aus) 0:01:37

3 Samara Sheppard (NZl) Wheeler - IXS Team 0:02:21

4 Candice Neethling

(RSA) 0:02:22

 

 

 

Overall after 4 rounds:

 

1 Yana Belomoyna (Ukr) Bi&Esse - Infotre Protek 320 pts

2 Rebecca Henderson (Aus) 181

3 Ekaterina Anoshina (Rus) Team Protek 174

4 Jolanda Neff (Swi) Wheeler - IXS Team 140

5 Paula Gorycka (Pol) 4F E-Vive Racing Team 140

6 Candice Neethling (RSA) 126

Edited May 20, 2012 by SwissVan

[SwissVan]

Better result for Rourke:

 

26 Rourke Croeser (RSA) Orange Monkey-Cannondale 0:06:54

[jannosmit]

I'm a Ralph fan so super glad for his 3rd! Big ups to Burry sticking through! Still earned 58 points non the less! Respect

[CAAD4]

Wow that must be Gunn Rita's first in a while? Miss Batty seems to be going backwards, without her fan club next to her side...

[jannosmit]

Wow that must be Gunn Rita's first in a while? Miss Batty seems to be going backwards, without her fan club next to her side...

 

Gunn-Rita's 27th World cup win! record is at 28 don't know who it is. Almost there!

Edited May 20, 2012 by JanMTB

[Weight Weenie]

Wow well done on that comeback Gunn-rita !

[Tumbleweed]

Some Spesh footage:

 

[Robrider]

Wow, the speed they take those downhills is insane.

[Tumbleweed]

Wow, the speed they take those downhills is insane.

 

Yeah, hence the comment that technical skills not power would win it.

 

Felt sorry for Burry.