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World Cup XC #6, DH & 4X #5 - B

Brazil, July 2-3, 2005

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Race 4 - Elite men downhill

Minaar and Moseley take Brazil World Cup downhill

By Steve Medcroft

Markolf Berchtold (Maxxis-MSC)
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Brazilian Markolf Berchtold (Maxxis-MSC) came to the first ever South American MTB World Cup with aspirations of performing well in front of a home crowd and didn't disappoint. Coming second to Greg Minaar (Team G-Cross Honda) by less than a second in a nail biting finish, Bechtold almost pulled off the dream upset.

But under sunny skies on a dusty clay course that overlooked the Atlantic Ocean, included rider-high boulder drop-offs and an extended wooden launch, it was Minaar on the top step of the podium. Again; the win in Brazil is Minaar's fifth podium in 2005 (two second's a fourth and now two wins) and plants him firmly on top of UCI World Cup series standings.

As for tomorrow's World Cup cross-country, American Adam Craig says that racers are in for a tough, hot day. "It was in the low eighties today but super humid. There's an ocean breeze but it doesn't feel any cooler than the regular air and since all the climbing is away from the ocean, you climb in stagnant, hot and humid air"

Held on a 5.5 kilometer loop, "there's some heinous climbing," Craig says. "Most of the climbs are up existing doubletrack." And there aren't any switchbacks - the fire and asphalt roads run from the bottom to the top of the region's granite bluffs in the most direct manner possible; a straight line. Which means strong climbers like Craig will have two or three lanes to work in on the uphill sections while much of the field will be walking bikes.

Matti Lehikoinen
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As for his prediction of low turnout from North American and European racers, Craig says "I am the only North American I've seen. There are some European guys but from like fourteenth down on the start list, it's all South American guys."

Photography

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Results

1 Greg Minnaar (RSA) Team G-Cross Honda                        2.25.21
2 Markolf Berchtold (Bra) Maxxis-Msc                           2.26.96
3 Mickael Pascal (Fra) Maxxis-Msc                              2.27.11
4 Fabien Barel (Fra) Kona Les Gets                             2.27.15
5 Cédric Gracia (Fra) Siemens Cannondale Mtb Racing Team       2.28.54
6 Gee Atherton (GBr)                                           2.29.02
7 David Vazquez Lopez (Spa) Maxxis-Msc                         2.29.07
8 Nathan Rennie (Aus)                                          2.29.68
9 Andrew Neethling (RSA)                                       2.30.39
10 Antionio Leiva (Chi)                                        2.30.59
11 Claudio Caluori (Swi) Ms-Racing Team Europe                 2.31.13
12 Justin Leov (NZl)                                           2.31.21
13 Matti Lehikoinen (Fin) Team G-Cross Honda                   2.31.22
14 Kyle Strait (USA) Specialized Factory Racing                2.31.85
15 Dan Atherton (GBr)                                          2.32.81
16 Julien Camellini (Fra) Commencal Oxbow                      2.33.14
17 Neil Donoghue (GBr)                                         2.33.33
18 Justin Havukainen (Aus)                                     2.33.53
19 Marc Beaumont (GBr)                                         2.34.29
20 Bryn Atkinson (Aus)                                         2.34.51
21 Felipe Costa Wermuth (Bra)                                  2.35.29
22 Matthieu Troquier (Fra)                                     2.35.60
23 Guido Tshugg (Ger)                                          2.36.03
24 Cristian Valdiviezo (Ecu)                                   2.36.06
25 Nathaniel Giacomozzi (Bra)                                  2.37.00
26 Sebastian Vasquez (Chi)                                     2.37.58
27 Mario Jarrin (Ecu) Zenith-Mtb-International Racing Team     2.37.72
28 Volkmar Berchtold (Bra)                                     2.38.58
29 Robin Baloochi (USA)                                        2.38.89
30 Anderson Furlanetto (Bra)                                   2.39.15
31 David Wardell (GBr)                                         2.40.21
32 Cristian Soto (Chi)                                         2.40.63
33 Maurizio Acuna (Chi)                                        2.41.41
34 Leandro Campovilla (Bra)                                    2.45.31
35 Echeverria Diego (Chi)                                      2.46.47
36 Ignacio Rojo (Chi)                                          2.46.79
37 Rowan Sorrell (GBr)                                         2.46.82
38 Andres Sotomayor (Ecu)                                      2.47.44
39 Matthew Thompson (USA)                                      2.47.81
40 Daniel Critchlow (GBr)                                      2.48.24
41 Dino Cecchi (Per)                                           2.49.41
42 Jorge Acuna (Chi)                                           2.51.61
43 James Marples (GBr)                                         2.52.50
44 Sebastian Reategui (Per)                                    2.52.51
45 Steve Wentz (USA)                                           2.53.12
46 Giuliano Tessaro (Bra)                                      2.56.79
47 Guilherme Bisarria (Bra)                                    2.58.14
48 Felipe Bortoletti (Bra)                                     2.58.16
49 Oscar Pellegrina (Arg)                                      3.01.57
50 Gonzalo Rodriguez (Arg)                                     3.04.25
51 Martin Raffo (Arg)                                          3.07.50
52 Oscar Yunge (Chi)                                           3.40.76
53 Alberto Pittigliani Junior (Bra)                            5.17.65
DNF Kamil Tatarkovic (Cze) Kona Les Gets                              
DNF Robert Sgarbi (Bra)
 
World Cup standings
 
1 Greg Minnaar (RSA)                 1055 pts
2 Nathan Rennie (Aus)                 657
3 Mickael Pascal (Fra)                604
4 Fabien Barel (Fra)                  550
5 Samuel Hill (Aus)                   545
6 George Atherton (GBr)               437
7 Cédric Gracia (Fra)                 428
8 Christopher Kovarik (Aus)           415
9 Marc Beaumont (GBr)                 400
10 Daniel Atherton (GBr)              396
11 Matti Lehikoinen (Fin)             392
12 David Vazquez Lopez (Spa)          379
13 Markolf Berchtold (Bra)            375
14 Julien Camellini (Fra)             354
15 Justin Leov (NZl)                  331
16 Mick Hannah (Aus)                  322
17 Steve Peat (GBr)                   250
18 Andrew Neethling (RSA)             243
19 Justin Havukainen (Aus)            231
20 Bryn Atkinson (Aus)                226
21 Claudio Caluori (Swi)              194
22 Neil Donoghue (GBr)                189
23 Marcus Klausmann (Ger)             178
24 Damien Mermoud (Swi)               161
25 Kyle Strait (USA)                  145
26 Will Longden (GBr)                 139
27 Dave Wardell (GBr)                 115
28 Ivan Oulego Moreno (Spa)           114
29 Oscar Saiz Castane (Spa)           113
30 Nico Vink (Bel)                    108
31 Jared Graves (Aus)                 103
32 Bernat Guardia Pascual (Spa)        95
33 Antionio Leiva (Chi)                86
34 Brendan Fairclough (GBr)            75
35 Amiel Cavalier (Aus)                74
36 Pascual Canals Flix (Spa)           74
37 John Kirkcaldie (NZl)               71
38 Vlastimil Hyncica (Cze)             65
39 Frank Schneider (Ger)               62
40 Jared Rando (Aus)                   55
41 Thomas Braithwaite (GBr)            54
42 Mickael Deldycke (Fra)              49
43 Maxime Remy (Fra)                   47
44 Pierre Charles Georges (Fra)        46
45 Henry O Donnell (USA)               44
46 Filip Polc (Svk)                    44
47 Joel Panozzo (Aus)                  43
48 Felipe Costa Wermuth (Bra)          39
49 Cyrille Kurtz (Fra)                 39
50 Robin Baloochi (USA)                36
51 Gertje Tholen (Ned)                 35
52 Mathieu Troquier (Fra)              34
53 Dan Harper (GBr)                    34
54 Adam Vagner (Cze)                   34
55 Damien Spagnolo (Fra)               34
56 Guido Tschugg (Ger)                 32
57 Liam Panozzo (Aus)                  32
58 Kamil Tatarkovic (Cze)              32
59 Cristian Valdiviezo (Ecu)           31
60 Romain Saladini (Fra)               30
61 Himar Sanchez Salminen (Spa)        30
62 Nathaniel Giacomozzi (Bra)          28
63 Herman Oelund (Swe)                 27
64 Sebastian Vasquez (Chi)             25
65 Rob Warner (GBr)                    25
66 Mario Jarrin (Ecu)                  24
67 Volkmar Berchtold (Bra)             23
68 Anderson Furlanetto (Bra)           21
69 Charles-Alexandre Dube (Can)        21
70 Rich Houseman (USA)                 20
71 Thibaut Ruffin (Fra)                20
72 Cristian Soto (Chi)                 19
73 Ayden Eves (Aus)                    19
74 Yoann Barelli (Fra)                 19
75 Maurizio Acuna (Chi)                18
76 Leandro Campovilla (Bra)            17
77 Fabien Pedemanaud (Fra)             17
78 Echeverria Diego (Chi)              16
79 Sven Martin (RSA)                   16
80 Chris Ball (GBr)                    16
81 Ignacio Rojo (Chi)                  15
82 Jamie Popham (Irl)                  15
83 Maty Charoat (Cze)                  15
84 Samuel Zbinden (Swi)                15
85 Rowen Sorrell (GBr)                 14
86 Richard Thomas (GBr)                14
87 Ben Cathro (GBr)                    14
88 Vincent Saut (Fra)                  14
89 Daniel Critchlow (GBr)              13
90 Andres Sotomayor (Ecu)              13
91 Mathieu Laurin (Can)                13
92 Alan Beggin (Ita)                   13
93 Matthew Thompson (USA)              12
94 Lee Pincher (GBr)                   12
95 Michal Marosi (Cze)                 12
96 Mauricio Estrada Pulgarin (Col)     12
97 Des Curry (NZl)                     11
98 Romain Lescure (Fra)                11
99 Dino Cecchi (Per)                   10
100 Duncan Riffle (USA)                10
101 Carlo Gambirasio (Ita)             10
102 Jorge Acuna (Chi)                   9
103 Jon Cheetham (GBr)                  9
104 Scott Beaumont (GBr)                9
105 Florent Payet (Fra)                 9
106 James Marples (GBr)                 8
107 Justin Brown (Can)                  8
108 Tom Holland (NZl)                   8
109 Sebastian Reategui (Per)            7
110 Mathias Haas (Aut)                  7
111 Thomas Vanderham (Can)              7
112 Steve Wentz (USA)                   6
113 Chris Vandine (USA)                 6
114 Richard Cheetham (GBr)              6
115 Giuliano Tessaro (Bra)              5
116 Louis-Philippe Leonard (Can)        5
117 Remy Charrier (Fra)                 5
118 Guilherme Bisarria (Bra)            4
119 Ashley Mullane (GBr)                4
120 Felipe Bortoletti (Bra)             3
121 Geoff Pendrel (Can)                 3
122 Ben Reid (Irl)                      3
123 Dan Stanbridge (GBr)                3
124 Oscar Pellegrina (Arg)              2
125 Salvador Gonzalez (Spa)             2
126 Gonzalo Rodriguez (Arg)             1
127 Lars Peyer (Swi)                    1
128 Filip Matus (Cze)                   1