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MTB World Cup XC, DHI & 4X #6 - CDM
Schladming, September 9-10, 2006
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Race 6 - September 10: Men downhill
Hill takes the day but Peaty comes out on top for the series
By Nick Warren in Schladming
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Recently crowned world champion Sam Hill (Australia) beat Nathan Rennie and Greg Minaar by five seconds to win the World Cup finale in Schladming on Sunday.
Although many riders commented on the tough nature of the Schladming course which descends 600 vertical metres over a 2.1km course, Hill seemed to enjoy the unrelenting tight corners and rutted sections. “This is definitely one of the best tracks on the circuit,” Hill said, “it’s also where I won my first ever World Cup race.”
An estimated 12,500 spectators witnessed the event on the last of three days of competition in the famous Austrian ski resort which aptly played up to its reputation as a party town with numerous side events accompanying the top-class racing.
Hill, who was also fastest in qualifying survived a couple of slips during the final turns of his run losing some time but still put 5.51 seconds over Rennie across the finish line. Greg Minnaar of South Africa (Team G-Cross Honda), third in qualifying, finished third 5.55 seconds behind Hill. “It’s awesome to be racing for the first time in the Rainbow Jersey and come away with the win,” Hill said.
Overall series winner was British rider Steve Peat, 13th on the day, but with 974 points in total and still points ahead of Hill in second. Minnaar was third overall on 890 points.
Photography
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- Schladming's 2.1km course was a true test of skills
- 12,500 spectators watched the final round of the UCI downhill world cup.
- The course dropped a vertical of 600m from the Planai Cablecar mid-station.
- Schladming's course consisted of countless tight turns and arm-juddering straights
- Irishman Ben Reid.
- Marc Beaumont and Steve Peat have a chat after the race.
- Men's race winner's podium 1st to 5th: Sam Hill (centre) with Nathan Rennie, Greg Minnaar, Matti Lehikoinen, Brendan Fairclough.
- Steve Peat celebrates his overall world cup win.
Results
1 Samuel Hill (Aus) 3.49.83 2 Nathan Rennie (Aus) 0.05.51 3 Greg Minnaar (RSA) Team G-Cross Honda 0.05.55 4 Matti Lehikoinen (Fin) Team G-Cross Honda 0.06.36 5 Brendan Fairclough (GBr) 0.06.53 6 Mickael Pascal (Fra) Qbikes 0.06.54 7 Marc Beaumont (GBr) Team Mbuk Santacruz 0.07.12 8 Gee Atherton (GBr) Team Animal / Giant 0.08.79 9 Chris Kovarik (Aus) Ms-Intense Factory-Racing Team 0.09.73 10 Fabien Pedemanaud (Fra) 0.11.05 11 Pascual Bernat Guardia (Spa) Maxxis-Msc 0.11.85 12 Samuel Blenkinsop (NZl) Gravity Group 0.11.91 13 Steve Peat (GBr) 0.12.04 14 Michael Hannah (Aus) Cannondale/The Cut 0.12.32 15 Justin Leov (NZl) Yeti Fox Racing Factory Team 0.12.72 16 Castañe Oscar Saiz (Spa) Giant-Racing-Team 0.12.80 17 Dan Atherton (GBr) Team Animal / Giant 0.13.65 18 Neil Donoghue (GBr) Team Mbuk Santacruz 0.14.33 19 Lopez David Vazquez (Spa) Maxxis-Msc 0.14.74 20 Damien Mermoud (Swi) Suspension Center 0.15.52 21 Fabien Cousinie (Fra) 0.15.95 22 Alan Beggin (Ita) 0.16.67 23 Claudio Caluori (Swi) Ms-Intense Factory-Racing Team 0.16.95 24 Julien Camellini (Fra) 0.17.47 25 Damien Spagnolo (Fra) Qbikes 0.17.51 26 Cédric Gracia (Fra) 0.17.65 27 Florent Payet (Fra) 0.17.95 28 Thomas Braithwaite (GBr) 0.18.02 29 Maxime Remy (Fra) Team Bikepark.Ch Tui 0.18.15 30 Ralph Jones (GBr) 0.18.21 31 Rowen Sorrell (GBr) Mojo Suspension 0.18.55 32 Filip Polc (Svk) Gravity Group 0.19.11 33 Tom Deacon (GBr) 0.19.30 34 Luke Marshall (GBr) Gumball 3000 0.19.33 35 Moreno Ivan Oulego (Spa) Massi-Abarth 0.19.41 36 Duncan Riffle (USA) 0.19.64 37 Richard Cheetham (GBr) 0.20.13 38 Herman Olund (Swe) 0.20.48 39 Andrew Neethling (RSA) 0.20.58 40 Pierre Charles Georges (Fra) Alvarez Racing 0.20.62 41 Ruaridh Cunningham (GBr) 0.20.65 41 Alex Stock (GBr) 43 Ben Reid (Irl) 0.20.88 44 Dan Stanbridge (GBr) Mojo Suspension 0.21.42 45 Flix Pasqual Canals (Spa) 0.21.49 46 Frank Schneider (Ger) 0.21.55 47 Liam Panozzo (Aus) 0.21.67 48 David Schatzki (Ger) 0.22.21 49 Mike Skinner (NZl) 0.22.66 50 Markolf Berchtold (Bra) Maxxis-Msc 0.22.77 51 Chris Ball (GBr) Mojo Suspension 0.22.83 52 Claudio Cozzi (Ita) 0.23.09 53 Jonathan Cheetham (GBr) 0.23.54 54 Dave Wardell (GBr) 0.23.69 55 Aki Färm (Fin) 0.23.70 56 Markus Pekoll (Aut) 0.23.72 57 Markus Klausmann (Ger) Ghost International Racing Team 0.23.74 58 Joris Bigoni (Fra) 0.24.01 59 Rene Wildhaber (Swi) 0.25.51 60 Elias Somvi (Ita) 0.25.65 61 Mario Sieder (Aut) Arbö Rsp Downhill Racing Team 0.25.74 62 Cyrille Kurtz (Fra) 0.25.83 63 Daniel Critchlow (GBr) 0.26.25 64 Mathieu Troquier (Fra) 0.26.60 65 Georg Sieder (Aut) 0.26.75 66 Maciej Jodko (Pol) 0.26.78 67 Lee Bertram (GBr) 0.27.15 68 Vlastimil Hyncica (Cze) 0.27.20 69 Paul Aston (GBr) 0.27.60 70 Espen Johnsen (Nor) 0.27.84 71 Dan Harper (GBr) Gumball 3000 0.30.32 72 Christopher Panozzo (Aus) 0.32.21 73 Jakob Eisner (Aut) 0.32.30 74 Fergus Lamb (GBr) 0.32.89 75 James Bashford (Aus) 0.35.99 76 Adam Vagner (Cze) 0.37.83 77 Joe Barnes (GBr) 0.54.46 78 Thomas Warmuth (Aut) 1.03.31 79 James Hughes (GBr) 1.47.48 80 Markus Schwab (Swi) 2.36.98 DNF Filip Banaszak (Pol)
World Cup final overal standings
1 Steve Peat (GBr) 974 pts 2 Samuel Hill (Aus) 936 3 Greg Minnaar (RSA) 890 4 Nathan Rennie (Aus) 809 5 Gee Atherton (GBr) 758 6 Matti Lehikoinen (Fin) 695 7 Marc Beaumont (GBr) 691 8 Michael Hannah (Aus) 662 9 Chris Kovarik (Aus) 623 10 Cédric Gracia (Fra) 614 11 Mickael Pascal (Fra) 422 12 Julien Camellini (Fra) 369 13 Fabien Barel (Fra) 324 14 Filip Polc (Svk) 322 15 Andrew Neethling (RSA) 318 16 Dan Atherton (GBr) 283 17 Jared Graves (Aus) 257 18 Bryn Atkinson (Aus) 248 19 David Vazquezlopez (Spa) 238 20 Justin Leov (NZl) 226 21 Bernat Guardiapascual (Spa) 214 22 Neil Donoghue (GBr) 212 23 Duncan Riffle (USA) 183 24 Damien Mermoud (Swi) 178 25 Brendan Fairclough (GBr) 177 26 Claudio Caluori (Swi) 156 27 Fabien Pedemanaud (Fra) 151 28 Oscar Saizcastañe (Spa) 147 29 Samuel Blenkinsop (NZl) 122 30 Ivan Oulegomoreno (Spa) 118 31 Fabien Cousinie (Fra) 113 32 Markolf Berchtold (Bra) 111 33 Florent Payet (Fra) 108 34 Damien Spagnolo (Fra) 97 35 Dave Wardell (GBr) 90 36 Maxime Remy (Fra) 83 37 Nico Vink (Bel) 83 38 Markus Klausmann (Ger) 82 39 Leiva Antonio Figu Leiva Antonio (Chi) 81 40 Samuel Zbinden (Swi) 81 41 Dan Stanbridge (GBr) 79 42 Thomas Braithwaite (GBr) 78 43 Cyrille Kurtz (Fra) 72 44 Lars Peyer (Swi) 69 45 Alan Beggin (Ita) 67 46 Michal Marosi (Cze) 67 47 Jared Rando (Aus) 54 48 Chris Ball (GBr) 53 49 Kyle Strait (USA) 48 50 Rowen Sorrell (GBr) 43 51 Pasqual Canalsflix (Spa) 43 52 Will Longden (GBr) 42 53 Adam Vagner (Cze) 41 54 Lee Bertram (GBr) 40 55 John Kirkcaldie (NZl) 37 56 Ben Reid (Irl) 35 57 Romain Saladini (Fra) 34 58 Herman Olund (Swe) 33 59 Joris Bigoni (Fra) 33 60 Tom Deacon (GBr) 29 61 Frank Schneider (Ger) 29 62 Ralph ° Jones (GBr) 27 63 David Schatzki (Ger) 26 64 Andrew Mitchell (Can) 25 65 Nathaniel Giacomozzi (Bra) 24 66 Amiel Cavalier (Aus) 24 67 Luke Marshall (GBr) 23 68 Mathieu Troquier (Fra) 22 69 Felipe Wermuth Da Costa (Bra) 21 70 Ben Cathro (GBr) 21 71 Pierre Charles Georges (Fra) 20 72 Kieran Bennett (NZl) 19 73 Jorge Aguincastro (Spa) 19 74 Djone Fornari (Bra) 17 75 Luke Strobel (USA) 16 76 Thibaut Ruffin (Fra) 16 77 Ruaridh Cunningham (GBr) 15 78 Richard Cheetham (GBr) 14 79 Cristian Soto (Chi) 14 80 Luke Kitzanuk (Can) 14 81 Doron Cattoni (Bra) 13 82 Antoine Badouard (Fra) 13 83 Jürgen Beneke (Ger) 12 84 Mario Jarrin (Ecu) 12 85 Volkmar Berchtold (Bra) 11 86 Alex Stock (GBr) 10 87 Santiago De Santiago (Arg) 10 88 Richard Houseman (USA) 10 89 Mario Schurter (Swi) 10 90 Roger Gonzalezsalvador (Spa) 10 91 Cole Bangert (USA) 9 92 Guido Tschugg (Ger) 9 93 Yoann Barelli (Fra) 9 94 Anderson Furlanetto (Bra) 8 95 Naoki Idegawa (Jpn) 8 96 Tim Mackersy (NZl) 7 97 Dominick Menard (Can) 7 98 Jyunya Nagata (Jpn) 6 99 Ryan Condrashoff (USA) 6 100 Felipe Vasquez (Chi) 5 101 Sanjay Shanbhag (USA) 5 102 André Wagenknecht (Ger) 5 103 Richard Thomas (GBr) 5 104 Joshua Toland (USA) 5 105 Liam Panozzo (Aus) 4 106 Kamil Tatarkovic (Cze) 4 107 Darren Pokoj (Aus) 4 108 Dinno Cecchi PER 3 109 Cody Warren (USA) 3 110 Herrmann Ölund (Swe) 3 111 Fergus Lamb (GBr) 3 112 Mike Skinner (NZl) 2 113 Cristian Araya (Chi) 2 113 Cristian Valdiezo (Ecu) 2 115 Lee Pincher (GBr) 2 116 Ruben Garcia Ramon (Spa) 1 117 Rémy Charrier (Fra) 1
