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MTB World Cup DH #2 - CDM
La Bresse, France, May 9-10, 2009
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Schedule
- Race 1 - May 9: Downhill qualifying
- Race 2 - May 10: Elite women downhill
- Race 3 - May 10: Elite men downhill
Moseley & Minnaar to try for another World Cup win in La Bresse
By Sue George
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The winners of the first round, held in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, Tracy Moseley (Trek World Racing) and Greg Minnaar (Santa Cruz Syndicate) will return to defend their World Cup leads while also aiming for another win.
In the men's race, the South African Minnaar will be challenged by Australian Michael Hannah (GT Bicycles), Brits Steve Peat (Santa Cruz Syndicate) and World Champion Gee Atherton (Animal Commencal), Australian Samuel Hill (Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz), and New Zealand's Justin Leov (Trek World Racing) - just to name a few of the 229 men signed up.
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The course starts off on the road at the top of Bouchaux (930m) and drops 300m to finish in the La Bresse town center after 1.3km. The track starts with a smooth first section and finishes with a rocky section
Qualifying is scheduled for Saturday and finals will happen on Sunday.
Start list
Elite men 1 Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate 2 Michael Hannah (Aus) GT Bicycles 3 Steve Peat (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate 4 Samuel Hill (Aus) Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz 5 Gee Atherton (GBr) Animal Commencal 6 Justin Leov (NZl) Trek World Racing 8 Cameron Cole (NZl) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles 9 Marc Beaumont (GBr) GT Bicycles 10 Julien Camellini (Fra) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 11 Andrew Neethling (RSA) Trek World Racing 12 Nathan Rennie (Aus) Kenda Morewood 13 Duncan Riffle (USA) Duncan Riffle Racing 14 Dan Atherton (GBr) Animal Commencal 15 Aurélien Giordanengo (Fra) 16 Fabien Cousinie (Fra) 17 Ivan Oulego Moreno (Spa) Massi 18 Florent Payet (Fra) Subaru Mountain Bike Pro Team 20 Bernat Guardia Pascual (Spa) Massi 21 David Vazquez Lopez (Spa) Lapierre Powered By Saab Salomon 22 Cédric Gracia (Fra) 23 Filip Polc (Svk) MS Evil Racing 24 Steve Smith (Can) MS Evil Racing 26 Mickael Pascal (Fra) MSC Bikes 27 Pasqual Canals Flix (Spa) XMS-Devinci World Cup Team 28 Ruaridh Cunningham (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 29 Damien Spagnolo (Fra) Subaru Mountain Bike Pro Team 30 Wyn Masters (NZl) Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team 32 Nick Beer (Swi) Scott 11 33 Brendan Fairclough (GBr) Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz 34 Joris Bigoni (Fra) 35 Thibaut Ruffin (Fra) 36 Bradley Benedict (USA) Duncan Riffle Racing 37 Thomas Braithwaite (GBr) 38 Pierre Charles Georges (Fra) Solid Aclass Factory Team 39 Josh Bryceland (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate 40 Sam Dale (GBr) 41 Aari Barrett° (NZl) Scott 11 42 Robin Wallner (Swe) 44 Rémi Thirion (Fra) Team Sunn 45 Mitchell Delfs (Aus) Kenda Morewood 46 Will Rischbieth (Aus) 47 Jared Rando (Aus) Giant Mountain Bike Team 48 Dennis Dertell (Swe) 49 Nicolas Ortiz (Fra) 50 Joseph Smith (GBr) Kona 51 Matthew Simmonds (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 52 Chris Kovarik (Aus) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 53 Neil Donoghue (GBr) 54 Rowan Sorrell (GBr) 55 Dan Stanbridge (GBr) 56 Marco Bugnone (Ita) Argentina Bike Gravity Team 57 Claudio Cozzi (Ita) Dytech DH 58 Tom Deacon (GBr) 2Stagefactory 59 Danny Hart° (GBr) Lapierre Powered By Saab Salomon 60 Dominik Gspan (Swi) 61 Adam Brayton (GBr) Just Reid Race Team 62 Ryan Condrashoff (USA) X-Fusion-Intense 63 Joshua Button (Aus) 64 Luke Strobel (USA) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles 65 Marco Milivinti (Ita) Dytech DH 66 Lorenzo Suding (Ita) Dytech DH 69 Scott Mears (GBr) 71 Laurie Dinham° (Aus) Suspension Center 76 Antonio Ferreiro Pajuelo (Spa) XMS-Devinci World Cup Team 77 Emyr Davies (GBr) 79 Daniel Critchlow (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 80 Kevin Aiello° (USA) GT Bicycles 81 Fabien Pedemanaud (Fra) Scott 11 82 Ben Cathro (GBr) 83 Marcus Klausmann (Ger) Ghost A.T.G. Pro Team 84 Samuel Zbinden (Swi) 85 Markus Pekoll (Aut) Solid Aclass Factory Team 86 Adam Vagner (Cze) 87 Bryn Atkinson (Aus) 88 Kieran Bennett (NZl) X-Fusion-Intense 89 Matti Lehikoinen (Fin) MS Evil Racing 90 Nathan Rankin (NZl) Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker 91 Lars Peyer (Swi) Suspension Center 92 Toni Berg (Fin) 93 Mathias Haas (Aut) 94 Ben Reid (Irl) Just Reid Race Team 95 Cody Warren (USA) Specialized Team America 96 Vlastimil Hyncica (Cze) 97 Martin Frei (Swi) 98 Curtis Keene (USA) 99 Espen Johnsen (Nor) Norwegian National Team 100 Aki Färm (Fin) Finnish National Team 101 Jan Cestnik (Slo) Slovenian National Team 102 Joe Barnes (GBr) 103 Herman Olund (Swe) 104 Frank Schneider (Ger) 105 Kyle Strait (USA) Specialized Team America 106 Rhys Willemse° (Aus) 107 Maxime Remy (Fra) Suspension Center 108 Matej Charvat (Cze) 109 Boris Tetzlaff (Aut) Solid Aclass Factory Team 110 Mathieu Troquier (Fra) Solid Aclass Factory Team 111 Cyrille Kurtz (Fra) Team Sunn 112 Simon Charvat (Cze) 113 Erik Kallstrom (Swe) 114 Cesar Rojo (Spa) 115 Marco Fidalgo (Por) 116 Carlo Gambirasio (Ita) Surfing Shop 117 Shaun O'connor° (Aus) Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker 118 Benny Strasser (Ger) 119 Ralph Jones (GBr) 120 Renato Ventura (Por) 121 Erik Irmisch (Ger) 122 Mario Sieder (Aut) Solid Aclass Factory Team 123 Georg Sieder (Aut) Solid Aclass Factory Team 124 Robert Smith (GBr) 125 Billy Caroli (Swi) 126 Romain Paulhan (Fra) 127 Antoine Badouard (Fra) 128 David Smith (GBr) 129 Ivan Brajkovic (Cro) Mammoth Racing Team 130 Tamryn Murrell° (Aus) 131 Raffael Maltrovsky (Aut) 132 Martin Mikulenka (Cze) 133 David Eme (Fra) 134 Jan Savr (Cze) 135 Loïc Delteil (Fra) 136 Rudiger Jahnel (Aut) 137 Brook Macdonald° (NZl) Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team 138 Tobias Sieber (Ger) 139 Yannick Colomb (Fra) 140 Davide Michelis (Ita) Surfing Shop 141 Zan Jurca (Slo) Slovenian National Team 142 Matthew Scoles (NZl) 143 Jamie Mccullough (Irl) 144 Camille Blanchard° (Fra) Team Sport Bike 145 Mathieu Gallean (Fra) Team Sunn 146 Esteban Deronzier (Fra) Morzine-Avoriaz 74 147 Sébastien Muller (Swi) 148 Will Longden (GBr) 149 Scott Beaumont (GBr) Rocky Mountain UK 150 Fergus Lamb (GBr) 151 Arnaud Delente (Fra) 152 Jordi Bago (Spa) 153 James Stock (GBr) 154 Vedran Kaldi (Cro) Mammoth Racing Team 155 Liam Mason (GBr) 156 Rémy Charrier (Fra) Team Sunn 157 Ivan Oziol° (Fra) --- 158 Mario Hohnjec (Cro) Mammoth Racing Team 159 Martin Hanak° (Cze) 160 Olivier Nicole (Fra) French National Team 161 Elias Somvi (Ita) 162 Samuele Aicardi (Ita) In Corpore Sano-Gravity Globe-Covre Team 163 Alastair Wilson° (GBr) 164 Kevin Mollard° (Fra) Team Sport Bike 165 Ondrej Barta (Cze) Czech National Team 166 Felix Beckeman° (Swe) Swedish National Team 167 Niklas Wallner (Swe) Swedish National Team 168 Nicolas Gspan (Swi) Swiss National Team 169 Tim Hammar (Swe) Swedish National Team 170 Gareth Brewin° (GBr) British National Team 171 Clément Benoit° (Fra) Team Sport Bike 172 Ewan Doherty (Irl) Irish National Team 173 Roman Roschi (Swi) Swiss National Team 174 Richard Thomas (GBr) British National Team 175 Anssi Rajala (Fin) Finnish National Team 176 Félix Groizard° (Fra) Team Sport Bike 177 Robin Hagen° (Swi) Scott 11 178 Bernard Kerr° (GBr) British National Team 179 Martin Mitvalsky° (Cze) Czech National Team 180 Albert Barilaro Caparros (And) Andorran National Team 181 Sergey Maltsev (Rus) Russian National Team 182 Ricard Ferreira Campos (And) Andorran National Team 183 Rene Schmidt (Ger) German National Team 184 Alexander Kangas (Swe) Swedish National Team 185 Patrick Thome° (Fra) Team Sport Bike 186 Harry Heath° (GBr) British National Team 187 Dave Goris (Bel) Belgian National Team 188 Janick Lieberherr (Swi) Swiss National Team 189 Alex Prochazka° (Can) Canadian National Team 190 Maximilian Bender (Ger) German National Team 191 Quentin Derbier (Fra) French National Team 192 Gernot Ruppert (Ger) German National Team 193 Bertrand Gilles° (Bel) Belgian National Team 194 Kristof Lenssens (Bel) Belgian National Team 195 Erik Kimmel° (Cze) Czech National Team 196 Kristjan Vrecek (Slo) Slovenian National Team 197 David Schmied (Ger) German National Team 198 Jonas Simon° (Fra) Team Sport Bike 199 Daniel Gottschall (Ger) German National Team 200 Thibaud Radermecker (Bel) Belgian National Team 201 Markus Olkkonen (Fin) Finnish National Team 202 Edijs Pauls (Lat) Latvian National Team 203 Florian Wilhelm° (Aut) Austrian National Team 204 Bastien Andreu° (Fra) Team Sport Bike 205 Fabien Bois° (Fra) Team Scott Valloire Galibier 206 Kevin Rivera° (Fra) French National Team 207 Massimo Cappanera° (Ita) In Corpore Sano-Gravity Globe-Covre Team 208 Kevin Bessi° (Fra) French National Team 209 Fabian Fader° (Ger) German National Team 210 Fredrik Hansson (Swe) Swedish National Team 211 Martin Slovak° (Cze) Czech National Team 212 Quentin Jacquet° (Fra) French National Team 213 Javier Guijarro Villacieros° (Spa) XMS-Devinci World Cup Team 214 Miika Lehtinen° (Fin) Finnish National Team 215 Leon Prelogovic° (Cro) Mammoth Racing Team 216 Hayden Lee (NZl) New Zealand National Team 217 Francesco Petrucci° (Ita) Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team 218 Lutz Weber° (Swi) Swiss National Team 219 Harry Molloy° (GBr) British National Team 220 Quentin Geynet° (Fra) Team Sport Bike 221 Arthur Racaud° (Fra) Team Sport Bike 222 David Pala° (Cze) Czech National Team 223 Vadim Savelyev (Rus) Russian National Team 224 Florian Arthus° (Fra) French National Team 225 Alex Powell° (GBr) 2Stagefactory 226 Kim Petersson° (Swe) Swedish National Team 227 Anton Rumyantsev (Rus) Russian National Team 228 Mattia Arduino (Ita) Argentina Bike Gravity Team 229 Arran Gannicott° (GBr) British National Team Elite women 1 Tracy Moseley (GBr) Trek World Racing 2 Emmeline Ragot (Fra) Suspension Center 3 Sabrina Jonnier (Fra) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles 4 Fionn Griffiths (GBr) Norco World Team 6 Floriane Pugin (Fra) Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker 7 Melissa Buhl (USA) 8 Myriam Nicole (Fra) 9 Joanna Petterson (RSA) 10 Emilie Siegenthaler (Swi) Scott 11 11 Helen Gaskell (GBr) 12 Sarah Newman (GBr) 14 Helene Valerie Fruhwirth (Aut) 15 Elisa Canepa (Ita) Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker 21 Anita Molcik (Aut) 22 Petra Bernhard (Aut) Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team 23 Diana Marggraff (Ecu) 24 Céline Gros (Fra) Morzine-Avoriaz 74 25 Micayla Gatto (Can) 26 Katy Curd (GBr) 27 Danice Uyesugi (Can) 28 Harriet Rucknagel (Ger) 29 Sandra Rubesam (Ger) 30 Antje Kramer (Ger) 31 Miranda Miller (Can) 32 Caroline Sax (Fra) 33 Jessica Stone (GBr) 2Stagefactory 34 Sophie Borderes (Fra) 35 Mélanie Pugin (Fra) Team Vario Racing 36 Leoni-Caro. Dickerhoff° (Ger) 37 Carole Armanet (Fra) 38 Harriet Latchem (GBr) British National Team 39 Elfriede Lehmann (Ger) German National Team 40 Monet Adams° (GBr) British National Team 41 Fanny Lombard° (Fra) French National Team
