Windham World Cup gravity courses set for weekend test

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Looking up the four cross course at Windham Mountain, New York(Image credit: Gravity East Series)

With the addition of Windham Mountain to next year's World Cup, three of Gravity East's first four 2009 events have been, or will be, host to UCI World Cup Downhills. The Gravity East at Windham Mountain will utilize both new UCI courses this weekend. The new downhill course is roughly 3:20 long and based on the popular course first used at last year's national series event. There have been additions to both the beginning and end of the course, notably the "Black Bear Slide", a feature so technical that it will be used only for the expert and professional divisions. The weekend will also see the debut of Windham's brand new four cross World Cup course when it is used for the second race of Gravity East's dual slalom series. The course is expected to be nearly one-minute long.

Windham Mounta is a well-known ski mountain, but the mountain bike program is new, with the first tree having been cut in April of 2008. Thus far, Special Events Director Rick Hodge and the Windham Mountain staff have been intent on establishing the resort as a first-class competition venue, but plans call for a full network of lift-assisted and cross country trails to be open for recreational riding by next spring.

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The wild card, however is dropped races. 2009 race winners Neko Mulally (Specialized Team America) and Sean McClendon both used one of their three drop races when they bypassed last week's event in Seven Springs, Pennsylvania. Of the two, Mulally has the upper hand as, with a first and a second place, he has the best average finishing position of any racer on the circuit in the races he has attended. Mulally also leads the dual slalom standings.

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Standings

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Elite men	Row 0 - Cell 1	Row 0 - Cell 2	Row 0 - Cell 3
1	Jason Memmelaar	2430	pts
2	Alejandro Ortiz	2340	Row 2 - Cell 3
3	Ben Hulse	2257	Row 3 - Cell 3
4	Jason Beckley	2192	Row 4 - Cell 3
5	Justin Gregory	2175	Row 5 - Cell 3
6	Jeff Cayley	2172	Row 6 - Cell 3
7	Tyler Wilson	2154	Row 7 - Cell 3
8	Neko Mulally	1670	Row 8 - Cell 3
9	Sean Mcclendon	1600	Row 9 - Cell 3
10	Geritt Beytagh	1537	Row 10 - Cell 3
11	Trevyn Newpher	1515	Row 11 - Cell 3
12	Jonthan Gaber	1500	Row 12 - Cell 3
13	Ethan Quehl	1495	Row 13 - Cell 3
14	Tim Price	1455	Row 14 - Cell 3
15	Geoffrey Ulmer	1448	Row 15 - Cell 3
16	Michael Thomas	1441	Row 16 - Cell 3
17	Bj Treglia	1432	Row 17 - Cell 3
18	Brian Yannuzzi	1420	Row 18 - Cell 3
19	Marvin Scanland	1394	Row 19 - Cell 3
20	Dan Whitehead	1391	Row 20 - Cell 3
21	Gavin Vaughan	795	Row 21 - Cell 3
22	Szymon Kowalski	780	Row 22 - Cell 3
23	Trevor Hallenbeck	750	Row 23 - Cell 3
24	Chuck Pitts	718	Row 24 - Cell 3
25	John Leslie	714	Row 25 - Cell 3
26	Christopher Talotta	702	Row 26 - Cell 3
27	David Haas	694	Row 27 - Cell 3
28	Zach Faulkner	694	Row 28 - Cell 3
29	Justin Beers	690	Row 29 - Cell 3
30	Marvin Scanland	690	Row 30 - Cell 3
31	Matty Komar	687	Row 31 - Cell 3
32	Erik Gosselin	687	Row 32 - Cell 3
33	Josh Misevcis	684	Row 33 - Cell 3
34	Terry Hinton	681	Row 34 - Cell 3
35	Ken Walter	678	Row 35 - Cell 3
36	Tim White	675	Row 36 - Cell 3

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Elite women	Row 0 - Cell 1	Row 0 - Cell 2	Row 0 - Cell 3
1	Stephanie Gubernat	2485	pts
2	Hillary Elgert	2430	Row 2 - Cell 3
3	Gandolf Rae	2038	Row 3 - Cell 3
4	Allegra Burch	855	Row 4 - Cell 3
5	Lauren Petersen	795	Row 5 - Cell 3
6	Ellen Adams	765	Row 6 - Cell 3
7	Alicia Jakomait	750	Row 7 - Cell 3

Sue George is an editor at Cyclingnews. She coordinates all of the site's mountain bike race coverage and assists with the road, 'cross and track coverage.