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Specialized wins IMTTO Constructors Championship

By:
Sue George, Mountain Bike Editor
Published:
September 30, 2009, 22:09,
Updated:
September 30, 2009, 22:20
Edition:
MTB News & Racing Round-up, September 30, 2009
Under 23 world champion Burry Stander (Specialized)

Under 23 world champion Burry Stander (Specialized)

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Trek and Giant round out podium after solid mountain bike season

Specialized topped a field of 67 companies who earned themselves a spot in the Constructors Championship of the 2009 mountain bike racing season. The contest, created by the International Mountain Bike Teams, Tech support and Organisers (IMTTO) - an international non-profit organization supporting the greater good of mountain biking - was run for the first time this year.

With 648 points, Specialized walked away with full bragging rights. Trek finished second at 415 points, and Giant was a close third with 404. Intense and Scott rounded out the top five with 375 and 361 points respectively.

Specialized was helped in largely by its professional World Cup team which includes racers such as Lene Byberg, Burry Stander, Todd Wells and Christoph Sauser. Trek brought a strong to to both the cross country and the downhill competitions with its Trek World Racing squad including Liam Killeen, Lukas Flückiger, Matthias Flückiger, Andrew Neethling, Tracy Moseley and Justin Leov. Some of Giant's top talent included Oli Beckingsale and Adam Craig.

All manufacturers whose bikes were raced at World Cups and World Championships scored points. The points were awarded, for each World Cup event and all categories at the World Championships, to the top 20 places in men's cross country, downhill and four cross and to the top 10 in the women's cross country, downhill and four cross.

The IMTTO organization is recognized by the UCI.

IMTTO Constructors Championships Final Standings

# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Specialized 648  pts
2 Trek 415  
3 Giant 404  
4 Intense 375  
5 Scott 361  
6 Yeti 359  
7 GT 348  
8 Santa Cruz 324  
9 Commencal 303  
10 Merida 269  
11 Orbea 235  
12 Rocky Mountain 227  
13 Ghost 205  
14 Cannondale 164  
15 Evil 162  
16 Massi 154  
17 Lapierre 127  
18 Sunn 127  
19 Rotwild 109  
20 Norco 108  
21 Author 99  
22 Turner 87  
23 Mondraker 83  
24 Morewood 72  
25 KHS 67  
26 Iron Horse 52  
27 Bianchi 51  
28 MSC 44  
29 FRM 41  
30 Nicolai 41  
31 Canfield 40  
32 RB 40  
33 Hercules 36  
34 Corratec 35  
35 Gary Fisher 35  
36 Colnago 29  
37 Canyon 27  
38 Kraftstoff 25  
39 Orange 24  
40 Felt 21  
41 Focus 21  
42 Tomac 21  
43 Pell’s 17  
44 Carraro 13  
45 BMC 12  
46 Cube 12  
47 Identiti 12  
48 Seven 12  
49 Thömus 12  
50 Chumba 11  
51 Jamis 11  
52 Lee Cougan 11  
53 Ancillotti 10  
54 Solid 10  
55 Spatz 10  
56 Ancillotti 9  
57 Ridley 9  
58 Independent 5  
59 Zenith 5  
60 2Stage 3  
61 Ibis 3  
62 Transition 3  
63 Wheeler 3  
64 Devinci 1  
65 Koba 1  
66 Spank 1  
67 Vario 1  

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