Mulallay wins on his own course

42 riders showed up for Saturday's Gravity East Dual Slalom at the newly-opened Vertical Earth Mountain Bike Park at Pennsylvania's Blue Mountain ski area. The Neko Mulally-designed course was universally praised.

"The dual slalom course is just the best I've been on this year," said women's dual slalom points leader Karen Eagan during a break following qualifying.

The section became spectator central as word spread that Neko Mulally had tripled the section in practice. Sure enough, Mulally not only tripled the combination in the second round, he pumped the back side so hard that he gained a four bike-length advantage on that one element to the collective "whoa!" of the crowd. Two heats later Alejandro Ortiz also tripled the section, essentially throwing down the gloves. Even though he didn't triple the element, Jason Beckley threw his hat in the ring with a unique line that appeared to be nearly as fast.

Results

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Elite men
#Rider Name (Country) Team
1Neko Mulally (Specialized Team America)
2Allejandro Ortiz (Morpheus Cycle/Bicycle Pro)
3Jason Memmelaar (Hayes, Manitu, 5 Ten, Smith)
4Jason Beckley (MMR/Marin/Kenda/NEMA/Fox Shox)
5Lars Tribus (Chumba Racing)
6Jon Gabor (Cutters Bike Shop)
7BJ Treglia (Kenda/661/Fox Shox/Sunline/Turner)
8Kyle Sangers (J & J Cycles)
9Tom Oakes (Trailmasters/EWR)
10Jay DeJesus (EWR Bikes Factory)
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Elite / Cat. 1 Women
#Rider Name (Country) Team
1Dawn Borque (RhinoBike)
2Kate Parhiala (Wachusett Brewery)
3Karen Eagan (Sam Adams)
4Hannah Trimble
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Cat. 1 Junior men 14 & under
#Rider Name (Country) Team
1Raeshaune Sangers (J & J Cycles)
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Cat. 1 Men
#Rider Name (Country) Team
1Phillip Noto
2Alex Moschitti (Morpheus Cycle/Bicycle Pro)
3Kyle Kutzler (Team Marty's)
4Eric Fleming (Finish Line)
5Jacob Dallegro (Sinical Racing, Keswick Cycles)
DNSMatt Slater
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Cat. 1 Junior men 18 & under
#Rider Name (Country) Team
1Richie Rude (Allride Academy)
2Max Syron (Sinister/United Freeride)
3Logan Mulally (Specialized Team America)
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Cat. 2/3 Men
#Rider Name (Country) Team
1Chris Chmielewski (Wayfarer Bike)
2Lane Boertmann (Beachwood Bikes)
3Richard Patty (Wayfarer Bike)
4Andrew Clemenson
5Cory Blan (Trailmasters Touring)
6Aaron Fry
7Chris Worrell
8Dieter Ward (MMR/NEMA)
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Cat. 2 Junior men
#Rider Name (Country) Team
1Curtis Shook
2Nikolas Dudukovich
3Anthony Viselli
4Jon Kuntz (VMB)
5Andrew Kuntz (Saucon Valley Bikes)
6Seth Ritchie
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Cat. 2/3 Women
#Rider Name (Country) Team
1Karen Clymer (my honey b)
2Rachael Baxter
3Christy Allebach (Mt. Perk)
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Junior women 14 & under
#Rider Name (Country) Team
1Madison Barron

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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.

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