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July 25, Elite women downhill finals:

Jonnier wins on slippery Mont Sainte Anne course

By:
Rob Jones
Published:
July 25, 2009, 19:48,
Updated:
July 28, 2009, 16:36

French women take four of five top spots; Moseley in third

Emmeline Ragot

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Sabrina Jonnier (Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles) is proving to be unstoppable in the women's World Cup downhill, taking her fifth consecutive win of the season at Mont Sainte Anne, Quebec, in Canada on Saturday, despite changing weather that made the track slick and slippery.

Through the first 10 racers of the 20 rider field, there was rapid and frequent turnover in the Hot Seat. The first rider to hang on to the Hot Seat for a while was Emilie Siegenthaler (Scott 11). Siegenthaler was eventually dislodged by Melissa Buhl (KHS).

Buhl was pleased with her run. "It was pretty good. I struggled a bit in the mud but I kept it together. I was going back and forth between the mud and the dry tires, and I was glad I stuck to the dry. There were a couple of spots of mud where I would have like spikes, but it paid off in the rocks because they were pretty slippery."

The next rider to lay down a fast run was Tracy Moseley (Trek World Racing), who was almost immediately displaced by Emmeline Ragot (Suspension Center), with a strong time that was good enough to maintain the Hot Seat until only Jonnier remained to descend.

Jonnier was the class of the field. Her run of 5:26.50 beat Ragot by 3.79 seconds. "That run was the best of the weekend. Conditions were a lot different than this morning. It dried out a lot," Jonnier said. "I decided to be a bit cautious and then go fast when I could. I just want to win and be happy on my bike." Jonnier's win was her fifth consecutive victory of the season.

Moseley finished in third place, 4.77 seconds back. With her win here, Jonnier stretches her lead in the World Cup standings to 1,382 points, with Ragot a distant second with 1,115 points. Four of the top five riders are now French, with only Moseley, in third, breaking the streak.

Results

# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Sabrina Jonnier (Fra) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles 0:05:26.50  
2 Emmeline Ragot (Fra) Suspension Center 0:00:03.79  
3 Tracy Moseley (GBr) Trek World Racing 0:00:04.77  
4 Céline Gros (Fra) Morzine-Avoriaz 74 0:00:09.91  
5 Floriane Pugin (Fra) Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker 0:00:10.21  
6 Mio Suemasa (Jpn) 0:00:12.07  
7 Melissa Buhl (USA) 0:00:20.28  
8 Emilie Siegenthaler (Swi) Scott 11 0:00:21.14  
9 Anita Molcik (Aut) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team 0:00:24.73  
10 Fionn Griffiths (GBr) Norco World Team 0:00:26.11  
11 Micayla Gatto (Can) 0:00:26.80  
12 Kathleen Pruitt (USA) 0:00:27.95  
13 Claire Buchar (Can) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 0:00:30.02  
14 Petra Bernhard (Aut) Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team 0:00:30.95  
15 Danice Uyesugi (Can) 0:00:31.69  
16 Anais ° Pajot (Fra) Team Sunn 0:00:32.38  
17 Rebecca Mcqueen (Can) 0:00:34.36  
18 Jessica Stone (GBr) 2Stagefactory 0:00:38.88  
19 Darian Harvey (USA) 0:01:06.38  
20 Gabrielle Molloy (NZl) 0:01:10.31  
Team
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Trek World Racing 72  pts
2 Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team 69  
3 Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz 63  
4 Santa Cruz Syndicate 57  
5 Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles 54  
6 Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 54  
7 Scott 11 54  
8 GT Bicycles 38  
9 Suspension Center 35  
10 Subaru Mountain Bike Pro Team 35  
11 Animal Commencal 30  
12 Morzine-Avoriaz 74 30  
13 Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker 28  
14 MS Evil Racing 26  
15 Norco World Team 21  
16 MSC Bikes 18  
17 Kenda Morewood 17  
18 Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team 17  
19 Team Sunn 15  
20 Solid Aclass Factory Team 14  
21 2Stagefactory 13  
22 Duncan Riffle Racing 5  
23 Just Reid Race Team 4  
24 Massi 3  
25 Kona 1  
World Cup standings after six rounds
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Sabrina Jonnier (Fra) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles 1382  pts
2 Emmeline Ragot (Fra) Suspension Center 1115  
3 Tracy Moseley (GBr) Trek World Racing 966  
4 Céline Gros (Fra) Morzine-Avoriaz 74 726  
5 Floriane Pugin (Fra) Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker 714  
6 Mio Suemasa (Jpn) 650  
7 Myriam Nicole (Fra) 607  
8 Fionn Griffiths (GBr) Norco World Team 480  
9 Melissa Buhl (USA) 415  
10 Emilie Siegenthaler (Swi) Scott 11 412  
11 Claire Buchar (Can) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 344  
12 Anita Molcik (Aut) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team 190  
13 Joanna Petterson (RSA) 180  
14 Petra Bernhard (Aut) Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team 172  
15 Micayla Gatto (Can) 160  
16 Miriam Ruchti (Swi) Team Vario Racing 130  
17 Jessica Stone (GBr) 2Stagefactory 102  
18 Katy Curd (GBr) 92  
19 Anais Pajot* (Fra) Team Sunn 85  
20 Helen Gaskell (GBr) 80  
21 Sarah Newman (GBr) 60  
22 Diana Marggraff (Ecu) 60  
23 Kathleen Pruitt (USA) 45  
24 Anka Martin (RSA) 40  
25 Helene Valerie Fruhwirth (Aut) 35  
26 Danice Uyesugi (Can) 30  
27 Miranda Miller (Can) 30  
28 Elisa Canepa (Ita) Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker 30  
29 Rebecca Mcqueen (Can) 30  
30 Risa Suseanty (Ina) 25  
31 Caroline Sax (Fra) 25  
32 Harriet Rucknagel (Ger) 20  
33 Victoria Phillips (RSA) 20  
34 Fanny Lombard* (Fra) 20  
35 Antje Kramer (Ger) 15  
36 Sophie Borderes (Fra) 15  
37 Darian Harvey (USA) 10  
38 Emma Atkinson* (GBr) 10  
39 Gabrielle Molloy (NZl) 5  
Team World Cup standings
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Santa Cruz Syndicate 424  pts
2 Trek World Racing 414  
3 Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles 301  
4 Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team 289  
5 Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz 289  
6 Scott 11 270  
7 GT Bicycles 241  
8 Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 220  
9 MS Evil Racing 215  
10 Suspension Center 203  
11 Animal Commencal 188  
12 Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker 180  
13 Morzine-Avoriaz 74 148  
14 Norco World Team 139  
15 Subaru Mountain Bike Pro Team 118  
16 Massi 86  
17 Kenda Morewood 82  
18 Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team 78  
19 2Stagefactory 77  
20 Lapierre Powered By Saab Salomon 62  
21 MSC Bikes 61  
22 Team Vario Racing 56  
23 Duncan Riffle Racing 41  
24 Team Sunn 37  
25 Specialized Team America 34  
26 Solid Aclass Factory Team 25  
27 Dytech DH 12  
28 Ghost A.T.G. Pro Team 9  
29 XMS-Devinci World Cup Team 6  
30 Just Reid Race Team 4  
31 Kona 3