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MTB World Cup Cross Country #5, Downhill #5 & Four Cross #5 2010

Date range:
July 30 - August 1, 2010

August 1, Elite women downhill:

Ragot tops women's downhill

By:
Rob Jones
Published:
August 1, 2010, 17:50,
Updated:
August 2, 2010, 20:59

Jonnier extends World Cup lead with silver over Moseley

Emmeline Ragot (Suspension Center).

Emmeline Ragot (Suspension Center).

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Emmeline Ragot (Suspension Center) took her second successive World Cup victory in two weekends in round five of the women's Downhill World Cup in Val di Sole, Italy, tightening the overall standings and denying Sabrina Jonnier (Maxxis-Rocky Mountain) a chance to lock down the women's title

Japan's Mio Suemasa set the first fast time for the women, and would claim the Hot Seat until the final five riders made their runs. Myriam Nicole (Commencal Superiders) took the lead by five seconds from Suemasa, but only held it for a few minutes before Jonnier came down over 10 seconds faster.

Next was Tracy Moseley (Trek World Racing), but she could only slot in behind Jonnier. Finally, it was World Champion Ragot, the fastest qualifier, who knocked another 2.4 seconds from Jonnier's time to claim the victory.

With her victory, Ragot moves from second to third behind Jonnier in the overall standings, 175 points behind her rival. While Jonnier still holds a commanding lead, it is by no means a sure thing, since a victory by Ragot and a poor showing by Jonnier could still cause an upset.

"I think my ride was okay," said Ragot. "I didn't make a lot of mistakes, but I thought I had flatted my tyre on the first part, because the ground was so soft.

"My strategy was to just be smart, don't do crazy stuff. Just try to stay smooth on the bike. Don't go like crazy. And it worked, it went so good, that maybe I will try that for the  World Championships."

"Sabrina has a lot of points, and I missed the first race and crashed in the next two," said Ragot. "So now I am second, but I don't know how it will go from there. But, I am feeling good and I have a new bike; I've only ridden it twice now [qualifying and final] and it rode well."

Full Results

# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Emmeline Ragot (Fra) Suspension Center 0:03:59.75  
2 Sabrina Jonnier (Fra) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain 0:00:02.40  
3 Tracy Moseley (GBr) Trek World Racing 0:00:06.50  
4 Myriam Nicole (Fra) Commencal Superiders 0:00:12.79  
5 Floriane Pugin (Fra) Scott 11 0:00:13.67  
6 Mio Suemasa (Jpn) 0:00:17.78  
7 Claire Buchar (Can) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 0:00:18.80  
8 Céline Gros (Fra) Morzine-Avoriaz/Haute-Savoie 0:00:21.06  
9 Emilie Siegenthaler (Swi) Scott 11 0:00:21.66  
10 Manon Carpenter° (GBr) 0:00:25.37  
11 Miriam Ruchti (Swi) Dr-Gravity Union 0:00:33.46  
12 Micayla Gatto (Can) 0:00:34.70  
13 Petra Bernhard (Aut) RC Alpine Commencal Austria 0:00:35.13  
14 Jessica Stone (GBr) 0:00:36.14  
15 Joanna Petterson (RSA) 0:00:38.05  
16 Caroline Sax (Fra) 0:00:44.41  
17 Morgane Charre (Fra) 0:00:47.36  
18 Mélanie Pugin (Fra) 0:00:59.98  
19 Nicole Beege (Ger) 0:01:02.68  
20 Harriet Rucknagel (Ger) 0:01:02.85  
Teams
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Santa Cruz Syndicate 83  pts
2 MS Evil Racing 66  
3 Scott 11 63  
4 Trek World Racing 62  
5 GT Bicycles 59  
6 Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 59  
7 Suspension Center 40  
8 Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain 35  
9 Commencal 32  
10 Commencal Superiders 30  
11 Solid Aclass Factory Team 25  
12 Giant Factory Team 24  
13 Lapierre International 23  
14 Morzine-Avoriaz/Haute-Savoie 23  
15 Dr-Gravity Union 20  
16 RC Alpine Commencal Austria 18  
17 Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team 17  
18 Kona 12  
19 XMS Racing Squad 1  
World Cup individual standings after round 5
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Sabrina Jonnier (Fra) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain 1040  pts
2 Emmeline Ragot (Fra) Suspension Center 865  
3 Floriane Pugin (Fra) Scott 11 780  
4 Tracy Moseley (GBr) Trek World Racing 699  
5 Myriam Nicole (Fra) Commencal Superiders 685  
6 Claire Buchar (Can) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 466  
7 Rachel Atherton (GBr) Commencal 460  
8 Mio Suemasa (Jpn) 411  
9 Céline Gros (Fra) Morzine-Avoriaz/Haute-Savoie 407  
10 Manon Carpenter° (GBr) 376  
11 Petra Bernhard (Aut) RC Alpine Commencal Austria 366  
12 Micayla Gatto (Can) 190  
13 Fionn Griffiths (GBr) Norco World Team 155  
14 Miriam Ruchti (Swi) Dr-Gravity Union 150  
15 Emilie Siegenthaler (Swi) Scott 11 135  
16 Katy Curd (GBr) 135  
17 Jessica Stone (GBr) 105  
18 Harriet Rucknagel (Ger) 95  
19 Melissa Buhl (USA) 75  
20 Joanna Petterson (RSA) 70  
21 Caroline Sax (Fra) 55  
22 Martina Bruehlmann (Swi) 45  
23 Morgane Charre (Fra) 35  
24 Nicole Beege (Ger) 25  
25 Aimee Dix (GBr) 25  
26 Jacqueline Harmony (USA) 20  
27 Anais Pajot (Fra) Team Sunn Montgenevre 20  
28 Fanny Lombard° (Fra) 20  
29 Mélanie Pugin (Fra) 15  
30 Sophie Borderes (Fra) 15  
31 Birgit Braumann (Aut) 10  
World Cup team standings after round five
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 368  pts
2 Scott 11 323  
3 Santa Cruz Syndicate 302  
4 Commencal 272  
5 Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain 270  
6 Trek World Racing 258  
7 MS Evil Racing 185  
8 Suspension Center 164  
9 GT Bicycles 155  
10 Commencal Superiders 152  
11 Lapierre International 128  
12 Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team 126  
13 Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz 125  
14 Morzine-Avoriaz/Haute-Savoie 112  
15 RC Alpine Commencal Austria 110  
16 Giant Factory Team 81  
17 Dr-Gravity Union 80  
18 Norco World Team 71  
19 Solid Aclass Factory Team 53  
20 Kona 53  
21 Mondraker Factory Team 50  
22 Kenda-Playbiker 42  
23 Team Cingolani - Protone 20  
24 Team Sunn Montgenevre 20  
25 Blackmountain Morewood United 16  
26 Dirt Norco Race Team 15  
27 Massi Team 8  
28 Team Lac Blanc Massif Des Vosges 8  
29 Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team 6  
30 XMS Racing Squad 5