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The elite women's podium (l-r): Sabrina Jonnier, Floriane Pugin, Tracy Moseley, Céline Gros, Mio Suemasa.
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The 2009 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup concluded on Sunday in Schladming, Austria, with the downhill. World Cup leader Sabrina Jonnier (Maxxis-Rocky Mountain) had to settle for fourth on the day behind Tracy Moseley (Trek World Racing).
Jonnier had already won the women's title, with six wins in the first seven races, but she was still hoping to close out the season with a seventh victory. Unfortunately for her, Moseley, who won the opening round in April in Pietermaritzburg, was on fire after a relatively poor qualifying run on Friday.
"I've never done well here before," said Moseley. "I always struggle with the length and the steepness, and it was like that all week in training, so I was thinking that the best I would be able to manage was top three. So, this was a real surprise for me. The course had dried up a lot from earlier in the week, but the top sections were still greasy, and there were huge holes in the track from practice; this was the roughest, toughest Schladming I've ever done."
Moseley took the lead from Canadian champion Claire Buchar (Chain Reaction/Intense) with a time of 4:54.73 . Neither the world champion, Emmeline Ragot (Suspension Centre), nor Jonnier could come within five seconds of Moseley's time. The fastest qualifier, Floriane Pugin (Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker) came closest, 0.84 seconds back, followed by the French national champion, Cecile Gros (Morzine-Avoriaz 74).
Moseley's win was enough to move her into second overall behind Jonnier, bumping Ragot down to third in the final standings.
Jonnier's knowledge that she had already won the World Cup title certainly helped with her mental state. "I was definitely more relaxed, knowing that it was all decided, but I still wanted to win today. Unfortunately, I just couldn't put it together. I had too many mistakes, a lot of little mistakes."
Results
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tracy Moseley (GBr) Trek World Racing | 0:04:54.73 | |
| 2 | Floriane Pugin (Fra) Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker | 0:00:00.84 | |
| 3 | Celine Gros (Fra) Morzine-Avoriaz 74 | 0:00:01.79 | |
| 4 | Sabrina Jonnier (Fra) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles | 0:00:04.98 | |
| 5 | Mio Suemasa (Jpn) | 0:00:05.14 | |
| 6 | Petra Bernhard (Aut) Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team | 0:00:08.26 | |
| 7 | Emmeline Ragot (Fra) Suspension Center | 0:00:10.13 | |
| 8 | Claire Buchar (Can) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense | 0:00:13.24 | |
| 9 | Miriam Ruchti (Swi) Team Vario Racing | 0:00:14.45 | |
| 10 | Anita Ager-Wick (Nor) | 0:00:16.10 | |
| 11 | Anita Molcik (Aut) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 0:00:19.85 | |
| 12 | Anais Pajot° (Fra) Team Sunn | 0:00:20.48 | |
| 13 | Katy Curd (GBr) | 0:00:20.67 | |
| 14 | Harriet Rucknagel (Ger) | 0:00:23.69 | |
| 15 | Jessica Stone (GBr) 2Stagefactory | 0:00:37.36 | |
| 16 | Caroline Sax (Fra) | 0:00:37.58 | |
| 17 | Helen Gaskell (GBr) | 0:00:40.46 | |
| 18 | Nicole Beege (Ger) | 0:00:45.12 | |
| 19 | Darian Harvey (USA) | 0:01:47.65 | |
| DNS | Fionn Griffiths (GBr) Norco World Team |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 85 | pts |
| 2 | Santa Cruz Syndicate | 79 | |
| 3 | Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz | 68 | |
| 4 | Trek World Racing | 66 | |
| 5 | Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles | 52 | |
| 6 | Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker | 35 | |
| 7 | Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team | 35 | |
| 8 | Morzine-Avoriaz 74 | 32 | |
| 9 | Scott 11 | 31 | |
| 10 | Solid Aclass Factory Team | 27 | |
| 11 | Suspension Center | 24 | |
| 12 | Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense | 23 | |
| 13 | Team Vario Racing | 22 | |
| 14 | Subaru Mountain Bike Pro Team | 22 | |
| 15 | MSC Bikes | 21 | |
| 16 | GT Bicycles | 21 | |
| 17 | Team Sunn | 19 | |
| 18 | Animal Commencal | 18 | |
| 19 | Kenda Morewood | 16 | |
| 20 | 2Stagefactory | 16 | |
| 21 | Kona | 14 | |
| 22 | Massi | 6 | |
| 23 | Lapierre Powered By Saab Salomon | 1 |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sabrina Jonnier (Fra) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles | 1767 | pts |
| 2 | Tracy Moseley (GBr) Trek World Racing | 1355 | |
| 3 | Emmeline Ragot (Fra) Suspension Center | 1335 | |
| 4 | Floriane Pugin (Fra) Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker | 1114 | |
| 5 | Céline Gros (Fra) Morzine-Avoriaz 74 | 1010 | |
| 6 | Mio Suemasa (Jpn) | 950 | |
| 7 | Myriam Nicole (Fra) | 607 | |
| 8 | Fionn Griffiths (GBr) Norco World Team | 532 | |
| 9 | Claire Buchar (Can) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense | 510 | |
| 10 | Emilie Siegenthaler (Swi) Scott 11 | 484 | |
| 11 | Melissa Buhl (USA) | 450 | |
| 12 | Petra Bernhard (Aut) Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team | 308 | |
| 13 | Anita Molcik (Aut) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 295 | |
| 14 | Micayla Gatto (Can) | 265 | |
| 15 | Miriam Ruchti (Swi) Team Vario Racing | 190 | |
| 16 | Joanna Petterson (RSA) | 180 | |
| 17 | Anais Pajot° (Fra) Team Sunn | 175 | |
| 18 | Katy Curd (GBr) | 132 | |
| 19 | Jessica Stone (GBr) 2Stagefactory | 132 | |
| 20 | Kathleen Pruitt (USA) | 105 | |
| 21 | Helen Gaskell (GBr) | 100 | |
| 22 | Harriet Rucknagel (Ger) | 65 | |
| 23 | Sarah Newman (GBr) | 60 | |
| 24 | Diana Marggraff (Ecu) | 60 | |
| 25 | Danice Uyesugi (Can) | 60 | |
| 26 | Anita Ager-Wick (Nor) | 55 | |
| 27 | Caroline Sax (Fra) | 50 | |
| 28 | Anka Martin (RSA) | 40 | |
| 29 | Darian Harvey (USA) | 40 | |
| 30 | Helene Valerie Fruhwirth (Aut) | 35 | |
| 31 | Miranda Miller (Can) | 30 | |
| 32 | Elisa Canepa (Ita) Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker | 30 | |
| 33 | Rebecca Mcqueen (Can) | 30 | |
| 34 | Risa Suseanty (Ina) | 25 | |
| 35 | Victoria Phillips (RSA) | 20 | |
| 36 | Fanny Lombard° (Fra) | 20 | |
| 37 | Nicole Beege (Ger) | 15 | |
| 38 | Amy Laird (NZl) | 15 | |
| 39 | Antje Kramer (Ger) | 15 | |
| 40 | Gabrielle Molloy (NZl) | 15 | |
| 41 | Sophie Borderes (Fra) | 15 | |
| 42 | Emma Atkinson° (GBr) | 10 | |
| 43 | Anne Laplante (Can) | 5 |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Cruz Syndicate | 589 | pts |
| 2 | Trek World Racing | 530 | |
| 3 | Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 440 | |
| 4 | Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz | 410 | |
| 5 | Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles | 407 | |
| 6 | Scott 11 | 337 | |
| 7 | GT Bicycles | 307 | |
| 8 | Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense | 299 | |
| 9 | Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker | 261 | |
| 10 | Suspension Center | 253 | |
| 11 | Animal Commencal | 236 | |
| 12 | MS Evil Racing | 215 | |
| 13 | Morzine-Avoriaz 74 | 208 | |
| 14 | Subaru Mountain Bike Pro Team | 175 | |
| 15 | Norco World Team | 157 | |
| 16 | Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team | 128 | |
| 17 | Massi | 107 | |
| 18 | MSC Bikes | 99 | |
| 19 | Kenda Morewood | 98 | |
| 20 | 2Stagefactory | 93 | |
| 21 | Team Vario Racing | 78 | |
| 22 | Team Sunn | 75 | |
| 23 | Lapierre Powered By Saab Salomon | 63 | |
| 24 | Solid Aclass Factory Team | 56 | |
| 25 | Specialized Team America | 49 | |
| 26 | Duncan Riffle Racing | 42 | |
| 27 | Kona | 22 | |
| 28 | Dytech DH | 12 | |
| 29 | Giant Mountain Bike Team | 10 | |
| 30 | Ghost A.T.G. Pro Team | 9 | |
| 31 | XMS-Devinci World Cup Team | 6 | |
| 32 | Just Reid Race Team | 4 |