Rachel Atherton wins women's downhill at Vallnord World Cup
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Rachel Atherton (GT Factory Racing) won the elite women's downhill World Cup in Vallnord, Andorra on Sunday, keeping her perfect World Cup record intact for this year.
The women's race was marked by a demanding course in which only three riders were able to finish under minutes.
Myriam Nicole (Commençal) set the fastest time when there were still 10 riders to go. The best were still to ride. Atherton, second last to start, crushed Nicole's time over 11 seconds.
The fastest rider in qualifying, Manon Carpenter (Madison Saracen), was the last woman to start. She gave it all with the goal of confirming her qualifying results, but she finished 1.6 seconds slower than Atherton.
Emmeline Ragot (LaPierre) and Floriane Pugin (GStaad-Scott) completed the podium.
"Clearly this is one of the toughest World Cups I've ever ridden. It is a course of nearly five minutes and that's absolutely killer," said Atherton. "I knew Manon was going to ride at 100%. I knew it would be very close after she classified first on Friday. This is racing and everyone wants to win; I'm glad it was me today."
After this round, Atherton continues to lead the World Cup standings with a margin of over 200 points on Ragot and Carpenter.
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With the World Cup completed, Vallnord, Andorra officially announced that it was putting in a bid to host the 2015 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships.
Full Results
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rachel Atherton (GBr) GT Factory Racing | 0:04:47.778 |
| 2 | Manon Carpenter (GBr) Madison Saracen Downhill Team | 0:00:01.617 |
| 3 | Myriam Nicole (Fra) Commencal / Riding Addiction | 0:00:11.450 |
| 4 | Emmeline Ragot (Fra) Lapierre Gravity Republic | 0:00:12.673 |
| 5 | Floriane Pugin (Fra) Gstaad-Scott | 0:00:18.052 |
| 6 | Morgane Charre (Fra) Ms Mondraker Team | 0:00:26.262 |
| 7 | Tahnee Seagrave° (GBr) FMD Racing / Intense Cycles | 0:00:26.659 |
| 8 | Jill Kintner (USA) Team Norco International | 0:00:29.914 |
| 9 | Fionn Griffiths (GBr) | 0:00:43.519 |
| 10 | Emilie Siegenthaler (Swi) Gstaad-Scott | 0:00:47.261 |
| 11 | Petra Bernhard (Aut) RRP Ghost | 0:00:50.184 |
| 12 | Jessica Stone (GBr) Unior Tools Team | 0:00:53.740 |
| 13 | Alanna Columb (NZl) | 0:00:54.811 |
| 14 | Anita Ager-Wick (Nor) | 0:00:54.970 |
| 15 | Mélanie Pugin (Fra) Team Morzine-Avoriaz/Haute-Savoie | 0:00:58.780 |
| 16 | Alia Marcellini (Ita) Torpado Surfing Shop | 0:00:59.176 |
| 17 | Fiona Ourdouillie° (Fra) US Cagnes VTT | 0:00:59.798 |
| 18 | Zarja Cernilogar (Slo) Blackthorn GT | 0:01:05.913 |
| 19 | Severine Cigana (Fra) US Cagnes VTT | 0:01:08.627 |
| 20 | Miriam Ruchti (Swi) SC Intense | 0:01:09.601 |
| 21 | Carina Cappellari (Swi) | 0:01:10.586 |
| 22 | Jacqueline Harmony (USA) | 0:01:23.698 |
| 23 | Veronique Sandler (NZl) | 0:01:26.966 |
| DNF | Chloe Gallean (Fra) | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
| DNS | Marianne Ruud° (Nor) | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GT Factory Racing | 91 | pts |
| 2 | Commencal / Riding Addiction | 70 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Lapierre Gravity Republic | 68 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
| 4 | Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 60 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
| 5 | Gstaad-Scott | 52 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
| 6 | Specialized Racing DH | 49 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
| 7 | Santa Cruz Syndicate | 46 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
| 8 | Madison Saracen Downhill Team | 45 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
| 9 | Devinci Global Racing | 39 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
| 10 | Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof | 35 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
| 11 | MS Mondraker Team | 20 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
| 12 | Evil Vengeance Tour | 19 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
| 13 | FMD Racing / Intense Cycles | 18 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
| 14 | Topcycle By Trek | 17 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
| 15 | Trek World Racing | 17 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
| 16 | Team Norco International | 16 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
| 17 | RRP Ghost | 10 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
| 18 | Unior Tools Team | 9 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
| 19 | Hutchinson UR | 9 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
| 20 | GT / 360 Degrees | 8 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
| 21 | Pivot Factory Team | 7 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
| 22 | Team Morzine-Avoriaz/Haute-Savoie | 6 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
| 23 | US Cagnes VTT | 6 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
| 24 | Torpado Surfing Shop | 5 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
| 25 | Blackthorn GT | 3 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
| 26 | SC Intense | 1 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rachel Atherton (GBr) GT Factory Racing | 740 | pts |
| 2 | Emmeline Ragot (Fra) Lapierre Gravity Republic | 535 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Manon Carpenter (GBr) Madison Saracen Downhill Team | 510 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
| 4 | Floriane Pugin (Fra) Gstaad-Scott | 410 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
| 5 | Morgane Charre (Fra) Ms Mondraker Team | 400 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
| 6 | Myriam Nicole (Fra) Commencal / Riding Addiction | 389 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
| 7 | Emilie Siegenthaler (Swi) Gstaad-Scott | 237 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
| 8 | Jill Kintner (USA) Team Norco International | 225 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
| 9 | Tahnee Seagrave° (GBr) FMD Racing / Intense Cycles | 154 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
| 10 | Zarja Cernilogar (Slo) Blackthorn GT | 145 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
| 11 | Tracey Hannah (Aus) Hutchinson UR | 136 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
| 12 | Fionn Griffiths (GBr) | 135 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
| 13 | Casey Brown (Can) Dirt Norco Race Team | 105 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
| 14 | Micayla Gatto (Can) | 105 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
| 15 | Mélanie Pugin (Fra) Team Morzine-Avoriaz/Haute-Savoie | 75 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
| 16 | Mio Suemasa (Jpn) | 60 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
| 17 | Alia Marcellini (Ita) Torpado Surfing Shop | 55 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
| 18 | Petra Bernhard (Aut) RRP Ghost | 50 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
| 19 | Alanna Columb (NZl) | 50 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
| 20 | Jessica Stone (GBr) Unior Tools Team | 45 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
| 21 | Anita Ager-Wick (Nor) | 40 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
| 22 | Jana Bartova (Cze) | 35 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
| 23 | Vaea Verbeeck (Can) | 35 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
| 24 | Miriam Ruchti (Swi) SC Intense | 30 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
| 25 | Fiona Ourdouillie° (Fra) US Cagnes VTT | 30 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
| 26 | Jacqueline Harmony (USA) | 15 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
| 27 | Marianne Ruud° (Nor) | 15 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
| 28 | Severine Cigana (Fra) US Cagnes VTT | 10 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
| 29 | Martina Bruehlmann (Swi) | 5 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GT Factory Racing | 271 | pts |
| 2 | Lapierre Gravity Republic | 208 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Santa Cruz Syndicate | 160 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
| 4 | Commencal / Riding Addiction | 150 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
| 5 | Gstaad-Scott | 143 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
| 6 | Specialized Racing DH | 133 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
| 7 | Madison Saracen Downhill Team | 117 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
| 8 | Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 112 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
| 9 | MS Mondraker Team | 106 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
| 10 | Devinci Global Racing | 106 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
| 11 | Trek World Racing | 102 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
| 12 | Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof | 96 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
| 13 | Hutchinson UR | 94 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
| 14 | Evil Vengeance Tour | 53 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
| 15 | Team Norco International | 41 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
| 16 | Topcycle By Trek | 29 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
| 17 | Blackthorn GT | 29 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
| 18 | FMD Racing / Intense Cycles | 28 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
| 19 | Pivot Factory Team | 27 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
| 20 | RRP Ghost | 25 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
| 21 | GT / 360 Degrees | 25 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
| 22 | Evil CK Racing Evian | 23 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
| 23 | Dirt Norco Race Team | 20 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
| 24 | Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 18 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
| 25 | SC Intense | 18 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
| 26 | Team Morzine-Avoriaz/Haute-Savoie | 15 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
| 27 | Torpado Surfing Shop | 11 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
| 28 | Kona | 10 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
| 29 | Unior Tools Team | 9 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
| 30 | Team Bulls - DH | 9 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
| 31 | US Cagnes VTT | 8 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
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