The start of the women's race at Mont Sainte Anne (Image credit: Mary McConneloug & Mike Broderick)
The Mont Sainte Anne World Cup won top honors as the 2009 IMTTO Event Of The Year, the organization of International Mountain Bike Teams, Technical Support companies and Event Organisers announced on Tuesday.
Votes were cast by the organization's trade teams and tech support members. The Fort William World Cup finished second, and the Offenburg World Cup was third.
It's the second such award for Mont Sainte Anne, which hosted a triple World Cup with downhill, cross country and four cross rounds again this year. In late October, the UCI named the venue as best four cross World Cup in 2009. It also finished in the top three for best cross country World Cup and best downhill World Cup.
Mont-Sainte-Anne will host the 2010 Mountain Bike World Championships. The venue has previously hosted the worlds in 1998 and has held many World Cups and long served as a popular venue among racers.
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IMTTO Event of the Year 2009 Results
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Rider Name (Country) Team
1
Mont-Sainte-Anne World Cup
2
Fort William World Cup
3
Offenburg World Cup
4
La Bresse World Cup
5
Schladming World Cup
6
Pietermaritzburg World Cup
7
Houffalize World Cup
8
Canberra World Championships
9
Maribor World Cup
10
Vallnord World Cup
11
Roc d’Azur
12
Crankworx Whistler
13
European DH Champs
14
Racer Bikes Cup Muttenz
15
Singletrack Weekender
16
Pump Track Worlds
17
Madrid World Cup
18
Bromont World Cup
19
Racer Bikes Cup Solothurn
20
Bundesliga Bad Salzdethfurt
21
Dirt Master Winterberg
22
Champery World Cup
23
Bern Bike HC
24
US Open
25
Mountain Mayhem UK
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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.
