Mount Snow hosting next Gravity East Series on brand new "Trail 13"

Junior rider Damon Morin (Team Drop) on his way to a victory in his category at the GES event, the Whiteface 5km (Image credit: Matt DeLorme)

In what has become a regular occurrence in the 2009 season, Gravity East downhillers will once again charge down a brand-new trail when they visit Mount Snow in Vermont on October 3-4. Dubbed "Trail 13", the new trail will add additional variety to the mountain's trail system.

"We've held off opening the trail until race weekend because we wanted to unveil it with the Gravity East," said Vinnie Lewis, Event and Public Relations Manager for the resort. "This will be our fourth downhill this year, and on the fourth different course."

Lewis added that bike set-ups for the new, mostly-wooded, course should be very similar to that used for previous downhills at Mount Snow. "It's the same surface, just a different flow down the mountain."

Following his wins at Vertical Earth Mountain Bike Park at Blue Mountain last weekend, Neko Mulally is closing in on a possible double championship. Though still trailing Alejandro Ortiz, Jason Memmelaar, Ben Hulse, and Jeff Cayley in the standings, Mulally moved up two positions with his win in Pennsylvania; and he has at least one more "no score" to drop from his final points tally than any of the competitors currently above him in the standings. In the dual slalom Standings, Mulallay has a comfortable lead over Brian Piper and Kyle Ebbett.

On the women's side, the downhill title chase is a virtual tie with the points gap between current points leader Stephanie Gubernat, Dawn Bourque and last week's winner Karen Eagan being so small as to be meaningless. With just two race weekends left, it looks like the chase for the women's title could come down to the final run by the final competitor. The women's dual slalom standings are even murkier, with Eagan and Bourque again in the mix, along with Lauren Daney and Kate Parhiala. With the unpredictable nature of dual slalom, coupled with the double points on tap at the final race at Plattekill, any of these four could be this year's "Queen of Dual".

The weekend will also include the a Gravity East dual slalom series event plus a non-series super D race.

For more information, visit www.GravityEastSeries.com.

Results

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Elite men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Alejandro Ortiz	6093	pts
2	Jason Memmelaar	5465	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Ben Hulse	5197	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Jeff Cayley	5035	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Neko Mulally	4960	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Erik Gosselin	4863	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Zach Faulkner	4389	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Ben Moody	4005	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Bj Treglia	3556	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Chris Higgerson	3049	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Tim Howland	3008	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Gavin Vaughan	2998	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Jason Beckley	2914	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Justin Gregory	2889	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Conor Rowan	2810	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Marvin Scanland	2810	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	David Haas	2792	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Geritt Beytagh	2352	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Luke Snyder	2255	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Geoffrey Ulmer	2193	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Tyler Wilson	2154	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Patrick Noonan	2148	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	Brian Yannuzzi	2107	Row 22 - Cell 3
24	Dan Whitehead	2101	Row 23 - Cell 3
25	Andrew Bressem	2033	Row 24 - Cell 3
26	Jergen Beneke	1650	Row 25 - Cell 3
27	Chris Heath	1605	Row 26 - Cell 3
28	Sean Mcclendon	1600	Row 27 - Cell 3
29	Trevyn Newpher	1515	Row 28 - Cell 3
30	Dan Sim	1501	Row 29 - Cell 3
31	Jonthan Gaber	1500	Row 30 - Cell 3
32	Ethan Quehl	1495	Row 31 - Cell 3
33	David Flynn	1490	Row 32 - Cell 3
34	Lars Tribus	1483	Row 33 - Cell 3
35	Tim Price	1455	Row 34 - Cell 3
36	Kyle Sanger	1452	Row 35 - Cell 3
37	Michael Thomas	1441	Row 36 - Cell 3
38	Christopher Talotta	1432	Row 37 - Cell 3
39	Kevin Green	1416	Row 38 - Cell 3
40	Bert Boyce	1408	Row 39 - Cell 3
41	Josh Misevcis	1398	Row 40 - Cell 3
42	Avery Busch	1392	Row 41 - Cell 3
43	Tom Bubier	1385	Row 42 - Cell 3
44	Willem Cooper	1381	Row 43 - Cell 3
45	Matty Komar	1377	Row 44 - Cell 3
46	Justin Beers	1361	Row 45 - Cell 3
47	Tim White	1359	Row 46 - Cell 3
48	Paul Adams	1358	Row 47 - Cell 3
49	Beniot Mioux	815	Row 48 - Cell 3
50	Shaums March	795	Row 49 - Cell 3
51	Adam Morse	795	Row 50 - Cell 3
52	Szymon Kowalski	780	Row 51 - Cell 3
53	George Ryan	780	Row 52 - Cell 3
54	Heikki Hall	765	Row 53 - Cell 3
55	Trevor Hallenbeck	750	Row 54 - Cell 3
56	Dan Ferreira	745	Row 55 - Cell 3
57	Yann Gauvin	730	Row 56 - Cell 3
58	James Rennie	726	Row 57 - Cell 3
59	Logan Binggeli	726	Row 58 - Cell 3
60	John-Ryan Quick	722	Row 59 - Cell 3
61	Pete Fougere	722	Row 60 - Cell 3
62	Steve Avery	722	Row 61 - Cell 3
63	Naish Ulmer	722	Row 62 - Cell 3
64	John Leslie	714	Row 63 - Cell 3
65	James Pattertson	714	Row 64 - Cell 3
66	Jenny Jade	710	Row 65 - Cell 3
67	Billy Melone	710	Row 66 - Cell 3
68	Sam Mellen	710	Row 67 - Cell 3
69	Chris Scannell	702	Row 68 - Cell 3
70	Vincent Paliseno	698	Row 69 - Cell 3
71	Daniel Hultgen	698	Row 70 - Cell 3
72	Jon Gabon	694	Row 71 - Cell 3
73	Paul Mcneil	694	Row 72 - Cell 3
74	Vincent Tremblay	694	Row 73 - Cell 3
75	James Jeannet	687	Row 74 - Cell 3
76	Dave Trumpure	681	Row 75 - Cell 3
77	Ken Walter	678	Row 76 - Cell 3
78	Bryan Willis	678	Row 77 - Cell 3
79	Brian Piper	675	Row 78 - Cell 3
80	Sam Adams	673	Row 79 - Cell 3
81	Taylor Rowlands	669	Row 80 - Cell 3
82	Tom Kakamousias	665	Row 81 - Cell 3

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Elite women
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Stephanie Gubernat	5620	pts
2	Dawn Bourque	5090	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Karen Eagan	4930	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Hillary Elgert	3225	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Alexis Wruble	2370	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Gandolf Rae	2038	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Allegra Burch	1635	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Lauren Petersen	795	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Alexandra Lacroix	795	Row 8 - Cell 3
9	Jennifer Wolf	780	Row 9 - Cell 3
9	Ellen Adams	765	Row 10 - Cell 3
10	Alicia Jakomait	750	Row 11 - Cell 3

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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.