Pugin and Beer crowned European Downhill Champions
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Switzerland's Nick Beer and France's Floriane Pugin put in the fastest runs to take the European Downhill Championship titles at the Kranjska Gora Bike Park in Slovenia on Sunday.
Beer won by almost five seconds in the elite men's race in front of top French riders Aurélien Giordanengo and Rémi Thirion. Beer has been fast all season and was also the top-ranked rider this weekend so he was among the favourites for the title.
"This is an amazing track, it suits me well," said Beer. "It has steep parts, some technical sections and fast, straight parts. I made a mistake on top, but I somehow pulled it off in the end," said the 21-year-old who finished third in European Championships last year.
This time he finished on top. "This race is not as important as the World Cup, but it feels great to beat some of Europe's best riders," said Beer, who will also aim for the top next weekend in Maribor.
In the women's race, it was an all-French affair on the 2,500m course with 450m of elevation drop. Surprisingly, World Cup leader Sabrina Jonnier failed to defend her title. Instead a younger trio of French riders occupied the podium. Pugin finished in front of Emmeline Ragot and Céline Gros.
Jonnier finished 10th after crashing during the first steep forest section. Her bike went flying off the course.
"I did well in last year's World Cup but winning this title is special. I like this course as well as Slovenia so I'm also looking forward to Maribor," said Pugin.
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Frenchwoman Fanny Lombard won the junior women's title and Bernard Kerr from Great Britain took the junior men's with a time that would have put him in fifth in the elite category.
Next weekend, downhillers will again race in Slovenia - this time for the UCI World Cup in Maribor on June 20-21. The following weekend the European four cross championships will be held in Ajdovšcina on June 26-27.
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| 1 | Floriane Pugin (Fra) | 0:04:12 |
| 2 | Emmeline Ragot (Fra) | 0:00:01 |
| 3 | Céline Gros (Fra) | 0:00:10 |
| 4 | Myriam Nicole (Fra) | 0:00:14 |
| 5 | Emilie Siegenthaler (Swi) | 0:00:16 |
| 6 | Fionn Griffiths (GBr) | 0:00:17 |
| 7 | Miriam Ruchti (Swi) | 0:00:19 |
| 8 | Petra Bernhard (Aut) | 0:00:22 |
| 9 | Victoria Hernandez (Spa) | 0:00:27 |
| 10 | Sabrina Jonnier (Fra) | 0:00:41 |
| 11 | Elisa Canepa (Ita) | 0:00:42 |
| 12 | Elin Berglund (Swe) | 0:00:49 |
| 13 | Katarina Tothova (Cze) | 0:00:54 |
| 14 | Katarina Pialova (Svk) | 0:00:56 |
| 15 | Rebeka Barlic (Slo) | 0:00:59 |
| 16 | Radovana Slizikova (Svk) | 0:01:02 |
| 17 | Helena Boskova (Svk) | 0:01:12 |
| 18 | Dubravka Druzeta (Cro) | 0:01:14 |
| 19 | Birgit Braumann (Aut) | 0:01:45 |
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| 1 | Nick Beer (Swi) | 0:03:42 |
| 2 | Aurélien Giordanengo (Fra) | 0:00:05 |
| 3 | Rémi Thirion (Fra) | 0:00:05 |
| 4 | Lorenzo Suding (Ita) | 0:00:07 |
| 5 | Toni Berg (Fin) | 0:00:08 |
| 6 | Bernat Guardia (Spa) | 0:00:09 |
| 7 | Robin Wallner (Swe) | 0:00:10 |
| 8 | Markus Klausmann (Ger) | 0:00:11 |
| 9 | Matej Charvat (Cze) | 0:00:11 |
| 10 | Dominik Gspan (Swi) | 0:00:11 |
| 11 | Maciej Jodko (Pol) | 0:00:11 |
| 12 | Elias Somvi (Ita) | 0:00:11 |
| 13 | Herman Olund (Swe) | 0:00:12 |
| 14 | Martin Frei (Swi) | 0:00:12 |
| 15 | Joseph Smith (GBr) | 0:00:13 |
| 16 | Lars Peyer (Swi) | 0:00:13 |
| 17 | Nejc Rutar (Slo) | 0:00:13 |
| 17 | Benny Strasser (Ger) | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
| 19 | Antonio Ferreiro Pajuelo (Spa) | 0:00:13 |
| 20 | Matthieu Gallean (Fra) | 0:00:14 |
| 21 | Dan Stanbridge (GBr) | 0:00:15 |
| 22 | Alexander Kangas (Swe) | 0:00:15 |
| 23 | Mario Sieder (Aut) | 0:00:15 |
| 24 | Carlo Gambirasio (Ita) | 0:00:15 |
| 25 | Niklas Wallner (Swe) | 0:00:16 |
| 26 | Richard Thomas (GBr) | 0:00:16 |
| 27 | Dennis Dertell (Swe) | 0:00:16 |
| 28 | Tom Deacon (GBr) | 0:00:16 |
| 29 | Gerard Wolfe (Irl) | 0:00:17 |
| 30 | Jan Javornik (Svk) | 0:00:17 |
| 31 | Boris Tetzlaff (Aut) | 0:00:17 |
| 32 | Erik Irmisch (Ger) | 0:00:17 |
| 33 | Vlastimil Hyncica (Cze) | 0:00:17 |
| 34 | Emanuel Pombo (Por) | 0:00:18 |
| 35 | Martin Mikulenka (Cze) | 0:00:18 |
| 36 | Tim Hammar (Swe) | 0:00:18 |
| 37 | Michal Sliwa (Pol) | 0:00:19 |
| 38 | Roman Roschi (Swi) | 0:00:19 |
| 39 | Claudio Loureiro (Por) | 0:00:19 |
| 40 | Walter Martinschitz (Aut) | 0:00:19 |
| 41 | Visa Linnala (Fin) | 0:00:19 |
| 42 | Aki Färm (Fin) | 0:00:20 |
| 43 | Ewan Doherty (Irl) | 0:00:20 |
| 44 | Marco Milivinti (Ita) | 0:00:21 |
| 45 | Matej Vitko (Svk) | 0:00:21 |
| 46 | Billy Caroli (Swi) | 0:00:21 |
| 47 | Patrik Kotrla (Cze) | 0:00:22 |
| 48 | Janick Lieberherr (Swi) | 0:00:22 |
| 49 | Pavel Cep (Cze) | 0:00:22 |
| 50 | Matej Drnovsek (Slo) | 0:00:22 |
| 51 | Patrick Meyer (Swi) | 0:00:22 |
| 52 | Georg Sieder (Aut) | 0:00:23 |
| 53 | Markus Olkkonen (Fin) | 0:00:23 |
| 54 | Denis Paradiz (Slo) | 0:00:23 |
| 55 | Marco Fidalgo (Por) | 0:00:24 |
| 56 | Zan Jurca (Slo) | 0:00:24 |
| 57 | Rajmund Lukacs (Hun) | 0:00:25 |
| 58 | Scott Laughland (Irl) | 0:00:25 |
| 59 | Joris Bigoni (Fra) | 0:00:25 |
| 60 | Kristjan Vrecek (Slo) | 0:00:25 |
| 61 | Renato Ventura (Por) | 0:00:25 |
| 62 | Saša Merljak (Slo) | 0:00:26 |
| 63 | Daniel Wolfe (Irl) | 0:00:26 |
| 64 | Peter Novacik (Svk) | 0:00:27 |
| 65 | Tom Braithwaite (GBr) | 0:00:27 |
| 66 | Andraz Jersin (Slo) | 0:00:27 |
| 67 | Jan Cestnik (Slo) | 0:00:27 |
| 68 | Martin Votoupal (Cze) | 0:00:28 |
| 69 | David Michelis (Ita) | 0:00:29 |
| 70 | Andrej Turl (Slo) | 0:00:29 |
| 71 | Grzegorz Wincenciak (Pol) | 0:00:29 |
| 72 | Simon Charvat (Cze) | 0:00:29 |
| 73 | Matus Korytko (Svk) | 0:00:30 |
| 74 | Lukas Ucen (Svk) | 0:00:30 |
| 75 | Primoz Ravnik (Slo) | 0:00:31 |
| 76 | Tadej Humar (Slo) | 0:00:31 |
| 77 | Matej Laktis (Svk) | 0:00:31 |
| 78 | Miran Vauh (Slo) | 0:00:32 |
| 79 | Ales Hrebik (Svk) | 0:00:33 |
| 80 | Evgeny Shipilov (Rus) | 0:00:33 |
| 81 | Matej Mackovic (Svk) | 0:00:33 |
| 82 | Bostjan Volf (Slo) | 0:00:34 |
| 83 | Albert Barilaro Caparros (And) | 0:00:36 |
| 84 | Rossen Kovachev (Bul) | 0:00:37 |
| 85 | Jure Kodric (Slo) | 0:00:38 |
| 86 | Tomas Toth (Svk) | 0:00:38 |
| 87 | Nicolas Gspan (Swi) | 0:00:39 |
| 88 | Rick Balbierer (Ger) | 0:00:39 |
| 89 | Davide Don (Ita) | 0:00:40 |
| 90 | Miha Jakopic (Slo) | 0:00:40 |
| 91 | Mario Hohnjec (Cro) | 0:00:40 |
| 92 | Andras Szecskay (Hun) | 0:00:40 |
| 93 | Luka Novak (Slo) | 0:00:41 |
| 94 | Emanuel Humar (Slo) | 0:00:41 |
| 95 | Marcis Skerbinins (Lat) | 0:00:42 |
| 96 | Jan Savr (Cze) | 0:00:42 |
| 97 | Jonasz Rozdzynski (Pol) | 0:00:43 |
| 98 | Sergey Maltsev (Rus) | 0:00:44 |
| 99 | Krisztian Halasz (Hun) | 0:00:45 |
| 100 | Nikolay Pukhir (Rus) | 0:00:46 |
| 101 | Santo Tessari (Cro) | 0:00:47 |
| 102 | Edijs Pauls (Lat) | 0:00:47 |
| 103 | Ivan Oulego (Spa) | 0:00:50 |
| 104 | Gergely Veres (Hun) | 0:00:51 |
| 105 | Andrej Domiv (Bul) | 0:00:52 |
| 106 | Vedran Kaldi (Cro) | 0:00:52 |
| 107 | Balazs Veres (Hun) | 0:00:54 |
| 108 | Ricard Ferreira Campos (And) | 0:00:57 |
| 109 | Fredrik Hansson (Swe) | 0:00:57 |
| 110 | Alexandar Oresnik (Cro) | 0:00:57 |
| 111 | Hasan Gusic (BiH) | 0:01:22 |
| 112 | Markus Pekoll (Aut) | 0:01:27 |
| 113 | Ben Reid (Irl) | 0:01:52 |
| 114 | Adam Vagner (Cze) | 0:02:01 |
| 115 | Richard Smolinsky (Cze) | 0:02:36 |
| DNS | Marcel Beer (Swi) | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
| DNS | Michal Wiesenganger (Svk) | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Mathias Haas (Aut) | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Vesa Virta (Fin) | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Admir Kapidzic (BiH) | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Denan Karic (BiH) | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
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| 1 | Fanny Lombard (Fra) | 0:04:48 |
| 2 | Leoni Dickerhoff (Ger) | 0:00:02 |
| 3 | Alia Marcellini (Ita) | 0:00:11 |
| 4 | Tereza Horka (Cze) | 0:01:39 |
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| 1 | Bernard Kerr (GBr) | 0:03:50 |
| 2 | Iago Garay Tamayo (Spa) | 0:00:03 |
| 3 | Ivan Oziol (Fra) | 0:00:05 |
| 4 | Andrea Gamenara (Ita) | 0:00:05 |
| 5 | Harry Molloy (GBr) | 0:00:06 |
| 6 | Camille Blanchard (Fra) | 0:00:08 |
| 7 | Javier Guijarro Villacie (Spa) | 0:00:10 |
| 8 | Oliwer Kangas (Swe) | 0:00:10 |
| 9 | Gareth Brewin (GBr) | 0:00:10 |
| 10 | Robin Hagen (Swi) | 0:00:13 |
| 10 | Pandur ;Iga (Slo) | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
| 12 | Wolfgang Eysholdt (Ger) | 0:00:14 |
| 13 | Lukas Meyer (Swi) | 0:00:14 |
| 14 | Davy Graham (Irl) | 0:00:15 |
| 15 | Kim Petersson (Swe) | 0:00:15 |
| 16 | Greg Callaghan (Irl) | 0:00:15 |
| 17 | Joel Moore (GBr) | 0:00:16 |
| 18 | Urban Pogladi= (Slo) | 0:00:16 |
| 19 | Greg Williamson (GBr) | 0:00:16 |
| 20 | Miikka Lehtinen (Fin) | 0:00:17 |
| 21 | Matija =Ema;Ar (Slo) | 0:00:17 |
| 22 | Benjamin Oluoch (Ger) | 0:00:17 |
| 23 | Brad Mather (GBr) | 0:00:17 |
| 24 | Francisco Pardal (Por) | 0:00:19 |
| 25 | Felix Beckeman (Swe) | 0:00:19 |
| 26 | Fabian Fader (Ger) | 0:00:22 |
| 27 | Jasper Jauch (Ger) | 0:00:22 |
| 28 | Erik Kimmel (Cze) | 0:00:23 |
| 29 | Tomas Liska (Svk) | 0:00:23 |
| 30 | Michal Jankiv (Svk) | 0:00:23 |
| 31 | Manuel Gruber (Aut) | 0:00:23 |
| 32 | Pietro Caire (Ita) | 0:00:23 |
| 33 | Alen Šumandl (Slo) | 0:00:25 |
| 34 | Hubert Posmyk (Pol) | 0:00:25 |
| 35 | Martin Hanák (Cze) | 0:00:26 |
| 36 | Milos Turanovic (Svk) | 0:00:26 |
| 37 | Tomáš Weiss (Cze) | 0:00:27 |
| 38 | Jaka Štuflek (Slo) | 0:00:27 |
| 39 | Aleš Virti= (Slo) | 0:00:27 |
| 40 | Santtu Nyman (Fin) | 0:00:27 |
| 41 | Janez Turk (Slo) | 0:00:29 |
| 42 | Florian Wilhelm (Aut) | 0:00:29 |
| 43 | Luka Ferli= (Slo) | 0:00:32 |
| 44 | Fabio Gangi (Ger) | 0:00:33 |
| 45 | Richard Novacik (Svk) | 0:00:33 |
| 46 | Matic Murn (Slo) | 0:00:33 |
| 47 | Petr Matyáš (Cze) | 0:00:33 |
| 48 | Jakub Caha (Cze) | 0:00:34 |
| 49 | Igor Štrbac (Srb) | 0:00:36 |
| 50 | Nik Länsiö (Fin) | 0:00:37 |
| 51 | Michal Mucha (Pol) | 0:00:37 |
| 52 | Jurij Pe=Ari= (Slo) | 0:00:40 |
| 53 | Nejc Koren (Slo) | 0:00:43 |
| 54 | Tamas Tarr (Hun) | 0:00:46 |
| 55 | Primoh Dernulovec (Slo) | 0:00:47 |
| 56 | Marton Vitez Veres (Hun) | 0:00:51 |
| 57 | Nikolai Stoianov (Bul) | 0:00:59 |
| 58 | Berislav Topol (Cro) | 0:01:04 |
| DNS | Nikola Klacinski (Cro) | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Blah Holcl (Slo) | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Antti Lampen (Fin) | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
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| 1 | Luke Strobel (USA) | 0:03:48 |
| 2 | Joshua Button (Aus) | 0:00:06 |
| 3 | Cameron Cole (NZl) | 0:00:09 |
| 4 | Wyn Masters (NZl) | 0:00:20 |
| 5 | Nathan Rankin (NZl) | 0:00:22 |
| 6 | Will Rischbieth (Aus) | 0:00:26 |
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| 1 | Shaun O'connor (Aus) | 0:03:51 |
| 2 | Brook Macdonald (NZl) | 0:00:03 |
| 3 | Tamryn Murrell (Aus) | 0:00:04 |
| 4 | Rhys Willemse (Aus) | 0:00:06 |
| 5 | Laurie Dinham (Aus) | 0:00:09 |
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