iXS Downhill Cup - Chatel (Haute Savoie) 2009: Results

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Elite men's podium. (Image credit: Thomas Dietze)

The "Bike Patrol" course was already considered as one of the toughest of the series, and despite some modifications that was no different at 2009's edition. Due to the revised trajectory, the course became even faster, making it more demanding for all riders and interesting for the spectators. And for once even the weather was absolutely perfect, so all riders could rely on the same conditions allowing for fast runs.

The seeding run showed that the final battle would be tight. New Zealand's Nathan Rankin (Iron Horse Playbiker) managed to qualify fastest, so he would start the finals last. Due to a slight mistake, Switzerland's favorite, Nick Beer (Scott 11), posted the second fastest seeding time, but he still earned valuable points for the series' overall where Germany's Benny Strasser (iXS/Toxoholics) had been in the lead after Leogang's race.

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The elite men category's result in the final resembled last year's result as Beer managed to distance Rankin by two seconds. At 22 years of age, Beer is currently ranked fifth in the world and he took over the lead in the series' overall too, proving his qualities once again and showing that he has closed the gap to the world's elite riders this season. Third place went to Frenchman Pierre Charles Georges (Solid AClass), who has proven that he is well capable of finishing within the World Cup's top 20 positions recently.

The podium in the elite women's race was an all-French affair: Reigning European champion Floriane Pugin (Kenda) beat Sabrina Jonnier (Maxxis / Rocky Mountain) for the victory. Jonnier had been the fastest in the seeding run, but only by six tenths of a second. Finishing in third was Caroline Sax (Geko Bike). France's successful work regarding young talents also showed in the junior women's category: Laura Lohner (VTT Morillon) won the race ahead of Tahnée Seagrave (Intense) and Germany's Leoni Dickerhoff (iXS/Toxoholics).

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Elite men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Nick Beer (Swi)	0:02:32.80
2	Nathan Rankin (NZl)	0:00:01.63
3	Pierre Charles Georges (Fra)	0:00:03.54
4	Samuel Zbinden (Swi)	0:00:03.99
5	Marcus Klausmann (Ger)	0:00:04.13
6	Marcel Beer (Swi)	0:00:06.90
7	Joe Barnes (GBr)	0:00:07.52
8	Simon Cardon (Fra)	0:00:07.84
9	Charly Di Pasquale (Fra)	0:00:08.17
10	Roman Roschi (Swi)	0:00:08.29
11	Ben Baker (GBr)	0:00:08.37
12	Lars Peyer (Swi)	0:00:08.45
13	Mathieu Troquier (Fra)	0:00:08.57
14	Cyrille Kurtz (Fra)	0:00:08.65
15	Marco Milivinti (Ita)	0:00:08.85
16	Yannick Colomb (Fra)	0:00:09.22
17	Fergus Lamb (GBr)	0:00:09.22
18	Nejc Rutar (Slo)	0:00:09.27
19	Andreas Sieber (Ger)	0:00:09.33
20	Rene Schmidt (Ger)	0:00:09.60
21	Maxime Remy (Fra)	0:00:10.81
22	Oskar Harnstrom (Swe)	0:00:10.86
23	Benjamin Verrier (Fra)	0:00:11.08
24	Claudio Caluori (Swi)	0:00:11.20
25	Florian Arthus (Fra)	0:00:11.48
26	Alexis Pujol (Fra)	0:00:11.49
27	Zan Jurca (Slo)	0:00:11.59
28	Benny Strasser (Ger)	0:00:11.76
29	Marius Paccolat (Swi)	0:00:12.15
30	Josua Hein (Ger)	0:00:12.19
31	Alexandre Lohner (Fra)	0:00:12.29
32	Billy Caroli (Swi)	0:00:12.49
33	Gernot Ruppert (Ger)	0:00:12.81
34	Rom Devouassoux (Fra)	0:00:12.94
35	Xavier Simo Cervera (Spa)	0:00:13.00
36	Falco Ruppert (Ger)	0:00:13.19
37	Lucas Meyer (Swi)	0:00:13.21
38	Patrick Meyer (Swi)	0:00:13.24
39	Oren Hasson (Isr)	0:00:14.17
40	Nicolas Legrand (Fra)	0:00:14.41
41	Dominik Mai (Ger)	0:00:14.47
42	Bertrand Gilles (Bel)	0:00:14.53
43	Janick Lieberherr (Swi)	0:00:14.55
44	Joel Gebbie (GBr)	0:00:15.09
45	Fabrice Tirefort (Swi)	0:00:15.34
46	Nils Correvon (Swi)	0:00:15.68
47	Sylvain Tamanini (Fra)	0:00:15.74
48	David Rolli (Swi)	0:00:15.76
49	Simon Parsons (GBr)	0:00:15.81
50	Heinz Hostettler (Swi)	0:00:15.82
51	Owain James (GBr)	0:00:15.89
52	Christian Greub (Swi)	0:00:16.38
53	Thibaud Krattinger (Fra)	0:00:16.44
54	Julien Hericher (Fra)	0:00:16.72
55	Dante Langkitsch (Fra)	0:00:16.84
56	Benoit Lasson Sancesari (Fra)	0:00:16.96
57	Maximilian Bender (Ger)	0:00:17.13
58	Joseph Horton (GBr)	0:00:17.61
59	Markus Bast (Ger)	0:00:18.01
60	Samuel Amouroux (Fra)	0:00:18.08
61	Chris Kilmurray (Irl)	0:00:18.15
62	Andy Klüm (Swi)	0:00:18.18
63	Marcel Waldmann (Swi)	0:00:18.18
64	Primoz Ravnik (Slo)	0:00:18.24
65	Urban Pogladic (Slo)	0:00:18.28
66	Samuel Baumann (Swi)	0:00:18.29
67	Jonathan Debus (Ger)	0:00:18.30
68	Michael Stammbach (Swi)	0:00:18.39
69	Robert Williams (GBr)	0:00:18.55
70	Nimrod Hemmo (Isr)	0:00:18.60
71	Edoardo Franco (Ita)	0:00:18.72
72	Ziga Pandur (Slo)	0:00:18.83
73	Julien Fournier (Swi)	0:00:19.00
74	Fabian Fader (Ger)	0:00:19.01
75	Goel Wirz (Fra)	0:00:19.22
76	Liam Moynihan (GBr)	0:00:19.31
77	Morgan Adam (GBr)	0:00:19.37
78	Jarno Veerhoek (Ned)	0:00:19.56
79	Andreas Schaefer (Swi)	0:00:19.72
80	Alexis Bousquet (Fra)	0:00:19.89
81	Callum Dew (GBr)	0:00:19.91
82	Freddie King (NZl)	0:00:20.08
83	Fabian Bieli (Swi)	0:00:20.52
84	Guillaume Chancrin (Fra)	0:00:20.61
85	Stefan Hubacher (Swi)	0:00:20.73
86	Mark Fischer (Swi)	0:00:20.83
87	Christophe Carnino (Fra)	0:00:21.27
88	Mario Reinbacher (Aut)	0:00:21.92
89	Luca Fusani (Ita)	0:00:22.29
90	Basil Weber (Swi)	0:00:22.65
91	Raphael Epitalon (Fra)	0:00:22.65
92	Rico Putzi (Swi)	0:00:22.66
93	Maxime Clerc (Fra)	0:00:22.71
94	Joseph Allen (NZl)	0:00:22.75
95	Elias Vonier (Aut)	0:00:22.75
96	David Belio (Spa)	0:00:22.80
97	Steve Clemencon (Fra)	0:00:23.06
98	Fabian Heim (Ger)	0:00:23.23
99	James George (GBr)	0:00:23.29
100	Tudor Jones (GBr)	0:00:23.33
101	Roland Schwaller (Swi)	0:00:23.51
102	Thibaud Patoux (Fra)	0:00:23.66
103	Aviv Yanowski (Isr)	0:00:24.10
104	Benjamin Scharfetter (Aut)	0:00:24.30
105	Jean Marie Schwindenhammer (Fra)	0:00:24.50
106	David Lischka (Ger)	0:00:24.57
107	Rok Jurca (Slo)	0:00:24.57
108	Benjamin Oluoch (Ger)	0:00:24.74
109	Gregory Gstalter (Fra)	0:00:24.77
110	Alan Rat (Fra)	0:00:25.68
111	William Elliott (GBr)	0:00:25.72
112	Florent Malengreaux (Bel)	0:00:26.12
113	Timothé Rosier (Fra)	0:00:26.29
114	Emyr Davies (GBr)	0:00:26.34
115	Kevin Schramm (Ger)	0:00:26.46
116	Jochen Rehwald (Ger)	0:00:26.54
117	Florian Heuschling (Fra)	0:00:26.58
118	Ludovic G'stalter (Fra)	0:00:26.59
119	Marc Bock (Swi)	0:00:26.72
120	Max Kruse (Ger)	0:00:27.03
121	Sam Boardman (GBr)	0:00:27.14
122	Tobias Doering (Ger)	0:00:27.52
123	Laurent Castella (Swi)	0:00:27.94
124	Peter Ballin (GBr)	0:00:28.02
125	David Hosang (Swi)	0:00:28.12
126	Gavin Duke (GBr)	0:00:28.30
127	Vincent Moynat (Fra)	0:00:28.82
128	Daniel Fricke (Ger)	0:00:28.93
129	Olivier Lagger (Swi)	0:00:29.31
130	Lionel Van Eldom (Bel)	0:00:29.41
131	Jonathan Morley (GBr)	0:00:30.01
132	Markus Bihler (Ger)	0:00:30.17
133	Vinzenz Guntern (Swi)	0:00:30.73
134	Jérôme Vizzavona (Fra)	0:00:30.88
135	Markus Planitzer (Aut)	0:00:31.17
136	Urs Sturzenegger (Swi)	0:00:31.36
137	Thomas Dilitta (Fra)	0:00:31.37
138	Bernhard Kammel (Ger)	0:00:31.39
139	Olivier Afflatet (Fra)	0:00:32.57
140	Sylvain Epitalon (Fra)	0:00:32.63
141	Jetham Levenberger (Isr)	0:00:33.06
142	Lucas Engelhardt (Ger)	0:00:33.89
143	Mario Jantsch (Ger)	0:00:34.07
144	Philipp Gerken (Ger)	0:00:34.19
145	Nicolas Simon (Bel)	0:00:35.63
146	David Vincent (Fra)	0:00:35.65
147	Martin Schelberger (Aut)	0:00:36.16
148	Stephane Pugin (Fra)	0:00:36.33
149	Jerome Crocombette (Fra)	0:00:37.33
150	Lorenzo Baragiola (Swi)	0:00:38.79
151	Denis Bron Fontanaz (Fra)	0:00:40.41
152	Benoït Fellay (Swi)	0:00:40.51
153	Doron Dan (Isr)	0:00:42.16
154	Kent Clarstroem (Swe)	0:00:42.19
155	Peter Boo (Swi)	0:00:42.33
156	Dominik Schum (Ger)	0:00:44.47
157	Aleksandar Prvulj (Lie)	0:00:45.52
158	Ernst Schurter (Swi)	0:00:48.21
159	Gilles Ranchain (Fra)	0:00:49.37
160	Patrick Mueller (Ger)	0:00:49.52
161	Patrick Schum (Ger)	0:00:54.66
162	Cristiano Bolognese (Ita)	0:01:02.02
163	Moritz Kruse (Ger)	0:01:11.91
164	Antonio Carlo Franco (Ita)	0:01:13.37
165	Jean Krattinger (Fra)	0:01:19.01
166	Fabian Pfister (Swi)	0:01:33.73
167	Christopher Clemencon (Fra)	0:01:45.23
168	Gatien Durocher (Fra)	0:05:08.66
DNF	Kevin Setzer (Ger)	Row 168 - Cell 2
DNF	Remy Casanova (Fra)	Row 169 - Cell 2
DNS	Falk Banker (Ger)	Row 170 - Cell 2
DNS	Matthieu Carnino (Fra)	Row 171 - Cell 2
DNS	Alexis Visbecq (Fra)	Row 172 - Cell 2
DNS	Tine Mahkovec (Slo)	Row 173 - Cell 2

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Women
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Floriane Pugin (Fra)	0:02:52.12
2	Sabrina Jonnier (Fra)	0:00:00.67
3	Caroline Sax (Fra)	0:00:17.78
4	Martina Bruehlmann (Swi)	0:00:27.94
5	Helene Valerie Fruhwirth (Aut)	0:00:29.43
6	Nicole Beege (Ger)	0:00:29.54
7	Morgane Jonnier (Fra)	0:00:30.31
8	Laura Lohner (Fra)	0:00:30.62
9	Emilie Siegenthaler (Swi)	0:00:31.43
10	Miriam Ruchti (Swi)	0:00:31.81
11	Leoni-Caro. Dickerhoff (Ger)	0:00:36.77
12	Joanne Muoser (Swi)	0:00:39.38
13	Caro Gehrig (Swi)	0:00:47.28
14	Lauriane Darbre (Swi)	0:01:08.89

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