Jonnier wins on slippery Mont Sainte Anne course
French women take four of five top spots; Moseley in third
Sabrina Jonnier (Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles) is proving to be unstoppable in the women's World Cup downhill, taking her fifth consecutive win of the season at Mont Sainte Anne, Quebec, in Canada on Saturday, despite changing weather that made the track slick and slippery.
Through the first 10 racers of the 20 rider field, there was rapid and frequent turnover in the Hot Seat. The first rider to hang on to the Hot Seat for a while was Emilie Siegenthaler (Scott 11). Siegenthaler was eventually dislodged by Melissa Buhl (KHS).
Buhl was pleased with her run. "It was pretty good. I struggled a bit in the mud but I kept it together. I was going back and forth between the mud and the dry tires, and I was glad I stuck to the dry. There were a couple of spots of mud where I would have like spikes, but it paid off in the rocks because they were pretty slippery."
The next rider to lay down a fast run was Tracy Moseley (Trek World Racing), who was almost immediately displaced by Emmeline Ragot (Suspension Center), with a strong time that was good enough to maintain the Hot Seat until only Jonnier remained to descend.
Jonnier was the class of the field. Her run of 5:26.50 beat Ragot by 3.79 seconds. "That run was the best of the weekend. Conditions were a lot different than this morning. It dried out a lot," Jonnier said. "I decided to be a bit cautious and then go fast when I could. I just want to win and be happy on my bike." Jonnier's win was her fifth consecutive victory of the season.
Moseley finished in third place, 4.77 seconds back. With her win here, Jonnier stretches her lead in the World Cup standings to 1,382 points, with Ragot a distant second with 1,115 points. Four of the top five riders are now French, with only Moseley, in third, breaking the streak.
Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Sabrina Jonnier (Fra) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles | 0:05:26.50 |
2 | Emmeline Ragot (Fra) Suspension Center | 0:00:03.79 |
3 | Tracy Moseley (GBr) Trek World Racing | 0:00:04.77 |
4 | Céline Gros (Fra) Morzine-Avoriaz 74 | 0:00:09.91 |
5 | Floriane Pugin (Fra) Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker | 0:00:10.21 |
6 | Mio Suemasa (Jpn) | 0:00:12.07 |
7 | Melissa Buhl (USA) | 0:00:20.28 |
8 | Emilie Siegenthaler (Swi) Scott 11 | 0:00:21.14 |
9 | Anita Molcik (Aut) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 0:00:24.73 |
10 | Fionn Griffiths (GBr) Norco World Team | 0:00:26.11 |
11 | Micayla Gatto (Can) | 0:00:26.80 |
12 | Kathleen Pruitt (USA) | 0:00:27.95 |
13 | Claire Buchar (Can) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense | 0:00:30.02 |
14 | Petra Bernhard (Aut) Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team | 0:00:30.95 |
15 | Danice Uyesugi (Can) | 0:00:31.69 |
16 | Anais ° Pajot (Fra) Team Sunn | 0:00:32.38 |
17 | Rebecca Mcqueen (Can) | 0:00:34.36 |
18 | Jessica Stone (GBr) 2Stagefactory | 0:00:38.88 |
19 | Darian Harvey (USA) | 0:01:06.38 |
20 | Gabrielle Molloy (NZl) | 0:01:10.31 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Trek World Racing | 72 | pts |
2 | Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 69 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz | 63 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Santa Cruz Syndicate | 57 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles | 54 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense | 54 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Scott 11 | 54 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | GT Bicycles | 38 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Suspension Center | 35 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Subaru Mountain Bike Pro Team | 35 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Animal Commencal | 30 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Morzine-Avoriaz 74 | 30 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker | 28 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | MS Evil Racing | 26 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Norco World Team | 21 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | MSC Bikes | 18 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Kenda Morewood | 17 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team | 17 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Team Sunn | 15 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Solid Aclass Factory Team | 14 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | 2Stagefactory | 13 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Duncan Riffle Racing | 5 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Just Reid Race Team | 4 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Massi | 3 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Kona | 1 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Sabrina Jonnier (Fra) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles | 1382 | pts |
2 | Emmeline Ragot (Fra) Suspension Center | 1115 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Tracy Moseley (GBr) Trek World Racing | 966 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Céline Gros (Fra) Morzine-Avoriaz 74 | 726 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Floriane Pugin (Fra) Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker | 714 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Mio Suemasa (Jpn) | 650 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Myriam Nicole (Fra) | 607 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Fionn Griffiths (GBr) Norco World Team | 480 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Melissa Buhl (USA) | 415 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Emilie Siegenthaler (Swi) Scott 11 | 412 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Claire Buchar (Can) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense | 344 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Anita Molcik (Aut) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 190 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Joanna Petterson (RSA) | 180 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Petra Bernhard (Aut) Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team | 172 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Micayla Gatto (Can) | 160 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Miriam Ruchti (Swi) Team Vario Racing | 130 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Jessica Stone (GBr) 2Stagefactory | 102 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Katy Curd (GBr) | 92 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Anais Pajot* (Fra) Team Sunn | 85 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Helen Gaskell (GBr) | 80 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Sarah Newman (GBr) | 60 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Diana Marggraff (Ecu) | 60 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Kathleen Pruitt (USA) | 45 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Anka Martin (RSA) | 40 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Helene Valerie Fruhwirth (Aut) | 35 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Danice Uyesugi (Can) | 30 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Miranda Miller (Can) | 30 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Elisa Canepa (Ita) Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker | 30 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Rebecca Mcqueen (Can) | 30 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Risa Suseanty (Ina) | 25 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Caroline Sax (Fra) | 25 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Harriet Rucknagel (Ger) | 20 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
33 | Victoria Phillips (RSA) | 20 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
34 | Fanny Lombard* (Fra) | 20 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
35 | Antje Kramer (Ger) | 15 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
36 | Sophie Borderes (Fra) | 15 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
37 | Darian Harvey (USA) | 10 | Row 36 - Cell 3 |
38 | Emma Atkinson* (GBr) | 10 | Row 37 - Cell 3 |
39 | Gabrielle Molloy (NZl) | 5 | Row 38 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Santa Cruz Syndicate | 424 | pts |
2 | Trek World Racing | 414 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles | 301 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 289 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz | 289 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Scott 11 | 270 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | GT Bicycles | 241 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense | 220 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | MS Evil Racing | 215 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Suspension Center | 203 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Animal Commencal | 188 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker | 180 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Morzine-Avoriaz 74 | 148 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Norco World Team | 139 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Subaru Mountain Bike Pro Team | 118 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Massi | 86 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Kenda Morewood | 82 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team | 78 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | 2Stagefactory | 77 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Lapierre Powered By Saab Salomon | 62 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | MSC Bikes | 61 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Team Vario Racing | 56 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Duncan Riffle Racing | 41 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Team Sunn | 37 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Specialized Team America | 34 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Solid Aclass Factory Team | 25 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Dytech DH | 12 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Ghost A.T.G. Pro Team | 9 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | XMS-Devinci World Cup Team | 6 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Just Reid Race Team | 4 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Kona | 3 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
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