Jonnier wins on slippery Mont Sainte Anne course
By Tour of Japan published
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 | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Trek World Racing | 72 | pts |
2 | Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 69 | |
3 | Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz | 63 | |
4 | Santa Cruz Syndicate | 57 | |
5 | Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles | 54 | |
6 | Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense | 54 | |
7 | Scott 11 | 54 | |
8 | GT Bicycles | 38 | |
9 | Suspension Center | 35 | |
10 | Subaru Mountain Bike Pro Team | 35 | |
11 | Animal Commencal | 30 | |
12 | Morzine-Avoriaz 74 | 30 | |
13 | Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker | 28 | |
14 | MS Evil Racing | 26 | |
15 | Norco World Team | 21 | |
16 | MSC Bikes | 18 | |
17 | Kenda Morewood | 17 | |
18 | Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team | 17 | |
19 | Team Sunn | 15 | |
20 | Solid Aclass Factory Team | 14 | |
21 | 2Stagefactory | 13 | |
22 | Duncan Riffle Racing | 5 | |
23 | Just Reid Race Team | 4 | |
24 | Massi | 3 | |
25 | Kona | 1 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Sabrina Jonnier (Fra) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles | 1382 | pts |
2 | Emmeline Ragot (Fra) Suspension Center | 1115 | |
3 | Tracy Moseley (GBr) Trek World Racing | 966 | |
4 | Céline Gros (Fra) Morzine-Avoriaz 74 | 726 | |
5 | Floriane Pugin (Fra) Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker | 714 | |
6 | Mio Suemasa (Jpn) | 650 | |
7 | Myriam Nicole (Fra) | 607 | |
8 | Fionn Griffiths (GBr) Norco World Team | 480 | |
9 | Melissa Buhl (USA) | 415 | |
10 | Emilie Siegenthaler (Swi) Scott 11 | 412 | |
11 | Claire Buchar (Can) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense | 344 | |
12 | Anita Molcik (Aut) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 190 | |
13 | Joanna Petterson (RSA) | 180 | |
14 | Petra Bernhard (Aut) Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team | 172 | |
15 | Micayla Gatto (Can) | 160 | |
16 | Miriam Ruchti (Swi) Team Vario Racing | 130 | |
17 | Jessica Stone (GBr) 2Stagefactory | 102 | |
18 | Katy Curd (GBr) | 92 | |
19 | Anais Pajot* (Fra) Team Sunn | 85 | |
20 | Helen Gaskell (GBr) | 80 | |
21 | Sarah Newman (GBr) | 60 | |
22 | Diana Marggraff (Ecu) | 60 | |
23 | Kathleen Pruitt (USA) | 45 | |
24 | Anka Martin (RSA) | 40 | |
25 | Helene Valerie Fruhwirth (Aut) | 35 | |
26 | Danice Uyesugi (Can) | 30 | |
27 | Miranda Miller (Can) | 30 | |
28 | Elisa Canepa (Ita) Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker | 30 | |
29 | Rebecca Mcqueen (Can) | 30 | |
30 | Risa Suseanty (Ina) | 25 | |
31 | Caroline Sax (Fra) | 25 | |
32 | Harriet Rucknagel (Ger) | 20 | |
33 | Victoria Phillips (RSA) | 20 | |
34 | Fanny Lombard* (Fra) | 20 | |
35 | Antje Kramer (Ger) | 15 | |
36 | Sophie Borderes (Fra) | 15 | |
37 | Darian Harvey (USA) | 10 | |
38 | Emma Atkinson* (GBr) | 10 | |
39 | Gabrielle Molloy (NZl) | 5 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Santa Cruz Syndicate | 424 | pts |
2 | Trek World Racing | 414 | |
3 | Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles | 301 | |
4 | Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 289 | |
5 | Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz | 289 | |
6 | Scott 11 | 270 | |
7 | GT Bicycles | 241 | |
8 | Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense | 220 | |
9 | MS Evil Racing | 215 | |
10 | Suspension Center | 203 | |
11 | Animal Commencal | 188 | |
12 | Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker | 180 | |
13 | Morzine-Avoriaz 74 | 148 | |
14 | Norco World Team | 139 | |
15 | Subaru Mountain Bike Pro Team | 118 | |
16 | Massi | 86 | |
17 | Kenda Morewood | 82 | |
18 | Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team | 78 | |
19 | 2Stagefactory | 77 | |
20 | Lapierre Powered By Saab Salomon | 62 | |
21 | MSC Bikes | 61 | |
22 | Team Vario Racing | 56 | |
23 | Duncan Riffle Racing | 41 | |
24 | Team Sunn | 37 | |
25 | Specialized Team America | 34 | |
26 | Solid Aclass Factory Team | 25 | |
27 | Dytech DH | 12 | |
28 | Ghost A.T.G. Pro Team | 9 | |
29 | XMS-Devinci World Cup Team | 6 | |
30 | Just Reid Race Team | 4 | |
31 | Kona | 3 |

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