Fionn Griffiths (Norco World Team) wins the Bromont World Cup.(Image credit: Dave McElwaine/trailwatch.net)
Jill Kintner (Intense/Red Bull) winning a heat.(Image credit: Dave McElwaine/trailwatch.net)
Lucia Oetjen goes on to finish eigth.(Image credit: Dave McElwaine/trailwatch.net)
World Champion Melissa Buhl (KHS) winning the small final.(Image credit: Dave McElwaine/trailwatch.net)
Mio Suemasa missed the finals and takes ninth place.(Image credit: Dave McElwaine/trailwatch.net)
Jill Kintner (Intense/Red Bull) takes third in the final.(Image credit: Dave McElwaine/trailwatch.net)
Joanna Petterson (Chain Reaction Cycles) racing to fourth place.(Image credit: Dave McElwaine/trailwatch.net)
Anne LaPlante of Canada takes 12th place.(Image credit: Dave McElwaine/trailwatch.net)
Anneke Beerten (Suspension Center) finishing second.(Image credit: Dave McElwaine/trailwatch.net)
World Cup leader: Anneke Beerten(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
Leana Gerrard, Angelika Hohenwarter, Sarsha Huntington(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
Jill Kintner, Melissa Buhl, Joanna Petterson(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
Melissa Buhl, Sarsha Huntington, Lucia Oetjen(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
Small final: Melissa Buhl, Sarsha Huntington(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
Women's final: Fionn Griffiths, Jill Kintner, Anneke Beerten, Joanna Petterson(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
Women's podium: Joanna Petterson, Anneke Beerte, Fionn Griffiths, Jill Kintner, Melissa Buhl(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
Round seven of the 4-Cross series of the Nissan UCI Mountain Bike World Cup presented by Shimano offered spectators the most exciting evening of racing of the entire year. Fionn Griffiths (Norco) took her second win of the season and moved into a tie for second in the overall standings behind leader Anneke Beerten (Suspension Center) after racing a tactically savvy Final.
“It was a hard course, with the corners being really square,” commented Griffiths. “Basically, whoever went into the first corner in first place had a problem, so I hung back a bit behind Jill and was then able to get out in front. After that, I just concentrated on riding down cleanly and not crashing.”
Bromont, Quebec in Canada was selected as the top 4-Cross World Cup of 2008, and organizers wisely decided not to mess around too much with the course.
The women’s race saw perennial rivals Beerten and Jill Kintner of the United States move through to the Final, with Griffiths and Joanna Petterson (South Africa) joining them. In the final Kintner and Beerten tangled in the first corner, while Griffiths sneaked through ahead of them to take the win. Beerten managed to recover for second, with Kintner third.
The result solidified Beerten’s lead in the overall standings at 480 points, but Griffiths has now moved up to join Kintner in second place, with both at 400 points.
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Results
1
Fionn Griffiths (GBr) Norco World Team
2
Anneke Beerten (Ned) Suspension Center
3
Jill Kintner (USA)
4
Joanna Petterson (RSA)
5
Melissa Buhl (USA)
6
Sarsha Huntington (Aus)
7
Eva Castro Fernandez (Spa)
8
Lucia Oetjen (Swi)
9
Mio Suemasa (Jpn)
10
Angelika Hohenwarter (Aut)
11
Anita Molcik (Aut) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team
12
Anne Laplante (Can)
13
Neven Steinmetz (USA)
14
Leana Gerrard (USA)
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