MTB World Cup Cross Country #6, Downhill #6 & Four Cross #6 2010: Elite men downhill Results

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Gee Atherton won the race and the World Cup.(Image credit: Tour of Japan)

The final round of the 2010 Mountain Bike World Cup concluded on Sunday in Windham, New York, with the men's downhill. The riders did not disappoint, with a tight race for both the event win and the overall title. The men had a race within a race - both the race to win the World Cup final, and the race for the title. Gee Atherton (Commencal) and Greg Minnaar (Santa Cruz Syndicate) were separated by a mere four points, so it all came down to whomever finished in front - no matter where they finished in the race. Atherton sealed the title by winning the race; 37 hundredths of a second in front of Minnaar.

Junior rider Troy Brosnan (Monster Energy/Specialized/Mad Catz) set the first sub-2:36 time, and ended up winning the junior World Cup title. His time was slowly eaten away at, until his teammate Sam Hill, returning from injury, dropped the top time below 2:35. Hill was, in turn, bumped by a third teammate, Brendan Fairclough. Fairclough took the leading time down to 2:33.49 with 20 riders remaining.

There were still three riders to finish for the event victory. Sam Blenkinsop (Lapierre International) slotted in third behind Minnaar, and Aaron Gwin (Yeti Fox Shox) was just behind Blenkinsop. The only rider left was Steve Peat (Santa Cruz Syndicate), the world champion, and the fastest qualifier. Peat was fast, and getting faster as he came down the course - 1.41 seconds ahead at the second split. It looked like Atherton would have to settle for the overall title, until Peat inexplicably crashed less than 500 metres from the finish line.

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#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Gee Atherton (GBr) Commencal	0:02:28.28
2	Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate	0:00:00.37
3	Samuel Blenkinsop (NZl) Lapierre International	0:00:01.91
4	Aaron Gwin (USA) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	0:00:02.60
5	Nick Beer (Swi) Scott 11	0:00:03.38
6	Marc Beaumont (GBr) GT Bicycles	0:00:03.43
7	Steve Smith (Can) MS Evil Racing	0:00:03.48
8	Brook Macdonald (NZl) MS Evil Racing	0:00:05.01
9	Brendan Fairclough (GBr) Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz	0:00:05.21
10	Justin Leov (NZl) Trek World Racing	0:00:05.39
11	Mitchell Delfs (Aus)	0:00:05.53
12	Josh Bryceland (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate	0:00:05.74
13	Samuel Hill (Aus) Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz	0:00:05.96
14	Lewis Buchanan° (GBr) MS Evil Racing	0:00:06.55
15	Danny Hart (GBr) Giant Factory Team	0:00:06.95
16	Julien Camellini (Fra) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense	0:00:07.16
17	Matthew Simmonds (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense	0:00:07.55
18	Troy Brosnan° (Aus) Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz	0:00:07.63
19	Thibaut Ruffin (Fra) Commencal Superiders	0:00:07.87
20	Chris Kovarik (Aus) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense	0:00:07.90
21	Cédric Gracia (Fra)	0:00:07.96
21	Fabien Pedemanaud (Fra) Scott 11	Row 21 - Cell 2
23	Joseph Smith (GBr) Kona	0:00:08.00
24	Markus Pekoll (Aut) Solid Aclass Factory Team	0:00:08.06
25	Ben Reid (Irl) Dirt Norco Race Team	0:00:08.08
26	Shaun O'connor (Aus) Kenda-Playbiker	0:00:08.09
27	Florent Payet (Fra) Blackmountain Morewood United	0:00:08.34
28	Wyn Masters (NZl) Kenda-Playbiker	0:00:08.78
29	Bernat Guardia Pascual (Spa) Massi Team	0:00:08.94
30	Kieran Bennett (NZl)	0:00:09.13
31	Luke Strobel (USA) MS Evil Racing	0:00:09.20
32	Matej Charvat (Cze) K.T.R. Racing Team	0:00:09.56
33	Sam Dale (GBr)	0:00:09.65
34	Marcelo Gutierrez Villegas (Col)	0:00:09.75
35	George Brannigan° (NZl) Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team	0:00:10.03
36	Filip Polc (Svk) MS Evil Racing	0:00:10.08
37	Marcel Beer (Swi)	0:00:10.09
38	Hans Lambert (Can)	0:00:10.18
39	Boris Tetzlaff (Aut) Ghost A.T.G. Pro Team	0:00:10.39
40	Ivan Oulego Moreno (Spa) Massi Team	0:00:10.57
40	Romain Paulhan (Fra)	Row 40 - Cell 2
42	Harry Heath (GBr)	0:00:10.93
43	Thomas Vanderham (Can)	0:00:11.18
44	Joey Schusler (USA) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	0:00:11.23
45	Curtis Keene (USA)	0:00:11.25
46	Logan Binggeli (USA)	0:00:11.29
47	Ruaridh Cunningham (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense	0:00:11.40
48	Mitch Ropelato° (USA) Ex Drinks	0:00:11.49
49	Antonio Ferreiro Pajuelo (Spa) XMS Racing Squad	0:00:11.59
50	Harry Molloy (GBr)	0:00:11.88
51	Lorenzo Suding (Ita)	0:00:12.09
52	Kyle Strait (USA)	0:00:12.61
53	Eliot Jackson (USA)	0:00:12.77
54	Bernard Kerr (GBr) Norco World Team	0:00:12.93
55	Steve Peat (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate	0:00:12.98
56	Jared Rando (Aus) Giant Factory Team	0:00:12.99
57	Duncan Riffle (USA) Giant Factory Team	0:00:13.18
58	Cyrille Kurtz (Fra) Team Lac Blanc Massif Des Vosges	0:00:14.31
59	Bryn Atkinson (Aus)	0:00:14.44
60	Pasqual Canals Flix (Spa) XMS Racing Squad	0:00:14.67
60	Jason Memmelaar (USA)	Row 60 - Cell 2
62	Jed Rooney° (NZl)	0:00:14.74
62	Dominik Gspan (Swi)	Row 62 - Cell 2
64	Nejc Rutar (Slo) MBK Orbea	0:00:15.01
65	Fabien Cousinie (Fra) Blackmountain Morewood United	0:00:15.12
66	Dean Tennant (Can)	0:00:15.75
67	Ryan Vanderham (Can)	0:00:15.93
68	Andrew Neethling (RSA) Trek World Racing	0:00:16.44
69	Mark Scott° (GBr)	0:00:16.82
70	Greg Williamson° (GBr)	0:00:17.05
71	Chris Heath (USA)	0:00:17.14
72	Oliver Burton (GBr)	0:00:18.30
73	Yann Gauvin (Can)	0:00:21.40
74	Allan Findlay° (GBr)	0:00:22.60
75	Damien Spagnolo (Fra) Mondraker Factory Team	0:00:24.94
76	Simon Rivoire (Fra)	0:00:36.75
77	Maxime Remy (Fra) Suspension Center	0:04:22.57
DNS	Matti Lehikoinen (Fin) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense	Row 77 - Cell 2
DNS	Jamie Biluk (Can)	Row 78 - Cell 2
DNS	Rob Fraser (Can)	Row 79 - Cell 2
DNS	Kevin Aiello (USA) GT Bicycles	Row 80 - Cell 2
DNS	Kyle Sangers° (Can)	Row 81 - Cell 2

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Teams
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Scott 11	88	pts
2	Commencal	80	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	MS Evil Racing	64	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense	64	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Trek World Racing	56	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Santa Cruz Syndicate	54	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz	53	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Commencal Superiders	38	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Lapierre International	32	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Suspension Center	32	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	30	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	GT Bicycles	26	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain	23	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Norco World Team	21	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Morzine-Avoriaz/Haute-Savoie	20	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	RC Alpine Commencal Austria	19	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Giant Factory Team	16	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Kona	8	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Kenda-Playbiker	8	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Solid Aclass Factory Team	7	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Dirt Norco Race Team	6	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Blackmountain Morewood United	4	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	Massi Team	2	Row 22 - Cell 3

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Final World Cup individual standings
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Gee Atherton (GBr) Commencal	1229	pts
2	Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate	1185	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Samuel Blenkinsop (NZl) Lapierre International	864	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Aaron Gwin (USA) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	757	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Marc Beaumont (GBr) GT Bicycles	633	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Brendan Fairclough (GBr) Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz	606	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Steve Peat (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate	491	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Danny Hart (GBr) Giant Factory Team	482	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Fabien Pedemanaud (Fra) Scott 11	480	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Steve Smith (Can) MS Evil Racing	478	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Cameron Cole (NZl) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain	450	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Nick Beer (Swi) Scott 11	435	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Matti Lehikoinen (Fin) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense	415	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Justin Leov (NZl) Trek World Racing	410	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Matthew Simmonds (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense	379	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Andrew Neethling (RSA) Trek World Racing	378	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Shaun O'connor (Aus) Kenda-Playbiker	378	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Brook Macdonald (NZl) MS Evil Racing	377	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Damien Spagnolo (Fra) Mondraker Factory Team	374	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Luke Strobel (USA) MS Evil Racing	340	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Bryn Atkinson (Aus)	340	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Mitchell Delfs (Aus)	333	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	Josh Bryceland (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate	329	Row 22 - Cell 3
24	Joseph Smith (GBr) Kona	315	Row 23 - Cell 3
25	Michael Hannah (Aus) GT Bicycles	314	Row 24 - Cell 3
26	Florent Payet (Fra) Blackmountain Morewood United	308	Row 25 - Cell 3
27	Julien Camellini (Fra) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense	303	Row 26 - Cell 3
28	Chris Kovarik (Aus) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense	301	Row 27 - Cell 3
29	Sam Dale (GBr)	298	Row 28 - Cell 3
30	Mickael Pascal (Fra)	279	Row 29 - Cell 3
31	Wyn Masters (NZl) Kenda-Playbiker	278	Row 30 - Cell 3
32	Markus Pekoll (Aut) Solid Aclass Factory Team	268	Row 31 - Cell 3
33	Cédric Gracia (Fra)	261	Row 32 - Cell 3
34	Ben Reid (Irl) Dirt Norco Race Team	259	Row 33 - Cell 3
35	Romain Paulhan (Fra)	258	Row 34 - Cell 3
36	Ruaridh Cunningham (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense	245	Row 35 - Cell 3
37	Thibaut Ruffin (Fra) Commencal Superiders	241	Row 36 - Cell 3
38	Samuel Hill (Aus) Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz	228	Row 37 - Cell 3
39	Matthew Scoles (NZl) Team Cingolani - Protone	217	Row 38 - Cell 3
40	Antonio Ferreiro Pajuelo (Spa) XMS Racing Squad	209	Row 39 - Cell 3
41	Ben Cathro (GBr)	202	Row 40 - Cell 3
42	Troy Brosnan° (Aus) Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz	200	Row 41 - Cell 3
43	Aurélien Giordanengo (Fra) Mondraker Factory Team	194	Row 42 - Cell 3
44	Filip Polc (Svk) MS Evil Racing	189	Row 43 - Cell 3
45	Pierre Charles Georges (Fra) Solid Aclass Factory Team	187	Row 44 - Cell 3
46	George Brannigan° (NZl) Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team	185	Row 45 - Cell 3
47	Thomas Braithwaite (GBr)	183	Row 46 - Cell 3
48	Matej Charvat (Cze) K.T.R. Racing Team	179	Row 47 - Cell 3
49	Bernat Guardia Pascual (Spa) Massi Team	174	Row 48 - Cell 3
50	Lewis Buchanan° (GBr) MS Evil Racing	171	Row 49 - Cell 3
51	Harry Molloy (GBr)	166	Row 50 - Cell 3
52	Nico Vink (Bel)	154	Row 51 - Cell 3
53	Robin Wallner (Swe) Team Sunn Montgenevre	153	Row 52 - Cell 3
54	Cyrille Kurtz (Fra) Team Lac Blanc Massif Des Vosges	152	Row 53 - Cell 3
55	Bernard Kerr (GBr) Norco World Team	145	Row 54 - Cell 3
56	Duncan Riffle (USA) Giant Factory Team	141	Row 55 - Cell 3
57	Kyle Strait (USA)	141	Row 56 - Cell 3
58	Dennis Dertell (Swe)	133	Row 57 - Cell 3
59	Marcelo Gutierrez Villegas (Col)	130	Row 58 - Cell 3
60	Richard Thomas (GBr)	124	Row 59 - Cell 3
61	Pasqual Canals Flix (Spa) XMS Racing Squad	122	Row 60 - Cell 3
62	Adam Brayton (GBr)	122	Row 61 - Cell 3
63	Oliver Burton (GBr)	121	Row 62 - Cell 3
64	Joshua Button (Aus) Kona	121	Row 63 - Cell 3
65	Marcus Klausmann (Ger) Ghost A.T.G. Pro Team	120	Row 64 - Cell 3
66	Joris Bigoni (Fra)	117	Row 65 - Cell 3
67	Harry Heath (GBr)	117	Row 66 - Cell 3
68	Fabien Cousinie (Fra) Blackmountain Morewood United	114	Row 67 - Cell 3
69	Lorenzo Suding (Ita)	112	Row 68 - Cell 3
70	Curtis Keene (USA)	109	Row 69 - Cell 3
71	Joe Barnes (GBr)	105	Row 70 - Cell 3
72	Marcel Beer (Swi)	100	Row 71 - Cell 3
73	Marco Milivinti (Ita) Team Cingolani - Protone	96	Row 72 - Cell 3
74	Scott Mears (GBr)	96	Row 73 - Cell 3
75	Adam Vagner (Cze)	94	Row 74 - Cell 3
76	Robert Smith (GBr)	88	Row 75 - Cell 3
77	Emanuel Pombo (Por)	86	Row 76 - Cell 3
78	Fergus Lamb (GBr)	79	Row 77 - Cell 3
79	Nejc Rutar (Slo) MBK Orbea	78	Row 78 - Cell 3
80	Rémi Thirion (Fra) Team Sunn Montgenevre	75	Row 79 - Cell 3
81	Benny Strasser (Ger)	75	Row 80 - Cell 3
82	Nathan Rankin (NZl) Kenda-Playbiker	69	Row 81 - Cell 3
83	Maxime Remy (Fra) Suspension Center	66	Row 82 - Cell 3
84	Jack Reading (GBr)	66	Row 83 - Cell 3
85	Dan Atherton (GBr) Commencal	65	Row 84 - Cell 3
86	Ralph Jones (GBr)	62	Row 85 - Cell 3
87	Boris Tetzlaff (Aut) Ghost A.T.G. Pro Team	61	Row 86 - Cell 3
88	Chris Hutchens (GBr)	53	Row 87 - Cell 3
89	Bradley Benedict (USA)	52	Row 88 - Cell 3
90	Ivan Oulego Moreno (Spa) Massi Team	52	Row 89 - Cell 3
91	Kieran Bennett (NZl)	51	Row 90 - Cell 3
92	Ludovic Oget° (Fra) Ryde-Racing	50	Row 91 - Cell 3
93	Ludovic May (Swi)	47	Row 92 - Cell 3
94	Dominik Gspan (Swi)	46	Row 93 - Cell 3
95	Alexander Kangas (Swe)	44	Row 94 - Cell 3
96	Hans Lambert (Can)	43	Row 95 - Cell 3
97	Eliot Jackson (USA)	42	Row 96 - Cell 3
98	Martin Frei (Swi)	41	Row 97 - Cell 3
99	Antoine Badouard (Fra)	39	Row 98 - Cell 3
100	Thomas Vanderham (Can)	38	Row 99 - Cell 3
101	Joey Schusler (USA) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	37	Row 100 - Cell 3
102	Jed Rooney° (NZl)	36	Row 101 - Cell 3
103	Emyr Davies (GBr)	35	Row 102 - Cell 3
104	Logan Binggeli (USA)	35	Row 103 - Cell 3
105	Mitch Ropelato° (USA) Ex Drinks	33	Row 104 - Cell 3
106	Lars Peyer (Swi) Suspension Center	32	Row 105 - Cell 3
107	Sam Flockhart° (GBr) Lapierre International	32	Row 106 - Cell 3
108	Dan Stanbridge (GBr) Dirt Norco Race Team	31	Row 107 - Cell 3
109	Mathieu Gallean (Fra) Ryde-Racing	29	Row 108 - Cell 3
110	Thomas Jeandin (Swi)	28	Row 109 - Cell 3
111	Billy Caroli (Swi)	26	Row 110 - Cell 3
112	Olivier Nicole (Fra)	26	Row 111 - Cell 3
113	Aari Barrett (NZl) Scott 11	26	Row 112 - Cell 3
114	Faustin Figaret° (Fra) Team Sport Bike	25	Row 113 - Cell 3
115	Jared Rando (Aus) Giant Factory Team	25	Row 114 - Cell 3
116	Martin Mikulenka (Cze)	23	Row 115 - Cell 3
117	Ben Baker (GBr)	23	Row 116 - Cell 3
118	Jason Memmelaar (USA)	21	Row 117 - Cell 3
119	Carlo Gambirasio (Ita) Surfing Shop	20	Row 118 - Cell 3
120	Mark Scott° (GBr)	19	Row 119 - Cell 3
121	Marco Bugnone (Ita) Argentina Bike Gravity Team	18	Row 120 - Cell 3
122	Charly Di Pasquale (Fra)	16	Row 121 - Cell 3
123	Dean Tennant (Can)	15	Row 122 - Cell 3
124	Alexandre Lohner (Fra)	15	Row 123 - Cell 3
125	Ryan Vanderham (Can)	14	Row 124 - Cell 3
126	Scott Laughland (Irl)	14	Row 125 - Cell 3
127	Esteban Deronzier (Fra)	13	Row 126 - Cell 3
128	Kristof Lenssens (Bel)	12	Row 127 - Cell 3
129	Rupert Chapman° (NZl)	12	Row 128 - Cell 3
130	Greg Williamson° (GBr)	11	Row 129 - Cell 3
131	Yannick Colomb (Fra)	11	Row 130 - Cell 3
132	Chris Heath (USA)	10	Row 131 - Cell 3
133	Jan Javornik (Svk)	9	Row 132 - Cell 3
134	Luis Paulo Vicente Ferreira (Por)	9	Row 133 - Cell 3
135	Florian Arthus (Fra)	8	Row 134 - Cell 3
136	Yann Gauvin (Can)	8	Row 135 - Cell 3
137	Arthur Racaud° (Fra) US Cagnes VTT	8	Row 136 - Cell 3
138	Allan Findlay° (GBr)	7	Row 137 - Cell 3
139	Neko Mulally° (USA) Trek World Racing	7	Row 138 - Cell 3
140	Joseph Nation (NZl)	6	Row 139 - Cell 3
141	Simon Rivoire (Fra)	5	Row 140 - Cell 3
142	Bertrand Gilles (Bel)	5	Row 141 - Cell 3
143	Kim Petersson (Swe)	4	Row 142 - Cell 3
144	Evan Turpen (USA)	3	Row 143 - Cell 3

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Final World Cup Team standings
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Scott 11	88	pts
2	Commencal	80	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	MS Evil Racing	64	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense	64	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Trek World Racing	56	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Santa Cruz Syndicate	54	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz	53	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Commencal Superiders	38	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Lapierre International	32	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Suspension Center	32	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	30	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	GT Bicycles	26	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain	23	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Norco World Team	21	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Morzine-Avoriaz/Haute-Savoie	20	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	RC Alpine Commencal Austria	19	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Giant Factory Team	16	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Kona	8	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Kenda-Playbiker	8	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Solid Aclass Factory Team	7	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Dirt Norco Race Team	6	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Blackmountain Morewood United	4	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	Massi Team	2	Row 22 - Cell 3