Pendrel sews up World Cup title
Final round win over Premont, Gould for Canadian
Catharine Pendrel (Luna) was crowned as the new World Cup champion as the 2010 UCI cross country Mountain Bike World Cup concluded on Saturday in Windham, New York. Pendrel capped her World Cup season with her second victory of the year. For Canada, the women's race provided a strong lead in to the UCI World Mountain Bike Championships next week at Mont Ste Anne, Canada, as Marie-Hélène Premont (Maxxis-Rocky Mountain) showed her form of old, finishing second.
"This is amazing, to win my second World Cup of the season, and the World Cup title, all a week before the world championships take place in Canada," said Pendrel. "To win a World Cup race is always special, but to be consistent right through the season and win the title is hard. The race for the title was so tight all season, that it is extra special to win it."
The 5.4-kilometre course was straightforward: a long climb followed by a quick descent. The riders zig-zagged their way up the climb, alternating open double track with loose, rocky and rooty singletrack, then descended through more of the same back to the start.
Pendrel and Premont distanced themselves from the rest of the field quickly as the five-lap race commenced. Pendrel, the World Cup leader coming into the race, had two worries: Eva Lechner (Colnago Arreghini Sudtirol) only 54 points back in the standings, and Willow Koerber (Subaru-Trek) at 59 points. Koerber was the bigger worry on this track, having won here in the national series race the previous year, and with a home crowd behind her.
In turned out that neither was a factor. Pendrel quickly shot to a 25-second advantage over Premont, with her Luna teammate Georgia Gould sitting in third, but steadily falling further behind through the race. Koerber started in fourth but faded badly to eventually finish sixth, 4:21 down, while Lechner was a distant 18th, over eight minutes in arrears.
The only real battle was at the front - Pendrel would start each lap approximately 25 seconds in front of Premont, who would close the gap on the climb, only to see it open on the descent. In the final lap, the 2008 World Cup champion gave an extra surge and caught Pendrel just before the top of the climb.
"I'm usually stronger in the first half of the race," said Pendrel. "So I wanted to go out hard and establish a gap. But Marie was climbing well, and I knew she was coming up. I was able to get the front into the descent and then I could control things, and it was enough."
Pendrel’s winning margin was a scant four seconds over Premont. Gould took third, but over two minutes down, with Blaza Klemencic (Felt Oetztal X-Bionic) fourth and last year's World Cup champion Elisabeth Osl (Central Pro) taking fifth.
Premont, who struggled last year and earlier this season, was extremely pleased to see her form peaking just before the world championships take place in her hometown. She moved from 13th to eighth in the final standings.
"I had a very good start, and I was able to be at the front and stay within 15 to 30 seconds of Catharine,” she said. “Then on the last lap I knew it was my final chance, so I gave it everything I had, but Catharine was able to get in front for the downhill. It's a good time to be in this shape, one week before the world championships. I know I can do well next week."
In the final overall standings, Pendrel won the title with 1044 points, followed by Koerber at 865 and Lechner at 810. Gould jumped from fifth to fourth in the final standings and Swiss rider Esther Süss moved up from sixth to the final podium spot with the absence of world champion Irina Kalentieva (Topeak Ergon).
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Catharine Pendrel (Can) Luna Pro Team | 1:39:48 |
2 | Marie-Helene Premont (Can) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain | 0:00:04 |
3 | Georgia Gould (USA) Luna Pro Team | 0:02:07 |
4 | Blaza Klemencic (Slo) Felt Oetztal X-Bionic Team | 0:03:17 |
5 | Elisabeth Osl (Aut) Central Pro Team | 0:03:41 |
6 | Willow Koerber (USA) Subaru-Trek | 0:04:21 |
7 | Esther Süss (Swi) | 0:04:26 |
8 | Katrin Leumann (Swi) | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Mary McConneloug (USA) Kenda/Seven/NoTubes | 0:05:09 |
10 | Tanja Zakelj* (Slo) MBK Orbea | 0:05:23 |
11 | Heather Irmiger (USA) Subaru-Trek | 0:05:27 |
12 | Nathalie Schneitter (Swi) Colnago Arreghini Sudtirol | 0:06:14 |
13 | Cécile Ravanel (Fra) Lapierre International | 0:06:29 |
14 | Katherine Compton (USA) | 0:06:41 |
15 | Marielle Saner-Guinchard (Swi) Bikepark.Ch Scott | 0:06:57 |
16 | Amanda Sin (Can) | 0:07:46 |
17 | Janka Stevkova (Svk) | 0:08:08 |
18 | Eva Lechner (Ita) Colnago Arreghini Sudtirol | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Sabrina Enaux (Fra) Felt Oetztal X-Bionic Team | 0:08:30 |
20 | Annie Last* (GBr) | 0:08:34 |
21 | Anja Gradl (Ger) Central Pro Team | 0:08:35 |
22 | Alexandra Engen* (Swe) | 0:09:03 |
23 | Rie Katayama (Jpn) | 0:09:21 |
24 | Sarah Koba (Swi) Giant Swiss Team | 0:09:41 |
25 | Hanna Klein (Ger) | 0:09:49 |
26 | Katerina Nash (Cze) Luna Pro Team | 0:10:01 |
27 | Annika Langvad (Den) | 0:10:11 |
28 | Rosara Joseph (NZl) | 0:10:14 |
29 | Chengyuan Ren (Chn) | 0:11:09 |
30 | Anna Villar Argente (Spa) | 0:11:17 |
31 | Qinglan Shi (Chn) | 0:11:44 |
32 | Barbara Benko* (Hun) | 0:12:32 |
33 | Nina Homovec (Slo) MBK Orbea | 0:13:00 |
34 | Daniela Veronesi (SMr) | 0:13:52 |
35 | Yolande Speedy (RSA) | 0:14:15 |
36 | Zhuanzhuan Ye* (Chn) | 0:14:53 |
37 | Heather Logie (Aus) | 0:14:56 |
38 | Tereza Hurikova (Cze) Trek-Lorca Taller Del Tiempo | 0:15:16 |
39 | Jennifer Smith (NZl) | 0:15:21 |
40 | Judy Freeman (USA) | 0:15:41 |
41 | Aleksandra Mooradian (Pol) | 0:15:47 |
42 | Catherine Vipond (Can) | 0:16:15 |
43 | Fiona Macdermid (NZl) | 0:16:39 |
44 | Kate Potter (Aus) | 0:17:07 |
45 | Mical Dyck (Can) | 0:18:59 |
46 | Kelli Emmett (USA) Giant Factory Team | 0:19:07 |
47 | Teal Stetson-Lee (USA) | 0:19:08 |
-1lap | Krista Park (USA) | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Erin Huck (USA) | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Ying Liu (Chn) | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Katherine O'shea (Aus) Torq Performance Nutrition | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Cindy Montambault (Can) | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Nicola Leary (NZl) | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Katherine O'neill* (NZl) | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Mariske Strauss* (RSA) | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Anina Aaron (USA) | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Kimberly Flynn (USA) | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Bryna Nestor (USA) | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Roberta Kelly Stopa (Bra) | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Lydia Tanner* (USA) | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Anna Oberparleiter* (Ita) Hard Rock FRW A.S.D. | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Daniela Rojas* (Chi) | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | Michelle Bellamy (NZl) | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | Rowena Fry (Aus) | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rocio Gamonal Ferrera (Spa) | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lily Matthews* (GBr) | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Emily Batty* (Can) Trek World Racing | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Luna Pro Team | 77 | pts |
2 | Subaru-Gary Fisher | 46 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Felt Oetztal X-Bionic Team | 42 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Central Pro Team | 38 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain | 35 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Colnago Arreghini Sudtirol | 32 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | MBK Orbea | 21 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Lapierre International | 18 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Bikepark.ch Scott | 16 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Giant Swiss Team | 7 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Catharine Pendrel (Can) Luna Pro Team | 1044 | pts |
2 | Willow Koerber (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher | 865 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Eva Lechner (Ita) Colnago Arreghini Sudtirol | 810 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Georgia Gould (USA) Luna Pro Team | 798 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Esther Süss (Swi) | 744 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Elisabeth Osl (Aut) Central Pro Team | 688 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Irina Kalentieva (Rus) Topeak Ergon Racing Team | 678 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Marie-Helene Premont (Can) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain | 650 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Nathalie Schneitter (Swi) Colnago Arreghini Sudtirol | 643 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Katrin Leumann (Swi) | 624 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Katerina Nash (Cze) Luna Pro Team | 594 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Julie Bresset* (Fra) BH-Suntour | 570 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Mary Mcconneloug (USA) | 498 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Maja Wloszczowska (Pol) CCC Polkowice | 472 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Marielle Saner-Guinchard (Swi) Bikepark.ch Scott | 461 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Tanja Zakelj* (Slo) MBK Orbea | 445 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Heather Irmiger (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher | 419 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Blaza Klemencic (Slo) Felt Oetztal X-Bionic Team | 386 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Cécile Ravanel (Fra) Lapierre International | 381 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Anna Szafraniec (Pol) JBG-2 Professional MTB Team | 368 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Katherine Compton (USA) | 358 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Sabrina Enaux (Fra) Felt Oetztal X-Bionic Team | 338 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Hanna Klein (Ger) | 303 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Annie Last* (GBr) | 286 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Janka Stevkova (Svk) | 282 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Annika Langvad (Den) | 270 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Anna Villar Argente (Spa) | 268 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Emily Batty* (Can) Trek World Racing | 267 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Lene Byberg (Nor) Specialized Factory Racing | 256 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Amanda Sin (Can) | 254 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Rosara Joseph (NZl) | 250 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Anja Gradl (Ger) Central Pro Team | 242 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
33 | Sarah Koba (Swi) Giant Swiss Team | 229 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
34 | Alexandra Engen* (Swe) | 226 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
35 | Rie Katayama (Jpn) | 217 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
36 | Fanny Bourdon* (Fra) | 215 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
37 | Sabine Spitz (Ger) Central Pro Team | 205 | Row 36 - Cell 3 |
38 | Tereza Hurikova (Cze) Trek-Lorca Taller Del Tiempo | 192 | Row 37 - Cell 3 |
39 | Elisabeth Brandau (Ger) | 184 | Row 38 - Cell 3 |
40 | Margarita Fullana Riera (Spa) Massi Team | 178 | Row 39 - Cell 3 |
41 | Laura Turpijn (Ned) Team Merida Combee | 149 | Row 40 - Cell 3 |
42 | Barbara Benko* (Hun) | 135 | Row 41 - Cell 3 |
43 | Laura Metzler (Fra) BH-Suntour | 122 | Row 42 - Cell 3 |
44 | Paula Gorycka* (Pol) CCC Polkowice | 122 | Row 43 - Cell 3 |
45 | Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjaa (Nor) Multivan Merida Biking Team | 120 | Row 44 - Cell 3 |
46 | Magdalena Sadlecka (Pol) CCC Polkowice | 118 | Row 45 - Cell 3 |
47 | Yolande Speedy (RSA) | 104 | Row 46 - Cell 3 |
48 | Monique Pua Sawicki (USA) | 102 | Row 47 - Cell 3 |
49 | Vivienne Meyer* (Swi) Colnago Arreghini Sudtirol | 100 | Row 48 - Cell 3 |
50 | Caroline Mani (Fra) BH-Suntour | 100 | Row 49 - Cell 3 |
51 | Maria Osl (Aut) Fischer-BMC | 99 | Row 50 - Cell 3 |
52 | Coralie Redelsperger (Fra) | 97 | Row 51 - Cell 3 |
53 | Nicola Leary (NZl) | 95 | Row 52 - Cell 3 |
54 | Nina Homovec (Slo) MBK Orbea | 89 | Row 53 - Cell 3 |
55 | Judith Pollinger* (Ita) | 87 | Row 54 - Cell 3 |
56 | Fabienne Niederberger (Swi) | 81 | Row 55 - Cell 3 |
57 | Aleksandra Dawidowicz (Pol) CCC Polkowice | 80 | Row 56 - Cell 3 |
58 | Daniela Veronesi (SMr) | 78 | Row 57 - Cell 3 |
59 | Qinglan Shi (Chn) | 76 | Row 58 - Cell 3 |
60 | Kathrin Stirnemann* (Swi) | 75 | Row 59 - Cell 3 |
61 | Elisabeth Sveum* (Nor) Hard Rocx Racing Team | 74 | Row 60 - Cell 3 |
62 | Catherine Vipond (Can) | 71 | Row 61 - Cell 3 |
63 | Adelheid Morath (Ger) Felt Oetztal X-Bionic Team | 62 | Row 62 - Cell 3 |
64 | Mical Dyck (Can) | 61 | Row 63 - Cell 3 |
65 | Michelle Hediger* (Swi) Fischer-BMC | 57 | Row 64 - Cell 3 |
66 | Rocio Gamonal Ferrera (Spa) | 52 | Row 65 - Cell 3 |
67 | Virginie Pointet* (Swi) Bikepark.ch Scott | 52 | Row 66 - Cell 3 |
68 | Chengyuan Ren (Chn) | 48 | Row 67 - Cell 3 |
69 | Ivonne Kraft (Ger) | 46 | Row 68 - Cell 3 |
70 | Chloe Forsman (USA) | 46 | Row 69 - Cell 3 |
71 | Zhuanzhuan Ye* (Chn) | 44 | Row 70 - Cell 3 |
72 | Eszter Erdelyi (Hun) | 42 | Row 71 - Cell 3 |
73 | Helene Marcouyre (Fra) BH-Suntour | 42 | Row 72 - Cell 3 |
74 | Nataliya Krompets (Ukr) | 41 | Row 73 - Cell 3 |
75 | Katarzyna Solus* (Pol) | 40 | Row 74 - Cell 3 |
76 | Julie Krasniak* (Fra) | 39 | Row 75 - Cell 3 |
77 | Vera Andreeva* (Rus) | 38 | Row 76 - Cell 3 |
78 | Evelyn Staffler (Ita) | 34 | Row 77 - Cell 3 |
79 | Ying Liu (Chn) | 34 | Row 78 - Cell 3 |
80 | Anne Terpstra* (Ned) Stappenbelt Specialized MTB Team | 33 | Row 79 - Cell 3 |
81 | Heather Logie (Aus) | 32 | Row 80 - Cell 3 |
82 | Jennifer Smith (NZl) | 29 | Row 81 - Cell 3 |
83 | Ekaterina Anoshina* (Rus) | 29 | Row 82 - Cell 3 |
84 | Judy Freeman (USA) | 28 | Row 83 - Cell 3 |
85 | Aleksandra Mooradian (Pol) | 27 | Row 84 - Cell 3 |
86 | Sandra Walter (Can) | 27 | Row 85 - Cell 3 |
87 | Fiona Macdermid (NZl) | 25 | Row 86 - Cell 3 |
88 | Sandra Santanyes Murillo (Spa) Trek-Lorca Taller Del Tiempo | 25 | Row 87 - Cell 3 |
89 | Kate Potter (Aus) | 24 | Row 88 - Cell 3 |
90 | Samara Sheppard* (NZl) | 23 | Row 89 - Cell 3 |
91 | Kelli Emmett (USA) Giant Factory Team | 22 | Row 90 - Cell 3 |
92 | Teal Stetson-Lee (USA) | 21 | Row 91 - Cell 3 |
93 | Mikaela Kofman* (Can) | 21 | Row 92 - Cell 3 |
94 | Maaike Polspoel* (Bel) | 21 | Row 93 - Cell 3 |
95 | Krista Park (USA) | 20 | Row 94 - Cell 3 |
96 | Erin Huck (USA) | 19 | Row 95 - Cell 3 |
97 | Silke Schmidt (Ger) | 19 | Row 96 - Cell 3 |
98 | Katherine O'shea (Aus) Torq Performance Nutrition | 17 | Row 97 - Cell 3 |
99 | Serena Calvetti* (Ita) | 17 | Row 98 - Cell 3 |
100 | Lily Matthews* (GBr) | 17 | Row 99 - Cell 3 |
101 | Cindy Montambault (Can) | 16 | Row 100 - Cell 3 |
102 | Katherine O'neill* (NZl) | 14 | Row 101 - Cell 3 |
103 | Mariske Strauss* (RSA) | 13 | Row 102 - Cell 3 |
104 | Rozanne Slik* (Ned) Team Merida Combee | 13 | Row 103 - Cell 3 |
105 | Tatjana Dold (Ger) | 13 | Row 104 - Cell 3 |
106 | Anina Aaron (USA) | 12 | Row 105 - Cell 3 |
107 | Melanie Spath (Ger) | 12 | Row 106 - Cell 3 |
108 | Kimberly Flynn (USA) | 11 | Row 107 - Cell 3 |
109 | Carina Kirssi (Fin) VZW Goeman Scott Cycling Team | 11 | Row 108 - Cell 3 |
110 | Bryna Nestor (USA) | 10 | Row 109 - Cell 3 |
111 | Alla Boyko* (Ukr) ISD Cycling Team | 10 | Row 110 - Cell 3 |
112 | Monique Zeldenrust (Ned) Giant Swiss Team | 10 | Row 111 - Cell 3 |
113 | Roberta Kelly Stopa (Bra) | 9 | Row 112 - Cell 3 |
114 | Karin Groen (Ned) | 9 | Row 113 - Cell 3 |
115 | Camille Devi* (Fra) Asptt Definitive Gitane | 9 | Row 114 - Cell 3 |
116 | Lydia Tanner* (USA) | 8 | Row 115 - Cell 3 |
117 | Nina Gulino* (Ita) | 8 | Row 116 - Cell 3 |
118 | Mirre Stallen (Ned) | 8 | Row 117 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Luna Pro Team | 457 | pts |
2 | Colnago Arreghini Sudtirol | 275 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Subaru-Gary Fisher | 245 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Central Pro Team | 216 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Topeak Ergon Racing Team | 130 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain | 129 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Felt Oetztal X-Bionic Team | 117 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | BH-Suntour | 114 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Bikepark.ch Scott | 94 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | CCC Polkowice | 84 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | MBK Orbea | 83 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | JBG-2 Professional MTB Team | 71 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Lapierre International | 61 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Specialized Factory Racing | 53 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Trek World Racing | 37 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Massi Team | 31 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Giant Swiss Team | 18 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Trek-Lorca Taller Del Tiempo | 14 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Multivan Merida Biking Team | 12 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Team Merida Combee | 6 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Hard Rocx Racing Team | 6 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
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