Moseley moves up with downhill win
Briton's victory pushes her to second in World Cup, Jonnier claims overall
The 2009 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup concluded on Sunday in Schladming, Austria, with the downhill. World Cup leader Sabrina Jonnier (Maxxis-Rocky Mountain) had to settle for fourth on the day behind Tracy Moseley (Trek World Racing).
Jonnier had already won the women's title, with six wins in the first seven races, but she was still hoping to close out the season with a seventh victory. Unfortunately for her, Moseley, who won the opening round in April in Pietermaritzburg, was on fire after a relatively poor qualifying run on Friday.
"I've never done well here before," said Moseley. "I always struggle with the length and the steepness, and it was like that all week in training, so I was thinking that the best I would be able to manage was top three. So, this was a real surprise for me. The course had dried up a lot from earlier in the week, but the top sections were still greasy, and there were huge holes in the track from practice; this was the roughest, toughest Schladming I've ever done."
Moseley took the lead from Canadian champion Claire Buchar (Chain Reaction/Intense) with a time of 4:54.73 . Neither the world champion, Emmeline Ragot (Suspension Centre), nor Jonnier could come within five seconds of Moseley's time. The fastest qualifier, Floriane Pugin (Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker) came closest, 0.84 seconds back, followed by the French national champion, Cecile Gros (Morzine-Avoriaz 74).
Moseley's win was enough to move her into second overall behind Jonnier, bumping Ragot down to third in the final standings.
Jonnier's knowledge that she had already won the World Cup title certainly helped with her mental state. "I was definitely more relaxed, knowing that it was all decided, but I still wanted to win today. Unfortunately, I just couldn't put it together. I had too many mistakes, a lot of little mistakes."
Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Tracy Moseley (GBr) Trek World Racing | 0:04:54.73 |
2 | Floriane Pugin (Fra) Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker | 0:00:00.84 |
3 | Celine Gros (Fra) Morzine-Avoriaz 74 | 0:00:01.79 |
4 | Sabrina Jonnier (Fra) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles | 0:00:04.98 |
5 | Mio Suemasa (Jpn) | 0:00:05.14 |
6 | Petra Bernhard (Aut) Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team | 0:00:08.26 |
7 | Emmeline Ragot (Fra) Suspension Center | 0:00:10.13 |
8 | Claire Buchar (Can) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense | 0:00:13.24 |
9 | Miriam Ruchti (Swi) Team Vario Racing | 0:00:14.45 |
10 | Anita Ager-Wick (Nor) | 0:00:16.10 |
11 | Anita Molcik (Aut) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 0:00:19.85 |
12 | Anais Pajot° (Fra) Team Sunn | 0:00:20.48 |
13 | Katy Curd (GBr) | 0:00:20.67 |
14 | Harriet Rucknagel (Ger) | 0:00:23.69 |
15 | Jessica Stone (GBr) 2Stagefactory | 0:00:37.36 |
16 | Caroline Sax (Fra) | 0:00:37.58 |
17 | Helen Gaskell (GBr) | 0:00:40.46 |
18 | Nicole Beege (Ger) | 0:00:45.12 |
19 | Darian Harvey (USA) | 0:01:47.65 |
DNS | Fionn Griffiths (GBr) Norco World Team | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 85 | pts |
2 | Santa Cruz Syndicate | 79 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz | 68 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Trek World Racing | 66 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles | 52 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker | 35 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team | 35 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Morzine-Avoriaz 74 | 32 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Scott 11 | 31 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Solid Aclass Factory Team | 27 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Suspension Center | 24 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense | 23 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Team Vario Racing | 22 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Subaru Mountain Bike Pro Team | 22 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | MSC Bikes | 21 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | GT Bicycles | 21 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Team Sunn | 19 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Animal Commencal | 18 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Kenda Morewood | 16 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | 2Stagefactory | 16 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Kona | 14 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Massi | 6 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Lapierre Powered By Saab Salomon | 1 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Sabrina Jonnier (Fra) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles | 1767 | pts |
2 | Tracy Moseley (GBr) Trek World Racing | 1355 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Emmeline Ragot (Fra) Suspension Center | 1335 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Floriane Pugin (Fra) Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker | 1114 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Céline Gros (Fra) Morzine-Avoriaz 74 | 1010 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Mio Suemasa (Jpn) | 950 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Myriam Nicole (Fra) | 607 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Fionn Griffiths (GBr) Norco World Team | 532 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Claire Buchar (Can) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense | 510 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Emilie Siegenthaler (Swi) Scott 11 | 484 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Melissa Buhl (USA) | 450 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Petra Bernhard (Aut) Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team | 308 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Anita Molcik (Aut) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 295 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Micayla Gatto (Can) | 265 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Miriam Ruchti (Swi) Team Vario Racing | 190 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Joanna Petterson (RSA) | 180 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Anais Pajot° (Fra) Team Sunn | 175 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Katy Curd (GBr) | 132 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Jessica Stone (GBr) 2Stagefactory | 132 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Kathleen Pruitt (USA) | 105 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Helen Gaskell (GBr) | 100 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Harriet Rucknagel (Ger) | 65 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Sarah Newman (GBr) | 60 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Diana Marggraff (Ecu) | 60 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Danice Uyesugi (Can) | 60 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Anita Ager-Wick (Nor) | 55 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Caroline Sax (Fra) | 50 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Anka Martin (RSA) | 40 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Darian Harvey (USA) | 40 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Helene Valerie Fruhwirth (Aut) | 35 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Miranda Miller (Can) | 30 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Elisa Canepa (Ita) Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker | 30 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
33 | Rebecca Mcqueen (Can) | 30 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
34 | Risa Suseanty (Ina) | 25 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
35 | Victoria Phillips (RSA) | 20 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
36 | Fanny Lombard° (Fra) | 20 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
37 | Nicole Beege (Ger) | 15 | Row 36 - Cell 3 |
38 | Amy Laird (NZl) | 15 | Row 37 - Cell 3 |
39 | Antje Kramer (Ger) | 15 | Row 38 - Cell 3 |
40 | Gabrielle Molloy (NZl) | 15 | Row 39 - Cell 3 |
41 | Sophie Borderes (Fra) | 15 | Row 40 - Cell 3 |
42 | Emma Atkinson° (GBr) | 10 | Row 41 - Cell 3 |
43 | Anne Laplante (Can) | 5 | Row 42 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Santa Cruz Syndicate | 589 | pts |
2 | Trek World Racing | 530 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 440 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz | 410 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles | 407 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Scott 11 | 337 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | GT Bicycles | 307 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense | 299 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker | 261 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Suspension Center | 253 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Animal Commencal | 236 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | MS Evil Racing | 215 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Morzine-Avoriaz 74 | 208 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Subaru Mountain Bike Pro Team | 175 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Norco World Team | 157 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team | 128 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Massi | 107 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | MSC Bikes | 99 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Kenda Morewood | 98 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | 2Stagefactory | 93 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Team Vario Racing | 78 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Team Sunn | 75 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Lapierre Powered By Saab Salomon | 63 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Solid Aclass Factory Team | 56 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Specialized Team America | 49 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Duncan Riffle Racing | 42 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Kona | 22 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Dytech DH | 12 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Giant Mountain Bike Team | 10 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Ghost A.T.G. Pro Team | 9 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | XMS-Devinci World Cup Team | 6 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Just Reid Race Team | 4 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
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