MTB World Cup Downhill #2 & Four Cross #2 2011: Elite men downhill Results

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Greg Minnaar (Santa Cruz Syndicate) signs autographs.(Image credit: Kathy Sessler)

While Greg Minnaar (Santa Cruz Syndicate) took the win in round two for the downhill World Cup in Fort William, Scotland, it was the young riders who finished second and third - Danny Hart (Giant) and Brook MacDonald (MS Evil Racing) - who were the real story of the day, signalling the arrival of the next generation of downhillers. Minnaar's win, coupled with round one winner Aaron Gwin's (Trek World Racing) fifth place, put the South African into the leader's jersey for the overall standings.

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It wasn't until Minnaar, a two-time winner at Fort William, and fourth from last to start, came down that MacDonald was finally dislodged from the lead. The South African, a prodigy himself when he won his world title in 2003, was eighth fastest at the top split, and continued to improve as the course went on, to knock nearly two seconds off of MacDonald's incredible run. Hart, starting just after Minnaar and only a month older than MacDonald, pushed the Kiwi down to third by 0.65 seconds. The final two starters - Gee Atherton (Commencal) and World Cup leader Gwin - slotted in to fourth and fifth respectively after their runs.

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Elite men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate	0:04:43.854
2	Danny Hart (GBr) Giant Factory Off-Road Team	0:00:01.299
3	Brook Macdonald (NZl) Ms Evil Racing	0:00:01.934
4	Gee Atherton (GBr) Commencal	0:00:03.004
5	Aaron Gwin (USA) Trek World Racing	0:00:03.193
6	Cameron Cole (NZl) Lapierre International	0:00:03.748
7	Samuel Blenkinsop (NZl) Lapierre International	0:00:04.269
8	Justin Leov (NZl) Trek World Racing	0:00:04.331
9	Samuel Hill (Aus) Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz	0:00:04.579
10	Steve Smith (Can) Devinci Global Racing	0:00:05.823
11	Steve Peat (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate	0:00:06.481
12	Marc Beaumont (GBr)	0:00:06.866
13	Matti Lehikoinen (Fin) Chain Reaction Cycles / Nukeproof	0:00:07.246
14	Josh Bryceland (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate	0:00:07.606
15	Luke Strobel (USA) Ms Evil Racing	0:00:07.694
16	Florent Payet (Fra) Sc - Intense	0:00:07.953
17	Ruaridh Cunningham (GBr) Team Maxxis - Rocky Mountain	0:00:08.050
18	Fabien Pedemanaud (Fra) Scott 11	0:00:08.646
19	Ben Cathro (GBr)	0:00:09.219
20	Matthew Scoles (NZl) Team Cingolani Trek	0:00:09.343
21	Joshua Button (Aus) Sc - Intense	0:00:09.499
22	Michael Hannah (Aus)	0:00:09.579
23	Damien Spagnolo (Fra) Mondraker Factory Team	0:00:09.865
24	Duncan Riffle (USA) Giant Factory Off-Road Team	0:00:10.212
25	Mickael Pascal (Fra) Morewood Unitedride	0:00:10.364
26	Bernat Guardia Pascual (Spa)	0:00:10.462
27	Joseph Smith (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles / Nukeproof	0:00:10.646
28	Cédric Gracia (Fra) Cg Racing Brigade	0:00:10.760
29	Fabien Cousinie (Fra) Morewood Unitedride	0:00:11.066
30	Troy Brosnan (Aus) Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz	0:00:11.151
31	Marcelo Gutierrez Villegas (Col) Cg Racing Brigade	0:00:11.245
32	Shaun O'Connor (Aus) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	0:00:12.066
33	Mitchell Delfs (Aus) Kona	0:00:12.080
34	Filip Polc (Svk) Ms Evil Racing	0:00:12.933
35	Nico Vink (Bel) Team Lac Blanc / Solid / Massif Des Vosges	0:00:12.985
36	Robin Wallner (Swe) Team Are Bikepark Powered By W - Racing	0:00:13.149
37	Pierre Charles Georges (Fra) Team Lac Blanc / Solid / Massif Des Vosges	0:00:13.435
38	Mark Scott (GBr)	0:00:13.804
39	Thibaut Ruffin (Fra) Riding Addiction Commencal	0:00:13.866
40	Thomas Braithwaite (GBr)	0:00:13.984
41	Greg Williamson (GBr)	0:00:14.493
42	Ben Reid (Irl) Dirt Norco Race Team	0:00:14.626
43	Romain Paulhan (Fra)	0:00:14.861
44	Harry Heath (GBr) Unior Tools Team	0:00:14.940
45	Patrick Thome (Fra) Mondraker Factory Team	0:00:15.096
46	Will Rischbieth (Aus)	0:00:15.329
47	Mitch Ropelato (USA)	0:00:15.416
48	Adam Brayton (GBr)	0:00:15.419
49	Jack Reading (GBr)	0:00:15.643
50	Rémi Thirion (Fra) Labyrinth Shimano Racing Team	0:00:16.144
51	Markus Pekoll (Aut) Ms Evil Racing	0:00:16.260
52	Matthew Simmonds (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles / Nukeproof	0:00:16.731
53	Boris Tetzlaff (Aut) Alpine Commencal Austria	0:00:16.843
54	Wyn Masters (NZl) Ms Evil Racing	0:00:17.638
55	Timothy Bentley (RSA) Morewood Unitedride	0:00:17.792
56	Antonio Ferreiro Pajuelo (Spa)	0:00:17.852
57	Fergus Lamb (GBr)	0:00:17.919
58	Dan Stanbridge (GBr) Dirt Norco Race Team	0:00:18.246
59	Scott Mears (GBr)	0:00:18.427
60	Lewis Buchanan (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles / Nukeproof	0:00:18.440
61	Lorenzo Suding (Ita)	0:00:19.458
62	Richard Thomas (GBr)	0:00:20.522
63	Curtis Keene (USA)	0:00:20.575
64	Emanuel Pombo (Por)	0:00:22.309
65	Alexander Kangas (Swe)	0:00:22.418
66	Florian Arthus (Fra)	0:00:22.735
67	Ziga Pandur (Slo) Unior Tools Team	0:00:23.882
68	Sam Dale (GBr) Team Sunn Montgenevre	0:00:24.523
69	Dan Atherton (GBr) Commencal	0:00:25.018
70	Seanan O'Riordan (Irl)	0:00:25.369
71	Neko Mulally (USA) Trek World Racing	0:00:27.485
72	Ivan Oulego Moreno (Spa)	0:00:33.290
73	Christopher Mcglinchey (Irl)	0:00:35.491
74	Loic Bruni (Fra) Lapierre International	0:00:42.017
75	Joris Bigoni (Fra)	0:00:47.924
76	Mathieu Gallean (Fra) Ryde - Racing	0:04:53.950
77	Julien Camellini (Fra) Team Sunn Montgenevre	0:05:45.571
78	George Brannigan (NZl) Devinci Global Racing	0:16:04.336

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Teams
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Trek World Racing	91	pts
2	Santa Cruz Syndicate	77	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Commencal	65	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Scott 11	55	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Lapierre International	50	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	MS Evil Racing	48	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Giant Factory Off-Road Team	42	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Team Maxxis - Rocky Mountain	36	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Team GR	32	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Riding Addiction Commencal	26	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	SC - Intense	25	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz	23	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Chain Reaction Cycles / Nukeproof	22	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Devinci Global Racing	21	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Madison Saracen	16	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Team Cingolani Trek	11	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Alpine Commencal Austria	9	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Mondraker Factory Team	8	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Morewood Unitedride	8	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Passion Velo Thiers Stemtee	6	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	CK Racing Santacruz	3	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	CG Racing Brigade	3	Row 21 - Cell 3

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World cup standings after two rounds
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate	425	pts
2	Aaron Gwin (USA) Trek World Racing	378	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Gee Atherton (GBr) Commencal	327	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Danny Hart (GBr) Giant Factory Off-Road Team	249	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Brook Macdonald (NZl) Ms Evil Racing	199	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Steve Smith (Can) Devinci Global Racing	197	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Samuel Hill (Aus) Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz	195	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Steve Peat (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate	190	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Samuel Blenkinsop (NZl) Lapierre International	172	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Justin Leov (NZl) Trek World Racing	164	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Cameron Cole (NZl) Lapierre International	164	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Marc Beaumont (GBr)	159	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Fabien Barel (Fra) Mondraker Factory Team	156	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Josh Bryceland (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate	153	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Matti Lehikoinen (Fin) Chain Reaction Cycles / Nukeproof	148	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Duncan Riffle (USA) Giant Factory Off-Road Team	147	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Cédric Gracia (Fra) Cg Racing Brigade	143	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Matthew Scoles (NZl) Team Cingolani Trek	129	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Fabien Cousinie (Fra) Morewood Unitedride	128	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Troy Brosnan (Aus) Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz	126	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Ruaridh Cunningham (GBr) Team Maxxis - Rocky Mountain	124	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Florent Payet (Fra) Sc - Intense	119	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	Luke Strobel (USA) Ms Evil Racing	114	Row 22 - Cell 3
24	Thibaut Ruffin (Fra) Riding Addiction Commencal	111	Row 23 - Cell 3
25	Michael Hannah (Aus)	109	Row 24 - Cell 3
26	Ben Cathro (GBr)	102	Row 25 - Cell 3
27	Shaun O'connor (Aus) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	99	Row 26 - Cell 3
28	Filip Polc (Svk) Ms Evil Racing	98	Row 27 - Cell 3
29	Robin Wallner (Swe) Team Are Bikepark Powered By W - Racing	98	Row 28 - Cell 3
30	Damien Spagnolo (Fra) Mondraker Factory Team	97	Row 29 - Cell 3
31	Mickael Pascal (Fra) Morewood Unitedride	97	Row 30 - Cell 3
32	Joseph Smith (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles / Nukeproof	97	Row 31 - Cell 3
33	Julien Camellini (Fra) Team Sunn Montgenevre	96	Row 32 - Cell 3
34	Joshua Button (Aus) Sc - Intense	95	Row 33 - Cell 3
35	Nick Beer (Swi) Scott 11	94	Row 34 - Cell 3
36	Romain Paulhan (Fra)	94	Row 35 - Cell 3
37	Pierre Charles Georges (Fra) Team Lac Blanc / Solid / Massif Des Vosges	93	Row 36 - Cell 3
38	Markus Pekoll (Aut) Ms Evil Racing	92	Row 37 - Cell 3
39	Fabien Pedemanaud (Fra) Scott 11	91	Row 38 - Cell 3
40	Mitchell Delfs (Aus) Kona	90	Row 39 - Cell 3
41	Bryn Atkinson (Aus)	80	Row 40 - Cell 3
42	Aurélien Giordanengo (Fra) Mondraker Factory Team	70	Row 41 - Cell 3
43	Jared Graves (Aus) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	68	Row 42 - Cell 3
44	Rémi Thirion (Fra) Labyrinth Shimano Racing Team	68	Row 43 - Cell 3
45	Mitch Ropelato (USA)	68	Row 44 - Cell 3
46	Thomas Braithwaite (GBr)	66	Row 45 - Cell 3
47	Neko Mulally (USA) Trek World Racing	62	Row 46 - Cell 3
48	Timothy Bentley (RSA) Morewood Unitedride	62	Row 47 - Cell 3
49	Sam Dale (GBr) Team Sunn Montgenevre	60	Row 48 - Cell 3
50	Marcelo Gutierrez Villegas (Col) Cg Racing Brigade	59	Row 49 - Cell 3
51	Patrick Thome (Fra) Mondraker Factory Team	58	Row 50 - Cell 3
52	Richard Thomas (GBr)	57	Row 51 - Cell 3
53	Bernat Guardia Pascual (Spa)	55	Row 52 - Cell 3
54	Dan Stanbridge (GBr) Dirt Norco Race Team	52	Row 53 - Cell 3
55	Andrew Neethling (RSA) Giant Factory Off-Road Team	48	Row 54 - Cell 3
56	Emanuel Pombo (Por)	47	Row 55 - Cell 3
57	Nico Vink (Bel) Team Lac Blanc / Solid / Massif Des Vosges	46	Row 56 - Cell 3
58	Bernard Kerr (GBr)	46	Row 57 - Cell 3
59	Mark Scott (GBr)	43	Row 58 - Cell 3
60	Scott Mears (GBr)	42	Row 59 - Cell 3
61	Curtis Keene (USA)	42	Row 60 - Cell 3
62	Greg Williamson (GBr)	40	Row 61 - Cell 3
63	Ben Reid (Irl) Dirt Norco Race Team	39	Row 62 - Cell 3
64	Harry Heath (GBr) Unior Tools Team	37	Row 63 - Cell 3
65	Fergus Lamb (GBr)	36	Row 64 - Cell 3
66	Will Rischbieth (Aus)	35	Row 65 - Cell 3
67	Adam Brayton (GBr)	33	Row 66 - Cell 3
68	Jack Reading (GBr)	32	Row 67 - Cell 3
69	Alex Bond (GBr)	32	Row 68 - Cell 3
70	Marcel Beer (Swi)	31	Row 69 - Cell 3
71	Matthew Simmonds (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles / Nukeproof	29	Row 70 - Cell 3
72	Boris Tetzlaff (Aut) Alpine Commencal Austria	28	Row 71 - Cell 3
73	Wyn Masters (NZl) Ms Evil Racing	27	Row 72 - Cell 3
74	Jonty Neethling (RSA)	27	Row 73 - Cell 3
75	Johann Potgieter (RSA)	26	Row 74 - Cell 3
76	Antonio Ferreiro Pajuelo (Spa)	25	Row 75 - Cell 3
77	Hayden Brown (RSA)	23	Row 76 - Cell 3
78	Lewis Buchanan (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles / Nukeproof	21	Row 77 - Cell 3
79	Lorenzo Suding (Ita)	20	Row 78 - Cell 3
80	Thomas Jeandin (Swi)	19	Row 79 - Cell 3
81	Lars Peyer (Swi) Sc - Intense	18	Row 80 - Cell 3
82	Fraser Mcglone (GBr)	17	Row 81 - Cell 3
83	Alexander Kangas (Swe)	16	Row 82 - Cell 3
84	Daniel Pombo (Por)	16	Row 83 - Cell 3
85	Florian Arthus (Fra)	15	Row 84 - Cell 3
86	Kelvin Purchase (RSA)	15	Row 85 - Cell 3
87	Ziga Pandur (Slo) Unior Tools Team	14	Row 86 - Cell 3
88	Chris Hutchens (GBr)	14	Row 87 - Cell 3
89	Tiaan Odendaal (RSA)	13	Row 88 - Cell 3
90	Dan Atherton (GBr) Commencal	12	Row 89 - Cell 3
91	Seanan O'riordan (Irl)	11	Row 90 - Cell 3
92	Francesco Danilo Petrucci (Ita) Team Cingolani Trek	11	Row 91 - Cell 3
93	Roman Roschi (Swi)	10	Row 92 - Cell 3
94	Oscar Harnstrom (Swe)	9	Row 93 - Cell 3
95	Ivan Oulego Moreno (Spa)	9	Row 94 - Cell 3
96	Arthur Parret (Fra) Passion Velo Thiers Stemtee	8	Row 95 - Cell 3
97	Christopher Mcglinchey (Irl)	8	Row 96 - Cell 3
98	Jérôme Payet (Fra)	7	Row 97 - Cell 3
99	Loic Bruni (Fra) Lapierre International	7	Row 98 - Cell 3
100	Charly Di Pasquale (Fra) Labyrinth Shimano Racing Team	6	Row 99 - Cell 3
101	Joris Bigoni (Fra)	6	Row 100 - Cell 3
102	Mathias Haas (Aut) Alpine Commencal Austria	5	Row 101 - Cell 3
103	Mathieu Gallean (Fra) Ryde - Racing	5	Row 102 - Cell 3
104	Daniel Critchlow (GBr)	4	Row 103 - Cell 3
105	Travis Browning (RSA)	3	Row 104 - Cell 3
106	George Brannigan (NZl) Devinci Global Racing	3	Row 105 - Cell 3

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