Carpenter wins Leogang World Cup
British rider tops World Cup standings
History repeated itself as France and Great Britain once again battled for glory in the elite women's downhill World Cup. After the qualifying, the top five spots were occupied by three Brits (Tahnee Seagrave, Rachel Atherton and Manon Carpenter) and two French athletes (Myriam Nicole and Emmeline Ragot). It was up to these five riders, to leave their mark in the grand finale.
Seagrave set the first benchmark by putting over four seconds into the rest of the field. But she didn't have time to make herself comfortable in the hot seat, because Myriam Nicole was already on track and crossed the line four seconds up.
Still missing a win in Bikepark Leogang, Atherton is not yet on the top of her game after a long-lasting illness. All her hard efforts in the middle part couldn't recover her time after a slow start. It may not have been a winning run, but she rode to the finish 1.3 seconds faster than Nicole.
At this point, all eyes were on last year's winner Ragot, who favours Leogang's downhill motorway and was tipped for the win. It was in the "Roots of Asitz" section, where she lost her flow and the much needed momentum to bag the win. Atherton, Ragot, Nicole lit up the leader board. Then Carpenter pedaled out of the start gate. Fastest in qualifying, she had the joker in her pocket. Battling hard to keep up with Atherton's time in the upper part of the track, Carpenter showed real strength.
As soon as she hit the "Hollywood Section" before the last jump, it was clear that she was on the road to victory. Her aggressive riding style earned her a real speed advantage and put her 2.699 seconds ahead of the rest of the field. No need to stress that the British downhill queen was more than excited about her win.
"I am so happy! The fast track in Leogang really suits me, although it was really windy in the upper part," said Carpenter. "The dry conditions and the amazing atmosphere on the track contributed to my victory. It was an awesome week, the win feels so good!"
Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Manon Carpenter (GBr) Madison Saracen Factory Team | 0:03:42.500 |
2 | Rachel Atherton (GBr) GT Factory Racing | 0:00:02.699 |
3 | Myriam Nicole (Fra) Commencal / Riding Addiction | 0:00:04.028 |
4 | Emmeline Ragot (Fra) Lapierre Gravity Republic | 0:00:04.310 |
5 | Tahnee Seagrave (GBr) Fmd Racing | 0:00:07.936 |
6 | Jill Kintner (USA) | 0:00:12.013 |
7 | Tracey Hannah (Aus) Hutchinson UR | 0:00:13.569 |
8 | Micayla Gatto (Can) Pivot Factory DH Team | 0:00:14.022 |
9 | Morgane Charre (Fra) Evil Vengeance Tour | 0:00:15.615 |
10 | Emilie Siegenthaler (Swi) Gstaad-Scott | 0:00:16.342 |
11 | Fionn Griffiths (GBr) | 0:00:17.919 |
12 | Jana Bartova (Cze) | 0:00:20.692 |
13 | Mariana Salazar Palomo (ESa) | 0:00:25.860 |
14 | Alia Marcellini (Ita) Lee Cougan Dirty Factory | 0:00:28.540 |
15 | Marine ° Cabirou (Fra) | 0:00:28.880 |
16 | Carina Cappellari (Swi) | 0:00:33.671 |
17 | Zarja Cernilogar (Slo) Blackthorn GT | 0:00:35.093 |
18 | Harriet Rucknagel (Ger) | 0:00:35.491 |
19 | Tegan ° Molloy (Aus) | 0:00:42.071 |
20 | Jaime Hill (Can) | 0:00:44.122 |
21 | Viktoria ° Gimenez (Fra) | 0:00:44.288 |
22 | Simona Jirkova (Cze) | 0:00:53.238 |
23 | Casey Brown (Can) Bergamont Hayes World Team | 0:03:25.753 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Madison Saracen Factory Team | 82 | pts |
2 | Santa Cruz Syndicate | 75 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Trek World Racing | 71 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Commencal / Riding Addiction | 56 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 56 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | GT Factory Racing | 55 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Lapierre Gravity Republic | 45 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Hutchinson Ur | 35 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Devinci Global Racing | 34 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof | 33 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Specialized Racing DH | 32 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Fmd Racing | 22 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Kona Factory Team | 22 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Gstaad-Scott | 22 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Evil Vengeance Tour | 20 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Pivot Factory DH Team | 16 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Unior Tools Team | 11 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Lee Cougan Dirty Factory | 7 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Ms Mondraker Team | 5 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Blackthorn GT | 4 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Commencal | 2 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Manon Carpenter (GBr) Madison Saracen Factory Team | 780 | pts |
2 | Emmeline Ragot (Fra) Lapierre Gravity Republic | 690 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Myriam Nicole (Fra) Commencal / Riding Addiction | 662 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Rachel Atherton (GBr) GT Factory Racing | 660 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Tracey Hannah (Aus) Hutchinson UR | 487 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Jill Kintner (USA) | 455 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Tahnee Seagrave (GBr) Fmd Racing | 364 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Morgane Charre (Fra) Evil Vengeance Tour | 356 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Fionn Griffiths (GBr) | 295 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Emilie Siegenthaler (Swi) Gstaad-Scott | 278 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Micayla Gatto (Can) Pivot Factory DH Team | 270 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Casey Brown (Can) Bergamont Hayes World Team | 101 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Tegan ° Molloy (Aus) | 90 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Danielle Beecroft (Aus) Green To Gold Race Development | 85 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Carina Cappellari (Swi) | 80 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Veronique Sandler (NZl) | 80 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Claire Buchar (Can) | 55 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Harriet Rucknagel (Ger) | 55 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Marine ° Cabirou (Fra) | 55 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Sarah Atkin (NZl) | 50 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Alia Marcellini (Ita) Lee Cougan Dirty Factory | 50 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Jana Bartova (Cze) | 45 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Mariana Salazar Palomo (ESa) | 40 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Diana Marggraff (Ecu) | 40 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Harriet Latchem (GBr) | 40 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Steffi Marth (Ger) | 35 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Zarja Cernilogar (Slo) Blackthorn GT | 20 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Viktoria ° Gimenez (Fra) | 20 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Gabriela Williams (Cze) | 20 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Sarah Booth (Aus) | 10 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Katy Curd (GBr) Great Britain | 10 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Jaime Hill (Can) | 5 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
33 | Hope ° Jensen (GBr) | 5 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
34 | Ellie ° Wale (Aus) | 5 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Madison Saracen Factory Team | 279 | pts |
2 | GT Factory Racing | 266 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Lapierre Gravity Republic | 248 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Santa Cruz Syndicate | 226 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Specialized Racing DH | 222 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Commencal / Riding Addiction | 211 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Hutchinson Ur | 175 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 171 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Trek World Racing | 169 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof | 158 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Gstaad-Scott | 99 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Evil Vengeance Tour | 77 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Devinci Global Racing | 69 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Fmd Racing | 65 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Pivot Factory DH Team | 63 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Bergamont Hayes World Team | 56 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Ms Mondraker Team | 55 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Kona Factory Team | 45 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Unior Tools Team | 36 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Rrp Ghost | 23 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Green To Gold Race Development | 17 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Lee Cougan Dirty Factory | 10 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Banshee Bikes Factory Team | 9 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Orange Dirt World Team, O'neal | 6 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Blackthorn GT | 4 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Commencal | 2 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
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