Gee Atherton wins Fort William World Cup
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Making it the perfect day for the Atherton family, Gee Atherton (GT Factory Racing) finished off what his sister had begun earlier in the day by winning the Fort William Downhill World Cup on Scotland on Sunday afternoon.
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Gee Atherton blazed down the mountain with the fastest time of 4:36.712. New Zealander Brook Macdonald (Trek World Racing) had the second best run of the day at 1.142 seconds and Canadian Steve Smith rounded out the top three at 1.361.
"It's been awhile since I've won here. For me, it doesn't get better than this," Atherton told Redbull.tv. He last won in Fort William three years ago. "It was a good, smooth run. I couldn't have asked for a better run, really."
"I'm stoked to start the World Cup series like this. Bring it on, I say."
Notably absent from the podium were former world champion Sam Hill (Chain Reaction Cycles) in sixth, fastest qualifier Danny Hart (Giant) in seventh, world champion Greg Minnaar (Santa Cruz) in eighth and the man who has dominated the World Cup circuit for the past two years, Aaron Gwin (Specialized Racing DH), in 20th.
After his run, Minnaar said, "I was too tense up top. I was riding really stiff and not as smooth as I would have liked. I had a pretty decent bottom. Considering the conditions, I'm stoked to have come down."
None of the favorites experienced major crashes or mechanicals. Racers competed under sunny skies.
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Full Results
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gee Atherton (GBr) GT Factory Racing | 0:04:36.712 |
| 2 | Brook Macdonald (NZl) Trek World Racing | 0:00:01.142 |
| 3 | Steve Smith (Can) Devinci Global Racing | 0:00:01.361 |
| 4 | Samuel Blenkinsop (NZl) Lapierre Gravity Republic | 0:00:01.489 |
| 5 | Michael Hannah (Aus) Hutchinson UR | 0:00:01.968 |
| 6 | Samuel Hill (Aus) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof | 0:00:02.131 |
| 7 | Danny Hart (GBr) Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 0:00:02.644 |
| 8 | Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate | 0:00:04.065 |
| 9 | Josh Bryceland (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate | 0:00:04.084 |
| 10 | Greg Williamson (GBr) Trek World Racing | 0:00:05.416 |
| 11 | Marc Beaumont (GBr) GT Factory Racing | 0:00:06.555 |
| 12 | Troy Brosnan (Aus) Specialized Racing DH | 0:00:06.603 |
| 13 | Joseph Smith (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof | 0:00:08.112 |
| 14 | Markus Pekoll (Aut) Ms Mondraker Team | 0:00:08.298 |
| 15 | Andrew Neethling (RSA) Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 0:00:08.356 |
| 16 | Cameron Cole (NZl) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 0:00:08.380 |
| 17 | Rémi Thirion (Fra) Commencal / Riding Addiction | 0:00:08.628 |
| 18 | Sam Dale (GBr) Madison Saracen Downhill Team | 0:00:08.658 |
| 19 | Mitchell Delfs (Aus) Evil Vengeance Tour | 0:00:08.758 |
| 20 | Aaron Gwin (USA) Specialized Racing DH | 0:00:08.901 |
| 21 | Connor Fearon (Aus) Kona | 0:00:08.986 |
| 22 | Lewis Buchanan (GBr) SC Intense | 0:00:09.147 |
| 23 | Marcelo Gutierrez Villegas (Col) Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 0:00:09.386 |
| 24 | Brendan Fairclough (GBr) Gstaad-Scott | 0:00:10.505 |
| 25 | Neko Mulally (USA) Trek World Racing | 0:00:10.808 |
| 26 | Loic Bruni (Fra) Lapierre Gravity Republic | 0:00:10.965 |
| 27 | Patrick Thome (Fra) Gstaad-Scott | 0:00:10.984 |
| 28 | Richard Rude Jr° (USA) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 0:00:11.123 |
| 29 | Lorenzo Suding (Ita) GT / 360 Degrees | 0:00:11.610 |
| 30 | Austin Warren (USA) Pivot Factory Team | 0:00:12.324 |
| 31 | George Brannigan (NZl) Trek World Racing | 0:00:12.476 |
| 32 | Guillaume Cauvin (Fra) Hutchinson UR | 0:00:12.611 |
| 33 | Antonio Ferreiro Pajuelo (Spa) Evil Vengeance Tour | 0:00:12.695 |
| 34 | Florent Payet (Fra) Evil CK Racing Evian | 0:00:13.005 |
| 35 | Robin Wallner (Swe) Team W-Racing | 0:00:13.061 |
| 36 | Bryn Atkinson (Aus) Team Norco International | 0:00:13.144 |
| 37 | Jared Graves (Aus) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 0:00:13.213 |
| 38 | Mickael Pascal (Fra) Evil CK Racing Evian | 0:00:14.028 |
| 39 | Johannes Fischbach (Ger) RRP Ghost | 0:00:14.141 |
| 40 | Aurélien Giordanengo (Fra) Topcycle By Trek | 0:00:14.218 |
| 41 | Edward Masters (NZl) | 0:00:14.267 |
| 42 | Christopher Mcglinchey (Irl) | 0:00:14.545 |
| 43 | Ben Cathro (GBr) | 0:00:14.569 |
| 44 | Steve Peat (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate | 0:00:14.633 |
| 45 | Ben Reid (Irl) Dirt Norco Race Team | 0:00:15.081 |
| 46 | Harry Heath (GBr) | 0:00:15.161 |
| 47 | Fraser Mcglone (GBr) | 0:00:15.664 |
| 48 | Faustin Figaret (Fra) Topcycle By Trek | 0:00:16.160 |
| 49 | Filip Polc (Svk) Evil Vengeance Tour | 0:00:16.306 |
| 50 | Remi Gauvin (Can) | 0:00:16.327 |
| 51 | Joe Connell (GBr) SC Intense | 0:00:16.415 |
| 52 | Boris Tetzlaff (Aut) Alpine Commencal Austria | 0:00:16.626 |
| 53 | Alexander Kangas (Swe) | 0:00:16.825 |
| 54 | Mathew Stuttard (GBr) | 0:00:17.094 |
| 55 | Jack Moir (Aus) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 0:00:17.099 |
| 56 | Scott Mears (GBr) | 0:00:17.106 |
| 57 | Kyle Sangers (Can) | 0:00:17.857 |
| 58 | Lars Vatnebryn Sandviken (Nor) | 0:00:19.112 |
| 59 | Niklas Wallner (Swe) Team W-Racing | 0:00:19.577 |
| 60 | Matthew Walker (NZl) | 0:00:20.777 |
| 61 | Richard Thomas (GBr) | 0:00:20.929 |
| 62 | Johann Potgieter (RSA) RRP Ghost | 0:00:21.889 |
| 63 | Marcus Klausmann (Ger) Ghost Factory Racing Team | 0:00:22.585 |
| 64 | Francisco Pardal (Por) Evil Vengeance Tour | 0:00:22.698 |
| 65 | Cédric Gracia (Fra) CG Racing Brigade | 0:00:22.722 |
| 66 | Oscar Harnstrom (Swe) GT / 360 Degrees | 0:00:22.896 |
| 67 | Gareth Brewin (GBr) | 0:00:23.050 |
| 68 | Cyrille Kurtz (Fra) Evil CK Racing Evian | 0:00:23.704 |
| 69 | Benny Strasser (Ger) | 0:00:24.023 |
| 70 | Ziga Pandur (Slo) Unior Tools Team | 0:00:25.469 |
| 71 | Oliwer Kangas (Swe) | 0:00:26.017 |
| 72 | Bryn Dickerson (NZl) | 0:00:26.085 |
| 73 | Rhys Atkinson (Aus) | 0:00:37.204 |
| 74 | Luke Strobel (USA) Evil Vengeance Tour | 0:00:46.786 |
| 75 | Pierre Charles Georges (Fra) Lac Blanc/Scott | 0:00:54.355 |
| 76 | Reece Potter (NZl) | 0:00:57.636 |
| 77 | Charly Di Pasquale (Fra) | 0:00:57.784 |
| 78 | Thibaut Ruffin (Fra) Commencal / Riding Addiction | 0:02:51.180 |
| DNF | Dan Sheridan (Irl) | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Matthew Beer (Can) | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Matthew Simmonds (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Jono Jones (GBr) | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Logan Binggeli (USA) | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GT Factory Racing | 100 | pts |
| 2 | Lapierre Gravity Republic | 65 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Trek World Racing | 62 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
| 4 | Madison Saracen Downhill Team | 48 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
| 5 | Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 48 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
| 6 | Gstaad-Scott | 45 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
| 7 | Santa Cruz Syndicate | 45 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
| 8 | Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof | 44 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
| 9 | Hutchinson UR | 42 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
| 10 | Commencal / Riding Addiction | 40 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
| 11 | MS Mondraker Team | 39 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
| 12 | Devinci Global Racing | 32 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
| 13 | Specialized Racing DH | 30 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
| 14 | Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 18 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
| 15 | Team Norco International | 16 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
| 16 | SC Intense | 14 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
| 17 | Blackthorn GT | 12 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
| 18 | Evil Vengeance Tour | 12 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
| 19 | FMD Racing / Intense Cycles | 10 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
| 20 | Kona | 10 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
| 21 | Team Morzine-Avoriaz/Haute-Savoie | 4 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
| 22 | GT / 360 Degrees | 2 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
| 23 | Pivot Factory Team | 1 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gee Atherton (GBr) GT Factory Racing | 240 | pts |
| 2 | Brook Macdonald (NZl) Trek World Racing | 180 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Steve Smith (Can) Devinci Global Racing | 162 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
| 4 | Samuel Blenkinsop (NZl) Lapierre Gravity Republic | 155 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
| 5 | Danny Hart (GBr) Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 140 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
| 6 | Michael Hannah (Aus) Hutchinson UR | 135 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
| 7 | Samuel Hill (Aus) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof | 112 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
| 8 | Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate | 98 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
| 9 | Joseph Smith (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof | 84 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
| 10 | Troy Brosnan (Aus) Specialized Racing DH | 81 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
| 11 | Andrew Neethling (RSA) Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 81 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
| 12 | Josh Bryceland (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate | 80 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
| 13 | Greg Williamson (GBr) Trek World Racing | 75 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
| 14 | Cameron Cole (NZl) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 74 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
| 15 | Sam Dale (GBr) Madison Saracen Downhill Team | 73 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
| 16 | Loic Bruni (Fra) Lapierre Gravity Republic | 73 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
| 17 | Aaron Gwin (USA) Specialized Racing DH | 72 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
| 18 | Marc Beaumont (GBr) GT Factory Racing | 70 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
| 19 | Mitchell Delfs (Aus) Evil Vengeance Tour | 69 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
| 20 | Markus Pekoll (Aut) Ms Mondraker Team | 67 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
| 21 | Marcelo Gutierrez Villegas (Col) Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 66 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
| 22 | Lewis Buchanan (GBr) SC Intense | 65 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
| 23 | Rémi Thirion (Fra) Commencal / Riding Addiction | 64 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
| 24 | Neko Mulally (USA) Trek World Racing | 61 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
| 25 | Connor Fearon (Aus) Kona | 60 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
| 26 | Brendan Fairclough (GBr) Gstaad-Scott | 57 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
| 27 | Patrick Thome (Fra) Gstaad-Scott | 54 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
| 28 | Richard° Rude Jr (USA) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 53 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
| 29 | Lorenzo Suding (Ita) GT / 360 Degrees | 52 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
| 30 | Austin Warren (USA) Pivot Factory Team | 51 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
| 31 | George Brannigan (NZl) Trek World Racing | 50 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
| 32 | Guillaume Cauvin (Fra) Hutchinson UR | 49 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
| 33 | Harry Heath (GBr) | 49 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
| 34 | Antonio Ferreiro Pajuelo (Spa) Evil Vengeance Tour | 48 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
| 35 | Florent Payet (Fra) Evil CK Racing Evian | 47 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
| 36 | Robin Wallner (Swe) Team W-Racing | 46 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
| 37 | Bryn Atkinson (Aus) Team Norco International | 45 | Row 36 - Cell 3 |
| 38 | Jared Graves (Aus) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 44 | Row 37 - Cell 3 |
| 39 | Mickael Pascal (Fra) Evil CK Racing Evian | 43 | Row 38 - Cell 3 |
| 40 | Johannes Fischbach (Ger) RRP Ghost | 42 | Row 39 - Cell 3 |
| 41 | Aurélien Giordanengo (Fra) Topcycle By Trek | 41 | Row 40 - Cell 3 |
| 42 | Edward Masters (NZl) | 40 | Row 41 - Cell 3 |
| 43 | Christopher Mcglinchey (Irl) | 39 | Row 42 - Cell 3 |
| 44 | Ben Cathro (GBr) | 38 | Row 43 - Cell 3 |
| 45 | Steve Peat (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate | 37 | Row 44 - Cell 3 |
| 46 | Ben Reid (Irl) Dirt Norco Race Team | 36 | Row 45 - Cell 3 |
| 47 | Fraser Mcglone (GBr) | 34 | Row 46 - Cell 3 |
| 48 | Faustin Figaret (Fra) Topcycle By Trek | 33 | Row 47 - Cell 3 |
| 49 | Filip Polc (Svk) Evil Vengeance Tour | 32 | Row 48 - Cell 3 |
| 50 | Remi Gauvin (Can) | 31 | Row 49 - Cell 3 |
| 51 | Joe Connell (GBr) SC Intense | 30 | Row 50 - Cell 3 |
| 52 | Boris Tetzlaff (Aut) Alpine Commencal Austria | 29 | Row 51 - Cell 3 |
| 53 | Alexander Kangas (Swe) | 28 | Row 52 - Cell 3 |
| 54 | Mathew Stuttard (GBr) | 27 | Row 53 - Cell 3 |
| 55 | Jack Moir (Aus) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 26 | Row 54 - Cell 3 |
| 56 | Scott Mears (GBr) | 25 | Row 55 - Cell 3 |
| 57 | Kyle Sangers (Can) | 24 | Row 56 - Cell 3 |
| 58 | Lars Vatnebryn Sandviken (Nor) | 23 | Row 57 - Cell 3 |
| 59 | Niklas Wallner (Swe) Team W-Racing | 22 | Row 58 - Cell 3 |
| 60 | Matthew Walker (NZl) | 21 | Row 59 - Cell 3 |
| 61 | Richard Thomas (GBr) | 20 | Row 60 - Cell 3 |
| 62 | Johann Potgieter (RSA) RRP Ghost | 19 | Row 61 - Cell 3 |
| 63 | Marcus Klausmann (Ger) Ghost Factory Racing Team | 18 | Row 62 - Cell 3 |
| 64 | Francisco Pardal (Por) Evil Vengeance Tour | 17 | Row 63 - Cell 3 |
| 65 | Cédric Gracia (Fra) CG Racing Brigade | 16 | Row 64 - Cell 3 |
| 66 | Oscar Harnstrom (Swe) GT / 360 Degrees | 15 | Row 65 - Cell 3 |
| 67 | Gareth Brewin (GBr) | 14 | Row 66 - Cell 3 |
| 68 | Cyrille Kurtz (Fra) Evil CK Racing Evian | 13 | Row 67 - Cell 3 |
| 69 | Benny Strasser (Ger) | 12 | Row 68 - Cell 3 |
| 70 | Ziga Pandur (Slo) Unior Tools Team | 11 | Row 69 - Cell 3 |
| 71 | Oliwer Kangas (Swe) | 10 | Row 70 - Cell 3 |
| 72 | Bryn Dickerson (NZl) | 9 | Row 71 - Cell 3 |
| 73 | Rhys Atkinson (Aus) | 8 | Row 72 - Cell 3 |
| 74 | Luke Strobel (USA) Evil Vengeance Tour | 7 | Row 73 - Cell 3 |
| 75 | Pierre Charles Georges (Fra) Lac Blanc/Scott | 6 | Row 74 - Cell 3 |
| 76 | Reece Potter (NZl) | 5 | Row 75 - Cell 3 |
| 77 | Charly Di Pasquale (Fra) | 4 | Row 76 - Cell 3 |
| 78 | Thibaut Ruffin (Fra) Commencal / Riding Addiction | 3 | Row 77 - Cell 3 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GT Factory Racing | 100 | pts |
| 2 | Lapierre Gravity Republic | 65 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Trek World Racing | 62 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
| 4 | Madison Saracen Downhill Team | 48 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
| 5 | Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 48 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
| 6 | Gstaad-Scott | 45 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
| 7 | Santa Cruz Syndicate | 45 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
| 8 | Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof | 44 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
| 9 | Hutchinson UR | 42 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
| 10 | Commencal / Riding Addiction | 40 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
| 11 | MS Mondraker Team | 39 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
| 12 | Devinci Global Racing | 32 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
| 13 | Specialized Racing DH | 30 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
| 14 | Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 18 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
| 15 | Team Norco International | 16 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
| 16 | SC Intense | 14 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
| 17 | Blackthorn GT | 12 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
| 18 | Evil Vengeance Tour | 12 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
| 19 | FMD Racing / Intense Cycles | 10 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
| 20 | Kona | 10 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
| 21 | Team Morzine-Avoriaz/Haute-Savoie | 4 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
| 22 | GT / 360 Degrees | 2 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
| 23 | Pivot Factory Team | 1 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
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