Rachel Atherton win Fort William downhill World Cup
Carpenter and Ragot round out top three










Rachel Atherton (GT Factory Racing) won the Fort William World Cup for the first time. She crushed her competition on home soil, winning by a convincing 10.139 seconds over fellow Brit Manon Carpenter (Madison Saracen DH Team) and Emmeline Ragot (Lapierre Gravity Republic).
"Fort William is ridiculously hard. I've qualified first a few times here and you can't let your guard down," said Atherton to Redbull.tv after her winning run. She had qualified fastest on Saturday.
"This is one I've never been able to win. All the way down the track, people are saying your name and it's hard to concentrate. Finally, I crossed the line here and heard cheering and not groaning."
By virtue of her win, Atherton goes into next weekend's Val di Sole World Cup as the first World Cup leader of 2013.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Rachel Atherton (GBr) GT Factory Racing | 0:05:08.846 |
2 | Manon Carpenter (GBr) Madison Saracen Downhill Team | 0:00:10.139 |
3 | Emmeline Ragot (Fra) Lapierre Gravity Republic | 0:00:11.373 |
4 | Myriam Nicole (Fra) Commencal / Riding Addiction | 0:00:15.450 |
5 | Morgane Charre (Fra) MS Mondraker Team | 0:00:16.646 |
6 | Floriane Pugin (Fra) Gstaad-Scott | 0:00:18.148 |
7 | Emilie Siegenthaler (Swi) Gstaad-Scott | 0:00:20.384 |
8 | Jill Kintner (USA) Team Norco International | 0:00:21.154 |
9 | Tracey Hannah (Aus) Hutchinson UR | 0:00:23.413 |
10 | Zarja Cernilogar (Slo) Blackthorn GT | 0:00:26.497 |
11 | Tahnee Seagrave° (GBr) FMD Racing / Intense Cycles | 0:00:29.412 |
12 | Micayla Gatto (Can) | 0:00:36.309 |
13 | Mio Suemasa (Jpn) | 0:00:37.803 |
14 | Vaea Verbeeck (Can) | 0:00:41.174 |
15 | Fionn Griffiths (GBr) | 0:00:43.915 |
16 | Miriam Ruchti (Swi) Sc Intense | 0:00:45.500 |
17 | Mélanie Pugin (Fra) Team Morzine-Avoriaz/Haute-Savoie | 0:00:50.079 |
18 | Marianne Ruud° (Nor) | 0:00:57.586 |
19 | Alanna Columb (NZl) | 0:01:04.632 |
20 | Anita Ager-Wick (Nor) | 0:01:09.739 |
21 | Tegan Molloy° (Aus) | 0:01:11.251 |
22 | Holly Feniak° (Can) Hutchinson UR | 0:01:18.692 |
23 | Casey Brown (Can) Dirt Norco Race Team | 0:01:19.948 |
24 | Danielle Beecroft° (Aus) | 0:02:01.103 |
25 | Céline Gros (Fra) Team Morzine-Avoriaz/Haute-Savoie | 0:02:02.209 |
# | 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 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Rachel Atherton (GBr) GT Factory Racing | 250 | pts |
2 | Manon Carpenter (GBr) Madison Saracen Downhill Team | 190 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Emmeline Ragot (Fra) Lapierre Gravity Republic | 180 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Myriam Nicole (Fra) Commencal / Riding Addiction | 139 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Morgane Charre (Fra) MS Mondraker Team | 130 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Floriane Pugin (Fra) Gstaad-Scott | 120 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Jill Kintner (USA) Team Norco International | 86 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Emilie Siegenthaler (Swi) Gstaad-Scott | 80 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Tracey Hannah (Aus) Hutchinson UR | 72 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Tahnee Seagrave° (GBr) FMD Racing / Intense Cycles | 60 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Zarja Cernilogar (Slo) Blackthorn GT | 55 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Micayla Gatto (Can) | 50 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Mio Suemasa (Jpn) | 40 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Vaea Verbeeck (Can) | 35 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Fionn Griffiths (GBr) | 30 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Miriam Ruchti (Swi) SC Intense | 25 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Mélanie Pugin (Fra) Team Morzine-Avoriaz/Haute-Savoie | 20 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Marianne Ruud° (Nor) | 15 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Alanna Columb (NZl) | 10 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Anita Ager-Wick (Nor) | 5 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
# | 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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