MTB World Cup Downhill #3 - Fort William 2012: Elite women downhill Results

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Women's podium: Floriane Pugin, Rachel Atherton, Emmeline Ragot, Myriam Nicole, Tracy Moseley(Image credit: Canadian Cyclist)

After training all week during the driest conditions on record, the wet weather returned for round three of the UCI Downhill Mountain Bike World Cup in Fort William, Scotland. The wet and muddy conditions did not stop the World Cup leader from padding her lead in the standings, as Emmeline Ragot (MS Mondraker) held off all challengers to record victory. Ragot spent much of the women's race sitting in the hot seat, after suffering a flat during qualifying.

In qualifying, the course was so dry that organizers resorted to wetting down sections of the run that was become extremely loose and washing out. However, overnight the always threatening Highlands rain moved in, and continued to fall more or less steadily throughout racing, backing off occasionally, only to return. Proof as to how poor the conditions were could be seen in the winning time: Ragot didn't came close to the fastest time set in qualifying by round two winner Rachel Atherton (GT Factory).

As rider after rider came down, none could get within 10 seconds of Ragot's time until the final two riders. Myriam Nicole (Commencal/Riding Addiction), the second fastest qualifier, came in 9.416 seconds slower than Ragot, so it was up to Atherton. Atherton came through the top split over a second and a half faster than Ragot, but lost nearly two and a half seconds by the second split, recovering slightly by the finish to end up 1.315 seconds behind. Nicole took third.

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#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Emmeline Ragot (Fra) MS Mondraker Team	0:05:27.089
2	Rachel Atherton (GBr) GT Factory Racing	0:00:01.315
3	Myriam Nicole (Fra) Commencal / Riding Addiction	0:00:09.416
4	Floriane Pugin (Fra) Scott11	0:00:11.698
5	Tracy Moseley (GBr)	0:00:14.259
6	Tracey Hannah (Aus) Hutchinson United Ride	0:00:19.713
7	Morgane Charre (Fra) Passion Velo.Fr	0:00:22.696
8	Anita Molcik (Aut)	0:00:26.566
9	Céline Gros (Fra) Team Morzine - Avoriaz / Haute - Savoie	0:00:28.738
10	Jill Kintner (USA) Team Norco International	0:00:32.728
11	Miranda Miller (Can)	0:00:33.938
12	Emilie Siegenthaler (Swi) Scott11	0:00:34.899
13	Fionn Griffiths (GBr)	0:00:38.727
14	Tahnee Seagrave° (GBr)	0:00:39.163
15	Sarah Newman (GBr)	0:00:41.349
16	Mio Suemasa (Jpn)	0:00:41.921
17	Jessica Stone (GBr) Unior Tools Team	0:00:47.535
18	Zarja Cernilogar (Slo)	0:00:54.903
19	Petra Bernhard (Aut) Alpine Commencal Austria	0:01:02.162
20	Harriet Rucknagel (Ger)	0:01:30.731
DNF	Carina Cappellari (Swi)	Row 20 - Cell 2

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Teams
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	GT Factory Racing	67	pts
2	Lapierre International	55	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Santa Cruz Syndicate	54	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	54	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Giant Factory Off-Road Team	53	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Trek World Racing	40	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	MS Mondraker Team	40	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Scott11	37	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Hutchinson United Ride	36	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Devinci Global Racing	35	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Commencal / Riding Addiction	30	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Monster Energy-Specialized	30	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Team Norco International	23	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Labyrinth Shimano Racing Team	20	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Passion Velo.Fr	18	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Team Morzine - Avoriaz / Haute - Savoie	14	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Kona	7	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Unior Tools Team	4	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Dirt Norco Race Team	4	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Team Lac Blanc / Solid / Batibois Alsace	3	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Alpine Commencal Austria	2	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Ghost Factory Racing Team	1	Row 21 - Cell 3

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World Cup individual standings after round 3
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Emmeline Ragot (Fra) MS Mondraker Team	570	pts
2	Rachel Atherton (GBr) GT Factory Racing	450	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Myriam Nicole (Fra) Commencal / Riding Addiction	441	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Tracey Hannah (Aus) Hutchinson United Ride	437	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Floriane Pugin (Fra) Scott11	335	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Emilie Siegenthaler (Swi) Scott11	290	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Jill Kintner (USA) Team Norco International	252	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Anita Molcik (Aut)	246	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Morgane Charre (Fra) Passion Velo.Fr	211	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Petra Bernhard (Aut) Alpine Commencal Austria	174	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Manon Carpenter (GBr) Madison Saracen Downhill Team	165	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Miriam Ruchti (Swi) SC-Intense	127	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Tracy Moseley (GBr)	124	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Miranda Miller (Can)	95	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Céline Gros (Fra) Team Morzine - Avoriaz / Haute - Savoie	90	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Fionn Griffiths (GBr)	85	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Luana Maria De Souza Oliveira (Bra)	84	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Sabrina Jonnier (Fra) Labyrinth Shimano Racing Team	80	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Mio Suemasa (Jpn)	75	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Harriet Rucknagel (Ger)	70	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Alia Marcellini (Ita) Torpado Surfing Shop	55	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Caroline Sax (Fra) Team Lac Blanc / Solid / Batibois Alsace	40	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	Tahnee Seagrave° (GBr)	35	Row 22 - Cell 3
24	Mélanie Pugin (Fra) Team Morzine - Avoriaz / Haute - Savoie	35	Row 23 - Cell 3
25	Martina Bruehlmann (Swi)	35	Row 24 - Cell 3
26	Jessica Stone (GBr) Unior Tools Team	35	Row 25 - Cell 3
27	Zarja Cernilogar (Slo)	35	Row 26 - Cell 3
28	Sarah Newman (GBr)	30	Row 27 - Cell 3
29	Gabriela Williams (Cze) CG Racing Brigade	25	Row 28 - Cell 3
30	Carina Cappellari (Swi)	20	Row 29 - Cell 3
31	Tamara Maria Ulrich (Aut)	15	Row 30 - Cell 3

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World Cup team standings after round 3
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	GT Factory Racing	212	pts
2	Santa Cruz Syndicate	172	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Trek World Racing	160	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	MS Mondraker Team	153	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Hutchinson United Ride	137	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Lapierre International	131	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Devinci Global Racing	131	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Scott11	121	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Giant Factory Off-Road Team	103	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Monster Energy-Specialized	97	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Commencal / Riding Addiction	85	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	66	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Team Norco International	64	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Labyrinth Shimano Racing Team	63	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Passion Velo.Fr	40	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	SC-Intense	37	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	36	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Madison Saracen Downhill Team	35	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Alpine Commencal Austria	34	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Team Morzine - Avoriaz / Haute - Savoie	27	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	CG Racing Brigade	26	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Topcycle By Trek	18	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	Team Lac Blanc / Solid / Batibois Alsace	12	Row 22 - Cell 3
24	CK Racing Santacruz	11	Row 23 - Cell 3
25	Torpado Surfing Shop	10	Row 24 - Cell 3
26	Team Are Bikepark By W-Racing	9	Row 25 - Cell 3
27	Kona	8	Row 26 - Cell 3
28	Unior Tools Team	7	Row 27 - Cell 3
29	Dirt Norco Race Team	4	Row 28 - Cell 3
30	Ghost Factory Racing Team	3	Row 29 - Cell 3