MTB World Cup Cross Country #5 & Downhill #4 - Mont-Sainte-Anne 2013: Elite men downhill Results

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Winner Steve Smith (Devinci Global Racing) (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

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Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

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Aaron Gwin (USA) Specialized Racing DH (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

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Samuel Blenkinsop (NZl) Lapierre Gravity Republic (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

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Spectating makes you thirsty (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

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Danny Hart (GBr) Giant Factory Off-Road Team (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

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Steve Smith (Can) Devinci Global Racing (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

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Steve Smith (Can) Devinci Global Racing hits the finishline (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

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Steve Smith greets the fans (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

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Greg Minnaar, Gee Atherton, Steve Smith, Sam Hill, Aaron Gwinn (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

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World Cup leader Gee Atherton (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

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Fans stay to see Steve Smith (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

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Samuel Hill (Aus) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

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Michael Hannah (Aus) Hutchinson Ur (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

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Canadian fans, eh! (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

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Andrew Neethling (RSA) Giant Factory Off-Road Team (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

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Marc Beaumont (GBr) GT Factory Racing (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

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Gee Atherton (GBr) GT Factory Racing (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

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Brendan Fairclough (GBr) GSTAAD-Scott (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

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Matthew Simmonds (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

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Brook Macdonald (NZl) Trek World Racing (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

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Troy Brosnan (Aus) Specialized Racing DH (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

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Loic Bruni (Fra) Lapierre Gravity Republic (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

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Podium: Gee Atherton, Steve Smith, Samuel Hill (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

Steve Smith (Devinci Global Racing) won the downhill World Cup at Mont-Sainte-Anne in Quebec, Canada, on Sunday afternoon, the second World Cup win of his career. Smith crossed the line in 3:58.485, upsetting the man who was in the hot seat, Gee Atherton (GT Factory Racing) by 0.904 seconds. Sam Hill (Chain Reaction Cycles.com/Nukeproof) was third at 2.118 seconds.

Smith shoots for mountain bike world championship gold

Atherton had gotten his run in in earlier due to having crashed during the qualifying run and being further up the start list. Rain began to fall and made the course more slippery for the later riders.

"I was scared," said Smith to Redbull.tv after his run. "I knew Gee was going early because of his crash, but he had a good course. I tried to ride it without expectations and ride it like I did in practice. It was so slippery. It felt great to win on home soil."

World champion Greg Minnaar (Santa Cruz Syndicate) was fourth with Aaron Gwin (Specialized) in fifth.

Atherton continues to lead the World Cup, but Smith did close the gap somewhat with his victory today.

"I know we still have two more World Cups, and I like the next two tracks, so I'm looking forward to them," said Smith.

Full Results

Elite men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Steve Smith (Can) Devinci Global Racing	0:03:58.485
2	Gee Atherton (GBr) GT Factory Racing	0:00:00.904
3	Samuel Hill (Aus) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	0:00:02.118
4	Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate	0:00:02.167
5	Aaron Gwin (USA) Specialized Racing DH	0:00:03.123
6	Danny Hart (GBr) Giant Factory Off-Road Team	0:00:03.772
7	Brendan Fairclough (GBr) Gstaad-Scott	0:00:04.484
8	Andrew Neethling (RSA) Giant Factory Off-Road Team	0:00:04.499
9	Florent Payet (Fra) Evil CK Racing Evian	0:00:04.602
10	Marc Beaumont (GBr) GT Factory Racing	0:00:04.827
11	Troy Brosnan (Aus) Specialized Racing DH	0:00:04.894
12	Samuel Blenkinsop (NZl) Lapierre Gravity Republic	0:00:04.976
13	Marcelo Gutierrez Villegas (Col) Giant Factory Off-Road Team	0:00:05.088
14	Matthew Simmonds (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	0:00:05.321
15	Loic Bruni (Fra) Lapierre Gravity Republic	0:00:05.484
16	Lorenzo Suding (Ita) GT / 360 Degrees	0:00:05.561
17	Nick Beer (Swi) Devinci Global Racing	0:00:05.755
18	Bryn Atkinson (Aus) Team Norco International	0:00:05.805
19	Rémi Thirion (Fra) Commencal / Riding Addiction	0:00:05.897
20	Bernat Guardia Pascual (Spa)	0:00:06.241
21	Markus Pekoll (Aut) MS Mondraker Team	0:00:06.360
22	George Brannigan (NZl) Trek World Racing	0:00:06.540
23	Antonio Ferreiro Pajuelo (Spa) Evil Vengeance Tour	0:00:06.555
24	Patrick Thome (Fra) Gstaad-Scott	0:00:06.878
25	Luke Strobel (USA) Evil Vengeance Tour	0:00:06.912
26	Faustin Figaret (Fra) Topcycle By Trek	0:00:06.947
27	Greg Williamson (GBr) Trek World Racing	0:00:06.988
28	Sam Dale (GBr) Madison Saracen Downhill Team	0:00:07.005
29	Austin Warren (USA) Pivot Factory Team	0:00:08.070
30	Jack Moir (Aus) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	0:00:08.132
31	Michael Hannah (Aus) Hutchinson UR	0:00:08.560
32	Isak Leivsson (Nor)	0:00:08.794
33	Forrest Riesco (Can)	0:00:09.803
34	Joseph Smith (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	0:00:09.975
35	Matthew Walker (NZl)	0:00:10.271
36	Joe Connell (GBr) SC Intense	0:00:10.313
37	Wyn Masters (NZl) Team Bulls - DH	0:00:10.763
38	Mitch Ropelato (USA) Specialized Racing DH	0:00:11.194
39	Kirk Mcdowall (Can)	0:00:11.557
40	Pierre Charles Georges (Fra) Lac Blanc/Scott	0:00:11.731
41	Brook Macdonald (NZl) Trek World Racing	0:00:12.147
42	Remi Gauvin (Can)	0:00:12.310
43	Edward Masters (NZl)	0:00:12.478
44	Mathew Stuttard (GBr)	0:00:12.602
45	Thibaut Ruffin (Fra) Commencal / Riding Addiction	0:00:12.785
46	Connor Fearon (Aus) Kona	0:00:12.894
47	Ziga Pandur (Slo) Unior Tools Team	0:00:13.146
48	Aurélien Giordanengo (Fra) Topcycle By Trek	0:00:14.153
49	Robin Wallner (Swe) Team W-Racing	0:00:14.522
50	Ruaridh Cunningham (GBr) Unior Tools Team	0:00:14.536
51	Francisco Pardal (Por) Evil Vengeance Tour	0:00:14.581
52	Ben Reid (Irl) Dirt Norco Race Team	0:00:14.832
53	Kyle Sangers (Can)	0:00:15.221
54	Samuel Thibault (Can)	0:00:15.275
55	Lars Peyer (Swi) SC Intense	0:00:16.096
56	Harry Heath (GBr)	0:00:16.147
57	Cyrille Kurtz (Fra) Evil CK Racing Evian	0:00:16.388
58	Fraser Mcglone (GBr)	0:00:16.678
59	Sidney Slotegraaf (Can)	0:00:16.743
60	Quentin Chanudet (Fra) Team Sodicycle Project	0:00:16.775
61	Niklas Wallner (Swe) Team W-Racing	0:00:16.950
62	Fabien Cousinie (Fra) Hutchinson UR	0:00:17.818
63	Jack Reading (GBr)	0:00:18.663
64	David Mcmillan (Aus)	0:00:18.692
65	Dan Sheridan (Irl)	0:00:19.987
66	Charly Di Pasquale (Fra)	0:00:20.107
67	Alexander Kangas (Swe)	0:00:20.872
68	Scott Mears (GBr)	0:00:21.626
69	Christopher Mcglinchey (Irl)	0:00:24.506
70	Benjamin Staehle (Fra)	0:00:25.310
71	Oliver Morris (GBr)	0:00:26.473
72	Oscar Harnstrom (Swe) GT / 360 Degrees	0:00:27.109
73	Neko Mulally (USA) Trek World Racing	0:00:28.187
74	Bernard Kerr (GBr) Pivot Factory Team	0:00:33.349
75	Adam Brayton (GBr)	0:00:35.134
DNF	Josh Bryceland (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate
DNF	Rob Fraser (Can)
DNF	Jono Jones (GBr)
DNF	Dan Stanbridge (GBr) Dirt Norco Race Team
DNF	Mitchell Delfs (Aus) Evil Vengeance Tour

Teams
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Gstaad-Scott	80	pts
2	Lapierre Gravity Republic	75
3	Giant Factory Off-Road Team	67
4	GT Factory Racing	65
5	Devinci Global Racing	54
6	Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	49
7	Specialized Racing DH	48
8	Madison Saracen Downhill Team	38
9	Commencal / Riding Addiction	34
10	Santa Cruz Syndicate	30
11	MS Mondraker Team	30
12	Evil CK Racing Evian	22
13	Fmd Racing / Intense Cycles	18
14	GT / 360 Degrees	15
15	Evil Vengeance Tour	14
16	Team Norco International	13
17	Trek World Racing	13
18	Unior Tools Team	12
19	SC Intense	7
20	Topcycle By Trek	5
21	Pivot Factory Team	2
22	Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	1

Elite men World Cup standings
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Gee Atherton (GBr) GT Factory Racing	847	pts
2	Steve Smith (Can) Devinci Global Racing	727
3	Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate	538
4	Samuel Hill (Aus) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	509
5	Rémi Thirion (Fra) Commencal / Riding Addiction	430
6	Aaron Gwin (USA) Specialized Racing DH	417
7	Loic Bruni (Fra) Lapierre Gravity Republic	408
8	Danny Hart (GBr) Giant Factory Off-Road Team	408
9	Troy Brosnan (Aus) Specialized Racing DH	401
10	Samuel Blenkinsop (NZl) Lapierre Gravity Republic	400
11	Michael Hannah (Aus) Hutchinson UR	365
12	Brook Macdonald (NZl) Trek World Racing	338
13	Marcelo Gutierrez Villegas (Col) Giant Factory Off-Road Team	299
14	Florent Payet (Fra) Evil CK Racing Evian	283
15	Brendan Fairclough (GBr) Gstaad-Scott	283
16	Lorenzo Suding (Ita) GT / 360 Degrees	265
17	Markus Pekoll (Aut) MS Mondraker Team	252
18	Andrew Neethling (RSA) Giant Factory Off-Road Team	246
19	Antonio Ferreiro Pajuelo (Spa) Evil Vengeance Tour	244
20	Neko Mulally (USA) Trek World Racing	238
21	Marc Beaumont (GBr) GT Factory Racing	235
22	Sam Dale (GBr) Madison Saracen Downhill Team	233
23	Josh Bryceland (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate	226
24	Faustin Figaret (Fra) Topcycle By Trek	217
25	Matthew Simmonds (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	213
26	Greg Williamson (GBr) Trek World Racing	207
27	Joseph Smith (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	196
28	Connor Fearon (Aus) Kona	192
29	Bernat Guardia Pascual (Spa)	188
30	Patrick Thome (Fra) Gstaad-Scott	187
31	Steve Peat (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate	181
32	George Brannigan (NZl) Trek World Racing	179
33	Joe Connell (GBr) SC Intense	166
34	Guillaume Cauvin (Fra) Hutchinson UR	164
35	Luke Strobel (USA) Evil Vengeance Tour	164
36	Harry Heath (GBr)	161
37	Francisco Pardal (Por) Evil Vengeance Tour	158
38	Austin Warren (USA) Pivot Factory Team	152
39	Nick Beer (Swi) Devinci Global Racing	147
40	Bernard Kerr (GBr) Pivot Factory Team	142
41	Ben Reid (Irl) Dirt Norco Race Team	141
42	Wyn Masters (NZl) Team Bulls - DH	138
43	Edward Masters (NZl)	133
44	Robin Wallner (Swe) Team W-Racing	130
45	Jack Moir (Aus) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	127
46	Johannes Fischbach (Ger) RRP Ghost	121
47	Aurélien Giordanengo (Fra) Topcycle By Trek	120
48	Cameron Cole (NZl) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	119
49	Mitchell Delfs (Aus) Evil Vengeance Tour	114
50	Ziga Pandur (Slo) Unior Tools Team	111
51	Remi Gauvin (Can)	110
52	Matthew Walker (NZl)	109
53	Bryn Atkinson (Aus) Team Norco International	108
54	Mathew Stuttard (GBr)	103
55	Isak Leivsson (Nor)	97
56	Harry Molloy (GBr) Madison Saracen Downhill Team	96
57	Richard Rude Jr° (USA) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	92
58	Mitch Ropelato (USA) Specialized Racing DH	87
59	Fraser Mcglone (GBr)	86
60	Christopher Mcglinchey (Irl)	85
61	Thibaut Ruffin (Fra) Commencal / Riding Addiction	82
62	Cyrille Kurtz (Fra) Evil CK Racing Evian	75
63	Jack Reading (GBr)	72
64	Lewis Buchanan (GBr) SC Intense	69
65	Mickael Pascal (Fra) Evil CK Racing Evian	68
66	Filip Polc (Svk) Evil Vengeance Tour	64
67	Oscar Harnstrom (Swe) GT / 360 Degrees	63
68	David Trummer (Aut) RRP Ghost	59
69	Adam Brayton (GBr)	57
70	Kyle Sangers (Can)	55
71	Boris Tetzlaff (Aut) Alpine Commencal Austria	54
72	Melvin Pons (Fra) US Cagnes VTT	50
73	Forrest Riesco (Can)	48
74	Pierre Charles Georges (Fra) Lac Blanc/Scott	47
75	Ivan Oulego Moreno (Spa)	46
76	Terje Nylende (Nor)	45
77	Jared Graves (Aus) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	44
78	Kirk Mcdowall (Can)	42
79	Alexander Kangas (Swe)	42
80	Niklas Wallner (Swe) Team W-Racing	42
81	David Mcmillan (Aus)	40
82	Ben Cathro (GBr)	38
83	Scott Mears (GBr)	38
84	Julien Piccolo (Fra)	37
85	Oliwer Kangas (Swe)	33
86	Fabien Cousinie (Fra) Hutchinson UR	33
87	Zakarias Blom Johansen (Nor)	32
88	Ruaridh Cunningham (GBr) Unior Tools Team	31
89	Marco Milivinti (Ita) Torpado Surfing Shop	31
90	Reece Potter (NZl)	31
91	Iago Garay Tamayo (Spa)	29
92	Cédric Gracia (Fra) CG Racing Brigade	29
93	Rudy Cabirou (Fra)	28
94	Samuel Thibault (Can)	27
95	Lars Peyer (Swi) SC Intense	26
96	Benoit Coulanges (Fra) Roc VTT Oz En Oisans	26
97	Florian Arthus (Fra)	24
98	Lars Vatnebryn Sandviken (Nor)	23
99	Sidney Slotegraaf (Can)	22
100	Gaetan Ruffin (Fra) Commencal / Riding Addiction	22
101	Quentin Chanudet (Fra) Team Sodicycle Project	21
102	Alexis Pujol (Fra)	21
103	Martin Knapec (Svk)	21
104	Richard Thomas (GBr)	20
105	Guy Gibbs (Nor)	20
106	Benny Strasser (Ger)	20
107	Johann Potgieter (RSA) RRP Ghost	19
108	Charly Di Pasquale (Fra)	19
109	Marcus Klausmann (Ger) Ghost Factory Racing Team	18
110	Guillem Jorba Prats (Spa)	17
111	Arthur Parret (Fra)	17
112	Dan Sheridan (Irl)	16
113	Matej Charvat (Cze)	16
114	Bryn Dickerson (NZl)	16
115	James Swinden (GBr)	14
116	Gareth Brewin (GBr)	14
117	Kevin Aiello (USA)	13
118	Peter Williams (GBr)	12
119	Logan Binggeli (USA)	12
120	Baptiste Pierron (Fra)	11
121	Benjamin Staehle (Fra)	11
122	Carlo Caire (Ita)	10
123	Oliver Morris (GBr)	10
124	Ludovic Oget (Fra)	9
125	Rhys Atkinson (Aus)	8
126	Romain Paulhan (Fra)	6

Teams World Cup standings
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	GT Factory Racing	336	pts
2	Lapierre Gravity Republic	283
3	Gstaad-Scott	223
4	Santa Cruz Syndicate	190
5	Commencal / Riding Addiction	184
6	Specialized Racing DH	181
7	Giant Factory Off-Road Team	179
8	Devinci Global Racing	160
9	Madison Saracen Downhill Team	155
10	Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	145
11	MS Mondraker Team	136
12	Trek World Racing	115
13	Hutchinson UR	94
14	Evil Vengeance Tour	67
15	Team Norco International	54
16	Fmd Racing / Intense Cycles	46
17	Evil CK Racing Evian	45
18	GT / 360 Degrees	40
19	Topcycle By Trek	34
20	Pivot Factory Team	29
21	Blackthorn GT	29
22	SC Intense	25
23	RRP Ghost	25
24	Unior Tools Team	21
25	Dirt Norco Race Team	20
26	Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	19
27	Team Morzine-Avoriaz/Haute-Savoie	15
28	Torpado Surfing Shop	11
29	Kona	10
30	Team Bulls - DH	9
31	US Cagnes VTT	8