MTB World Cup Cross Country #6 & Downhill #5 - Windham 2012: Elite men downhill Results

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Bernard Kerr reaches for the bars before landing a crowd-pleasing jump.(Image credit: Mike Gladu - velodrome.com)

The fifth round of the UCI Mountain Bike Downhill World Cup, in Windham, New York had a clear favourite before the race started: almost every one of the thousands of fans on the hill was rooting for Aaron Gwin (Trek World Racing) to repeat as the men's winner in front of his family and friends, on home soil. He did so in a stunning fashion, winning his fourth World Cup in five starts this season, and extending his two-year record to nine wins in 12 starts.

World champion Danny Hart (Giant Factory) set the first sub-2:30 time, which would hold up for fourth, but three of the top-10 riders would better it. Gee Atherton (GT Factory), riding ninth from last, knocked over a second off, and then the last two on the course both lowered it again. Steve Smith (Devinci Global Racing), chasing his first World Cup victory, was eight-tenths of a second faster than Atherton, but Gwin was even faster, finishing nearly a second ahead.

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#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Aaron Gwin (USA) Trek World Racing	0:02:26.416
2	Steve Smith (Can) Devinci Global Racing	0:02:27.374
3	Gee Atherton (GBr) GT Factory Racing	0:02:28.127
4	Danny Hart (GBr) Giant Factory Off-Road Team	0:02:29.499
5	Loic Bruni° (Fra) Lapierre International	0:02:29.773
6	Nick Beer (Swi) Devinci Global Racing	0:02:29.812
7	Samuel Hill (Aus) Monster Energy-Specialized	0:02:30.057
8	Michael Hannah (Aus) Hutchinson United Ride	0:02:30.342
9	Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate	0:02:30.406
10	Andrew Neethling (RSA) Giant Factory Off-Road Team	Row 9 - Cell 2
11	Mitchell Delfs (Aus) Kona	0:02:30.679
12	Rémi Thirion (Fra) Labyrinth Shimano Racing Team	0:02:30.731
13	Josh Bryceland (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate	0:02:31.025
14	Matthew Simmonds (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	0:02:31.179
15	Richard Rude Jr° (USA) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	0:02:31.192
16	George Brannigan (NZl) Devinci Global Racing	0:02:31.345
17	Samuel Blenkinsop (NZl) Lapierre International	0:02:31.426
18	Sam Dale (GBr)	0:02:31.532
19	Joshua Button (Aus) Sc-Intense	0:02:31.817
20	Patrick Thome (Fra) Lapierre International	0:02:31.838
21	Lewis Buchanan (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	0:02:32.828
22	Pierre Charles Georges (Fra) Team Lac Blanc / Solid / Batibois Alsace	0:02:33.552
23	Mitch Ropelato (USA) Monster Energy-Specialized	0:02:33.608
24	Markus Pekoll (Aut) MS Mondraker Team	0:02:34.336
25	Luke Strobel (USA)	0:02:34.398
26	Lorenzo Suding (Ita) Pila-Black Arrows-Mtb Herin School Asd	0:02:34.418
27	Greg Williamson (GBr)	0:02:34.423
28	Eliot Jackson (USA) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	0:02:34.467
29	Adam Brayton (GBr)	0:02:34.469
30	Jared Graves (Aus) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	0:02:34.617
31	Thibaut Ruffin (Fra) Commencal / Riding Addiction	0:02:34.699
32	Joseph Smith (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	0:02:34.887
33	Aurélien Giordanengo (Fra) Topcycle By Trek	0:02:34.922
34	Brook Macdonald (NZl) MS Mondraker Team	0:02:34.940
35	Marcelo Gutierrez Villegas (Col) Cg Racing Brigade	0:02:35.050
36	Neko Mulally (USA) Trek World Racing	0:02:35.105
37	Bryn Atkinson (Aus) Team Norco International	0:02:35.270
38	George Gannicott° (GBr)	0:02:35.397
39	Mickael Pascal (Fra) Ck Racing Santacruz	0:02:35.407
40	Austin Warren° (USA)	0:02:35.927
41	Cameron Cole (NZl) Lapierre International	0:02:36.061
42	Connor Fearon° (Aus) Kona	0:02:36.090
43	Cyrille Kurtz (Fra) Ck Racing Santacruz	0:02:36.336
44	Matthew Beer (Can)	0:02:36.800
45	Ben Reid (Irl) Dirt Norco Race Team	0:02:36.802
46	Kyle Sangers (Can)	0:02:37.123
47	Isak Leivsson (Nor)	0:02:37.168
48	Harry Molloy (GBr) Madison Saracen Downhill Team	0:02:37.499
49	Nejc Rutar (Slo) Unior Tools Team	0:02:37.827
50	Harry Heath (GBr) Unior Tools Team	0:02:38.088
51	Gaetan Ruffin (Fra) Commencal / Riding Addiction	0:02:38.240
52	Joe Connell° (GBr)	0:02:38.456
53	Kevin Aiello (USA)	0:02:38.705
54	Jono Jones° (GBr)	0:02:38.751
55	Logan Binggeli (USA)	0:02:38.995
56	Dean Lucas° (Aus)	Row 55 - Cell 2
57	Duncan Riffle (USA) Dirt Norco Race Team	0:02:39.073
58	Jack Reading (GBr)	0:02:39.121
59	Remi Gauvin (Can)	0:02:39.372
60	Manuel Gruber (Aut) Alpine Commencal Austria	0:02:39.648
61	Oliver Burton (GBr)	0:02:39.806
62	Boris Tetzlaff (Aut) Alpine Commencal Austria	0:02:40.426
63	Jack Moir° (Aus)	0:02:40.427
64	Mark Scott (GBr)	0:02:40.565
65	Justin Leov (NZl) Trek World Racing	0:02:41.313
66	Rob Fraser (Can)	0:02:41.338
67	Marc Beaumont (GBr) Gt Factory Racing	0:02:42.224
68	Faustin Figaret (Fra) SC-Intense	0:02:42.250
69	Damien Spagnolo (Fra) MS Mondraker Team	0:02:42.859
70	Oscar Harnstrom (Swe) Pila-Black Arrows-MTBHerin School Asd	0:02:42.929
71	Bernard Kerr (GBr)	0:02:45.824
72	Phil Atwill° (GBr) Madison Saracen Downhill Team	0:02:46.973
73	Richard Thomas (GBr)	0:02:48.868
74	Florent Payet (Fra) SC-Intense	0:02:53.914
75	Alex Bond (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	0:03:11.698
76	Ziga Pandur (Slo) Unior Tools Team	0:03:13.207
77	Yuki Kushima (Jpn)	0:03:14.612
78	Steve Peat (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate	0:04:05.340
DNF	Dan Stanbridge (GBr) Dirt Norco Race Team	Row 78 - Cell 2
DNS	Brendan Fairclough (GBr) Scott11	Row 79 - Cell 2
DNS	Michael Sylvestri (USA)	Row 80 - Cell 2

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Teams
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Devinci Global Racing	76	pts
2	GT Factory Racing	72	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Hutchinson United Ride	58	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Lapierre International	53	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Giant Factory Off-Road Team	52	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Trek World Racing	40	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Santa Cruz Syndicate	40	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	MS Mondraker Team	37	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Monster Energy-Specialized	32	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	SC-Intense	28	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Labyrinth Shimano Racing Team	27	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	27	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Scott11	26	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Commencal / Riding Addiction	22	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	20	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Kona	20	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Madison Saracen Downhill Team	18	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Alpine Commencal Austria	14	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Passion Velo.Fr	12	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Team Lac Blanc / Solid / Batibois Alsace	12	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Pila-Black Arrows-Mtb Herin School ASD	5	Row 20 - Cell 3

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World cup individual standings after five rounds
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Aaron Gwin (USA)	1150	pts
2	Greg Minnaar (RSA)	855	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Gee Atherton (GBr)	796	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Danny Hart (GBr)	650	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Steve Smith (Can)	610	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Samuel Hill (Aus)	573	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Michael Hannah (Aus)	451	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Josh Bryceland (GBr)	409	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Andrew Neethling (RSA)	405	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Marc Beaumont (GBr)	398	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Samuel Blenkinsop (NZl)	379	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Brook Macdonald (NZl)	353	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Cameron Cole (NZl)	342	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	George Brannigan (NZl)	341	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Nick Beer (Swi)	333	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Loic Bruni° (Fra)	324	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Rémi Thirion (Fra)	324	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Matthew Simmonds (GBr)	324	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Justin Leov (NZl)	317	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Richard Rude Jr° (USA)	304	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Damien Spagnolo (Fra)	291	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Joseph Smith (GBr)	282	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	Patrick Thome (Fra)	279	Row 22 - Cell 3
24	Luke Strobel (USA)	268	Row 23 - Cell 3
25	Aurélien Giordanengo (Fra)	262	Row 24 - Cell 3
26	Pierre Charles Georges (Fra)	253	Row 25 - Cell 3
27	Brendan Fairclough (GBr)	245	Row 26 - Cell 3
28	Mitchell Delfs (Aus)	235	Row 27 - Cell 3
29	Mickael Pascal (Fra)	231	Row 28 - Cell 3
30	Bryn Atkinson (Aus)	229	Row 29 - Cell 3
31	Thibaut Ruffin (Fra)	208	Row 30 - Cell 3
32	Sam Dale (GBr)	204	Row 31 - Cell 3
33	Marcelo Gutierrez Villegas (Col)	195	Row 32 - Cell 3
34	Connor Fearon° (Aus)	194	Row 33 - Cell 3
35	Jared Graves (Aus)	193	Row 34 - Cell 3
36	Greg Williamson (GBr)	189	Row 35 - Cell 3
37	Markus Pekoll (Aut)	188	Row 36 - Cell 3
38	Bernard Kerr (GBr)	179	Row 37 - Cell 3
39	Steve Peat (GBr)	178	Row 38 - Cell 3
40	Eliot Jackson (USA)	172	Row 39 - Cell 3
41	Joshua Button (Aus)	170	Row 40 - Cell 3
42	Lorenzo Suding (Ita)	168	Row 41 - Cell 3
43	Lewis Buchanan (GBr)	168	Row 42 - Cell 3
44	Julien Camellini (Fra)	167	Row 43 - Cell 3
45	Matthew Beer (Can)	145	Row 44 - Cell 3
46	Harry Molloy (GBr)	138	Row 45 - Cell 3
47	Johannes Fischbach (Ger)	137	Row 46 - Cell 3
48	Duncan Riffle (USA)	132	Row 47 - Cell 3
49	Mitch Ropelato (USA)	131	Row 48 - Cell 3
50	Oscar Harnstrom (Swe)	129	Row 49 - Cell 3
51	Robin Wallner (Swe)	125	Row 50 - Cell 3
52	Ben Reid (Irl)	125	Row 51 - Cell 3
53	Florent Payet (Fra)	121	Row 52 - Cell 3
54	Neko Mulally (USA)	120	Row 53 - Cell 3
55	Richard Thomas (GBr)	120	Row 54 - Cell 3
56	Nejc Rutar (Slo)	120	Row 55 - Cell 3
57	Oliver Burton (GBr)	116	Row 56 - Cell 3
58	Jack Reading (GBr)	114	Row 57 - Cell 3
59	Troy Brosnan (Aus)	107	Row 58 - Cell 3
60	Harry Heath (GBr)	106	Row 59 - Cell 3
61	Ziga Pandur (Slo)	103	Row 60 - Cell 3
62	Kyle Sangers (Can)	100	Row 61 - Cell 3
63	Fabien Cousinie (Fra)	95	Row 62 - Cell 3
64	Cédric Gracia (Fra)	93	Row 63 - Cell 3
65	Adam Brayton (GBr)	90	Row 64 - Cell 3
66	Marcus Klausmann (Ger)	88	Row 65 - Cell 3
67	Cyrille Kurtz (Fra)	85	Row 66 - Cell 3
68	Austin Warren° (USA)	84	Row 67 - Cell 3
69	Alexander Kangas (Swe)	78	Row 68 - Cell 3
70	Isak Leivsson (Nor)	78	Row 69 - Cell 3
71	Fraser Mcglone° (GBr)	73	Row 70 - Cell 3
72	Matti Lehikoinen (Fin)	67	Row 71 - Cell 3
73	Jono Jones° (GBr)	67	Row 72 - Cell 3
74	Boris Tetzlaff (Aut)	64	Row 73 - Cell 3
75	Ruaridh Cunningham (GBr)	62	Row 74 - Cell 3
76	Mark Scott (GBr)	60	Row 75 - Cell 3
77	Dan Stanbridge (GBr)	57	Row 76 - Cell 3
78	Thomas Braithwaite (GBr)	57	Row 77 - Cell 3
79	Francisco Pardal (Por)	56	Row 78 - Cell 3
80	Filip Polc (Svk)	55	Row 79 - Cell 3
81	Jack Moir° (Aus)	55	Row 80 - Cell 3
82	Benny Strasser (Ger)	50	Row 81 - Cell 3
83	Marco Milivinti (Ita)	48	Row 82 - Cell 3
84	Johann Potgieter (RSA)	48	Row 83 - Cell 3
85	Dean Lucas° (Aus)	48	Row 84 - Cell 3
86	Dan Atherton (GBr)	45	Row 85 - Cell 3
87	Faustin Figaret (Fra)	45	Row 86 - Cell 3
88	Logan Binggeli (USA)	44	Row 87 - Cell 3
89	George Gannicott° (GBr)	43	Row 88 - Cell 3
90	Alex Bond (GBr)	43	Row 89 - Cell 3
91	Fabien Pedemanaud (Fra)	42	Row 90 - Cell 3
92	Yoann Barelli (Fra)	42	Row 91 - Cell 3
93	Bernat Guardia Pascual (Spa)	41	Row 92 - Cell 3
94	Curtis Keene (USA)	38	Row 93 - Cell 3
95	Nico Vink (Bel)	38	Row 94 - Cell 3
96	Gaetan Ruffin (Fra)	38	Row 95 - Cell 3
97	Ivan Oulego Moreno (Spa)	37	Row 96 - Cell 3
98	Lars Vatnebryn Sandviken (Nor)	35	Row 97 - Cell 3
99	Guillaume Cauvin° (Fra)	35	Row 98 - Cell 3
100	Mathieu Gallean (Fra)	35	Row 99 - Cell 3
101	Manuel Gruber (Aut)	34	Row 100 - Cell 3
102	Cody Warren (USA)	33	Row 101 - Cell 3
103	Timothy Bentley (RSA)	33	Row 102 - Cell 3
104	Miran Vauh (Slo)	33	Row 103 - Cell 3
105	Jonty Neethling (RSA)	32	Row 104 - Cell 3
106	Kevin Aiello (USA)	32	Row 105 - Cell 3
107	Niklas Wallner (Swe)	31	Row 106 - Cell 3
108	Gianluca Vernassa (Ita)	30	Row 107 - Cell 3
109	Ralph Jones (GBr)	30	Row 108 - Cell 3
110	Ludovic May (Swi)	30	Row 109 - Cell 3
111	Rob Fraser (Can)	30	Row 110 - Cell 3
112	Joe Barnes (GBr)	29	Row 111 - Cell 3
113	Joe Connell° (GBr)	29	Row 112 - Cell 3
114	Dennis Dertell (Swe)	28	Row 113 - Cell 3
115	Emanuel Pombo (Por)	28	Row 114 - Cell 3
116	Stefan Garlicki (RSA)	27	Row 115 - Cell 3
117	Kieran Bennett (NZl)	26	Row 116 - Cell 3
118	Phil Atwill° (GBr)	26	Row 117 - Cell 3
119	Charly Di Pasquale (Fra)	23	Row 118 - Cell 3
120	Lars Peyer (Swi)	22	Row 119 - Cell 3
121	Remi Gauvin (Can)	22	Row 120 - Cell 3
122	Scott Mears (GBr)	22	Row 121 - Cell 3
123	Thomas Jeandin (Swi)	18	Row 122 - Cell 3
124	Carlo Caire° (Ita)	17	Row 123 - Cell 3
125	Fergus Lamb (GBr)	16	Row 124 - Cell 3
126	Kazuki Shimizu (Jpn)	14	Row 125 - Cell 3
127	Arthur Parret (Fra)	14	Row 126 - Cell 3
128	Benjamin Verrier (Fra)	12	Row 127 - Cell 3
129	Emyr Davies (GBr)	12	Row 128 - Cell 3
130	Junya Nagata (Jpn)	11	Row 129 - Cell 3
131	Edgar Carballo Gonzalez (Spa)	11	Row 130 - Cell 3
132	Tommy Herrmann (Ger)	11	Row 131 - Cell 3
133	Matthias Stonig (Aut)	10	Row 132 - Cell 3
134	Mark Wallace° (Can)	9	Row 133 - Cell 3
135	Lutz Weber (Swi)	8	Row 134 - Cell 3
136	Mathias Haas (Aut)	7	Row 135 - Cell 3
137	Tiaan Odendaal° (RSA)	7	Row 136 - Cell 3
138	Benjamin Torrano (Fra)	7	Row 137 - Cell 3
139	Yuki Kushima (Jpn)	4	Row 138 - Cell 3
140	Dan Sheridan° (Irl)	3	Row 139 - Cell 3
141	Hans Lambert (Can)	3	Row 140 - Cell 3
142	Kristoffer Haugland (Nor)	2	Row 141 - Cell 3

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World Cup team standings after five rounds
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	GT Factory Racing	364	pts
2	Santa Cruz Syndicate	266	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Trek World Racing	261	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	MS Mondraker Team	259	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Devinci Global Racing	245	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Lapierre International	244	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Hutchinson United Ride	229	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Giant Factory Off-Road Team	210	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Scott11	188	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Commencal / Riding Addiction	159	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Monster Energy-Specialized	157	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	105	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Labyrinth Shimano Racing Team	95	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Team Norco International	82	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	SC-Intense	71	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	64	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Passion Velo.Fr	62	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Madison Saracen Downhill Team	61	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Alpine Commencal Austria	60	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	CG Racing Brigade	37	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Kona	36	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Team Morzine - Avoriaz / Haute - Savoie	27	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	Topcycle By Trek	25	Row 22 - Cell 3
24	Team Lac Blanc / Solid / Batibois Alsace	24	Row 23 - Cell 3
25	CK Racing Santacruz	11	Row 24 - Cell 3
26	Unior Tools Team	10	Row 25 - Cell 3
27	Torpado Surfing Shop	10	Row 26 - Cell 3
28	Team Are Bikepark By W-Racing	9	Row 27 - Cell 3
29	Pila-Black Arrows-MTB Herin School ASD	6	Row 28 - Cell 3
30	Dirt Norco Race Team	4	Row 29 - Cell 3
31	Ghost Factory Racing Team	3	Row 30 - Cell 3

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