MTB World Cup Cross Country #6, Eliminator #5 & Downhill #5 - Hafjell 2013: Elite men downhill Results

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

Steve Smith (Devinci) remains undefeated in Hafjell, Norway after he won the elite men's downhill World Cup on Sunday. The Canadian beat Danny Hart (Giant Factory Off-Road Team) and Andrew Neethling (Giant Factory Off-Road Team) for the third World Cup victory of his career. Sam Blenkinsop (Lapierre) and world champion Greg Minnaar (Santa Cruz Syndicated) rounded out the podium.

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Elite men downhill
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Steve Smith (Can) Devinci Global Racing	0:03:40.200
2	Danny Hart (GBr) Giant Factory Off-Road Team	0:00:01.641
3	Andrew Neethling (RSA) Giant Factory Off-Road Team	0:00:02.783
4	Samuel Blenkinsop (NZl) Lapierre Gravity Republic	0:00:03.865
5	Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate	0:00:03.989
6	Steve Peat (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate	0:00:05.745
7	Marcelo Gutierrez Villegas (Col) Giant Factory Off-Road Team	0:00:06.199
8	Matthew Simmonds (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	0:00:06.537
9	Bernard Kerr (GBr) Pivot Factory Team	0:00:06.715
10	Troy Brosnan (Aus) Specialized Racing DH	0:00:07.370
11	Neko Mulally (USA) Trek World Racing	0:00:07.859
12	Gee Atherton (GBr) GT Factory Racing	0:00:08.404
13	Nick Beer (Swi) Devinci Global Racing	0:00:09.541
14	Josh Bryceland (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate	0:00:09.576
15	Samuel Hill (Aus) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	0:00:09.752
16	Niklas Wallner (Swe) Team W-Racing	0:00:09.891
17	Johannes Fischbach (Ger) RRP Ghost	0:00:09.981
18	Marc Beaumont (GBr) GT Factory Racing	0:00:10.235
19	Mitch Ropelato (USA) Specialized Racing DH	0:00:11.612
20	Patrick Thome (Fra) Gstaad-Scott	0:00:11.645
21	Antonio Ferreiro Pajuelo (Spa) Evil Vengeance Tour	0:00:11.650
22	Brendan Fairclough (GBr) Gstaad-Scott	0:00:11.717
23	Rémi Thirion (Fra) Commencal / Riding Addiction	0:00:12.195
24	Robin Wallner (Swe) Team W-Racing	0:00:12.291
25	Ziga Pandur (Slo) Unior Tools Team	0:00:12.641
26	Harry Molloy (GBr) Madison Saracen Downhill Team	0:00:13.083
27	Luke Strobel (USA) Evil Vengeance Tour	0:00:13.966
28	Michael Hannah (Aus) Hutchinson UR	0:00:14.149
29	Jack Moir (Aus) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	0:00:14.928
30	Florent Payet (Fra) Evil CK Racing Evian	0:00:14.941
31	Adam Brayton (GBr)	0:00:15.443
32	Fraser Mcglone (GBr)	0:00:15.905
33	Loic Bruni (Fra) Lapierre Gravity Republic	0:00:15.976
34	Jack Reading (GBr)	0:00:16.161
35	Kyle Sangers (Can)	0:00:16.294
36	Kirk Mcdowall (Can)	0:00:16.959
37	Remi Gauvin (Can)	0:00:17.330
38	Quentin Chanudet (Fra) Team Sodicycle Project	0:00:17.543
39	Connor Fearon (Aus) Kona	0:00:17.742
40	Pierre Charles Georges (Fra) Lac Blanc/Scott	0:00:17.807
41	George Brannigan (NZl) Trek World Racing	0:00:17.901
42	Bernat Guardia Pascual (Spa)	0:00:17.935
43	Lars Peyer (Swi) SC Intense	0:00:17.942
44	Benny Strasser (Ger)	0:00:18.159
45	Mathew Stuttard (GBr)	0:00:18.180
46	Faustin Figaret (Fra) Topcycle By Trek	0:00:18.353
47	Ruaridh Cunningham (GBr) Unior Tools Team	0:00:18.551
48	Francisco Pardal (Por) Evil Vengeance Tour	0:00:18.863
49	Filip Polc (Svk) Evil Vengeance Tour	0:00:19.703
50	Richard Thomas (GBr)	0:00:19.755
51	Scott Mears (GBr)	0:00:19.950
52	Joseph Smith (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	0:00:20.040
53	Emanuel Pombo (Por)	0:00:20.165
54	Terje Nylende (Nor)	0:00:20.378
55	Richard Rude Jr° (USA) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	0:00:21.573
56	Romain Paulhan (Fra)	0:00:21.784
57	Edward Masters (NZl)	0:00:22.674
58	Bernardo Neves Cruz (Bra)	0:00:23.014
59	Sam Dale (GBr) Madison Saracen Downhill Team	0:00:23.268
60	Matthew Beer (Can)	0:00:23.406
61	Cyrille Kurtz (Fra) Evil CK Racing Evian	0:00:23.758
62	Miran Vauh (Slo) Blackthorn GT	0:00:23.910
63	Harry Heath (GBr)	0:00:24.066
64	Markus Pekoll (Aut) Ms Mondraker Team	0:00:24.638
65	Oscar Harnstrom (Swe) GT / 360 Degrees	0:00:26.682
66	Fabien Cousinie (Fra) HutchinsonUR	0:00:30.816
67	Reon Boe (NZl)	0:00:30.963
68	Niclas Andersen (Nor)	0:00:31.762
69	Stefan Garlicki (RSA)	0:00:34.803
70	Zakarias Blom Johansen (Nor)	0:00:35.118
71	Sebastiaan Van Steenbergen (USA)	0:00:38.235
72	Alex Bond (GBr)	0:00:39.478
73	Christian Textor (Ger) Team Bulls - DH	0:00:45.563
74	David Mcmillan (Aus)	0:00:47.554
75	Thibaut Ruffin (Fra) Commencal / Riding Addiction	0:00:52.945
DNF	Matthew Walker (NZl)	Row 75 - Cell 2
DNF	Wyn Masters (NZl) Team Bulls - DH	Row 76 - Cell 2
DNF	Ben Reid (Irl) Dirt Norco Race Team	Row 77 - Cell 2
DNS	Lorenzo Suding (Ita) GT / 360 Degrees	Row 78 - Cell 2
DNS	Lars Vatnebryn Sandviken (Nor)	Row 79 - Cell 2

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Teams
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Giant Factory Off-Road Team	91	pts
2	GT Factory Racing	72	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Santa Cruz Syndicate	71	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Devinci Global Racing	58	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Lapierre Gravity Republic	52	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Madison Saracen Downhill Team	40	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	39	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Commencal / Riding Addiction	38	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Specialized Racing DH	33	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Gstaad-Scott	32	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	MS Mondraker Team	26	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Pivot Factory Team	22	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Team W-Racing	22	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Hutchinson UR	21	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Trek World Racing	20	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Dirt Norco Race Team	16	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	RRP Ghost	14	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Evil Vengeance Tour	14	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Blackthorn GT	10	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Fmd Racing / Intense Cycles	9	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Unior Tools Team	6	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	US Cagnes VTT	5	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	SC Intense	4	Row 22 - Cell 3
24	Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	2	Row 23 - Cell 3
25	Evil Ck Racing Evian	1	Row 24 - Cell 3

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Elite men downhill World Cup standings with one round remaining
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Gee Atherton (GBr) GT Factory Racing	966	pts
2	Steve Smith (Can) Devinci Global Racing	949	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate	673	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Samuel Hill (Aus) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	590	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Danny Hart (GBr) Giant Factory Off-Road Team	584	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Samuel Blenkinsop (NZl) Lapierre Gravity Republic	542	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Rémi Thirion (Fra) Commencal / Riding Addiction	498	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Troy Brosnan (Aus) Specialized Racing DH	496	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Loic Bruni (Fra) Lapierre Gravity Republic	486	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Michael Hannah (Aus) Hutchinson UR	458	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Aaron Gwin (USA) United States Of America	417	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Marcelo Gutierrez Villegas (Col) Giant Factory Off-Road Team	396	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Andrew Neethling (RSA) Giant Factory Off-Road Team	386	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Florent Payet (Fra) Evil CK Racing Evian	342	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Brendan Fairclough (GBr) Gstaad-Scott	342	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Brook Macdonald* (NZl) New-Zealand	338	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Neko Mulally (USA) Trek World Racing	322	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Matthew Simmonds (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	309	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Antonio Ferreiro Pajuelo (Spa) Evil Vengeance Tour	304	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Marc Beaumont (GBr) GT Factory Racing	298	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Josh Bryceland (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate	293	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Markus Pekoll (Aut) Ms Mondraker Team	282	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	Steve Peat (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate	276	Row 22 - Cell 3
24	Lorenzo Suding (Ita) GT / 360 Degrees	274	Row 23 - Cell 3
25	Sam Dale (GBr) Madison Saracen Downhill Team	260	Row 24 - Cell 3
26	Faustin Figaret (Fra) Topcycle By Trek	252	Row 25 - Cell 3
27	Patrick Thome (Fra) Gstaad-Scott	248	Row 26 - Cell 3
28	George Brannigan (NZl) Trek World Racing	237	Row 27 - Cell 3
29	Connor Fearon (Aus) Kona	234	Row 28 - Cell 3
30	Bernat Guardia Pascual (Spa)	227	Row 29 - Cell 3
31	Joseph Smith (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	225	Row 30 - Cell 3
32	Bernard Kerr (GBr) Pivot Factory Team	222	Row 31 - Cell 3
33	Nick Beer (Swi) Devinci Global Racing	221	Row 32 - Cell 3
34	Luke Strobel (USA) Evil Vengeance Tour	218	Row 33 - Cell 3
35	Greg Williamson (GBr) Trek World Racing	207	Row 34 - Cell 3
36	Robin Wallner (Swe) Team W-Racing	199	Row 35 - Cell 3
37	Francisco Pardal (Por) Evil Vengeance Tour	191	Row 36 - Cell 3
38	Johannes Fischbach (Ger) RRP Ghost	185	Row 37 - Cell 3
39	Jack Moir (Aus) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	179	Row 38 - Cell 3
40	Harry Heath (GBr)	179	Row 39 - Cell 3
41	Ziga Pandur (Slo) Unior Tools Team	167	Row 40 - Cell 3
42	Joe Connell (GBr) SC Intense	166	Row 41 - Cell 3
43	Guillaume Cauvin (Fra) HutchinsonUR	164	Row 42 - Cell 3
44	Edward Masters (NZl)	157	Row 43 - Cell 3
45	Remi Gauvin (Can)	154	Row 44 - Cell 3
46	Austin Warren (USA) Pivot Factory Team	152	Row 45 - Cell 3
47	Harry Molloy (GBr) Madison Saracen Downhill Team	151	Row 46 - Cell 3
48	Mitch Ropelato (USA) Specialized Racing DH	149	Row 47 - Cell 3
49	Ben Reid (Irl) Dirt Norco Race Team	141	Row 48 - Cell 3
50	Mathew Stuttard (GBr)	139	Row 49 - Cell 3
51	Wyn Masters (NZl) Team Bulls - DH	138	Row 50 - Cell 3
52	Fraser Mcglone (GBr)	135	Row 51 - Cell 3
53	Aurélien Giordanengo (Fra) Topcycle By Trek	120	Row 52 - Cell 3
54	Cameron Cole (NZl) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	119	Row 53 - Cell 3
55	Jack Reading (GBr)	119	Row 54 - Cell 3
56	Richard° Rude Jr (USA) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	118	Row 55 - Cell 3
57	Mitchell Delfs (Aus) Evil Vengeance Tour	114	Row 56 - Cell 3
58	Matthew Walker (NZl)	109	Row 57 - Cell 3
59	Bryn Atkinson (Aus) Team Norco International	108	Row 58 - Cell 3
60	Niklas Wallner (Swe) Team W-Racing	107	Row 59 - Cell 3
61	Adam Brayton (GBr)	107	Row 60 - Cell 3
62	Kyle Sangers (Can)	101	Row 61 - Cell 3
63	Isak Leivsson (Nor)	97	Row 62 - Cell 3
64	Filip Polc (Svk) Evil Vengeance Tour	96	Row 63 - Cell 3
65	Cyrille Kurtz (Fra) Evil CK Racing Evian	95	Row 64 - Cell 3
66	Thibaut Ruffin (Fra) Commencal / Riding Addiction	88	Row 65 - Cell 3
67	Pierre Charles Georges (Fra) Lac Blanc/Scott	88	Row 66 - Cell 3
68	Kirk Mcdowall (Can)	87	Row 67 - Cell 3
69	Christopher Mcglinchey (Irl)	85	Row 68 - Cell 3
70	Oscar Harnstrom (Swe) GT / 360 Degrees	79	Row 69 - Cell 3
71	Terje Nylende (Nor)	72	Row 70 - Cell 3
72	Lewis Buchanan (GBr) SC Intense	69	Row 71 - Cell 3
73	Mickael Pascal (Fra) Evil CK Racing Evian	68	Row 72 - Cell 3
74	Scott Mears (GBr)	68	Row 73 - Cell 3
75	Ruaridh Cunningham (GBr) Unior Tools Team	65	Row 74 - Cell 3
76	Quentin Chanudet (Fra) Team Sodicycle Project	64	Row 75 - Cell 3
77	Lars Peyer (Swi) SC Intense	64	Row 76 - Cell 3
78	David Trummer (Aut) RRP Ghost	59	Row 77 - Cell 3
79	Benny Strasser (Ger)	57	Row 78 - Cell 3
80	Boris Tetzlaff (Aut) Alpine Commencal Austria	54	Row 79 - Cell 3
81	Richard Thomas (GBr)	51	Row 80 - Cell 3
82	Melvin Pons (Fra) Us Cagnes VTT	50	Row 81 - Cell 3
83	Forrest Riesco* (Can) Canada	48	Row 82 - Cell 3
84	Fabien Cousinie (Fra) HutchinsonUR	48	Row 83 - Cell 3
85	David Mcmillan (Aus)	47	Row 84 - Cell 3
86	Ivan Oulego Moreno (Spa)	46	Row 85 - Cell 3
87	Jared Graves (Aus) Australia	44	Row 86 - Cell 3
88	Zakarias Blom Johansen (Nor)	43	Row 87 - Cell 3
89	Alexander Kangas (Swe)	42	Row 88 - Cell 3
90	Ben Cathro (GBr)	38	Row 89 - Cell 3
91	Julien Piccolo (Fra)	37	Row 90 - Cell 3
92	Oliwer Kangas (Swe)	33	Row 91 - Cell 3
93	Marco Milivinti (Ita) Italy	31	Row 92 - Cell 3
94	Reece Potter (NZl)	31	Row 93 - Cell 3
95	Romain Paulhan (Fra)	31	Row 94 - Cell 3
96	Iago Garay Tamayo (Spa)	29	Row 95 - Cell 3
97	Cédric Gracia (Fra) CG Racing Brigade	29	Row 96 - Cell 3
98	Emanuel Pombo (Por)	28	Row 97 - Cell 3
99	Rudy Cabirou (Fra)	28	Row 98 - Cell 3
100	Samuel Thibault (Can)	27	Row 99 - Cell 3
101	Benoit Coulanges (Fra) Roc VTT Oz En Oisans	26	Row 100 - Cell 3
102	Florian Arthus (Fra)	24	Row 101 - Cell 3
103	Lars Vatnebryn Sandviken (Nor)	23	Row 102 - Cell 3
104	Bernardo Neves Cruz (Bra)	23	Row 103 - Cell 3
105	Sidney Slotegraaf (Can)	22	Row 104 - Cell 3
106	Gaetan Ruffin (Fra) Commencal / Riding Addiction	22	Row 105 - Cell 3
107	Matthew Beer (Can)	21	Row 106 - Cell 3
108	Alexis Pujol (Fra)	21	Row 107 - Cell 3
109	Martin Knapec (Svk)	21	Row 108 - Cell 3
110	Guy Gibbs (Nor)	20	Row 109 - Cell 3
111	Johann Potgieter (RSA) RRP Ghost	19	Row 110 - Cell 3
112	Miran Vauh (Slo) Blackthorn GT	19	Row 111 - Cell 3
113	Charly Di Pasquale (Fra)	19	Row 112 - Cell 3
114	Marcus Klausmann (Ger) Ghost Factory Racing Team	18	Row 113 - Cell 3
115	Guillem Jorba Prats (Spa)	17	Row 114 - Cell 3
116	Arthur Parret (Fra)	17	Row 115 - Cell 3
117	Dan Sheridan (Irl)	16	Row 116 - Cell 3
118	Matej Charvat (Cze) Czech Republic	16	Row 117 - Cell 3
119	Bryn Dickerson (NZl)	16	Row 118 - Cell 3
120	Reon Boe (NZl)	14	Row 119 - Cell 3
121	James Swinden (GBr)	14	Row 120 - Cell 3
122	Gareth Brewin (GBr)	14	Row 121 - Cell 3
123	Niclas Andersen (Nor)	13	Row 122 - Cell 3
124	Kevin Aiello* (USA) United States Of America	13	Row 123 - Cell 3
125	Stefan Garlicki (RSA)	12	Row 124 - Cell 3
126	Peter Williams (GBr)	12	Row 125 - Cell 3
127	Logan Binggeli (USA) United States Of America	12	Row 126 - Cell 3
128	Baptiste Pierron (Fra)	11	Row 127 - Cell 3
129	Benjamin Staehle (Fra)	11	Row 128 - Cell 3
130	Sebastiaan Van Steenbergen (USA)	10	Row 129 - Cell 3
131	Carlo Caire (Ita)	10	Row 130 - Cell 3
132	Oliver Morris (GBr)	10	Row 131 - Cell 3
133	Alex Bond (GBr)	9	Row 132 - Cell 3
134	Ludovic Oget (Fra)	9	Row 133 - Cell 3
135	Rhys Atkinson (Aus)	8	Row 134 - Cell 3
136	Christian Textor (Ger) Team Bulls - DH	8	Row 135 - Cell 3

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Teams World Cup standings with one round remaining
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	GT Factory Racing	408	pts
2	Lapierre Gravity Republic	335	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Giant Factory Off-Road Team	270	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Santa Cruz Syndicate	261	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Gstaad-Scott	255	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Commencal / Riding Addiction	222	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Devinci Global Racing	218	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Specialized Racing DH	214	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Madison Saracen Downhill Team	195	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	184	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	MS Mondraker Team	162	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Trek World Racing	135	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Hutchinson UR	115	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Evil Vengeance Tour	81	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Fmd Racing / Intense Cycles	55	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Team Norco International	54	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Pivot Factory Team	51	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Evil Ck Racing Evian	46	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	GT / 360 Degrees	40	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	RRP Ghost	39	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Blackthorn GT	39	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Dirt Norco Race Team	36	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	Topcycle By Trek	34	Row 22 - Cell 3
24	SC Intense	29	Row 23 - Cell 3
25	Unior Tools Team	27	Row 24 - Cell 3
26	Team W-Racing	22	Row 25 - Cell 3
27	Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	21	Row 26 - Cell 3
28	Team Morzine-Avoriaz/Haute-Savoie	15	Row 27 - Cell 3
29	US Cagnes VTT	13	Row 28 - Cell 3
30	Torpado Surfing Shop	11	Row 29 - Cell 3
31	Kona	10	Row 30 - Cell 3
32	Team Bulls - DH	9	Row 31 - Cell 3

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