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The opening round of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup concluded on Sunday with the downhill, a crowd favourite in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Local fans went wild when the hometown son, Greg Minnaar (Santa Cruz Syndicate), came from behind to win the men's title.
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate | 0:03:57.980 |
| 2 | Aaron Gwin (USA) Trek World Racing | 0:00:00.632 |
| 3 | Michael Hannah (Aus) Hutchinson United Ride | 0:00:00.994 |
| 4 | Gee Atherton (GBr) GT Factory Racing | 0:00:01.303 |
| 5 | Steve Smith (Can) Devinci Global Racing | 0:00:04.384 |
| 6 | Jared Graves (Aus) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 0:00:04.436 |
| 7 | Andrew Neethling (RSA) Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 0:00:04.800 |
| 8 | Troy Brosnan (Aus) Monster Energy-Specialized | 0:00:05.017 |
| 9 | Julien Camellini (Fra) | 0:00:05.604 |
| 10 | Cédric Gracia (Fra) CG Racing Brigade | 0:00:05.674 |
| 11 | Samuel Hill (Aus) Monster Energy-Specialized | 0:00:05.836 |
| 12 | Nick Beer (Swi) Devinci Global Racing | 0:00:05.894 |
| 13 | Aurélien Giordanengo (Fra) Topcycle By Trek | 0:00:06.064 |
| 14 | Neko Mulally (USA) Trek World Racing | 0:00:06.327 |
| 15 | Steve Peat (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate | 0:00:07.670 |
| 16 | Fabien Cousinie (Fra) Hutchinson United Ride | 0:00:07.674 |
| 17 | Justin Leov (NZl) Trek World Racing | 0:00:08.579 |
| 18 | Marc Beaumont (GBr) GT Factory Racing | 0:00:08.874 |
| 19 | Brook Macdonald (NZl) MS Mondraker Team | 0:00:09.036 |
| 20 | Brendan Fairclough (GBr) Scott11 | 0:00:09.212 |
| 21 | Josh Bryceland (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate | 0:00:09.396 |
| 22 | Rémi Thirion (Fra) Labyrinth Shimano Racing Team | 0:00:10.307 |
| 23 | Thibaut Ruffin (Fra) Commencal / Riding Addiction | 0:00:10.412 |
| 24 | Bryn Atkinson (Aus) Team Norco International | 0:00:10.657 |
| 25 | Damien Spagnolo (Fra) MS Mondraker Team | 0:00:10.938 |
| 26 | Loic Bruni° (Fra) Lapierre International | 0:00:11.038 |
| 27 | Oliver Burton (GBr) Team Are Bikepark By W-Racing | 0:00:11.178 |
| 28 | Robin Wallner (Swe) | 0:00:11.418 |
| 29 | Johannes Fischbach (Ger) Ghost Factory Racing Team | 0:00:11.881 |
| 30 | Mitchell Delfs (Aus) Kona | 0:00:11.886 |
| 31 | Richard Rude Jr° (USA) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 0:00:12.047 |
| 32 | Pierre Charles Georges (Fra) Team Lac Blanc / Solid / Batibois Alsace | 0:00:12.386 |
| 33 | Johann Potgieter (RSA) Ghost Factory Racing Team | 0:00:12.472 |
| 34 | Marcus Klausmann (Ger) | 0:00:12.533 |
| 35 | Lorenzo Suding (Ita) Pila-Black Arrows-MTB Herin School Asd | 0:00:12.759 |
| 36 | Duncan Riffle (USA) Dirt Norco Race Team | 0:00:13.211 |
| 37 | Isak Leivsson (Nor) | 0:00:13.491 |
| 38 | Luke Strobel (USA) | 0:00:13.584 |
| 39 | Greg Williamson (GBr) | 0:00:14.492 |
| 40 | George Brannigan (NZl) Devinci Global Racing | 0:00:14.515 |
| 41 | Danny Hart (GBr) Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 0:00:14.616 |
| 42 | Joseph Smith (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof | 0:00:14.844 |
| 43 | Curtis Keene (USA) Specialized Racing - USA Gravity | 0:00:15.038 |
| 44 | Mitch Ropelato (USA) Specialized Racing - USA Gravity | 0:00:15.072 |
| 45 | Matthew Simmonds (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof | 0:00:15.105 |
| 46 | Richard Thomas (GBr) | 0:00:15.358 |
| 47 | Bernard Kerr (GBr) | 0:00:15.742 |
| 48 | Timothy Bentley (RSA) Hutchinson United Ride | 0:00:15.914 |
| 49 | Jonty Neethling (RSA) | 0:00:16.222 |
| 50 | Harry Molloy (GBr) Madison Saracen Downhill Team | 0:00:16.312 |
| 51 | Eliot Jackson (USA) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 0:00:16.656 |
| 52 | Mickael Pascal (Fra) CK Racing Santacruz | 0:00:16.657 |
| 53 | Alex Bond (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof | 0:00:16.732 |
| 54 | Stefan Garlicki (RSA) | 0:00:16.838 |
| 55 | Patrick Thome (Fra) Lapierre International | 0:00:16.912 |
| 56 | Thomas Braithwaite (GBr) | 0:00:17.154 |
| 57 | Emanuel Pombo (Por) | 0:00:18.060 |
| 58 | Samuel Blenkinsop (NZl) Lapierre International | 0:00:18.106 |
| 59 | Lars Peyer (Swi) SC-Intense | 0:00:18.447 |
| 60 | Oscar Harnstrom (Swe) Pila-Black Arrows-MTB Herin School Asd | 0:00:18.649 |
| 61 | Ziga Pandur (Slo) Unior Tools Team | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
| 62 | Connor Fearon° (Aus) Kona | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
| 63 | Logan Binggeli (USA) | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
| 64 | Niklas Wallner (Swe) Team Are Bikepark By W-Racing | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
| 65 | Fergus Lamb (GBr) | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
| 66 | Harry Heath (GBr) Unior Tools Team | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
| 67 | Nejc Rutar (Slo) Unior Tools Team | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
| 68 | Ludovic May (Swi) | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
| 69 | Jack Reading (GBr) | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
| 70 | Tommy Herrmann (Ger) | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
| 71 | Guillaume Cauvin ° (Fra) Hutchinson United Ride | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
| 72 | Miran Vauh (Slo) | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
| 73 | Lutz Weber (Swi) | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
| 74 | Tiaan Odendaal° (RSA) | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
| 75 | Jonathan Jones° (GBr) | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
| 76 | Mark Scott (GBr) | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
| 77 | Kevin Aiello (USA) | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
| 78 | Dan Sheridan° (Irl) | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
| 79 | Kristoffer Haugland (Nor) | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
| 80 | Markus Pekoll (Aut) MS Mondraker Team | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Zakarias Blom Johansen (Nor) | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hutchinson United Ride | 87 | pts |
| 2 | Santa Cruz Syndicate | 66 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Trek World Racing | 66 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
| 4 | MS Mondraker Team | 48 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
| 5 | Devinci Global Racing | 47 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
| 6 | GT Factory Racing | 43 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
| 7 | Monster Energy-Specialized | 43 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
| 8 | Madison Saracen Downhill Team | 35 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
| 9 | Team Norco International | 33 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
| 10 | Scott11 | 31 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
| 11 | Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 26 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
| 12 | CG Racing Brigade | 26 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
| 13 | Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 24 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
| 14 | SC-Intense | 22 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
| 15 | Commencal / Riding Addiction | 20 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
| 16 | Topcycle By Trek | 18 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
| 17 | Alpine Commencal Austria | 14 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
| 18 | Labyrinth Shimano Racing Team | 9 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
| 19 | Team Lac Blanc / Solid / Batibois Alsace | 6 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
| 20 | Lapierre International | 5 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
| 21 | Team Are Bikepark By W-Racing | 3 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
| 22 | Ghost Factory Racing Team | 2 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
| 23 | Kona | 1 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
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| 1 | Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate | 250 | pts |
| 2 | Aaron Gwin (USA) Trek World Racing | 200 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Michael Hannah (Aus) Hutchinson United Ride | 160 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
| 4 | Gee Atherton (GBr) GT Factory Racing | 150 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
| 5 | Steve Smith (Can) Devinci Global Racing | 140 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
| 6 | Jared Graves (Aus) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 111 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
| 7 | Troy Brosnan (Aus) Monster Energy-Specialized | 107 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
| 8 | Andrew Neethling (RSA) Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 105 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
| 9 | Cédric Gracia (Fra) CG Racing Brigade | 93 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
| 10 | Aurélien Giordanengo (Fra) Topcycle By Trek | 85 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
| 11 | Samuel Hill (Aus) Monster Energy-Specialized | 81 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
| 12 | Nick Beer (Swi) Devinci Global Racing | 81 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
| 13 | Julien Camellini (Fra) | 80 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
| 14 | Steve Peat (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate | 80 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
| 15 | Marc Beaumont (GBr) GT Factory Racing | 73 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
| 16 | Justin Leov (NZl) Trek World Racing | 69 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
| 17 | Josh Bryceland (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate | 68 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
| 18 | Neko Mulally (USA) Trek World Racing | 67 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
| 19 | Fabien Cousinie (Fra) Hutchinson United Ride | 65 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
| 20 | Bryn Atkinson (Aus) Team Norco International | 64 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
| 21 | Brook Macdonald (NZl) MS Mondraker Team | 62 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
| 22 | Damien Spagnolo (Fra) MS Mondraker Team | 62 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
| 23 | Brendan Fairclough (GBr) Scott11 | 61 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
| 24 | Johannes Fischbach (Ger) Ghost Factory Racing Team | 61 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
| 25 | Rémi Thirion (Fra) Labyrinth Shimano Racing Team | 59 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
| 26 | Thibaut Ruffin (Fra) Commencal / Riding Addiction | 58 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
| 27 | Loic Bruni° (Fra) Lapierre International | 55 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
| 28 | Oliver Burton (GBr) | 54 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
| 29 | Robin Wallner (Swe) Team Are Bikepark By W-Racing | 53 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
| 30 | Danny Hart (GBr) Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 53 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
| 31 | Mitchell Delfs (Aus) Kona | 51 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
| 32 | Richard Rude Jr° (USA) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 50 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
| 33 | Pierre Charles Georges (Fra) Team Lac Blanc / Solid / Batibois Alsace | 49 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
| 34 | Johann Potgieter (RSA) | 48 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
| 35 | Marcus Klausmann (Ger) Ghost Factory Racing Team | 47 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
| 36 | Lorenzo Suding (Ita) Pila-Black Arrows-MTB Herin School ASD | 46 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
| 37 | Duncan Riffle (USA) Dirt Norco Race Team | 45 | Row 36 - Cell 3 |
| 38 | Isak Leivsson (Nor) | 44 | Row 37 - Cell 3 |
| 39 | Luke Strobel (USA) | 43 | Row 38 - Cell 3 |
| 40 | Greg Williamson (GBr) | 42 | Row 39 - Cell 3 |
| 41 | George Brannigan (NZl) Devinci Global Racing | 41 | Row 40 - Cell 3 |
| 42 | Joseph Smith (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles.com / Nukeproof | 39 | Row 41 - Cell 3 |
| 43 | Curtis Keene (USA) Specialized Racing - USA Gravity | 38 | Row 42 - Cell 3 |
| 44 | Mitch Ropelato (USA) Specialized Racing - USA Gravity | 37 | Row 43 - Cell 3 |
| 45 | Matthew Simmonds (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles.com / Nukeproof | 36 | Row 44 - Cell 3 |
| 46 | Richard Thomas (GBr) | 35 | Row 45 - Cell 3 |
| 47 | Bernard Kerr (GBr) | 34 | Row 46 - Cell 3 |
| 48 | Timothy Bentley (RSA) Hutchinson United Ride | 33 | Row 47 - Cell 3 |
| 49 | Jonty Neethling (RSA) | 32 | Row 48 - Cell 3 |
| 50 | Harry Molloy (GBr) Madison Saracen Downhill Team | 31 | Row 49 - Cell 3 |
| 51 | Eliot Jackson (USA) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 30 | Row 50 - Cell 3 |
| 52 | Mickael Pascal (Fra) CK Racing Santacruz | 29 | Row 51 - Cell 3 |
| 53 | Alex Bond (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles.com / Nukeproof | 28 | Row 52 - Cell 3 |
| 54 | Stefan Garlicki (RSA) | 27 | Row 53 - Cell 3 |
| 55 | Patrick Thome (Fra) Lapierre International | 26 | Row 54 - Cell 3 |
| 56 | Thomas Braithwaite (GBr) | 25 | Row 55 - Cell 3 |
| 57 | Emanuel Pombo (Por) | 24 | Row 56 - Cell 3 |
| 58 | Samuel Blenkinsop (NZl) Lapierre International | 23 | Row 57 - Cell 3 |
| 59 | Lars Peyer (Swi) SC-Intense | 22 | Row 58 - Cell 3 |
| 60 | Oscar Harnstrom (Swe) Pila-Black Arrows-MTB Herin School ASD | 21 | Row 59 - Cell 3 |
| 61 | Ziga Pandur (Slo) Unior Tools Team | 20 | Row 60 - Cell 3 |
| 62 | Connor Fearon° (Aus) Kona | 19 | Row 61 - Cell 3 |
| 63 | Logan Binggeli (USA) | 18 | Row 62 - Cell 3 |
| 64 | Niklas Wallner (Swe) Team Are Bikepark By W-Racing | 17 | Row 63 - Cell 3 |
| 65 | Fergus Lamb (GBr) | 16 | Row 64 - Cell 3 |
| 66 | Harry Heath (GBr) Unior Tools Team | 15 | Row 65 - Cell 3 |
| 67 | Nejc Rutar (Slo) Unior Tools Team | 14 | Row 66 - Cell 3 |
| 68 | Ludovic May (Swi) | 13 | Row 67 - Cell 3 |
| 69 | Jack Reading (GBr) | 12 | Row 68 - Cell 3 |
| 70 | Tommy Herrmann (Ger) | 11 | Row 69 - Cell 3 |
| 71 | Guillaume Cauvin° (Fra) Hutchinson United Ride | 10 | Row 70 - Cell 3 |
| 72 | Miran Vauh (Slo) | 9 | Row 71 - Cell 3 |
| 73 | Lutz Weber (Swi) | 8 | Row 72 - Cell 3 |
| 74 | Tiaan Odendaal° (RSA) | 7 | Row 73 - Cell 3 |
| 75 | Jonathan Jones° (GBr) | 6 | Row 74 - Cell 3 |
| 76 | Mark Scott (GBr) | 5 | Row 75 - Cell 3 |
| 77 | Kevin Aiello (USA) | 4 | Row 76 - Cell 3 |
| 78 | Dan Sheridan° (Irl) | 3 | Row 77 - Cell 3 |
| 79 | Kristoffer Haugland (Nor) | 2 | Row 78 - Cell 3 |
| 80 | Markus Pekoll (Aut) MS Mondraker Team | 1 | Row 79 - Cell 3 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
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| 1 | Hutchinson United Ride | 87 | pts |
| 2 | Santa Cruz Syndicate | 66 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Trek World Racing | 66 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
| 4 | MS Mondraker Team | 48 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
| 5 | Devinci Global Racing | 47 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
| 6 | GT Factory Racing | 43 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
| 7 | Monster Energy-Specialized | 43 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
| 8 | Madison Saracen Downhill Team | 35 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
| 9 | Team Norco International | 33 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
| 10 | Scott11 | 31 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
| 11 | Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 26 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
| 12 | CG Racing Brigade | 26 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
| 13 | Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 24 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
| 14 | SC-Intense | 22 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
| 15 | Commencal / Riding Addiction | 20 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
| 16 | Topcycle By Trek | 18 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
| 17 | Alpine Commencal Austria | 14 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
| 18 | Labyrinth Shimano Racing Team | 9 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
| 19 | Team Lac Blanc / Solid / Batibois Alsace | 6 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
| 20 | Lapierre International | 5 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
| 21 | Team Are Bikepark By W-Racing | 3 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
| 22 | Ghost Factory Racing Team | 2 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
| 23 | Kona | 1 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
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