MTB World Cup Cross Country #4, Eliminator #4 & Downhill #3 - Vallnord 2013: Elite men downhill Results

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Sam Hill (Team CRC / Nukeproof)(Image credit: Chain Reaction Cycles / Fraser Britton)

Rémi Thirion (Commencal / Riding Addiction) won the first downhill World Cup of his career on Sunday in Vallnord, Andorra. Gee Atherton (GT Factory Racing) and Sam Hill (Chain Reaction Cycles / Nukeproof) rounded out the top three.

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Elite men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Rémi Thirion (Fra) Commencal / Riding Addiction	0:04:13.666
2	Gee Atherton (GBr) GT Factory Racing	0:00:01.350
3	Samuel Hill (Aus) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	0:00:01.756
4	Steve Smith (Can) Devinci Global Racing	0:00:02.273
5	Troy Brosnan (Aus) Specialized Racing DH	0:00:02.476
6	Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate	0:00:02.549
7	Danny Hart (GBr) Giant Factory Off-Road Team	0:00:02.975
8	Loic Bruni (Fra) Lapierre Gravity Republic	0:00:03.548
9	Marcelo Gutierrez Villegas (Col) Giant Factory Off-Road Team	0:00:03.979
10	Aaron Gwin (USA) Specialized Racing DH	0:00:04.376
11	Steve Peat (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate	0:00:05.171
12	Samuel Blenkinsop (NZl) Lapierre Gravity Republic	0:00:05.214
13	Brendan Fairclough (GBr) Gstaad-Scott	0:00:05.844
14	Faustin Figaret (Fra) Topcycle By Trek	0:00:06.543
15	Marc Beaumont (GBr) GT Factory Racing	0:00:06.836
16	Neko Mulally (USA) Trek World Racing	0:00:07.078
17	Andrew Neethling (RSA) Giant Factory Off-Road Team	0:00:07.335
18	Francisco Pardal (Por) Evil Vengeance Tour	0:00:07.377
19	Bernat Guardia Pascual (Spa)	0:00:07.526
20	Patrick Thome (Fra) Gstaad-Scott	0:00:07.748
21	Sam Dale (GBr) Madison Saracen Downhill Team	0:00:08.208
22	Nick Beer (Swi) Devinci Global Racing	0:00:08.536
23	Lorenzo Suding (Ita) GT / 360 Degrees	0:00:08.587
24	Bernard Kerr (GBr) Pivot Factory Team	0:00:09.173
25	Antonio Ferreiro Pajuelo (Spa) Evil Vengeance Tour	0:00:09.364
26	Michael Hannah (Aus) Hutchinson UR	0:00:09.567
27	Guillaume Cauvin (Fra) Hutchinson UR	0:00:10.330
28	Matthew Simmonds (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	0:00:10.669
29	George Brannigan (NZl) Trek World Racing	0:00:10.711
30	Adam Brayton (GBr)	0:00:11.597
31	Markus Pekoll (Aut) Ms Mondraker Team	0:00:11.822
32	Luke Strobel (USA) Evil Vengeance Tour	0:00:11.841
33	Greg Williamson (GBr) Trek World Racing	0:00:12.739
34	Connor Fearon (Aus) Kona	0:00:12.937
35	Ivan Oulego Moreno (Spa)	0:00:13.174
36	Harry Heath (GBr)	0:00:13.317
37	Mitch Ropelato (USA) Specialized Racing DH	0:00:13.589
38	Jack Reading (GBr)	0:00:13.616
39	Matthew Walker (NZl)	0:00:13.785
40	Florent Payet (Fra) Evil CK Racing Evian	0:00:13.956
41	Harry Molloy (GBr) Madison Saracen Downhill Team	0:00:13.969
42	Mitchell Delfs (Aus) Evil Vengeance Tour	0:00:14.517
43	Joe Connell (GBr) SC Intense	0:00:15.610
44	Robin Wallner (Swe) Team W-Racing	0:00:15.672
45	Ben Reid (Irl) Dirt Norco Race Team	0:00:15.918
46	Wyn Masters (NZl) Team Bulls - DH	0:00:16.330
47	Richard° Rude Jr (USA) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	0:00:16.396
48	Ziga Pandur (Slo) Unior Tools Team	0:00:16.724
49	Filip Polc (Svk) Evil Vengeance Tour	0:00:17.339
50	Remi Gauvin (Can)	0:00:17.557
51	Jack Moir (Aus) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	0:00:18.248
52	Iago Garay Tamayo (Spa)	0:00:18.882
53	Josh Bryceland (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate	0:00:19.637
54	Christopher Mcglinchey (Irl)	0:00:19.988
55	Benoit Coulanges (Fra) Roc VTT Oz En Oisans	0:00:20.612
56	Mickael Pascal (Fra) Evil CK Racing Evian	0:00:21.082
57	Florian Arthus (Fra)	0:00:21.150
58	David Mcmillan (Aus)	0:00:21.205
59	Brook Macdonald (NZl) Trek World Racing	0:00:21.441
60	Alexis Pujol (Fra)	0:00:21.530
61	Guy Gibbs (Nor)	0:00:21.764
62	Joseph Smith (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	0:00:22.540
63	Terje Nylende (Nor)	0:00:23.151
64	Guillem Jorba Prats (Spa)	0:00:24.066
65	Melvin Pons (Fra) US Cagnes VTT	0:00:24.361
66	Johannes Fischbach (Ger) RRP Ghost	0:00:24.548
67	James Swinden (GBr)	0:00:26.455
68	Cédric Gracia (Fra) Cg Racing Brigade	0:00:26.762
69	Peter Williams (GBr)	0:00:28.194
70	Baptiste Pierron (Fra)	0:00:28.521
71	Carlo Caire (Ita)	0:00:30.079
72	Ludovic Oget (Fra)	0:00:33.206
73	David Trummer (Aut) RRP Ghost	0:00:40.946
74	Bryn Dickerson (NZl)	0:00:41.521
75	Romain Paulhan (Fra)	0:00:44.564
76	Boris Tetzlaff (Aut) Alpine Commencal Austria	0:01:08.320
77	Mathew Stuttard (GBr)	0:01:10.064
78	Kyle Sangers (Can)	0:02:29.741
79	Cyrille Kurtz (Fra) Evil CK Racing Evian	0:02:40.266
DNF	Alexander Kangas (Swe)	Row 79 - Cell 2
DNF	Cameron Cole (NZl) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	Row 80 - Cell 2

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Teams
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	GT Factory Racing	91	pts
2	Commencal / Riding Addiction	70	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Lapierre Gravity Republic	68	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Giant Factory Off-Road Team	60	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Gstaad-Scott	52	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Specialized Racing DH	49	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Santa Cruz Syndicate	46	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Madison Saracen Downhill Team	45	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Devinci Global Racing	39	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	35	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	MS Mondraker Team	20	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Evil Vengeance Tour	19	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	FMD Racing / Intense Cycles	18	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Topcycle By Trek	17	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Trek World Racing	17	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Team Norco International	16	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	RRP Ghost	10	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Unior Tools Team	9	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Hutchinson UR	9	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	GT / 360 Degrees	8	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Pivot Factory Team	7	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Team Morzine-Avoriaz/Haute-Savoie	6	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	US Cagnes VTT	6	Row 22 - Cell 3
24	Torpado Surfing Shop	5	Row 23 - Cell 3
25	Blackthorn GT	3	Row 24 - Cell 3
26	SC Intense	1	Row 25 - Cell 3

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Elite men World Cup standing
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Gee Atherton (GBr) GT Factory Racing	680	pts
2	Steve Smith (Can) Devinci Global Racing	477	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate	391	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Rémi Thirion (Fra) Commencal / Riding Addiction	368	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Samuel Hill (Aus) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	349	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Loic Bruni (Fra) Lapierre Gravity Republic	325	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Troy Brosnan (Aus) Specialized Racing DH	315	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Samuel Blenkinsop (NZl) Lapierre Gravity Republic	301	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Michael Hannah (Aus) Hutchinson UR	297	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Brook Macdonald (NZl) Trek World Racing	284	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Aaron Gwin (USA) Specialized Racing DH	282	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Danny Hart (GBr) Giant Factory Off-Road Team	273	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Marcelo Gutierrez Villegas (Col) Giant Factory Off-Road Team	219	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Josh Bryceland (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate	216	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Neko Mulally (USA) Trek World Racing	215	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Lorenzo Suding (Ita) GT / 360 Degrees	200	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Florent Payet (Fra) Evil CK Racing Evian	198	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Markus Pekoll (Aut) Ms Mondraker Team	192	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Antonio Ferreiro Pajuelo (Spa) Evil Vengeance Tour	186	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Brendan Fairclough (GBr) Gstaad-Scott	185	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Steve Peat (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate	181	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Sam Dale (GBr) Madison Saracen Downhill Team	180	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	Guillaume Cauvin (Fra) Hutchinson UR	164	Row 22 - Cell 3
24	Faustin Figaret (Fra) Topcycle By Trek	162	Row 23 - Cell 3
25	Andrew Neethling (RSA) Giant Factory Off-Road Team	161	Row 24 - Cell 3
26	Marc Beaumont (GBr) GT Factory Racing	160	Row 25 - Cell 3
27	Connor Fearon (Aus) Kona	157	Row 26 - Cell 3
28	Greg Williamson (GBr) Trek World Racing	153	Row 27 - Cell 3
29	Joseph Smith (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	149	Row 28 - Cell 3
30	Harry Heath (GBr)	136	Row 29 - Cell 3
31	Matthew Simmonds (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	135	Row 30 - Cell 3
32	Bernard Kerr (GBr) Pivot Factory Team	135	Row 31 - Cell 3
33	Francisco Pardal (Por) Evil Vengeance Tour	128	Row 32 - Cell 3
34	Bernat Guardia Pascual (Spa)	127	Row 33 - Cell 3
35	Johannes Fischbach (Ger) RRP Ghost	121	Row 34 - Cell 3
36	Patrick Thome (Fra) Gstaad-Scott	121	Row 35 - Cell 3
37	Joe Connell (GBr) SC Intense	121	Row 36 - Cell 3
38	George Brannigan (NZl) Trek World Racing	120	Row 37 - Cell 3
39	Cameron Cole (NZl) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	119	Row 38 - Cell 3
40	Ben Reid (Irl) Dirt Norco Race Team	112	Row 39 - Cell 3
41	Mitchell Delfs (Aus) Evil Vengeance Tour	108	Row 40 - Cell 3
42	Luke Strobel (USA) Evil Vengeance Tour	108	Row 41 - Cell 3
43	Austin Warren (USA) Pivot Factory Team	100	Row 42 - Cell 3
44	Robin Wallner (Swe) Team W-Racing	98	Row 43 - Cell 3
45	Harry Molloy (GBr) Madison Saracen Downhill Team	96	Row 44 - Cell 3
46	Edward Masters (NZl)	95	Row 45 - Cell 3
47	Wyn Masters (NZl) Team Bulls - DH	94	Row 46 - Cell 3
48	Richard° Rude Jr (USA) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	92	Row 47 - Cell 3
49	Aurélien Giordanengo (Fra) Topcycle By Trek	87	Row 48 - Cell 3
50	Ziga Pandur (Slo) Unior Tools Team	77	Row 49 - Cell 3
51	Jack Moir (Aus) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	76	Row 50 - Cell 3
52	Christopher Mcglinchey (Irl)	73	Row 51 - Cell 3
53	Remi Gauvin (Can)	71	Row 52 - Cell 3
54	Nick Beer (Swi) Devinci Global Racing	70	Row 53 - Cell 3
55	Lewis Buchanan (GBr) SC Intense	69	Row 54 - Cell 3
56	Mickael Pascal (Fra) Evil CK Racing Evian	68	Row 55 - Cell 3
57	Mathew Stuttard (GBr)	66	Row 56 - Cell 3
58	Filip Polc (Svk) Evil Vengeance Tour	64	Row 57 - Cell 3
59	Matthew Walker (NZl)	63	Row 58 - Cell 3
60	Fraser Mcglone (GBr)	63	Row 59 - Cell 3
61	David Trummer (Aut) RRP Ghost	59	Row 60 - Cell 3
62	Jack Reading (GBr)	54	Row 61 - Cell 3
63	Oscar Harnstrom (Swe) GT / 360 Degrees	54	Row 62 - Cell 3
64	Boris Tetzlaff (Aut) Alpine Commencal Austria	54	Row 63 - Cell 3
65	Adam Brayton (GBr)	51	Row 64 - Cell 3
66	Cyrille Kurtz (Fra) Evil CK Racing Evian	51	Row 65 - Cell 3
67	Melvin Pons (Fra) US Cagnes VTT	50	Row 66 - Cell 3
68	Isak Leivsson (Nor)	48	Row 67 - Cell 3
69	Ivan Oulego Moreno (Spa)	46	Row 68 - Cell 3
70	Thibaut Ruffin (Fra) Commencal / Riding Addiction	46	Row 69 - Cell 3
71	Bryn Atkinson (Aus) Team Norco International	45	Row 70 - Cell 3
72	Terje Nylende (Nor)	45	Row 71 - Cell 3
73	Jared Graves (Aus) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	44	Row 72 - Cell 3
74	Mitch Ropelato (USA) Specialized Racing DH	44	Row 73 - Cell 3
75	Ben Cathro (GBr)	38	Row 74 - Cell 3
76	Julien Piccolo (Fra)	37	Row 75 - Cell 3
77	Oliwer Kangas (Swe)	33	Row 76 - Cell 3
78	Zakarias Blom Johansen (Nor)	32	Row 77 - Cell 3
79	Marco Milivinti (Ita) Torpado Surfing Shop	31	Row 78 - Cell 3
80	Reece Potter (NZl)	31	Row 79 - Cell 3
81	Iago Garay Tamayo (Spa)	29	Row 80 - Cell 3
82	Cédric Gracia (Fra) Cg Racing Brigade	29	Row 81 - Cell 3
83	Alexander Kangas (Swe)	28	Row 82 - Cell 3
84	Rudy Cabirou (Fra)	28	Row 83 - Cell 3
85	Kyle Sangers (Can)	27	Row 84 - Cell 3
86	Benoit Coulanges (Fra) Roc VTT Oz En Oisans	26	Row 85 - Cell 3
87	Scott Mears (GBr)	25	Row 86 - Cell 3
88	Florian Arthus (Fra)	24	Row 87 - Cell 3
89	Lars Vatnebryn Sandviken (Nor)	23	Row 88 - Cell 3
90	David Mcmillan (Aus)	23	Row 89 - Cell 3
91	Niklas Wallner (Swe) Team W-Racing	22	Row 90 - Cell 3
92	Gaetan Ruffin (Fra) Commencal / Riding Addiction	22	Row 91 - Cell 3
93	Alexis Pujol (Fra)	21	Row 92 - Cell 3
94	Martin Knapec (Svk)	21	Row 93 - Cell 3
95	Richard Thomas (GBr)	20	Row 94 - Cell 3
96	Guy Gibbs (Nor)	20	Row 95 - Cell 3
97	Benny Strasser (Ger)	20	Row 96 - Cell 3
98	Johann Potgieter (RSA) RRP Ghost	19	Row 97 - Cell 3
99	Marcus Klausmann (Ger) Ghost Factory Racing Team	18	Row 98 - Cell 3
100	Guillem Jorba Prats (Spa)	17	Row 99 - Cell 3
101	Arthur Parret (Fra)	17	Row 100 - Cell 3
102	Matej Charvat (Cze)	16	Row 101 - Cell 3
103	Bryn Dickerson (NZl)	16	Row 102 - Cell 3
104	James Swinden (GBr)	14	Row 103 - Cell 3
105	Gareth Brewin (GBr)	14	Row 104 - Cell 3
106	Fabien Cousinie (Fra) Hutchinson UR	14	Row 105 - Cell 3
107	Kevin Aiello (USA)	13	Row 106 - Cell 3
108	Peter Williams (GBr)	12	Row 107 - Cell 3
109	Logan Binggeli (USA)	12	Row 108 - Cell 3
110	Baptiste Pierron (Fra)	11	Row 109 - Cell 3
111	Carlo Caire (Ita)	10	Row 110 - Cell 3
112	Ludovic Oget (Fra)	9	Row 111 - Cell 3
113	Rhys Atkinson (Aus)	8	Row 112 - Cell 3
114	Romain Paulhan (Fra)	6	Row 113 - Cell 3
115	Pierre Charles Georges (Fra) Lac Blanc/Scott	6	Row 114 - Cell 3
116	Charly Di Pasquale (Fra)	4	Row 115 - Cell 3

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Teams World Cup standings
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	GT Factory Racing	271	pts
2	Lapierre Gravity Republic	208	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Santa Cruz Syndicate	160	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Commencal / Riding Addiction	150	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Gstaad-Scott	143	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Specialized Racing DH	133	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Madison Saracen Downhill Team	117	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Giant Factory Off-Road Team	112	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	MS Mondraker Team	106	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Devinci Global Racing	106	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Trek World Racing	102	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof	96	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Hutchinson UR	94	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Evil Vengeance Tour	53	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Team Norco International	41	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Topcycle By Trek	29	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Blackthorn GT	29	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	FMD Racing / Intense Cycles	28	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Pivot Factory Team	27	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	RRP Ghost	25	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	GT / 360 Degrees	25	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Evil CK Racing Evian	23	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	Dirt Norco Race Team	20	Row 22 - Cell 3
24	Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	18	Row 23 - Cell 3
25	SC Intense	18	Row 24 - Cell 3
26	Team Morzine-Avoriaz/Haute-Savoie	15	Row 25 - Cell 3
27	Torpado Surfing Shop	11	Row 26 - Cell 3
28	Kona	10	Row 27 - Cell 3
29	Unior Tools Team	9	Row 28 - Cell 3
30	Team Bulls - DH	9	Row 29 - Cell 3
31	US Cagnes VTT	8	Row 30 - Cell 3

Thirion triumphs in men's downhill World Cup at Vallnord

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