MOUNTAIN BIKE WORLD CUP
DOUBLE CUP DELIGHT FOR PEAT AND GRIFFITHS
It was an historic weekend for British Downhillers as Steve Peat and
Fionn Griffiths recorded the first ever GB World Cup double, winning
bothe men’s and woemn’s downhill races at the third round
of the 2003 series at Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada.
Peat has had an injury wrecked season to date so it was a big relief
for his many fans to see him back on form on the relatively short Mont-Sainte-Anne
course. His chances of successfully defending his world Cup title are
long gone, but Steve is still the rider to beat when on-song.
In the Women’s event, Fionn Griffiths recorded her first World
Cup win with fellow Brit Tracy Moseley a close second. Moseley now leads
the World Cup standings, with Fionn moving up fast in third. It’s
easy to take them granted, but Britain now has, in Peat, Moseley and
Griffiths, three of the very best riders in the world.
Meanwhile, in the Men’s Cross-Country event, Liam Killeen was
having his best ride of the series to date, a splendid eleventh, which
lifts him to thirteenth in the series overall and gives him the leader’s
jersey in the Under 23 category.
"I'm really happy to have the jersey, and I had a great race today.
I dropped my chain a couple of times which was pretty annoying as one
time I had to run up a technical section before I could get it back
on, and that's when Bart Brentjens and Christophe Dupouey passed me,
but otherwise I'm really happy. I felt good all the way through the
race and now I'm looking forward to training with Ryder near Vancouver
next week in preparation for the next World Cup race".
MTBWorld Cup Round 3 - Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada
Results/Standings
Men Downhill Results
1 Steve Peat (GBr) Team Orange 1.41.17
2 Greg Minnaar (RSA) 1.41.23
3 Cedric Gracia (Fra) Siemens Mobile Cannondale 1.41.77
4 Mick Hannah (Aus) 1.41.87
5 Nathan Rennie (Aus) 1.42.36
other
16 Will Longden (GBr) 1.44.60
25 Stuart Thomson (GBr) 1.46.77
27 Chris Ball (GBr) 1.46.96
31 Kris Hargreaves (GBr) 1.47.74
33 Mark Beaumont (GBr) Team Orange 1.48.05
59 Daniel Critchlow (GBr) 1.52.85
68 James Hughes (GBr) 1.57.59
74 Dave Wardell (GBr) 2.19.40
World Cup standings after three rounds
1 Cedric Gracia (Fra) Siemens Mobile Cannondale 535 pts
2 Nathan Rennie (Aus) 521
3 Greg Minnaar (RSA) 430
other
7 Steve Peat (GBr) Team Orange 284
10 Will Longden (GBr) 190
15 George Atherton (GBr) 129
20 Kris Hargreaves (GBr) 114
28 Daniel Atherton (GBr) 86
29 Chris Ball (GBr) 82
31 Crawford Carrick-Anderson (GBr) 67
36 Mark Beaumont (GBr) Team Orange 51
44 Stuart Thomson (GBr) 38
48 Steve Barker (GBr) 36
54 Nigel Page (GBr) 26
58 Neil Donoghue (GBr) 22
62 Ed Moseley (GBr) 21
77 Rob Warner (GBr) 13
91 Dan Harper (GBr) 6
93 Jon Cheetham (GBr) 5
Women Downhill Results
1 Fionn Griffiths (GBr) 1.54.99
2 Tracy Moseley (GBr) Kona Clarks Factory Team 1.55.10
3 Marla Streb (USA) Luna Women's MTB Team 1.56.17
4 Sabrina Jonnier (Fra) 1.56.50
5 Marielle Saner (Swi) 1.57.05
World Cup standings after three rounds
1 Tracy Moseley (GBr) Kona Clarks Factory Team 550 pts
2 Sabrina Jonnier (Fra) 462
3 Fionn Griffiths (GBr) 421
other
18 Helen Gaskell (GBr) 110
23 Lucy Loftus (GBr) 74
24 Emily Horridge (GBr) 66
Cross-Country Men Results
1 Julien Absalon (Fra) 1h 51m 20s
2 Christophe Sauser (Swi) 0.47
3 Roland Green (Can) 0.57
4 Jose Antonio Hermida (Spa)
5 Lado Fumic (Ger) 1.30
other
11 Liam Killeen (Gbr) 4.42
63 Zak Toogood (Gbr) 1 Lap
World Cup standings after three rounds
1 Christoph Sauser (Swi) Siemens Mobile Cannondale 600 pts
2 Julien Absalon (Fra) Motorex Bianchi 590
3 Lado Fumic (Ger) Team-T-Mobile 480
other
13 Liam Killeen (GBr) 183
89 Zak Toogood (GBr) 20
98 Nick Craig (GBr) 17
113 Oli Beckingsale (GBr) 9
Cross-Country Women Results
1 Gunn-Rita Dahle (Nor) Merida International 1h 51m 43s
2 Sabine Spitz (Ger) Merida International 1.48
3 Barbara Blatter (Swi) Specialized Mountain Bike 2.03
4 Irina Kalentieva (Rus) Merida International 2.29
5 Marie-Helene Premont (Can) 3.06
other
60 Jenny Copnall (GBr) Motorex Bianchi 1 Lap
World Cup standings after three rounds
1 Gunn-Rita Dahle (Nor) Merida International 750 pts
2 Sabine Spitz (Ger) Merida International 600
3 Irina Kalentieva (Rus) Merida International 470
other
53 Jenny Copnall (GBr) Motorex Bianchi 44
Four-cross Men Results
1 Eric Carter (USA) Mongoose-Hyundai 50 pts
2 Cedric Gracia (Fra) Siemens Mobile Cannondale 40
3 Wade Bootes (Aus) Trek-Volkswagen 30
other
9 Steve Peat (GBr) Team Orange 11
14 Dale Holmes (GBr) 6
24 Dave Wardell (GBr) 1
World Cup Standings after three rounds
1 Eric Carter (USA) Mongoose-Hyundai 140 pts
2 Michal Prokop (Cze) 86
3 Cedric Gracia (Fra) Siemens Mobile Cannondale 70
other
6 Steve Peat (GBr) Team Orange 41
8 Scott Beaumont (GBr) 36
20 George Atherton (GBr) 13
21 Dale Holmes (GBr) 11
29 Dave Wardell (GBr) 6
35 Will Longden (GBr) 5
37 Daniel Atherton (GBr) 4
Four-cross Women Results
1 Katrina Miller (Aus) 50 pts
2 Jamie Lilly (USA) 40
3 Mio Suemasa (Jpn) Trek-Volkswagen 30
World Cup Standings after three rounds
1 Katrina Miller (Aus) 140 pts
2 Moi Suemasa (Jpn) Trek-Volkswa 70
3 Sabrina Jonnier (Fra) 55
4 Tracy Moseley (GBr) Kona Clarks 50
other
15 Fionn Griffiths (GBr) 5
18 Joey Gough (GBr) 4
20 Helen Gaskell (GBr) 3
