The Mont Saint Anne WC Thread - 23 & 24 June - DH Results In

[takai]

So, its the MSA Worldcup this weekend, and looks to be a sloppy one like Vigo and Champery.

General
MSA is GMT-4 due to Daylight Savings in Canada. Which means they are 14hrs behind EST, and it is currently 21:15 there.

MSA Weather is here: http://www.onthesnow.com/QU/248/weather.html

Transcend have a blurb on the timings
http://www.transcendmagazine.com/archives/2007/06/mont_ste_anne_w.html
Seems that DH will be early on the Sunday

Thursday Practice
Transcend have released their Thursday morning (CA) time update here:
http://www.transcendmagazine.com/archives/2007/06/mont_ste_anne_w_2.html
Transcend have their PM update online
http://www.transcendmagazine.com/archives/2007/06/mont_ste_anne_w_3.html
Littermag have their first photos online
http://www.littermag.com/features/msa07/day1/1.htm
http://www.littermag.com/features/msa07/day1/2.jpg
My pick of their photos. Peat and Rennie.

Friday Practice
Transcend have their AM and Midday reports here:
http://www.transcendmagazine.com/archives/2007/06/mont_ste_anne_w_4.html
http://www.transcendmagazine.com/archives/2007/06/mont_ste_anne_w_5.html
Transcend PM update up now too:
http://www.transcendmagazine.com/archives/2007/06/mont_ste_anne_w_6.html
Littermag have a video up here:
http://www.littermag.com/features/msa07/bonus/1.htm
And their usual photos here:
http://www.littermag.com/features/msa07/day2/1.htm
My pick of their photos is this one, nice to see them covering the girls as well:
http://www.littermag.com/features/msa07/day2/6.jpg
From the little blurbs it seems that Peaty was fastest down in the timed practice today. Will have to be confirmed later.

Well Peaty certainly is the fastest in the timed sessions:
Men
1 - Steve Peat 4:40.82
2 - Nathan Rennie 4:43.36
3 - Justin Leov 4:45.65
4 - Matti Lehikoinen 4:47.29
5 - Greg Minnaar 4:47.71

Women
1 - Sabrina Jonnier 5:18.83
2 - Marielle Saner
3 - Emmeline Ragot
Courtesy of Transcend, visit them and click on their banners.

Saturday
Transcend have their AM and PM updates here:
http://www.transcendmagazine.com/archives/2007/06/mont_ste_anne_w_8.html AM
http://www.transcendmagazine.com/archives/2007/06/mont_ste_anne_w_9.html PM
With the PM edition having an attached video.
Littermag have their photos of the day here:
http://www.littermag.com/features/msa07/day3/1.htm
With my pick of the photos being:
http://www.littermag.com/features/msa07/day3/8.jpg
This one of Sam Hill, no fanboy stuff here, just look at that intensity.
Bonus:Just noticed that Littermag have a sweet DH practice video up. http://www.littermag.com/features/msa07/bonus/2.htm

Sunday - Race Day
Transcend have their AM update online:
http://www.transcendmagazine.com/archives/2007/06/mont_ste_anne_w_11.html
And the weather looks like the rain will hold off for the day.
Transcend also have their photo gallery online:
http://www.transcendmagazine.com/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=Steannnewc2007
The Qualifier and Final updates from Transcend are here:
http://www.transcendmagazine.com/archives/2007/06/mont_ste_anne_w_12.html
http://www.transcendmagazine.com/archives/2007/06/mont_ste_anne_w_13.html

The DH has certainly run now, the 4X hasnt sofar.
Results
Mens

1 2 AUS19850721 HILL Samuel IRON HORSE / MONSTER ENERGY 2:11.48 4:29.58
2 27 RSA19811113 MINNAAR Greg TEAM G-CROSS HONDA 2:12.22 4:31.27
3 1 GBR19740617 PEAT Steve SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE 2:11.26 4:31.30
4 6 FIN19840419 LEHIKOINEN Matti TEAM G-CROSS HONDA 2:13.52 4:33.00
5 13 FRA19800726 BAREL Fabien KONA LES GETS 2:13.17 4:34.64
6 4 AUS19810531 RENNIE Nathan SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE 2:12.20 4:34.70
7 20 NZL19841020 LEOV Justin 2:14.18 4:37.26
8 8 GBR19840925 BEAUMONT Marc TEAM MBUK SANTACRUZ 2:16.37 4:38.07
9 11 FRA19791011 PASCAL Mickael Q BY SAAB-SALOMON 2:15.41 4:39.29
10 7 AUS19831121 HANNAH Michael CANNONDALE THE CUT 2:14.17 4:39.46

Womens
1 2 FRA19810819 JONNIER Sabrina IRON HORSE / MONSTER ENERGY 2:26.71 5:04.45
2 1 GBR19790412 MOSELEY Tracy KONA LES GETS 2:27.83 5:06.77
3 4 FRA19860527 RAGOT Emmeline 2:30.08 5:16.90
4 13 AUS19880613 HANNAH Tracey 2:31.94 5:16.92
5 6 FRA19830128 GROS Celine 2:32.78 5:18.77
http://www.sicklines.com/gallery/data/629/Podium1.jpg


4X results are in.

Elite Men

1 3 USA19710906 LOPES Brian 37.79
2 8 GBR19780602 BEAUMONT Scott ROCKY MOUNTAIN UK 38.44
3 15 SVK19820410 POLC Filip GRAVITY GROUP 38.64
4 5 CZE19850705 TATARKOVIC Kamil KONA LES GETS 38.19
5 1 AUS19821216 GRAVES Jared 37.62
6 6 GER19760514 TSCHUGG Guido SSANGYONG-FUSION PRO TEAM 38.24
7 13 USA19781205 MILAN Ross 38.62
8 23 GBR19711006 HOLMES Dale 39.66
9 2 GBR19820125 ATHERTON Dan ANIMAL COMMENCAL 37.71
10 11 GBR19850226 ATHERTON Gee ANIMAL COMMENCAL 38.52
17 4 AUS19810622 RANDO Jared GIANT MOUNTAIN BIKE TEAM 38.13
19 14 AUS19870324 CAVALIER Amiel GIANT MOUNTAIN BIKE TEAM 38.62
20 17 AUS19810531 RENNIE Nathan SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE 38.81
29 AUS19821209 ATKINSON Bryn DNS
31 AUS19831121 HANNAH Michael CANNONDALE THE CUT DNS
35 AUS19890924 BAIN Joel DNS

Couple of non starters for the aussies.

Elite Women

1 3 NED19820707 BEERTEN Anneke BIKEPARK.CH TUI 42.48
2 6 GBR19820827 GRIFFITHS Fionn 43.79
3 1 USA19811024 KINTNER Jill 40.30
4 5 JPN19830401 SUEMASA Mio 43.71
5 7 RSA10791124 PETTERSON Johanna 45.18
6 8 ITA19860416 CANEPA Elisa PLAYBIKER - IRON HORSE 50.13
7 2 USA19761128 LLANES Tara 41.96
8 4 USA19820125 BUHL Melissa 42.59
9 9 USA19770520 STEINMETZ Neven 51.22
10 USA19821004 VOGT Jessica DNS

Sad that only 10 girls even entered.

The guys and gals at Littermag are probably still partying, no pictures from them yet.
Results will be here:
http://www.nissan-ucimtbworldcup.com/en/Results/
While the Live Timing seems to still show 4X qualifying:
http://www.nissan-ucimtbworldcup.com/en/Live/

Ill try and keep this post updated with new bits, but ill probably lose control of it. Should be another good weekend of racing.

[emcgough]

Nice one, I love these threads. I haven't done much reading on this WC thus far, so anybody know how far off the quallys are? I'd like to see this one start wet and stay fucking wet the whole time, get some sliding action happening. Anybody over there have any info on who's looking quick?

[takai]

No updates up sofar, there shoudl be some going up soonish as its Thursday night over there currently.

Edit: Seems Littermag got an update up while i was posting.

[takai]

Interesting tid bit from Transcend. Kovarik cant get into Canada for some reason, probably immigration. Hence wont be racing.

See the Transcend PM update for more details.

[Dozer]

Interesting tid bit from Transcend. Kovarik cant get into Canada for some reason, probably immigration. Hence wont be racing.

See the Transcend PM update for more details.

Either he is very unlucky or he needs to be better prepared for his travelling. He has had it happen a few times.........
Lets hope it rains so Sam Hill can take the top step of the podium.;)

[top_dog]

Interesting tid bit from Transcend. Kovarik cant get into Canada for some reason, probably immigration. Hence wont be racing.

See the Transcend PM update for more details.

His season is going from bad to worse.

[W.bat]

pretty easy to get into canada. wonder what happened.

[emcgough]

pretty easy to get into canada. wonder what happened.
dunno about that... mate of mine had to fill out a shitload of forms before he got his visa approved just because of a driving offence. I wonder exactly why Kovarik was denied? dissapointing to say the least....

[THE CHENZ]

Canada is "Tough as Hell" on anyone who has had any Drink Driving/Run-in`s with the law of any sought. Me thinks he got another rough end of the stick dealt to him by Immagration!:rolleyes:

[takai]

Updates are up on Transcend and Littermag

See original post for details.

[nizai]

Im loving the retro 1998 Boxxers on the bikes, but Sam got the short end of the stick when it came to colour coding. Red and green should never be seen! As they say :D

N

[spinner]

Thats a cool little vid on Littermag. Rock - 1 , Minnaar - 0. He's doing it tough lately.

[W.bat]

I'm sure there are some top level racers with minor police incidents that are there racing. Not sure why Kovaric has been singled out.

[W.bat]

Is that Minaar hitting the rock. Nice rib bash.

Interesting comment by the track Builder that all the old school rocks and roots etc have given way to berms and wide open track. Not sure that this is a good thing at most tracks.

[Hobzai]

As part of some travel planning, I researched the whys and wherefores of entry into Canada. You don't need to have done a lot wrong for them to take a very close look at you at Immigration. If you have such things on record and they know about it, one smartass remark to the Vogon behind the desk could see you cooling your heels airside and waiting for the next plane out! Smile, co-operate, be patient and say thank you for the cavity check.

Looking forward to the finals at MSA, it looks like they've been very lucky with the weather so far. Seeing those '98 Boxxer WC replicas reminds me just how far we've come! :D

[top_dog]

Thats a cool little vid on Littermag. Rock - 1 , Minnaar - 0. He's doing it tough lately.


Its Fairclough

[takai]

Transcend PM update is up. See first post. Has confirmed times as well, Peaty is the fastest for now.

[the F.H.B]

Yep loving the retro Boxxers! It will be interesting if it rains (and it sounds like it will). Does anyone know if the UCI have implimented the top 20 start together rule yet?
On the Kovarik subject, if I remember correctly he stuffed up his visa app for the states last year as well (or was it the year before). He really needs to lift his game, it's a real shame that the defending Mont st Anne champ cant defend his title...

[aday]

4x Qualifying Results

1. Jared Graves
2. Dan Atherton
3. Brian Lopes
4. Jared Rando
13. Ameil Cavalier
17. Nathan Rennie

Full Results (http://www.nissan-ucimtbworldcup.com/en/Results/)

I dont think it's been posted yet.

[big ral]

Does anyone know where Prokop is? More immigration problems? Injury?
Hopefully Jared Graves can bring home the goods, his mtx wc season could do with a win, with prokop out and he wins and wins again later in the season he could finish second in the championship but it looks like Brian Lopes has the title on hold.

[W.bat]

Prokop is in europe racing bmx. Check Jareds report for details. On another but only slightly related note, currently in Canada at Siver Star near vernon. What an absolute bomb of a hill. Heaps of good stuff. Not quite as buffed as whistler but definately more real.

C U

[takai]

Littermag and Transcend AM and PM editions up. See first post for links.

With bonus video for both of them.

[takai]

Well its race day over there, looks like most of us will miss the excitement of watching the live timing screen (http://www.nissan-ucimtbworldcup.com/en/Live/). Then again all those in a weird timezone like Perth can watch it :P

Transcend AM update is online too.

Wee bit on Kovarik being denied entry here: http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.frontlinemag.net%2Fne ws.php%3Fnews_id%3D419&langpair=de%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF8

[...jim]

1 HILL Samuel AUS 4:29.58
2 MINNAAR Greg RSA 4:31.27
3 PEAT Steve GBR 4:31.30
4 LEHIKOINEN Matti FIN 4:33.00
5 BAREL Fabien FRA 4:34.64
6 RENNIE Nathan AUS 4:34.70
7 LEOV Justin NZL 4:37.26
8 BEAUMONT Marc GBR 4:38.07
9 PASCAL Mickael FRA 4:39.29
10 HANNAH Michael AUS 4:39.46

This new final seeding system sure makes following matters on the interwebby easier...

[Austen]

Women
1. Sabrina Jonnier (FRA) Monster Iron Horse 5:04.45
2. Tracy Moseley (GBR) Kona Les Gets +2.32
3. Emmeline Ragot (FRA) +12.45
4. Tracey Hannah (AUS) Orange +14.32
5. Celine Gros (FRA) +18.63


yeah trace!

[Dozer]

Sam Hill! Yeehaa! Go get 'em champ!:D

[W.bat]

Alright, about time we got a level playing field to let the better riders do their thing. Take the rain out of the equation for the previous two races and you wonder how far in front sam would be be.

[ajay]

is that the qualifying or final runs.

Thats the final result...

May I suggest you add http://www.transcendmagazine.com/index.html to your favourites...

For live racing updates, go to the UCI website (http://www.uci.ch/Templates/UCI/UCI5/layout.asp?MenuID=MTYxNw) and follow the links.

[nizai]

GO THE SAMBUS!!!! :D

Well pleased for the lad, hopefully he can win this years worlds as well as the UCI regular season :)

N

[aday]

Awesome riding by Sam, was only a matter of time before he got a win for himself!

All the other aussies went great as well which is awesome. Bell, Maltman & Delfs all 2nd, 3rd & 4th best placed juniors in the class too.

[takai]

Original post has been updated, ill keep updating it as the 4X results come in.

But a very big well done to Sam Hill.

[Sam.]

Well done Sam!
Just out of curiosity, is that Romaniuk next to Sam in the podium pic?

Edit: nup its just Peaty, looks like Steve though.

[sundy]

Apologies if this has been covered before, but i notice in the podium photo that Minaar and Barel both have rainbow armbands.. is that to signify that they are previous winners of the world champs?

[Suprez]

4X results are in.

Elite Men

1 3 USA19710906 LOPES Brian 37.79
2 8 GBR19780602 BEAUMONT Scott ROCKY MOUNTAIN UK 38.44
3 15 SVK19820410 POLC Filip GRAVITY GROUP 38.64
4 5 CZE19850705 TATARKOVIC Kamil KONA LES GETS 38.19
5 1 AUS19821216 GRAVES Jared 37.62
6 6 GER19760514 TSCHUGG Guido SSANGYONG-FUSION PRO TEAM 38.24
7 13 USA19781205 MILAN Ross 38.62
8 23 GBR19711006 HOLMES Dale 39.66
9 2 GBR19820125 ATHERTON Dan ANIMAL COMMENCAL 37.71
10 11 GBR19850226 ATHERTON Gee ANIMAL COMMENCAL 38.52
17 4 AUS19810622 RANDO Jared GIANT MOUNTAIN BIKE TEAM 38.13
19 14 AUS19870324 CAVALIER Amiel GIANT MOUNTAIN BIKE TEAM 38.62
20 17 AUS19810531 RENNIE Nathan SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE 38.81
29 AUS19821209 ATKINSON Bryn DNS
31 AUS19831121 HANNAH Michael CANNONDALE THE CUT DNS
35 AUS19890924 BAIN Joel DNS

Couple of non starters for the aussies.

Elite Women

1 3 NED19820707 BEERTEN Anneke BIKEPARK.CH TUI 42.48
2 6 GBR19820827 GRIFFITHS Fionn 43.79
3 1 USA19811024 KINTNER Jill 40.30
4 5 JPN19830401 SUEMASA Mio 43.71
5 7 RSA10791124 PETTERSON Johanna 45.18
6 8 ITA19860416 CANEPA Elisa PLAYBIKER - IRON HORSE 50.13
7 2 USA19761128 LLANES Tara 41.96
8 4 USA19820125 BUHL Melissa 42.59
9 9 USA19770520 STEINMETZ Neven 51.22
10 USA19821004 VOGT Jessica DNS

[nizai]

Gravesy will probably login and speak for himself on this one, but here's his blog post from www.jaredgraves.net


so basically ill post a proper report at a later date...but for now im so angry with the UCI that words cant describe.... was well out in front in the semi final of the 4x, and Scott Beaumont comes from 3rd, and in the 2nd turn, cuts across the flag, which is an automatic DQ, then t-bones me in the turn which should be a 2nd DQ, and he advances.... UCI officials didnt want to know anything about it, we have video.... clear as day evidence, and he clarly cuts the course and they couldnt care less...... its an absolute joke, i have never been so pissed off ever......i felt on for the win all night, and i got screwed over by a less than half ass...couldnt care less decision......UCI is a joke, you guys here suck! and whats worse is that nothing will happen to any of the officials for their decisions.... they just couldnt care......there was also multiple complaints from numerous riders from their decisions.....the UCI calls were all over the shop......i cant beleive no punches were thrown....its a WORLD CUP for crying out loud, get it together people! Do you people even know what money is invloved with getting riders to locations all over the world to contest the series for this to happen.....

whatever......next race....

Will be interesting to see the coverage on SBS when its aired.

N

[k3n!f]

Hmmmm any idea if the video of the incident is available?

[Suprez]

Wow, sounds like it was a rather incident packed 4X final. Interesting to note that Jareds time was actually the quickest out of all the other times I posted earlier. Poor guy.

As for the videos, I'm sure there'll be some available soon enough on youtube or something else.

Lets just hope Graves has some better luck at the next round.

[takai]

Seems from another thread that Bryn has broken his wrist as well and its being operated on soon.

[...jim]

Apologies if this has been covered before, but i notice in the podium photo that Minaar and Barel both have rainbow armbands.. is that to signify that they are previous winners of the world champs?

Yes. Former World champs get to do that.

[dr.matt]

they just showed about 10-15 seconds of sam hill on tv! it was during the ad break on ch 10 for the ttn show (ttn is a news show on tuesday mornings).

[Suprez]

For those interested, yeti video from MSA showing Jared Graves misfortunes and the ignorance of the officials.

http://yeticycles.com/News/RaceNews/RN2007WC3SaintAnne.cfm

How quick is Jared out of the gates though :eek: