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Race resultat från Trek World racing från Leogang. Synd att racet blev en enda lervälling! Det hade varit roligt att se detta race i torrt före.

Tracy
Moseley Bags Another World Cup Podium for TWR, Leov Gets 8th at
Leogang
Trek World Racing's
Tracy Moseley secured 4th place on the podium and Justin Leov raced
back into the top ten at the third round of the UCI Mountain Bike
World Cup Downhill in Leogang (Austria) this weekend. Teammate,
Andrew Neethling, finished 24th – an impressive performance
considering he rode suffering intense lower back pain from a
displaced Sacro Iliac joint, but a disappointing result for the 26
year old South African who’s performed so successfully these past
few weeks. The 2.6 kilometer-long track – a new addition to the
World Cup calendar this year – has an altitude difference of some
524 meters and Sunday's race took place at a cold, wet course.
Weather conditions made an already tough track even trickier with a
progressive build-up of mud making the surface sticky and riding
lines difficult. Tracy, who performed third fastest at the first
split and built up speed to perform 2nd fastest at split 2, was
hoping for a strong performance following a good weekend of practice
and excellent qualifying run that saw her 3rd fastest to the finish.
Whilst she'd hoped for a quicker result in the final, it was a good
result at this challenging new track that saw many of the world's top
riders tackle all manner of technical challenges, particularly in the
root sections.
Justin, who also had
a good weekend's riding, qualifying 7th on Saturday, rode powerfully
and consistently to finish 8th in the final race, a welcome return to
the top ten for the New Zealand rider.
Tracy said: "I'm
pretty disappointed. I felt like I'd ridden pretty well this weekend
and felt comfortable on the track during practice. The weather made
it harder and I made a small mistake before the second split, coming
to an almost complete stop and losing some valuable time. After that
I lost my momentum, especially in the root section, and fatigue set
in but I'm happy to be on the podium".
Justin said: "I'd
say I'm pretty happy today. I feel like I've got my confidence back,
which has been down a bit these past couple of weeks. I rode really
well but just faded a little at the end. The podium was super close
but I'm happy to be back in the top ten and move up two spots in the
overall".
Andrew said: "I'm
highly frustrated by things out of my control that always seem to
come at a World Cup. I couldn't do the practice runs I wanted and it
took away from my focus. I had a poor run on a tough course and made
two crucial mistakes in the top woods then faded at the bottom. I
just hope to get myself fixed up next week and come back at Champery
fitter and better".
Meanwhile, Neko
Mulally made a welcome return to the paddock this weekend and
although he didn't ride, he spent some valuable time walking the
course with his teammates. Neko continues to make a strong recovery
since breaking his arm in April and hopes to be back on his bike
soon, competing alongside Justin, Andrew and Tracy.
Next week, Justin
and Tracy will stay at Leogang to compete in the iXS Cup before the
full TWR team travel to Chatel in France for their annual Summer
Camp. This year, two lucky Trek Session owners have the chance to
ride with the team at this awesome venue – for more details about
the competition visit:
http://www.23degrees-sports.com/news.php?id=686
Dennis Dertell gjorde ett bra race men hade lite oflytt då det uppstod problem i hans åk!
Dennis kvalade in som 18:onde och slutade 43:a i
finalen. Han
tappade en hel del tid i början på banan då arrangörerna inte hade
rensat rent
banan efter åkaren innan som vurpat och Dennis fick köra över käppar och
band
och tappade pedalen inför ett lång trampsträcka. Riktigt svåra
förhållanden med
regn och leriga banor. Alexander Kangas tog sig även han till finalen
och slutade
som 67:a.
Men's Results DH
Final: 1. Greg Minnaar (RSA) 4min 05.65secs 2. Gee Atherton (GBR) 4m
06.39secs 3. Gwin Aaron (USA) 4min 10.09secs 4. Sam Blenkinsop (NZL)
4min 11.17secs 5. Cameron Cole (NZL) 4mins 11.77secs 8. Justin Leov
(Trek World Racing) 4min 12.93secs 24. Andrew Neethling (Trek World
Racing) 4min 19.41secs
Women's Results DH
Final: 1. Sabrina Jonnier (FRA) 4min 52.70secs 2. Emmeline Ragot
(FRA) 4min 56.24secs 3. Floriane Pugin (FRA) 4min 58.05secs 4. Tracy
Moseley (Trek World Racing) 5min 02.39secs 5. Myriam Nicole (FRA)
5min 05.48secs
Men's Overall
Standings: 1. Greg Minnaar (RSA) 660pts 2. Gee Atherton (GBR) 587pts
3. Gwin Aaron (USA) 410pts 7. Justin Leov (Trek World Racing) 274pts
19. Andrew Neethling (Trek World Racing) 189pts
Women's Overall
Standings: 1. Sabrina Jonnier (FRA) 650pts 2. Floriane Pugin (FRA)
510pts 3. Rachel Atherton (GBR) 460pts 4. Tracy Moseley (Trek World
Racing) 389pts 5. Emmeline Ragot (FRA) 385 pts
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