August 23, 2007 — The UCI has recently updated the MTB points rankings. In the individual XC rankings, Geoff Kabush (Can) Maxxis is Canada’s top man, in seventh place, while top woman Canadian is Marie-Helene Premont (Can) Rocky Mountain-Haywood, in sixth. Julien Absalon (Fra) Orbea and Irina Kalentyeva (Rus) Topeak-Ergon top the men’s and women’s fields, respectively.

In the XC nation rankings, the Canadian men are in sixth place, while the women sit in fourth position. The nation ranking is important for Olympic qualification, because only the top seven countries will be allowed the maximum quota of riders — two for the women and three for the men.

Thomas Dietsch (Fra) and Pia Sundstedt (Fin) are leading the XCM standings. There are no Canadian men in the running. Marg Fedyna (Can) is in 93rd position and Alison Sydor (Can) is in 143rd place.

The DH standings are topped by Samuel Hill (Aus) and Sabrina Jonnier (Fra). Top Canadians are Luke Kitzanuk (Can) in 53rd for the men and Claire Buchar (Can) in 16th for the women.

The 4X rankings are led by Americans Brian Lopes (USA) and Jill Kintner (USA). There are no Canadians in the competition.

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UCI MTB Standings (brief)

XC

Men

1. Julien Absalon (Fra) 1830
2. Jose Antonio Hermida Ramos (Esp) 1366
3. Roel Paulissen (Bel) 1005
4. Christoph Sauser (Sui) 992
5. Cedric Ravanel (Fra) 967
6. Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) 966
7. Geoff Kabush (Can) 868
8. Nino Schurter (Sui) 828
9. Wolfram Kurschat (Ger) 771
10. Jader Zoli (Ita) 733

28. Max Plaxton (Can) 505
33. Seamus Mcgrath (Can) 417
59. Derek Zandstra (Can) 285
69. Ricky Federau (Can) 260
73. Neal Kindree (Can) 244
110. Raphael Gagne (Can) 169
139. Mathieu Toulouse (Can) 140
140. Mike Garrigan (Can) 139
155. Kris Sneddon (Can) 122
156. Andrew Watson (Can) 122
222. Matthew Hadley (Can) 84
288. Martin Lazarski (Can) 63
323. Benoit Simard (Can) 55
349. Frederic Bussieres (Can) 50
358. Adam Morka (Can) 49
362. Roddi Lega (Can) 48
406. Daniel Sessford (Can) 40
461. Jonathan Boulanger (Can) 34
475. Stefan Widmer (Can) 32
479. Leni Gelinas-Trudel (Can) 31
517. Craig Richey (Can) 29
530. Ryan Edwards (Can) 26
582. Matthew Green (Can) 21
627. Georges-Edouard Duquette (Can) 19
687. Cameron Jette (Can) 16
690. Mathew Hewitt (Can) 16
699. Bruno Lafontaine (Can) 16
733. Ryan Taylor (Can) 14
742. Peter Glassford (Can) 14
776. Andrew Thomas (Can) 12
790. Marc-Andre Daigle (Can) 12
822. Daniel Nemetchek (Can) 10
832. Shawn Bunnin (Can) 10
865. Kyle Douglas (Can) 9
907. Kelly Guest (Can) 8
931. Ian Carbonneau (Can) 8
947. Matthew Cottrell (Can) 7
956. Cory Wallace (Can) 7
984. Aaron Schooler (Can) 6
993. Andy Translin (Can) 6
1033. Matt Law (Can) 5
1045. Thomas Skinner (Can) 5
1059. Kyle Kennedy (Can) 4
1064. Colin Kerr (Can) 4
1104. Brian Bain (Can) 3
1107. Zach Gammage (Can) 3
1156. Andre Sutton (Can) 2
1201. Carsten Ivany (Can) 1

Women

1. Irina Kalentieva (Rus) 1704
2. Sabine Spitz (Ger) 1467
3. Ren Chengyuan (Chn) 1307
4. Georgia Gould (USA) 1135
5. Ying Liu (Chn) 1052
6. Marie-Helene Premont (Can) 1040
7. Mary Mc Conneloug (USA) 984
8. Tereza Hurikova (Cze) 912
9. Margarita Fullana (Esp) 910
10. Elisabeth Osl (Aut) 886

17. Kiara Bisaro (Can) 637
29. Catherine Pendrel (Can) 504
40. Sandra Walter (Can) 387
53. Amanda Sin (Can) 292
54. Mical Dyck (Can) 292
57. Wendy Simms KLG (Can) 264
60. Emiliy Batty (Can) 257
118. Meghan Kindree (Can) 133
133. Catherine Vipond (Can) 119
138. Caroline Villeneuve (Can) 116
152. Alison Sydor RMH (Can) 103
177. Kathleen Villeneuve (Can) 82
191. Julie Sanders (Can) 77
248. Karine Travaillaud (Can) 52
260. Sue Trimble-Haviland (Can) 49
266. Patricia Sinclair (Can) 48
278. Melanie Mcquaid (Can) 45
325. Pepper Harlton (Can) 36
340. Marie-Claude Surprenant (Can) 33
354. Andrea Bunnin (Can) 30
369. Kaitlin Michener (Can) 28
397. Marie Allaire (Can) 22
414. Lesley Tucker (Can) 19
436. Kylie Case (Can) 16
508. Karen Trueman (Can) 9
515. Kate Scallion (Can) 8
535. Erica Musyj (Can) 7
540. Melanie Vaughan (Can) 6
544. Elsie Torresan (Can) 6
568. Christy Love (Can) 4
590. Lynne Laporte (Can) 3
595. Mathilde Hupin-Debeurme (Can) 3
602. Loni Klettl (Can) 2
604. heather Gray (Can) 2
625. Christine Misseghers (Can) 1
634. Emilie Gagnon (Can) 1
636. Caroline Lavoie (Can) 1

Nation

Men

1. France 3427 points
2. Switzerland 2440
3. Spain 2384
4. Belgium 1908
5. Germany 1807

6. Canada 1790

Women

1. China 3229 points
2. USA 2979
3. Germany 2531
4. Canada 2181
5. Russia 2141

XCM

Men

1. Thomas Dietsch (Fra) 990
2. Bertolis Massimo De (Ita) 786
3. Alban Lakata (Aut) 648.5
4. Marzio Deho (Ita) 573
5. Hector Leonardo Paez Leon (Col) 467
6. Julio Humberto Caro Silva (Col) 399
7. Roel Paulissen (Bel) 325
8. Sandro Spaeth (Sui) 322
9. Christoph Sauser (Sui) 320
10. Martin Kraler (Aut) 306

Women

1. Pia Sundstedt (Fin) 990
2. Esther Suess (Sui) 920
3. Fabienne Heinzmann (Sui) 512.5
4. Ivonne Kraft (Ger) 438
5. Dolores Maechler-Rupp (Sui) 390
6. Asa Maria Erlandsson (Swe) 355
7. Andrea Kuster (Sui) 323
8. Katrin Schwing (Ger) 320
9. Petra Henzi (Sui) 300
10. Annabella Stropparo (Ita) 270

93. Marg Fedyna (Can) 55
143. Alison Sydor (Can) 30

DH

Men

1. Samuel Hill (Aus) 1060
2. Matti Lehikoinen (Fin) 740
3. Steve Peat (Gbr) 740
4. David Vazquez Lopez (Esp) 695
5. Nathan Rennie (Aus) 640
6. Fabien Barel (Fra) 608
7. Marc Beaumont (Gbr) 605
8. Michael Hannah (Aus) 550
9. Marcus Klausmann (Ger) 528
10. Greg Minnaar (Rsa) 523

53. Luke Kitzanuk (Can) 182
91. Hans Lambert (Can) 116
113. Steve Chan (Can) 90
124. Jeff Beatty (Can) 81
131. Louis-Philippe Leonard (Can) 77
142. Tyler Morland (Can) 70
162. Geoff Pendrel (Can) 60
174. Charles-Alexandre Dube (Can) 57
181. Steve Smith (Can) 53
187. Justin Brown (Can) 53
199. Peter Mclean (Can) 49
235. Ewan Farfard (Can) 40
249. Dean Tennant (Can) 37
281. Eric Goss (Can) 30
289. Nick Dent (Can) 29
314. Jamie Biluk (Can) 23
322. Dominick Menard (Can) 21
328. Guillaume Soucy Alarie (Can) 20
403. Brett Hornfelt (Can) 12
445. Stewart Couper (Can) 9
467. Dan Skogland (Can) 8
468. Andrew Mitchell (Can) 8
474. Nick Quinn (Can) 8
485. Tim Coleman (Can) 7
501. Neil Mckinnon (Can) 6
547. Ryan Vanderham (Can) 5
562. Derrick Chambers (Can) 4
608. Dave Trumpore (Can) 3
618. Mathieu Laurin (Can) 3
637. Connor Macleod (Can) 3
652. Jean-Philippe Da Silva (Can) 2
666. Brent Anderson (Can) 1
673. Jonathan Allard (Can) 1
675. Kevin Bartkowski (Can) 1

Women

1. Sabrina Jonnier (Fra) 1290
2. Tracy Moseley (Gbr) 940
3. Tracey Hannah (Aus) 940
4. Celine Gros (Fra) 850
5. Emmeline Ragot (Fra) 840
6. Mio Suemasa (Jpn) 765
7. Marielle Saner (Sui) 719
8. Jennifer Makgill (Nzl) 600
9. Helen Gaskell (Gbr) 569
10. Scarlett Hagen (Nzl) 546

16. Claire Buchar (Can) 370
27. Micayla Gatto (Can) 264
36. Sheila Morris (Can) 182
75. Katrina Strand (Can) 85
79. Amber Zirnhelt (Can) 78
83. Mylene-Kim Fortier (Can) 73
90. Claudia Paquin (Can) 64
104. Kelly Kozevnikov (Can) 54
105. Anne Laplante (Can) 54
106. Tanya Grunsky (Can) 52
116. Miranda Miller (Can) 47
126. Adrienne Miller (Can) 35
127. Marie-Eve Marcotte (Can) 35
141. Genevieve Gagnon (Can) 12
146. Emilie Audet (Can) 8
154. Sophie Poirier (Can) 2

4X

Men

1. Brian Lopes (USA) 975
2. Jared Graves (Aus) 580
3. Filip Polc (Svk) 560
4. Gee Atherton (Gbr) 525
5. Joost Wichman (Ned) 512
6. Johannes Fischbach (Ger) 503
7. Romain Saladini (Fra) 490
8. Michal Prokop (Cze) 480
9. Guido Tschugg (Ger) 430
10. Kamil Tatarkovic (Cze) 390

Women

1. Jill Kintner (USA) 860
2. Anneke Beerten (Ned) 820
3. Mio Suemasa (Jpn) 530
4. Fionn Griffiths (Gbr) 520
5. Elisa Canepa (Ita) 445
6. Rachel Seydoux (Sui) 390
7. Diana Marggraff (Ecu) 375
8. Caroline Buchanan (Aus) 310
9. Laura Brethauer (Ger) 305
10. Melissa Buhl (USA) 295

May 30, 2007 — The UCI updated the world mountain bike individual rankings today. The updated rankings now include the first Canada Cup #1 and #2 and last weekend’s World Cup #2. Geoff Kabush (Can) Maxxis has fallen from first to sixth place in the overall men’s ranking, but he is still the top Canuck. The Canadian men have dropped to fifth place from third in the nation ranking. Marie-Hélène Prémont (Can) Rocky Mountain-Haywood, the highest ranked Canadian woman, has climbed to 11th place, up from 35th. The Canadian women have leapt to fifth place from 15th in the nation ranking.

Men

1. Julien Absalon (Fra) Orbea 690 points
2. Roel Paulissen (Bel) Cannondale-Vredestein 510
3. Jose Antonio Hermida (Esp) Multivan-Merida 491
4. Cedric Ravanel (Fra) Lapierre International 489
5. Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Dolphin 462
6. Geoff Kabush (Can) Maxxis 452
7. Christoph Sauser (Sui) Specialized 450
8. Jader Zoli (Ita) KTM 415
9. Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Cannondale-Vredestein 390
10. Todd Wells (USA) G.T. 380

17. Max Plaxton (Can) Rocky Mountain-Haywood 261
55. Seamus McGrath (Can) Rocky Mountain-Haywood 151
77. Ricky Federau (Can) Trek 112
105. Neal Kindree (Can) Kona-Les Gets 88
108. Derek Zandstra (Can) 85
123. Raphael Gagne (Can) Rocky Mountain-Haywood 75
135. Mathieu Toulouse (Can) Maxxis 70
172. Kris Sneddon (Can) Kona-Les Gets 50
197. Matthew Hadley (Can) Rocky Mountain-Haywood 40

Nation

1. France 1486
2. Switzerland 1042
3. Spain 976
4. Austria 900
5. Canada 864
6. Belgium 859
7. USA 797
8. New Zealand 732
9. Italy 666
10. Germany 638

Women

1. Ren Chengyuan (Chn) 629 points
2. Sabine Spitz (Ger) Ghost International 604
3. Gunn-Rita Dahle (Nor) Multivan-Merida 580
4. Irina Kalentyeva (Rus) Topeak-Ergon 534
5. Margarita Fullana (Esp) Spiuk-TAU Ceramica 520
6. Mary McConneloug (USA) Kenda-Seven 512
7. Georgia Gould (USA) Luna Women’s MTB Team 500
8. Maja Wloszczowska (Pol) Halls MTB Team 490
9. Ying Liu (Chn) 460
10. Tereza Hurikova (Cze) Ceska Sporitelna 440

11. Marie-Hélène Prémont (Can) Rocky Mountain-Haywood 420
24. Kiara Bisaro (Can) Opus 286
63. Sandra Walter (Can) X.O-Felt Women’s MTB Team 126
80. Catharine Pendrel (Can) Norco Factory Team 108
95. Amanda Sin (Can) 90
116. Wendy Simms (Can) Kona-Les Gets 70
117. Emily Batty (Can) Team RACE.com 70
121. Mical Dyck (Can) Trek-Terrascape 67
125. Alison Sydor (Can) Rocky Mountain-Haywood 63
137. Meghan Kindree (Can) Team Squamish 55
145. Caroline Villeneuve (Can) 49
195. Kathleen Villeneuve (Can) 30

Nation

1. China 1446
2. USA 1348
3. Germany 1094
4. Poland 868
5. Canada 832
6. Switzerland 812
7. New Zealand 808
8. Spain 801
9. Netherlands 796
10. Norway 714

April 25, 2007 — The new UCI MTB points ranking has been published after the first World Cup XC round took place last weekend in Houffalize, Belgium. Chris Jongewaard (AUS) Dolphin continues to lead the men in points and Jader Zoli (ITA) KTM International has taken over second spot from Canada’s Geoff Kabush (CAN) Maxxis, who has now dropped to third. The Canadian men have also dropped one spot in the Nations ranking from second to third.

Sabine Spitz (GER) Ghost International has taken over the UCI women’s ranking, followed closely by World Cup #1 winner Ren Chengyuan (CHN). Canada’s Marie-Helene Premont (CAN) Rocky Mountain-Haywood leads the Canadian women in points, after she competed for the first time this season last weekend in Belgium. She sits in 36th position. The Canadian women have jumped in the Nations ranking from 38th up to 20th place.

Individual ranking

Men

1. Chris Jongewaard (AUS) Dolphin 390 points
2. Jader Zoli (ITA) KTM International 380
3. Geoff Kabush (CAN) Maxxis 375
4. Julien Absalon (FRA) Orbea 320
5. Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE) Cannondale-Vredestein 300
6. José Antonio Hermida Ramos (ESP) Multivan-Merida 295
7. Roel Paulissen (BEL) Cannondale-Vredestein 288
8. Todd Wells (USA) G.T. 269
9. Burry Stander (RSA) G.T. 222
10. Clinton Robert Avery (NZL) 203

26. Seamus McGrath (CAN) Rocky Mountain-Haywood 151
29. Max Plaxton (CAN) Rocky Mountain-Haywood 133
293. Kris Sneddon (CAN) Kona-LesGets 11

Women

1. Sabine Spitz (GER) Ghost International 370 points
2. Ren Chengyuan (CHN) 360
3. Georgia Gould (USA) Luna Women’s MTB Team 340
4. Mary Mc Conneloug (USA) Kenda-Seven 334
5. Margarita Fullana (ESP) Spiuk-Tau Ceramica 310
6. Francisca Campos Salas (CHI) 306
7. Gunn-Rita Dahle-Flesjaa (NOR) Multivan-Merida 300
8. Rosara Joseph (NZL) 296
9. Tory Thomas (AUS) 260
10. Maja Wloszczowska (POL) Team Halls 260

36. Marie-Helene Premont (CAN) Rocky Mountain-Haywood 130
79. Sandra Walter (CAN) X.O-Felt 78
90. Kiara Bisaro (CAN) Opus 66
148. Wendy Simms (CAN) Kona-LesGets 32
333. Alison Sydor (CAN) Rocky Mountain-Haywood 11
334. Caroline Lavoie (CAN) 1

Nations ranking

Men

1. Australia 777 points
2. Spain 667
3. Canada 659
4. France 626
5. USA 599
6. Italy 584
7. New Zealand 499
8. Chile 438
9. Switzerland 438
10. South Africa 400

Women

1. USA 864 points
2. China 790
3. New Zealand 712
4. Australia 640
5. Chile 626
6. Germany 609
7. Spain 517
8. Netherlands 409
9. Poland 405
10. Italy 405

20. Canada 274