June 21, 2008 (Val di Sole, Italy) – Sunny skies and hot temperatures greeted the world’s best downhillers as they took to the course early this afternoon for the 2008 UCI MTB World DH Championships. The Junior women were first on course, and the win went to Anais Pugot as France swept the podium with Myriam Nicole in second and Mélanie Pugin was 3rd. Miranda Miller of Canada finished a very respectable 4th place.

The junior men followed and Brit Josh Bryceland decimated the field, winding up in 7.51 seconds of countryman Sam Dale. For Canada, Simon Garstin was 16th, Alex Prochazka was 19th and Trenton Zoobkoff finished in 29th. We caught up with Prochazka in the finish area. “My run was good, I had fun. It was about as clean as a race run can get”.

Results

Junior Women

1. Anais Pajot (France) 4.17.71 (56.97 km/h)
2. Myriam Nicole (France) 4.23.44
3. Mélanie Pugin (France) 4.46.46
4. Miranda Miller (Canada) 4.56.38
5. Caroline Buchanan (Australia) 4.56.51
6. Aurea Agostinho (Portugal) 5.15.14
7. Diana Lorena Dromundo (Mexico) 5.55.91
8. Leoni-Caro. Dickerhoff (Germany) 6.06.24

Junior Men

1. Josh Bryceland (Great Britain) 3.23.55 (62.16 km/h)
2. Sam Dale (Great Britain) 3.31.06
3. Rémi Thirion (France) 3.32.13
4. Aari Barrett (New Zealand) 3.32.47
5. Brook Macdonald (New Zealand) 3.32.77
6. Danny Hart (Great Britain) 3.33.71
7. Yannick Colomb (France) 3.35.23
8. Shaun O’connor (Australia) 3.36.24
9. Rhys Willemse (Australia) 3.37.40
10. Boris Tetzlaff (Austria) 3.39.58
11. Joseph Smith (Great Britain) 3.40.62
12. Marcelo Gutierrez (Colombia) 3.42.50
13. Tom Patton (Australia) 3.44.12
14. Tamryn Murrell (Australia) 3.45.52
15. Maximilian Bender (Germany) 3.45.65
16. Simon Garstin (Canada) 3.47.63
17. Ewan Doherty (Ireland) 3.47.75
18. Anton Ferreiro Pajuelo (Spain) 3.50.05
19. Alex Prochazka (Canada) 3.50.94
20. Ivan Oziol (France) 3.51.19
21. Denis Paradiz (Slovenia) 3.52.08
22. Davide Don (Italy) 3.52.63
23. Yann Gauvin (Canada) 3.52.74
24. Johan Al Leon Marambio (Chile) 3.55.99
25. Phil Cyrenne Blanchard (Canada) 3.56.65
26. Edoardo Franco (Italy) 3.57.31
27. Joey Schusler (United States Of America) 3.58.32
28. Martin Hanak (Czech Republic) 3.58.69
29. Trenton Zoobkoff (Canada) 3.59.08
30. Seanan O’riordan (Ireland) 3.59.09
31. Janick Lieberherr (Switzerland) 4.01.32
32. Naish Ulmer (United States Of America) 4.01.49
33. Martin Mitvalsky (Czech Republic) 4.02.18
34. Kevin Aiello (United States Of America) 4.03.41
35. Kristjan Vrecek (Slovenia) 4.04.09
36. Matthew Vincent (Australia) 4.04.19
37. Matej Laktis (Slovakia) 4.07.96
38. Matteo Milliery (Italy) 4.08.90
39. Lukas Ucen (Slovakia) 4.09.26
40. Nicolas Gspan (Switzerland) 4.09.33
41. Yoshiaki Asano (Japan) 4.09.53
42. Dennis Dertell (Sweden) 4.09.55
43. Hayden Brown (South Africa) 4.10.50
44. Andréa Gamenara (Italy) 4.11.43
45. Mario Kranz (Liechtenstein) 4.13.96
46. Janis Ozolins (Latvia) 4.13.97
47. Dylan Prohm (Australia) 4.14.24
48. Radek Machycek (Czech Republic) 4.15.88
49. Adam Toth (Hungary) 4.17.44
50. Robin Hagen (Switzerland) 4.20.72
51. Joel Diogo Ma Ferreira (Portugal) 4.22.51
52. Alexi Feli Garcia Aros (Chile) 4.28.80
53. Richard Leacock (New Zealand) 4.29.86
54. Daniel Hanuliak (Slovakia) 4.30.08
55. Rob Fraser (Canada) 4.31.38
56. José Manuel Soa Borges (Portugal) 4.43.27
57. Pierre Van Der Merwe (South Africa) 4.47.18
58. Luke Davis (South Africa) 4.47.93
59. Vitez Veres Marton (Hungary) 5.30.02
60. Vittorio Gambirasio (Italy) 6.08.23
61. Graeme Pitts (United States Of America) 6.22.78
DNF Matthew Walker (New Zealand)
DNF Johannes Sutter (Germany)
DNF Daisuke Kurosawa (Japan)
DNF Erik Kimmel (Czech Republic)