September 15, 2013 (Hafjell, Norway) – Canada’s Mark Wallace (Devinci Global Racing) landed on the final Junior Men’s DH podium in third – his first ever WCup podium – at the UCI MTB World Cup in Hafjell, Norway today. Michael Jones (Gbr) Fmd Racing / Intense Cycles took the win with Innes Graham (Gbr) MS Mondraker Team in second. Fellow Canuck Mckay Vezina was a strong 6th and Jack Iles was 9th putting three Canadians in the top 10.

Casey Brown (Dirt Norco Race Team) lead the Canadians in the Elite Women’s final with compatriot Miranda Miller in 9th as Rachel Atherton (Gbr) GT Factory Racing added another victory to her stellar season. Manon Carpenter (Gbr) Madison Saracen Downhill Team was second and Myriam Nicole (Fra) Commencal / Riding Addiction was third.

Results

Junior Men

1. Michael Jones (Gbr) Fmd Racing / Intense Cycles 3:46.870
2. Innes Graham (Gbr) MS Mondraker Team 3.482
3. Mark Wallace (Can) Devinci Global Racing 4.398

6. Mckay Vezina (Can) Team Canada 7.557
9. Jack Iles (Can) Team Canada 15.080

Full results here.

Elite Women

1. Rachel Atherton (Gbr) GT Factory Racing    4:09.858
2. Manon Carpenter (Gbr) Madison Saracen Downhill Team     7.631
3. Myriam Nicole (Fra) Commencal / Riding Addiction     8.081
4. Morgane Charre (Fra) MS Mondraker Team      8.436
5. Emmeline Ragot (Fra) Lapierre Gravity Republic      9.778

8. Casey Brown (Can) Dirt Norco Race Team      21.451
9. Miranda Miller (Can)      22.542
13. Claire Buchar (Can)      39.768
DNS Vaea Verbeeck (Can)

Full results here.