September 01, 2012 (Leogang, Austria) – Canada’s Holly Feniak, from Sunshine Coast in B.C., turned heads this morning topping the Junior Women’s field in the timed sessions at the UCI MTB DH World Championships in Leogang, Austria. The young rider is racing at her first UCI World Championships in her first season as a Junior Women showing she’s a world championship contender by posting the fastest time in her category. Feniak rode the course with a time of 4:07.362, a gap of 11s over the second fastest rider. For the Junior Men Canada’s Mckay Vezina lead the charge behind Loic Bruni of France who was fastest down the mountain – full results below.

With files from Cycling Canada

Results (brief)

Women
1. Holly Feniak (Canada)    4:07.362
2. Tahnee Seagrave (Great Britain)    11.490
3. Danielle Beecroft (Australia)    20.896
4. Chloe Gallean (France)        22.897
5. Geraldine Fink (Switzerland)        24.843

Junior Men
1. Loic Bruni (France)    3:34.166
2. Noel Niederberger (Switzerland)        4.796
3. Fraser McGlone (Great Britain)        6.623
4. Connor Fearon (Australia)        6.933
5. Jan Cepelak (Czech Republic)        7.543

7. Mckay Vezina (Canada)        8.619
19. Mark Wallace (Canada)        11.509
43. Forrest Riesco (Canada)        19.562
61. Hugo Langevin (Canada)        28.794
65. Philippe Ricard (Canada)    32.945

Full Junior Women’s results HERE.
Full Junior Men’s results HERE.