July 23, 2010 (Champery, Switzerland) – Claire Buchar (Can) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense was 8th in the women’s DH qualifications on Friday lead by Myriam Nicole (Fra) Commencal Superiders as the UCI MTB World Cup resumed after a one month break. Micayla Gatto (Can) Commencal Oakley placed 16th. Samuel Blenkinsop (Nzl) Lapierre International lead the men’s DH qualifications with Steve Smith (Can) MS Evil Racing in 51st. Canada’s Yann Gauvin and Simon Garstin did not advance to the final.

Qualifications

Elite Women

1. Myriam Nicole (Fra) Commencal Superiders 05:29.3
2. Sabrina Jonnier (Fra) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain 16.4
3. Emmeline Ragot (Fra) Suspension Center 24.0
4. Manon Carpenter* (Gbr) 24.1
5. Tracy Moseley (Gbr) Trek World Racing 31.9
6. Petra Bernhard (Aut) RC Alpine Commencal Austria 33.2
7. Céline Gros (Fra) Morzine-Avoriaz/Haute-Savoie 46.5
8. Claire Buchar (Can) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 57.3
9. Floriane Pugin (Fra) Scott 11 01:05.7
10. Mio Suemasa (Jpn) 01:23.7
11. Katy Curd (Gbr) 01:37.7
12. Morgane Charre (Fra) 01:49.2
13. Nicole Beege (Ger) 01:52.2
14. Miriam Ruchti (Sui) Dr-Gravity Union 01:57.5
15. Fionn Griffiths (Gbr) Norco World Team 02:00.6
16. Micayla Gatto (Can) Commencal Oakley 02:04.7
17. Jacqueline Harmony (USA) 02:37.9
18. Caroline Sax (Fra) 02:39.1
19. Martina Bruehlmann (Sui) 02:39.9
20. Emilie Siegenthaler (Sui) Scott 11 02:52.0
21. Fanny Lombard* (Fra) 03:29.2
22. Caroline Forrer (Sui) 03:57.7
23. Alia Marcellini (Ita) Surfing Shop 04:12.8
24. Carina Cappellari (Sui) 04:32.6
25. Harriet Rucknagel (Ger) 04:53.1
26. Agnes Delest* (Fra) 05:11.8
27. Lea Fourton* (Fra) 05:36.0
28. Joanna Petterson (RSA) 13:56.2
DNF Jessica Stone (Gbr)
DNF Maria Michalogiannaki (Gre) Unior Tools Team
DNF Carla Freysen (RSA)
DNF Leoni-Caroline Dickerhoff (Ger)
DNS Sophie Borderes (Fra)
DNS Kristina Filetin (Cro)
DNS Caro Gehrig (Sui)

Elite Men

1. Samuel Blenkinsop (Nzl) Lapierre International 04:10.4
2. Damien Spagnolo (Fra) Mondraker Factory Team 01.7
3. Gee Atherton (Gbr) Commencal 02.2
4. Brendan Fairclough (Gbr) Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz 04.0
5. Wyn Masters (Nzl) Kenda-Playbiker 08.0
6. Steve Peat (Gbr) Santa Cruz Syndicate 09.5
7. Danny Hart (Gbr) Giant Factory Team 10.1
8. Mickael Pascal (Fra) 10.1
9. Mitchell Delfs (Aus) 10.4
10. Romain Paulhan (Fra) 10.9
11. Brook Macdonald (Nzl) MS Evil Racing 11.6
12. Fabien Pedemanaud (Fra) Scott 11 12.5
13. Oliver Burton (Gbr) 13.9
14. Matthew Scoles (Nzl) Team Cingolani-Protone 14.2
15. Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate 14.5
16. Ben Reid (Irl) Dirt Norco Race Team 14.6
17. Nick Beer (Sui) Scott 11 15.7
18. Cyrille Kurtz (Fra) Team Lac Blanc Massif Des Vosges 15.8
19. Bernard Kerr (Gbr) Norco World Team 15.9
20. Sam Dale (Gbr) 16.0
21. Florent Payet (Fra) Blackmountain Morewood United 16.0
22. Markus Pekoll (Aut) Solid Aclass Factory Team 16.3
23. Cédric Gracia (Fra) 17.1
24. Fabien Cousinie (Fra) Blackmountain Morewood United 17.7
25. Bryn Atkinson (Aus) 18.2
26. Thibaut Ruffin (Fra) Commencal Superiders 18.4
27. Chris Kovarik (Aus) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 18.4
28. Thomas Jeandin (Sui) 18.6
29. Antonio Ferreiro Pajuelo (Esp) XMS Racing Squad 19.4
30. Cameron Cole (Nzl) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain 21.0
31. Adam Brayton (Gbr) 21.9
32. Luke Strobel (USA) MS Evil Racing 22.5
33. Pierre Charles Georges (Fra) Solid Aclass Factory Team 22.7
34. Michael Hannah (Aus) GT Bicycles 23.3
35. Justin Leov (Nzl) Trek World Racing 24.6
36. Joseph Smith (Gbr) Kona 25.4
37. Arthur Racaud* (Fra) US Cagnes VTT 25.7
38. Martin Frei (Sui) 26.0
39. Troy Brosnan* (Aus) Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz 26.1
40. Marc Beaumont (Gbr) GT Bicycles 26.5
41. Lorenzo Suding (Ita) 26.5
42. Bernat Guardia Pascual (Esp) Massi Team 26.6
43. Esteban Deronzier (Fra) Morzine-Avoriaz/Haute-Savoie 27.3
44. Richard Thomas (Gbr) 27.5
45. Matej Charvat (Cze) K.T.R. Racing Team 28.3
46. Andrew Neethling (RSA) Trek World Racing 29.1
47. Harry Heath (Gbr) 29.3
48. Nico Vink (Bel) 30.3
49. Joseph Nation (Nzl) 30.5
50. Kyle Strait (USA) 31.1
51. Steve Smith (Can) MS Evil Racing 31.2
52. Harry Molloy (Gbr) 32.1
53. Benny Strasser (Ger) 33.5
54. Ruaridh Cunningham (Gbr) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 34.2
55. Bertrand Gilles (Bel) 34.3
56. Dennis Dertell (Swe) 34.8
57. Robert Smith (Gbr) 34.9
58. Nejc Rutar (Slo) MBK Orbea 35.6
59. Matti Lehikoinen (Fin) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 36.0
60. Joris Bigoni (Fra) 36.0
61. Billy Caroli (Sui) 36.1
62. Faustin Figaret* (Fra) Team Sport Bike 37.0
63. Neko Mulally* (USA) Trek World Racing 37.1
64. Robin Wallner (Swe) Team Sunn Montgenevre 37.4
65. Carlo Gambirasio (Ita) Surfing Shop 37.6
66. Ralph Jones (Gbr) 37.8
67. Ben Baker (Gbr) 37.9
68. Olivier Nicole (Fra) 39.4
69. Dan Stanbridge (Gbr) Dirt Norco Race Team 40.7
70. Marcelo Gutierrez Villegas (Col) 42.2
71. Shaun O’connor (Aus) Kenda-Playbiker 42.4
72. Duncan Riffle (USA) Giant Factory Team 42.4
73. Fergus Lamb (Gbr) 42.5
74. Yannick Colomb (Fra) 42.7
75. Kristof Lenssens (Bel) 42.9
76. Jack Reading (Gbr) 43.0
77. Scott Mears (Gbr) 43.9
78. George Brannigan* (Nzl) Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team 45.5
79. Thomas Braithwaite (Gbr) 46.8
80. Ben Cathro (Gbr) 49.0
81. Logan Binggeli (USA) 49.0
82. Josh Bryceland (Gbr) Santa Cruz Syndicate 49.0
83. Manuel Gruber* (Aut) 51.1
84. Yann Gauvin (Can) 52.6
85. Rupert Chapman* (Nzl) 53.0
86. Lewis Buchanan* (Gbr) MS Evil Racing 53.5
87. Daniel Wolfe (Irl) 54.0
88. Oren Hasson* (Isr) 54.3
89. Emanuel Pombo (Por) 54.5
90. Marius Paccolat* (Sui) 54.6
91. Jamie Maller* (Gbr) 54.8
92. Jed Rooney* (Nzl) 55.6
93. Freddy Hunziker* (Sui) Scott 11 56.7
94. Chris Hutchens (Gbr) 57.6
95. Bradley Benedict (USA) 58.6
96. Dominik Gspan (Sui) 59.0
97. Rhys Atkinson (Aus) 59.7
98. Andréa Gamenara (Ita) Argentina Bike Gravity Team 01:00.1
99. Alex Bond (Gbr) 01:00.3
100. Mario Sieder (Aut) Solid Aclass Factory Team 01:00.3
101. Mark Scott* (Gbr) 01:00.5
102. Pasqual Canals Flix (Esp) XMS Racing Squad 01:01.0
103. Roman Roschi (Sui) 01:04.2
104. Mattia Arduino (Ita) Argentina Bike Gravity Team 01:04.4
105. Ludovic Oget* (Fra) Ryde-Racing 01:04.9
106. Hayden Lee (Nzl) 01:05.6
107. Alexandre Lohner (Fra) 01:06.1
108. Gareth Brewin (Gbr) 2Stage Factory 01:07.6
109. Gerard Wolfe (Irl) 01:07.9
110. Julien Camellini (Fra) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 01:08.0
111. Geoffrey Cholley* (Fra) Team Lac Blanc Massif Des Vosges 01:08.3
112. Aurélien Giordanengo (Fra) Mondraker Factory Team 01:08.5
113. Nils Correvon (Sui) 01:08.9
114. Ziga Pandur (Slo) Unior Tools Team 01:09.1
115. Nathan Rankin (Nzl) Kenda-Playbiker 01:10.3
116. Matthew Simmonds (Gbr) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 01:10.6
117. Thomas Zanone* (Fra) Team Sport Bike 01:11.6
118. Joe Barnes (Gbr) 01:11.7
119. Oscar Harnstrom (Swe) 01:16.9
120. Jan Cestnik (Slo) Unior Tools Team 01:18.3
121. Justyn Norek (Ita) 01:19.4
122. Charly Di Pasquale (Fra) 01:20.0
123. James Rennie (Nzl) 01:20.1
124. Richard Leacock (Nzl) 01:20.2
125. Daniel Sims (Nzl) 01:20.4
126. Peter Williams (Gbr) 01:21.0
127. Basil Weber* (Sui) 01:21.6
128. Pavel Cep (Cze) 01:26.1
129. Ondrej Barta (Cze) 01:26.6
130. Arran Gannicott* (Gbr) 01:27.5
131. Frederico Pereira* (Por) 01:27.8
132. Sam Baker* (Nzl) 01:28.4
133. Arthur Parret* (Fra) Team Sport Bike 01:28.6
134. Ian Schaad (Sui) 01:28.9
135. Davide Michelis (Ita) Surfing Shop 01:32.1
136. Kristjan Vrecek (Slo) Unior Tools Team 01:33.8
137. David Eme (Fra) 01:34.1
138. Janis Ozolins (Lat) 01:35.1
139. Tanguy Boucherot* (Fra) US Cagnes VTT 01:38.7
140. Maxime Remy (Fra) Suspension Center 01:39.4
141. Chris Barlin (Aus) 01:41.2
142. Scott Laughland (Irl) 01:42.7
143. Renaud Smaniotto* (Fra) US Cagnes VTT 01:42.9
144. Lutz Weber* (Sui) 01:42.9
145. Tom Matthews (Nzl) 01:43.5
146. Zakarias Blom Johansen* (Nor) 01:45.4
147. Philipp Bünnemann* (Ger) 01:45.9
148. Greg Williamson* (Gbr) 01:47.9
149. Amado Stachenfeld (USA) 01:50.2
150. Curtis Keene (USA) 01:50.7
151. Markus Planitzer (Aut) 01:59.6
152. Daniel Pombo (Por) 02:00.9
153. Janick Lieberherr (Sui) 02:01.1
154. Julien Giraud* (Fra) Team Sport Bike 02:01.8
155. Luis Paulo Vicente Ferreira (Por) 02:03.7
156. Santo Tessari (Cro) 02:06.2
157. Alex Powell* (Gbr) 2Stage Factory 02:06.6
158. Joey Schusler (USA) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team 02:07.0
159. Rémi Thirion (Fra) Team Sunn Montgenevre 02:09.2
160. Jonathan Debus (Ger) 02:15.2
161. Oyvind Maehle (Nor) 02:16.4
162. Artem Sargsian (Ukr) 02:17.6
163. Anthony Roumeas* (Fra) Team Sport Bike 02:27.4
164. Isak Leivsson* (Nor) 02:32.0
165. Daniel Lavis* (Aus) 02:32.4
166. Terje Nylende (Nor) 02:36.2
167. Thibaud Radermecker (Bel) 02:44.9
168. Pietro Caire* (Ita) Argentina Bike Gravity Team 02:45.0
169. Cédric Moermans (Bel) 02:51.0
170. Sisovic Marko* (Cro) 03:00.1
171. Marco Milivinti (Ita) Team Cingolani-Protone 03:01.3
172. Nicolas Walser (Sui) 03:03.8
173. Benjamin Verrier (Fra) 03:12.2
174. Mathieu Gallean (Fra) Ryde-Racing 03:22.6
175. Benjamin Ayling (Aus) 03:31.6
176. Francesco Petrucci (Ita) Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team 04:16.1
177. Sagi Kopel* (Isr) 04:35.2
178. Bohumil Hajek* (Cze) 04:38.1
179. Julien Piccolo* (Fra) 05:13.1
180. Marek Petelik* (Cze) 09:05.9
181. Erik Kimmel (Cze) K.T.R. Racing Team 11:53.0
DNF Dejan Mamuzic (Cro)
DNF Nikolay Pukhir (Rus)
DNF Nicklas Fastegaard (Nor)
DNF Murray Dickson (Aus)
DNF Kristoffer Haugland (Nor)
DSQ Alexandre Tissier (Fra)
DSQ Aaron Gwin (USA) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team
DNS Ludovic May (Sui)
DNS Boris Tetzlaff (Aut) Ghost A.T.G. Pro Team
DNS Simon Garstin (Can)
DNS Mathias Haas (Aut) RC Alpine Commencal Austria
DNS Claudio Cozzi (Ita) Team Dayco
DNS Josua Hein (Ger)
DNS Krisjanis Lejnieks (Lat)
DNS Edoardo Franco (Ita) Kenda-Playbiker
DNS Hendrik Jonke (Aut)
DNS Carlos Castro* (Por)
DNS Mario Reinbacher (Aut)
DNS Sam Flockhart* (Gbr) Lapierre International
DNS Florian Arthus (Fra)
DNS Christian Wright* (USA) Ex Drinks
DNS Mario Hohnjec (Cro)
DNS Aviv Yanowski* (Isr)
DNS Edijs Pauls (Lat)
DNS Nicolas Simon (Bel)

*=Junior