September 18, 2009 (Schladming, Austria) – Sam Hill (AUS) Monster Energy-Specialized and Floriane Pugin (Fra) Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker topped the DH Qualifications on Friday at the final round #8 of the Nissan UCI MTB DH World Cup. Canada’s Claire Buchar (Chain Reaction/Intense) was 11th and Steve Smith (Can) MS Evil Racing placed 15th. The top 20 women and the top 80 men qualify for the finals on Sunday.

Results

Elite Women

1. Floriane Pugin (Fra) Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker 5:01.1
2. Sabrina Jonnier (Fra) TMR 3.34
3. Emmeline Ragot (Fra) SCT 4.03
4. Mio Suemasa (Jpn) 7.28
5. Céline Gros (Fra) MLG 7.41
6. Petra Bernhard (Aut) ANT 12.71
7. Tracy Moseley (Gbr) TRK 15.02
8. Fionn Griffiths (Gbr) NWT 19.37
9. Harriet Rucknagel (Ger) 19.72
10. Anita Molcik (Aut) YET 20.62
11. Claire Buchar (Can) (Chain Reaction/Intense) 21.08
12. Miriam Ruchti (Sui) TVR 24.98
13. Anita Ager-Wick (Nor) 28.41
14. Katy Curd (Gbr) 32.15
15. Anais Pajot* (Fra) SRS 35.68
16. Helen Gaskell (Gbr) 36.27
17. Darian Harvey (Usa) 39.54
18. Caroline Sax (Fra) 41.89
19. Jessica Stone (Gbr) 2SF 42.05
20. Nicole Beege (Ger) 47.23
21. Emily Horridge (Gbr) 49.57
22. Elisa Canepa (Ita) IKP 56.01
23. Alia Marcellini* (Ita) 59.86
24. Helene Valerie Fruhwirth (Aut) 01:00.2
25. Fanny Lombard* (Fra) 01:03.2
26. Sophie Borderes (Fra) 01:03.6
27. Carina Cappellari* (Sui) 01:06.2
28. Sandra Rubesam (Ger) 01:17.7
29. Sarah Newman (Gbr) 01:19.7
30. Leoni-Caro. Dickerhoff* (Ger) 01:36.9
31. Federica Perardi (Ita) DDH 02:02.7
32. Kristina Kodrnja (Cro) 02:40.6
33. Kerry Wrigglesworth (Gbr) 03:09.9
DNF Harriet Latchem (Gbr)
DNS Jaymie Mart (Bar)

Elite Men

1. Samuel Hill (Aus) MER 4:04.82
2. Fabien Barel (Fra) SUB 3.05
3. Brendan Fairclough (Gbr) MER 3.16
4. Nick Beer (Sui) STT 5.78
5. Samuel Blenkinsop (Nzl) YET 7.56
6. Gee Atherton (Gbr) ANC 9.06
7. Steve Peat (Gbr) SCB 10.94
8. Ben Reid (Irl) JRR 11.27
9. Mickael Pascal (Fra) MSC 11.34
10. Luke Strobel (Usa) TMR 12.84
11. Joseph Smith (Gbr) KON 13.03
12. Aaron Gwin (Usa) YET 13.25
13. Marc Beaumont (Gbr) GTB 13.85
14. Justin Leov (Nzl) TRK 13.91
15. Steve Smith (Can) MS Evil Racing 13.94
16. Joris Bigoni (Fra) 14.57
17. Boris Tetzlaff (Aut) SAF 14.93
18. Michael Hannah (Aus) GTB 15.69
19. Greg Minnaar (Rsa) SCB 16.20
20. Dan Atherton (Gbr) ANC 16.31
21. Chris Kovarik (Aus) CRC 16.82
22. Fabien Pedemanaud (Fra) STT 17.01
23. Dan Stanbridge (Gbr) 17.15
24. Josh Bryceland (Gbr) SCB 17.63
25. Damien Spagnolo (Fra) SUB 17.67
26. Markus Pekoll (Aut) SAF 18.75
27. Wyn Masters (Nzl) ANT 19.06
28. SamDale (Gbr) 19.37
29. Cameron Cole (Nzl) TMR 19.79
30. Duncan Riffle (Usa) DRR 19.89
31. Gareth Brewin* (Gbr) 20.08
32. Nico Vink (Bel) 20.16
33. Cesar Rojo (Esp) 20.42
34. Danny Hart* (Gbr) 20.78
35. Thomas Braithwaite (Gbr) 20.83
36. Joe Barnes (Gbr) 20.88
37. Simon Cardon (Fra) 21.38
38. Bernat Guardia (Esp) 21.43
39. Cyrille Kurtz (Fra) SRS 21.56
40. Mitch Ropelato (Usa) * 21.81
41. Curtis Keene (Usa) 21.86
42. Romain Paulhan (Fra) 22.18
43. MitchellDelfs (Aus) KMT 22.26
44. Kim Petersson (Swe) * 22.37
45. Robin Wallner (Swe) 22.73
46. Bernard Kerr* (Gbr) 22.81
47. Thibaut Ruffin (Fra) 22.87
48. Shaun O’Connor (Aus) * 23.27
49. Toni Berg (Fin) 23.41
50. Ralph Jones (Gbr) 23.53
51. Marco Bugnone (Ita) ABG 23.59
52. Marcus Klausmann (Ger) GHO 23.63
53. Antonio Ferreiro (Esp) 23.70
54. Marcel Beer (Sui) 23.77
55. Oscar Harnstrom (Swe) 24.05
56. Herman Olund (Swe) 24.10
57. Maciej Jodko (Pol) 24.21
58. Matej Charvat (Cze) 24.46
59. Andrew Neethling (Rsa) TRK 24.73
60. David Eme (Fra) 24.74
61. Richard Thomas (Gbr) 24.75
62. Joshua Button (Aus) 24.78
63. Ivan Oulego (Esp) 24.91
64. Adam Vagner (Cze) 24.98
65. Charles Georges (Fra) 25.02
66. Georg Sieder (Aut) SAF 25.19
67. Scott Mears (Gbr) 26.18
68. Ruaridh Cunningham (Gbr) CRC 26.73
69. Remi Thirion (Fra) SRS 26.85
70. Kyle Strait (Usa) STA 26.91
71. Nejc Rutar (Slo) MBO 26.94
72. Bertrand Gilles* (Bel) 27.45
72. Maxime Remy (Fra) SCT 27.45
74. Felix Groizard* (Fra) 27.46
75. Will Rischbieth (Aus) 27.48
76. Vlastimil Hyncica (Cze) 27.53
77. Dominik Gspan (Sui) 27.58
78. David Vazquez (Esp) 27.98
79. Alexander Kangas (Swe) 28.02
80. Benny Strasser (Ger) 28.04
81. Matthew Simmonds (Gbr) CRC 28.25
82. Patrik Kotrla (Cze) 29.41
83. Andrea Gamenara (Ita) * 29.78
84. Ashley Maller (Gbr) 29.88
85. Marco Milivinti (Ita) DDH 29.90
86. Lars Peyer (Sui) SCT 29.94
87. Mathieu Troquier (Fra) SAF 30.11
88. Nathan Rankin (Nzl) IKP 30.16
89. Erik Irmisch (Ger) 30.48
90. Matti Lehikoinen (Fin) MSE 30.64
91. Brook Macdonald* (Nzl) 30.71
92. Martin Frei (Sui) 30.80
93. Miran Vauh (Slo) 30.97
94. Mario Sieder (Aut) SAF 31.03
95. Benjamin Verrier (Fra) 31.08
96. EstebanDeronzier (Fra) MLG 31.73
97. Martin Mikulenka (Cze) 32.00
98. David Smith (Gbr) 32.34
99. Olivier Nicole (Fra) 32.49
100. Janick Lieberherr (Sui) 33.16
101. Arkadiusz Perin (Pol) 33.45
102. Xavier Simo (Esp) 33.60
103. Florian Arthus (Fra) * 33.64
104. Michal Sliwa (Pol) 33.96
105. LoicDelteil (Fra) 34.58
106. Ben Cathro (Gbr) 34.70
107. Pavel Cep (Cze) 34.95
108. Manuel Gruber (Aut) * 35.05
109. Mathieu Gallean (Fra) SRS 35.41
110. Matthieu Carnino (Fra) 35.52
111. Arran Gannicott (Gbr) * 36.01
112. Bradley Benedict (Usa) DRR 36.06
113. Rene Schmidt (Ger) 36.10
114. Geoffrey Cholley (Fra) * 36.29
114. Marco Fernandez (Esp) 36.29
116. Joerg Neuhart (Aut) 36.64
117. Thomas Jeandin (Sui) 36.86
118. Sebastien Muller (Sui) 37.06
119. Davide Sottocornola (Ita) 37.27
120. Marius Paccolat (Sui) * 37.60
121. Tim Hammar (Swe) 37.85
122. Harry Molloy (Gbr) * 38.15
123. Clement Benoit (Fra) * 38.23
124. Johannes Sutter (Ger) 38.36
125. Ziga Pandur (Slo) * 39.04
126. Karlis Kisuro (Lat) 39.08
127. Felix Beckeman (Swe) * 39.19
128. Jan Cestnik (Slo) 39.73
129. Arthur Racaud (Fra) * 39.93
130. Jared Rando (Aus) GMT 40.60
130. Patrick Thome (Fra) * 40.60
132. Scott Laughland (Irl) 40.63
133. DennisDertell (Swe) 40.71
134. Oliwer Kangas (Swe) * 40.74
135. Filip Polc (Svk) MSE 40.79
136. Philipp Inselsbacher (Aut) 41.41
137. Martin Hanak (Cze) * 41.84
138. Gundars Osis (Lat) 41.98
139. Josua Hein (Ger) 42.03
140. Florian Wilhelm (Aut) * 42.48
141. Andreas Sieber (Ger) SAF 42.71
142. Antti Lampen (Fin) * 42.98
143. Greg Williamson* (Gbr) 43.02
144. Nic Hadley* (Usa) 43.13
145. Harry Heath (Gbr) * 43.60
146. Lukas Ucen (Svk) 44.60
147. Rudiger Jahnel (Aut) 44.77
148. James Hughes (Gbr) 44.89
149. Daniele Cosseta* (Ita) 45.02
150. Kristjan Vrecek (Slo) 45.29
151. Erik Kimmel* (Cze) 46.71
152. Tadej Humar (Slo) 47.12
153. Attila Liszi* (Hun) 47.35
154. Jan Javornik (Svk) 47.47
155. Falco Ruppert (Ger) 48.82
156. Pietro Caire* (Ita) 48.83
157. Tomas Liska* (Svk) 49.45
158. Marcus Fairbanks* (Aus) 50.48
159. LaurieDinham (Aus) * 50.98
160. Ian Schaad (Sui) * 51.65
161. Thibaud Radermecker (Bel) 51.78
162. Benjamin Oluoch* (Ger) 51.92
163. Edoardo Franco (Ita) 52.16
164. Fabrice Tirefort (Sui) 52.59
165. James Stock (Gbr) 53.13
166. EmyrDavies (Gbr) 55.04
167. Joseph Allen (Nzl) 55.06
168. Ondrej Barta (Cze) 55.33
169. Endre Szabo (Hun) 55.35
169. Alex Couture* (Usa) 55.35
171. Timo Burgler* (Aut) 55.44
172. Petr Kantorek (Cze) 56.10
173. Niklas Wallner (Swe) 56.87
174. Blom Johansen (Nor) 56.94
175. Kevin Setzer* (Ger) 57.17
176. Bastien Andreu (Fra) * 59.26
177. Andraz Jersin (Slo) 59.80
178. Andy Zehentner (Aut) 01:00.9
179. Andrew Cavaletto (Usa) 01:02.4
180. Tomas Weiss* (Cze) 01:02.8
181. Amado Stachenfeld (Usa) 01:04.5
182. Raffael Maltrovsky (Aut) 01:05.3
183. David Hosang* (Sui) 01:07.3
184. Santo Tessari (Cro) 01:08.5
185. Berislav Topol* (Cro) 01:14.3
186. Martins Sprogis (Lat) 01:15.1
187. Nikolay Pukhir (Rus) 01:15.7
188. Tommaso Ilardi* (Ita) 01:17.7
189. Joey Van (Ned) 01:19.7
190. Petr Matyas* (Cze) 01:20.5
191. Alex Powell* (Gbr) 01:20.9
192. Andreas Krieger (Ger) 01:26.2
193. Dave Trumpore (Usa) 01:29.5
194. Robert Nagl (Aut) 01:38.0
195. Patrik Wachal* (Svk) 01:38.8
196. Erik Kallstrom (Swe) 01:40.2
197. Ivan Brajkovic (Cro) MMT 01:42.0
198. Krisjanis Lejnieks (Lat) 01:44.1
199. Vitez Veres (Hun) 01:46.9
200. Nikola Klacinski* (Cro) 01:49.2
201. Martin Markov (Bul) 01:52.1
202. Tamas Tarr* (Hun) 01:54.9
203. Rudolfs Skarulis* (Lat) 02:00.3
204. Leon Prelogovic (Cro) * 02:14.7
205. Matej Vitko (Svk) 02:44.9
206. Kevin Kontschieder (Aut) 04:45.7
207. Lorenzo Suding (Ita) DDH 05:45.7
208. Dave Goris (Bel) 05:47.8
DNS Jonas Simon* (Fra)
DNS Marcel Illetschko* (Aut)
DNF Ludovic May (Sui)
DNS Freddie King* (Nzl)
DNS Fabian Fader* (Ger)
DNS Fabien Cousinie (Fra) KMT
DNS Bryn Atkinson (Aus)
DNS Maximilian Bender (Ger)
DNS Mario Reinbacher (Aut)
DNS Alexander Mikowitsch (Aut)
DNS Mads Weidemann (Den)
DSQ Jurg Meijer (Ned)
DSQ Joost Wichman (Ned)

*=U23