Morewood Bikes Blog » Bromont WC http://www.morewoodbikes.com/blog Fri, 28 May 2010 09:29:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 WORLD CUP #7 – BROMONT http://www.morewoodbikes.com/blog/2009/08/world-cup-7-bromont/ http://www.morewoodbikes.com/blog/2009/08/world-cup-7-bromont/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:25:17 +0000 Morewood http://www.morewoodbikes.com/blog/?p=548 The race was held in sunny and warm conditions, but the riders had to battle with a course that was bone dry in some sections, and still very wet from seepage, in the forested areas. The off again – on again rain of the past week finally moved away overnight, with blue skies and bright sun appearing shortly before race time. The open sections of track dried out quickly, however, in among the trees the mud remained, forcing riders to carefully negotiate slippery rock gardens and rooted sections.
Mick Hannah (GT Bicycles), with 11 riders remaining, was the first to make a significant dent in the top time, taking it below 2:34. His time would hold until the young American revelation Aaron Gwin (Yeti Fox Shox) knocked a quarter of a second off the best time, to eventually take the fifth podium spot. World champion Gee Atherton (Animal Commencal) bumped Gwin, but Minnaar was only two riders later, and his time would prove to be the best, as the final two riders – Hill and number one qualifier Fabien Barel (Subaru) – could only manage the second and third fastest times respectively.There were two familiar faces on the podium for round seven of the downhill series in the Nissan UCI Mountain Bike World Cup presented by Shimano. Sabrina Jonnier (Maxxis-Rocky Mountain) took her sixth consecutive win in the women’s category, while Greg Minnaar (Santa Cruz Syndicate) took his third in the men’s, at Bromont, Quebec in Canada. Jonnier has now locked up the women’s overall title with one race still remaining. Sam Hill (Monster Energy-Specialized) retains the lead in the men’s series after finishing third, but Minnaar is only 16 points back, so this title will come down to the final round in Schladming, Austria, one month from now.
“The course was really tough after all the rain, many of the sections were just blown right out, and it was easy to make mistakes. I didn’t have a clean run; I don’t think anyone did, but I just tried to keep it clean and flowy, and be as smooth as I could. Definitely, this win is a confident booster, going into the Worlds, and I’ll be looking forward to having it all come down to the Final in Schladming – Greg Minnaar.”

Kenda/Morewood riders Mitch Delfs is a talented rider that knows how to put together sections of trail. His corner speed is amazing to witness and he rides his bike with a lot of confidence and style. His time will also come but for now he was 65th at the end of the day on the short course that allowed no crashes. His team mate Fabien Cousine had his bike stolen at Monte Sainte Anne and Mitch let him borrow his bike last weekend. This weekend it was a broken chain for his team mate during qualifications and as such he didn’t make the big dance.

Men’s Standings So Far

1. Sam Hill (AUS) ? 1219 pts
2. Greg Minnaar (RSA) ? 1203 pts
3. Steve Peat (GBR) ? 1150 pts
4. Gee Atherton (GBR) ? 1078 pts
5. Mick Hannah (AUS) ? 929 pts
6. Justin Leov (Trek World Racing ) ? 732 pts
7. Brendan Fairclough (GBR) ? 670 pts
8. Sam Blenkinsop (NZL) ? 646 pts
9. Aaron Gwin (USA) ? 632 pts
10. Fabien Barel (FRA) ? 620 pts
11. Steve Smith (CAN) ? 574 pts
12. Josh Bryceland (GBR) ? 529 pts
13. Nick Beer (SUI) ? 520 pts
14. Andrew Neethling (Trek World Racing) ? 497 pts

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