Well MSA was a muddy race this year, and on the day it was Greg Minaar. Greg is realling looking good at the moment with his new shoulder. A great race for local boy Mitch Delfs getting sometime in the hot seat and finishing 14th.

Taken from http://www.farkin.net/forums/showthread.php?t=136136

Round 4 of the Nissan UCI Mountain Bike World Cup saw the World’s best downhill racers hitting it out on a damper Mont-Sainte-Anne course after more than a month’s break from racing the series. Team Monster Energy Iron Horse’s Sam Hill (AUS) took 2nd place in the semi final, and another 2nd place in the final, to now find himself 2nd overall in the series. Team mate Brendan Fairclough (GBR), now back in full fitness, finished 12th, a career best on the physically demanding course.

Whereas many believe Schladming and Maribor are courses that Sam owns, he is the first to admit that his win in Mont-Sainte-Anne last year was against the odds.

“Coming here I know that this track suits guys like Greg Minnaar, Steve Peat and Gee Atherton. It’s one for the bigger guys who can carry speed better than me and are stronger in the pedaling sections,” said Sam.

Therefore, to score a 2nd here was an exercise in damage control before moving to tracks that suit him better.

Mont-Sainte-Anne was not its typical dry and hot self for the downhillers this week. Plenty of rain and fog earlier in the week, and water running off the mountain keeping sections of the track wet throughout the day, despite the lack of rain. Tire choice was important with the changing surfaces from dry out in the sun, to muddy slippery sections in the forest, catching some top riders out including previous winner on this track Chris Kovarik (AUS).

Results Elite Men:

1. Greg Minarr RSA Santa Cruz Syndicate 4.30.57

2. Samuel Hill Aus Monster Energy   +1.73

3. Gee Atherton GBR Animal Commencal +2.26

4. Steve Peat GBR Santa Cruz Syndicate +2.96

5. Fabien Barel FRA Subaru Mountain Bike Pro +6.68

6. Samuel Blekinsop NZL Yeti Fox Shock Factory Racing +7.77

7. Nathan Rennie AUS Santa Cruz Syndicate +9.55

8. Julien Camellini FRA Chain Reaction Cycle +11.17

9. Justin Leov NZL  Yeti Fox Shock Factory Racing +11.78

10. Aaron Holmes Gwin USA Yeti Fox Shock Factory Racing +12.08

11. Chris Kovarik AUS Chain Reaction Cycle + 12.71

14. MAD MITCH DELFS AUS Kenda Tomac +16.61

25. Amiel Cavalier AUS Giant Mountain bike team +22.54

30. Jared Rando AUS Giant Mountain Bike Team +23.49

46. Joshua Button AUS +29.26

63. Tim Eaton AUS +34.22

67. Will Rischbieth AUS +35.45

ELITE WOMENS

1. Racheal Atherton GBR Animal Commencal 5.18.21

2. Tracy Mosely GBR Kona +7.87

3. Emmeline Ragot FRA Suspension Center +9.19

4. Sabrina Jionner FRA Team Maxxis +10.30

5. Florine Pugin FRA Playbiker-Ironhorse +18.36

Full results here

POINTS

1 3 MINNAAR Greg 792
2 1 HILL Samuel 770
3 2 ATHERTON Gee 727
4 4 PEAT Steve 642
5 6 BAREL Fabien 424
6 5 CAMELLINI Julien 403
7 7 KOVARIK Chris 386
8 8 LEOV Justin 356
9 9 BLENKINSOP Samuel 348
10 12 RENNIE Nathan 314
11 10 ATHERTON Dan 270
12 13 PAYET Florent 243
13 18 FAIRCLOUGH Brendan 228
14 14 CANALS FLIX Pasqual 222
15 11 PASCAL Mickael 212
16 17 PEDEMANAUD Fabien 206
17 15 NEETHLING Andrew 202
18 16 CATHRO Ben 194
19 25 BEAUMONT Marc 164
20 23 LEHIKOINEN Matti 164
21 19 GUARDIA PASCUAL Bernat 145
22 31 DELFS Mitchell 143

 

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Rando was also running this new giant prototype