2015 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Windham,NY
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American Aaron Gwin won the men’s elite downhill mountain bike race Saturday at the Windham Mountain UCI World Cup with a time of 2:38:10.
A raucous crowd cheered him through the finish with almost a four second lead over second place South African Greg Minnaar. Americans did fairly well in a sport that has a much larger following in Europe. The first six races took place in France, Czech Republic Germany, Great Britain, Austria, Switzerland, and Canada. The Windham race is the only UCI World Cup in the US. It’s the second to last race in the eight event series and one of four XCO and DHI combined events. In Saturday’s Downhill finals Junior Laurie Greenland took first, Jacob Dickson second, and Neil Stewart third. |
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The women’s DHI saw Rachel Atherton finish first, with Manon Carpenter second and Tahnee Seagrave third.
American Missy Giove, 42, made a comeback run at Windham and finished the top American woman, placing 16 with a time of 3:46:04.
Men’s Elite top three finishes were American Aaron Gwin, Greg Minnaar, and Loris Verdier.
Gwin is ranked second overall so the race at Val di Sole will be the last chance for an overall win. Brit Josh Bryceland is ahead by a mere 5 points.
The cross country Men’s Elite saw Nino Schurter through the finish first, followed by Julien Absalon and Manuel Fumic.
Women’s top three cross country racers were Pauline Ferrand Prevot, Jolanda Neff and Annika Langvad. American Lea Davidson came in fourth with a time of 1:35:37
Under 23 men and women Americans placed 7 in both- Kate Courtney with a time of 1:21:57 and Howard Grotts coming in at 1:21:13.
For the fifth year Kenda’s Race the World event was part of the UCI World Cup at Windham. This race is part of the New York State Mountain Bike Series.
Results can be found here.
Local teams Bike Depot, Overlook Mountain Bikes, and Favata’s TRT were all represented on the podium Saturday morning.
American Missy Giove, 42, made a comeback run at Windham and finished the top American woman, placing 16 with a time of 3:46:04.
Men’s Elite top three finishes were American Aaron Gwin, Greg Minnaar, and Loris Verdier.
Gwin is ranked second overall so the race at Val di Sole will be the last chance for an overall win. Brit Josh Bryceland is ahead by a mere 5 points.
The cross country Men’s Elite saw Nino Schurter through the finish first, followed by Julien Absalon and Manuel Fumic.
Women’s top three cross country racers were Pauline Ferrand Prevot, Jolanda Neff and Annika Langvad. American Lea Davidson came in fourth with a time of 1:35:37
Under 23 men and women Americans placed 7 in both- Kate Courtney with a time of 1:21:57 and Howard Grotts coming in at 1:21:13.
For the fifth year Kenda’s Race the World event was part of the UCI World Cup at Windham. This race is part of the New York State Mountain Bike Series.
Results can be found here.
Local teams Bike Depot, Overlook Mountain Bikes, and Favata’s TRT were all represented on the podium Saturday morning.
