World Cup #2 4X Results and Drama

All 88 qualifying competitors staged a brief "sit down" protest complaining of the poor 4-X course at the Alpe d'Huez World Cup this weekend. With very few jumps, berms and many of the features that 4X is famous for, riders compared the course to little more than a shortened DH track. In her one planned World Cup stop of the year, Anne-Caroline Chausson was eliminated in an early round and failed to podium in the discipline. Eric Carter has stepped up in his countryman Brian Lopes' absence (broken tibia) and took top spot in the event. By all accounts (and I've seen many accounts), this World Cup, especially when compared to the stellar Fort William stop last weekend, would be unanimously voted the worst WC event in years. Results, Round 2, World Cup 4-Cross, Alpe d'Huez
Men

1. Eric Carter, 50 points
2. Michal Prokop, 40
3. Scott Beaumont, 30
4. Cedric Gracia, 25

Overall standings after two rounds
1. Carter, 90 points
2. Prokop, 65
3. Greg Minnaar, 50
4. Beaumont, 36
5. Gracia, 30

Women

1. Tracy Moseley, 50 points
2. Katrina Miller, 40
3. Sabrina Jonnier, 30
4. Tara Llanes, 20

Overall standings after two rounds
1. Miller, 90 points
2. Moseley, 50
3. Jonnier, 40
4. Llanes, 40
5. Moi Suemasa, 40

Men's results here

Women's results here

Read the full account at http://www.velonews.com/race/mtn/articles/4066.0.html.