Barel wins the DH at the World Championships

Frenchman, Julien Camellini, was the last place qualifier and he was the first man down the hill. He enjoyed the hotseat until reigning world champ, Fabien Barel smashed his split time by -4:48, finishing in 3:54:77 and taking the lead. There were 33 riders left to come and no one came close to Barel until Steve Peat, who was +0.64 at the split. Peat made a few dabs and finished with a 3:58:14, for fourth. Sam Hill, fastest qualifier, was the challenger for Barel. Hill was on Barel with -0:42 at the split. Flying down the course Hill overcooked a turn and manages to stay on course, but it cost him time. Hill just misses out just 0:77 back, taking the silver medal. Minnaar takes the bronze with a time of 3:57:79, 3:02 back.
Rennie was having a flawless run until his front wheel washed out, just before the bridge near the end of the course, causing him to crash into the bridge and go over the bars, catching his arm on the rail. He continued on and said he was okay, but was emotionally upset. His finish time was 4:15:76.


Andrew Neethling, from South Africa, suffered a rear flat, and showing great sportsmanship aired out the jumps and even shook hands wih some spectators in the tree section.

Anne Caroline Chausson wins her 8th World Championship downhill title! Sabrina Jonnier was in the hotseat as Anne-Caro was speeding down the mountain, and she could not see that Chausson had slid out and had caused herself a major time disadvantage off the bike. Even the announcers thought that Anne would not even be on the podium. She astounded everyone, and disapointed Jonnier, as she makes it to the finish line with a time of 4:27:34, just .37 faster than Jonnier. Making it a French sweep, Emmeline Ragot earns the bronze medal and former world champion, Vanessa Quin finishes fourth. Fastest American was Santa Cruz rider, Kathy Pruitt in 7th place, 12.26 seconds back.

Here are some results:

1 BAREL Fabien FRAFrance 2:22.92 50.00 3:54.77 Course length : 2850 m / 1.77 Mile - Average Speed : 43.70 Kmh / 27.16 Mph

2. HILL Samuel AUSAustralia 2:22.51 49.20 3:55.54 +0.77
3. MINNAAR Greg RSASouth Africa 2:24.73 50.46 3:57.79 +3.02
4. PEAT Steve GBRGreat Britain 2:23.56 51.92 3:58.14 +3.37
5. ATHERTON Gee GBRGreat Britain 2:25.58 46.45 4:01.98 +7.21
6. AMOUR Karim FRAFrance 2:26.79 48.43 4:02.59 +7.82
7. ATKINSON Bryn AUSAustralia 2:26.96 49.03 4:03.24 +8.47
8. GRACIA Cédric FRAFrance 2:26.26 49.25 4:03.51 +8.74
9. RANKIN Nathan NZL New Zealand 2:26.21 47.00 4:03.61 +8.84
10.BEAUMONT Marc GBR Great Britain 2:28.78 48.21 4:03.62 +8.85

1. CHAUSSON Anne Caroline FRAFrance 2:38.91 42.98 4:27.34 Course length : 2850 m / 1.77 Mile - Average Speed : 38.38 Kmh / 23.85 Mph

2. JONNIER Sabrina FRAFrance 2:39.76 41.98 4:27.71 +0.37
3. RAGOT Emmeline FRAFrance 2:41.05 39.13 4:31.52 +4.18
4. QUIN Vanessa NZL New Zealand 2:45.73 42.85 4:35.98 +8.64
5. SANER Marielle SUI Switzerland 2:46.66 40.87 4:38.71 + 11.37
6. MOSELEY Tracy GBRGreat Britain 2:44.42 39.09 4:39.31 + 11.97
7. PRUITT Kathleen USAUnited States 2:44.90 40.26 4:39.60 + 12.26
8. GASKELL Helen GBRGreat Britain 2:44.90 38.19 4:40.10 + 12.76
9. GROS Céline FRAFrance 2:46.56 41.06 4:41.27 +13.93
10. LE CAER Nolvenn FRAFrance 2:49.08 37.82 4:46.15 + 18.81