Downhill World Cup #1, 2010. Maribor, Slovenia. Qualifying

Source: Fraser Britton

Saturday morning in Maribor greeted racers with cold temperatures, pea soup fog, high winds and on again, off again torrential rain. The downhill course was a swamp, and the 4x course was even worse.

2 dead cameras later, here are some of today's highlights, in photos.In the 4X finals Michal Marosi took the win over reigning WC Champ Jared Graves, while Fionn Griffiths took the women's top spot over Sarsha Huntington for 4X.







Top 20 Men:

1 Sam Hill (Aus) Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz 3:20.47 0
2 Brendan Fairclough (GBr) Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz 3:22.58 2.11
3 Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate 3:23.46 2.99
4 Gee Atherton (GBr) Commencal 3:25.14 4.67
5 Steve Smith (Can) MS Evil Racing 3:26.69 6.22
6 Luke Strobel (USA) MS Evil Racing 3:28.41 7.94
7 Josh Bryceland (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate 3:28.44 7.97
8 Ben Reid (Irl) Dirt Norco Race Team 3:29.61 9.14
9 Damien Spagnolo (Fra) Mondraker Factory Team 3:29.99 9.52
10 Samuel Blenkinsop (NZl) Lapierre International 3:30.14 9.67
11 Steve Peat (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate 3:30.39 9.92
12 Justin Leov (NZl) Trek World Racing 3:30.45 9.98
13 Cameron Cole (NZl) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain 3:30.97 10.5
14 Fabien Pedemanaud (Fra) Scott 11 3:31.04 10.57
15 Bernat Guardia Pascual (Esp) Massi Team 3:31.39 10.92
16 Bryn Atkinson (Aus) 3:31.59 11.12
17 Aurélien Giordanengo (Fra) Mondraker Factory Team 3:31.95 11.48
18 Danny Hart (GBr) Giant Factory Team 3:32.12 11.65
19 Marc Beaumont (GBr) GT Bicycles 3:32.71 12.24
20 Joris Bigoni (Fra) 3:32.91 12.44






Top 20 Women:

1 Myriam Nicole (Fra) Commencal Superiders 4:18.93 0
2 Floriane Pugin (Fra) Scott 11 4:21.12 2.19
3 Céline Gros (Fra) Morzine-Avoriaz/Haute-Savoie 4:24.18 5.25
4 Sabrina Jonnier (Fra) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain 4:24.25 5.32
5 Petra Bernhard (Aut) RC Alpine Commencal Austria 4:25.78 6.85
6 Mio Suemasa (Jpn) FFC 4:27.25 8.32
7 Tracy Moseley (GBr) Trek World Racing 4:27.48 8.55
8 Claire Buchar (Can) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 4:32.45 13.52
9 Jessica Stone (GBr) 4:32.87 13.94
10 Emilie Siegenthaler (Sui) Scott 11 4:33.11 14.18
11 Manon Carpenter (GBr) 4:33.50 14.57
12 Emmeline Ragot (Fra) Suspension Center 4:34.73 15.80
13 Morgane Charre (Fra) 4:41.54 22.61
14 Katy Curd (GBr) 4:43.88 24.95
15 Miriam Ruchti (Sui) DR-Gravity Union 4:47.70 28.77
16 Rachel Atherton (GBr) Commencal 4:51.00 32.07
17 Fionn Griffiths (GBr) Norco World Team 4:51.68 32.75
18 Harriet Rucknagel (Ger) 4:53.11 34.18
19 Fanny Lombard (Fra) 4:58.20 39.27
20 Birgit Braumann (Aut) 5:01.27 42.34


View all Fraser's Maribor pics here.

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