CCA Press Release
STEVE SMITH SECOND, HOLLY FENIAK FASTEST IN DOWNHILL TIMED SESSION AT MOUNTAIN BIKE WORLDS
Canada places three in Top 10 in Women Elite; McKay Vezina
(Leogang, AUT – September 1, 2012) The Canadian Downhill Mountain Bike Team is ready to make a statement tomorrow in the Downhill Finals at the 2012 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships, with the downhill portion held in Leogang, Austria.
In the opening day of the downhill competition, Canada excelled in all categories of the timed session, Junior and Elite for both Men and Women. Finals will be held tomorrow.
Holly Feniak, a young rider from Sunshine Coast in BC and racing at the first UCI World Championships in her first Women Junior season, showed she is a World Championships contender by posting the fastest time in her category. Feniak rode the course with a time of 4:07.362, a lead of 11s over the second fastest rider.
Canada’s team had four riders in the Top 10 combined in the elite categories, with 2010 silver medallist Steve Smith (Cassidy, BC) posting a time of 3:27.156, the second fastest time of the large Men Elite group by less than half a second.
In the Women elite session, Canada had three riders crack the Top 10 of the timed session, with Micayla Gatto speeding to the sixth place, 2010 World Junior Champion Lauren Rosser riding to the ninth place, and 2011 Worlds Bronze Medallist Claire Buchar in tenth place.
Finally, McKay Vezina posted the seventh fastest time on the Men Junior group.
The Finals will be raced on September 2, 2012.
RESULTS – 2012 UCI MOUNTAIN BIKE AND TRIALS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS – DOWNHILL TIMED SESSION
Junior Women
1. FENIAK, Holly [4:07.362]
2. SEAGRAVE, Tahnee [4:18.852] +11.490
3. BEECROFT, Danielle [4:28.258] +20.896
Junior Men
1. BRUNI, Loic [3:34.166]
2. NIEDERBERGER, Noel [3:38.962] +04.796
3. MCGLONE, Fraser [3:40.789] +06.623
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7. VEZINA, Mckay [3:42.785] +08.619
19. WALLACE, Mark [3:45.675] +11.509
43. RIESCO, Forrest [3:53.728] +19.562
61. LANGEVIN, Hugo [4:02.960] +28.794
65. RICARD, Philippe [4:07.111] +32.945
Elite Women
1. RAGOT, Emmeline [3:56.974]
2. PUGIN, Floriane [3:57.974] +01.000
3. CARPENTER, Manon [4:01.329] +04.355
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6. GATTO, Micayla [4:10.395] +13.421
9. ROSSER, Lauren [4:11.887] +14.913
10. BUCHAR, Claire [4:13.390] +16.416
19. BROWN, Casey [4:23.448] +26.474
21. MILLER, Miranda [4:26.035] +29.061
Elite Men
1. HANNAH, Michael [3:26.636]
2. SMITH, Steve [3:27.156] +00.520
3. MINNAAR, Greg [3:27.936] +01.300
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39. GAUVIN, Remi [3:41.540] +14.904
58. BEER, Matthew [3:48.146] +21.510
66. SANGERS, Kyle [3:48.978] +22.342
Full results at www.uci.ch.