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Tracy Moseley (Trek World Cup) took a narrow victory overy Melissa Buhl (KHS) in the elite women’s downhill on Sunday morning. Moseley started first and enjoyed an open track en route to setting a time that would hold up as the fastest throughout the finals.

While waiting for the rest of the racers to finish and before she had any idea she had won, Moseley said of her run, “I’m pretty disappointed. I unclipped in the first turn and it took me a bit to clip back in and find my rhythm. I overcooked another turn, too. I wasn’t riding as precisely as I would have liked.”

Nonetheless, her run was still good enough for a win, which she collected thanks to a 0.6-second advantage over Buhl.

Buhl, who was the last rider to start and the other top favorite besides Moseley, encountered some traffic on the way down. She ran into interference in the final stretch as she attempted to pass the rider who had started in front of her, Abigail Hippely. “I’ve passed riders before, but I’ve never lost by this close of a margin after doing so. On this course, it’s so close.”

“My run was pretty good other than not being able to get around a rider at the end…  Details & complete results

Elite men

1 Mick Hannah (Aus)                       0.02.08.18
2 Greg Minnaar (RSA)                         0.00.06
3 Andrew Neethling (RSA) Trek World Cup      0.00.71
4 Justin Leov (NZl) Trek World Cup           0.00.88
5 Brian Lopes (USA)                          0.01.06
6 Eric Carter (USA)                          0.01.20
7 Dan Atherton (GBr)                         0.01.44
8 Jared Rando (USA)                          0.01.74
9 Bryn Atkinson (Aus)                        0.02.14
10 Nathan Rennie (Aus)                             
11 Cody Warren (USA)                         0.02.21
12 Sam Hill (USA)                            0.02.79
13 Cedric Gracia (And) Furious               0.03.12
14 Joe Lawwill (USA) Santa Cruz              0.03.38
15 Marc Beaumont (GBr)                       0.03.41
16 Lars Sternberg (USA)                      0.03.45
17 Jd Swanguen                               0.03.58
18 Duncan Riffle (USA) Duncan Riffle         0.03.69
19 Kirt Voreis (USA)                         0.04.12
20 Waylon Smith (GBr)                        0.04.36

Elite women

1 Tracy Moseley (GBr) Trek                0.02.21.60
2 Melissa Buhl (USA) KHS Bicycles            0.00.60
3 Kathy Pruitt (USA)                         0.06.16
4 Claire Buchar (Can)                        0.06.47
5 Lisa Myklak (USA)                          0.10.45
6 Miranda Miller (Can)                       0.11.22
7 Jacqueline Harmony (USA)                   0.13.86
8 Katie Holden (Can) SpecializeD             0.14.00
9 Danice Uyesugi (Can)                       0.14.64
10 Casey Brown (Can)                         0.15.38
11 Rebecca Mcqueen (Can) Race Face           0.15.40
12 Leana Gerrard (USA) Monavie-Cannondale    0.15.45
13 Mio Suemasa (Jpn)                         0.16.60
14 Lainey Aldridge (USA) Santa Cruz          0.16.66
15 Lorraine Blancher (Can)                   0.17.58
16 Tara Johnson (USA) Loeka                  0.19.18
17 Jennifer Wolf (USA) Vixen Racing          0.20.97
18 Darian Harvey (USA)                       0.23.01
19 Joy Martin (USA) Vixen Racing             0.23.50
20 Sondra Williamson (USA) Specialized       0.24.27
21 Karin Hanzi (USA)                         0.25.50
22 Connie Misket (USA) Velo Bella            0.26.94
23 Neven Steinmetz (USA) Ellsworth           0.29.51
24 Abigail Hippely (USA)                     0.33.03
25 Mariska Chuse (USA)                       0.35.75
26 Jessica Vogt (USA) Dainese                0.38.6

 

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