August 2, 2008 (Bromont, QC) - The 4X course at Bromont is the largest the World Cup has ever seen. It featured massive jumps, rocks gardens, huge berms and even a 270 degree corkscrew. Rain fell throughout the event, but the track held up extremely well, except for a few spots that started to turn into moto rut filled messes. Phil Saxena, Bromont 4X course builder, seems to have finally cracked the code. Racing was fast and furious with each heat featuring multiple passes in all areas of the minute long course.
Anneke Beerten (NED, MS Intense) took home the win for the women, and maintains control of her leader's jersey. She was joined in the finals by Anita Molcik (AUT, Yeti), teammate Mio Suemesa (JPN) and Caroline Buchanan (AUS). Beerten took control right from the gate and fended off multiple passing attempts to take home the win.
The men's final saw World Champion Raphael Alvarez de Lara Luca (ESP, Specialized) make a miraculous comeback and somehow take the win. De Lara Luca went from last to first making a few fantastic passes, beating out Cedric Gracia (FRA, Commencal Oakley), Guido Tschugg (GER, Sang Young) and Johannes Fischbach (GER, Ghost). Gracia himself was in last place for part of the run, and made creative line choices that resulted in two passes to slide into second place.
Canadian Hans Lambert qualified mid pack, but was knocked out in semi final action to end up 14th for the day.
Results
Elite Women
Big Final
1. Anneke Beerten (Ned) MS Intense Factory Racing
2. Anita Molcik (Aut) 4 Elements Yeti
3. Mio Suemasa (Jpn) MS Intense Factory Racing
4. Caroline Buchanan (Aus)
Small Final
5. Angelika Hohenwarter (Aut)
6. Fionn Griffiths (Gbr) Norco World Team
7. Eva Castro Fernandez (Esp)
8. Neven Steinmetz (USA)
9. Jessica Voigt (USA)
Elite Men
Big Final
1. Rafael Alvarez de Lara Luca (Esp)
2. Cedric Gracia (Fra) Commencal-Furious-Oak
3. Guido Tschugg (Ger)
4. Johannes Fischback (Ger) Team Ghost International
Small Final
5. Joost Wichman (Ned) Cannondale Factory Racing Team
6. John Swanguen (USA) MS Intense Factory Racing Team
7. Romain Saladini (Fra) Team Sunn
8. Filip Polc (Svk) Kenda Tomac
1/4 Finals
9. Dan Atherton (Gbr) Animal Commencal
10. Scott Beaumont (Gbr) Rocky Mountain UK
11. Will Longden (Gbr) Team Bike Radar
12. Kamil Tatarkovic (Cze) Suzuki-RB
13. Dominik Gspan (Swi)
14. Hans Lambert (Can) Norco World Team
15. Erik Nelson (USA)
16. Tomas Slavik (Cze)
1/8 Finals
17. Fabien Cousinie (Fra)
18. Lewis Lacey (Gbr)
19. Cody Warren (USA)
20. Michael Robert Haderer (USA)
21. Heikki Hall (USA)
22. Adrian Weiss (Swi) Tomac Factory Racing
23. Cody Eichorn (Aus)
24. Florian Gottschlich (Ger)
25. Jurg Meijer (Ned)
26. Joey Van Veghel (Ned)
27. George Stephenson (USA)
28. Scott Roberts (Gbr)
29. Sascha Meyenbourg (Ger)
30. Bruno Boissin (Fra)
31. Michael Garcia (Ned)
32. Adrian Hanko (Ger) Solid AClass Factory Team
Qualifications
DNS Ludovic Gadois (Fra)
DNS Nicolas Gspan (Sui)
DNS Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate
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Photo: Fraser Britton
Winner de Lara Luca (Esp) in front on the men's final.
Photo: Fraser Britton
Photo: Fraser Britton
Hans Lambert (Can) Norco World Team tries to catch Romain Saladini of France.
Photo: Fraser Britton
Photo: Fraser Britton
Action in the women's final...
Photo: Fraser Britton
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