September 19, 2009 (Schladming, Austria) – Jared Graves (Aus) Yeti once again went gate to gate for another 4X world cup victory. With the title already in the bag, Saturday's event was a victory lap for the overall World Cup 4X winner. For the ladies, it was Dutch rider Anneke Beerten (Ned) Suspension Center taking home the victory after arch rival Jill Kintner went down early in the heats and was knocked out of competition. With the win, Beerten also secured the World Cup overall win.
Graves was joined in the finals by Romain Saladini (Fra) SUNN in second, Johannes Fishbach (Ger) Ghost in third and Joost Whichmann (Ned) RSP in 4th. "It's the best feeling. It's what I hoped for all season. I really feel like I can go even better next year. I didn't look at it as a victory lap. There was good racing tonight, that first corner was really sketchy. It was hard to keep it up with three guys breathing down your neck. It was just a perfect way to end a good season."
Graves discussed his run while being herded to the podium. "I know I can work on things in the off season and come back stronger next season. I've always struggled with peaking at the right time. This time I've had a week at home riding moto and xc for fun with the rest of the Yeti team, and I felt even stronger tonight. I'll learn from that and peak for Worlds next year. It's time for a bit of a bender for awhile I think, all right!"
Beerten took it easy in almost every heat, not wanting to take any risks after a string of bad luck lately, including being DSQ'd at Worlds for unintentionally cutting a gate. "I had a lot of anger in me from Worlds. but I tried to stay focused on this race. Doubling it up today was unexpected this morning, but i was feeling so good. I managed to stay focused even when Jill went down. I'm speechless. Stoked. Happy! I watched every single gate, I was even watching the girl in front of me to make sure she went around it!"
Beerten beat out Anita Molcik (Aut) Yeti, Katy Kurd (Gbr) and Mio Suemesa (Jap) Intense in the finals from start to finish, staying ahead of the carnage that plagued most of the women's heats all night. There we no Canadians competing in the event.
Results
Big Final
1. Anneke Beerten (Ned) Suspension Center
2. Anita Molcik (Aut) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team
3. Katy Curd (Gbr)
4. Mio Suemasa (Jpn)
Small Final
5. Romana Labounkova (Cze)
6. Emmeline Ragot (Fra) Suspension Center
7. Rachel Seydoux (Sui)
8. Lucia Oetjen (Sui)
1/4 Finals
9. Helene Valerie Fruhwirth (Aut)
10. Eva Castro Fernandez (Esp)
11. Tereza Votavova (Cze)
12. Neven Steinmetz (USA)
13. Laura Brethauer (Ger)
14. Stephanie Teltscher (Ger)
15. Neza Knez (Slo)
DNF Jill Kintner (USA) Red Bull/Intense
Elite Men
Big Final
1. Jared Graves (Aus) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team
2. Romain Saladini (Fra) Team Sunn
3. Johannes Fischbach (Ger) Ghost A.T.G. Pro Team
4. Joost Wichman (Ned)
Small Final
5. Dan Atherton (GBr) Animal Commencal
6. Guido Tschugg (Ger) Ghost A.T.G. Pro Team
7. Filip Polc (Svk) Ms Evil Racing
8. Scott Beaumont (GBr) Rocky Mountain UK
1/4 Finals
9. Tomas Slavik (Cze)
10. Patrick Campbell-Jenner (Gbr)
11. Quentin Derbier (Fra)
12. Brook Macdonald (NZl) Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team
13. Michal Prokop (Cze) Author
14. Jurg Meijer (Ned)
15. Pascal Seydoux (Sui)
16. Premek Tejchman (Cze)
1/8 Finals
17. Mitch Ropelato (USA)
18. Wyn Masters (Nzl) Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team
19. David Graf (Sui)
20. Fabien Cousinie (Fra) Kenda Morewood
21. William Evans (Gbr)
22. Marek Pesko (Svk)
23. Adrian Kiener (Sui)
24. Daniel Fülle (Ger)
25. Adam Stasek (Cze) Ghost A.T.G. Pro Team
26. Lukas Mechura (Cze) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense
27. Thomas Schäfer (Ger) Solid Aclass Factory Team
28. Arne Tschugg (Ger)
29. Will Longden (Gbr)
30. Rafael Alvarez De Lara Lucas (Esp) Specialized Factory Racing
31. Luka Novak (Slo)
32. Jan Svub (Cze)
1/16 Finals
33. Duncan Ferris (Gbr)
34. Stepan Novotny (Cze)
35. Petrik Brückner (Ger)
36. Jakub Hnidak (Cze)
37. Peter Novacik (Svk)
38. Joey Van Veghel (Ned)
39. Scott Roberts (Gbr)
40. Aiko Göhler (Ger)
41. Attila Kovacs (Hun)
42. Tom Dowie (Gbr)
43. Stefan Kiser (Sui)
44. Marko Runst (Ger)
45. Mathieu Troquier (Fra) Solid Class Act
46. Matej Stapic (Slo)
47. Daniel Auerswald (Ger)
48. Lukasz Baran (Pol)
49. Jakub Riha (Cze)
50. Kieran Mcavoy (Gbr)
51. Matej Vitko (Svk)
52. Martin Frei (Sui)
53. Tilen Frank (Slo)
54. Thomas Bubla (Aut)
55. Luis Brethauer (Ger)
56. Frans Sjoblom (Swe)
57. Maximilian Wrstala (Ger)
58. Christoph Eder (Aut)
59. Robert Kulesza (Pol)
60. Thomas Krainer (Aut)
DSQ Mathieu Gallean (Fra) Team Sunn
DSQ Sidney Gerber (Sui)
DNS Lorenzo Suding (Ita) Dytech Dh
DNS Piotr Paradowski (Pol)
Final Standings
Elite Women
1. Anneke Beerten (Ned) Suspension Center 580 pts
2. Fionn Griffiths (Gbr) Norco World Team 400
3. Jill Kintner (USA) Red Bull/Intense 400
4. Melissa Buhl (USA) KHS 235
5. Jana Horakova (Cze) 205
6. Caroline Buchanan (Aus) 185
7. Anita Molcik (Aut) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team 125
8. Romana Labounkova (Cze) 120
9. Emmeline Ragot (Fra) Suspension Center 110
10. Joanna Petterson (RSA) 90
11. Mio Suemasa (Jpn) funnyfancy.jp 60
12. Katy Curd (Gbr) 50
13. Sarsha Huntington (Aus) 30
14. Rachel Seydoux (Sui) 15
15. Lucia Oetjen (Sui) 15
16. Eva Castro Fernandez (Esp) 10
17. Diana Marggraff (Ecu) 5
18. Helene Valerie Fruhwirth (Aut) 5
Elite Men
1. Jared Graves (Aus) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team 800 pts
2. Joost Wichman (Ned) RSP Downhill Racing Team 551
3. Romain Saladini (Fra) Team Sunn 428
4. Roger Rinderknecht (Sui) GT Bicycles 376
5. Dan Atherton (Gbr) Animal Commencal 341
6. Michal Prokop (Cze) Author 270
7. Rafael Alvarez de Lara Lucas (Esp) Specialized Factory Racing 240
8. Tomas Slavik (Cze) RSP Downhill Racing Team 235
9. Johannes Fischbach (Ger) Ghost A.T.G. Pro Team 143
10. Guido Tschugg (Ger) Ghost A.T.G. Pro Team 133
11. Scott Beaumont (Gbr) Rocky Mountain UK 111
12. Filip Polc (Svk) MS Evil Racing 110
13. Mitch Ropelato (USA) Canfield 100
14. Luke Madill (Aus) GT Bicycles 100
15. Lukas Mechura (Cze) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 100
16. Jurg Meijer (Ned) RSP Downhill Racing Team 97
17. Quentin Derbier (Fra) 87
18. Mickael Deldycke (Fra) 40
19. Cédric Gracia (Fra) 40
20. Pascal Seydoux (Sui) 34
21. Matej Vitko (Svk) 34
22. Michael Robert Haderer (USA) 30
23. Gee Atherton (Gbr) Animal Commencal 30
24. Patrick Campbell-Jenner (Gbr) 28
25. Bernard Kerr (Gbr) 25
26. Kamil Tatarkovic (Cze) 25
27. Brook Macdonald (Nzl) Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team 22
28. David Graf (Sui) 20
29. Sascha Meyenborg (Ger) 20
30. John Swanguen (USA) 14
31. William Evans (Gbr) 14
32. Joey Van Veghel (Ned) 14
33. Blake Carney (USA) 12
34. Fabien Cousinie (Fra) Kenda Morewood 11
35. Randal Huntington (Aus) 11
36. Lewis Lacey (Gbr) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 11
37. Darryn Stow (RSA) 11
38. Michal Marosi (Cze) 8
39. Will Longden (Gbr) 6
40. Martin Frei (Sui) 4
41. Premek Tejchman (Cze) 4
42. Arne Tschugg (Ger) 2
43. Marek Pesko (Svk) 2
44. Adam Stasek (Cze) Ghost A.T.G. Pro Team 2
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Photo: Fraser Britton
Jared Graves (Aus) Yeti
Photo: Fraser Britton
Photo: Fraser Britton
Anneke Beerten (Ned) Suspension Center
Photo: Fraser Britton
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