PEATY 2ND IN BRAZIL
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7/5/2006 - by
Kathy Sessler
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, LEADS UCI DH SERIES BY 178 POINTS
July 2, 2006
UCI World Cup DH #5
Balneario, Cambriu, Brazil
Steve Peat (SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE/SRAM/ROCKSHOX) places 2nd in the UCI World Cup Downhill Series in Brazil behind winner Matti Lehikoinen. Marc Beaumont (MBUK/SANTA CRUZ) flies in for another podium appearance in 5th. Peat had the third fastest split time of the day just .23 ahead of Lehikoinen at 1:42.82, but lost a fraction of a second on the bottom of the course and crosses the line just .09 back with a time of 2:19.40 to Lehikoinen’s 2:19.31. Closest to Peat in the points, Minnaar had the fastest split at 1:42.63, but had bad luck as he suffered a flat tire and a crash to roll in at 23rd place. Syndicate’s Nathan Rennie finished in 17th place.
After Mt. Ste. Anne the points chase was on with Santa Cruz Syndicate’s Steve Peat leading Greg Minnaar by 40 points. Rather than a “Rumble”, the race in Brazil has turned into the “Bumble in the Jungle”, as the bankruptcy of Varig Airlines disrupted flights and sent crippling ripples through the airways challenging the outcome of the UCI World Cup Series. Just getting to the beachside town of Balneario, Cambriu was a feat, with flight cancellations affecting perhaps every team to some degree. My flight was cancelled completely, Rennie, Peaty and Dupelle’s flight was delayed a day and they arrived with no bikes, Team Honda bikes were delayed, Cedric Gracia’s internal flight cancelled and no bike, and the list goes on.
Big thanks to Syndicate mechanic Mathieu Dupelle to get the borrowed bikes outfitted with sponsor product as best he could, and thanks to our Santa Cruz distributor Danny Aliperti of Pedal Power for helping the team in everyway possible. As of Saturday, Peaty and Rennie had borrowed bikes to practice on, and in a stroke of good fortune, their personal race bikes arrived on Saturday in time for the race on Sunday.
With 5 of the 6 UCI World Cup Series races in the bag, racers have national races, World Championships and other events to compete in before we get to the showdown of the finals in Schladming, Austria to be held September 8-10, 2006. Peat leads the series by a margin of 178 points over 2nd place Greg Minnaar with 720 points. With the points spread, Peat or Minnaar will be the UCI World Cup Overall Champion. Currently in 3rd place, Sam Hill has 696 points and mathematically could not beat Peat for the title.
DOWNHILL FINAL RESULTS:
Course length : 1410 m / 0.88 Mile - Average Speed : 36.44 Kmh / 22.64 Mph
1. LEHIKOINEN Matti FIN TEAM G-CROSS HONDA 1:43.05 2:19.31
2. PEAT Steve GBR SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE 1:42.82 2:19.40 +0.09
3. HANNAH Michael AUS CANNONDALE/THE CUT 1:44.22 2:20.69 +1.38
4. ATHERTON Gee GBR TEAM ANIMAL / GIANT 1:45.54 2:22.12 +2.81
5. BEAUMONT Marc GBR TEAM MBUK SANTACRUZ 1:45.35 2:22.14 +2.83
6. BERCHTOLD Markolf BRA MAXXIS-MSC 1:45.47 2:22.27 +2.96
7. ATKINSON Bryn AUS 1:44.58 2:22.56 +3.25
8. GRACIA Cédric FRA 1:45.40 2:22.59 +3.28
9. CAMELLINI Julien FRA SANTA CRUZ 1:45.77 2:22.79 +3.48
10. NEETHLING Andrew RSA 1:46.04 2:23.17 +3.86
12. HILL 2:23.54
17. RENNIE SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE 2:24.73
23. MINNAAR 2:25.92
UCI DOWNHILL SERIES OVERALL POINTS:
1. PEAT Steve SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE 180 150 250 118 200 898
2. MINNAAR Greg HON 58 190 200 210 62 720
3. HILL Samuel 112 240 70 157 117 696
4. ATHERTON Gee ANI 123 130 150 105 145 653
5 HANNAH Michael CAN 250 24 81 83 165 603
6 RENNIE Nathan SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE 180 86 155 125 53 599
7 GRACIA Cédric 115 177 110 101 86 589
8 BEAUMONT Marc MBUK/SANTA CRUZ 135 110 65 155 121 586
9 LEHIKOINEN Matti HON 52 88 92 110 217 559
10 KOVARIK Chris MSR 85 50 130 220 58 543
11 FRA19840107 CAMELLINI Julien SANTA CRUZ 63 49 63 75 89 339
DOWNHILL QUALIFIER RESULTS:
1. Samuel Hill (Aus) 2:19.85
2. Steve Peat (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate 2:19.97 0.12
3. Greg Minnaar (RSA) Team G-Cross Honda 2:20.84 0.99
4. Michael Hannah (Aus) Cannondale/The 2:21.70 1.85
5. Gee Atherton (GBr) Team Animal / Giant 2:21.84 1.99
6. Matti Lehikoinen (Fin) Team G-Cross Honda 2:22.30 2.45
7. Markolf Berchtold (Bra) Maxxis-Msc 2:23.27 3.42
8. Mickael Pascal (Fra) Qbikes 2:23.42 3.57
9. Bryn Atkinson (Aus) 2:23.93 4.08
10. Marc Beaumont (GBr) Team Mbuk Santacruz 2:23.98 4.13
THANKS TO THE SYNDICATE SPONSORS:
SANTA CRUZ BICYCLES
SRAM
RockShox
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