Mountain Bike Resources Online - Mountain Biking News - May 13th

May 13th, 1996

World Cup Downhill #1 - Spain

Spaniard Tomas Misser (Kona-Volvo) used everything he had, including the home court advantage, to win the first World Cup Downhill event of the year by just over a second. Anne-Caroline Chausson (Sunn-Chipie) easily won the women's DH event finishing over eight seconds ahead of Missy Giove (Volvo-Cannondale).

Not qualifying, Miles Rockwell (fork failure) and Brian Lopes (crash), left the men's race wide open. After winning Saturday's event, Joe Lawill (Yeti) had a spectular endo, recovered and finished 28th overall. Finishing just one second behind Misser was Steve Peat (MBUK-Nike).

The women's race, while not as close, did have four riders finishing within 5 seconds of Missy Giove.

World Cup #3 - Race Results

Overall Standings

Men
1. Tomas Misser (Kona-Volvo) 3.5 km in 4:34
2. Steve Peat (MBUK-Nike) @ 0:01
3. Nicolas Vouilloz (GT) @ 0:03
4. Mike King (GT) @ 0:04
5. Franck Roman (Volvo-Cannondale) @ 0:05
6. Francois Gachet (Sunn-Chipie) @ 0:06
7. Jurgen Beneke (Schwinn) @ 0:06
8. Taras Jaduta (Sintesi) @ 0:10
9. Alexandre Ballaud (Sunn-Chipie) @ 0:11
10. Oscar Saiz Castane (JVC Audio) @ 0:11


Women
1. Anne-Caroline Chausson (Sunn-Chipie) 3.5 km in 5:12
2. Missy Giove (Volvo-Cannondale) @ 0:08
3. Nolvenn LeCaer (Diamondback) @ 0:11
4. Mercedes Gonzales (GT) @ 0:11
5. Kim Sonier (Trick Racing) @ 0:13
6. Leigh Donovan (Mongoose) @ 0:13
7. Katja Repo (Mt. Dew-Specialized) @ 0:19
8. Brigitta Kasper (Swatch/Cycletech) @ 0:21
9. Lisa Sher (Ross/Jeep) @ 0:28
10. Carole Grange (Vario) @ 0:31

Grundig/UCI World Cup Standings

Overall Standings After 3 Races

Men
1. Thomas Frischnecht (Ritchey) 156 pts
2. Mike Kluge (Focus) 120
3. Miguel Martinez (Sunn-Chipie) 118
4. David Baker (GT) 117
4. Rune Hoydahl (Giant) 117
6. Lennie Kristensen (Giant) 112
7. Christophe Dupouey (Sunn-Chipie) 110
8. Jerome Chiotti (Peugeot Sachs) 101
9. Allisandro Fontana (Diamondback) 92
10. Dario Cioni (Mapei-Kona) 90


Women
1. Alison Sydor (Volvo-Cannondale) 105 pts
2. Juli Furtado (GT) 87
3. Caroline Alexander (BMW-Klein) 57
4. Susan DeMattei (Diamondback) 50
5. Paola Pezzo (Gary Fisher) 44
6. Gunn Rita Dahle (American Eagle) 41
7. Ruthie Mattes (Volvic-Powerbar) 40
8. Shari Kain (Ritchey) 35
9. Annabella Stropparo (Volvo-Cannondale) 32
10. Laurence Leboucher (MBK) 26