Billy ‘the web’ is on his way to the Val di Sole World Cup taking place this weekend…
…so we’ve collated a ton of information to get you ‘in–gear’ and ‘up to speed’ for the final round of this year’s World Cup. We’ve got the current standings, the weather, Dirt TV from last year, the schedule…the lot.
CURRENT WORLD CUP STANDINGS
DH MEN
So in the men’s Aaron Gwin has already walked away with the title. With a maximum of 250 points available at the last round all the places behind him are up for grabs. Only Gee Atherton can take second place off Greg Minnaar, but it is fourth and fifth on the podium where the battle is really going to take place. Smith, Hart, Macdonald, Cole, Leov, Peat…in fact technically 14th place Troy Brosnan could still get on the podium (unlikely I know).
DH WOMEN
DH women is still all to play for. Moseley is 150 points clear, so is in the driving seat, but anything could happen. If it all goes as it should the top five shouldn’t really be changing.
4X MEN
There is only 125 points max to be won in 4X, so Graves has it. Second through to fifth will be interesting.
4X WOMEN
Beerten has won it by a mile, but who will show up to claim the other podium positions?
AVERAGES
OK, here’s a bit of a geeky one for you. Ben here (another work experience person!) has worked out the average result of each of the top riders so far. It is a bit tricky because in some rounds the odd rider DNF’d, so we have just averaged out the ones where they scored points (a bit dodgy I know, but it is just a bit of fun).
2010 RESULTS
Interesting to take a look at who did what last year at Val di Sole.
Men DH
1. Marc Beaumont
2. Greg Minnaar
3. Gee Atherton
4. Andrew Neethling
5. Steve Smith
6. Steve Peat
7. Danny Hart
8. Sam Blenkinsop
9. Josh Bryceland
10. Markus Pekoll
11. Matti Lehikoinen
12. Michael Hannah
13. Brook MacDonald
14. Aaron Gwin
15. Mickael Pascal
16. Lewis Buchanan
17. Romain Paulham
18. Bryn Atkinson
19. Joe Smith
20. Cedric Gracia
Women DH
1. Emmeline Ragot
2. Sabrina Jonnier
3. Tracy Moseley
4. Myriam Nicole
5. Floriane Pugin
6. Mio Suemasa
7. Claire Buchar
8. Celine Gros
9. Emilie Siegenthal
10. Manon Carpenter
WEATHER FORECAST
WHERE IS VAL DI SOLE?
Dirt TV 2010 DH finals
http://mpora.com/videos/uGkJwBKvD
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EVENT PROGRAMME
Compiled by Josh John.