September 15/12 10:51 am - MTB DH World Cup Final, Hafjell: Men's final, Smith wins
Posted by Editoress on 09/15/12
Results from the World Cup Final in Hafjell, Norway. Canada's Steve Smith took his first World Cup win, with his team Canadian based Devinci Global Racing taking 3 of the top 5 podium spots.
Smith finished 4th in the overall standings.
| Men | Time | Gap |
| 1 Steve Smith (Can) Devinci Global Racing | 3:31.764 | 0 |
| 2 George Brannigan (NZl) Devinci Global Racing | 3:32.164 | 0.4 |
| 3 Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate | 3:33.898 | 2.134 |
| 4 Gee Atherton (GBr) GT Factory Racing | 3:34.053 | 2.289 |
| 5 Nick Beer (Sui) Devinci Global Racing | 3:34.897 | 3.133 |
| 6 Cameron Cole (NZl) Lapierre International | 3:35.973 | 4.209 |
| 7 Samuel Hill (Aus) Monster Energy-Specialized | 3:36.509 | 4.745 |
| 8 Josh Bryceland (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate | 3:36.565 | 4.801 |
| 9 Markus Pekoll (Aut) MS Mondraker Team | 3:36.712 | 4.948 |
| 10 Brendan Fairclough (GBr) Scott11 | 3:37.268 | 5.504 |
| 11 Michael Hannah (Aus) Hutchinson United Ride | 3:37.406 | 5.642 |
| 12 Isak Leivsson (Nor) | 3:37.450 | 5.686 |
| 13 Andrew Neethling (RSA) Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 3:37.554 | 5.79 |
| 14 Brook Macdonald (NZl) MS Mondraker Team | 3:37.729 | 5.965 |
| 15 Greg Williamson (GBr) | 3:37.796 | 6.032 |
| 16 Thibaut Ruffin (Fra) Commencal / Riding Addiction | 3:37.822 | 6.058 |
| 17 Robin Wallner (Swe) Team Are Bikepark By W-Racing | 3:37.957 | 6.193 |
| 18 Bernard Kerr (GBr) | 3:38.726 | 6.962 |
| 19 Neko Mulally (USA) Trek World Racing | 3:38.753 | 6.989 |
| 20 Bryn Atkinson (Aus) Team Norco International | 3:39.063 | 7.299 |
| 21 Loic Bruni * (Fra) Lapierre International | 3:39.145 | 7.381 |
| 22 Florent Payet (Fra) SC-Intense | 3:39.298 | 7.534 |
| 23 Damien Spagnolo (Fra) MS Mondraker Team | 3:39.357 | 7.593 |
| 24 Matthew Simmonds (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof | 3:39.363 | 7.599 |
| 25 Luke Strobel (USA) | 3:39.457 | 7.693 |
| 26 Ruaridh Cunningham (GBr) | 3:39.776 | 8.012 |
| 27 Harry Molloy (GBr) Madison Saracen Downhill Team | 3:40.079 | 8.315 |
| 28 Lorenzo Suding (Ita) Pila-Black Arrows-Mtb Herin School Asd | 3:40.455 | 8.691 |
| 29 Marc Beaumont (GBr) GT Factory Racing | 3:40.725 | 8.961 |
| 30 Eliot Jackson (USA) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 3:41.173 | 9.409 |
| 31 Marcelo Gutierrez Villegas (Col) CG Racing Brigade | 3:41.582 | 9.818 |
| 32 Ben Reid (Irl) Dirt Norco Race Team | 3:41.758 | 9.994 |
| 33 Slawomir Lukasik (Pol) | 3:41.768 | 10.004 |
| 34 Joseph Smith (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof | 3:41.891 | 10.127 |
| 35 Richard Thomas (GBr) | 3:42.016 | 10.252 |
| 36 Aurélien Giordanengo (Fra) Topcycle by Trek | 3:42.199 | 10.435 |
| 37 Benny Strasser (Ger) Mag41.de Racing Team | 3:42.708 | 10.944 |
| 38 Connor Fearon * (Aus) Kona | 3:43.122 | 11.358 |
| 39 Oscar Harnstrom (Swe) Pila-Black Arrows-MTB Herin School Asd | 3:43.410 | 11.646 |
| 40 Kyle Sangers (Can) Pivot Kenda | 3:44.006 | 12.242 |
| 41 Samuel Blenkinsop (NZl) Lapierre International | 3:44.565 | 12.801 |
| 42 Adam Brayton (GBr) | 3:45.098 | 13.334 |
| 43 Richard Rude Jr * (USA) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team | 3:45.136 | 13.372 |
| 44 Zakarias Blom Johansen (Nor) | 3:45.670 | 13.906 |
| 45 Johannes Fischbach (Ger) Ghost Factory Racing Team | 3:46.381 | 14.617 |
| 46 Kirk Mcdowall (Can) | 3:46.462 | 14.698 |
| 47 Mitchell Delfs (Aus) Kona | 3:46.498 | 14.734 |
| 48 Niklas Wallner (Swe) Team Are Bikepark by W-Racing | 3:46.500 | 14.736 |
| 49 Reece Potter * (NZl) | 3:46.893 | 15.129 |
| 50 Thomas Braithwaite (GBr) | 3:47.066 | 15.302 |
| 51 Sam Dale (GBr) | 3:47.103 | 15.339 |
| 52 Ludovic Oget (Fra) Dagg - Racing | 3:47.381 | 15.617 |
| 53 Oliver Burton (GBr) | 3:47.889 | 16.125 |
| 54 Jakob Thunell * (Swe) Team Are Bikepark By W-Racing | 3:48.212 | 16.448 |
| 55 Joshua Button (Aus) SC-Intense | 3:48.251 | 16.487 |
| 56 Mark Wallace * (Can) Devinci | 3:48.325 | 16.561 |
| 57 Quentin Chanudet (Fra) | 3:48.484 | 16.72 |
| 58 Phil Atwill * (GBr) Madison Saracen Downhill Team | 3:48.543 | 16.779 |
| 59 Richard Leacock (NZl) | 3:48.597 | 16.833 |
| 60 Mark Scott (GBr) | 3:48.842 | 17.078 |
| 61 Benjamin Verrier (Fra) | 3:48.856 | 17.092 |
| 62 Noel Niederberger * (Sui) Scott11 | 3:49.091 | 17.327 |
| 63 Espen Johnsen (Nor) | 3:49.119 | 17.355 |
| 64 Mathew Stuttard (GBr) | 3:49.185 | 17.421 |
| 65 Matti Lehikoinen (Fin) Chain Reaction Cycles.Com / Nukeproof | 3:49.593 | 17.829 |
| 66 Ziga Pandur (Slo) Unior Tools Team | 3:49.727 | 17.963 |
| 67 Faustin Figaret (Fra) SC-Intense | 3:49.786 | 18.022 |
| 68 Arthur Parret (Fra) Passion Velo.fr | 3:50.630 | 18.866 |
| 69 Will Jones (GBr) | 3:50.962 | 19.198 |
| 70 Fabien Cousinie (Fra) Hutchinson United Ride | 3:50.976 | 19.212 |
| 71 Steve Peat (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate | 3:53.311 | 21.547 |
| 72 David Trummer * (Aut) | 3:54.570 | 22.806 |
| 73 Arthur Babcock (USA) | 3:55.266 | 23.502 |
| 74 Jack Reading (GBr) | 3:56.371 | 24.607 |
| 75 Lars Vatnebryn Sandviken (Nor) | 3:56.663 | 24.899 |
| 76 Dan Sheridan * (Irl) | 3:56.937 | 25.173 |
| 77 Rémi Thirion (Fra) Labyrinth Shimano Racing Team | 4:01.154 | 29.39 |
| DNF Gavin Vaughan (USA) | ||
| DNS Aaron Gwin (USA) Trek World Racing | ||
| DNS Pierre Charles Georges (Fra) Team Lac Blanc / Solid / Batibois Alsace | ||
| DNS Dennis Dertell (Swe) Team 23 Degrees | ||
| Final World Cup Standings | ||
| 1 Aaron Gwin (USA) Trek World Racing | 1260 pts | |
| 2 Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate | 1162 | |
| 3 Gee Atherton (GBr) GT Factory Racing | 1123 | |
| 4 Steve Smith (Can) Devinci Global Racing | 930 | |
| 5 Samuel Hill (Aus) Monster Energy-Specialized | 735 | |
| 6 Josh Bryceland (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate | 699 | |
| 7 Brook Macdonald (NZl) MS Mondraker Team | 650 | |
| 8 Danny Hart (GBr) Giant | 650 | |
| 9 Michael Hannah (Aus) Hutchinson United Ride | 632 | |
| 10 George Brannigan (NZl) Devinci Global Racing | 604 | |
| 53 Matthew Beer (Can) Intense Cycles/ Fox Shox | 187 | |
| 57 Kyle Sangers (Can) Pivot Kenda | 166 | |
| 107 Kirk Mcdowall (Can) | 35 |
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