March 11/19 8:21 am - US Pro GRT 1: Pageau and Shandro Top Podium
Posted by Editoress on 03/11/19
The season opener for North American downhill competition took place on Saturday at the Windrock Tennessee National US Pro GRT in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Held in near unridable conditions - wet, greasy and COLD. Never the less, Canadian riders took the top podium spots in the Pro Women and Junior Men's fields, with Rachel Pageau (Pivot Cycles) the top Pro woman and Ethan Shandro (Trek Factory Racing) leading an all Canadian podium in the Junior men. Frenchman Loris Vergier (Santa Cruz) won for the Pro men, with Mark Wallace (Canyon Factory Downhill Team) the top Canadian man in eighth place.
| Pro Women | |
| 1 Rachel Pageau (Can) Pivot Cycles / Julbo Eyewear | 4:37.413 |
| 2 Caroline Washam (USA) SRAM | Liv Racing | TLD | Industry Nine | Schwalbe | Flat Tire Defender | 4:59.981 |
| 3 Frida Roenning (USA) Lillehammer CK | 5:02.067 |
| 4 Sarah Olsen (USA) CyclepathPDX | 5:18.095 |
| 5 Kera Linn (USA) Canfield Brother | 5:34.045 |
| 6 Autumn Parham (USA) Independent | 5:42.089 |
| 7 Samantha Soriano (USA) Commencal USA | 5:45.500 |
| 8 Riley Weidman (USA) Fastline Racing | 7:14.164 |
| 9 Kerstin Holster (USA) Pivot Cycles | 7:39.411 |
| 10 Mckenna Merten (Irl) Intense/100% | 11:43.866 |
| 11 Amber Price (USA) O'Neal | 12:09.561 |
| 12 Rachel Kelleher (USA) Coqui Cyclery / Vesen Brewing Company | 12:11.686 |
| Junior Men | |
| 1 Ethan Shandro (Can) Trek Factory Racing | 3:07.989 |
| 2 Lucas Cruz (Can) SRAM-TLD Racing | 3:17.687 |
| 3 Elliot Jamieson (Can) Norco Factory DH Team | 3:25.679 |
| 4 Matthew Sterling (USA) Pivot Cycles | 3:26.628 |
| 5 Cole Suetos (USA) Incycle Race Team | 3:30.150 |
| 6 Zach Gareis (USA) Billy Goat Bikes/Devinci | 3:33.540 |
| 7 Tyler Ervin (USA) Commencal | 3:33.564 |
| 8 Tristan Lemire (Can) Kona Factory | 3:34.017 |
| 9 Kye A'hern (Aus) Canyon Factory Downhill Team | 3:34.178 |
| 10 Dante Silva (USA) Commencal Junior Cartel/100%/WD-40/ONYX/CushCore/Sensus | 3:35.155 |
| 11 Austin Dooley (USA) 100%/Monster Army/Fox Factory/Maxxis/RynoPower/GoPro/Muc-Off | 3:37.892 |
| 12 Ian Milley (Can) Blueprint Athlete Development | 3:48.714 |
| 13 Gideon Bender (USA) B-Line Racing | 3:55.276 |
| 14 River Key (USA) Independent | 4:09.815 |
| 15 Ethan Heck (USA) Double Black Bikes | 4:14.943 |
| 16 Cooper Rodrigues (USA) Cycling Spoken Here | 4:16.263 |
| 17 James Bezeau-Tremblay (Can) MSS BIKE PARK/Cafe velo des nations | 4:47.562 |
| 18 Philip Bilodeau (Can) Devinci / trees mountain apparel | 4:50.884 |
| 19 Matthew Spong (USA) Afton Shoes | 4:57.857 |
| 20 Spencer Ervin (USA) B-line Racing | 5:16.498 |
| 21 Gage Collina (USA) Independent | 5:27.190 |
| 22 Phillip Steele (USA) Independent | 6:44.982 |
| Pro Men | |
| 1 Loris Vergier (Fra) SANTA CRUZ BICYCLES | 3:01.668 |
| 2 Charlie Harrison (USA) Trek Factory Racing | 3:02.174 |
| 3 Jacob Dickson (Irl) Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 3:07.141 |
| 4 Neko Mulally (USA) Intense Factory Racing | 3:07.555 |
| 5 Max Morgan (USA) Santa Cruz Bicycles | 3:13.733 |
| 6 Luca Shaw (USA) SANTA CRUZ BICYCLES | 3:13.830 |
| 7 Marcelo Gutierrez (Col) Giant Factory Off-Road Team | 3:13.838 |
| 8 Mark Wallace (Can) Canyon Factory Downhill Team | 3:14.015 |
| 9 Nikolas Nestoroff (USA) KHS FACTORY RACING | 3:14.469 |
| 10 Forrest Riesco (Can) Commencal | 3:15.717 |
| 11 Mitch Ropelato (USA) Santa Cruz SRAM | 3:17.404 |
| 12 Ben Wallace (Can) Independent | 3:22.298 |
| 13 Steven Ceballos (Col) Specialized Colombia | 3:22.674 |
| 14 Walker Shaw (USA) Independent | 3:26.613 |
| 15 Steve Estabrook (USA) Defiant Racing | 3:26.661 |
| 16 Trevor Boldi (USA) Micheal David Winery | 3:26.870 |
| 17 Mauricio Estrada (USA) Danny's Cycles Racing | 3:27.780 |
| 18 Benjamin Despres Morin (Can) Sport Aux Puces Longueil/Live to play/fox racing | 3:28.155 |
| 19 Dillon Flinders (USA) Commencal USA | 3:28.661 |
| 20 Kiran Mackinnon (USA) Santa Cruz Bicycles | 3:29.867 |
| 21 Charles Frydendal (USA) My Buddy?s Bike Shop | 3:30.038 |
| 22 Isaac Allaire (USA) Defiant Racing | 3:32.327 |
| 23 Wiley Kaupas (USA) Specialized | 3:35.317 |
| 24 Seth Hanson (USA) SEI Racing | 3:35.330 |
| 25 Henry Fitzgerald (Can) Norco Factory Team | 3:37.962 |
| 26 Bracken Camilleri (Can) Independent | 3:38.753 |
| 27 Conrad Haehner (USA) Independent | 3:42.255 |
| 28 Kirk Mcdowall (Can) Unior/Devinci Factory Racing | 3:43.498 |
| 29 Armen Davis (USA) Commencal USA | 3:43.850 |
| 30 Harrison Ory (USA) Rooted MTB | 3:46.288 |
| 31 Titus Nicholson (USA) Defiant Racing | 3:49.049 |
| 32 Graeme Pitts (USA) Graeme Pitts racing - Oz racing lifestyle/JJ's cyclery | 3:49.132 |
| 33 Jake Khan (USA) Independent | 3:52.125 |
| 34 Garrett Macintosh (Can) Dunbar cycles | 3:52.305 |
| 35 Steven Walton (USA) KHS FACTORY RACING | 3:52.663 |
| 36 Tanner Stephens (USA) Sean leader and Dakotah norton factory racing | 3:54.069 |
| 37 Warren Kniss (USA) Santa Cruz | 3:56.854 |
| 38 Bryce Helbling (USA) KHS factory racing | 3:57.782 |
| 39 Quintin Kurtz (USA) Independent | 4:00.704 |
| 40 Brandon Douglas (Can) Independent | 4:00.721 |
| 41 Steve Rioux (Can) BOSK VELO CAFE | 4:21.313 |
| 42 Ian Norris (USA) Filz Built Bicycles | 4:34.291 |
| 43 Rafael Ferreira (Bra) ALTA/100%/E*13/ODI/CushCore/Carolina Pro Flooring | 4:38.745 |
| 44 Owen Witcher (USA) Double Black Bikes/Gravity Crew | 4:40.693 |
| 45 Tobie Boucher (Can) Commencal Canada | 6:59.826 |
| 46 Corey Zell (USA) Independent | 12:44.781 |
| Junior Women | |
| 1 Ella Erickson (USA) Commencal USA/Deity/CushCore/e*Thirteen/Ride 100%/Dialed MTB/Two Wheeler Dealer | 5:42.516 |
| 2 Ivanna Estrada (USA) Danny's Cycles Racing | 5:49.296 |
| 3 Dixie Owensa (USA) TLD | 10:10.150 |
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