Maribor World Cup Results

Sometimes-local pro-rider Joanna Petterson placed 13th in the first World Cup DH race held in Maribor, Slovenia. Congratulations!

And you should really read Rachel Atherton's account of the race by clicking on her post in our Blog List to your right --> . . . you might want to grab a cup of coffee, or beer, or wine, or beverage of your choice and settle in first. The read is worth it.

Maribor World Cup: Women's DH final full results

Women	Time	Diff
Women	Time	Diff
1 Sabrina Jonnier (Fra) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles	3:39.59	0
2 Emmeline Ragot (Fra) Suspension Center	3:39.90	0.31
3 Floriane Pugin (Fra) Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker	3:43.33	3.74
4 Céline Gros (Fra) Morzine-Avoriaz 74	3:48.08	8.49
5 Mio Suemasa (Jpn) www.funfancy.jp	3:50.66	11.07
6 Myriam Nicole (Fra)	3:55.17	15.58
7 Emilie Siegenthaler (Sui) Scott 11	3:59.20	19.61
8 Fionn Griffiths (GBr) Norco World Team	4:03.87	24.28
9 Tracy Moseley (GBr) Trek World Racing	4:06.05	26.46
10 Miriam Ruchti (Sui) Team Vario Racing	4:07.12	27.53
10 Claire Buchar (Can) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense	4:07.12	27.53
12 Anita Molcik (Aut) Yeti	4:07.52	27.93
13 Joanna Petterson (RSA) Commencal USA	4:08.81	29.22
14 Jessica Stone (GBr) 2Stage Factory	4:09.06	29.47
15 Petra Bernhard (Aut)	4:15.39	35.8
16 Melissa Buhl (USA) KHS	4:16.77	37.18
17 Caroline Sax (Fra)	4:30.87	51.28
18 Fanny Lombard (Fra)	4:33.14	53.55
19 Emma Atkinson (GBr)	4:58.35	1:18.76
20 Sophie Borderes (Fra)	5:18.66	1:39.07

Back On Bike

Man what a feeling. To be back on a mountain bike. Yesterday I got back on the trail and rode, really rode for the first time since the fracture. No doctor's note required -- we know what our bodies need and can handle. Mine told me it was time to ride. The first section of single track on the Culvert trail was a little harry. I didn't remember the line being so rutted out and I could feel the chatter in my elbow, but nothing that was telling me to stop. When Tina and I got to the end of the Culvert trail I said to her, 'when were there so many rocks involved in mountain biking?' Haha, we had a good laugh. And then I followed 'Her Quickness' down Clementine and I marvelled over every section of the trail. Wow! What a feeling. My legs were burning, my lungs were working and my heart was beating right out of my chest. I'm sure my heart was pounding not just because I've gotten a little-out-of-mtb-shape but because I'm so in love. So in love with mountain biking.

See you out there!

kd