Orange Mountain Bikes: UCI Mountain Bike World Cup 2005

Bren Fairclough finishes well in his second world cup

Newly recovered from his recent ankle injury, Brendan Fairclough continues to make steady progress back to full fitness with a sound 24th place in the Schladming world Cup Downhill Round. The race was won hy Sam Hill in a time of 4:03:58, 8 whole seconds ahead of second placed Chris Kovarik.

Steve Peat still has to watch with frustration while his shoulder injury heals.

1	2	AUS19850721	HILL Samuel		4:03.58
2	32	AUS19780301	KOVARIK Chris		4:11.75
3	3	AUS19810531	RENNIE Nathan		4:14.50
4	9	RSA19811113	MINNAAR Greg	TEAM G-CROSS HONDA	4:14.95
5	16	FRA19840107	CAMELLINI Julien	COMMENCAL OXBOW	4:15.95
6	5	FRA19791011	PASCAL Mickael	MAXXIS-MSC	4:16.57
7	4	FRA19780323	GRACIA CŽdric	SIEMENS CANNONDALE MTB RACING TEAM	4:16.93
8	7	GBR19850226	ATHERTON Gee		4:17.21
9	22	NZL19841020	LEOV Justin		4:18.69
10	6	ESP19790210	VAZQUEZ LOPEZ David	MAXXIS-MSC	4:18.78
23	40	GBR19880110	FAIRCLOUGH Brendan		4:23.40

The UCI web site has full details and you can check the overall standings there too.