Orange Mountain Bikes: UCI Mountain Bike World Cup 2005

Peaty Injured, Brendan Fairclough Steps up.

With Steve Peat still recovering from a separated shoulder injury. It fell the Royal Racing's Brendan Fairclough to wave the Orange flag. Brendan is only just recovered from injury himseld, missing out on the Vigo round because of an ankle injury. Brendan rose to the occasion and placed himself firmly in the top twenty in his first World Cup Race.

1	9	RSA19811113	MINNAAR Greg	TEAM G-CROSS HONDA	2:19.59
2	17	GBR19820125	ATHERTON Daniel		2:23.04
3	3	AUS19810531	RENNIE Nathan		2:23.19
4	81	AUS19780301	KOVARIK Christopher		2:24.76
5	2	AUS19850721	HILL Samuel		2:25.46
6	6	ESP19790210	VAZQUEZ LOPEZ David	MAXXIS-MSC	2:25.69
7	11	FIN19840419	LEHIKOINEN Matti	TEAM G-CROSS HONDA	2:25.82
8	4	FRA19780323	GRACIA Cedric	SIEMENS CANNONDALE MTB RACING TEAM	2:25.95
9	7	GBR19850226	ATHERTON George		2:26.48
10	10	BRA19800209	BERCHTOLD Markolf	MAXXIS-MSC	2:26.91
11	38	SUI19810120	MERMOUD Damien		2:27.16
12	5	FRA19791011	PASCAL Mickael	MAXXIS-MSC	2:27.60
13	62	RSA19840805	NEETHLING Andrew		2:27.71
14	21	GBR19741123	LONGDEN Will		2:27.85
15	25	GER19770808	KLAUSMANN Marcus	GHOST RACING TEAM	2:27.97
16	18	GBR19840925	BEAUMONT Marc		2:28.35
17	55	FRA19800826	DELDYCKE Mickael		2:28.76
18	51	USA19870404	STRAIT Kyle	SPECIALIZED FACTORY RACING	2:28.85
19	106	GBR19880110	FAIRCLOUGH Brendan		2:29.20
20	16	FRA19840107	CAMELLINI Julien	COMMENCAL OXBOW	2:29.21
20	47	FRA19851018	REMY MAXXIS-MSCime		2:29.21

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