The seventh annual Crankworx Festival in Whistler wrapped up this evening with the Canadian Open downhill race. If asked to describe the Open downhill course in two words, they’d be steep and dangerous. It’s nearly unfathomable how so much technical terrain was covered in just a few minutes by today’s top pro racers. Gee Atherton has been on fire this summer, and took the pro men’s win today. For the women, reigning World Champ Emmeline Ragot bested a field of just six pro women for the victory.
It’s a sign of things to come.
Whether racing on wet and sloppy courses in Europe, or the dry, loose conditions of the Open course, Gee Atherton has been at the top of his game. He won today’s Canadian Open by over 5 seconds.
Trek's Justin Leov vuvuzela'd his way to third place in the pro men's field.
World Champion Emmeline Ragot won the women’s downhill event, beating just five other racers. The DNS roster included two other World Champions, Rachel Atherton and Melissa Buhl.
Lewis Buchanan was flying all week. He put down an impressive run for second place.
“Just don’t crash at Heckler Rock. Just don’t crash at Heckler Rock. Just don’t crash at Heckler Rock. Oh @%*#!”
RockShox’s Tyler Morland was a force behind shaping the Canadian Open downhill event into what it has become today. He put down a quality run for eighth place.
No one’s stock is rising like 20-year-old Eliot Jackson’s of Southern California. Despite the fact you can count the number of downhill races he’s ever entered on one hand, he finished 14th today, and beat 80 other pro downhillers.
Rookie pro Troy Brosnan has to be satisfied with his fourth place result.
Remember in high school when you were on spring break and you heard stories about the guy who drank too much and fell off the balcony at (fill in the blank) hotel? Apparently this guy was home schooled. Remember that time at Crankworx when that guy on the chairlift…
Stevie Smith was crushing the course in practice, carrying speed like no one else in the bottom tree section. A flat tire at the top of the course ended his race run prematurely.
Whistler yokel, err local, Kenny Smith floats down Heckler Rock. His race run didn’t go as planned, finishing 25th.
Former U.S. National Champion Cody Warren races just part time these days, but impressively finished in 10th place among a field of World Cup regulars.
One of the bear necessities is Kokanee.
Crankworx Canadian Open Downhill Results: Top 40
Place Bib Name Sponsor Time
1. 2 Atherton Gee GBR Commencal 3:04.14 +0.00
2. 28 Buchanan Lewis SCO Evil Bikes-MS 3:09.16 +5.02
3. 5 Leov Justin NZL Trek World Racing 3:09.20 +5.06
4. 48 Brosnan Troy AUS Monster Energy, Sp 3:09.27 +5.13
5. 14 Neethling Andrew RSA Trek World Racing 3:09.79 +5.65
6. 26 Smith Joseph GBR Kona Factory 3:10.45 +6.31
7. 29 McDonald Brook NZL Evil Bikes-MS, Oakl 3:10.81 +6.67
8. 42 Morland Tyler CAN SRAM, Evil Bikes 3:11.01 +6.87
9. 13 Polc Filip SVK Evil 3:11.58 +7.44
10. 34 Warren Cody USA Foes Racing, Metal 3:12.09 +7.95
11. 10 Simmonds Matt GBR chainreactioncycles 3:12.99 +8.85
12. 4 Fairclough Brendan GBR Monster Energy, Sp 3:13.04 +8.90
13. 40 Reading Jack GBR Ellsworth Handcraft 3:13.58 +9.44
14. 87 Jackson Eliot USA 3:14.61 +10.47
15. 47 Keene Curtis USA Specialized, Sram 3:15.13 +10.99
16. 61 Andrews Ryan AUS Brotec, Bromag, Ca 3:15.31 +11.17
17. 38 Biluk Jamie CAN Pinkbike, Suspionw 3:15.32 +11.18
18. 139 Lambert Hans CAN Primary, Trek 3:16.36 +12.22
19. 50 Binggeli Logan USA KHS Bicycles 3:16.47 +12.33
20. 148 Benedict Brad USA Specialized 3:16.87 +12.73
21. 44 Cousinie Fabien FRA Morewood United 3:17.29 +13.15
22. 119 Woods Cameron CAN pinkbike.com/devin 3:17.81 +13.67
23. 86 Imoto Hajime CAN Love Bikes 3:18.47 +14.33
24. 49 Kerr Bernard GBR Norco World Team, 3:18.51 +14.37
25. 24 Smith Kenny CAN Evil 3:19.70 +15.56
26. 149 Robinson Curtis CAN Sram, Chromag, Kn 3:19.75 +15.61
27. 76 Digiacinto Adriano CAN bryson raing clan 3:19.81 +15.67
28. 125 Jarrin Mario ECU Zenith Bicycles 3:20.70 +16.56
29. 113 Tennant Dean CAN Dunbar Cycles, So 3:22.08 +17.94
30. 43 Atkinson Rhys AUS Specialized, World 3:22.47 +18.33
31. 64 Boer Berend AUS Garbanzo Bike & B 3:22.92 +18.78
32. 35 Bennett Kieran NZL DRD, Tomac 3:26.16 +22.02
33. 151 Bartkowski Kevin CAN 3:26.27 +22.13
34. 98 Merrick Tristan CAN Garbanzo Bike & B 3:26.36 +22.22
35. 135 Garnham Luke AUS 3:26.51 +22.37
36. 127 Velardi Thiago BRA 3:27.27 +23.13
37. 109 Skogland Dan CAN Cove Bikes, Okana 3:28.63 +24.49
38. 120 Condrashoff Ryan USA ODI, Xfusion, Inten 3:28.93 +24.79
39. 132 Tuttle Nick USA GHY Bikes 3:29.47 +25.33
40. 146 Stachenfeld Amando USA Amadomtb.com 3:30.20 +26.06
Pro Women
Place Bib Name Sponsor Time
1. 202 Ragot Emmeline FRA Suspension Centre 3:37.78 +0.00
2. 204 Buchar Claire CAN Team ChainReactio 3:43.12 +5.34
3. 210 Miller Miranda CAN SantaCruz, SRAM, 3:46.85 +9.07
4. 207 Gatto Micayla CAN Commencal, Oakle 3:55.27 +17.49
5. 236 Harmony Jacqueline USA Vixen Racing Cove 4:15.33 +37.55
6. 237 McMillan Jennifer CAN thebrysonracingcla 4:30.10 +52.32
205 Atherton Rachel GBR Commencal DNS
208 Buhl Melissa USA KHS Bicycles DNS
209 Griffiths Fionn GBR Norco World Team DNS
221 Hill Jaime CAN CCN, TLD, Rocky DNS
224 Leishman Sarah CAN DNS
By Ryan Cleek
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