After winning all three downhill races at the ninth event on the Mountain Bike Gravity Calendar, the Category 2 Sol Squared G3, Aaron Gwin (Morongo Valley, CA) won the overall. Rachel Bauer (Aspen, CO) earned the overall women's victory.
SOL SQUARED G3 OVERALL RESULTS
1. Aaron Gwin...9:20.91...Yeti-Fox
2. Chris Boice...9:47.35...Fox Shox-Yeti Cycles
3. Joey Schusler...9:48.88...Yeti-Fox Shox
4. Steven Wentz...9:52.58...SolVista
5. Villegas Gutierrez...9:56.89...Cafe De Colombia-Eta
6. Cody Wilderman...9:57.28...Totally Wired
7. Todd Olsen...9:59.77...Recycle Ski and Sport
8. Matthew Fisher...10:00.06...TheFixBikes.com
9. Derek Chambers...10:00.48...Pinkbike-Devinci-NRG
10. David Ziegman...10:01.75...Yeti
WOMEN
1. Rachel Bauer...11:26.64...Dead Bros
2. Jacqueline Harmony...11:38.18...Zumbi-Loeka-All Moun
3. Sage Wilderman...12:07.17...Totally Wired
4. Abigail Hippely...13:02.33...Yeti
5. Neven Steinmetz...13:02.82...Totally Wired
6. Jessica Vogt...13:53.88...Turner
The final race on the Gravity Calendar event was the Whiteface 5K Downhill in Wilmington, NY. Geritt Beytagh (Fletcher, NC) earned the pro victory and Dawn Bourque (Campton, NH) won the final pro women's race on the 2008 calendar.
WHITEFACE 5K DOWNHILL RESULTS
1. Geritt Beytagh...7:24.47...Morewood
2. Bert Boyce...7:34.47
3. Benjamin Moody...7:47.66...Rhino Bike Works
4. Jason Memmelaar...7:50.43...Scott-Diablo
5. Gavin Vaughan...7:51.96...Snowfire Racing
6. Nicolas Dignard...7:55.95
7. Kyle Hickey...7:57.49...Old Spokes Home
8. Jeff Thoruton...8:02.71...Highland
9. Chris Scannell...8:03.30
10. Chris Higgerson...8:04.10...Morewood-Michelin-TLD
WOMEN
1. Dawn Bourque...9:03.13...Rhino Bike Works
2. Karen Eagan...9:21.58...Vitamin Water
3. Allegra Burch...9:31.20...Velo Bella
4. Marie-Eve Marcotte...9:37.05...Primary/Devina
5. Candace Ellicott...10:01.30
6.Alicia Hamilton...10:16.93...Darwin
The final 2008 Mountain Bike Gravity Calendar standings are as follows:
1. Aaron Gwin...Yeti-Fox.....396 points
2. Chris Boice...Fox Shox-Yeti Cycles 325
3. Geritt Beytagh...Morewood...220
4. Petr Hanak...Totally Wired...215
5. Rich Houseman...Yeti...206
WOMEN
1. Melissa Buhl...KHS...630 points
2. Darian Harvey...Sobe-Cannondale...315
3. Neven Steinmetz...Totally Wired...265
4. Rachel Bauer...Dead Bros...235
5. Jessica Vogt...Turner...225