Breaking news: Peat victorious in Andorra
Steve Peat scored his 17th World Cup win in Andorra today (Kathy Sessler)
Steve Peat won his 17th Mountain Bike World Cup downhill round today, beating the previous record set by Nicolas Vouilloz and giving him his second victory in a row.
Peat (Santa Cruz Syndicate) was third-from-last to set off. He stormed down the hill in Vallnord, Andorra, putting in extra pedal strokes wherever possible, to take the lead with a time of 2:22.05.
Next up was fellow Brit Gee Atherton (Animal Commencal), who was just 0.02 seconds slower. Last man down was Australian Sam Hill (Monster Energy Specialized), who was over a second up on the top half of the course but limped across the finish line in 2:27.89, leaving third place to Peat's team-mate, South African Greg Minnaar (2:23.46).
In the women's race, Frenchwoman Sabrina Jonnier (Maxxis Rocky Mountain) took the lead by 3.87 seconds (2:41.58). She was followed by her countrywoman Emmeline Ragot (Suspension Center, 2:45.45) and Britain's Tracy Moseley (Trek World Racing, 2:45.47).
Full results and report to follow.
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Ben Ormshaw
Posted Sun 17 May, 2:41 pm UTC Flag as inappropriate
Well, you can't ask for better than that!
Poor Sam, he lost it off camara
Thumbs up Gee 0.02 must be like going 1 extra root...
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Crashhappy
Posted Sun 17 May, 2:53 pm UTC Flag as inappropriate
Congrats Peaty!
But you need to mention Fion Griffiths too,
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elPedro666
Posted Sun 17 May, 7:42 pm UTC Flag as inappropriate
Go Peaty!
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zammmmo
Posted Mon 18 May, 7:52 am UTC Flag as inappropriate
Peaty = Legend
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ExeterSimon
Posted Mon 18 May, 8:33 am UTC Flag as inappropriate
Peaty for Sports Personality of the Year!
Oh sorry...mountain biking doesn't exist at the BBC.
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mado
Posted Mon 18 May, 9:04 am UTC Flag as inappropriate
Great job peaty, now he's back ontop he'll just keep winning. No training is KEY haha.
Pleased for Gee too, Dan and rach being out its good he performed.
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MuddyFunster
Posted Mon 18 May, 12:00 pm UTC Flag as inappropriate
Go Peaty, go! Great result, but will we see any coverage at all on mainstream media? Not on your nelly... If it ain't football, it won't be on the telly.
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wayo_peru
Posted Tue 19 May, 1:49 pm UTC Flag as inappropriate
I had the opportunity to ride with Peat in 2007 when he came for the Megavalanche in Peru. We went to ride other trails in Cusco and he is awesome. I remember I was following him on the training sessions in the Megavalanche course and he is really fast!! Go Peatty!
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