Lisboa
Downtown Report
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A sunny
day, a big audience and the worlds best Downhill athletes speed through
the historic neighborhood, at the Lisboa Downtown in Portugal. Our
man Steve Peat wins for the 3rd time, with French Anne-Caroline topping
the podium in the womens..
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Early
in the morning the bikers began training on the circuit surprising
many tourists in the area. Besides having the same circuit as the
last years, bikers could understand some added difficulties that would
turn it slower. The first dismissal of the competition was french
biker, Nolvenn Le Caer, nº2 on the world female ranking. She
did tried to do it but she was unable due to a injury made 3 days
before while training up. Ass the others bikers were up to the mark.
Adrenaline
went up at 14:00h when the Portuguese André Beato started the
race. From this moment on bikes began to slope downwards amazingly,
meandering in the small streets of Alfama and also in it’s stairs,
while the audience turned more and more exited. By the winning-post,
the chronometer stopped every time a biker arrived and every new time
record this were a new King or Queen.
This
happened until Cedric Gracia, winner of the first edition of the Lisboa
Downtown in 2000, gets the semi-final record. The French biker went
down the 1000m course in 1m39s097 and the following bikers couldn’t
break the record. To note that only one second separated the four
best qualified of the semi-final. Mick Hannah (AUS) was the 2nd, David
Vazquez (ESP) the 3rd and Steve Peat (GBR) the 4th. The best Portuguese
was Cláudio Loureiro in the 10th place.
From the 48 bikers of the semi-final, only the 30 best got qualified
for the final declivity and among them were 4 portuguese bikers.
The female
bikers were 13, 10 of which proceeded to the next stage. The world
pluri champion Anne Caroline (FRA) dominated the semi-final with a
time record of 1m50s291, 4 seconds faster than Helen Gaskell (GBR),
the 2nd best female biker today. Anneke Beerten (NED) took the 3rd
place. The portuguese representant Ana Martins didn’t manage
to go to the final, getting the 13th place.
After
a break to get some rest in order to perform again, the finalists
were driven up to the castle to start the great final. As usual in
these competitions, bikers in the 2nd slope started to give their
best and got more spectacular. Some got better records and others
got falls.
In the
final, female were the first to run, and their time records were getting
better than before. The faster was, once again, Anne Caroline, this
time with 1m47s103, winning for the first time Lisboa Downtown. This
will make her stronger for the Laureus World Sports Awards, where
once again she’ll be present on the Alternative Sports.
The big
surprise came from Anneke Beerten. She got the 2nd place Helen Gaskell
got the 3rd best time.
Meantime, Alfama was crowded and red-hot, whith male bikers performing.
Cláudio Loureiro turned to be, once more, the best portuguese
although getting only 17th place.
Emotions
were indeed kept for the final, for the performance among those that
had already shown their skills. But all bikers were far from their
records. Steve Peat was the King with record of 1m35s962. After this,
3 riders, Vazquez, Hannah and Gracia did their best trying to break
his record, but this didn’t happened.
Mick Hannah got the 2nd place and Gracia the 3rd. The spanish Dvid
Vazquez, number one in the word Downhill ranking stood in 4th and
the world champion Greg Minner (RSA) couldn’t get more than
the 7th place, in his Honda NR01 first use.
Steve
Peat was the winner for the 3rd time consecutively in an afternoon
of great show for all, specially for Extreme Sports fans.
Next
year Lisboa Downtown will be back!!!
Official
Ranking:
Women
| Rk |
Num |
Bib
Name |
Name |
Licence |
1.Run |
2.Run |
Time |
Gap |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
108 |
ANNE
CARO |
Anne-Caroline
Chausson |
FRA19771008 |
1:50.291 |
1:47.103 |
1:47.103 |
|
| 2 |
109 |
ANNEKE |
Anneke
Beerten |
NED19820707 |
1:55.239 |
1:51.861 |
1:51.861 |
4.758 |
| 3 |
106 |
GASKELL |
Helen
Gaskell |
GBR19830116 |
1:54.833 |
1:53.536 |
1:53.536 |
6.433 |
| 4 |
101 |
SANER |
Marielle
Saner |
SUI19770322 |
2:02.670 |
1:54.222 |
1:54.222 |
7.119 |
| 5 |
104 |
JONNIER |
Sabrina
Jonnier |
FRA19810819 |
1:58.683 |
1:54.791 |
1:54.791 |
7.688 |
| 6 |
112 |
DIANA |
Diana
Marggraff |
ECU19840319 |
2:00.654 |
1:55.939 |
1:55.939 |
8.836 |
| 7 |
114 |
ATHERTON |
Rachel
Atherton |
GBR19871206 |
1:59.072 |
1:58.111 |
1:58.111 |
11.008 |
| 8 |
105 |
MOLCIK |
Anita
Molcik |
AUT19801112 |
1:59.956 |
2:03.841 |
1:59.956 |
12.853 |
| 9 |
103 |
FIONN |
Fionn
Griffiths |
GBR19820827 |
2:03.788 |
2:02.433 |
2:02.433 |
15.330 |
| 10 |
110 |
MIRIAM |
Miriam
Blas |
ESP19790704 |
2:04.167 |
2:04.945 |
2:04.167 |
17.064 |
| 11 |
111 |
VIOLETA |
Violeta
Janeiro |
ESP19821008 |
2:05.334 |
|
2:05.334 |
18.231 |
| 12 |
115 |
JULLYANA |
Jullyana
Cardoso |
BRA19780923 |
2:11.882 |
|
2:11.882 |
24.779 |
| 13 |
113 |
ANA |
Ana
Martins |
POR19820509 |
2:21.640 |
|
2:21.640 |
34.537 |
Men
| Rk |
Num |
Bib
Name |
Name |
Licence |
1.Run |
2.Run |
Time |
Gap |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
4 |
PEAT |
Steve
Peat |
GBR19740617 |
1:40.014 |
1:35.962 |
1:35.962 |
|
| 2 |
9 |
HANNAH |
Mick
Hannah |
AUS19831121 |
1:39.221 |
1:36.900 |
1:36.900 |
0.938 |
| 3 |
3 |
GRACIA |
Cedric
Gracia |
FRA19780323 |
1:39.097 |
1:38.031 |
1:38.031 |
2.069 |
| 4 |
2 |
VASQUEZ |
David
Vasquez |
ESP19790210 |
1:39.266 |
1:38.382 |
1:38.382 |
2.420 |
| 5 |
10 |
HILL |
Samuel
Hill |
AUS19850721 |
1:42.987 |
1:39.823 |
1:39.823 |
3.861 |
| 6 |
14 |
SANCHEZ |
Himar
Sanchez |
ESP19771229 |
1:46.617 |
1:40.197 |
1:40.197 |
4.235 |
| 7 |
5 |
MINNAAR |
Greg
Minnaar |
RSA19811113 |
1:41.819 |
1:40.336 |
1:40.336 |
4.374 |
| 8 |
17 |
TSCHUGG |
Guido
Tschugg |
GER19760514 |
1:42.791 |
1:40.861 |
1:40.861 |
4.899 |
| 9 |
13 |
BEVER |
Bas
de Bever |
NED19680416 |
1:44.389 |
1:41.540 |
1:41.540 |
5.578 |
| 10 |
19 |
GONZALEZ |
Roger
Gonzalez |
ESP19791001 |
1:42.081 |
|
1:42.081 |
6.119 |
| 11 |
12 |
CANALS |
Pascual
Canals |
ESP19840915 |
1:44.435 |
1:42.152 |
1:42.152 |
6.190 |
| 12 |
1 |
PASCAL |
Mickael
Pascal |
FRA19791011 |
1:42.853 |
1:42.647 |
1:42.647 |
6.685 |
| 13 |
11 |
BEAUMONT |
Mark
Beaumont |
GBR19840925 |
1:45.127 |
1:42.676 |
1:42.676 |
6.714 |
| 14 |
8 |
SAIZ |
Oscar
Saiz |
ESP19730828 |
1:44.734 |
1:43.027 |
1:43.027 |
7.065 |
| 15 |
20 |
AGUIN |
Jorge
Aguin |
ESP19800620 |
1:46.358 |
1:43.657 |
1:43.657 |
7.695 |
| 16 |
7 |
GUARDIA |
Bernat
Guardia |
ESP19820930 |
1:44.585 |
1:43.801 |
1:43.801 |
7.839 |
| 17 |
18 |
LOUREIRO
2 |
Cláudio
Loureiro |
POR19830322 |
1:43.922 |
1:47.234 |
1:43.922 |
7.960 |
| 18 |
34 |
ALVAREZ |
Diego
Alvarez |
ESP19840526 |
1:44.134 |
1:57.015 |
1:44.134 |
8.172 |
| 19 |
35 |
AMARELO |
Paulo
Domingues |
POR19800416 |
1:47.285 |
1:44.566 |
1:44.566 |
8.604 |
| 20 |
6 |
OULEGO |
Ivan
Oulego |
ESP19760674 |
1:45.342 |
1:44.784 |
1:44.784 |
8.822 |
| 21 |
15 |
JAHNEL |
Rudiger
Jahnel |
AUT19811105 |
1:49.063 |
1:45.122 |
1:45.122 |
9.160 |
| 22 |
29 |
E.POMBO |
Emanuel
Pombo |
POR19870616 |
1:48.496 |
1:45.214 |
1:45.214 |
9.252 |
| 23 |
16 |
DONOGHUE |
Neil
Donoghue |
GBR19810817 |
1:45.300 |
1:52.701 |
1:45.300 |
9.338 |
| 24 |
24 |
MOCA |
Nuno
Duarte |
POR19780315 |
1:48.733 |
1:45.560 |
1:45.560 |
9.598 |
| 25 |
37 |
GRASIC |
Janez
Grasic |
SUI19690113 |
1:45.829 |
1:54.469 |
1:45.829 |
9.867 |
| 26 |
25 |
CHEETHAM |
Jon
Cheetham |
GBR19810228 |
1:49.254 |
1:46.014 |
1:46.014 |
10.052 |
| 27 |
47 |
FERREIRA |
Afonso
Ferreira |
POR19791217 |
1:48.119 |
1:46.214 |
1:46.214 |
10.252 |
| 28 |
28 |
GOLIAS |
Márcio
Ferreira |
POR19820416 |
1:47.437 |
2:23.436 |
1:47.437 |
11.475 |
| 29 |
36 |
CARLITOS |
Carlos
Loureiro 1 |
POR19850724 |
1:48.063 |
2:05.850 |
1:48.063 |
12.101 |
| 30 |
21 |
PEREZ |
José
Perez |
MEX19791203 |
1:49.677 |
|
1:49.677 |
13.715 |
| 31 |
26 |
PAGO |
Jordi
Bago |
ESP19780424 |
1:49.975 |
|
1:49.975 |
14.013 |
| 32 |
33 |
RAMOS |
Ruben
Ramos |
POR19810625 |
1:50.054 |
|
1:50.054 |
14.092 |
| 33 |
48 |
BEATO |
André
Beato |
POR19801129 |
1:50.122 |
|
1:50.122 |
14.160 |
| 34 |
22 |
JARRIN |
Mário
Jarrin |
ECU19840125 |
1:50.792 |
|
1:50.792 |
14.830 |
| 35 |
40 |
D.POMBO |
Daniel
Pombo |
POR19850205 |
1:51.119 |
|
1:51.119 |
15.157 |
| 36 |
39 |
ADOLFO |
Adolfo
Silva |
POR19770215 |
1:52.150 |
|
1:52.150 |
16.188 |
| 37 |
38 |
SORRIBES |
Ferran
Marias Sorribes |
ESP19800812 |
1:52.399 |
|
1:52.399 |
16.437 |
| 38 |
41 |
L.SOUSA |
Luís
Sousa |
POR19710610 |
1:52.417 |
|
1:52.417 |
16.455 |
| 39 |
32 |
CAMPOS |
Sérgio
Campos |
POR19860905 |
1:52.907 |
|
1:52.907 |
16.945 |
| 40 |
30 |
BRAS |
Felicio
Bras |
POR19800207 |
1:53.632 |
|
1:53.632 |
17.670 |
| 41 |
27 |
PINOCHET |
Marco
Fidalgo |
POR19800130 |
1:53.852 |
|
1:53.852 |
17.890 |
| 42 |
44 |
GONGORA |
Guillermo
Gongora |
MEX19860317 |
1:55.016 |
|
1:55.016 |
19.054 |
| 43 |
42 |
ZINK |
Cameron
Zink |
USA19860308 |
1:55.210 |
|
1:55.210 |
19.248 |
| 44 |
45 |
CAMBOA |
Ary
Camboa |
POR19750208 |
1:56.114 |
|
1:56.114 |
20.152 |
| 45 |
43 |
GASPI |
Richard
Gasperotti |
SUI19770320 |
1:58.907 |
|
1:58.907 |
22.945 |
| 46 |
31 |
SALGUEIRO |
Pedro
Salgueiro |
POR19860120 |
2:04.269 |
|
2:04.269 |
28.307 |
| 47 |
46 |
ESTEVÃO |
João
Estevão |
POR19661015 |
2:07.152 |
|
2:07.152 |
31.190 |
Photos:
(RCastro) / Red Bull Photofiles