Australian rider Caroline Buchanan took out the top spot in today’s wet, muddy Maribor 4x World Cup 2009. The rain and thunder was so bad that the DH qualifying was postponed as the chairlift was unsafe, but the 4x went on regardless. Caroline’s win came after leading riders Jill Kintner and Anneke Beerten tangled in the final, allowing her to slip through a gap and pin it to the finish line ahead of Melissa Buhl. France’s Emmeline Ragot won the small final to take fifth, which puts her and Anneke’s Suspension Centre team back in the overall World Cup lead for 4x teams in 2009 ahead of Jared Graves’ Yeti/Fox team. Nice!
The racing is already up on Freecaster.tv, check out the final below and click the Maribor DH and 4x World Cup 2009 page for the rest.
Final of the Maribor 4x World Cup 2009, featuring Melissa Buhl, Caroline Buchanan, Jill Kintner and Anneke Beerten.
| Individual | Teams | Detailed PDF |
| Rank | Race Nr | NAME / First Name | UCI Code | Team | Time | |||
| 1 | 3 | BUCHANAN Caroline | AUS19901024 | — | ||||
| 2 | 12 | BUHL Melissa | USA19820125 | — | ||||
| 3 | 2 | BEERTEN Anneke | NED19820707 | SCT | ||||
| 4 | 1 | KINTNER Jill | USA19811024 | — | ||||
| 5 | 14 | RAGOT Emmeline | FRA19860527 | SCT | ||||
| 6 | 5 | HORAKOVA Jana | CZE19830904 | — | ||||
| 7 | 10 | SUEMASA Mio | JPN19830401 | — | ||||
| 8 | 8 | MARGGRAFF Diana | ECU19840319 | — | ||||
| 9 | 4 | MOLCIK Anita | AUT19801112 | YET | ||||
| 10 | 6 | GRIFFITHS Fionn | GBR19820827 | NWT | ||||
| 11 | 9 | PETTERSON Joanna | RSA19791124 | — | ||||
| 12 | 15 | CASTRO FERNANDEZ Eva | ESP19770825 | — | ||||
| 13 | 7 | CURD Katy | GBR19890427 | — | ||||
| 14 | 11 | OETJEN Lucia | SUI19810926 | — | ||||
| 15 | 13 | SEYDOUX Rachel | SUI19820323 | — | ||||
| 16 | 16 | VOTAVOVA Tereza |
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Published on 21/06/2009 by Martha Hucker.