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Melissa Buhl and Jill Kintner take Sea Otter wins

Melissa Buhl has taken the Pro Women's win at the Sea Otter Classic 2010 Downhill in this weekend's DH event, narrowly beating Rachel Atherton who is returning to competition after missing last season due to innjury. Third place was Tracy Moseley with 2010 World Cup champ Sabrina Jonnier back in fourth.

In the Dual Slalom Jill Kintner took the win over Rachel Atherton, while Sabrina Jonnier managed to win over Melissa Buhl for third place.

As one of the first races in the season it's always interesting to see who finishes where at Sea Otter. There are very few bike changes in the pro women this year, but Jill Kintner's new Transitons seem to be working well for her, as the DH rig helped her finish well up in a race that's not her specialty.

Full results of all the categories are on the Sea Otter site here,  and there are some photos, including Rachel Atherton in action and Jill on her new 4x bike, at Decline magazine.

Dual slalom elite women results:

1 KINTNER, JILL FERNDALE WA
2 ATHERTON, RACHEL LLANGYNOG Commencal
3 JONNIER, SABRINA HYERES Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain
4 BUHL, MELISSA RANCHO DOMINGUEZ CA KHS Bicycles 
5 DONOVAN, LEIGH MURRIETA CA
6 PRUITT, KATHY SARATOGA CA Jamis Bikes
7 MOSELEY, TRACY WORCESTERSHIRE Trek World Racing
8 BEERTEN, ANNEKE MARIENVELDE
9 GRIFFITHS, FIONN SHREWSBURY Norco World Team
10  BUCHAR, CLAIRE WHISTLER BC Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense
11 PETTERSON, JOANNA FOLSOM CA
12 MYKLAK, LISA FELTON CA
13 HOLDEN, KATIE SCOTTS VALLEY CA 
14 HARMONY, JACQUELINE SEDONA AZ
15 MARTIN, JOY POWAY CA Vixen Racing
16 WILLIAMSON, SONDRA MORGAN HILL CA

Downhill elite women results:

Place Bib# Name City ST Team Finish
1 BUHL, MELISSA RANCHO DOMINGUE CA KHS BICYCL  02:20.6
2  ATHERTON, RACHEL LLANGYNOG COMMENCAL 02:21.0
3  MOSELEY, TRACY MALVERN TREK WORLD 02:21.1
4  JONNIER, SABRINA HYERES TEAM MAXXIS 02:24.1
5 DONOVAN, LEIGH MURRIETA CA 02:24.9
6  KINTNER, JILL FERNDALE WA 02:25.4
7  GRIFFITHS, FIONN SHREWSBURY NORCO WORLD 02:28.2
8  PETTERSON, JOANNA FOLSOM CA 02:31.5
9  PRUITT, KATHY SARATOGA CA JAMIS BIKE 02:31.6
10 BUCHAR, CLAIRE VANCOUVER BC CHAIN REACTION 02:32.2
11 HARMONY, JACQUELINE SEDONA AZ 02:32.8
12 BEERTEN, ANNEKE MARIENVELDE 02:33.3
13 HIPPELY, ABBY SANTA CRUZ CA SANTA CRUZ 02:34.6
14 HOLDEN, KATIE SCOTTS VALLEY CA 02:37.9
15 HANZI, KARIN MORGAN HILL CA THUNDER BR 02:39.3
16 HILL, JAIME PEMBERTON BC CYCLE COMP 02:40.2
17 JOHNSON, TARA NOVATO CA LOEKA 02:41.3
18 WILLIAMSON, SONDRA MORGAN HILL CA 02:41.3
19 WOLF, JENNIFER MAMMOTH LAKES CA POWERBAR/S
20 WILLIAMS, GABRIELA WESTLAKE VILLAG CA 02:45.3
21 HARVEY, DARIAN DURANGO CO 02:47.8
22 MARTIN, JOY POWAY CA VIXEN RACI 02:49.5
23 STEINBRECHER, NADIA FORT COLLINS CO 02:55.7