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Tracy Moseley wins Schladming World Cup Final 2009

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Tracy Moseley on the hotseat.

 

Tracy Moseley has taken the win at the last round of the 2009 Downhill World Cup in Schladming. She has had a rocky season after an initial golden start, so this win is a great finish to 2009 for Tracy after her silver in Canberra for World Champs. Sabrina Jonnier has won the series overall on points, but only managed a fourth place today. Fastest qualifier Floriane Pugin came second, adding another Schladming silver to her medal from last year’s final. Third place was Celine Gros, and Mio Suemasa rounded out the podium in fifth.

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Celine Gros, race run.

 

There wasn’t too much drama despite the steep and technical course, although newly-crowned World Champ  Emmeline Ragot made a big mistake in the second half that cost her a lot of time. It also cost her the second place overall in the rankings – after finishing back in seventh for this round, she ends the 2009 season just 20 points behind Tracy. Still, 2009 is her best season so far and she still has that lovely rainbow jersey.

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Austrian rider Petra Bernhard had a good run to finish 6th. Petra is always easy to spot in photos or videos as the rider with all the purple!

The overall results after here. The images here are from Freecaster.tv’s live coverage, check them out for replays soon.

And here’s the results from the UCI live timing:

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