Spoke Magazine » down hill http://spokemagazine.com The mountain biker's journal. World-class photography and writing from New Zealand. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:41:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 LEOV PODUIMS 4TH, BAREL TAKES ROUND 5 FROM GEE http://spokemagazine.com/2009/06/21/leov-poduims-4th-barrel-takes-round-5-from-gee/ http://spokemagazine.com/2009/06/21/leov-poduims-4th-barrel-takes-round-5-from-gee/#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:11:07 +0000 Caleb Smith http://www.spokemagazine.com/?p=1385 solv_01
In a result no one would have predicted, Fabien Barel takes the win at the fifth round of the DH World Cup. Gee Atherton was on track to unseat him after an injured Minnaar and Peat (with a flat tyre) both failed, but a crash 30 seconds from the finish ended his hopes of winning his first World Cup round this year. Justin had a blistering run and finished an impressive 4th!
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Blinky looked fast but something obviously happened and he finished in 11th. With Peaty’s flat, the overall leaderboard has changed a little and  everything is a hell of a lot tighter now, with Minnaar taking the lead from his team mate. Good to see both Justin and Sam still in the top ten!

Justin hammering it through the rock gardern

Justin hammering it through the rock garden

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Sam Blenkinsop had a blistering run at Fort William, finishing third at the fourth round of the DH World Cup yesterday. Greg Minnaar took the win with Sam Hill in second. Things didn’t go too well for Justin Leov though, a bent crank in qualifying saw a 20th start position and a finish just outside of the top ten in 11th. Justin still sits in sixth overall with Sam B knocking at his heels in ninth.

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Sam Blenkinsop pinning it down to the finish line!

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Justin Leov held the hot seat for a while but was knocked off by ex-Yeti teammate Aaron Gwin

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