Sainte-Anne Women’s DH Final
The women’s DH final didn’t go without a bit of drama today. Sabrina had qualified fastest by 6 seconds over Tracey Moseley with a 5:01. In the finals it seemed pretty much that as soon as one of the women sat in the hot seat the very next would come down and beat their time. Melissa Buhl was in the hot seat with Scarlett Hagen from New Zealand coming down next. Scarlett looked to be having a good run going as she was just coming into sight at the bottom of the course. She just crested the last steep downhill bit when something happened and she looked like she flipped over the bars and came crashing down, hit the deck, and then rolled all the way to the bottom without her bike. Medics were there pretty quick and saw that she was unconscious. By then there were 3 other women on course because and they were at 2-minute intervals. Marielle Saner came into view just above Scarlett and immediately they put up a red flag. The same went for Celine Gros and Tracy Hannah. All 3 of them got a re-start, which I know had to suck for them. Especially for Marielle not only because she had made it down 95% of the course before they stopped her, AND because when they had a restart she was the first to go off with less time to rest, AND because in her restart run she flatted!!
Scarlett was awake, moving a bit, and talking too. This info came from Vanessa Quinn who had run up there after Scarlett had crashed to check on her. I should mention that Vanessa just broke her neck about 6 months ago at a race in New Zealand and is already back at it although she is wearing one of the new Leatt neck braces that a lot of the motocross guys are wearing these days. Smart move!!
So back to racing. Celine came down next and had a pretty good run and put her in the lead until Tracey Hannah came down and beat her time by 2 seconds. A couple riders after her Tracey Moseley from the U.K came down with a time of 5:06, which was about 1 second faster than her semi-final. The only one left to come down was Sabrina and she looked to be about 3 seconds faster than Moseley. Sure enough Sabrina came through with a 5:04. She looked to be disappointed because she was actually 3 seconds slower in her final run than her semi, but lighten up a bit would ya! You just won a World Cup!!
1. Jonnier – 5:04
2. Moseley – 5:06
3. Ragot – 5:16.90?
4. Hannah – 5:16.92?
The Men’s finals are up next, but because of Scarlett’s crash things are running a bit late and I will have to get ready for some 4-cross action, but I’ll try to have some updates.
Scarlett was awake, moving a bit, and talking too. This info came from Vanessa Quinn who had run up there after Scarlett had crashed to check on her. I should mention that Vanessa just broke her neck about 6 months ago at a race in New Zealand and is already back at it although she is wearing one of the new Leatt neck braces that a lot of the motocross guys are wearing these days. Smart move!!
So back to racing. Celine came down next and had a pretty good run and put her in the lead until Tracey Hannah came down and beat her time by 2 seconds. A couple riders after her Tracey Moseley from the U.K came down with a time of 5:06, which was about 1 second faster than her semi-final. The only one left to come down was Sabrina and she looked to be about 3 seconds faster than Moseley. Sure enough Sabrina came through with a 5:04. She looked to be disappointed because she was actually 3 seconds slower in her final run than her semi, but lighten up a bit would ya! You just won a World Cup!!
1. Jonnier – 5:04
2. Moseley – 5:06
3. Ragot – 5:16.90?
4. Hannah – 5:16.92?
The Men’s finals are up next, but because of Scarlett’s crash things are running a bit late and I will have to get ready for some 4-cross action, but I’ll try to have some updates.
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