<p>The U.S. played host to the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup this past weekend in Windham, New York. Aaron Gwin (Specialized Racing) put on a show in the downhill, claiming the win in the elite men’s division, while Lea Davison (Specialized Factory Racing) rode to another top-five finish in the elite women’s cross-country.</p>
<p>Gwin scorched the competition to win by an astounding 3.505 seconds over Greg Minnaar (Santa Cruz) with a time of 2:38.108. Loris Vergier (Lapierre Gravity Republic) earned third, 4.290 seconds behind Gwin. The victory is Gwin’s third World Cup win of the season and gives him a commanding 135-point lead in the series standings heading into the final round in Trentino.</p>
<p>Charlie Harrison (Trek Factory R&D) put in a solid ride to take fourth in the junior division with a time of 2:51.337. He missed the podium by less than half a second, as Laurie Greenland (Trek World Racing) took the win with a time of 2:49.914.</p>
<p>On the cross-country side, Davison took home the top U.S. result, fourth in the elite women’s race. She missed the podium by a mere three seconds, as current world cyclocross and road champion Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (Rabo-Liv) took the win by over a minute and a half to World Cup leader Jolanda Neff (Stoeckli Pro Team).</p>
<p>The elite men’s cross-country race again turned into a two-way battle between Nino Shurter (Scott-Odlo) and world champion Julien Absalon (BMC). Shurter’s last-lap pass in the rock garden gave him the gap he needed to take home his second-straight World Cup win and assume a solid lead in the overall standings. Absalon finished second, with Manuel Fumic (Cannondale) in third. Stephen Ettinger (Team Sho-Air-Cannondale) was the top American in 25th place.</p>
<p>The Specialized Racing duo of Kate Courtney and Howard Grotts each rode to seventh-place finishes in their respective under-23 races. Grotts crossed the line three minutes down on winner Victor Koretzky (BH-SR Suntour-KMC), while Courtney came home seven minutes, 39 seconds after Jenny Rissveds’ (Scott-Odlo) winning time of 1:14:18. The duo remain high in the World Cup standings with Grotts in fourth and Courtney on the final step of the podium in third.</p>
<p>The 2015 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup finishes in Trentino, Italy, Aug. 21-23.</p>
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<p>Gwin scorched the competition to win by an astounding 3.505 seconds over Greg Minnaar (Santa Cruz) with a time of 2:38.108. Loris Vergier (Lapierre Gravity Republic) earned third, 4.290 seconds behind Gwin. The victory is Gwin’s third World Cup win of the season and gives him a commanding 135-point lead in the series standings heading into the final round in Trentino.</p>
<p>Charlie Harrison (Trek Factory R&D) put in a solid ride to take fourth in the junior division with a time of 2:51.337. He missed the podium by less than half a second, as Laurie Greenland (Trek World Racing) took the win with a time of 2:49.914.</p>
<p>On the cross-country side, Davison took home the top U.S. result, fourth in the elite women’s race. She missed the podium by a mere three seconds, as current world cyclocross and road champion Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (Rabo-Liv) took the win by over a minute and a half to World Cup leader Jolanda Neff (Stoeckli Pro Team).</p>
<p>The elite men’s cross-country race again turned into a two-way battle between Nino Shurter (Scott-Odlo) and world champion Julien Absalon (BMC). Shurter’s last-lap pass in the rock garden gave him the gap he needed to take home his second-straight World Cup win and assume a solid lead in the overall standings. Absalon finished second, with Manuel Fumic (Cannondale) in third. Stephen Ettinger (Team Sho-Air-Cannondale) was the top American in 25th place.</p>
<p>The Specialized Racing duo of Kate Courtney and Howard Grotts each rode to seventh-place finishes in their respective under-23 races. Grotts crossed the line three minutes down on winner Victor Koretzky (BH-SR Suntour-KMC), while Courtney came home seven minutes, 39 seconds after Jenny Rissveds’ (Scott-Odlo) winning time of 1:14:18. The duo remain high in the World Cup standings with Grotts in fourth and Courtney on the final step of the podium in third.</p>
<p>The 2015 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup finishes in Trentino, Italy, Aug. 21-23.</p>
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