According to the latest rankings, released
on June 21, Minnaar, who races for the Santa Cruz Syndicate, stands on a total
of 1496 points, a 113-point lead over Great Britain’s Gee Atherton, who moved
from third to second, swapping places with 2009 World Cup champion, Sam Hill
(AUS).
Commonwealth country riders continue to
dominate the discipline with eight of the top-10 ranked riders from
Commonwealth countries. Other South Africans in the top 50 are Johann Potgieter
(24th) and Andrew Neethling of TREK World Racing (35th).
Two South Africans features in the women’s top 50 – Joanna Pettersen (24th)
and Anka Martin (47th). Pettersen is currently 10th in
the women’s 4X world rankings.
Only one South African, Burry Stander
(Specialized), features in the top 50 in the latest Cross-country rankings. He
remains in fourth place behind France’s Olympic champion, Julien Absalon
(Orbea), Spanish star, Jose Hermida (Multivan Merida) and Swiss world champion,
Nino Schurter (SCOTT Swisspower).
Leading
UCI Downhill world rankings
21
June 2010
MEN
Rank (previous), Name, Nation, Age, Points
1
(1) Greg MINNAAR (South Africa) 29; 1,496
2 (3) Gee ATHERTON (Great Britain) 25;
1,383
3 (2) Samuel HILL (Australia) 25; 1,210
4 (5) Aaron GWIN (United States) 23; 1,133
5 (8) Samuel BLENKINSOP (New Zealand) 22;
1,011
6 (4) Fabien BAREL (France) 30; 974
7 (7) Steve PEAT (Great Britain) 36; 969
8 (9) Justin LEOV (New Zealand) 26; 913
9 (11) Brendan FAIRCLOUGH (Great Britain)
22; 843
10 (12) Cameron COLE (New Zealand) 22; 820
24
(25) Johann POTGIETER (South Africa) 23; 400
35
(38) Andrew NEETHLING (South Africa) 26; 297
WOMEN
Rank (previous), Name, Nation, Age, Points
1 (1) Sabrina JONNIER (France) 29; 1,723
2 (2) Floriane PUGIN (France) 21; 1,525
3 (5) Tracy MOSELEY (Great Britain) 31;
1,459
4 (3) Emmeline RAGOT (France) 24; 1,350
5 (6) Mio SUEMASA (Japan) 27; 1,263
6 (4) Céline GROS (France) 27; 1,252
7 (7) Claire BUCHAR (Canada) 32; 1,021
8 (9) Myriam NICOLE (France) 20; 655
9 (11) Petra BERNHARD (Austria) 30; 609
10 (13) Rachel ATHERTON (Great Britain) 23;
590
24
(23) Joanna PETTERSON (South Africa) 31; 303
47
(48) Anka MARTIN (South Africa) 33; 152
Leading
UCI 4X world rankings
21
June 2010
WOMEN
Rank (previous), Name, Nation, Age, Points
1 (1) Anneke BEERTEN (Netherlands) 28; 1,770
2 (2) Anita MOLCIK (Austria) 30; 1,660
3 (3) Fionn GRIFFITHS (Great Britain) 28; 1,105
4 (4) Sarsha HUNTINGTON (Australia) 27; 1,089
5 (11) Romana LABOUNKOVA (Czech Republic) 21;
925
6 (10) Lucia OETJEN (Switzerland) 29; 801
7 (9) Jana HORAKOVA (Czech Republic) 27; 710
8 (5) Jill KINTNER (United States) 29; 708
9 (8) Mio SUEMASA (Japan) 27; 635
10
(14) Joanna PETTERSON (South Africa) 31; 630
Leading
UCI XCO world rankings
21
June 2010
MEN
Rank (previous), Name, Nation, Age, Points
1 (1) Julien ABSALON (France) 30; 2,012
2 (2) José Antonio HERMIDA RAMOS (Spain) 32;
1,935
3 (3) Nino SCHURTER (Switzerland) 24; 1,557
4
(4) Burry STANDER (South Africa) 23; 1,508
5 (7) Lukas FLÜCKIGER (Switzerland) 26; 1,253
6 (8) Jaroslav KULHAVY (Czech Republic) 25;
1,204
7 (5) Florian VOGEL (Switzerland) 28; 1,202
8 (6) Geoff KABUSH (Canada) 33; 1,174
9 (9) Christoph SAUSER (Switzerland) 34; 1,171
10 (11) Ralph NAEF (Switzerland) 30; 1,138
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