Goldstone leads junior men’s qualifying at Fort William
Four Canadians through to Sunday's junior finals
Photo by: Bartek Wolinski/Red Bull Content PoolSaturday’s Qualifying is done on a wet Fort William World Cup in Scotland. Canadian riders are looking sharp for Sunday’s finals.
Jackson Goldstone (Syndicate) sets the pace for the junior men, building speed down the long Fort William track to qualify first with a 4:40.704. That’s just 0.659 seconds ahead of Madison Saracen’s Jordan Williams.
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Tegan Cruz (RockShox Trek) qualifies seventh. Bodhi Kuhn (Rossland B.C.) just sneaks into Sunday’s finals, qualifying 23rd on Saturday. Race plate #13 didn’t come with any good luck for Tristan Lemire (Commencal/Muc-Off). The Quebec racer was fourth at the first split, but 44 seconds back at the second split and misses qualifying.
On the women’s side, Gracey Hemstreet (Norco Factory Team) is third in the junior women’s seeding results. Phoebe Gale (Canyon FMD) looks to be the rider to beat. She put over 13 seconds into the next closest competitor, Aimi Kenyon (Pinkbike Academy).
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Qualification results: 2022 Downhill World Cup #2 – Fort William, Scotland
Junior Men
1. | n°1 | GOLDSTONE Jackson SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE |
4:40.704 |
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2. | n°3 | WILLIAMS Jordan MADISON SARACEN FACTORY TEAM |
4:41.363 +0.659 |
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3. | n°2 | MEIER-SMITH Remy PROPAIN FACTORY RACING |
4:46.185 +5.481 |
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4. | n°7 | PINKERTON Kenneth GT FACTORY RACING |
4:51.303 +10.599 |
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5. | n°24 | BRODIE William |
4:55.099 +14.395 |
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6. | n°20 | VIARDOT Kimi |
4:58.054 +17.350 |
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7. | n°10 | CRUZ Tegan ROCKSHOX TREK RACE TEAM |
4:59.375 +18.671 |
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8. | n°9 | PIERCY Jack COMMENCAL LES ORRES |
4:59.609 +18.905 |
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9. | n°5 | KIEFER Henri CANYON COLLECTIVE PIRELLI |
4:59.739 +19.035 |
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10. | n°11 | CAPPELLO Davide ROGUE RACING – AFTER SKULL TEAM |
5:00.107 +19.403 |
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11. | n°58 | LUCA Thurlow |
5:01.929 +21.225 |
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12. | n°27 | MARINI Hugo COMMENCAL/MUC-OFF BY RIDING ADDICTION |
5:02.312 +21.608 |
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13. | n°57 | CRAIK Lucas |
5:03.386 +22.682 |
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14. | n°34 | CONNELLY Jackson PINKBIKE RACING |
5:04.141 +23.437 |
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15. | n°18 | BECK Cameron YD RACING |
5:04.196 +23.492 |
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16. | n°12 | HOLGUIN VILLA Sebastian IJ RACING-CHIGÜIRO EXTREMO TEAM |
5:04.852 +24.148 |
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17. | n°28 | DRISCOLL Toby |
5:05.085 +24.381 |
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18. | n°22 | BERGEL Gabin |
5:05.946 +25.242 |
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19. | n°45 | HICKEN Benjamin SR SUNTOUR COMMENCAL BY GRAVITY SCHOOL |
5:06.537 +25.833 |
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20. | n°4 | STEVENS-MCNAB Lachlan UNION |
5:06.552 +25.848 |
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21. | n°25 | PONTVIANNE Nathan |
5:06.855 +26.151 |
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22. | n°54 | DUNCAN Lewis |
5:07.082 +26.378 |
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23. | n°8 | KUHN Bodhi |
5:07.205 +26.501 |
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24. | n°31 | LAPPIN Daniel |
5:07.785 +27.081 |
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25. | n°19 | MARTIN Loïc |
5:09.120 +28.416 |
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26. | n°35 | MEDCALF Evan EVOLVE RACING |
5:09.186 +28.482 |
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27. | n°42 | WAYMAN Alex YD RACING |
5:09.347 +28.643 |
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28. | n°39 | OLLIER Thomas |
5:09.565 +28.861 |
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29. | n°21 | ABELLA Léo COMMENCAL VEE |
5:10.027 +29.323 |
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30. | n°56 | SAVERY Will |
5:10.094 +29.390 |
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31. | n°46 | GOODWILL Douglas 555 RAAW GRAVITY RACING |
5:11.359 +30.655 |
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32. | n°44 | ARNOLD Nico YD RACING |
5:14.269 +33.565 |
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33. | n°50 | HART Jordi |
5:14.313 +33.609 |
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34. | n°38 | SCHLEBES Nico |
5:17.160 +36.456 |
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35. | n°13 | LEMIRE Tristan COMMENCAL/MUC-OFF BY RIDING ADDICTION |
5:17.210 +36.506 |
Junior Women (seeding)
1. | n°2 | GALE Phoebe CANYON COLLECTIVE FMD |
5:33.107 |
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2. | n°9 | KENYON Aimi PINKBIKE RACING |
5:46.608 +13.501 |
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3. | n°1 | HEMSTREET Gracey NORCO FACTORY TEAM |
5:48.645 +15.538 |
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4. | n°6 | DA MOCOGNO Delia TEAMPROJECT.CH |
5:58.576 +25.469 |
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5. | n°5 | HASTINGS Jenna PIVOT FACTORY RACING |
5:58.668 +25.561 |
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6. | n°3 | YANKOVA Izabela GEN-S |
6:03.448 +30.341 |
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7. | n°15 | BOULADOU Lisa |
6:07.599 +34.492 |
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8. | n°14 | PRIORI VIALE Sofia ROGUE RACING – AFTER SKULL TEAM |
6:11.628 +38.521 |
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9. | n°7 | PETROVSKÁ Vanesa NS BIKES UR |
6:26.924 +53.817 |
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10. | n°12 | MCCULLY Bethany |
6:34.010 +1:00.903 |
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11. | n°10 | MCDONOUGH Meghan |
6:44.810 +1:11.703 |
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12. | n°11 | MILLER Riley COMMENCAL NORTH AMERICA |
6:44.972 +1:11.865 |
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13. | n°13 | CAMERON Nina-Yves |
6:46.425 +1 |