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Plattekill Mountain Extreme Series DH #3 began with some wet weather and a muddy course. The course was classic Plattekill which included a few pedaling sections, off camber roots, a gnarly double drop, a fast quad trail section and some mud ruts! A long course made it easier for the riders to make up for lost time in technical sections.

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List of Top 5 in Each Category
Downhill Men Pro
1 Nobman Derrick 04:01.0 Ninety Degrees
2 Eramo Matthew 04:01.2 Green Mountain Bikes
3 Ryan George 04:03.6 Iron Horse/Nema/Manitou
4 Schumacher Paul 04:06.2 Finish Line
5 Higgerson Chris 04:06.6 CNY Bikes.com

Downhill Women Pro
1 Eagan Karen 05:13.1 JRA Cycles/EMS
2 Petersen Lauren 05:19.7 Team Kaos
3 Wruble Alexis 05:24.1 JRA Cycles EMS
4 Koch Vicki 05:44.1 Team CMI/Cycles Plus
5 Sheridan Amy 05:56.8 NU Cycling

Downhill Senior Men Expert 19-24
1 Ford James 04:24.8 Canfield UMAC Pricepoint SDG Magura
2 Levick Oliver 04:27.7 Drummer Racing
3 Williams John 04:32.2 Drummer Racing/Andys Cycles
4 Whalen Kevin 04:35.2 Breast Milk Farmers Of Delaware County
5 Christenson Aaron 04:51.7 jb vaillancourt/Jakes Bikes

Downhill Senior Men Expert 25-29
1 Haas David 04:28.9 EMS
2 Del Negro 04:33.0 Cutting Edge
3 Rebula Christopher 04:41.3 EMS
4 Bouchard Jarrod 04:41.6
5 Hellinger Mike 04:48.4 Breast Milk Farmers Of Delaware County County

Downhill Master Men Expert 30-34
1 Warnkin Steve 04:33.3 RPR
2 Whitehead Dan 04:34.3 RPR Racing
3 Orsini Tom 04:35.7 Team Plattekill/Turner/Maxxis
4 Walter Ken 04:36.4 2 Dogs and a Cat
5 Hanicak Chad 04:40.3 RPR Racing/Azonic/Hayes/Kenda

Downhill Master Men Expert 35-39
1 Safford Jon"Stompy" 04:20.3 Marzocchi, THE, Vigor,661, Utopia
2 Brien Robert 04:37.1 RPR Racing
3 Kulp Michael 04:39.3 CNY Bikes.com/Utopia Optics
4 Singer Jason 04:40.4 RPR Racing/Bay Ridge Bike
5 Hopkins Carl 04:56.4 Racers Edge

Downhill Master Men Expert 40+
1 Saccardo Ronald 04:36.0 KAOS Racing/90 degrees
2 Watkins Anthony 04:42.0 CNY Bikes.com/Azonic
3 Barrows Jay 04:43.1 Team Drop
4 Ulmer George 05:06.5 OMR Azonic/Spy
5 Pallotto John 05:18.3 Gravity Warehouse/Kenda/661

Downhill Junior X Men Expert 18 & under
1 Hurteau James 04:23.1 MiddFreeride 661 Diamondback
2 Bergfjord Kurt 04:23.7 Bike Works/Maxxis
3 Ulmer Geoffrey 04:27.7 Azonic E13 661, Maxxis
4 Smith Brian 04:30.0 Cokor
5 Beardsley Paul 04:30.4 Sinister/Team Bump

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Greg Minnaar of Team G Cross Honda has clinched the WC series with another victory in Angel Fire, New Mexico (USA). Greg's victory put him at more than 500 points above the 2nd place holder Nathan Rennie, giving Greg a definite win for the WC Series.

The high altitude, 2,930m (9,600 feet), made the course one of the most difficult of the year. Since this race was directly after Brazil, where the courses end was at sea level and the mountain had a small elevation. The course was long, at 4 min 30s, it consisted of open fire road sections and four forest single track sections. The forest sections imposed some difficulty to the riders with gnarly rock gardens.

DownHill Mens
1 MINNAAR Greg 4:34.04
2 GRAVES Jared 4:34.26
3 KOVARIK Chris 4:39.00
4 GRACIA Cédric 4:39.82
5 LEOV Justin 4:40.06
6 BEAUMONT Marc 4:43.13
7 NEETHLING Andrew 4:43.15
8 HANNAH Michael 4:43.23
9 KIRKCALDIE John 4:43.27
10 ATHERTON George 4:43.36

DownHill Womens
1 JONNIER Sabrina 5:05.45
2 HAGEN Scarlet 5:18.24
3 MOSELEY Tracy 5:22.36
4 SANER Marielle 5:23.68
5 PRUITT Kathy 5:25.81
6 GROS Céline 5:25.90
7 BEERTEN Anneke 5:27.31
8 PIZARRO Bernadita 5:28.65
9 DUMARESQ Michelle 5:28.78
10 GRIFFITHS Fionn 5:30.41

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With a crowd of more than 12,000 people Greg Minnaar, of Team G Cross Honda, took his second World Cup victory of the 2005 season. This win has extended his overall series lead to nearly 400 points!!!

The DH course was in a forest directly overlooking the beach. The technical content of the course was not as difficult as most other courses in the WC series, and line options were limited. Rocky and rooted sections of the course required riders to either muscle there way through most sections or use there technical skills to take the sections with ease. With times very close together, there was little room for error. Another example of a WC short run course.

DownHill Mens
1 MINNAAR Greg 2:25.21
2 BERCHTOLD Markolf 2:26.96
3 PASCAL Mickael 2:27.11
4 BAREL Fabien 2:27.15
5 GRACIA Cédric 2:28.54
6 ATHERTON Gee 2:29.02
7 VAZQUEZ LOPEZ David 2:29.07
8 RENNIE Nathan 2:29.68
9 NEETHLING Andrew 2:30.39
10 LEIVA Antionio 2:30.59

DownHill Womens
1 MOSELEY Tracy 2:48.56
2 ATHERTON Rachel 2:50.29
3 JONNIER Sabrina 2:52.80
4 HAGEN Scarlett 2:53.23
5 SANER Marielle 2:53.33
6 QUIN Vanessa 2:56.20
7 GROS Céline 2:56.51
8 GASKELL Helen 2:57.53
9 BEERTEN Anneke 3:00.30
10 MOLCIK Anita 3:01.87

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