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The fifth round of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup presented by Shimano in Windham, New York, saw on top of the podium Rachel Atherton (Commencal) and Aaron Gwin (Trek World Racing), who recorded his fourth victory of the season in front of a wildly enthusiastic home crowd.

Aaron Gwin finished over two seconds ahead of Steve Peat (Santa Cruz Syndicate), with Andrew Neethling (Giant) taking third. Gwin’s fourth win of the season gives him an almost insurmountable lead in the overall standings.

Andrew Neethling (Giant) took the lead with ten riders to go, only to be immediately topped by Steve Peat (Santa Cruz Syndicate). And it lasted until Gwin, as the final rider, was about to start. Expectations among the spectators were high, also considering that Gwin qualified first, and it was clear who was the darling of the crowd, with American flags everywhere. The Trek rider was fastest through every part of the course, finishing more than 2 seconds ahead of Peat.

Gwin was incredibly happy for having won in front of his home crowd, and was warmly and enthusiastically cheered by his many fans. With his fourth win of the five races so far in the World Cup, Gwin has a total of 1110 points. Greg Minnaar (Santa Cruz Syndicate) sits in second with 776 points with a disappointing 12th place in Windham. Gee Atherton (Commencal) sits in third with 657 points after finishing 11th in this 5th round.

Rank	Name	Nat.	Age	Result
1	Aaron GWIN	USA	24	2:24.03
2	Steve PEAT	GBR	37	2:26.37
3	Andrew NEETHLING	RSA	27	2:27.24
4	Steve SMITH	CAN	22	2:27.51
5	Brook MACDONALD	NZL	20	2:27.58
6	Justin LEOV	NZL	27	2:27.72
7	Samuel BLENKINSOP	NZL	23	2:28.63
8	Troy BROSNAN	AUS	18	2:28.84
9	Danny HART	GBR	20	2:28.95
10	Fabien BAREL	FRA	31	2:29.28
11	Gee ATHERTON	GBR	26	2:29.80
12	Greg MINNAAR	RSA	30	2:29.84
13	Josh BRYCELAND	GBR	21	2:29.91
14	Loic BRUNI	FRA	17	2:30.03
15	Luke STROBEL	USA	25	2:30.18
16	Marc BEAUMONT	GBR	27	2:30.42
17	Ruaridh CUNNINGHAM	GBR	22	2:30.52
18	Lewis BUCHANAN	GBR	18	2:31.11
19	Cédric GRACIA	FRA	33	2:31.18
20	Florent PAYET	FRA	25	2:31.38

Let’s see the details of the women race: in the qualifications Atherton was second behind Floriane Pugin (Scott 11), who was widely considered the favourite for this short, fast, technical track. World Cup leader and world champion Tracy Moseley (Trek World Racing) qualified third.

Moseley took the lead with her run but Atherton smashed it on the next run by over two and a half seconds. Pugin managed to beat Moseley, but finished 1.348 seconds behind Atherton, who also won in Windham last year at the World Cup final.

In the World Cup points standings the leader is Moseley with 1080 points, followed by Pugin with with 980 and Atherton is third with 820 points. A lot can still happen.

1	Rachel ATHERTON	GBR	24	2:50.029
2	Floriane PUGIN	FRA	22	2:51.377
3	Tracy MOSELEY	GBR	32	2:52.700
4	Myriam NICOLE	FRA	21	2:54.087
5	Emilie SIEGENTHALER	SUI	25	2:58.748
6	Petra BERNHARD	AUT	31	2:58.882
7	Sabrina JONNIER	FRA	30	2:58.906
8	Emmeline RAGOT	FRA	25	3:00.373
9	Micayla GATTO	CAN	23	3:00.406
10	Jill KINTNER	USA	30	3:02.353

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