Lourdes World Cup Downhill Elite Men's Qualifying Start List

photo by Duncan Philpott

The Qualifying start order has been determined for the 2016 UCI World Cup in Lourdes, France. 151 men will compete in the Elite class. Qualifying takes place on Saturday, April 9. The top 80 qualifiers move on to the finals race on Sunday, April 10. Each competitor is given one, top-to-bottom run against the clock. Riders with a "P" near their start time are considered "Protected" riders. Protected rider can race finals regardless of qualifying result based on their Top 20 World Cup rank as of race time. NCh means National Champion and WCh means World Champion.

Start	Time	Plate #	UCI Code	Champ Status	Rider Name	Team	World Cup Rank	UCI Rank
1	14:00:00 P	1	USA19871224	NCh	GWIN Aaron	THE YT MOB	1	2
2	14:00:30 P	2	FRA19940513	WCh	BRUNI Loic	SPECIALIZED GRAVITY POWERED BY SRAM	2	1
3	14:01:00 P	3	AUS19930713	NCh	BROSNAN Troy	SPECIALIZED RACING	3	3
4	14:01:30 P	4	RSA19811113		MINNAAR Greg	SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE	4	4
5	14:02:00 P	5	GBR19900323		BRYCELAND Josh	SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE	5	5
6	14:02:30 P	6	GBR19850226		ATHERTON Gee	TREK FACTORY RACING DH	6	8
7	14:03:00 P	7	GBR19910920	NCh	HART Danny	MS MONDRAKER TEAM	7	7
8	14:03:30 P	8	COL19900509		GUTIERREZ VILLEGAS Marcelo	GIANT FACTORY OFF-ROAD TEAM	8	6
9	14:04:00 P	9	NZL19881028		BLENKINSOP Samuel	NORCO FACTORY RACING	9	9
10	14:04:30 P	10	NZL19911125		MACDONALD Brook	GT FACTORY RACING	10	12
11	14:05:00 P	11	GBR19880110		FAIRCLOUGH Brendan	GSTAAD-SCOTT	11	18
12	14:05:30 P	12	AUS19950502		LUCAS Dean	INTENSE FACTORY RACING	12	17
13	14:06:00 P	13	AUS19940119		FEARON Connor	KONA FACTORY TEAM DH	13	10
14	14:06:30 P	14	CAN19950601		WALLACE Mark	DEVINCI GLOBAL RACING	14	13
15	14:07:00 P	15	GBR19910216		KERR Bernard	PIVOT FACTORY RACING	15	21
16	14:07:30 P	16	GBR19870520		SIMMONDS Matthew	MADISON SARACEN FACTORY TEAM	16	22
17	14:08:00 P	17	FRA19900423		THIRION Remi	COMMENCAL / VALLNORD	17	14
18	14:08:30 P	18	USA19961225		SHAW Luca	SRAM/TLD RACING	18	19
19	14:09:00 P	19	FRA19960507		VERGIER Loris	SPECIALIZED GRAVITY POWERED BY SRAM	19	27
20	14:09:30 P	20	GBR19910805		HEATH Harry	NORCO FACTORY RACING	20	31
21	14:10:00	21	CAN19891125		SMITH Steve	DEVINCI GLOBAL RACING	21	20
22	14:10:30	22	GBR19950222		JONES Michael	CHAIN REACTION CYCLES / PAYPAL	22	16
23	14:11:00	23	GBR19900212		DALE Sam	GT FACTORY RACING	23	15
24	14:11:30	24	GBR19890215		CUNNINGHAM Ruaridh	UNIOR TOOLS TEAM	24	25
25	14:12:00	25	NZL19920409		BRANNIGAN George	COMMENCAL / VALLNORD	25	11
26	14:12:30	26	GBR19900704		SMITH Joseph	CHAIN REACTION CYCLES / PAYPAL	26	37
27	14:13:00	27	NZL19890818		MASTERS Edward	BERGAMONT HAYES FACTORY TEAM	27	43
28	14:13:30	29	FRA19931107		FIGARET Faustin	RADON MAGURA FACTORY	29	45
29	14:14:00	30	NZL19870418		MASTERS Wyn	GT FACTORY RACING	30	29
30	14:14:30	31	FRA19941220		COULANGES Benoit	DORVAL AM NICOLAI	31	30
31	14:15:00	32	GBR19920608		WILLIAMSON Greg	CUBE GLOBAL SQUAD PROTECTED BY BLISS	32	49
32	14:15:30	34	FRA19960304		PIERRON Amaury	LAC BLANC COMMENCAL	34	24
33	14:16:00	35	GBR19881210		READING Jack	ONE VISION GLOBAL RACING	35	36
34	14:16:30	36	AUT19871013		PEKOLL Markus	MS MONDRAKER TEAM	36	28
35	14:17:00	37	FRA19940511		CABIROU Rudy	VOULVOUL RACING	37	57
36	14:17:30	38	USA19930219		MULALLY Neko	GSTAAD-SCOTT	38	23
37	14:18:00	40	FRA19950720		FAYOLLE Alexandre	POLYGON UR	40	64
38	14:18:30	41	NZL19920409	NCh	CHAPMAN Rupert	BERGAMONT HAYES FACTORY TEAM	41	46
39	14:19:00	42	AUT19940601	NCh	TRUMMER David	RRP	42	32
40	14:19:30	43	GBR19881019		BRAYTON Adam		43	68
41	14:20:00	44	SUI19870917		BEER Nick	RADON MAGURA FACTORY	44	35
42	14:20:30	45	AUS19831121		HANNAH Michael	POLYGON UR	45	47
43	14:21:00	46	GER19890805		STRASSER Benny	RADON MAGURA FACTORY	46	42
44	14:21:30	47	GBR19960912		VERNON Taylor	TREK FACTORY RACING DH	47	78
45	14:22:00	49	FRA19930808		PIERRON Baptiste	VOULVOUL RACING	49	58
46	14:22:30	50	ESP19951208		SUAREZ ALONSO Angel	THE YT MOB	50	76
47	14:23:00	51	FRA19940521		CAUVIN Guillaume	GIANT FACTORY OFF-ROAD TEAM	51	61

48	14:23:30	52	NOR19931017	NCh	LEIVSSON Isak	PROPAIN DIRT ZELVY	52	51
49	14:24:00	53	NZL19900324		WALKER Matthew	CUBE GLOBAL SQUAD PROTECTED BY BLISS	53	74
50	14:24:30	54	GBR19950111		ATWILL Philip	PROPAIN DIRT ZELVY	54	94
51	14:25:00	56	GBR19940531		MCGLONE Fraser	NORCO FACTORY RACING	56	98
52	14:25:30	57	ITA19951209	NCh	COLOMBO Francesco	AB DEVINCI ITALY	57	53
53	14:26:00	58	FRA19841030		RUFFIN Thibaut	COMMENCAL / VALLNORD	58	92
54	14:26:30	59	ITA19950904		VERNASSA Gianluca	AB DEVINCI ITALY	59	54
55	14:27:00	60	ESP19881222		CARBALLO GONZALEZ Edgar		60	52
56	14:27:30	61	GBR19940320		CONNELL Joseph	SOLID REVERSE FACTORY RACING	61	107
57	14:28:00	62	USA19951208		COMETTI Luca	INTENSE FACTORY RACING	62	75
58	14:28:30	63	FRA19861121		PAYET Florent	VOULVOUL RACING	63	82
59	14:29:00	64	SUI19950821		NIEDERBERGER Noel	SWISS DOWNHILL SYNDICATE	64	60
60	14:29:30	65	FRA19961009		LEVESQUE Dylan		65	66
61	14:30:00	67	FRA19860206		GEORGES Pierre Charles	LAC BLANC COMMENCAL	67	116
62	14:30:30	68	GBR19920622		GALLAGHER Kenta		68	122
63	14:31:00	69	AUT19921127		GRUBER Manuel	RRP	69	93
64	14:31:30	70	GBR19950311		GANNICOTT George	ONE VISION GLOBAL RACING	70	128
65	14:32:00	71	GER19880304	NCh	FISCHBACH Johannes	RADON MAGURA FACTORY	71	33
66	14:32:30	73	CAN19940124		RIESCO Forrest		73	132
67	14:33:00	74	FRA19961115		ESTAQUE Thomas	LAC BLANC COMMENCAL	74	117
68	14:33:30	75	AUS19850721		HILL Samuel	CHAIN REACTION CYCLES / PAYPAL	75	120
69	14:34:00	76	SUI19921204		WEBER Lutz	SWISS DOWNHILL SYNDICATE	76	40
70	14:34:30	77	ESP19940319		JORBA PRATS Guillem		77	100
71	14:35:00	78	GER19910721		JAUCH Jasper		78	67
72	14:35:30	79	SLO19910117		PANDUR Ziga	UNIOR TOOLS TEAM	79	44
73	14:36:00	80	CZE19960816		LEBL Martin		80	104
74	14:36:30	81	SLO19951011	NCh	ZABJEK Jure	UNIOR TOOLS TEAM	102	26
75	14:37:00	82	POL19930501		LUKASIK Slawomir		89	34
76	14:37:30	83	GBR19970218		GREENLAND Laurie	MS MONDRAKER TEAM		39
77	14:38:00	84	RSA19900912	NCh	GARLICKI Stefan	SOLID REVERSE FACTORY RACING	101	50
78	14:38:30	85	ITA19970920		REVELLI Loris	AB DEVINCI ITALY		59
79	14:39:00	86	IRL19971005		DICKSON Jacob			62
80	14:39:30	88	FRA19880416		PAULHAN Romain	LES GETS-INTENSE TEAM	86	70
81	14:40:00	89	POR19870616		POMBO Emanuel		97	71
82	14:40:30	90	SUI19941222	NCh	CHAPUIS Maxime		92	79
83	14:41:00	91	IRI19910921	NCh	ZANJANIAN Hossein			80
84	14:41:30	92	POR19950716	NCh	BICA Vasco Gois		148	81
85	14:42:00	93	SVK19960807	NCh	ONDIC Jozef			91
86	14:42:30	94	ESP19970325		MARIN TRILLO Alex	GIANT FACTORY OFF-ROAD TEAM		95
87	14:43:00	95	FRA19970520		LALY Thibault	ADH BANSHEE TEAM		97
88	14:43:30	96	SVK19950414		BARANEK Rastislav		113	102
89	14:44:00	97	GBR19970424		STEWART Neil	TRANSITION FACTORY RACING / FMD		123
90	14:44:30	99	COL19940831	N	GUTIERREZ Rafael		111	128
91	14:45:00	100	GRE19910918	NCh	ANDRIOTIS Konstantinos			141
92	14:45:30	101	SWE19960429		HANSSON Marcus	RRP	122	148
93	14:46:00	102	ITA19940804		CAIRE Carlo	AB DEVINCI ITALY	84	166
94	14:46:30	103	BEL19950328		PAZDZIORKO Gregoire		109	169
95	14:47:00	104	RSA19840805		NEETHLING Andrew	POLYGON UR	88	171
96	14:47:30	105	GBR19960703		GRAHAM Innes	PROPAIN DIRT ZELVY	83	179
97	14:48:00	106	FRA19970928		COUGOUREUX Benoit	LES GETS-INTENSE TEAM		183

98	14:48:30	107	IRI19890530	N	NAJAFI BAZI Amin	FASTOS DEVELOPMENT TEAM		186
99	14:49:00	108	AUT19960323		KOLB Andreas			210
100	14:49:30	109	ESP19910509		GUIJARRO VILLACIEROS Javier		134	213
101	14:50:00	110	FRA19940805		PONS Melvin	US CAGNES VTT	94	214
102	14:50:30	111	GER19880913		IRMISCH Erik			216
103	14:51:00	112	CZE19940609		SEHNAL Stanislav			217
104	14:51:30	113	USA19961017		LESLIE Shane		145	224
105	14:52:00	114	BRA19941103		NOVACK VIEIRA Roger			238
106	14:52:30	115	GBR19930506		WILLIAMSON Jay	STEVE PEAT SYNDICATE / UBERBIKE GLOBAL	85	242
107	14:53:00	116	ITA19860315		SUDING Lorenzo	EXCEPTIO SPORT COMMENCAL	99	242
108	14:53:30	117	SVK19950804		STANO Lubos			245
109	14:54:00	118	IRI19890916	N	RAFIEE Hossein			245
110	14:54:30	119	ESP19910813		ETXEBARRIA Iraitz			265
111	14:55:00	120	GER19950616		BARTH Joshua		120	272
112	14:55:30	121	ITA19931114		MILANI Mario			280
113	14:56:00	122	USA19920530		NORTON Dakotah		117	303
114	14:56:30	123	CAN19940731		RICARD Philippe			304
115	14:57:00	124	FRA19910629		RUFFIN Gaetan	COMMENCAL / VALLNORD	93	306
116	14:57:30	125	AUT19950310		VOGELE Andre			318
117	14:58:00	126	CZE19910326		STUDNICKA Lukas			318
118	14:58:30	127	GER19971029		GRANDY Silas			346
119	14:59:00	128	GBR19840925		BEAUMONT Marc	MADISON SARACEN FACTORY TEAM	98	351
120	14:59:30	129	CAN19950723		LANGEVIN Hugo		106	355
121	15:00:00	130	GBR19900315		DAVIES Emyr		104	358
122	15:00:30	131	SUI19951126		CAROLI Jerome			361
123	15:01:00	132	GBR19941116		LOWE Josh	SOLID REVERSE FACTORY RACING		362
124	15:01:30	133	ITA19911112		PETRUCCI Francesco Danilo			368
125	15:02:00	134	GBR19970208		MCCUBBING Frazer	STEVE PEAT SYNDICATE / UBERBIKE GLOBAL		408
126	15:02:30	135	ITA19950628		VON KLEBELSBERG Johannes			417
127	15:03:00	136	FRA19920927		CHANUDET Quentin		110	418
128	15:03:30	137	USA19900619		JACKSON Eliot	PIVOT FACTORY RACING	112	418
129	15:04:00	138	POR19890906		CAETANO Andre			425
130	15:04:30	139	BEL19971109		FRANSOLET Maxime			425
131	15:05:00	140	FRA19940915	N	LARBEYOU Guillaume	TEAM FOCUS AVEYRON	138	463
132	15:05:30	141	GBR19890911	N	JONES William	ONE VISION GLOBAL RACING		467
133	15:06:00	142	SWE19900420	N	HARNSTROM Oscar	EXCEPTIO SPORT COMMENCAL		533
134	15:06:30	143	GBR19910216	N	EVANS Craig		130	537
135	15:07:00	144	ESP19910518	N	ROMERO PERICH Pol			541
136	15:07:30	145	SUI19960616	N	SCHAER Mike			553
137	15:08:00	146	FRA19970311	N	PFEIFFER Bryan	ADH BANSHEE TEAM		564
138	15:08:30	147	SWE19970516	N	BAGGE Daniel			658
139	15:09:00	148	GBR19740617	N	PEAT Steve	SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE		715
140	15:09:30	149	GER19831231	N	PFAFF Michael			716
141	15:10:00	150	SUI19910108	N	TINNER Pascal	SWISS DOWNHILL SYNDICATE		732
142	15:10:30	151	ESP19960504	N	OLARRA LOPEZ Daniel			743
143	15:11:00	152	FRA19921010	N	PICCOLO Julien
144	15:11:30	153	GER19940210	N	STEINER Julian
145	15:12:00	154	ESP19911009	N	PORTILLO LOPEZ Eric
146	15:12:30	156	SUI19940116	N	TINNER Dominic	SWISS DOWNHILL SYNDICATE
147	15:13:00	157	CZE19940118	N	STEPANEK Ondrej

148	15:13:30	158	SVK19941204	N	KNAPEC Martin
149	15:14:00	159	AND19950926	N	CASAL VALLS Guillem
150	15:14:30	160	SVK19930501	N	MARCINA Peter
151	15:15:00	161	AND19970724	N	ELVIRA SANCHEZ Kilian