Koerber takes third in Champéry at UCI World Cup Cross Country #4

Champéry, Switzerland (July 25, 2010) -- The UCI Mountain Bike World Cup series began the second half of its season with a cross-country and downhill event in the Alpine resort town of Champéry, Switzerland.

Willow Koerber (Durango, Colo./Subaru-Trek) finished third in the women's cross-country race, two minutes, 29 seconds behind winner Natalie Schneitter of Switzerland and 16 seconds behind second-place Eva Lechner of Italy. Koerber is now second overall in the UCI World Cup cross-country standings, 14 points behind Lechner and 46 points ahead of Catharine Pendrel of Canada.

In the men's cross-country race, Todd Wells (Durango, Colo./Specialized Factory Racing) was the top American at 12th place, followed five seconds behind by Adam Craig (Bend, Oregon/Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team) in 14th.

Aaron Gwin (Morongo Valley, Calif./Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team) was the top American in the men's downhill, coming in eighth. Jacqueline Harmony (Sedona, Ariz./Vixen Racing) was the highest-placed American woman in the downhill, finishing 17th.

Champéry will play host to the 2011 Mountain Bike World Championships. The World Cup curcuit continues July 31 through August 1 in Val de Sole, Italy, and wraps up at Windham Mountain in Windham, New York, on August 28 and 29.

Click on the video below for a post-race interview with Willow Koerber:

UCI World Cup Cross Country #4/Downhill #4
Champéry, Switzerland
July 23-25, 2010

Elite Men's Cross Country
1. Florian Vogel (SUI) 1:44:08
2. Jaroslav Kulhavy (CZE) +00:11
3. Nino Schurter (SUI) +00:35

12. Todd Wells (Durango, Colo./Specialized Factory Racing) +04:27
14. Adam Craig (Bend, Oregon/Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team) +04:33
22. Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (Boulder, Colo./Subaru-Trek) +07:03
42: Michael Broderick (Chilmark, Mass./Kenda-Seven-No Tubes) +11:09
48. Samuel Schultz (Missoula, Mont./Subaru-Trek) +11:37

Elite Women's Cross Country
1. Nathalie Schneitter (SUI) 1:45:40
2. Eva Lechner (ITA) +02:13
3. Willow Koerber (Durango, Colo./Subaru-Trek) +02:29

11. Georgia Gould (Ketchum, Idaho/Luna) +05:40
12. Mary McConneloug (Fairfax, Calif./Kenda-Seven-No Tubes) +05:47
22. Katherine Compton (Colorado Springs, Colo./Planet Bike) +11:45
43. Heather Irmiger (Boulder, Colo./Subaru-Gary Fisher) +17.29

Elite Men's Downhill
1. Gee Atherton (GBR) 4:02.19
2. Greg Minnaar (RSA) +02.79
3. Brendan Fairclough (GBR) +04.56

8. Aaron Gwin (Morongo Valley, Calif./Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team) +11.56
46. Luke Strobel (Issaquah, Wash./MS Evil Racing) +34.04
67. Kyle Strait (Huntington Beach, Calif.) +48.03
74. Neko Mulally (Reading, Penn./Trek World Racing) +54.83
78. Duncan Riffle (Santa Barbara, Calif./Giant Factory Team) +1:08.78

Elite Women's Downhill
1. Emmeline Ragot (FRA) 5:27.25
2. Sabrina Jonnier (FRA) +04.87
3. Myriam Nicole (FRA) +09.72

17. Jacqueline Harmony (Sedona, Ariz./Vixen Racing)    +1:38.21

For complete results, visit www.uci.ch