In the fifth round of the Downhill World Cup in Mont Saint Anne, Canada, Great Britain's Manon Carpenter shows her ambitions in qualifying. The World Cup leader outdistanced her rivals by a good four seconds. In the race, it is the reigning world champion Rachel Atherton who is the third-last racer to set the first serious time down the technically demanding course. Frenchwoman Emmeline Ragot, who came second in the qualifying, rides on a par with Atherton. At the finish line, however, the two were separated by just the blink of an eye - in Atherton's favor.

As the fastest qualifier, Carpenter is the last to take to the track. She literally attacked, but was behind Atherton and Ragot at the split times. Nevertheless, she makes up ground. Only in the last, technical forest section of the course is the Brit the only skier to fly over the difficult jump cleanly into the landing. The momentum Carpenter takes from this is so great that when she reaches the finish line, the clock stops seven tenths of a second below Atherton's time. "I wasn't as fast as before in the upper part of the course. From the second half onwards, things went better again. Now I'm looking to recover quickly so that I'm ready for Windham," explained the beaming winner.Carina Cappellari is celebrating a small comeback as the only Swiss athlete at the start. Just under a month ago, she injured her ankle and was unable to compete until recently. In Mont Saint Anne, Cappellari is back on the start line and has the 13th fastest time in both the qualifying and race runs. "My foot still hurt a little during the track walk. Riding went well, however, and apart from one mistake in the high-speed section, my race run was quite good. After a month's break, I am therefore very happy with my result," summarized Cappellari.Shaw fastest junior
After his victory in the World Cup opener in South Africa, the young American wins his second race in the Downhill World Cup in Canada. Shaw kept the upper hand at every split time over the entire course and ultimately won by almost three seconds ahead of Canadian Jack Iles and a good four seconds ahead of Frenchman Loris Vergier. With his victory, Shaw takes the leader's jersey from his rival Vergier and goes into the penultimate race with a four-point lead.
Myles Weber was the only Swiss rider in the junior field to finish in 26th place.www.uci.ch

Results #5 Downhill World Cup Mont Saint Anne/CAN
Women
1.	Manon Carpenter (GBR)	MADISON SARACEN FACTORY TEAM	4.47,289
2.	Rachel Atherton (GBR)	GT FACTORY RACING	+0.00,724
3.	Emmeline Ragot (FRA)	LAPIERRE GRAVITY REPUBLIC	+0.00,771
4.	Tahnee Seagrave (GBR)	FMD RACING	+0.15,908
5.	Tracey Hannah (AUS)	HUTCHINSON UR	+0.17,177
6.	Micayla Gatto (CAN)	PIVOT FACTORY DH TEAM	+0.17,869
7.	Vaea Verbeek (CAN)		+0.26,093
8.	Morgane Charre (FRA)	EVIL VENGEANCE TOUR	+0.29,486
9.	Fionn Griffiths (GBR)		+0.30,315
10.	Casey Brown (CAN)	BERGAMONT HAYES WORLD TEAM	+0.32,818
13.	Carina Cappellari (SUI)		+0.54,181