The top American in the cross-country event at the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup event in Cairns, Australia on Sunday was Chloe Woodruff. Woodruff was the second highest finishing American in the series last year with a 21st overall finish. She was eighth after the first through third laps on Sunday before falling off a bit down the stretch and finishing 13th 4:27 back. Georgia Gould finished 18th while Lea Davison, last year’s third place overall finisher, was 19th. Erin Huck made it four Americans in the top 32 with a 27th place finish.

On the men’s side Stephen Ettinger was the only American in the top 50 on the series last year and he started off this year with a 20th place finish, 2:50 back. Ettinger got off to a slow start and was 35th after the first lap before climbing as high as 17th after the sixth lap. No other Americans finished in the top 50.

The next Mountain Bike World Cup stop is in Albstadt, Germany from May 21st through the 22nd. Only the cross-country portion will be held. The downhill competition doesn’t pick back up until June 4th and 5th in Fort William, Great Britain.

Previous Mountain Bike World Cup Cairns Coverage:
Preview
Day 1 Update
Day 2 Update