Five Ten sponsored rider Greg Minnaar (Santa Cruz Syndicate) retains the leader’s jersey in the UCI World Cup Downhill Series with a 3rd place finish June 6, 2010 on this dry, dusty, brutal track in Fort William, Scotland. Starting the series with a win in Maribor and coming into Fort William wearing the leaders jersey was a great position for Greg to spring from.  In Saturday’s qualifier Greg put together a solid run wearing his new custom 5.10® SPD Minnaars, and clinched the 1st place points towards the individual ranking.  Feeling happy with his result he did a few back flips into the airbag in the pits.

The next race up is The Wheels of Speed event this week in Willingen, Germany where Greg will compete.

Men’s Downhill results:
1st Gee Atherton 4:35.70
2nd Cameron Cole 4:36.18
3rd GREG MINNAAR (SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE) 4:36.91
4th Aaron Gwin 4:37.71
5th Mick Hannah 4:37.75
18th Steve Peat (SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE)  4:44.27
26th Josh Bryceland (SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE)  4:46.31

Men’s World Cup Overall Standings:
1st GREG MINNAAR (SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE): 420 points
2nd Gee Atherton: 405
3rd Cameron Cole: 282
4th Aaron Gwin: 240
5th Brendan Fairclough: 239
17th Josh Bryceland (SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE): 138
25th Steve Peat (SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE): 127