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Neko Mulally wins 2011 Highland Pro GRT!

by Ian Hylands
May 15, 2011 at 20:20

In what has got to be one of the best races of his life so far, Neko Mulally has beaten Aaron Gwin and Justin Leov by over 2 seconds to give Trek World Racing a complete sweep of the mens podium at round two of the Pro GRT. Although a few people have said that Gwin crashed in his final when I spoke with him about it he denied it and said Neko simply just beat him. In the womens race Jill Kintner beat out Joanna Peterson and Lauren Daney, who has just moved up to the pro class.

Neko Mulally
Neko Mulally

Jill Kintner
Jill Kintner

It was a wet rainy day at Highland Mountain Bike Park in New Hampshire today, conditions that definitely favored East Coast rider Neko Mulally.

"this is what I grew riding, so I wasn't really sweating it at the top, I knew it was going to be like this. I had a solid run, I didn't expect to do better than the guys on my team, but I'm stoked!"

Pro Men

1 70 Neko Mulally 1 Pro Men Trek World Racing 2:20.95
2 9 Aaron Gwin 2 Pro Men TrekWorld Racing,Bel 2:23.45
3 8 Justin Leov 3 Pro Men Trek World Racing 2:24.70
4 7 Curtis Keene 4 Pro Men specialized/sram 2:27.04
5 55 Cody Warren 5 Pro Men drd X-Fusion, Intens 2:27.69
6 41 Richie Rude 6 Pro Men Yeti Fox National Tea 2:28.32
7 38 Lars Sternberg 7 Pro Men Trans. Race/Fox Shox 2:29.67
8 68 Benjamin Moody 8 Pro Men POC/Trek Mtn coop 2:32.88
9 14 Brian Buell 9 Pro Men Team Geronimo/Banshe 2:33.11
10 49 Tyler Allison 10 Pro Men Marzocchi/GoPro 2:33.54

Pro Women

1 37 Jill Kintner 1 Pro Women Trans. Race/Red Bull 2:50.52
2 82 Joanna Petterson 2 Pro Women Specialized 3:01.30
3 21 Lauren Daney 3 Pro Women Specialized/Grom 3:12.25
4 36 Vaea Verbeeck 4 Pro Women Intense Cycles Fox R 3:18.12
5 77 Cierra Smith 5 Pro Women Specialized AllRide A 3:32.67
6 34 Mary Moncorge 6 Pro Women Santa Cruz Alliance 3:40.71
7 60 Rae Gandolf 7 Pro Women Sierra Nevada Brewin 3:42.44
8 269 Caitlyn Franciscov 1 Cat 2 Women Real Treez 4:26.69
9 29 Stephanie Sowles 1 Cat 1 Women KLS 4:28.18

Pro Mens Podium
Pro Mens Podium

Pro Womens Podium
Pro Womens Podium

Neko Mulally watches the clock after his race run...
Neko Mulally watches the clock after his race run...

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2011 Pro GRT #2 Results by Class
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44 Comments

  • + 18
flag specialized116 (May 15, 2011 at 20:25)
 3 seconds faster than gwin?! impressive to say the least
  • + 7
flag Cmontjumper (May 15, 2011 at 20:29)
 geez but look at womens! kintner is 11 seconds ahead of 2nd place. damn
  • + 5
flag eleventyfive (May 15, 2011 at 21:06)
 major props to Tyler Allison for killing it with the big boys!
  • + 1
flag hbfreerider (May 15, 2011 at 21:58)
 yeah boi leov
  • + 1
flag b4life (May 16, 2011 at 5:13)
 Trek riders stealing the podium
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  • + 12
flag dirtywhoor (May 15, 2011 at 20:29)
 that specilized chick is pretty hot for a biker
  • - 9
flag J-bird123 (May 15, 2011 at 20:34) (Below Threshold) show comment
 Cierra Smith. Shes a Beauty.
  • + 7
flag BigRidah (May 15, 2011 at 20:39)
 ... Lauren Daney. Not Cierra Smith.
  • + 1
flag dirtywhoor (May 15, 2011 at 21:16)
 lmao hell no lauren you gay bastered
  • + 0
flag J-bird123 (May 15, 2011 at 21:23)
 Who cares.
  • + 2
flag loudnfrdr24 (May 15, 2011 at 21:43)
 In the lift line my buddy Steve says "Bittie on a bike!" and we were all quite shocked haha
  • + 1
flag iamamodel (May 15, 2011 at 23:49)
 She was interviewed on Pinkbike some time back:

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/lauren-daney-girls-that-ride-interview-2011.html
  • + 1
flag rattpoison (May 16, 2011 at 15:23)
 uh-oh, I forsee a Cierra Smith vs Lauren Daney war from the fans: both riding on Specialized bikes, both 15/16years old, both tearing it up in the pros.
  • + 2
flag BigRidah (May 17, 2011 at 15:26)
 Theres no argument.
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  • + 3
flag carpy95 (May 15, 2011 at 20:38)
 YEA TREK!!!! WHOOOO! 'MERICA!
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  • + 2
flag MisterHuckMyself (May 15, 2011 at 22:01)
 ms. daney is a bomb shell!
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  • + 2
flag NorCalNomad (May 15, 2011 at 20:25)
 mmmm trek gravity dealers are going to be liking this.
  • + 2
flag webbrider12 (May 15, 2011 at 20:35)
 heck yeah they are!!! All 3 are very impressive riders!!
  • + 1
flag goxbigxorxgoxhome (May 16, 2011 at 1:23)
 I love to see how TREK WORLD RACING dominates those races!
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  • + 2
flag goonrider (May 15, 2011 at 20:45)
 trek world racing is on fire this year!!!!
  • + 2
flag thetake401 (May 16, 2011 at 1:44)
 i hope it lasts through the WC season, they've killed it so far.
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  • + 1
flag likemypokemanz (May 15, 2011 at 20:28)
 mulally looks like he has a good chance this year, will be interesting to see his next few results.
  • + 2
flag Spec-Rider (May 15, 2011 at 20:34)
 Whip
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  • + 1
flag jut8 Plus (May 16, 2011 at 6:09)
 Congrats to Neko and Lauren! Awesome to see the locals tear it up!!!
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  • + 1
flag GreeNxHiPpo (May 15, 2011 at 20:57)
 how much is that first place check?
  • + 1
flag p-romano (May 15, 2011 at 21:34)
 looks like sevenhundred something dollars
  • + 1
flag mitch1616 (May 15, 2011 at 23:52)
 1500 for both mens and womens first place
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  • + 2
flag z-man (May 15, 2011 at 20:25)
 f*ck yeah Tyler!
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  • + 2
flag commencel (May 15, 2011 at 20:28)
 Arron fell..
  • + 8
flag p-romano (May 15, 2011 at 21:38)
 That is honestly ridiculous that they failed to mention that
  • + 2
flag jb-mp (May 16, 2011 at 17:49)
 "Gwin looked to be having a good run but crashed in his final."

And he still got second, there's easily your 2.5 seconds.
  • + 1
flag JKSR (May 17, 2011 at 5:10)
 Maybe his crash wasn't so much of a crash but a stumble, I don't believe he had a get off. Neko was pinned!
  • + 1
flag IanHylands Mod Plus (May 17, 2011 at 10:06)
 Really doesn't make any difference, that's a part of racing, and that's part of how races are won and lost. Neko had the advantage for sure being an East Coast rider and well used to the wet muddy conditions. Far from what I think Gwin normally rides and trains on in California and the West...
  • + 1
flag p-romano (May 17, 2011 at 12:39)
 But it is still important. Neko won and it is awesome but the details of events are important
  • + 1
flag IanHylands Mod Plus (May 17, 2011 at 22:55)
 Yes, but we can only mention what we're told. None of the official news or press releases stated that he fell. And most of the time in a race they don't clarify that someone slipped a pedal, or tagged a tree or or or.... Really it's only important if you care about the details, and we'll report them as we get them, but it's not important to the outcome of the race...
  • + 1
flag p-romano (May 18, 2011 at 15:10)
 Okay. I have a question. Not to be s smartass but because I am truly curious. Why do Pinkbike staff create the articles instead of people that were at the event?
  • + 1
flag IanHylands Mod Plus (May 18, 2011 at 18:10)
 Because there usually isn't anyone at any of the smaller events writing articles. Instead we use email and phones to get the information and photos about the event and then write the story. At larger and more established events there are usually people that are paid to write event reports and shoot photos etc. and at certain events we have our own staff on hand to shoot photos and write the stories.
Even if there is someone there shooting photos and writing the words we usually still put everything together. These photos were shot by Matt Delorme and they were sent to us along with the results by the event organizers. Then I normally try to get a few quotes and info about the race over the phone from the winners, but that's not always easy, cel phones still don't work well at a lot of smaller places...
Someday maybe we'll have a million dollar budget and we can pay a photographer as well as a videographer and a writer to be at every event, until then this works fairly well...
  • + 1
flag p-romano (May 18, 2011 at 18:14)
 Very informative. Thank you
  • + 1
flag IanHylands Mod Plus (May 31, 2011 at 9:29)
 So I asked Aaron about it this weekend at the US Open and he did not fall in his race run. No idea what Commencel is talking about but according to Gwin he had a decent run and Neko simply beat him. Please don't make up stories and post them as comments...
  • + 1
flag p-romano (May 31, 2011 at 10:11)
 Tyler Immer. What a little jokester.
  • + 1
flag IanHylands Mod Plus (May 31, 2011 at 11:20)
 Yeah I know, that's why I trusted his comment...
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  • + 0
flag DanMan89 (May 16, 2011 at 11:43)
 Girl on the far rights tidy!
  • + 2
flag elsinore (May 16, 2011 at 18:31)
 How about the old guy straight off the couch in the top ten!! Yeah Moody!!!
  • + 1
flag bfrich Plus (May 17, 2011 at 10:57)
 I really doubt Moody spends anytime on a couch......the guys a beast!
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