Bit of a geeky industry one this but it’s quite interesting. The ‘International Mountain bike Teams, Tech support and Organizers’ group has created a new ‘Constructors Championships’ for ’09. Basically, when a race is won the company that built the winning bike is awarded points and ranked in a league. The idea is that the companies behind the winning bikes get some recognition for their hard work.
“This year, IMTTO (International Mountain bike Teams, Tech support and Organizers) has created a Constructors Championship, much like there is in various motorsports. The aim is to recognise the participation of various bike brands in the UCI World Cup and World Championships.
The current ranking can always be found here, at IMTTO’s web site:
How the points are scored? It’s a straight forward sliding scale. In Men’s events, 20 points for 1st place, 19 points for 2nd place, down to 1 point for 20th place. Same for women, except only the first 10 places…so 10 points for 1st etc. We only give points for World Cup XC, DH and 4X….as well as World Championships (including Junior and Under 23 categories).
Any questions, please feel free to fire them away.
At the end of the season IMTTO will award a trophy to the winning bike brand.
Cheers,
Martin Whiteley
President
IMTTO
email: info@imtto.com
www.imtto.com”
The latest ranking after the Fort William World Cup is…
1. Specialized = 309
2. GT = 213
3. Intense = 191
4. Trek = 189
5. Santa Cruz = 174
6. Giant = 170
7. Yeti = 164
8. Commencal = 155
9. Merida = 137
10. Orbea = 137
11. Massi = 133
12. Scott = 126
13. Ghost = 121
14. Rocky Mountain = 100
15. Cannondale = 99
16. Evil = 81
17. Rotwild = 81
18. Sunn = 71
19. Author = 54
20. Turner = 50
21. Norco = 41
22. KHS = 32
23. Lapierre = 32
24. Bianchi = 31
25. RB = 29
26. Morewood = 28
27. Canyon = 27
28. Canfield = 20
29. Colnago = 20
30. Iron Horse = 18
31. MSC = 18
32. Nicolai = 18
33. Corratec = 17
34. Pell’s = 15
35. Gary Fisher = 13
36. Identiti = 12
37. Kraftstoff = 11
38. Chumba = 11
39. Mondraker = 8
40. Orange = 8
41. Felt = 6
42. Seven = 6
43. BMC = 3
44. Thömus = 3
45. Zenith = 2
46. Devinci = 1
47. Koba = 1
48. Spank = 1
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