MONT STE ANNE, Canada (transcendmagazine.com) -- The rainstorms predicted are now here in sight. The course is only getting faster by the minute.

Minaar is the top qualifier unofficially at this time, he put down a ridiculously fast 5:05....sitting up through the last 1000m - an average of about 40kmh...on a course that is half legendary Ste Anne technical . He ran a 5:22 in timed practice runs yesterday. The track is very very loose at this point, and many riders are washing out in the lower high speed sections.

Riders fell victims to numerous mechanicals during qualifying, including a boatload of flats, torn off derrailluers and broken chains.

Women
1- Sabrina Jonnier 5:52.62 35.73 km.h
2- Vanessa Quinn
3- Rachel Atherton
4- Tracey Moseley
5- Scarlett Hagen
6- Helen Gaskell
7- Celine Gros
8- Fionn Griffiths
9- Marielle Saner
10-Melissa Buhl
11-Danika Schroeter

Men
1-Greg Minaar 5.05.22
2-Mickael Pascal +5.65
3-Marc Beaumont
4-Fabien Barel
5-Gee Atherton
6-Nathan rennie
7-Dan Atherton
8-Justin Leov
9-Cedric Gracia
10-Markolf Berchtold