Jacobellis makes it four straight World Cup wins in Bachelor snowboardcross

Jacobellis makes it four straight World Cup wins in Bachelor snowboardcross{mosimage}USSA — Lindsey Jacobellis extended her World Cup win streak to four Saturday with a victory in the women’s snowboardcross at the Mt. Bachelor, Oregon, Snowboard Classic.

Jacobellis, 18, swept three straight last weekend at Joetsu, Japan, winning two snowboardcross races and the halfpipe. For the season, she’s won every SBX she’s entered, including four World Cups, the U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix at Mammoth Mountain, Calif. and the X Games at Aspen, Colorado.

The women’s runner-up was France’s Marie Laissus, followed by Austria’s Doresia Krings.

On the men’s side, France’s Xavier Delerue got the win, while U.S. favorite Seth Wescott was knocked out in the quarterfinals. On the podium along with Delerue was Canadian Drew Neilson and Italian Alberto Schiavon, who was in his first World Cup final. Fourth went to Delerue’s younger brother Paul-Henri, who won the World Juniors in Germany earlier this season.

Other U.S. riders making the men’s final 32 out of 78 starters were Jason Smith, Mark Schulz and Matt Shrive. Emma Rahme was the only other U.S. woman to join Jacobellis in the final 16, out of 41 starters.

The Mt. Bachelor Snowboard Classic wraps up Sunday with a big air event, before the tour moves to Bardonecchia, Italy, for the World Cup Finals.

Snowboard World Cup
Mt. Bachelor, Oregon
March 6, 2004
Women’s Snowboardcross Final
1. Lindsey Jacobellis, Bondville, Vt.
2. Marie Laissus, France
3. Doresia Krings, Austria
4. Dominique Maltais, Canada
5. Karine Ruby, France
Also:
13. Emma Rahme, Jackson, Wyo.

Men’s Snowboardcross Final
1. Xavier Delerue, France
2. Drew Neilson, Canada
3. Alberto Schiavon, Italy
4. Paul-Henri Delerue, France
5. Jasey Jay Anderson, Canada
Also:
14. Seth Wescott, Farmington, Maine
18. Jason Smith, Basalt, Colo.
20. Mark Schulz, Portland, Ore.
26. Matt Shrive, Reno, Nev.
In qualifying:
35. Christian Mosiman, Snowmass Village, Colo.
38. David Manthei, Steamboat Springs, Colo.
39. Ben Jacobellis, Bondville, Vt.
44. Zach Kay, Mount Shasta, Calif.