The final of the 2008 Nissan UCI Mountain Bike World Cup season in Schladming, Austria, promises to be another thriller.
With the Nissan UCI World Cup finals just 8 days away, the current series leader Greg Minnaar (Santa Cruz Syndicate) of South Africa, is keen to get on track and start the race week.
Source: 23 Degrees Sports Management
It's been a season to forget for the Finnish Pinner, with his latest crash in training at the Canberra World Cup taking him out of the 2008 season.
Matti returns home to Finland tomorrow, Monday, after it was decided to have surgery in his home country and not in Australia.
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Santa Cruz Syndicate’s Greg Minnaar and Nathan Rennie top the podium in Canberra, Australia to the cheers of thousands of enthusiastic Aussie fans and Minnaar regains his lead in the UCI World Cup Downhill Series.
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Chris Kovarik got a great podium result at the penultimate World Cup round in his home country today in Stromolo park, Canberra. Chris placed 5th on the in a very strong field. The course was pretty good considering the size of the hill which was a lot smaller than we have been used to riding on the world cup circuit so far.
Fast, Furious and Free for spectators!
Entry to the 2008 Nissan UCI Mountain Bike World Cup will be FREE for spectators, and there will be free bus transport from the Woden and City interchanges...
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Red Bull Rampage, the premier freeride mountain biking competition, held annually from 2001 to 2004, is blasting back onto the scene in 2008, bigger and badder than ever before. From October 2-5, Red Bull Rampage: The Evolution will draw the greatest riders in the world to a new venue just outside Virgin, Utah, offering the most challenging terrain mountain bike competition has ever seen.
Photos: Greg Long
The final 8 Hour for the BMC Working Week Series was held at Canberra's Mt Stromlo on the weekend as part of the Nissan UCI World Cup Festival - in fact, it's the very first event of the Festival!, Check out some the Action as captured by Greg Long
Source: Ryan Proctor
Photos: Yorick Carroux
The Canadian Open Downhill took over theWhistler Mountain Bike Park today, the final day at Kokanee Crankworx 2008. More than 260 riders took part in the race, having only one run to clock their best time possible on a course that is said to be as challenging as any World Cup course.
Source: Ryan Proctor
Photos: Yorick Carroux
The Monster Energy Slopestyle @ Kokanee Crankworx dominated the Boneyard Slopestyle course in the Whistler Mountain Bike Park today. Every year this event draws the biggest crowd of the festival, watching the best athletes in the world of mountain biking compete for $30,000 in prize money.
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Source: Ryan Proctor
Photos: Yorick Carroux
The Jim Beam Air Downhill took over the Whistler Mountain Bike Park today with over 300 competitors racing in the one-run format on the famed A-Line course. Brian Lopes of Laguna Beach, CA was the fastest competitor for the third straight year finishing with a time of 4:22.10 - 1.32 seconds faster than the rest of the field.
Source: 23 Degrees Sports Management
23 Degrees Sports Management announced today that it will be returning to Mountain Bike World Cup racing in 2009 with a brand new team, with Trek Bicycles as a title sponsor. Previous years have seen 23 Degrees win the many World Cup titles with their teams Global Racing, and most recently Team G Cross Honda, and the new team will have very similar goals.
Source: Ryan Proctor
Photos: Yorick Carroux
Gee Atherton finishes #1 in what is said to be one of the longest, most grueling downhill course in mountain biking. The one-run format descends 3,400 feet from top to bottom, covering some of the most challenging terrain in the Whistler Mountain Bike Park.
Source: Ryan Proctor
Photos: Yorick Carroux
JD Swanguen takes top spot on a damp, technical course after the most competitive Dual Slalom ever seen at Kokanee Crankworx. After favorites like Brian Lopes, Andrew Neethling, Dan Atherton and Cedric Gracia get knocked out in earlier rounds, first place was up for the taking.
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Off the back of last weeks win in Mt St Anne Rachel Atherton claimed her third World Cup win of the year this weekend in Bromont Canada. Bromont the fifth of seven stops on the Nissan World Cup series presented the riders with a tricky and varied course.
Source: Sharon Payne
Canberra pair, Leigh Darrell and Harriet Burbidge-Smith dominated the elite divisions of the Mountain Cross state series final round held at Mt Stromlo today. Darrell passed World Cup rider, Thomas Hubert to win by a bike length. According to Darrell it was close until the finish line
