Source: Bill Phillips
The World Championship event that took place this weekend in Mont Saint-Anne, Quebec was one that held some surprises. The race favorites were not able to express their potential due to the weather conditions and a one-day event that does not allow for errors.
Source: Kathy Sessler
Santa Cruz Syndicate’s Greg Minnaar (SRAM/RockShox) places 2nd overall in the UCI World Cup Series with a 2nd place race finish today as he and Gee Atherton took their tightly fought season to the finale with Gee emerging victorious on the day in a nail biter all the way down to the finish line.
Source: Nigel Page
The team has done it.... we won the World Cup overall no.1 Team title at the UCI world cup finals in Windham, USA!
Source: Bill Phillips
After a nail biting season which has seen Commencal rider Gee Atherton and Santa Cruz Syndicates Greg Minnaar scrapping over tenths seconds all year, we finally crowned a World Cup Champion at the final round today at Windham Mountain, New York.
Source: 23degrees
The final race at the Kokanee Crankworx in Whistler saw Trek World Racing take 2 top fives in the Pro Men's Canadian Open Downhill yesterday, with Justin Leov (NZL) securing 3rd place on the podium and teammate, Andrew Neethling (RSA), just tenths behind in 5th.
Source: Ilana Taub
Red Bull Rampage will be open to additional spectators in 2010, making it a more fan-friendly experience. Tickets are free and available now. Details are available online at www.redbullusa.com/rampage and tickets will be awarded on a first come, first serve basis to the first 1,000 fans.
The action was fast and furious on the Double Vision course at the Giant Slalom, presented by Giant Bicycles, with Michal Prokop (CZE) whipping into first place for the Pro Men and Emmeline Ragot (FRA) adding more hardware to her pile with another first place win in the Pro Women’s category.
Greg Watts (USA) and Darren Berrecloth (CAN) took home $3,000 each at tonight's VW Trick Showdown after battling it out against 24 of the top slopestyle athletes in the world in the peer-judged, two session best trick jam...
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20 year old Dennis Dertell from Osmo, Sweden, took a solid 4th place at the European Championships last weekend ahead of many top level World Cup riders, and missing the medals by less than half a second..
Source: Freeride Mountain Bike Association
All GOLD events went off with great success, Brandon Semenuk leads the world ranking in front of Martin Soderstrom and Yannick Granieri, 3 events left, world ranking can still change a lot since riders can score highest FMB World Tour points in Whistler and at Rampage, World’s toughest rider line up is fixed for Monster Slopestyle in Whistler.....
Chris Kovarik (AUS) maintained a blistering pace in today’s Monster Energy Garbanzo DH to take home first with a time of 13:22.99, knocking last year’s winner Justin Leov (NZL) into second place with a time of 13:29.85. Dry course conditions for the first time in the event’s history allowed Kovarik to shave off over 22 seconds from Leov’s 2009 winning time.
Kokanee Crankworx 2010 is officially on with the Dual Slalom in the bag and the Block Party kicking off with the first bash of this nine-day celebration of all things mountain bike. With big-time contender Brian Lopes out in the first heat of the Pro Men semi-finals due to a crash, Gee Atherton managed to fend off up and coming young guns Troy Brosnan and Mitch Ropelato to secure the Dual Slalom win.
Source: Ryan Snyder
Red Bull Illume showcases the world's most outstanding action and adventure sports photography ...well, you know that part already....
but what you don't know is that the unveiling ceremony of the world's best action and adventure sports photography will take place on August 31st, 2010 !
Source: Lauren Everest
Connecting to all of the action at Kokanee Crankworx is best done in person. However, from August 7-15 technology will close the gap for those not making the pilgrimage to Whistler, the undisputed Mecca of freeride mountain biking.
Source: Kathy Sessler
The UCI Downhill World Cup Series is becoming a nail biter as Santa Cruz Syndicate’s Greg Minnaar (SRAM RockShox), takes 2nd place today in Val Di Sole, Italy in the fifth of the six race series. Gee Atherton takes the series lead with a 3rd place finish, just 7 points ahead of Greg with one race left.
Source: Jessica Hayes
The latest installment of Trek World Racing's webisode series, In Pursuit, is released today and features highlights and behind the scenes footage from the first ever Crossover Challenge at the Trek World Racing Summer Camp in Chatel, France. Watch Emily Batty and the Flueckiger Brothers race downhill for the very first time! Also featured is the Swiss Bike Trophy HC event in Bern, Switzerland.
