Recent Mountain Bike News
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Bikes, Athletes, Races & Hockey(?) at the 2013 Sea Otter Classic
Nearly ten thousand athletes and some fifty thousand fans make the annual pilgrimage to Monterey, California for the mountain bike season opener, the Sea Otter Classic. Now one of the world’s largest bike festivals, the Sea Otter Classic began as a modest one-day event in 1991 after a local bike shop suggested that co-founders Frank Yohannan and Lou Rudolph put on a mountain bike race. A fantastic tribute to the power of suggestion…
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Marianne Vos Continues Domination of UCI Cyclo-Cross World Championships
Among a multitude of nicknames, Marianne Voss has been dubbed the Queen of Cycling. She proved why this name is fitting, once more, at the 2013 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Louisville, Kentucky. The 25-year-old secured her firth successive championship and the sixth of her career. Her winning time of 43 minutes was 1:34 minutes faster than runner up Kate Compton (USA).
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Kurt Sorge Claims Victory At 2012 Red Bull Rampage
Canadian Kurt Sorge came away with the victory at the 2012 Red Bull Rampage in Virgin, Utah. With over 2,000 fans lining the course in the Southern Utah desert, Sorge nailed a pair of gutsy performances, beating out some tough competition. Sorge’s second run proved crucial to his victory as he beat out competitors who threw down a handful of backflips and other gutsy tricks. Also, Oakley riders made up five of the top ten finishers. The seventh edition of the highly anticipated event did not disappoint as some of the best mountain bikers in the world soared to new heights and conquered the highest start in the event’s history.
Greg Minnaar
Sleepy Hollow, A.K.A. Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Gee Atherton
Oswestry, England
Cedric Gracia
Andorra - only 70,000 people : ) Not so many, and of course, no taxes
Neko Mulally
Reading, Pennsylvania
Bryn Atkinson
Townsville, North Queensland, Australia
Rachel Atherton
Llangynog, North Wales, UK
Jill Kintner
Seattle, Wa, and Wentworth falls, in Australia. Delicious coffee in both places.
Mio Suemasa
Kobe, Japan
Anneke Beerten
Marienvelde, the Netherlands. We live in the middle of nowhere, got donkeys and all walk around in wooden shoes.
Micayla Gatto
West Vancouver, BC
Steve Smith
Nanaimo, British Columbia
Jared Graves
Toowoomba, Queensland
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