Sept. 8, 2009 – Canberra, Australia
Finally in the record books, Santa Cruz Syndicate’s Steve Peat (SRAM/RockShox), makes history as he bags the big one winning the UCI Downhill World Championships in Canberra, Australia. Syndicate’s Greg Minnaar finishes a mere .05 behind Peat in the closest margin in World Championship history, and Mick Hannah takes the last medal just .69 behind Peat. (more…)
The week of the World Championships can be a very tough week indeed on the best athletes in the world. Everything needs to come together, physically, mentally and equipment wise to make this once-in-a-year opportunity reach its maximum potential. For Trek World Racing, which had all 6 of its athletes qualified for the World Championships, the results were mixed. Tracy Moseley however was literally the silver lining to a tough week, bringing home the silver medal in the Women’s Downhill. Having won here at this venue last year during the World Cup, Tracy was a little disappointed not to have won, but was philosophical all the same. (more…)
Unless you live under a rock by now you will know that Steve Peat has finally managed to win the World Champs! He managed to edge out GM by 0.05 seconds, of which Minnaar had clawed back a full second on the pedaling section at the bottom. It seems that if the track was 100m longer Minnaar would certainly have won it. Cangrats to Steve though, its been a long time coming for him and he certainly deserves this win.
We have posted this up here for any of you who are fortunate enough to have high speed internet (in Africa? yea right!). If you are so fortunate you can watch the event live right here this weekend.
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The guys at the Canberra world champs have posted this neat video of the 4x track that will be used for the event. First impressions are that its is pretty flat, however its clear they have put a lot of thought into the layout and obstacles. It definitely looks like a lot of fun to ride.
