ms-racing intense factory NEWS

1st place at the UCI world cup Mt. St. Anne/ CAN:

After a couple of podiums this year Chris Kovarik won his first world cup race at Mt. St. Anne. This is also the first victory of the MS- INTENSE FACTORY- RACING team and so the MS- crew is more than happy about this fabulous result: Congratulations on this way Chris!

1. KOVARIK Chris MS- INTENSE FACTORY- RACING
2. MINNAAR Greg
3. HILL Samuel

19. Claudio Caluori MS- INTENSE FACTORY- RACING

For all results of the UCI world cup in MT. ST. ANNE please click or visit the website of dirtmag UK for more information to the race.

1st place at the best trick competition of the "Red Bull trail fox"

Also Darren Pokoj did well this weekend. He won the best trick competition and the 3rd stage of the “Red Bull trail fox” 2006.

Results best trick:
1. Darren Pokoj MS- INTENSE FACTORY- RACING
2. Andreu Lacondeguy MSC- RACING
3. Lluis Lacondeguy MSC RACING

For all results of the "Red Bull trail fox" please click.

Darren was just invited to the best trick contest, but he is also a racer and so he compete the whole race with all its stages. The atmosphere and the spirit of the “Red Bull trail fox” inspired Darren and so he is looking forward to come again next year.

Tophy for the best trick competition of the "Red Bull trail fox 2006" photo: MS- RACING

1st palce at the Austrian 4x nationals

Last but not least Georg Engel complete a perfect race weekend with his national title in 4X. After his comeback at the “Adidas Slopestyle” the national title is a big result, which underscore his upcoming form- congratulations mate!

The MS- INTENSE FACTORY- RACING crew congratulates Darren Pokoj to the 5th place at the “Adidas Slopestyle”:

After a long seesaw with the event organizer about competing the main contest of the “Adidas Slopestyle” Darren Pokoj was allowed to qualify by the “Rock Shox Ticket to Style” rookie contest.

Darren was able to argue the judges with his clean style and his trick variation. He won the “Rock Shox ticket to style” which allows him to compete the main contest of the “Adidas Slopestyle”…

In the end he survived all qualification rounds, got into the final round and became 5th. With this result Darren showed that he is the upcoming overall rider with top results in DH, 4X and slopestyle events.

1. Darren Berrecloth
2. Paul Basagoitia
3. Carlo Dieckmann
4. Lance McDermott
5. Darren Pokoj

In addition to Darren also his teammate Georg Engel was competing the “Adidas Slopestyle”. After a long injury he did his comeback at the “Adidas Slopstyle” and showed awesome tabletops over the “yeti”. Georg is really looking forward to practice in the brand new indoor dirt jump hall.
of Saalbach…

For all results of the "Rock Shox Ticket to Style" and the "Adidas Slopestyle" please click.

For Photos of the Adidas Slopestyle please check out the gallery or visit the homepage of Tommi Bause.

Looking forward to a sunshine race we got to the world cup in Willingen, but the weather there was as bad as in Scotland. The Willingen DH track offers ideal conditions to race our Intense 6.66 prototype and so we did. Claudio and Chris had been pretty fast over the whole weekend- in the end we had a podium of Chris and maybe the worst crash ever of Claudio. Nevertheless the Intense 6.66 prototype pass grand UCI World Cup entrance and we are looking forward to race the brand new Intense SOCOM.

photo: ms- racing, willingen DH podium 2006

photo: Intense cycles, new Intense SOCOM

For results of the DH and 4X cometitions please click.

Just a short from Willingen, as we´re preparing for the world cup race this weekend.
Fort William was wet as usual, Chris managed to get his first podium in a 4X world cup with a third place. Claudio flated his front tire in the final after a good top half on the course.
After the 4X race, Chris seemed to be too tired to podium in the downhill as well, he ended up 20th.
As our results were not that spectacular in Fort William, we all travelled to Germany fully motivated to show how fast we can ride our Intense bikes in Willingen!

For results of the DH and 4X cometitions please click.

P.S.: watch out for the new clip of Tony Butler/ "super 8" on freecaster.com.

....posted by Claudio Caluori:

One week before the world cup in Scotland, the ms intense factory racing team got to meet some of the fastest Austrian talents in Schladming. During two rainy days, I was riding the world cup course together with the boys and I was happy to help them become even faster. Darren enjoyed surprising the kids with his drifting skills, and I was surprised how quick the young racers learned. Team Yeti with Jared Graves and Justin Leov, who was staying with me in Zurich, was driving with me to Schladming and enjoyed the two extra days of training on the world cup course and in the jump park.
Excited about riding together with Jared, Darren, Chris and me, the Austrian kids were pushing even harder to show their skills and so it was lots of fun watching them pinning it. Darren amazed everybody with his back flips in the jump park, Chris showed his after-party skills with some 360°s, and Jared showed what real race style means on the pump track.
Finally I had to pick the most talented rider out of the boys, to send him to the Red Bull Trailfox.
. My choice was hard, as all of the riders seamed ready to rock, but there was just one Wildcard to give away. So I picked Boris ......... out of Vienna because of his smooth and focused riding style.

As it was lots of fun teaching the Austrian kids, I’m looking forward to more talent scout camps coming.´