Archive for April 12th, 2009
MS EVIL racing went into the DH finals with some big hopes as we knew about the potential of our riders and that they have been ready to rock.
Unfortunately they couldn’t strike as we hoped, because of technical problems of Matti and a crash of Filip in one of the stone sections, which makes it impossible for them to finish with a top result. Stevie did well and finished 20th- he was 1 out of 5 in the top 20 with flat pedals on a SPD favored track.
The downhill was dominated by the Santa Cruz syndicate with Minaar who took the win and Peat in 3rd. Mick Hannah came back to the world cup and showed with a 2nd place that we need to count with him for world championships 2009 in Canberra Australia as well as with Sam Hill who became 4th in his first world cup race for the big S. He was one of the bigger surprises this weekend, as he was known for somebody who is not happy about pedaling a lot- he seems to be well prepared for the pedaling course of Canberra.
Now this race is a chapter of the mountain bike history as Minaar wins in front of his home crowd and the world cup circuit is leaving the continent for going home, attending Sea Otter classics or preparing for the next UCI mountain bike world cup round in Houffalize/ BEL and La Bresse/ FRA.
Stay tuned for more news of the Sea Otter Classics.
Men downhill results:
1.Greg Minaar/ RSA 3:43.44
2. Mick Hannah/ AUS 3:45.69
3. Steve Peat/ GBR 3:49.25
20. Steve Smith/ CAN 3:57.20
37. Filip Polc/ SVK 4:02.19
81.Matti Lehikoinen/ FIN 4:31.63
Women downhill results:
1.Tracy Moseley/ GBR 4:20.15
2.Emmeline Ragot/ FRA 4:26.53
3.Sabrina Jonnier/ FRA 4:28.61
Today is downhill race day and everybody is curious about the balance of power on the track- no tactics, no games… just racing.
MS EVIL racing is at the start with (listed by the startime):
Stevie Smith: 14:41 CET
Matti Lehikoinen: 14:57 CET
Filip Polc: 15:33 CET
For the meantime check the update of the everyday life gallery:
and this dirt TV clip with some coverage of the MS Evil team:
Filip Polc was the man who competes for MS EVIL RACING in the four cross race. After he qualified 15th he survived the first round as second with Prokop in lead and Jordan O’Keefe from South Africa and Adrian Hanko from Germany in 3rd and 4th Position. Filip’s 2nd heat was quite strong occupied with Prokop, Dan Atherton and Scott Beaumont. Filip showed a strong performance on his brand new Faction hardtail, but wasn’t able to qualify for the next round. We are looking forward to the next 4X world cup rounds when Filip has got more practice on his new ride.
After and exciting race Graves took the win in front of Prokop and ALVAREZ DE LARA LUCAS.
Men 4X results:
1.Jared Graves (AUS)
2.Michal PROKOP (CZE)
3. Rafael ALVAREZ DE LARA LUCAS (ESP)
14. Filip Polc:
Congratulations to Anneke Beerten, who took the first win of the season…
Women 4X results:
1.Anneke Beerten (NED)
2. Fion Griffith (GBR)
3. Romana LABOUNKOVA (CZE)
