BikeNZ appoints new Sponsorship Manager

By Jeff | Published: July 27, 2010

BikeNZ is MTBNZ’s parent organisation (along with BMXNZ, Road and track and Secondary Schools Cycling)

Sales, marketing and management executive Helen Mobberley has been appointed to the new position of Sponsorship Manager for BikeNZ.
Mobberley will take up the new role immediately for BikeNZ, the national sports organisation that is the umbrella body embracing all national bike and cycling organisations including road and track cycling, mountain biking and BMX.

BikeNZ CEO Kieran Turner said the new role was a key part in the organisation’s move to be less reliant on funding from gaming, to nurture and grow current commercial relationships and develop new opportunities for the sport at all levels from recreation to global success.

Mobberley has a successful background in sales and marketing in the music and media industries including senior roles at Sony Music, Mushroom Records and In Music. She moved into the media industry as assistant editor at ACP Media and other publications before appointed General Manager of the successful 95bFM Campus Radio Station in Auckland.
Most recently she moved into management roles in retail both direct and online.

Mobberley and her family have a keen sporting involvement, having completed Ironman New Zealand with her husband this year and is also a keen cyclist.
“There are 1.3 million people in New Zealand who ride bikes and there’s been a boom in popularity over the last decade,” Turner said.

“That said, today kids spend as little 11 minutes a week riding their bike, only a quarter of the time we did two decades ago. That has huge implications not only for cycling but for the health of this nation, our transport system and our environment. BikeNZ is taking a leadership role and developed a range of programmes to ensure that we turn this cycle around.

“We are developing recreational riding across all of our disciplines and also working more closely with schools. And at High Performance level our riders are achieving like never before and we are developing strategies to continue that pathway.

“Helen has the background, the expertise, the drive and the passion to help us to achieve these goals through marketing and commercial relationships going forward.”

Cheers
Kieran Turner | Chief Executive | BikeNZ
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UCI MTB World Cup, Champery, Switzerland – Kiwis Tame the Mudfest!

By Chris | Published: July 26, 2010

Europe delivered another wet, muddy weekend to the 2010 UCI World Cup at Champery in Switzerland over the weekend. This 4th round of the World Cup is also the first this year where both Downhill and Cross Country disciplines came together at the same event – and both were affected by the weather.
 
Downhill qualifying took place on Friday, at about the same time as the rain started. The NZ downhill contingent was 17 strong at Champery, and making the top 80 finals cut from the 200 rider field was always going to be tough. Sam Blenkinsop (Lapierre International, Wanganui) qualified at the top of the field and started Saturday’s race run as final man on the mountain. Wyn Masters (Kenda Playbiker, New Plymouth), Junior World Champion Brook MacDonald (MS Evil, Hawkes Bay) and Matt Scoles (Cingolani Protone, Alexandra) showed real pace on the steep Champery race course to qualify 5th, 11th and 14th.
 
The rain continued right through to 10am Saturday, with the Downhill finals run on a race course already considered the hardest on the international circuit, now made treacherous with traction almost impossible. Blenkinsop and MacDonald were the two Kiwis who dealt with the conditions best and managed to ride their luck to top ten results – MacDonald improving on his qualifying result to a season’s best 6th. Final starter Blenkinsop lost some time at the top of the course, but pushed as hard as he could through the middle sections to claim a podium 4th. This also moves the Wanganui talent into outright 3rd on the World Cup points table.

Blinky Champery Podium

Junior George Brannigan (Ancillotti, Hawkes Bay) continued his see-saw Junior World Cup leaders contest with Australia’s Troy Brosnan at Champery. Bannigan relinquished the Junior Leaders jersey to Brosnan on Saturday – and he now trails Brosnan by 19 points, but with two World Cup rounds still to go this highly sought after title is set to go right down to the wire for both riders.
 
For in-form Cameron Cole (Maxxis, Christchurch), Saturday’s race has unfortunately derailled his World Cup season – a fairly innocuous race run crash while attempting a time saving high line (which had proven successful in previous runs) has resulted in a broken right scaphoid for the 2006 Junior World Champion. Cole has dealt with injuries at this level before and is philosophical about his options for rehabilitation with the September World MTB Championships in mind – “It’s bad timing, but this happens with what we do. I don’t really want to go to the Worlds and just run 40th or 50th. I’d rather go there in the form I know I am in,” he says.

Champery Air Cam Cole

The Cross Country riders also enjoyed dry dusty conditions right through to Friday morning for their practice sessions. While the rain stopped on Saturday, it didn’t cease early enough to allow extensive drying to happen for Sunday’s Cross country races. Richard Anderson (Avanti, Blenheim) carried strong form into his Junior World Cup event, and raced to an impressive 12th place finish. Anderson’s race didn’t go totally to plan however – the extremely muddy start loop caught Anderson amongst its race start carnage, and he went into the first lap in 33rd position. Anderson clawed his way back during the five lap event, with a typically gritty and determined display at his first World Cup.
 
The Women’s five lap race was more of the same – lots of mud and in places, faster to negotiate parts of the course cyclocross style rather than on the bike. Beijing Olympian Rosara Joseph (UK) was aggressive in her race start, where it was crucial in these conditions to get as close to the front of the race as quickly as possible. Joseph slipped back through the race from a first lap high of 17th, eventually finishing 27th. U23 rider Samara Sheppard (Rotorua) competed at her first World Cup this year but like more than half the Women’s starters, could not work her way through the conditions to remain on the lead lap, finshing 65th.
 
The final event on the Champery programme was the Mens Cross Country race – U23 Dirk Peters (Rotorua) the sole NZ rider. Peters was faced with a tough ask – a starting position of 147 in the 175 strong field – “I hadn’t been aware that I’d entered a running event as that’s how things panned out for the first few laps at least. 175 riders all fighting to get to the front made for a large amount of congestion and a lot of time was spent off the bike”. Peters was determined to make the most of his first World Cup – “Although I gave it everything I was unable to finish, getting lapped after four laps and finishing in 102nd place. I was left feeling a bit disappointed – getting lapped is never a good thing but this is the top level of the sport and due to the extremely fast pace and high attrition rate only 58 riders completed the race”
 
The MTB World Cup continues this weekend in Val di Sole, Italy, with the combined Downhill, Cross Country and Four Cross Round Five of the six race series.
 
Brief Resuls:
Champery Downhill
1 Gee Atherton (GBR) 4:02.19; 2 Greg Minaar (RSA) 4:04.98; 3 Brendan Fairclough (GBR) 4:06.75; 4 Sam Blenkinsop (NZL) 4:07.00; 5 Damien Spagnolo (FRA) 4:09.53; 6 Brook MacDonald (NZL) 4:09.53; 28 Matthew Scoles (NZL); 33 Wyn Masters (NZL); 35 Cameron Cole (NZL); 44 Justin Leov (NZL); 52 George Brannigan (NZL); 75 Joseph Nation (NZL)
Other NZers, from Qualifying
85 Rupert Chapman; 92 Jed Rooney; 106 Hayden Lee; 115 Nathan Rankin; 123 James Rennie; 124 Richard Leacock; 125 Dan Simms; 132 Sam Baker; 145 Tom Matthews
 
Champery Junior Men Cross Country
1 Julian Schelb (GER) 1:38:58; 2 Jeff Luyten (BEL) +00:23; 3 Julien Trarieux (FRA) +00:48; 12 Richard Anderson (NZL) +05:48
 
Champery Elite Women Cross Country
1 Nathalie Schneitter (SUI) 1:45:40; 2 Eva Lechner (ITA) +02:13; 3 Willow Koerber (USA) +02:29; 27 Rosara Joseph (NZL) +13:14; 65 Samara Sheppard (NZL); DNF Annika Smail (NZL)
 
Champery Elite Men Cross Country
1 Florian Vogel (SUI) 1:44:08; 2 Jaroslav Kulhavy (CZE) +00:11; 3 Nino Schurter (SUI) +00:35; 102 Dirk Peters (NZL)
 
Full Results Champery DownhillFull Results Champery Junior Men Cross CountryFull Results Champery Elite Women Cross CountryFull Results Champery Elite Men Cross Country
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Masters World MTB Championship

By Jeff | Published: July 23, 2010

Anyone can enter this event, you don’t need MTBNZ approval or selection.  You will need an international UCI license to compete, which you can get from the BikeNZ website.

This is a reminder for athletes’ registration to the UCI Mountain Bike Masters World Championships 2010. The event will take place from 7-12 September in Balneário Camboriú, Brazil.

Please find all the information on the following website: www.ciclismosc.com.br

Kind regards,

Andrea Marcellini Mendonça
Cycling for All, Masters and Sustainable Development Coordinator
Union Cycliste Internationale
CH-1860 Aigle

Tél.: +41 (0)24 468 58 11
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2011 NZ MTB Cup and National MTB Champs Announced

By Chris | Published: July 22, 2010

Mountainbike NZ are pleased to announce the NZ MTB Cup and National MTB Championship schedule for the summer of 2011.
 
NZ MTB Cup, Cross Country
Round 1 Jan 9th Tauranga
Round 2 Jan 16th Napier
Round 3 Feb 13th Nelson
Round 4 Feb 20th Christchurch
 
NZ MTB Cup, Downhill
Round 1 Jan 7/8 Tauranga
Round 2 Jan 14/15 Napier
Round 3 Jan 22/23 Rotorua
Round 4 Feb 5/6 Nelson
Round 5 Feb 11/12 Nelson
Round 6 Feb 18/19 Christchurch
 
National Mountainbike Championships (UCI Cat CN)
Feb 24-27 Dunedin

 
Oceania Mountainbike Championships (UCI Cat CC)
March 18-20 Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
 
Hosts confirmed include a mix of well established venues having long histories of hosting events at this level, and new hosts who will utilise the opportunity MTBNZ’s events provide to boost their own event management capability, as well as showcasing their regions MTB facilities.
 
BikeNZ’s principal partner Raboplus will again have naming rights of the NZ MTB Cup and National MTB Championships, with associate sponsor Nature Valley also back on board for 2011. The New Zealand Community Trust also continues its long support of NZ mountainbiking’s premier competitive level national series next summer.
 
MTBNZ’s 2011 Event Coordinator Chris Mildon views the confirmed schedule as a great fit for the sport: “as a national series for NZ’s best mountainbike athletes there is no greater test than to measure yourself against your peers on quality race courses at the NZ MTB Cup and National Championships”. But these events aren’t only for elite athletes – “MTBNZ provides all age group categories from 13 year olds through to masters 50+, to compliment the pinnacle Elite class. So all mountainbikers have the opportunity to enter and compete with like minded riders from around NZ and increasingly, from outside NZ – all on the same race courses our Elite stars will be using”.
 
 
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NZ Performance Wrap July 7-11th

By Chris | Published: July 12, 2010

NZ mountainbikers competed at high profile events on two continents during the weekend – summaries of key performances follow:
 
Avalanche Cup and Mega Avalanche, France
 
The hugely popular Avalanche Series of events in Oz en Osains and Alp d’Heuz filled a week long period between July 5th and July 11th. Cameron Cole (Christchurch) and Sam Blenkinsop (Wanganui) led NZ’s charge for the downhill events, and were joined this year by former Cross Country Olympian Kashi Leuchs (Dunedin) competing in this format for the first time.
 
Cole (Maxxis Rocky Mountain) started his racing week off in the best possible way, winning the downhill standard format Oz en Osains Avalanche Cup against a World Cup calibre field. Seven other NZers competed, with a stand-out performance coming from Oamaru’s Jed Rooney to finish 13th, and as first Junior. Rupert Chapman (Christchurch) in 17th was second in the Junior category.
 
The Mega Avalanche was the next event to run – this event draws thousands of entrants who compete in ten mass start heats on a shortened course in order to qualify for the Alp d’Heuz final. Cole, Blenkinsop and Leuchs all raced strongly in the heats and went on to qualify for Sunday’s 320 starter final. The final run on the mountain would see the quickest riders completing the rocky, undulating descent down Alpe d’Heuz in just under an hour. Blenkinsop (Lapierre International) got away to a good start and finished in third, right behind his Lapierre team manager and multi-time Downhill World Champion Nicolas Vouilloz. Cole was caught up with the leading bunch of riders to a 27th, with Leuchs a further eight minutes back in 91st.
 
Amy Laird (Christchurch) was competing at her first European event this season, and claimed a 10th in the Mega Avalanche women’s race. Laird is in Europe to further her Cross Country career, but couldn’t resist competing at this event which is a brutal test of fitness, technical handling and downhill skills – all qualities Laird is well versed in.
 
Results Sprint DH (Avalanche Cup)
Results Megavalanche (Ladies)
Results Megavalanche (Men)
 
 
iXS German Downhill Cup, Rittershausen
 
The four round iXS German Downhill Cup continued in Rittershausen on Sunday – Richard Leacock (Wellington) raced to an 8th position in the UCI Category Two event, and Joseph Nation (Christchuch) was only fractions of a second outside the top ten in 11th.
 
Results iXS Rittershausen
 
 
US Pro XCT #5, Colorado Springs
 
The USA’s top ranked World Cup racers were at the Sand Creek International Classic for this fifth round of the Pro XCT Series. Two NZ athletes competed in the Elite women’s race, eager to test themselves against the US’s form athletes on the challenging Cheyenne Mountain race course. US based Jenny Smith has forged a successful career in X-Terra racing in recent years, and was back into the cut and thrust of multi-lap cross country racing in a bid to press her claims for World Championship selection. Smith pushed hard to a 10th place finish in the four lap race, with Michelle Bellamy (Tokoroa) competing at her first US event this season after a short period training at altitude, to 15th.
 
Results US Pro XCT #5

Jenny Smith on the Charge

 
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Pair of 8’s for Anderson and Peters, Racer Bikes Cup, Flims, Switzerland

By Chris | Published: July 5, 2010

Dirk Peters (Rotorua) and Richard Anderson (Blenheim) tackled the seventh round of the high profile Racer Bikes Cup in Flims, Switzerland yesterday. Anderson claimed an 8th in the Junior (Under 19) category, while Peters finished in outright 16th in the Elite/Under 23 race – and 8th of the Under 23 athletes competing.
 
The two cross country mountainbike athletes have raced five high class events since travelling to Europe at the end of May, and have been making steady gains against the world’s best at each.
 
Both athletes were up against form athletes in their respective categories. Anderson had Switzerland’s Junior World Cup podium winner Roger Walder to contend with, while Peters lined up against 2009 World Champion Nino Schurter on his home track and with a large and loud crowd of local support behind him. Neither was fazed however – Anderson maintaining touch with the leader during his six lap race to complete the Flims race as part of a four man group sprinting for position right to the line.
 
Peters was impressed with the race course which suited his strong technical riding skills – and he employed an aggressive race strategy to suit. From the gun Peters pushed the pace hard, attacking whenever he had the chance to come through at the end of the first lap in 13th. He then rode the majority of the race in 12th position before dropping a few spots in the 7th and 8th laps, to capture his best result of his 2010 European campaign. Peters is happy with progress so far: “Five races in consecutive weekends has been very full on but also an amazing experience. Racing such high quality events can only be a good thing and I have learnt so much. It will be good to have a bit of a break.”

A weary Dirk Peters - 8th U23 at Flims Racer Bikes Cup

Peters and Anderson now plan to head to France to see some of the Tour de France and to continue their build-ups for the next UCI World Cup events in Champery (Switzerland) and Val di Sole Italy) at the end of July and start of August.
 
Brief Results, Racer Bikes Cup Flims
Elite/U23
1 Nino Schurter (SUI) 1:42:15; 2 Lukas Fluckiger (GER) +00:12; 3 Mathias Fluckiger (GER) +2:37; 16 Dirk Peters (NZL) +12:02
Junior
1 Roger Walder (SUI) 1:23:07; 2 Michael Stunzi (GER) +1:35; 3 Tobias Spescha (SUI) +1:55; 8 Richard Anderson (NZL) +2:37
 
Full Results Elite/U23
Full Results Junior 
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Anderson wins in Cross Country MTB Stronghold – Bern, Switzerland

By Chris | Published: June 28, 2010

Richard Anderson continued to realise his stunning potential with a win in the prestigious HC category International Mountainbike Race in Bern, Switzerland yesterday. The Blenheim flyer picked up a flu on his way to Europe at the end of May, and has taken some time to shake the effects of this completely. But against a world class Junior field in Bern, there was no sign of any lingering effects as the Avanti sponsored Anderson led from the gun to post a convincing win in the six lap Junior race. This result puts Anderson right on track with his 2010 World Championship preparations and will be a huge confidence boost for the rest of his European racing campaign.
 
Rotorua’s Dirk Peters was also racing at Bern, in the combined Elite/U23 field. The Elite/U23 startlist couldn’t have been stronger, with current and multi-time former World Champions competing for valuable UCI ranking points in the eight lap race. First year U23 athlete Peters was one of the youngest in the mens field, competing against vastly more experienced athletes in Bern as part of his 2010 European campaign. Peters steadily worked his way through the field after three extremely fast start loops, improving from 50th at the start of the first lap through to a finish position of 29th after six. As beneficial as his performance against current World Champion Nino Schurter and multi-time World Champion Julien Absalon was, more importantly Peters placed 11th of the U23 athletes in this race which is a solid benchmark he is looking to build on over the next two months.
 
Brief Results, Bern
Elite Men
1 Julien Absalon (FRA) 1:48:45; 2 Nino Schurter (SUI) +1:20; 3 Christoph Sauser (SUI) +1:46; 4 Florian Vogel (SUI) +2:02; 5 Lucas Fluckiger (SUI) +3:43; 29 Dirk Peters (NZL) -1lap
Junior Men
1 Richard Anderson (NZL) 1:44:36; 2 Sascha Bleher (GER) +1:34; 3 Severin Sagesser (SUI) +3:36
 
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Leov wins at Leogang, Austria – iXS European Downhill Cup

By Chris | Published: June 28, 2010

Justin Leov remained in Austria after last weekend’s UCI World Cup for the second round of the iXS Downhill Cup – this time absolutely taming the Leogang downhill course and the Elite category for a deserved win. The Dunedin based, Trek World Racing professional followed up from his top ten result at the Leogang World Cup round, showing the benefits of back to back weekends on the same race course.
 
Leov had seeded strongly in second place, but turned on the pace during his race run to improve by a staggering seven seconds to edge out Canadian Steve Smith by a slim margin. The iXS European Downhill Cup was also a platform for the Hawkes Bay’s Brook MacDonald to demonstrate some fast improving form, claiming 5th place. 2009 Junior World Champion MacDonald has been on a fast track back to world class form after a New Zealand summer curtailed by a serious ankle injury. MacDonald backed up his best 2010 Elite World Cup result on this same race course last weekend (27th) to podium at Leogang.
 
Leov and MacDonald were supported by a very visible NZ presence at Leogang. Nine other Kiwis were in action amongst the Elite field, with two top ranked NZ Juniors furthering their international exposure with strong results. Rupert Chapman (Christchurch) and Jed Rooney (Oamaru) turned in 19th and 25th place finishes, with Wellington’s Richard Leacock and Napier’s Aari Barrett wrapping the Juniors in 18th and 26th.
 
Brief Results iXS European Downhill Cup, Leogang
1 Justin Leov (NZL) 3:49.72; 2 Steve Smith (CAN) 3:49.95; 3 Nick Beer (SUI) 3:51.16; 4 Marcus Klausmann (GER) 3:55.51; 5 Brook MacDonald (NZL) 3:56.40;
Other New Zealand:
18 Richard Leacock 4:05.27; 19 Rupert Chapman 4:05.45; 25 Jed Rooney 4:07.66; 26 Aari Barrett 4:07.79; 43 Freddie King (Chch) 4:13.26; 46 David Balderstone (Chch) 4:15.31; 98 James Hoggan (Chch) 4:36.34; 126 Rufus Wenlock (Chch) 4:50.23; 156 Joseph Nation (Chch)
 
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UCI release 2011 calendar

By Jeff | Published: June 23, 2010

UCI website

Looks like South Africa is back with round 1 in 2011, they were pretty mad about missing out for 2010.

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Blenkinsop and Cole Podium at UCI MTB World Cup, Austria; NZ World MTB Wrap

By Chris | Published: June 21, 2010

Blenkinsop and Cole Podium at UCI MTB World Cup, Leogang, Austria
 
New Zealand Downhill athletes Sam Blenkinsop and Cameron Cole claimed 4th and 5th podium places at the third round of the UCI MTB World Cup in Austria yesterday. Both racers got their heads around the miserable practice and race conditions at Leogang, to post results that for the first time in New Zealand Mountainbike history saw two Kiwis sharing the podium at a Mountainbike World Cup.
 
Blenkinsop (Lapierre International, Wanganui) was the fastest qualifier on a slick race course made doubly challenging with very wet practice sessions, and had the honour of racing as last starter for the top 80 race run. Cole (Maxxis Rocky Mountain, Christchurch) backed up his stunning second place at the Fort William World Cup two weeks ago and this week achieved his desire to share the podium with another New Zealander. Fractions of a second separated 4th, 5th and 6th spots, but Blenkinsop and Cole demonstrated a level of race craft to match the wet, muddy conditions that has long been the domain of top European and British downhill athletes.
 
Justin Leov (Trek World Racing, Dunedin) recieved a welcome confidence boost to qualify strongly, and then race to an 8th spot: “I feel like I’ve got my confidence back, which has been down a bit these past couple of weeks. I rode really well but just faded a little at the end. The podium was super close but I’m happy to be back in the top ten and move up two spots in the overall”.
 
Also featuring at Leogang were Matt Scoles (Cingolani-Proton, Alexandra) who claimed his highest World Cup finish at 14th, and George Brannigan (Ancillotti, Hawkes Bay) who won the Junior World Cup category and finished 25th overall.
 
In 2010 World Cup standings after three rounds, New Zealanders contunue to move into positions of prominence. Cole, Blenkinsop and Leov are 4th, 5th and 6th respectively, and on the back of his Leogang result Brannigan now claims the Junior World Cup leaders jersey.
 
The UCI MTB World Cup now has a one month break, before the 4th round at Champery, Switzerland on July 24/25.
 
Brief Results, Leogang 
1 Greg Minaar (RSA) 4:05.65; 2 Gee Atherton (GBR) 4:06.39; 3 Aaron Gwin (USA) 4:10.09; 4 Sam Blenkinsop (NZL) 4:11.17; 5 Cameron Cole (NZL) 4:11.77; 8 Justin Leov (NZL) 4:12.93; 14 Matthew Scoles (NZL) 4:16.03; 25 George Brannigan (NZL) 4:20.00; 27 Brook MacDonald (NZL) 4:20.68; 34 Wyn Masters (NZL) 4:23.13; 45 Nathan Rankin (NZL) 4:25.49; 72 Aari Barrett (NZL) 4:42.41
 
Other NZers, from Qualifying
88 Jed Rooney (Oamaru); 114 Richard Leacock (Wellington); 118 Joseph Nation (Christchurch); 125 Daniel Sims (Christchurch); 126 Rupert Chapman (Christchurch); 136 David Balderstyone (Christchurch); 154 Sam Baker (Auckland); 159 Freddie King (Christchurch); 183 James Hoggan (Christchurch); 120 James Rennie (Christchurch)
 
Full Results, Leogang World Cup 
 
Dirk Peters on the Improve at Racer Bikes Cup, Engelberg, Switzerland
 
Dirk Peters (Rotorua) was also dealing with the wet European weather at the sixth round of the Racer Bikes Cup in Switzerland.  The Engelberg venue is unique in that it is a very short course, with lap times between 10 and 15 munutes on a 3km long course – the multi-lap race was scheduled for 10 laps, but due to the atrocious weather conditions was shortened to 8.
 
Peters lined up on the third row and was well prepared for a difficult race after rain all week, freezing temperatures and snow falling just above the Engelberg cross country venue. In a race that was high on attrition, Peters emerged from the first lap chaos and worked his way to a mid race high of 16th.  While having mechanical trouble through the race due to the muddy conditions, Peters persevered and was rewarded with a 19th in the high calibre field. “19th place wasn’t too bad and a big improvement from my previous Racer Bikes Cup result.  I was very pleased with how strong I felt and perhaps if I had done a better job of clearing some of the muck from my drive train each lap I would have been able to spend more time going forwards and finished a little higher but I can’t really complain”
 
Brief Results, Racer Bikes Cup Engelberg
1 Martin Fanger (SUI) 1:37:23; 2 Marcel Wildhaber (SUI) +00.6 secs; 3 Lukas Fluckiger (SUI) +1:50.3; 19 Dirk Peters (NZL)
 
Full Results, Engelberg Racer Bikes Cup 
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