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Monthly Archives: April 2010
Leov on the Pace at US Pro GRT, Port Angeles, Washington
Justin Leov (Dunedin, Trek World Racing) kicked on from his strong Sea Otter result in the US last weekend to almost snatch a win at the first round of the new US Pro GRT national downhill series. At the Washington venue of Port Angeles, a World Cup class field assembled to race on the slick, [...]
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Joseph and Leary Solid at UK Mountainbike World Cup
Rosara Joseph returned to World Cup Cross Country racing with a solid performance at the first round of the UCI MTB World Cup at Dalby Forest in the UK yesterday. The Beijing Olympian was absent from world class racing in 2009 and returns this year with her health issues sorted, while targeting a continuation of [...]
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Nelson Mail Editorial – Heaphy
Great editorial in the Nelson Mail today with a very honest appraisal of where things are at here
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Cole and Leov Top Ten at Sea Otter Classic, California
Cameron Cole (Christchurch) and Justin Leov (Dunedin) commenced their 2010 international schedules over the weekend at the Sea Otter Classic in Monterey, California. The Sea Otter Classic is widely regarded as being the US and European season opener and is traditionally well supported by the cycling industry. All the big global MTB stars attend [...]
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Mountainbiking in Kahurangi National Park – Update
The NZ Conservation Authority meets this week to investigate the changes requested from the Conservation Department after the KNP partial review was recommended. The Authority may suggest changes and assuming the partial review recommendations are approved, the current bylaw prohibiting mountainbiking in the KNP will need to be amended. In the meantime that bylaw remains [...]
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Update on the progress toward establishing a mountain bike guiding qualification in NZ
It has been awhile since there’s been any feedback from the mtb guiding qualification process as it has been working its way through the qualification sign-off process at NZQA. Skills Active have finally heard that industry will be able to use the qualification in a couple of months, which is great news. Next step is for [...]
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Sixth round of the 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup: Leogang replaces Schladming
UCI Press release Date: 09.04.2010 Originally scheduled to take place in Schladming, Austria, the sixth round of the 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup will now take place in another Austrian resort, Leogang (Salzburger Land). The date, (June 19th and 20th) remains unchanged. Schladming has been on the World Cup calendar since 2004 and has [...]
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2010 UCI World MTB Championships – NZ MTB Team Long List
MTBNZ are proud to announce the Long List of athletes for the 2010 World Championships, to be held in Mt Ste Anne first week in September. The Long List can be accessed through this link This Long List gives an indication of those athletes who are in the selection frame and the list can be [...]
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Matt Scoles Wins on Debut for New Professional Team