MINNAAR TAKES LEADER JERSEY BACK WITH A 3RD AT MARIBOR DOWNHILL
June 21, 2009
Maribor, Slovenia
Santa Cruz Syndicate’s Greg Minnaar (SRAM/RockShox) overcame an ankle injury to place 3rd at the fifth round of the Nissan UCI World Cup Downhill in Maribor, Slovenia and takes the leader’s jersey from teammate Steve Peat.This marks Greg’s 40th world cup downhill podium out of 70 world cup starts.Steve Peat was on a great race run and was .06 faster at the first split than race winner Fabien Barel.He then suffered a rear flat and finished in a distant 38th place.Josh Bryceland struggled to find his form and placed 25th.
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Fresh from domination at Fort William last weekend, the Syndicate team are now focused fully on Maribor, Slovenia where the competition for top spot couldn't be tighter. Peaty and Greg Minnaar like to keep things tight and the healthy competition at Santa Cruz is paying dividends, even Miami Bryceland is getting in on the action with a solid run which saw him briefly take top spot and an overall 7th.
Aside from the World Cup, all the Santa Cruz team are backing a charity event hosted by Peaty, the Wharncliffe Weekender, in which they will be raising money for a specialist cancer hospital in Sheffield, Weston Park. As part of the fundraising efforts, Santa Cruz have a Bullit frame signed by all the team up for the highest bidder. The frame which is in hard anodized aluminium (black) has a value of £1,200 and could be yours by making an offer with the highest being donated to the worthy cause.
Peaty said 'We are specifically raising money for the teenage cancer unit this year which I have visited on numerous occasions. There's nothing more motivating than seeing how strong the kids are on that ward fighting their illnesses. It certainly puts things into perspective. We're hoping somebody comes in with a generous offer to boost our overall total. Get in on the bidding action!'
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2: Brian Lopes 3: Romain Saladini 4: Scott Beaumont
A good turn out of world class riders such as Greg Minnaar, Chis Kovorik, Steve Peat (who pulled out) Josh Bryceland, it's just a shame this wasn't a NPS 4X race as the track was mint & there was a real big crowd throughout the day! Night time racing? Well I had to go aswell as 100's of others.
"Dr"Steve Peat has somehow found time to plan what is sure to be a mouth-watering 4th annual Wharncliffe Weekender, despite his hectic racing schedule and his new found profession, delivering babies! Little did Sheffield University know last year that the honorary doctorate awarded in 2008 was to pre-empt the delivery of son number 2. All this when the UCI Downhill World Cup is now in full swing with Steve having a blistering start and leading the points series with 2 wins and a podium in the 3 rounds so far. His win in Andorra has now established the Sheffield born rider as the most successful of all time with 17 World Cup wins. He's somehow finding time for the return of the ever popular event.
Giant SlalomBrendan Fairclough beat of Sam Hill & Brian Lopes to take the $2000 first prize. Jill Kinter took the womens win.Down HillSam Hill to the win, with Gee Atherton in 3rd. Brendan Fairclough backed up his giant slalom win with a solid 3rd place. Miranda Miller took the women’s race Write Comment (0 Comments)
