Madrid’s weeklong heat wave leading up to the World Cup XC race in Casa de Campo Park subsided just before the race—replaced by a deluge of rains—but the action was still scorching hot.
Hardtails still rule at Casa de Campo. This weekend’s XC race in Madrid should come down to which rider has the most horsepower, but team tactics will also come into play.
NWD 10 filming continues as the Utah house welcomes its new visitors, Aaron Chase and Robbie Bourdon. Berrecloth had spent nearly 6 weeks at the Red Bull sponsored pad shredding and dropping everything the area had to offer and it was time for some new blood. The zone, a few ridges over from the new Rampage site has been home for Bradzilla and the NWD crew for more than 2 and half months. Chase was fired up to get somethin' in the can and he set to work building some tech lines. Shortly after, the Great Bourdini joined in the fray and it was "on like Donkey Kong," Robbie drove 20 hrs down from Nelson and he was pretty hungry for some Utah dirt.
Steve Peat breaks the world record with win number 17 at the 2009 Andorra World Cup DH finals. Check out the photos on bikemag.com.
After riders and mechanics spent the past weeks worrying about snow and rain in Andorra, the angst seemed for naught; it was all about dry tires and sunscreen today for downhill qualifying runs.
It was a bare-knuckle, barroom brawl of a 4X final in Andorra; Kintner and Graves are upset.
Piles of snow have been cleared from the Vallnord World Cup track in Andorra. But more of the white stuff could fall this weekend, making preparation for the 4X and downhill races crucial.
Downhill training started at 8:30 a.m. local time today at the Andorra World Cup. Racers have their fingers crossed that Ullr, the Norse god of snow, shows a bit of mercy—nobody here wants to ride in the snow.
It was a dominating and historic victory for Steve Peat, who beat second-place finisher Sam Hill by more than a second and tied Nicolas Vouilloz’s record of 16 World Cup Wins.
On an old school course, World Cup veteran Steve Peat takes the pole positions in qualifying.