Update: Champéry, CH UCI World Cup 4x #2 2007
Saturday, June 9th, 2007
Brian Lopes and Jill Kintner have won the 4x race. USA on top of both podiums. Transcend has a little video up of the men’s race.
There’s some good pictures and writeup on Frontlinemag of the 4x event.
Lopes wins! (frontlinemag.net)
Pro Men:
1. Brian Lopes, USA, Team GT
2. Michal Prokop, CZE, Author Bikes
3. Filip Polc, SVK, Gravity Group
4. Gee Atherton, GB, Animal Commencal
5. Jared Graves, AUS, Team Yeti
Pro Women:
1. Jill Kintner, USA, Team GT
2. Rachel Seydoux, SUI, ewz Loop MTB Team
3. Fionn Griffiths, GB, Norco-Griffith Racing
4. Mio Suemasa, JAP, MS Intense
5. Anneke Beerten, NL, Bikepark.ch-TUI
June 10th, 2007 at 2:23 am
Is Lopes wearing 5-10s? If so, thats awesome. I love those.
June 10th, 2007 at 8:54 am
Yep, pretty sure they are. He typically wears clips but weather conditions played a major factor in his choice.
June 12th, 2007 at 8:29 pm
Surely those are Oakley Wrench’s; I think his major sponsor would be quite po’d if he showed up in others shoes.
You can see ‘em here: http://oakley.com/pd/4183/13397