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Report on Maribor UCI World Cup Downhill 2007

Monday, September 17th, 2007

HILL WINS WORLD CUP DH FINALS AND OVERALL, PEAT 3RD OVERALL, BRYCELAND JUNIOR DH OVERALL WINNER

Maribor, Slovenia
Sept. 16, 2007

Sam Hill caps of his season with a race win and takes the overall UCI World Cup Series here today in Maribor, Slovenia. Santa Cruz Syndicate’s Steve Peat places third overall in the series, and flatted in his race run today. Nathan Rennie struggled in for 25th in the race and drops to 13th overall as he finishes the series.


Sam Hill wins the race, as well as the overall (more in the gallery)

The track here in Maribor is a favorite. It’s been years since the last world cup downhill was held here, and the racers were happy to be back. Peat said, “It’s good to be back in Slovenia and the atmosphere is as great as ever. The track is technical and fun to ride. I’ve been struggling with my foot all week and it’s not very stable without a strong tape job.”

It was a rough week for the Syndicate boys as they are both injured. Steve worked hard last week at the world championships to get his ankle ready to race, and this week the skin on his ankle has been irritated by all the glue and tape from last week. Because of it, he couldn’t tape up his ankle to ride and just used an ankle brace, which wasn’t really enough to make the ankle feel stable or secure. Nathan dislocated his shoulder again on a practice run, but it popped back in, yet his knee is giving him just as much trouble as he smashed it in a crash at world’s.
Greg Minnaar is also injured after last week’s race run crash, which broke his scapula.

The moral was low in the Syndicate pits during the week, and Nathan said, “I just can’t ride properly, I’m riding like a Nana.” Australia’s downhill coach, Paul Begg asked the guys, “Are you having a dig?”
Rennie replied, “Yeah, but I’m using the wrong end of the shovel!” And Peat says, “Yeah, and I’m using a teaspoon.” As the practice week moved on they slowly got it together, but just weren’t even close to 100%.

On the brighter side, young Santa Cruz rider Josh Bryceland posted a stellar qualifying run coming in 5th, and placed 9th in the final. His efforts this year earned him the junior championship overall. Josh says, “My race run wasn’t as solid as my qualifier. I was fairly nervous at the top. I set off good, and then I was cautious. I just wanted a steady run without crashing.”


Bryceland takes 9th, and the overall junior champion (more in the gallery)

See more photo’s

Results: (full results here)

  1. Sam Hill
  2. Gee Atherton
  3. Julien Camellini

Overall WC

Next up, Rennie goes to Budapest, Hungary to compete in the Red Bull Metro ride, and then it’s off to Interbike for the Syndicate riders.

Thanks to the Santa Cruz sponsors, and special thanks go out to Martin the Masseur for his expert attention to guys and their injuries:

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4 Responses to “Report on Maribor UCI World Cup Downhill 2007”

  1. mario Says:
    September 19th, 2007 at 9:27 pm

    I need overall result for DH world cup

  2. sicklines Says:
    September 19th, 2007 at 10:28 pm

    Mario:

    Men:

    Women:

  3. Matthew Says:
    September 20th, 2007 at 7:06 pm

    Everybody’s welcome next year (May 2008) at the next WC race event in Maribor, Slovenia…to be a part of best atmosphere on race circuit!
    Don’t miss it!

  4. Smrko Says:
    April 30th, 2008 at 3:34 am

    You will also find more information about Maribor UCI 2008 on

    http://maribor-uci.mountain-bike-slovenia.com/

    so check;)

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