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Rebecca Shearer spotted with Ergon grips on her commuter bike in Chattanooga, TN. She bikes to work daily! Do you?
photo credit: Cathi Cannon
This last Saturday saw Alban Lakata (Austria) defending his title as the Austrian National Champion.
At the KitzAlpBike event, the National Marathon Championships was set to take place. The start in Kirchberg, saw Alban and the challengers ride over 88km, covering a staggering 3800m of climbing. It was like a well-designed punishment for mountain bikers! The course seemed to take in all of the locally renowned ski runs!
The serving champion started offensively, immediately making his mark on the race and putting the Topeak Ergon Racing jersey at the head of the pack. Talking about the way the race went for him, Lakata said “I wanted to make it clear that I intended retaining the title, and I wanted to ensure that should I have a mechanical, there would be a time cushion there to help me.”
The three laps were completed by the 31 year old in 4:15:28.50… Lakata led from start to finish and had a 15:47 minute lead on the second and third placed Verbnjak Heinz und Nimpf Jakob.
“I am very happy. For the third time in my career I have the national title. It is an amazing feeling. It wasn’t an easy race, but everything worked perfectly for me, the bike, my preparation – everything. It was a great day!”
After a difficult week at the Trans-Germany Sally Bigham, the Great British Marathon Champion finds herself on the second step of the podium after a hard battle.
It didn’t always look so certain. Despite holding second place in the overall classification throughout the stage race, a very heavy fall on Friday’s stage put everything in doubt. After finishing the stage, it was off to hospital for treatment for a deep wound on the elbow. The question then was one of whether or not she would be able to hold the handlebars, and could manage the pain for the final day.
The morning of the final stage and the question was put to her. In typical Sally fashion came the reply “After a week here in Germany, I am not giving up without a fight, even if my right arm is extremely painful”.
The conditions for the final day’s 79km course were less than ideal. It had rained, and the climbs of the day were real mud baths. Faced with this, and the pain in the arm, the Topeak Ergon Racer was pleased with her 5th place finish. What was really important was defending her second place overall on the podium, and this she had done.
Following the prize giving, it was back to the UK for further consultation with the doctors about her arm.
Cyril Jay-Rayon recently piloted the GX2 to two different 24 Hour solo mountain bike victories. Check out the full equipment report below by clicking on the article. Congrats Cyril!
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