New Zealand’s heading downhill towering bikers might face some-more than only one of a fiercest outlines for a second turn of a UCI World Cup during Val di Sole in Italy this weekend.
Wet continue is foresee for downhill competition day on Monday (NZ time) with a probability of storms to supplement play to this imperishable march that has both over and cracked dreams of a best downhill riders in a world.
All 5 of New Zealand’s veteran group riders will be in movement during a famous Italian course, that hosted a universe championships in 2008 and has mostly been a determining World Cup during a finish of a season.
It is a place where New Zealand riders have prospered, including superb 20 year aged Hawkes Bay supplement Brook Macdonald. The Red Bull supplement from MS Mondraker group finished an glorious seventh place in a universe championships during Val di Sole final year and showed he is in clever form with third place from a universe category margin in final weekend’s European Cup.
National champion Justin Leov (Trek World Racing) is another to pullulate during a hollow of a sun, finishing a career best sixth during a universe championships in Italy in 2008. He comes in after finishing second in a US inhabitant array competition final weekend behind teammate Aaron Gwin , a initial turn World Cup winner.
Val di Sole also outlines a lapse to tip turn for Lapierre International teammates Sam Blenkinsop and Cameron Cole, both behind after prolonged tenure injuries.
Blenkinsop, 23, from Wanganui came from a high during a finish of 2011 with his third fixation during a universe championships to a low of violation his leg during a start of 2012 during a inhabitant championship series. He placed an glorious 10th place in his corruption during a European Cup final weekend.
Teammate Cole (Christchurch) earnings to a tip row after scarcely 8 months divided from a competition following a badly damaged wrist during September’s universe championships in Champery, Switzerland. He had a plain 24th during a European cup.
There is expectations on immature Hawkes Bay supplement George Brannigan, racing for Devinci Global, following an glorious seventh fixation during final weekend’s European Cup for a 2009 youth universe champion and stream inhabitant Mountainbike Cup champion.
The Val di Sole turn outlines a start of a raging month of racing including Fort William in Scotland subsequent weekend, Mont Sainte Anne in Canada on 23-24 Jun and Windham in USA on 30 June.
Meanwhile Rotorua’s Dirk Peters and associate under-23 rider, in-form Samara Sheppard (Wheelers iXS) have entered a Swiss Bike Trophy competition in Bern, Switzerland.
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