DH positive (DH+) by Alessio T.

Trek World Racing team was unstoppable at the 1st run of the DH World Cup

Trek World Racing's Tracy Moseley (GBR) and Aaron Gwin (USA) have walked away with the leaders' jerseys of the series after a display of blistering speed, strength, and determination in front of a huge crowd in sunny Pietermaritzburg. For Tracy it was her first World Cup win in the coveted rainbow jersey of the World Champion, and for Aaron, it was his first World Cup win ever, and the first by an American male since 1999.

Aaron said: "I'm pretty speechless actually. It's a dream. In the first sector I made a little mistake, hitting some trees with my shoulder, but then I just regrouped and put as much power down as I could in the middle sector. By the end, the legs were really feeling it, and then it was a pretty nerve wracking waiting in the hot seat. The bike is amazing, I can't praise it enough, and the whole time here in South Africa with the team has been so great. Can't wait for Fort William, I love that track."

at the and of is final run Aaron was almost 7 second faster then Steve Peat ( downhill legend and 2009 world champion )

First 10th Men's Results:

1 GWIN Aaron USA TREK WORLD RACING 4:08.634
2 MINNAAR Greg RSA SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE +00.241
3 ATHERTON Gee GBR COMMENCAL +01.921
4 BAREL Fabien FRA MONDRAKER FACTORY TEAM +04.246
5 PEAT Steve GBR SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE +06.809
6 SMITH Steve CAN DEVINCI GLOBAL RACING +06.934
7 BEAUMONT Marc GBR GT Factory +07.237
8 HILL Samuel AUS MONSTER SPECIALIZED +07.399
9 BEER Nick SUI SCOTT 11 +07.965
10 BRYCELAND Josh GBR SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE +08.281

Tracy said: "That was so tough today. Towards the end I was running out of steam and had the rear kick up on something in the lower section of the track; then I heard the onsite commentary say it was going to be close, so I dug deep until the end. It means a lot to win my first World Cup at my first attempt since earning the World Champs jersey, it just means so much."

First 10th Women's Results:

1 MOSELEY Tracy GBR TREK WORLD RACING 4:56.166
2 GRIFFITHS Fionn GBR TEAM GR +00.288
3 RAGOT Emmeline FRA TEAM GR +01.584
4 JONNIER Sabrina FRA TEAM MAXXIS-ROCKY MOUNTAIN +02.173
5 PUGIN Floriane FRA SCOTT 11 +02.268
6 GROS Gioceline FRA TEAM MORZINE +04.248
7 SIEGENTHALER Emilie SUI SCOTT 11 +06.344
8 CARPENTER Manon ° GBR MADISON SARACEN +15.617
9 SUEMASA Mio JPN +16.238
10 BERNHARD Petra AUT ALPINE COMMENCAL AUSTRIA +16.415

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Now check thi out !!!! Cedric Gracia was hot on Josh Bryceland's heals during practice at Rd 1 of DH World Cup in Pietermaritzburg (RSA)... the result was Josh almost landing a one-footed table right on CG's head... on the 15m long high speed table mid-way through the course.
(CG had the camera on his bars, not helmet!)

Race Down 2 The Port - Aigio 22.5.2011-Greece

Race Down 2 the Port on pinkbike.com

GWIN JOINS WORLD CHAMP MOSELEY, MULALLY, AND LEOV ON 2011 ROSTER

(Waterloo, WI & Malaga, Spain) – Trek World Racing welcomed
rising DH star Aaron Gwin (USA) at the team’s training camp
in Malaga, Spain, recently. The 2010 World Cup 4th place
finisher joins a program that features defending World Downhill
Champion Tracy Moseley (GRB), American podium threat Neko
Mulally (USA), and TWR veteran Justin Leov (NZL).

Resplendent in the team’s new camouflage livery, Gwin spent
the week acclimating himself to his team-issued Session 88 and
getting acquainted with his new teammates and team staff.
“It’s awesome being here with the whole crew,” Gwin said.
“This team is an amazing combination of talent, support, and
equipment and I feel great going into this season.” When asked
what his goals were for the 2011 season, the newest member of
Trek World Racing simply replied “the world.”

Fresh off of her Cape Verde title run, it was during team
camp that Moseley received her 2011 custom-painted world
championship Session 88, which proudly displays her wellearned
rainbow stripes across the seat stays.
“2010 will be hard to top but I’ve got a lot of things I still want to
do in this sport,” Moseley stated. “Cape Verde was an amazing
start and I’m looking forward to defending the stripes when the
World Cup season kicks off.”

Trek World Racing’s downhill riders will race the 2011 season
aboard the Trek Session 88 with new TWR paint job!

Maria Michalogiannaki supported by Cyclist.gr.

Unior Tools Team ready for the new season racing some World Cup and IXS cup races
NEW SLOVENIAN GRAVITY UCI MTB TEAM supported by TREK Bikes.

Selection of best Slovenian DH and 4X riders will start new season in white and blue jerseys of new UCI MTB team Unior Tools Team. They are joined by Greek female downhill champion Maria Michalogiannaki supported this year by the Greek Trek Importer Cyclist.gr.

Team riders had together won countless national championships and already made impact on the international scene. Maria Michalogiannaki aka Lady M is the faster Greek female rider with good results on European scene. In 2010 she came back to the racing scene after big injury and had a lot of bad luck with wet courses (she just can't train that at home), but for 2011 we expect good results from her.

Unior Tools Team roster for season 2011:

Ladies: Neža Knez (SLO,4X-BMX), Maria Michalogiannaki (Greece, DH)

Men: Nejc Rutar (SLO,DH), Harry Heath (UK,DH), Žiga Pandur (SLO, DH)

Team is lead by team managers Tine Mahkovec, bikes will be kept in shape by mechanic Rok Jurca; media officer is Grega Stopar.

Official web site of the team is www.uniortoolsteam.com

here some photos of Maria with the new ride!!! WELCOME IN DH+ FAMILY !!!! good luck for the racing season!

here a nive video adited by Tomasz about Maria and the Minoan Camp Girlz

Minoan camp GIRLZ - promo from Tomasz Krzysztofik on Vimeo.

VCA 2011 Chile Downtown (Live on Sunday)

Live here Sundat at 6pm (Greek time,+2GMT)

vca2011 on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free

YOU CAN SEE IT LIVE HERE TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

here the course preview made by CG himself!

MomentuM mtb academy

sponsored by: TREK bikes, KONA bikes, TRANSITION bikes, EL GALLO components

teachers-instructors:
-Alessio Toninelli,
-Marios Papasimakopoulos
...and more special guests !!!

private and group riding lesson:
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DownMall 2011 this Saturday! LIVE

The third happening of DownMall “devastation” of chosen shopping centre by crazy group of bikers is quickly approaching. It became a tradition that this unconventional and in the world unique race right inside the shopping centre, full of madly shopping customers, moves its happening from year to year. After the shopping centre Delta and Plaza in Liberec there is not just the change of shopping centre but the town too! DownMall 2011 is heading to Palác Flora in Prague this year!

Palác Flora offers again very attractive and challenging mall of 4 floors just perfect for the race. If you remember, the last race in Plaza shopping centre took the start at the local discotheque club. This year the start will be in the vestibule of the Palace cinema on the highest floor of the shopping centre. The race will then continue by the passage round the inside gallery on each floor of the shopping centre. The very popular escalators and the finish drop won’t be of course missing. For the audience there is prepared 5 cameras shooting the whole race that will be aired through LCD screens placed throughout the whole shopping centre.

(the bike in the test is a Rallon 50 , full review here )

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Winter riding....snow in Athens

Snow in Thens is so rare that..... I had to go and ride!!!! Unfortunately my GoPro was pointing to low.... but is a nice souvenir from this day colored in white!

Trek World Racing team was unstoppable at the 1st run of the DH World Cup

Ready in Pietermaritzburg for the first round of the WC !!!

Race Down 2 The Port - Aigio 22.5.2011-Greece

GWIN JOINS WORLD CHAMP MOSELEY, MULALLY, AND LEOV ON 2011 ROSTER

Maria Michalogiannaki supported by Cyclist.gr.

VCA 2011 Chile Downtown (Live on Sunday)

MomentuM mtb academy

DownMall 2011 this Saturday! LIVE

ESCADAS de SANTOS 2011 (first 4 places run videos)

Dirt TV Finally2 ( first 3 parts)

Trek Session 88 2011...intro Video

DirtTV presents Finally...2 and is magic!!!

Elasona 3rd Bike Park Cup documented by Manic Side

BlacX seat post !

from WYN TV !!! New Zealand craziness !

Cosmetic Laser.gr

European Championship 2011....

Orbea Rallon tested by DH+ (vid.inside)

Because Gravity is our friend! Freeski best vid. of 2010

Winter riding....snow in Athens