New Zealand enduro star, Charles Murray has claimed the narrowest of wins in the second round of the Whoop UCI MTB Enduro World Cup in Poland.
The Specialized Enduro Team rider managed to hold on through a wet and slippery downhill final stage to claim his first UCI World Cup victory by just 0.095 seconds from local Polish rider Lukasik Slawomir at Bielsko-Biala. Kiwi mountain bikers are out in force around the globe this weekend, with over 50 riders competing in UCI World Series events in Poland and Malaysia. The UCI World Series for enduro racing started last weekend in Italy, and backs up on Saturday (NZ time) with the second round in the southern Polish city of Bielsko-Biala. The region also hosts the second round of the UCI Downhill World Series in the Beskidy Mountains with both facilities used for the first time at this level. New Zealand enduro star, Charles Murray secured an impressive podium in the opening round of the UCI World Series in Finale Ligure on the Italian Riviera. The Specialized Factory rider started conservatively but finished strongly to claim second place behind world no 1 American Rich Rude Jnr. Twenty kiwi mountain bikers are expected on the start line at the picturesque Italian Riviera this weekend for the opening round of the UCI MTB Enduro World Series. It is the first of back-to-back enduro world cups, with the second round in Poland next weekend.
There were mixed fortunes for young kiwi gravity riders at the opening round of the UCI MTB Downhill World Series in Scotland. Three New Zealand junior riders – Sacha Earnest, Eliana Hulsebosch and Luke Wayman - earned podium placings to cap an outstanding start to the downhill round of the world series. New Zealand’s talented trio of mountain bike gravity riders return to the scene of their triple triumph for the opening round of the UCI MTB downhill World Cup in Scotland this weekend. Kiwi mountain biker Sam Gaze dug deep to finish third overall on combined points for the opening round of the UCI MTB World Cup in Mairiporā, Brazil.
The second annual UCI Pump Track National Championships will head to the North Island, to be staged at the new Velosolutions track in Hawkes Bay.
The championships will be held at the Hawkes Bay BMX Club in Havelock North on Saturday 31 August and Sunday 1 September, 2024. New Zealand riders dominated the UCI Oceania MTB Championships cross-country in Queensland.
Kiwi riders won both female and male titles in elite, under-23 men, and under-19 men and women races to record an outstanding sweep for the visitors at the Mt Cotton course, south of Brisbane. National champion Anton Cooper leads a 21-strong New Zealand contingent across the Tasman for the 2024 UCI Oceania MTB cross-country championships in Queensland. The event carries continental ranking points, as elite kiwi riders chase qualification for the Paris Olympics, with New Zealand in a close battle to qualify two male riders for cross-country, along with a qualifying slot for females. |
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