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Pixsoul
06-04-2008, 11:24 AM
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Banshee Factory riders Markolf Berchtold and Marcelo Gutierrez have both claimed victory at the 2008 Pan-American MTB Championships held in Venezuela. They claimed wins in Elite Men's and Junior Men's respectively, which will secure them positions to race at the World Championships in 2009 for their federations; Brazil and Colombia respectively.

They both piloted their new rides to victory, 3 seconds clear of their 2nd place counterparts. A solid victory over some very fierce competition. Marcelo rode with a spring that was 150 lbs too heavy, so well done for even getting that thing to turn Marcelo!

Well done to both of them from us here at XXIV and everyone involved in Banshee in Australia. A great result by both and a fantastic result for Banshee, proving that they are producing not only fantastic, well engineered bikes; but bikes that will pin it and take the victory!

Results:

Downhill - Male
1 - BERCHTOLD, MARKOLF - BRA - 02:20,593
2 - FRANCO NAVARRO, JUAN FERNANDO - COL - 02:23,543
3 - MIRANDA, WALACE - BRA - 02:24,053
4 - ARAYA, CRISTIAN - CHI - 02:24,149
5 - BASCUÑAN, PABLO - CHI - 02:25,550

Downhill - Female
1 - MARGGRAFF, DIANA - ECU - 02:44,840
2 - MIRANDA, VERONICA - CHI - 02:56,337
3 - RODRIGUEZ, KATHERINE - VEN - 03:04,623
4 - LASSO, JULIA - ECU - 03:20,999
5 - FIGUEROA VERGARA, GRECIA - VEN - 03:49,136


Downhill - Junior Male
1 - GUTIÉRREZ, MARCELO - COL - 02:25,364
2 - LEON, JOHAN - CHI - 02:28,049
3 - KUKULIS, ANDREAS - CHI - 02:35,780
4 - ZESCHAU, BRUNO - BRA - 02:35,110


Downhill - Junior Female
1 - DROMUNDO, DIANA LORENA - MEX - 03:02,818
2 - ANGULO, ANDREA - VEN - 03:25,709
3 - TORREALBA, IVONNE - VEN - 03:45,736

GDonehue
07-04-2008, 06:38 AM
Awesome result, Mate. That time of Marcelo's confirms what I was saying - he has real potential.

Still working on 'it' - making more harassing phone calls today :D

Pixsoul
07-04-2008, 08:25 AM
Yeah, he did very well. I am sure he could have sliced at least another 3 seconds off with the right spring, if not more.

Good to see Keith's design was as fast in reality as it was on paper and the computer too!

Keep me posted ;)

Cheers,

Ken

Pixsoul
07-04-2008, 08:43 PM
Finally got a pic of the Champs with their bikes...

http://www.xxiv.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/markolf-marcel-2.jpg