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The Bicycling Australia Mountain Cross at Sydney Olympic Park
– Round 1 of the MTBA National Mountain Bike Series
– Hosted by Western Sydney Mountain Bike Club
It’s less than 3 days until the gates drop at the Monster Mountain Cross Course at Sydney Olympic Park for the opening event of the MTBA National Mountain Bike Series – The Bicycling Australia Mountain Cross!
It’s back, and it’ll be as big an event as it was in 2005! Features include:
- $5000 in prizemoney, including $1000 to the winner of the Elite Male category
- The SOPA big screen, with all finals shown live to screen so you can follow all of the action
- The best MCs in the nation – Paul King and Brett Barnes on the mic
- Australia’s 2nd-largest MTB Club, Western Sydney, pulling the strings to make the event happen
- AMX running the racing itself, and hey – they’ve helped MTBA develop this sport!
Entries are open online until 2pm Friday, and late-entries are also available at the event – during registration on the Friday afternoon (4pm – 6pm) and the Saturday morning (7am – 10am).
Right now the track is ready for final preparations tomorrow and Friday leading up to practice on Friday afternoon and racing on Saturday. There’s a bit of deep quarry sand out there in places, which has been there since the major track maintenance and overhaul weekend 3 weeks ago. The sand has been there to trap any moisture that does land on the track during these hot weeks we’ve had – and help that moisture bind to the track. The excess sand will removed before race-day and the track will be regularly watered, providing a fast, grippy surface for loads of fun & exciting racing on Saturday!
We at WSMTB Club can’t wait for the event – and we hope all of the riders can’t wait either!
Read on below for the formal press release from MTBA…
SYDNEY - The National Mountain Bike Series gets underway with both Mountain Cross and Olympic Cross Country this weekend. Mountain Cross starts on Saturday at Sydney Olympic Park on the Monster Track and has attracted many BMX riders that are training towards the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
National Mountain Cross Champion, Wade Bootes (Gold Coast) will be out to prove his “Bradbury finish” was no mistake. In the National final in Thredbo, all four riders crashed just metres from the finish, Bootes won when he carried his bike across the line. Currently ranked 5th in the World, Bootes will be up against fellow BMX riders as well as mountain bike riders like Amiel Cavalier, former World Downhill Champion.
Alex Lloyd (St Mary’s) is back to defend the title this year. “I’m not sure if I should worry about Bootes. I know the track well and just love the atmosphere,” he said.
With four riders in the final line up, riders like Luke Strom and Ricky Boyer, both from Blaxland could have an impact.
The women’s race is wide open with Sydney sider, Grace Ireland (Mt Annan) out to defend her title from the current National Mountain Cross Champion, Caroline Buchanan (Canberra).
Finals get underway at 4 pm on Saturday afternoon with over 25 000 people expected to head to Sydney Olympic Park over the weekend’s Festival of Cycling.
http://www.sydneyolympicpark.com.au/...al_of_cycling2
For all information about the race and the event:
Stuart Plant
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