Hannah rides her home trails around Fort William, Scotland
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It’s easy to use the symbol “4X” when referring to Brian Lopes—not only is Lopes a four-time UCI World Champion, but his name has become synonymous with the mountain biking discipline of four-cross, in which he also holds multiple titles as a USA Cycling National Champion and a UCI World Cup Champion.
At a racing age of 42 today, Lopes was only 4-1/2 when he won his first BMX race in 1975. “I did well,” Lopes says, “and I thought, ‘Okay, I can do this.’ ” Lopes stuck with BMX until he was about 9 years old and then pursued other sports such as baseball and soccer. “I still rode every day and … More
The second stop in the 2013 Specialized SRAM Enduro Series took place in Riva del Garda, Italy. With harder tracks, longer climbs and a stronger rider’s field than in Treuchtlingen the week before, participants had a great challenge ahead of them. In the end, three times Downhill World Champion Fabien Barel (Canyon Factory Enduro Team) and Fourcross World Champion Anneke Beerten (Specialized Racing Enduro Team) were the fastest riders of the day. Leading in the overall series now are Nicolas Lau and Anneke Beerten.