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The Red Bull Pump Riders is a unique bike race where the contestants have no chains on their bikes, using only the energy of their own body to gain momentum around the track. Czech rider Michal Prokop put on a show, pumping his way to the podium in both the BMX and MTB races.
The first three national championships were awarded Thursday, the first day of the 2012 USA Cycling Mountain Bike Cross-Country National Championships at Sun Valley in Ketchum, Idaho. National titles were awarded in short track cross-country after category 2 and 3 riders contested the mountain bike cross-country race in non-national championship races under cloudy skies and cooler than usual temperatures.Â
Short Track Cross-Country
Helene Drumm (San Anselmo, Calif./Whole Athlete-Specialized), Chris Jackson (Somis, Calif./California Polytechnic-San Luis Obispo) and Ty Kady (Brea, Calif./Team Sho-Air) earned Stars-and-Stripes jerseys after winning their respective short track cross-country races.
Drumm’s race opened the … More