Canberra, Australia (September 6, 2009) – Kathy Pruitt (Santa Cruz, Calif./Jamis) gave the United States its fourth and final medal at the 2009 Mountain Bike World Championships on Sunday. The U.S. women earned silver and bronze medals in 4X, a bronze in elite cross country and finally a bronze in the elite women’s downhill to bring the American medal count to four. Melissa Buhl (Chandler, Ariz./KHS) also landed inside the top 10 with a ninth-place finish in women’s downhill. Twelve men contested the junior and elite men’s downhill with the top finish coming from Cody Warren (El Cajon, Calif./Decline) who placed 13th in the elite men’s category.
The ninth of 26 riders to start in the elite women’s downhill contest, Pruitt knocked nearly 10 seconds off the next best time to move into the top spot. The former junior world champion held that lead the majority of the event, until Emmeline Ragot (FRA) came down third from last and bested Pruitt’s time by nearly … Details
A cloudy sky couldn’t keep the moon – er, make that moons – from shining last night, as hundreds of carefree cyclists traversed Center City for the Philadelphia Naked Bike Ride.
The biggest surprise? Very few people were naked, at least when they left the gathering point near 25th and Locust Streets. Some said they might dare to go bare as the ride progressed.
The 1st Philly Naked Bike Ride – This was the first Naked Bike Ride ever to be held in Philadelphia. It started late in the afternoon so the shot gets a little grainy towards the end and the finger covering the lens is not mine bu…
Britain’s Steve Peat ended a decade of frustrating near-misses by winning the men’s downhill title on the final day at the world mountainbike championships in Canberra.
The 35-year-old, who had finished runner-up four times since 2000, snatched the gold by 0.05 seconds from South African Greg Minnaar in front of an estimated crowd of 40,000.
“It was pretty emotional putting the jersey on… Details