Reed Continues Dominance with Victory in Washougal
Dungey Captures Second Straight, Ties for 250 Class Points Lead
WASHOUGAL, Wash. (July 25, 2009) – With sunny skies above, the world’s best motocross competitors invaded the Pacific Northwest and Washougal MX Park for the Motosport.com Motocross National Presented by Yamaha and Scott USA, round eight of the 2009 Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship. Rockstar/Makita/Suzuki’s Chad Reed, of Australia, took his third win of the 2009 in the 450 Class. Suzuki teammate Ryan Dungey, of Belle Plaine, Minn., won his second consecutive race and moved into a tie atop the 250 Class points standings. Honda of Houston’s Jessica Patterson, of Tallahassee, Fla., took her first win of the season in the WMX Class.
After returning to the series from a two-year hiatus…Â Details
The 2009 Peruvian Inka Challenge has been won by Jeff Hubbard (Hawaii).
He defeated local Jorge Hurtado (Peru) in the final to make history as the first ever winner of an IBA event in Peruvian waters.
Canary Islanders Ardiel Jimenez and Oliver Herrera finished equal third…Â Details
The race for supremacy in the 97th Tour de France started late Sunday afternoon at the ceremonial conclusion of the 96th Tour de France.Â
All it took to see this was to study Lance Armstrong’s body language as he stood stiffly, even uncomfortably, in an unfamiliar place, to the left of and slightly below his soon-to-be-former Astana teammate Alberto Contador, the man of the moment in the yellow jersey.Â
Armstrong was on the podium again – for the eighth time in 11 summers – but he wasn’t really there. Lost in thought, he almost forgot to …Â Details
Video Kiteboard – World Kite Surfing Championships kick off in Germany – This weekend saw the start of the World Kite Surfing Championship in Germany. The weather cooperated, major winds fueled the action. The German weather played ball on Saturday (July 25) for the st…