Dex Files - Whistler Valley Trails

Check out the formidable trails and great riding of the new DexFile video from our very own Mr. Robson and the guys at Faultline.TV.

Season 2 - Episode 2

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Watch for Episode 3 coming out soon filmed on the Gulf Islands!

Dexter Robson is a sponsored athlete by the following brands:

Birth of a carbon wheel

Each and every Easton carbon wheel begins as a sheet of carbon laminate. It's an elaborate, labor-intensive process that takes about seven hours from start to finish (for each wheel!). In this captivating short video, we'll take a tour through Easton's own factory in Tijuana, Mexico, and show you just how much care and attention goes into these Tour-winning wheels.

Félicitations à nos athlètes de Descente

Félicitations à Vaea Verbeeck et Matt Beer pour leur performance à la Coupe du Québec tenue a Owl’s Head la fin de semaine dernière. Nos deux athlètes ont gagné leur course respective qui leur ont permis de grimper au classement cumulatif. Après cinq événements qui concluent la Coupe Québec, Matt et Vaea finissent donc en 2ième rang et confirment qu’ils ont dédié beaucoup de temps et d'efforts pour atteindre ces résultats.

Congrats goes out to Vaea Verbeeck and Matt Beer for their performance in Owl's Head this past weekend. Both won their respective races, allowing them to climb up in the overall Quebec Cup standings. After 5 events, Matt and Vaea both finished 2nd in the cumulative standings as Senior Elite's which demonstrates a particular determination for both these talented riders.

Team Intense / OGC  supported by Fox and Easton.

Matt Beer is 2012 Canadian DH Champion !!!!!

Matt Beer is our 2012 Canadian DH Champion. The first Newfoundlander to get the title. Congratulations to Matt for a great race. We'll have a race video of the weekend with some GoPro Footage later this week.

Vaea Verbeek also had a great weekend with a 4th place at Nationals. She also won the Gravity East race that was held at Windham the same weekend as worlds.

Full race report :

Matt Beer est notre Champion Canadien de descente 2012!!! Le premier Terre-Neuvien a obtenir le titre. Félicitations à Matt pour une victoire majeure. Nous aurons une vidéo de la course du week-end avec quelques images GoPro plus tard cette semaine.

Vaea Verbeek a également eu un excellent week-end avec une 4ème place aux Championnats Canadiens. Elle a aussi remporté la course Gravity-Orient qui a eu lieu à Windham durant le même week-end (Coupe du monde).

Rapport de course complète :

canadiancyclist.com/race_report

 

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Danice Uyesugi is also having a great season, keeping the momentum going after her 2nd place finish at the Tremblant Canada Cup. Make sure to follow Danice on her Blog:

Danice Uyesugi profite d’une excellente saison, elle poursuit son élan après sa 2e place à la Coupe Canada du Mont-Tremblant. Assurez-vous de suivre Danice sur son blog :

 daniceuyesugi.net

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In case you missed our previous team video, check it out, our St-Anne video will be out in a few days:

Dans le cas où vous avez manqué notre vidéo précédent, (la capsule vidée St-Anne sera disponible dans quelques jours) :

vimeo.com/St-AnneVideo

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Also, for those who missed it last year,  here's a video Vincent Allard did with Matt Beer last fall:

En outre, pour ceux qui ont raté l’édition de l'année dernier, voici une vidéo produite par Vincent Allard incluant Matt Beer:

vimeo.com/VAllard

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If you haven't checked it out already, Part 1 of the DexFiles has been up on Pinkbike with part 2 on the way:

Si vous ne l'avez pas déjà vue, Partie 1 des DexFiles publiée sur Pinkbike (la partie 2 sera bientôt à l’affiche) :

pinkbike.com/Dex-Files-Ep-1-2012

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Team Intense / OGC  supported by Fox and Easton.

Danice Uyesugi news

Summer has gotten off to a chilly start here in Vancouver but the racing season is hot as ever! Since my last update I've gone to 3 more races, each of which has had it's own challenges and successes.

 

First off was the Sunshine Coaster, a “just for fun” race on the Sunshine Coast. This was my first real DH race back in 2007 and I’ll never forget the feeling of exhilaration crossing the finish line and then standing on the podium. Ever since then it’s been one of my favorites and this year was no different. It may be one of the flattest courses around but it more than makes up for that in flow. I had a blast in practice and then pedaled my heart out in my race run, landing me a 4th place finish in a solid field of Pro Women.

Next it was back to Port Angeles for the 3rd round of the NW Cup series. I’ve really been enjoying this series and cannot say enough about the level of organization and how friendly everyone is. The course this time around was a combination of NW Cup #1 (top) and NW Cup #2 (bottom) with a new middle connecting section. It was definitely the most technical of the 3 which was fine with me. I was loving the course, finished 3rd in seeding and felt confident going into the race. A mishap in my race run put me back a bit but I still stood tall on the podium in 5th place.

Last but not least was perhaps the biggest race of the year so far, the first of the Canada Cup Series in Tremblant, QC. Tremblant was very unlike all of the races I’ve done so far this year – it’s rocky and rough with more rocks and then a few more. My M9 rose to the test and felt rock solid the whole weekend. Come race time I’d decided that, due to the technical nature of the course, I would play it safe in the more technical sections and then pin it the rest of the time… and it worked. I came away with a 2nd place finish, a great way to start the National Series! I just want to say a great big thank you to my sponsors at OGC who helped make this trip smooth and relatively stress free! I want to end with a few awesome shots that Ian Hylands got of me at the Pro GRT earlier this season.

Danice

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EASTON CYCLING presents: AGGY's NZ ADVENTURE

Graham Agassiz is joined by a motley crew of characters, including 10-time DH world champion, Frenchman Nicolas Vouilloz; and world cup DH stars Sam Blenkinsop and Cameron Cole. We hit some of the South Island's best destinations including Nelson and Christchurch, we did some downhilling, some trail riding and built some slopestyle-sized booters.

Filmed and edited by the Coastal Crew. 

Hesjedal wins Giro d'Italia!

Ryder Hesjedal of the Garmin-Barracuda team became the first Canadian winner of the Giro d’Italia. He used the time trial on the last stage to overtake Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha). These two cyclists rose to the top of the peloton over the course of the three week race, but Hesjedal’s superior TT ability sealed his historic victory. On the final classification, the Garmin rider was just 16 seconds ahead of Rodriguez.

Athletes on Mavic-sponsored teams shone during the entire three week race through Italy. The Garmin team won the team time trial, beating Katusha by just a handful of seconds. From this point onward, Hesjedal and Rodriguez were locked in a tight battle for the pink jersey. Ivan Basso of the Liquigas-Cannondale team also moved within striking distance. On one stage, these three riders finished 1-2-3 for a complete podium sweep, and they spent several days as the top three on GC.

© Bettini

In the end, Mavic teams won 4 stages, wore the pink jersey for 12 days, and finished in first, second, and fifth (Ivan Basso) on the overall final GC. Way to go guys!

Associated products:

 Cosmic Carbone 80  and  Comete Road  wheels were choose by all Mavic sponsored riders for the TTT and final TT.

Ryder was riding a Special Service Course full-carbon R-Sys in mountain stages.

Rodriguez and Basso choose the  Cosmic Carbone Ultimate .

Garmin riders are also wearing Giro Aeon and Selector helmets.

Giro d'Italia: Pinotti wins final stage

Hesjedal finished sixth in the 28.2km Milan test, which was won by Marco Pinotti (BMC Racing), ahead of Sky’s Geraint Thomas and RadioShack’s Jesse Sergent.

© Sirotti

Associated products:

Pinotti is on BMC TM01 equipped with  Easton EC90 Aero  wheel and  Attack TT  handlebar. Also wearing Bell's Javelin TT helmet.

Giro d'Italia: Fast team award
Lampre - ISD wins Fast Team classification at Giro d'Italia. The Lampre - ISD team is riding on Vittoria tubular and clincher tyres. 




7th US Pro Time Trial Title for Z-boy!

© Jon Devich

© Jon Devich

A typical hot, humid day greeted the 35 racers contesting the US Professional Time Trial Championships in Greenville, South Carolina. Held on a clover shaped loop ridden three times, the field faced 33 kilometers under the sun.

Setting the fastest time through all three loops on the CU-ICAR campus, David Zabriskie (Garmin-Barracuda) took his seventh professional time trial championship with a time of 40:41:44. In second place was Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing Team) at 40:47:90 and in third was teammate Brent Bookwalter at 41:08:06.

©Jon Devich

Associated products:
Dave Zabriskie was on Mavic's  Cosmic Carbone 80  and  Comete Road  wheels. Also wearing a Giro Selector TT helmet.
Van Garderen and Bookwalter were on BMC TM01 equipped with  Easton EC90 Aero  wheel and  Attack TT  handlebar. Also wearing Bell's Javelin TT helmets.

Duggan US Pro Road Champion!

Tim Duggan (Liquigas-Cannondale) captured the USA Cycling Professional Road Race after attacking out of group of five in the closing smaller circuits of downtown Greenville, South Carolina.

© Jon Devich

The Liquigas-Cannondale team is sponsored by Mavic

Absalon triumphant at La Bresse XCO

Orbea's Julien Absalon scored his 25th UCI XC World Cup victory in front of a home crowd in La Bresse, France. This 4th round of the 2012 World Cup season was located 30km from Absalon's home and he was pleased to have a strong result.

Absalon told the website Cyclingnews, "It is maybe one of my best races. It's been in my mind forever - the first world cup at home is a lot of pressure, and I'm happy."

Associated products: 

 Crossmax SLR 

 Crossmax ST 

 Fury 





Powerful performance in California

Riders on Mavic wheels are winning races on 2 continents! Peter Sagan (Liquigas) won the first 3 stages of the Tour of California and holds the leader's jersey. In the Giro d'Italia, Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Barracuda) wore pink for 4 days before Joaqim Rodriguez (Katusha) took it on stage 9. Good job to all these Mavic pro teams!

The Tour of California was successful on many levels for riders on Mavic wheels. The Liquigas-Cannondale and Garmin-Barracuda teams dominated the stage victories and overall classification. Riders from these teams won a total of 5 of the 7 stages.

Peter Sagan with the Liquigas team won a record 4 stages, including 3 in a row to open the week. He wore the overall leader's jersey for 4 days. Dave Zabriskie with the Garmin team dominated the time trial and took the leader's jersey for 2 days.

In the final ranking, Liquigas-Cannondale was the number one team. And Garmin-Barracuda had riders in second and third on the overall general classification.

Associated products:

 Cosmic Carbone 80 

 Comete Road 

 

Jany Mitges wins 1st O-Cup

Jany Mitges, our Opus Ambassadress, is winning all races !

Last weekend as the O-cup season finally arrived and the first one was held at Mansfield Outdoor Centre, she puts in an amazing ride to cross the line first and then stood on the podium with two incredible women, Leigh Hobson and Noelle Wansbrough.

Great job Jany!

Read more on Jany's blog:

janymitges.wordpress.com