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2007 Pan American Mountain Bike Championships
The 2007 Pan American Mountain Bike Continental Championships were held from March 8 to March 11, 2007 in Neuquén, Argentina. Elite Men Elite Women Referencesinfobiker {{DEFAULTSORT:Pan American Mountain Bike Championships 2007 2007 in mountain biking Pan Am
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Neuquén
Neuquén (; arn, Nehuenken) is the capital city of the Argentine province of Neuquén and of the Confluencia Department, located in the east of the province. It occupies a strip of land west of the confluence of the Limay and Neuquén rivers which form the Río Negro, making it part of the ecoregion of Alto Valle del Río Negro. The city and surrounding area have a population of more than 340,000, making it the largest city in Patagonia. Along with the cities of Plottier and Cipolletti, it is part of the Neuquén – Plottier – Cipolletti conurbation. Founded in 1904, it is the newest provincial capital city in Argentina. Etymology The name of the city comes from the Neuquén River, which in Mapuche language means "water that has strength". This name was already used since 1884 for the federal territory. Since 1902, it was used for the railway station of the town, which at that time was a hamlet called Confluencia. The name of the town was officially chosen in 1904, when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the eighth-largest country in the world. It shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. Argentina is a federal state subdivided into twenty-three provinces, and one autonomous city, which is the federal capital and largest city of the nation, Buenos Aires. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and a part of Antarctica. The earliest recorded human prese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoff Kabush
Geoff Kabush is a Canadian cyclo-cross cyclist and cross-country mountain biker. At the 2000 Summer Olympics, he finished in 9th place in the cross-country race. He then competed in the same event at the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing in 20th place. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he again competed in the Men's cross-country at Hadleigh Farm, finishing in 8th place. He has also been successful in cyclo-cross, having won the Canadian national cyclo-cross championship five times. Major results Cyclo-cross ;2004–2005 : 1st National Championships : 1st Gran Prix of Gloucester 1 : 2nd Gran Prix of Gloucester 2 : 2nd Beacon Cyclo-cross : 3rd Clif Bar Grand Prix : 3rd Star-Crossed ;2005–2006 : 3rd Star-Crossed ;2006–2007 : 2nd National Championships : 2nd Scion Stumptown Cup : 3rd Star-Crossed ;2007–2008 : 2nd Fort Lewis College SquawkerCross ;2008–2009 : 1st National Championships : 1st Jim Horner Grand Prix ;2009–2010 : 1st National Championships : 1st Jim Horner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seamus McGrath
Seamus Patrick McGrath (born March 5, 1976, in Mississauga, Ontario) is a retired Canadian professional mountain biker. Riding the sport for more than 15 years as a member of the Canadian national team, McGrath has won two medals in mountain biking at the Commonwealth Games (2002 and 2006), and later represented his nation Canada in two editions of the Olympic Games (2004 and 2008). Before retiring to focus on and organize the annual Tour de Victoria race in late 2008, McGrath also trained and raced professionally for Haro-Lee Dungaree and Fuji Bikes under an exclusive sponsorship contract. Growing up in Flamborough, Ontario, McGrath made his official debut at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England, where he joined his teammate Roland Green to take the silver medal and climb on top of the podium for Canada with a spectacular 1–2 finish. When he first competed for Canada at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, McGrath scored a career-high, ninth place in the men's c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd Wells
Todd Wells is a professional cyclist specializing in mountain bike racing and cyclo-cross from the United States. Todd resides in Durango, Colorado and Tucson, Arizona. Wells races for the SRAM/TLD Factory Racing team for mountain bike racing. In cyclo-cross, Wells captured the 2001, 2005 and 2010 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships. In mountain bike Wells is a 12 time National Champion in XC, STXC and Marathon. He is a 3x Leadville Trail 100 winner, 3x Pan Am Champion as well as winner of La Ruta de los Conquistadores Major results ; 2018 *1st, Telluride 100 Mtn. Bike Race ; 2016 *1st, USA Cycling Marathon National Championship *1st Leadville Trail 100 *1st, Sea Otter Classic XC *1st Whiskey 50 Fat Tire Crit *1st Grand Junction Off Road Marathon and Fat Tire Crit *1st Blitz to the Barrel *3rd Carson City Off Road Marathon *Overall Winner Epic Rides Series :2nd, National Short Track Mountain Bike Championships *1st Breck Epic Stage 2 *1st Breck Epic Stage 4 *1s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Craig (cyclist)
Adam Craig (born August 15, 1981, in Bangor, Maine) is a professional mountain biker currently living in Bend, Oregon. Originally from Corinth, Maine, Craig was educated at the University of Maine. He is a three-time Under 23 Cross-country National Champion, 2007 and 2008 National Champion, and represented the United States at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Adam Craig competed in several events at the 2013 Sea Otter Classic using a Mongoose Beast, a 47 lb singlespeed fatbike sold for $200 at Walmart. Craig gave interviews under the pseudonym Manuel Beastley and competed wearing Giant Factory Team casual apparel. See also * Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's cross-country The men's cross-country mountain biking at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place at the Laoshan Mountain Bike Course on August 23, 2008. France's Julien Absalon pulled away from a pack of mountain bikers at the start to defend his Olympic title ... References External links * * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski
Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (born August 11, 1978) is an American cyclist. He competed in the men's cross-country mountain biking event at the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), .... References External links * 1978 births Living people American male cyclists Olympic cyclists for the United States Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Denver American mountain bikers Cyclists from Colorado {{US-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Broderick
Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and Islamic religions * Michael (bishop elect), English 13th-century Bishop of Hereford elect * Michael (Khoroshy) (1885–1977), cleric of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada * Michael Donnellan (1915–1985), Irish-born London fashion designer, often referred to simply as "Michael" * Michael (footballer, born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1983), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1993), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born February 1996), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born March 1996), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer Rulers =Byzantine emperors= *Michael I Rangabe (d. 844), married the daughter of Emperor Nikephoros I *Mic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia Gould
Georgia Gould (born January 5, 1980) is an American professional mountain bike, cyclocross competitor, and Olympian (2008, 2012). She has earned five career national championships – four in cross-country mountain bike in 2006, 2010, 2011 and 2012, and one in short track mountain bike in 2009. In 2012, Gould won the bronze medal at the London Olympic Games in cross country mountain bike. From 2006-2016 Gould was employed by the LUNA Pro Team. She currently resides in East Burke, Vermont with her husband, Dusty LaBarr. Accomplishments Mountain Bike From 2006-2016 Georgia Gould finished on the podium of the USA Mountain Bike National Championships in either cross-country, short track, or both. She earned national titles in cross-country in 2006, 2010, 2011 and 2012, and short track in 2009. In 2007, Gould became only the second woman in history to sweep all six of the USA National Mountain Bike Series races (formerly NORBA). The last to do so was American Juli Furtado in 1993. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary McConneloug
Mary McConneloug (born June 24, 1971 in San Francisco, California) is a racing cyclist from the United States, specializing in competitive mountain biking. She is a four time USA Cross Country Mountain Bike National Champion having captured the title in 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008. McConneloug graduated from Santa Clara University in 1993 with a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance. McConneloug twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics ( 2004 and 2008), where she finished in 9th and 7th place respectively in the final rankings of the women's cross-country race. In 2003, she claimed the silver medal at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic , total_type = Total , population_density_km2 = auto , timezone = AST (UTC −4) , area_code_type = Area codes , area_code = 809, 829, 849 , postal_code_type = Postal codes , postal_code = 10100–10699 ( Distrito Nacional) , webs ..., behind Argentina's Jimena Florit. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willow Koerber
Willow Koerber (born December 12, 1977) is an American former professional cross-country mountain biker. She most notably finished third at the 2009 and 2010 UCI Cross-country World Championships. She also finished second overall at the 2010 UCI Cross-country World Cup Koerber is married to Myles Rockwell, a retired professional downhill mountain bike racer and world champion. In 2019, the couple created The Rockwell Ridewell Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization A 501(c)(3) organization is a United States corporation, Trust (business), trust, unincorporated association or other type of organization exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of Title 26 of the United States Code. It is one of t ... for youth development. Major results ;2005 : 3rd National XCO Championships ;2007 : 3rd National XCO Championships ;2009 : 2nd National XCO Championships : 3rd UCI World XCO Championships ;2010 : 2nd Overall UCI XCO World Cup : 3rd UCI World XCO Championships : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 In Mountain Biking
7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. It is the only prime number preceding a cube. As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has greatly symbolic associations in religion, mythology, superstition and philosophy. The seven Classical planets resulted in seven being the number of days in a week. It is often considered lucky in Western culture and is often seen as highly symbolic. Unlike Western culture, in Vietnamese culture, the number seven is sometimes considered unlucky. It is the first natural number whose pronunciation contains more than one syllable. Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, Indians wrote 7 more or less in one stroke as a curve that looks like an uppercase vertically inverted. The western Ghubar Arabs' main contribution was to make the longer line diagonal rather than straight, though they showed some tendencies to making the digit more rectilinear. The eastern Arabs developed the digit fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
