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List Of Professional Mountain Bikers
{{dynamic list A list of Professional Mountain Bikers. Visionaries * Keith Bontrager * Joe Breeze * Charlie Cunningham * Gary Fisher * Charlie Kelly * Jacquie Phelan * Tom Ritchey * John Tomac Cross Country * Julien Absalon (Team BMC) * Henrique Avancini (Cannondale Factory Team) * Warren Carne (huffy factory team) * Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå * Susan DeMattei * Alison Dunlap * Manuel Fumic (Cannondale Factory Team) * Juli Furtado * Sam Gaze (Specialized) * Sue Haywood * Gerhard Kerschbaumer (Torpado) * Maxime Marotte (Cannondale Factory Team) * Jolanda Neff (Trek Factory) * Ned Overend (Specialized) * Paola Pezzo * Jacquie Phelan * Nino Schurter (Team Scott) * Stephane Tempier (Trek Factory) * David Wiens Downhill Racers * Gee Atherton (Atherton bikes) * Rachel Atherton (Atherton bikes) * Scott Beaumont * Loïc Bruni (Specialized S-works) * Jackson Goldstone (Santa cruz) Eric Carter * Anne-Caroline Chausson (Turner) * Missy Giove * Cedric Gracia (CG Racing Brigade/San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Gaze
Samuel William Gaze (born 12 December 1995) is a New Zealand cross-country and road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . He won the under-23 Cross-Country at the 2016 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships and the 2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships. He also competes on occasion in road racing events, winning the National Criterium Championships in 2017 and 2018. Career At the Men's cross-country event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Gaze won the silver medal behind fellow New Zealand rider Anton Cooper. Gaze was selected ahead of Cooper, who suffered medical conditions during 2016, to represent New Zealand at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He had two punctures in the Olympic race and his gears failed, and he pulled out when he got lapped. In March 2018, Gaze became the first New Zealander to win an elite UCI Mountain Bike World Cup title, when he claimed the cross country event in the first round of the season in Stellenbosch, South Africa. In April 2018 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loïc Bruni
Loïc Bruni (born 13 May 1994) is a professional downhill mountain biker. He is a student at Skema Business School. Career Going into the 2015 season Bruni was one of the favorites. For that season he came 2nd in the world rankings on the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) Downhill Mountain Bike circuit. In that season he qualified first three times, but did not win any of those World Cup races. At the end of the 2015 season Bruni won the UCI World Championships, which is a stand-alone event not part of the World Cup series. He set the fastest time on his run with two riders left to start: Troy Brosnan and Aaron Gwin Aaron Holmes Gwin (born December 24, 1987) is an American professional downhill mountain biker from Morongo Valley, California. He is a five-time World Cup overall champion. Race career Aaron Gwin started his cycling career racing BMX from the a .... Both Brosnan and Gwin fell on their runs, leaving Bruni as the winner. Career summary References Externa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Beaumont
Scott Beaumont (born 2 June 1978), nicknamed Boom Boom, is an English pro mountain bike racer, specialising in the disciplines of downhill and fourcross. He lives in the UK. Beaumont was born in Northallerton, Yorkshire in 1978. He started racing BMX aged four, and went on to win several national titles, and was World BMX Champion in 1995 and 1996. It was in 1996 that Beaumont first began to ride mountain bikes. The new discipline of dual slalom Dual slalom is a mountain bike racing discipline similar to 4X racing. It consists of two racers racing two almost identical tracks next to each other down a slope. The courses are usually short; one run lasting about 30 seconds. It is filled w ... had been created, and mountain bike teams were looking for experienced BMX riders to transition into the new discipline. When dual slalom was replaced by four-cross, Beaumont made the transition. He remains a high-profile figure in the British mountain biking scene, and is one of the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Atherton
Rachel Laura Atherton (born 6 December 1987) is a British professional downhill mountain bike racer, and is a multiple time UCI World Champion. Atherton began riding BMX at the age of 8 and mountain biking at the age of 11. She was both '' Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year and BBC Midlands Junior Sportswoman of the Year in 2005, and then BBC Midlands Sportswoman of the Year in 2008. In October 2015, a video of Atherton overtaking 91 competitors in five minutes during a race went viral. Career For 5 years from 2007, Atherton was part of the Animal Commençal race team along with brothers Dan Atherton and Gee Atherton. In 2012, Atherton, along with her brothers Dan, Gee and Marc Beaumont, signed with GT Bicycles. In 2015, Atherton and her brothers signed with Trek Bicycle Corporation to race for Trek Atherton Racing. In June 2008 Atherton became the first British woman to win the Elite UCI Downhill World Championship, defeating second placed Sabrina Jonnier by 11.99 sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gee Atherton
George David Atherton, known as Gee Atherton (born 26 February 1985, near Salisbury, England) is a professional racing cyclist specializing in downhill and four cross mountain bike racing, and is a multiple national champion, multiple World Cup winner, and 2008 & 2014 Downhill World Champion. He is also a rally driver and competed in his first International event in 2017 at Wales Rally GB. Career From 2007 to 2011, Gee was one third of the Animal Commençal racing team, alongside brother Dan Atherton and sister Rachel Atherton. In 2012 the Athertons started riding for team GT Factory Racing, along with Marc Beaumont. Gee, along with Rachel and Dan, is the star of the web series "The Atherton Project" a series which follows their day-to-day lives. In 2012 Gee was racing for GT racing. On the 25th of January 2019, Gee launched Atherton Bikes along with Rachel Atherton and Dan Atherton and renowned suspension designer Dave Weagle, utilising the latest additive manufacturing t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Wiens
David Wiens is an American former professional cross-country mountain bike racer. He is known for his six consecutive wins in the Leadville Trail 100 MTB mountain bike race including defeating Tour de France riders Floyd Landis and Lance Armstrong. Wiens, a 2000 inductee to the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame, won the Leadville Trail 100 every year from 2003 to 2008. In 2007, he broke the 7 hour mark for the first time at 6:58:46 while holding off Floyd Landis by just under 2 minutes. In 2008, Wiens won again beating 7-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong by just under 2 minutes and setting a new course record of 6:45:45. In 2009, Wiens finished second behind Armstrong in Leadville with a time of 6:57:02. Wiens was also the US National cross country champion in 1993 and the US National marathon champion in 2004. He won two UCI World Cup races and numerous NORBA National Series races during his career. In 2006, Wiens founded Gunnison Trails, a non-profit organization dedicated t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephane Tempier
Stephane may refer to: * Stéphane, a French given name * Stephane (Ancient Greece) A stephane (''ancient Greek'' στέφανος, from ''στέφω'' (stéphō, “I encircle”), '' Lat.'' Stephanus = wreath, decorative wreath worn on the head; crown) was a metal arc, which was like a fancy headband, higher in the center than ..., a vestment in ancient Greece * Stephane (Paphlagonia), a town of ancient Paphlagonia, now in Turkey {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nino Schurter
Nino Schurter (born 13 May 1986) is a Swiss cross-country cyclist who races for the SCOTT-SRAM MTB Racing Team. Schurter won the world championship in men's cross-country in 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 and the overall UCI World Cup in 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2022 and thus become the first man to hold 8 World Cup overall titles. He won the gold medal in mountain biking at the 2016 Olympics, the silver medal 2012 Olympics and the bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics. He won the Swiss National Championship in cross-country mountain biking in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. He joined for a number of road races during the 2014 season. Career Nino Schurter was born and grew up in Tersnaus, Lumnezia in the Romansch-speaking part of Switzerland. He spent a lot of his free time in nature playing different sports and quickly got fascinated by mountain biking. He took part in the Swiss racing competition Swisspower cup where he won his firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Pezzo
Paola Pezzo (born 8 January 1969, in Bosco Chiesanuova) is an Italian cross-country mountain bike racer from Verona. In 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia, in the U.S. The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ..., she won the Olympic gold medal in mountain biking, when the event made its debut. Biography Pezzo won the female World Mountain Bike Championship title in both 1993 and 1997. In 1997, she won the Grundig World Cup crown. Achievement She won two gold medals. One in Atlanta '96 and the other in Sydney '00. She also won the mountain-bike championships in 1993 and 1997. See also * Italian sportswomen multiple medalists at Olympics and World Championships External links * Her bio on the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pezzo, Paula 1969 births Living peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ned Overend
Edmund ("Ned") Overend (born 20 August 1955) is an American former professional cross-country mountain bike racer. He is a six-time NORBA cross-country mountain bike national champion who became the first-ever cross-country world champion by winning the inaugural UCI Mountain Bike World Championship in 1990. Overend was inducted into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame in 1990 and into the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame in 2001. Cycling career The son of a U.S. diplomat, Overend was born in Taipei, Taiwan and raised in Ethiopia and Iran. He attended high school in San Diego, California and was involved in motocross racing. Overend moved to Durango, Colorado in the early 1980s where he first became involved in cycling by entering Durango’s Iron Horse Classic, a 47-mile road race with 6,700 feet of climbing along a narrow gauge railroad. From road racing, he eventually moved on to mountain bike racing, where his previous motocross experience combined with his physical fitness ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jolanda Neff
Jolanda Neff (born 5 January 1993) is a Swiss cyclist, who primarily rides in the cross-country cycling and cyclo-cross disciplines, for the Trek Factory Racing team. She won the gold medal in the women's cross-country event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Career She was the overall winner of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in 2014 and 2015. She was triple Under-23 Mountain Bike World Champion (2012, 2013 and 2014). At the 2017 UCI World Championships in Cairns she became the elite world champion. In June 2015, she won the first gold medal for Switzerland in the women's cross country event at the European Games in Baku. Later the same month, she went on to win the Swiss National Road Race Championships. Neff won the UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships in 2016 and Mountain Bike XCO World Championship in 2017. She also won the European Mountain Bike Championships in August 2018 at Cathkin Braes, just outside of Glasgow. In October 2018, Neff announced that she woul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
