2012 US/Canadian Open Registration Starts July 1st

Registration for the US/Canadian Open at Whiteface will Open on Sunday July 1, 2012. Filed limit of 500 racers!

• 200 pros,
• 100 Category 1
• 100 Category 2 
• 100 Category 3

Aaron Gwin Wins 2012 Mont Sainte Anne World Cup

For the second year in a row, Aaron Gwin has won the World Cup at Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada, the track where he made his dramatic debut in 2008. Team mate Justin Leov scored his first top 10 of the year after qualifying 5th, and Neko Mulally walks away from a horrific crash that had his family and the team looking on with great concern.

Certainly a day of action and drama for the team, but there is little that can be taken away from Aaron Gwin in yet another display or pure talent and determination on one of the world's toughest courses. Last year both he and main rival Greg Minnaar crashed in their final runs, but Aaron's was less costly in time. This year a couple of small errors saw his opening leading of 2.9secs whittled down to 1.3secs at the finish line, but enough to take his 3rd win of the season, and extend his World Cup lead over Greg Minnaar to 135 points.

Interestingly in the last 11 World Cups (7 in 2011 and 4 so far this year) there have only been two winners, Aaron with 8 and Greg with 3. Historically, Aaron now holds the record for the best percentage winning streak having won 8 of 11 consecutive races (previous best was Nicolas Vouilloz with 7 from 10 consecutive).

Aaron said: "It's always special to win a World Cup but this venue holds a special place in my heart. The pressure was on today as I knew Greg would step it up and he's had his fair share of success over the years here. The course has some sections which feel almost designed for me, I love them, and I know if I hadn’t made those two small errors in the lower half of the course I would have sc ored a better time, but hey, I'll take it!"

For Justin it was great to have the speed here this week and after qualifying 5th he was sure he could score his best result of the 2012 World Cup season, ideally a podium. His race run was for the most part going really well, especially the first half, but then in a couple of sections Justin lost a little time by riding conservatively.

Justin said: "Moving on up, which is always a good feeling, my rank is now 11th overall so that's good. I just felt in a couple of sections that I was just doing enough to get through them rather than pinning it, but what I've learned this week I'll take to Windham ."

Neko Mulally, after qualifying in a solid 17th place was on target to have another top 20 result when he had a terrible crash caught live on the broadcast. Fortunately we can report that after on site treatment by the medical staff, Neko has walked away without broken bones, and is suffering a mild concussion. He will be under observation for the next 48hrs but is expected to make a speedy recovery.

2012 Mont Sainte Anne World Cup 4 Final Results

2012 MSA WC 4 Men's Downhill Final Results

2012 MSA WC 4 Women's Downhill Final Results

2012 Mont Sainte Anne World Cup 4 Qualifying Results

2012 MSA Men's Downhill Qualifying Results

2012 MSA Women's Downhill Qualifying Results

2012 GES Race 2

Race #2 of the Gravity East Series takes place alongside the international atmosphere of the Windham NY Mountain Bike World Cup Festival complete with wide variety of entertaining events that cater to cycling and non-cycling visitors.  Some of these include a ride the plank challenge, vendor expo, block party, live music, motocross aerial show, and kids race. 

According to Ernie Reale Windham GES Track Builder and Rider:

“Rode the Gravity East course today at Windham, after weeks of work, it is the best its ever been and one of the funnest courses I've ever ridden. Lots of new features including a rock drop into the upper rock garden. Fresh cut, jumps, some new berms, new rock gardens! A total mix of Windham, Plattekill, Diablo and old school Mount Snow in one track! “

Come out Race the GES with plenty of time between training sessions to see the best in the World qualify and race Sunday July 1^st, register today

Save $5.00 register online here: https://www.bikereg.com/Net/16446

Entry fee online is 75.00 (Cat 1,2, 3) 80.00 Pro

On-Site Registration/Packet Pick-up Schedule:

• Entry Fee for Gravity East DH $80.00 Amateur $85.00 Pro
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• $2000.00 Dollar Pro Purse (Men and Women)
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• Thursday & Friday June 28^th & 29th Registration 9:00am-4:00pm 2^nd Floor Base Lodge
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• Saturday 9:00am-12:00pm Late Registration $10.00 additional to entry fee

Training and Race Schedule Thursday June 28^th-Saturday June 30^th

• Thursday June 28^th: Training times – 10:00am-1:00pm
• Friday June 29^th: Training times – 12:00pm-2:00pm & 4:00pm-6:30pm
• Friday June 29^th 8:00pm-11:00pm Windham Downtown Block Party don’t miss it!!

Saturday Training and Race Information:

• Saturday Training from 12:00pm to 2:00pm Last Chance course inspection
• Start Times will be posted at the All Sports Events Timing Tent at 2:00pm
• Race Starts at 3:00pm Awards to follow
• Saturday Happenings!!!
• 6:30pm FMX Motocross show with Jeff Lenosky Stunt Show
• 8:00pm Free Concert with Voodelic, CKS and the Band 3

For Maps additional Information visit www.racewindham.com

For information on the Gravity East Series:

www.gravityeastseries.com

To register for the GES Race #2, June 28-30, 2012 at Windham Mountain, NY: https://www.bikereg.com/Net/16446

We would like to thank our  GES Partners:

Maxxis Tires, Formula Brake, Fox Racing Shox Kali Protective’s, Fox Racing Shox, NEMA, Profile Racing, Dirtrag Magazine