Yeti-FOX's Graves begins a strong season in Vigo
Yeti-FOX's Graves begins a strong season at World Cup #1 in Vigo, Spain
Vigo, Spain (May 6 and 7, 2006) - Jared Graves of the Yeti-FOX Factory Racing
Team rode a solid downhill and came *this* close to sweeping the 4X.
The Vigo 4X course serves a ripping mix of smooth berms, off-camber drifters,
technical rollers and big jumps. The road gap at the bottom of the course
crosses two lanes and drops about 12 feet -- enough to make the team think
twice about boosting it on a hardtail. Of course Jared Graves buttered it on
The Cut kicks off the UCI series in style
Hannah Takes top honors in Vigo
Vigo, Spain -
Santa Cruz nabs three UCI WC DH podium spots
Santa Cruz Syndicate teammates Nathan Rennie and Steve Peat (Santa Cruz, SRAM,
RockShox), and Marc Beaumont of Team MBUK Santa Cruz, rode their Santa Cruz
V-10?s fast enough to reach the podium at the UCI World Cup Downhill held May
7th. Mick Hannah wins the event, his first world cup victory, and Gee Atherton
rounds out the top five.
The UCI World Cup season opener returned to the bustling seaside city of Vigo,
Spain. Reaching the venue is surprising in that one can hardly imagine that the
narrow twisting road would lead you to the hillside of gum and pine trees with
