Team Pivot Weekly Update

Some news from the Dainese-sponsored UCI MTB team.

This week end was a Muddy one for the Quebec cup in Mont Saint Anne for Hans Lambert, with a muddy course from top to bottom Hans was able to stay on the track and have a great time ridding his Pivot and finished in 3^rd place behind Neko Mulaley (usa-Trek World racing) and in first place was pro skier Chris Delbosco. Hans had 2 full days of muddy  practice and the course got faster and faster as the day had gone  with the sunshine.

For Kyle Strait he has decided to Pack all of his things and head off to Highland Mountain bike park in New Hampshire  to coach young athletes for the week and practice for the upcoming claymore challenge next week end. This is the start of a long trip for Kyle he will not return home before the august.

At the moment I am with Will Rischbieth and we are in Geneva and just arrived from Leogang and he is recuperating from his hands injury’s  and keeping his training up and positive mind set to be 100% for Mount Saint Anne and I am attempting to fix our Europe truck that we have been having  transmission  trouble with by lately(what a new challenge).

Thank You for all your support

Congrats to Brian Buell (and Happy Birthday!) for his Top 10 finish at the Highland Pro GRT DH race. Great job to all Team Geronimo riders for their effort at Highland Mtn, photos here:

Highland Mtn Pro GRT 2011 photos

Dainese USA MTB riders hit Nevada State DH Championship 2011

Here's a great little video of the Nevada State DH Championship 2011 shot at Bootleg Canyon a couple weekend ago. Dainese USA's "privateer" team members Erik Nelson, Cris Ries and Washington State's Bob Stenson made the trip to Nevada as part of their 2011 race program and preparation for the 2011 Pro GRT tour.

Check Bob sporting his Dainese Roar Evo pants at 40 sec into the movie.

Nevada State DH Championship 2011 - Bootleg Canyon - SickLines from Sick Lines on Vimeo.

9th for Erik nelson despite a big crash, 11th for Bob Stenson, 21st for new Team Geronimo and Dainese member Lear Miller and a good job in 3rd (Cat 1 - 19-29) for one of his last races as an Amateur beofre turning Pro for Cris Ries.

Results Men - Pro.
Place	Points	Name	City, State	Time	License	Bib	Team
1	60	Mitch Ropelato	Ogden, UT	3:11.18	240150	11	SPS NA
2	Exp	Michael Sylvestri	Truckee, CA	3:19.69	288977	7	Specialized Allride
3	Exp	Bryson Martin	Castaic, CA	3:20.35	295629	37	Oakley / Marzocchi /
4	0	Tyler Allison		3:21.37		19
5	Exp	Derek Teel	Roseville, CA	3:22.00	250236	24	Team Teel / Race Bra
6	35	Tyler Immer	Rancho Murieta, CA	3:24.01	276049	32
7	30	Jonathan Widen	Mammoth Lakes, CA	3:24.87	217988	10	All Mtn Cyclery/Canf
8	Exp	Cameron Zink	Reno, NV	3:25.36	112265	30
9	26	Erik Nelson	Gilbert, AZ	3:25.52	240674	39
10	24	Naish Ulmer	Park City, UT	3:26.44	175253	16	KHS / Spy Optics / D
11	22	Robert Stenson	Bellevue, WA	3:26.52	279077	18	Absolute Bikes Team
12	20	Arthur Babcock	Fulton, NY	3:26.54	312428	14
13	19	Spencer Mehr	Saint George, UT	3:28.57	321450	21
14	Exp	Jon Wilson	Carson City, NV	3:29.23	38543	31	Northstar/Giant
15	17	Evan Geankoplis	Goldriver, CA	3:29.45	290045	33
16	16	Dante Harmony	Sedona, AZ	3:29.77	192657	40	All Mountain Cyclery
17	14	Troy D'Elia	Moreno Valley, CA	3:31.28	224206	28	FOES/MARZOCCHI
18	13	Michael Nash	Auburn, CA	3:31.83	277198	36	Canfield Brothers
19	12	Christopher Mari	San Luis Obispo, CA	3:31.89	249170	26	Zeal Optics
20	11	Ethan Quehl	Grayson, GA	3:32.34	175816	5
21	10	Lear Miller	Sedona, AZ	3:33.56	221501	12

Dainese MTB returns at Interbike 2009

We are back with a completely new MTB collection, including lots of gravity protective apparel, new XC and Freeride as well as an intro to road cycling.
With such a line (distributed in the US by BTI), look for a stronger Dainese involvement in MTB racing, DH and more.

Dainese visited the Sea Otter Classic 2009

In partnership with BTI (www.bti-usa.com), their cycling line U.S. distributor, Dainese's crew attended the great mountain-bike event at Laguna Seca/Monterey last weekend.

For 2009 Dainese is reinforcing and re-focusing it's presence in the MTB industry in the U.S. and hope that its name will be synonim to performance and protection in gravity once again. Building on a strong history that saw Dainese reach the top of World mountain-biking competition in the '90's with riders like Nicolas Vouilloz and Anne-Caroline Chausson, the brand has strategically partnered with BTI in order to strengthen its presence in the gravity segment.