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2006 Sea Otter Classic: Event news
I’ll be using this space to provide updates on the events that are taking place at the 2006 Sea Otter Classic. Don’t expect full race results but do expect outgoing links to websites that are offering solid perspectives on the event.
NorCal MTB Racing. Our friends over at NorCal MTB Racing are participating in the event and providing solid updates on what’s going on. Head on over — it’s well worth a visit.
Update (8 April 2006): Pinkbike.com. Pinkbike has a short piece that covers the early stages of the event and provides some great shots at new gear. There’s a new trail bike by Titus, spec’d with a Fox 36 and some carbon brakes by Magura. And, although I’m not a fan of the colour, the pink Specialized Epic that Sabine Spitz is riding for the coming season looks hawt.
Update (8 April 2006): Super XC race results. Mountain Bike Action has a good recap of the action that went down on the second official day of Sea Otter. In the women’s field, Gunn-Rita Dahle annihilated the competition — she won be over three minutes during the 60 minute event. You can find full results at the Sea Otter Classic website.
Update (11 April 2006): Full race results. With this year’s edition of the Sea Otter Classic wrapping up over the weekend, full-fledged race reports and event recaps are popping up all over the place.
Bike Magazine has a load of pictures archived for your viewing pleasure in its 2006 Sea Otter Classic image gallery. Mountain Bike Action posted a good recap of the cross country event — check out the site’s main page for features on Sea Otter’s other races.
And for those of you who had any doubt about which pro woman is in dominant early season form, Gunn-Rita Dahle won the final leg of the women’s cross country event by 4:39 (and only 4 women finished within 10 minutes of her).
1. Posted by 2006 UCI World Cup # 2: Madrid, Spain » The Biking Hub: Mountain | 10:04 pm, 14 May 2006
[…] The second event on the UCI World Cup cross country schedule went down over the weekend on a fast-rolling 7km course in Madrid, Spain. With a six week layoff after the first event in Curacao and a brief interlude at Sea otter, most of the world’s top cross country racers were ready to get back at it. […]