CCCX DH #3

Another beautiful day for the CCCX DH series. With sunny skies and temperatures around 70 degrees, it was sure to make for ideal racing conditions. Using a course that has not been done in a while, racers started further up a different ridge from previous races this series. Pro times hovered around 5:30 minutes, making it a very pedally course. However if you are a skilled enough rider, you could pump most of it. All together the course was pretty dry. Coming down a fast fireroad to single track, riders were on an off-camber trail down wide open hills, nicknamed the "Serengeti." From there it was through more single track in the trees, crossing the road and up a short sprint climb which seems to be used almost every race. All leading to a fast sprint to the finish. Points are starting to tighten up a bit after this race, be on the look out for a few more exciting race reports until the finals in January

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Jimmy Amaral pulled double duty with racing both Pro and Chainless, seen here doing a wheelie across the finish line during his chainless run. 2nd in Chainless should keep him first in points, however a couple mistakes missed the box in the pro class.

Photo by Nate Phillips


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Patrick Tidd has been unstoppable, with another convincing win in the expert 45+ class, he is sure to wrap up a clinch early. Pat's daughter Ruby also made the podium in her class, awesome job!

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Hans Keisler has also been doing double duty racing both Pro and Chainless. Having admitted his fitness is not there yet after unfortunately being out for most of the 2009 season, he finished a little off the back. Next time!

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Ian Massey put down the hammer and pedaled as hard as he could, going up against some notably fit and fast riders, he managed a top 3, way to go Ian!

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Chris Lauber has missed a few races already this series, but that did not stop him from bringing his big bike to a small bike course. Racing in the expert 19+ class, he managed an impressive third place!

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Co-founder Tim Lukko raced on his 5" travel bike which proved to be the better option for him. Other riders in his class still seemed to be able to out pedal him and unfortunately missed the box by a couple riders.

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Alex Amaral was on fire this weekend! Having finished less than a second ahead of his older brother his level of skill and fitness is finally coming all together. Ending up 6th in the pro class. Very nicely done!

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Check out a quick clip of Jimmy Amaral railing a berm near the bottom of the course:


Full results can be found here. Stayed tuned for race #4 in a couple weeks.