Sept. 21, 2009
Schladming, Austria

It was a great showdown and an amazing end to the 2009 UCI World Cup Downhill Series in Schladming, Austria, as it came down to four racers in contention for the overall title. In the end Sam Hill won the race, and the overall, with Santa Cruz Syndicate’s Greg Minnaar and Steve Peat (SRAM/RockShox) giving chase and placing 2nd and 3rd overall, respectively. Josh Bryceland pulled out a great run to finish the race in 8th place, just .02 seconds behind teammate Steve Peat who struggled to find his rhythm and placed 7th on the day. Minnaar focused on his performance and came back solid, if a little conservative, from his major stack in his qualifier, and placed 3rd. Their efforts boosted the team overall points to the top and the Syndicate won the best downhill team title.

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Final round of the UCI Downhill World Cup takes place this weekend in Schladming Austria. With several riders in with the chance of taking the overall it’s set to be a great finale to the year.

Of course the story of the day is the new World Champ Steve Peat, with his first appearance in his rainbow stripes…

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The party is still raging on…

Steve Peat is UCI World Champion 2009! More info from Oz as we get it. Beers all round…!!!

First day’s practice in Canberra in Australia has just wrapped up.

Check out all the action from Day 1, including a bit of a weird power ballad remix theme tune, courtesy of www.mtbcut.tv