Continuing the proud tradition of South American urban downhill races, the Taxco Downhill has all the ingredients you need to put on a good show: lots of vert, narrow streets, dogs, pedestrians, a frenzied crowd, and a good collection of jumps and drops posing various degrees of risk to life and limb...
For the 2012 edition, which was held on Nov 2-3, an illustrious list of riders showed up with Brendan Fairclough eventually coming out on top in the men's finals:
- Brendan Fairclough 3:17.48
- Mauricio Acuña 3:17.94
- Neko Mullaly 3:18.03
- Chris Van Dine 3:22.25
- Ricardo Preciado 3:22.42
- Bernardo Cruz 3:24.77
- Carlos Castillo 3:32.21
- Jose Villalobos 3:36.00
- Dante Harmoney 3:40.56
- Arthur Babcok 3:41.37
The women were at it as well, with Luana Oliveira taking the win with an impressive margin:
- Luana Oliveira 3:49.22
- Jaqueline Harmony 4:04.14
- Lorena Dromundo 4:12.63
- Katie Holden 4:57.92
Coverage is still a bit hard to come by (we'll update this feature as we get more), but we've dug up a couple of videos that do a good job of showing just how gnarly this event was. First up, trying to hang with Brendog is never an easy thing:
11/4/2012 4:13pm
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