Windham World Cup XC Cross Country Action

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Windham World Cup XC Cross Country Action
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<b>The Puma keeping guard so the legend, Jose Hermida, can safely relax at his massage.</b> -Marius Maasewerd
<b>Jose's Puma got a lot of attention during the week. Check out his Twitter and Instagram for the whole story. </b> -Marius Maasewerd
<b>The Daly's Cafe was the hotspot in town. Riders coming and going all day long.</b> -Marius Maasewerd
<b>At the buzzer...bike work is done, time to play in the sun.</b> -Marius Maasewerd
<b>XC Eliminator using some unique terrain.</b> -Marius Maasewerd
<b>Simon Gegenheimer, Andrew Soto, Jeroen Van Eck and Paul Van Der Ploeg (in audio) cut the grass on the XCE course.</b> -Marius Maasewerd
<b>Jenny Rissveds, Kathrin Stirnemann, Cindy Montambault during the Women's XCE Final. After some serious battling, Rissveds emerged victorious.</b> -Marius Maasewerd
<b>Fabrice Mels, Andres Soto, Daniel Federspiel and Simon Gegenheimer during Men's XCE final.</b> -Marius Maasewerd
<b>It was a sprint to the last inches of the race course and Soto took the win.</b> -Marius Maasewerd
<b>Saturday's rest day and the Multivan Merida Team practicing road maneuvers in the rural venue.</b> -Marius Maasewerd
<b>On his last training lap on Saturday, Marco Fontana crashed on the tarmac. The Soundtrack at the Cannondale Pit was Johny Cash and Fontana singing "and it burns, burn, burns..." #armoffire</b> -Marius Maasewerd
<b>Steve Blick from Oakley was visiting the Cannondale riders and brought some presents. Manuel Fumic checking out the new lenses.</b> -Marius Maasewerd
<b>Service book details.</b> -Marius Maasewerd
<b>Marcel Wildhaber is not only racing, he is an expert with the Dugast tire system and was helping out Yanick, the team mechanic.</b> -Marius Maasewerd
<b>Glue 'em up, roll 'em out.</b> -Marius Maasewerd
<b>Keep it tidy...</b> -Marius Maasewerd
<b>Success.</b> -Marius Maasewerd
<b>Anton Cooper, the new Commonwealth Champion, skipped MSA and came back with 2nd place in the U23 race.</b> -Marius Maasewerd
<b>The Women Elite starting 5 laps of dusty racing.</b> -Marius Maasewerd
<b>After last weekend's 2nd place, Catherine Pendrel was on it.</b> -Marius Maasewerd
<b>Annika Langvad, this year's Marathon World Champion, looking strong.</b> -Marius Maasewerd
<b>In the end Catherine charged hard and held on to victory.</b> -Marius Maasewerd
<b>Pro Women's podium with Pendrel at the top.</b> -Marius Maasewerd
<b>Raging bulls! The men attack their 7 laps.</b> -Marius Maasewerd
<b>Kohei Yamamoto, Kohei and Hugo Drechou from above.</b> -Marius Maasewerd
<b>Absalon, Schurter and Flückiger (in audio) pushing the front.</b> -Marius Maasewerd
<b>Absalon and Schurter on some heavy east coast terrain.</b> -Marius Maasewerd
<b>The chase group in hot pursuit.</b> -Marius Maasewerd
<b>Marco Fontana blurring the lines.</b> -Marius Maasewerd
<b>Ralph Naf showing the pain that came with the 7 lap race.</b> -Marius Maasewerd
<b>Nino running full suspension for the second time this season.</b> -Marius Maasewerd
<b>Absalon at giving it all he had.</b> -Marius Maasewerd
<b>But it wasn't enough and Nino stayed on the gas...</b> -Marius Maasewerd
<b>...to another hard-earned XCO victory.</b> -Marius Maasewerd
<b>XCO Pro Men's Podium.</b> -Marius Maasewerd
<b>The racing is complete and the riders will disband for two weeks, returning to the new Meribel, France venue. Thank BMC for the party and thank Marius for capturing the action!</b> -Marius Maasewerd
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Another World Cup XC race and another victory for Nino Schurter. His choice to run the full suspension paid off with a long and grueling descent on the Windham, New York course as he edged out Julien Absalon. Marius Maasewerd was on-site to capture the pain, the sweat and the puma-guarded massages as the World Cup XC circus stormed through the Catskills.


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