Madison Saracen Factory Race Team: UCI World Cup Round Two - Cairns, Australia

For round two of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, the Madison Saracen team headed out to the dust, heat and occasional storms of Cairns in Australia. With a solid result at round one, Manon Carpenter, Marc Beaumont, Matt Simmonds and Matt Walker were all looking to push themselves and get the series properly underway.













After a second place last time out in Lourdes and the quickest time in seeding, 16-year-old junior rider Matt Walker was looking good for his first world cup win. He finished in a time of 3:38.985 and claimed victory in Australia, taking the lead of the series as well to top off his perfect weekend.





[PI=13412507 size=l0 align=cMatt Walker was on it! Beating riders on their home turf, what will the season hold for the young Junior?][/PI]





Manon Carpenter was going strong all weekend and hooked up her run to take a well-deserved third place. Manon is in third place in the series overall, just five points behind second.





A great day for the team and a sign of things to come. Stay tuned for more Madison Saracen news, next stop for the world cup circus is home ground in Fort William! We can't wait...


Photo credit: Duncan Philpott

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