#OnTheHunt - Team CRC/Nukeproof - Leogang

The fourth round of the UCI MTB downhill World Cup took place in Leogang, Austria, over the weekend with Team CRC/Nukeproof putting in another good set of results – Sam Hill taking 10th, Mike Jones 19th and Joe Smith 38th.

Team Manager Nigel Page reports:

“The scenery and mountains in Leogang are spectacular and huge and the race was closer than ever. The track is quite straightforward with some fast steep corners up on the top section into a new section for this year with a tricky manmade rock section and a tricky off-camber section through a few tunnels and into the first wooded section of the track. Once through this it was high speed over some big jumps and hard on the pedals into the two big wall ride berms and into the steeper wooded section of the track to the finish area where you drop in to a very high-speed finish with one last big booter jump and across the line.

We had another good result, not quite as good as last week in Fort William but still a solid race.

Sam Hill finished 10th and less than a second off the podium. According to Sam he rode a bit too tight at the top, but was super-quick on the steeper lower part of the track to make up time.

The times were super-close on this high speed track with only 2.9 seconds separating the top 10, which made for another super exciting finish! Sam Hill stays in the top five in the overall rankings with the points being one of the closest they’ve been in many years. We now have a bit of a break before we head over to Canada for the next round of the World Cup, so it’s time for a bit of a rest, some training and regrouping to hopefully improve in the next three rounds."

"Thanks to all the team for 100% effort and all our sponsors for their continuous help and support.”

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13 Comments

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bryanmckinlay (Jun 16, 2014 at 10:27)

Loegang

RitzKrakerz13 (Jun 16, 2014 at 13:35)

my favorite of all the world cups. can be tricky to get there, though.

fergward (Jun 16, 2014 at 14:14)

I know... Especially when you're following signs to "Loegang"

RitzKrakerz13 (Jun 24, 2014 at 15:42)

I guess nobody caught my sarcasm

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Gweggy (Jun 16, 2014 at 14:45)

I liked the last couple of OnTheHunt videos, but that one wasn't very good.... filming, editing, music... it just all wasn't very convincing.

TheBikeShuttle (Jun 17, 2014 at 7:37)

I liked this one the most, It´s different again, the filming is better, (some good slow motion), the editing as good as always and the music fits perfect in my opinion. Its great for a race video in a record time. IMO

frankfitzpatrick (Jun 16, 2014 at 8:55)

really hope to see sam on the top step of the podium this year! hes such a sick rider and he really deserves it

Sadikone1 (Jun 16, 2014 at 14:45)

The track is so hard, even the team can't spell it.

DaRoOo (Jun 16, 2014 at 15:08)

This music suits this video perfectly !! NICE

burgiaramaixo (Jun 16, 2014 at 13:07)

hahaha min 2:30!!

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