Photo recap: MSA and Windham World Cups

The last three weeks have been really busy for the three Lamas. While young gun Lucas Rey-Sierro spent time training at Bromont, Phil Ricard and Sam Thibault were on a World Cup mission. Here is a recap of their experience.


Mont-Sainte-Anne World Cup Round 5

Unexpected weather characterizes this venue and require riders to adapt quickly to the track's changing condition. Phil Ricard analyzing different line options.


MSA was Phil Ricard's first ever World Cup but certainly not his last.

Unfortunately, a crash early in his qualification run prevented him to be part of the finals. He got 89th.

As for Sam Thibault's quail run, he flatted at the two tiers of the track. Not qualifying when you're in the 50's after two splits is pure bad luck.

Windham World Cup Round 6

Phil and Sam went full privateers for this round. With no tech and manager, they spent their week relying on each other.

New England style at its finest

Sam at raw speed

Phil Ricard boosting

With 13 seconds between 1st and 80th, qualifying was hard and sadly Phil missed it by a couple of seconds

Sam scrubbing the container drop during Qualis.

Game face

The infamous rock garden

Finals came and Sam crossed the finish line under a green light. 58th for the day.


Both Sam and Phil haven't had any downtime after these events. Phil opted to go to Crankworx while Sam is traveling this week to Méribel.

We invite you to meet up with our riders at Ski Bromont where we frequently ride and to follow up on the team's evolution throughout the season on our Website, Instagram, Facebook and our Pinkbike pages.

This success is only possible with the best products, riders and support out there. We would like to welcome our new sponsors to the Lama Cycles team for 2014 and thank the continuing ones for their commitment to the program. In addition to Lama Cycles distribution co. and NS Bikes, the Lama Cycles team is sponsored by:
RaceFace, Dainese, FiveTen, Maxxis, Industry Nine, Formula Brakes, Spy Optic, Bell Bike Helmets, Manitou Suspension, MRP, Maxima, ODI, Ski Bromont, Pro Circuit, Thule, NSK and Thomas&Betts.