SCOTT http://www.scottusa.com Bike / Wintersport / Motorsport / Running Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:46:45 -0700 en http://www.scottusa.com http://www.scottusa.com/images/feedlogo.gif SCOTT 144 25 Martin Jensen 3rd at the Worlds http://www.scottusa.com/news/bike/2259/martin_jensen_3rd_at_the_worlds Wed, 04 Nov 2009 7:42:14 -0700 Triathlete Martin Jensen from Denmark finished in third place at the ITU Long Distance World Championship in Perth/Australia.

Over three km swimming, 80 km cycling and at least 20 km of running, it was very exciting until the end of the race. 



The final classement was made in the last few meters of the running split. Martin was only beaten by Timothy O’Donnell (USA) and the second Sylvian Sudrie. His time was 3h 49min 34sec. He missed O'Donnells time only by 1min and 19sec.

The basis for his success was an extraordinary strong performance on the bike.
For sure the Scott Plasma Ltd helped him to pass the cycling course in a fantastic time. ]]> Didn't see it coming http://www.scottusa.com/news/bike/2253/didnt_see_it_coming Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:37:18 -0600 So I guess you can say that no one really sees these things coming. I mean, I saw the 24 hours of Moab coming. I was ready for it. Trained, rested and ready. I had my mom and friends to help me with my Scott bikes, with my food, my Niterider lights, clothes and moral support.




What I didn’t see was crashing on the second lap and getting a trip to the emergency room. There I was stitched up very nicely after Dr. Love (no joke I swear that was her name) made sure I hadn’t done any damage to my exposed bone. It was just impressive that she stitched up my knee, as it was not the cleanest cut.

So, now what do I do? I mean, I can’t get back on my bike. The whole knee bending thing and ripping out the stitches that I so happily just spent 2 hours in the ER getting put in, wasn’t really doing it for me. So we went back to the race to see what was going on. I had no idea what I was going to do since it was hard enough to walk around.

But there I was. Cheering on other friends that were racing. A first time solo rider Liz, was in need of some good lights and since I had the best and wasn’t going to be using them I loaned them to her. It worked out. Her way was brightly lit all night. Also, for one of the guys from Crested Butte, racing on a team. He used my backup lights. At this point I would have given my bikes to someone in need.

I have to say I didn’t see it coming that this was going to be one of the hardest things I would ever have to watch. I am so glad that I could be there, though, cheering on, helping out, and hopefully being helpful, but….it never got easier to watch without having some sadness that I could not, and was not racing. This is my race. I love it. It is at the end of the season, and I have set the world record for the distance ridden by a women in 24 hours at this race. Was I content and happy? Not really, but I love this sport and it was better to be there helping out with some expertise than feeling sorry for myself at home.

So, no I didn’t really see this coming, but since I can look back now, I am hoping that some good came out of it.

Let’s just hope that next year isn’t like this one. Thanks again for all your support. I would never have been there in the first place. Here’s to keeping the dream alive!!! ]]> 132 victories in one season http://www.scottusa.com/news/bike/2246/132_victories_in_one_season Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:36:46 -0600
Pinotti's victory came in the last race for Columbia-HTC this year, a season in which the men's and women's squads have taken a combined total of 132 victories by 21 different riders.



The 2009 victories saw Columbia-HTC riders take 17 Grand Tour stage wins, as well as the Milan-San Remo 'Monument'. Other highpoints of the season included Ghent-Wevelgem, Paris-Bourges and Eroica Classics, six stage wins in the Tour of Switzerland, seven national time trial championships titles, the US National road-race, and the final Green jersey - Columbia-HTC's first in a "Grand Tour - in the Vuelta a Espana. Columbia-HTC riders also secured overall victory in the Eneco Tour and multiple stage wins in the Tours of Britain, Missouri, Poland, Austria, Qatar, California, the Basque Country and Murcia in Spain, the Ster Elektrotoer in Holland, the Bayern Rundfahrt in Germany, the Tour of Romandie in Switzerland and the Three Days of De Panne in Belgium.



"2009 proved to be an outstanding year for Columbia-HTC," commented team owner Bob Stapleton. "We had ambitious goals with this international team of young riders, and we exceeded even our own expectations. Seventeen Grand Tour victories, wearing the green and white jerseys at the Tour de France and the Giro's maglia rosa, the gold leader's jersey at the Vuelta. These are fantastic accomplishments, but its the exemplary teamwork demonstrated by our athletes and staff that we are most proud of" "What makes me so pleased about this degree of success is that everybody got their chance and everybody took their chance," commented Columbia-HTC manager Rolf Aldag. "We did very well in 2008, but in 2009 what I'd highlight is the quality of the wins. Seventeen wins in major Tours, for example, is an amazing total. I can't say which victory was the most memorable, although watching the entire team pull away on stage three of the Tour and then Mark Cavendish sprinting across the line in first place was pretty impressive. In terms of the quality of wins, I'd just say it's almost impossible to get better on that level. In 2010 we'll be looking to see if our younger riders can confirm the faith we have in them. Guys like Tony Martin and all of new, young riders from the amateur ranks we're bringing in." ]]> 85th win for Columbia-HTC, 20th for Greipel http://www.scottusa.com/news/bike/2217/85th_win_for_columbia_htc_20th_for_greipel Fri, 09 Oct 2009 1:15:39 -0600
Following Bernhard Eisel's victory in Paris-Bourges in 2008, Greipel's triumph is Columbia-HTC's second straight victory in the French Classic. "I never expected to get so many wins this season, particularly after a tough beginning to the year," commented Greipel. "But today I won again, even though we had to work really hard to get it and there were attacks all the way through. My team-mates got me in the right position, and I did a very long sprint, from about 300 metres to go. Haedo almost got past me, but when he tried to overtake me he had to move out, and the wind made it harder for him. So I eventually beat him by about half a bike length."


photo by Tim de Waele/tdwsport.com

With an early move of around 20 riders getting away, Greipel said he hadn't really expected a bunch sprint to materialise. "Fortunately we had two guys in there, [Morris] Possoni and [Vicente] Reynes, the break's lead stayed at around two and a half minutes, and so we didn't have to work so much. Then the best moment for me came when Bernie [Eisel] said to me, 'Hey, relax, we'll get the break back and we'll get you to that sprint, too'."

Greipel's victory means the Columbia-HTC men's team has now matched their 2008 total of 85 wins in one season. ]]> Aaron Wins at Bear Creek http://www.scottusa.com/news/bike/2214/aaron_wins_at_bear_creek Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:15:28 -0600
]]> Tony Martin went for Bronze on PLASMA TT http://www.scottusa.com/news/bike/2202/tony_martin_went_for_bronze_on_plasma_tt Fri, 25 Sep 2009 1:40:50 -0600

Photo by Tim de waele/tdwsport.com

Tony went on the Team's Scott PLASMA TT. The Plasma TT project is dubbed the most advanced R&D project in the bicycle industry, and the product is one of the fastest bikes the world has yet seen:

"I wanted the podium and I got it. I reached my objective," said Martin afterwards. "It was a tough ride to calculate your strength in, so I had to be careful, but it all paid off. I did a very fast first lap and paid the price a bit for that in the second, where I had cramps and thought I was heading for a difficult moment. But then in the third lap I started feeling better again and finally I could finish strongly and end up with bronze." 


Photo by Tim de waele/tdwsport.com
 
"I'm really pleased with how it all worked out. Normally [2008 World Champion and Columbia-HTC teammate] Bert Grabsch and I are about equal, but today I had a really good day." 

Martin's bronze medal is the second for a Columbia-HTC rider after Linda Villumsen finished third in the women's time trial on Wednesday. ]]> Scott Bikes 2010 Catalog http://www.scottusa.com/news/bike/2199/scott_bikes_2010_catalog Wed, 23 Sep 2009 2:15:06 -0600 - new product as CR1, Twinloc and Sub 
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]]> Greipel gets Green in Spain http://www.scottusa.com/news/bike/2197/greipel_gets_green_in_spain Mon, 21 Sep 2009 0:44:32 -0600 The German powered across the final finish line for his fouth stage win in the Vuelta, his first points jersey in a Grand Tour and his nineteenth victory of the 2009 season. 


Photo by Tim de Waele/tdwsport.com

"The green jersey was very difficult to get because this was such a mountainous Vuelta, but in the build-up to the sprints I could count on a lot of support from my teammates, and that made all the difference," Greipel said afterwards. "I had the best lead-out of all of the sprinters here, particularly thanks to my [Columbia-HTC] teammates Marcel Sieberg and Greg Henderson. I came to this Tour of Spain thinking I could maybe win one stage, and I came away with four and the team got five. Plus I won the points classification. That's amazing." 
Talking about his final win in Madrid, Greipel said "With two kilometres to go I was a bit far back, but [teammate] Greg Henderson did a brilliant job taking me through to the front end of the bunch. It was a bit uphill so I waited a little longer than usual for accelerating away for the finish. Everybody in the team helped. I was just the lucky one who got to cross the line in first place." 


Photo by Tim de Waele/tdwsport.com

With six stage wins in the Giro d'Italia and another six in the Tour de France, today's win is Columbia-HTC's seventeenth victory in a Grand Tour this season. Greipel's latest triumph brings the squad's 2009 total of wins to 84, just one fewer than their recordbreaking total of 85 in 2008. ]]> Schurter 4th at world cup final http://www.scottusa.com/news/bike/2198/schurter_4th_at_world_cup_final Mon, 21 Sep 2009 1:47:40 -0600

The newly crowned World Champion Nino Schurter finishes his season in style with a 4th place at the world cup finals in Schladming, Austria.





The language of the winners was Spanish. Merida’s Jose Antonio Hermida won ahead of Orbea rider Ruben Ruzafa. One of his biggest day had Swiss youngster Matthias Flückiger, the younger brother of the Flückigers. He finished in awesome third place. His brother was fighting with Nino Schurter for fifth place overall. Also in the hunt for 5th was Wolfram Kurschat. The three were only points apart. Mid trough the race they built a trio for 7th place. Eventually Flückiger had an mechanical and with Kurschat’s breath in the neck, Nino pushed himself with a “grande finale” up
to 4th place. More than enough to save a spot on both, the world cup and the overall podium. A good performance to look back going into the winter break.



Not successful at all was Florian Vogel. He was leading the field on lap one, but paid for his effort badly and eventually had to drop out later in the race. In the same boat was Julien Absalon. The Olympic winner had his overall title already saved before the last round. But against a flying Hermida he had nothing to hold against too. Later he flatted and quit the race.
Instead we saw a strong race by our U23 rider Patrik Gallati. He had his best world cup result finishing in 31st.

Mountainbike-World Cup Schladming, Cross Country
1. José Hermida (ESP), 1.40.42

2. Ruben Ruzafa (ESP), 1.41.12, +0.30

3. Mathias Flückiger (SUI), 1.42.08, +1.26

4. Nino Schurter (SUI), 1.42.34, +1.52

5. Alexis Vuillermoz (FRA), 1.42.40, +1.58

6. Jean-Christophe Peraud (FRA), 1.43.07, +2.25

7. Roel Paulissen (BEL), 1.43.11, +2.29

8. Sergio Manceton Gutierrez (ESP), 1.43.23, +2.41

9. Moritz Milatz (GER), 1.43.57, +3.15

10. Wolfram Kurschat (GER), 1.44.08, +3.26

12. Christoph Sauser (SUI), 1.44.46, +4.04

World Cup Overall 2009, Cross Country
1. Julien Absalon (FRA), 1472

2. José Hermida (ESP), 1190 (-282)

3. Burry Stander* (RSA), 1166 (-306)

4. Ralph Näf (SUI), 970 (-502)

5. Nino Schurter (SUI), 859 (-613)

6. Wolfram Kurschat (GER), 796 (-676)

7. Lukas Flückiger (SUI), 794 (-678)

8. Geoff Kabush (CAN), 741 (-731)

9. Jean-Christophe Peraud (FRA), 720 (-752)
]]> Boasson Hagen closes Tour of Britain with overall win http://www.scottusa.com/news/bike/2196/boasson_hagen_closes_tour_of_britain_with_overall_win Mon, 21 Sep 2009 0:36:22 -0600
Edvald Boasson Hagen finished safely in the peloton at the end of the final 92km stage. He won overall by 23 seconds after taking four of the eight stages. Australia's Chris Sutton finished second and Germany's Martin Reimer was third. Italy's Michele Merlo won the final stage in a sprint. "It's really good to win this race after all the hard work by the team. I'm really happy for me and for them," Boasson Hagen said. "This is my second stage race win this year. I didn't expect to win four stages and so it's been a fantastic week. It was amazing to win in the centre of London because there were huge crowds." 


Photo by Larry Hickmott

Team Columbia-HTC sent a powerful squad to the Tour of Britain that included Thomas Lovkvist, Tony Martin, Kim Kirchen, Gert Dockx and Maxime Monfort. They sacrificed their chances to help Boasson Hagen win. "It's been a great race for us with the stage victories and overall success," directeur sportif Valerio Piva said. "All the guys worked hard to defend the lead and they are tired, but we deserved to win the race. I think it's fair to say we were the strongest team in the race."

The Team Columbia-HTC riders will now focus on next week's world championships. ]]>