GOOD START FOR GIANT MTB TEAM RIDERS IN HOUFFALIZE

In the first World Cup event in Houffalize, Belgium Giant's two MTB team cross country riders Adam Craig and Oliver Beckingsale placed 15th and 18th respectively in their quest to be America’s and Britain's  choice to go to the Olympics in August. 

Both riders now look forward to racing the next World Cup event in Offenburg, Germany in a week. On Giant’s RideLife website, Adam’s blog is posted about the event, and Oli has a contribution as well.

Here are some of Adam’s comments: I’m pretty stoked and a bit relieved to have been 15th in my first proper race of the year. Having your best international start in memory is a good sign that I didn’t do too much skiing or dirt bike riding this winter… Just right, it looks…

And there is also this from Oli: “Back to the racing and from my start of 49th I wound my way round a few people on the stupid steep start hill and rolled up through on the next few laps in the company of my man Adam. With two to go I started to dream of frites and mayo which is not a good sign but kept it together for 15th. Pretty chuffed with that and a good first race for the new XTC advanced.”