Dakar, Senegal, - The endurance bicycle race/expedition "Paris-Dakar by Bike" was a race between two Swiss youngsters Eric Voutaz and David Imboden. Voutaz showed up as the strongest and was 52 minutes ahead after a race of 7.200 kilometer. The podium was completed by Dirk Franckx from Belgium. Female winner was Toos van Beijsterveldt from The Netherlands.







"Paris-Dakar by Bike" is a unique cycling race/expedition which starts at the Eiffel Tower, crosses the Pyrenees, the Atlas Mountains and the Sahara desert. A group of 40 cyclists left Paris at September 6th to finish 10weeks later at Lac Rose near Dakar. The riders from 14 different countries had most days excellent cycling conditions, but had also to fight hail in Andorra, high temperatures in the Sahara and countless climbs between the French and Senegalese capital. It was already obvious from the beginning that the best cyclists came from Switzerland.



The youngsters Eric Voutaz, racing on a Scott cyclocross bike, and David Imboden arrived at most of the stages first. Many times they were accompanied by some of the other riders, but it were always the Swiss racers which were in camp first. Both of them also did this to support SOS-children villages and FXB, a NPO to fight poverty and aids.







It was the mountainous inland of Spain were Voutaz took the lead of an hour on Imboden. The Swiss bank employee could consolidate his lead on the African continent with the Atlas mountains, the never-ending Sahara and the flat, but hot, conditions in Mauritania and Senegal. Voutaz proved to be the best endurance athlete in the most diverse conditions, mentally as well as physically.







"Paris-Dakar by Bike" is more than a race. The majority of the riders do not compete. They cycle together at their own pace and enjoy the scenery and culture of the European and African continent. The riders ranged in the age from 25 to 65 years. Most of them managed to cycle every single kilometer and proved that the tour is doable for a wide range of active people.







"Paris-Dakar by Bike" is not organized in 2010, since “Bike-Dreams” organizes the second edition of "The Andes Trail", an 11,000 km Cyclingrace/expedition in South America. The fourth edition of Paris-Dakar by Bike is organized from September 4th till November 12th, 2011.


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November 10, 2009



Out of the 20 finalists in the King of Style Video Qualifier contest, only 4 were invited to the 2009 King of Style event on November 21st in Stockholm, Sweden.  Three out of the four selected riders are SCOTT USA Athletes.  Ian Cosco, LJ Strenio and Nick Martini will be joining the other pre-qualified athletes at this years event.


Ian Cosco



Nick Martini



LJ Strenio




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Check it out! The new Stund 2 - Episode 1







Watch Scott rider James Doerfling riding at this favorite spots. What he needs? Couple of friends riding with him, and of course, either the Gambler or a fun bike as the Voltage FR is, what else! 







Romo says: "Here is a tight group of locals that have been shredding mountain bikes since the early years. This is where James Dorfling resides and grew up feeding his mountain biking skills with unique zones like Farwell Canyon and pinning it on trails like Aflo. Its hard to appreciate the big mountain slope lines we did out in Farwell, footage does little justice and to get to these lines was a gruling sandy hike; a bike worth 2 hours of your life for a 20 second decent! After spending some time in the puddle it became clear to me how James has become such an all round shredder... Check out his hometown and favorite spots here in episode 1 as the crew rolls out to Williams lake.."



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Episode 2? Looking forward to...






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November 17, 2009 - Barcelona, Spain



Last night in Barcelona, Spain SCOTT Team Members, Tom Wallisch (skis, poles, goggs) and Elias Ambuhl (poles, goggs) both made their way onto the podium in the downtown big air show.  The night came down to a three jump final between Russ Henshaw, Tj Schiller, Tom Wallisch, and Elias Ambuhl.  Riders needed to land two different tricks on three jumps and best two scores combined won.  There was a little confusion when the scores were announced.  The two scores showed Elias in second and Tom in third, however the scores were for the same trick which then moved Wallisch into second, and Elias took home third. Congrats to both riders on a job well done.






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Alex Schlopy is no stranger to the camera, he has been featured in movies by Teton Gravity Research, Warren Miller, Rage Films and more. Schlopy’s resume reads like a professional skier in their 20’s but he is just 17 years old. In addition to having his whole career ahead of him, Schlopy is still experiencing the joys of high school; girls, adolescence, fun, sports, homework. Wait a minute, HOMEWORK? That’s not fun, unless you get to share it with the world like this edit from Alex for his film class about his off season. Keep an eye out for Alex this winter on the Dew Tour and filming, he will be everywhere.

In the Off Season from Alex Schlopy on Vimeo.

C'est une course unique, une distance commune pour les garçons et pour les filles. Immédiatement, la course féminine a attisé la curiosité de toutes et tous. A Sauclières, Maud Giraud (Scott, Raidlight), leader du TTN (Trail Tour National) avait déjà pris une avance de 3 minutes sur Laurence Klein, déclarée adversaire n°1, sur une partie plutôt roulante du parcours. Une façon de mener la course à sa main, de se comporter en patronne. « Je n'ai pas de tactique. En fait cette année j'ai passé un cap. Je suis partie à mon rythme. Ce matin, j'étais sur un petit nuage, j'avais l'impression d‘avoir des ressorts sous les pieds. » Derrière Corinne Raux arrivait à ce premier ravitaillement avec 3m50s de débours, Anne Valéro et Aurélia Truel étaient pointées à 5m. Catherine Dubois suivait ce duo. Alors que Karine Herry, « Madame Templiers » avec 9 succès, était à 10'.





Maud Giraud s'envolait vers une première victoire aux Templiers. Un succès qui s'accompagne du titre de championne de France après ses succès sur le TNT : Je ne me voyais pas gagner les Templiers. C'est une course historique, une référence comme peut l'être pour l'Ultra, l'UTMB. J'ai géré le titre et je me disais que si je figurais sur le podium, ce serait bien. Mais bon j'ai réussi à concilier les deux. J'ai prouvé ici que je pouvais gagner sur du roulant aussi. J'ai gagné aussi le Trail de la Côte d'opale. Cette saison, j'ai passé un cap. »



Quel tempérament ! Maman de trois enfants, cette athlète de 32 ans est une fille de la montagne même si ses racines sont du côté de Douai dans le Nord « nous partons là-bas dès demain pour quelques jours de vacances. » Elle aime dialoguer, en course avec ses adversaires, surtout avec le public : « c'est vrai j'aime bien le contact humain, c'est ma façon d'être. Je remercie les gens qui m'encouragent, je parle tout le temps (rires). En même temps, si j'arrive à parler, c'est un peu mon repère, c'est que je suis bien. » Elle n'a pas subi la concurrence des marathoniennes venues sur son terrain. « On a dîné ensemble hier avec Corinne Raux et Laurence Klein. Moi, la concurrence m'attire et c'est bien de gagner devant des filles fortes. » Et Laurence Klein, la championne de France de marathon, de féliciter la championne de France du Trail (qui succède à Kenza Pedrero, 15ème aujourd'hui) : « elle mérite amplement son titre de championne de France, elle est incontournable. »



Sources: www.endurance-mag.com / www.runinlive.com

Come visit us at EICMA Milano show and check out the new SCOTT 2010 collection that will be displayed from November 10th to 15th in the Big Ed truck.



• SCOTT / Acerbis distribution booth

Pav. 14 P I-33



• Limited opening for press, foreign trade visitors and trade visitors from Italy Tuesday 10th and Wednesday 11th



• Public Opening

Thursday 12th to Sunday 15th



• Opening hours

Daily from 10 am to 6.30 pm

Late opening Friday 13th till 10 pm



For detailed information about the show, please have a look at http://www.eicma.it







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