Dolphin-Trek Mountainbike Racing Team

Canberra, Australia - The Australian worldcup in Canberra showed some good results for the Dolphin-Trek riders. Australian champ Chris Jongewaard was able to get his first top 10 result and Rudi van Houts finished 15th overall. Van Houts was hoping for more but a cold disturbed the plans of the young Dutch rider. The race was won by Ralph Naeff.
Jongewaard and Van Houts both will be returning to the Netherlands and compete in the worldcup of Schladming in two weeks

The Olympics have come to a disappointing end for Dolphin-Trek riders Bart Brentjens and Rudi van Houts. Brentjens, who was focused on setting a good result on his 4th Olympic Games, suffered from a fracture in his hand which he got during the Dutch Nationals a few weeks earlier. A crash in the race threw Brentjens back further. Rudi van Houts was off to a good start, but crashed twice and flatted. Brentjens came in on position 37, whilst Rudi van Houts made it to 34th position. The race was won, in supreme style, by Julien Absalon, who becomes the first mountainbiker to succesfully defend his title. Second was Jean Christophe Peraud and third position was for Nino Schurter. More soon...

Whistler, August 17 2008 - Nico Vink continues his strong form today by coming in at place 4 during the Canadion Open Downhill at Crankworx. The race was won by Sam Hill, second was for Gee Atherton and third Chris Kovarik. Nico's strong performace proves the young Belgian rider is in form, and can compete with the big guns.

Check out some cool footage on www.crankworx.com

Paris, France - Alban Lakata of the Dolphin-Trek has won the 2008 Tour de France for mountainbikers. The Austrian rider took the yellow jersey on Monday by beating Christoph Sauser and Peraud. Milatz, the former leader, lost a lot of time. Lakata defended his yellow jersey in today's stage and was even capable in increasing his lead.
Lakata of the Dolphin-Trek team is having an impressive run of results lately. More info online at: www.lhexagonal.com

Whistler, Canada - Nico Vink (Dolphin-Trek) is THE surprise in the dual slalom of the 2008 Crankworx Festival at Whistler (Canada). Vink defeated big names like Cedric Gracia and Brian Lopes in the qualification rounds. In the final JD Swanguen turned out to be the fastest rider in front of Vink. Third and Fourth finishers were Chris Herndorn and Cody Warren.
Dolphin-Trek rider Vink will be riding the downhill race tomorrow.

Vittel, France - The second stage of the Tour de France for mountainbikers resulted in a win for Jean-Christophe Peraud (Orbea) in front of leader Moritz Milatz (Multivan, see picture) and Christoph Sauser (Specialized). Alban Lakata of the Dolphin-Trek team finished 10th today and remains in the top 5 of the general classification. Also today the weather played a crucial role as the race turned into a mud fest after storms of rain in the final lap.
1. Péraud Jean Christophe Team Orbéa FRA 02:13:13
2. Milatz Moritz Team Germany GER 02:14:00 + 00:00:47
3. Sauser Christoph Team Selection Suisse SWI 02:16:55 + 00:03:42
4. Botero Jhon Team Info Lee Cougan COL 02:18:53 + 00:05:40
5. Bibby Ian Team National Great Britain GBR 02:19:07 + 00:05:54
6. Carabin Sébastien Team Wallonie Bruxelles BEL 02:19:17 + 00:06:04
7. Soto Catriel Team Info Lee Cougan ARG 02:19:20 + 00:06:07
8. Filippi Nicolas Team France Defense FRA 02:20:11 + 00:06:58
9. Mottet Ludovic Team Wallonie Bruxelles BEL 02:20:13 + 00:07:00
10. Lakata Alban Team Dolphin-Trek  AUT1 02:20:25 + 00:07:12