Posted May 14th, 2012
Again the cold weather returned to the Mountain Bike World Cup yesterday in Nove Mesto Na Morave (CZE) despite summer like conditions during the week leading up to the race. Riders were met with 7 degrees and a chilly wind as they took to the start line for their 6 lap race. More than 180 starters lined up for the race including Luk and Math Flueckiger who both started on the 2nd row.
Posted April 15th, 2012
In bitterly cold conditions here in the Belgian Ardennes, at the classic World Cup venue of Houffalize, Trek World Racing’s Flueckiger brothers took to the start of the 6 lap second round of the UCI Men’s XC World Cup. Luk was on the front row and elected to start on the far left, while Math was 2 rows back in position 18.
Posted April 9th, 2012
Trek World Racing’s Willow Rockwell (USA) has announced that despite her best efforts to return to the sport of mountain biking after taking time out to have her daughter, the reality of the situation is nothing like she had imagined. In this past week Willow has decided definitively that it’s time to stop racing for good and focus on her new family.
Posted March 18th, 2012
In a world class performance today Anton Cooper won his first World Cup race of the year in stunning fashion, putting four and half minutes into the reigning Junior World Champion, and taking the first World Cup XC victory for his new team. The young rider from Christchurch, New Zealand, attacked decisively on the 2nd climb of the 1st lap, putting 15 seconds into Frenchman Victor Koretzky and continued to stretch his lead over the 4 lap race.
Posted March 17th, 2012
In what most pundits acknowledged was a difficult race to predict due it being the opening round of the World Cup season, and one month earlier than usual, Trek World Racing’s Luk Flueckiger kept his Superfly in the top 10 of the race from start to finish here in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. On his last lap he closed down more than 20 seconds on reigning World Champion Jaroslav Kulhavy, only to lose out in the final straight.
Posted March 10th, 2012
Today all 4 Trek World Racing XC athletes competed in dry, yet very humid, conditions in the South African National XC races, which many teams used as a test event for next weekend’s World Cup on the same course here in Pietermaritzburg. Willow Rockwell made her return to racing just 10 weeks after having her first child, a major feat in itself, while Anton Cooper raced his first international event for his new team, and the Flueckiger brothers showed they have race speed at the start of the season.
Posted February 6th, 2012
In what is already their 3rd pre-season training camp, Math and Luk Flueckiger are now in the Spanish Canary Islands swapping the snow and ice of Switzerland for some very welcome sunshine on the Atlantic islands off the African west coast.
Posted January 30th, 2012
In a result that wasn’t really too surprising for the locals in New Zealand, Anton Cooper has successfully defended his National Junior XC Title for 2011, and enters his last year of racing the junior category as the reigning 2012 Junior National Champ.
Posted January 23rd, 2012
Fresh off his win last week in Dunedin, Trek World Racing’s Junior XC rider makes it two for two, this time in his home town of Christchurch. Another first this week was that it was Anton’s debut racing onboard a 29er; he chose his Trek Superfly for the 2nd round of the National Series. Here’s his report in his own words:
Posted January 19th, 2012
This past weekend saw the opening round of the New Zealand National XC Series in Dunedin, and the muddy conditions provided plenty of challenges for Oceania's best riders. Below are Anton's own words about the weekend's event.
