The 2022 UCI mountain bike world championships got underway Wednesday in Les Gets, France, with the cross-country team relay. Cyclists from Durango made up half the team and led Team USA on to the po.
A week after winning his first World Cup short track race in Snowshoe, West Virginia, Durangoan Christopher Blevins of Specialized Factory Racing was set to race Friday in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada.
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USA Cycling announced Wednesday the athletes who will represent the United States at the 2022 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Les Gets, France, on Aug. 22-28.
The world team includes six cros.
Rain, mud, slippery trails and even a mechanical issue didn’t stop Durangoans Christopher Blevins and Savilia Blunk from scoring their best finishes this season in a World Cup cross-country Olympic ra.
Cyclists from Durango on Sunday won three more national titles on the final day of the 2022 USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships in Winter Park, bringing the local total to nine.
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