 On June 10th, the 2018GDL Downhill Race the second stage was held in Guangzhou's Huadu Yanying Lake. In the past few days, Guangzhou experienced typhoon and torrential rain. Raceday turned out to be bright and sunny. The track was surprisingly fast on the sandy soil. In the morning, there was no muddy condition as in the seeding day. The first two training days the riders need it to put rain tires on, only to change it for dry tires on raceday! Today, nobody had to worry about rain!           There are a total of nearly 100 riders from all over the country and Hong Kong to participate in this downhill race. Of course, most of them are from Guangdong. The competition is divided into 6 groups, youth group, master group 40+, open group (U39), and open group (U29), the women's group and the elite group. The track is 1000 meters long and a elevation of 178 meters. Half of the trail is rocky, steep and has berms, the middle is relativly flat and almost in the finish, there are two jumps some small drops, which is the photographers favourite spot to take pictures.           Almost all fast riders where here, except some where on a race in Dali. Liu Shusen, Su Yuliang, Zhao Zhenjie, Zhao Yi, Pan Yi, they where at least here for getting points in the GDL Downhill Tournament. The U29 Open Group is the most popular one, which has a relatively large number of participants. Eventually, China’s Fei Rui’s Zeng Jincheng and Deng Chiwei are the runner-up in the U29 category. The first down in the elite category is Liao Yanxiang from the free speeding team in Zhongshan, he was sitting in the hot chair with 02:00.49, until Liu Shusen came down and his results with 01:47.65, there are still two top riders on the top, and it was not sure, who will take the hot seat finally. Su Yiliang of the POLYGON Wildcats team came down with 01:46.11and took the hot seat. Zhao Zhenjie of the SLH team had a bad crash here two years ago which brought him to the hospital, and it effects his riding, he was going more conservative down, then attacking, which resulted he got only third.                       Team Overall Results after two Races 
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SDG Components - Tellis Dropperpost Gallery - Annapurna Ride Guangzhou Downhill League - Race Recap
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 Follow Gee through some gnarly testing in San Remo - and a brush with the Italian Police! Then there's a much gentler tour of the Endura Factory en route to sunny Fort William and the second round of the UK National Series! It's a big ask for Gee and Rachel this weekend, returning to the scene of last year's major injuries for the first time. The psychological elements of racing are definitely taking their toll on the siblings as they share their apprehension in the start-gate. Gee speaks openly of how disappointed he is not to have put last year's hip dislocation behind him in order to reclaim his famous Fort William pace. Charlie walks away from a Finals crash but there are celebrations too with a hat trick of victories for Rachel, Kade and Atherton Academy's Luke Williamson.  MOONHEAD MEDIA  MOONHEAD MEDIA  PHOTO: Martin Bissig In their latest edit “Home of Trails” Danny MacAskill and Claudio Caluori shred through all five destinations of Graubünden within five minutes. But the work that went into creating this fun-loving and action-packed piece took months of preparation and a 10-day shoot in Arosa Lenzerheide, Davos Klosters, Engadin St. Moritz, Flims and Scuol Samnaun Val Müstair. The only thing that needed no planning was the cheeky commentary by local hero and Downhill World Cup POV star Claudio Caluori. 84 meters, 14 stitches and 6 flats… Shooting “Home of Trails” was a challenge for both man and machine, but it was a hell of a lot of fun as well. Take a peek behind the curtain with the Behind-The-Scenes-Clip and see how the Cut Media team worked with Danny MacAskill and Claudio Caluori in the Swiss alps. Director Stu Thomson, Danny MacAskill and Claudio Caluori comment on a few fun-facts from the shoot. 84 meters After the location check Danny decided it would be a good idea to ride a line on the Landwasser Bridge crossing the Zügenschlucht, a deep gorge leading to a river 84 meters below the rickety wall. Understandably the whole team was a little nervous facing this one. “I had hit my head shortly before and was a still a little dizzy so I was preoccupied with trying to ride in a straight line on the bridge”, laughs Claudio. “I could tell the whole camera team was nervous, but Danny was as chilled and relaxed as ever and it seemed as though it was an every-day thing for him.” Director Stu Thomson adds in hindsight: „The bridge was a location that had jumped out as a great spot from the start. With the huge gorge and train line running alongside, it captured a lot about the area that we wanted to show off. When it comes to riding, it’s always Danny’s call though. I get far more nervous than Danny on those types of lines… Danny is super confident with these things. He wants to do it and argues that he has ridden along walls like that his whole life and that the size of the drop makes little difference, as it’s just as easy to do for him. I fully trust Danny as a mate and as a rider. That said, I always want to get these shots in the bag as quickly as possible and get him off there.”  PHOTO: Martin Bissig 25 attempts Danny describes the “Front Flip to Flat” off the wooden roof in Val Müstair as being one of the most difficult tricks he has ever done on a mountain bike. And still, the 32-year-old Scot stuck the landing cleanly on his 25th attempt. „Myself and Stu spent a week scouting all over Graubünden looking for locations for the film. On the last day we visited a nice wee place called Val Müstair. After riding some amazing local trails we had a look around the village and a sloped wooden roof caught my eye. It was basically a perfect ramp. Originally I thought about a wall ride on the building next to it, but in my wildest dreams I also thought a front flip might be possible off the thing; a trick I hadn’t yet done on my mountain bike. During the shoot I tried it onto mats first to see if it was even possible to get the rotation. After a few goes the mats were removed and the cameras were in place. To add even more pressure, I had biking legend Claudio Caluori following me in. I took a couple of run-ups to gauge my speed. Then I just went for it! Amazingly myself and my bike rolled away in one piece. I was absolutely buzzing on landing one of the biggest tricks I’ve ever done on a bike!“ 14 stitches While the crew was waiting for the weather to clear at the top of the Weissfluhjoch in Davos, Danny and Claudio decided to get a few photos done. Claudio fell unluckily, cut his cheek and had to get 14 stiches. “We had been waiting for the sun to appear all morning. There was only a small spot on the mountain, which was reached by the sun. I made my way over but I was a little too slow so my front tire got caught between two rocks and I flew over the bars. In hospital the doctors tried to mummify my head. I told them that they didn’t need to bother with all the bandages. Being a former professional rider, you just know you have to suck it up sometimes and just carry on.”  PHOTO: Martin Bissig 40 hours Cut Media collected 40 hours of footage during the 10-day shoot in order to create the five-minute edit: „It’s generally not too difficult to bring it down to around 10 minutes of the best clips and lines but once you’ve reached that point you need to get brutal for the edit. I’ve always been a believer in only having the clips in that showcase the riding, character and story the best. Sometimes you have to sacrifice your favorite shots and that’s not easy. At Cut Media we’re lucky enough to have an amazing team of creatives and filmmakers nowadays, so it’s very much a team process. It’s come a long way from shooting and cutting myself! Our studio is definitely a super collaborative place with all the team being able to add their input.” 3,022 meters a.s.l. Danny MacAskill and Claudio Caluori had to stay over night at the summit of Piz Nair, so they could film the opening scene with a stunning sunrise. „We stayed in some amazing hotels on the trip but the highlight had to be in the lift station at the top of Piz Nair. Looking over St. Moritz, the glaciers and surrounding mountains, it was almost surreal! We stayed in the top station so we could be up at sunrise and it was pretty awesome to be standing there beside the Ibex the next morning, taking in the views and more importantly scoping out the trails we would be riding later that day! It’s times like that I think to myself‚ I really do have a dream job”, Danny explains. 6 flat tires on one trail During the shoot on the Green Valley Trail in Flims alone Claudio had to deal with six flat tires, hinting at how close to the limit he rode: “My mechanics must have thought, I would be riding uphill all day and mounted the lightest tires to my bike. They didn’t cope with all the action when riding with Danny. I was surprised to see how hard Danny was pushing it, so I had to go all in as well”, says Claudio grinning. “Once we had changed to a heavier casing, it was all fine though!” For further information about the trails Danny and Claudio hit, head to www.homeoftrails.com A video by Cut Media 
Trail shred in the Orient - Iran
Chain Adventures - India AES Nepal 2018
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 The WallRide Park in Hyderabad, India was the location for the 4th stop of the Red Bull Pump Track World Championship where India’s best battled it out on the Velosolutions Asphalt Pump Track for their place at the World Championship final later this year.  Winners    PHOTO: Hannes Berger Since joining YouTube in 2008, the edits of Austrian trial and mountain bike star Fabio Wibmer have accumulated over 125 million views. As just recently the number of his subscribers closed in on the mark of 1 million, it was clear to Fabio that he wanted to do something big to celebrate this milestone with his followers. The result is Fabiolous Escape 2!!  2018泉林越野系列赛
暨GDL广东速降联赛 第一站 赛事公告 指导单位： 广东省自行车运动协会 主办单位： 广州自行车速降运动协会 广州市广播电视台竞赛频道 联合主办单位： 广东泉林大河体育文化有限公司 深圳市自行车速降运动协会 独家运营及执行机构： 广州聚能体育发展有限公司 战略合作专业媒体： 美骑网Biketo、REnextop、MTBmagasia 战略合作电视媒体： 广州广播电视台 媒体运营单位： 聚能传媒 MegaV 协办单位： 中山泉林欢乐世界 深圳金辉煌体育管理发展有限公司 RST苏州达韦工业 广州恒泰电力工程有限公司 FIFTY-FIFTY 专业自行车配件 广州拓狩射箭俱乐部 POLYGON专业自行车 广州宏扬体育用品有限公司 技术计时支持单位： 燃情单车网 赛事服务： 广州宏扬体育用品有限公司 媒体支持： 野途网、轮火竞赛、CBChinabike、酷玩户外、骑行家、OKBIKE 救助支持单位： 广州红十字会山地救援大队 一、赛事时间： 2018年5月12日 星期六（训练日） 速降赛官方训练时间：10:00——16:00 车手签到、领号码牌、车检：10:00——12:00、14:00——17:00（签到处设在赛事主会场） 2018年5月13日 星期日（正赛日） 排位赛时间：9:00——12:00; 决赛时间：12:30——16:00; 颁奖：16:00——16:30 组别顺序为： 青年组（U18） 大师组（40+） 公开组（U39） 公开组（U29） 女子组（WOMEN） 精英组（ELITE） 特别注意： 1. 比赛当天各参赛选手直接在山顶发车点检录； 2. 参赛选手需根据赛前公告制定的选手发车时间提前抵达发车点并向发车裁判登记，错过发车时间的选手将不具有发车资格； 3. 选手发车时间可在比赛前在主会场公告板查阅； 4. 选手在比赛中途超越前方选手时，应大声地提醒前方选手让道，将被超车的选手应主动停车靠边让道，否则将被取消成绩计为DSQ。任何情况下，被阻挡的选手将不作重赛。 二、比赛场地： 中山泉林欢乐世界大河山地车公园 手机导航：中山泉林旅游山庄 赛道全长2026米，海拔落差247米 三、 比赛组别和人数 精英组（Elite）：比赛当年为16-60周岁（1958年1月1日至2002年12月31日出生）报名限定30人； 公开组（U29）：比赛当年为19-29周岁（1989年1月1日至1999年12月31日出生）报名限定40人； 公开组（U39）：比赛当年为30-39周岁（1979年1月1日至1988年12月31日出生）报名限定40人； 大师组（40+）：比赛当年为40-60周岁（1958年1月1日至1978年12月31日出生）报名限定30人； 青年组（U18）:比赛当年为12-18周岁（2000年1月1日至2006年12月31）报名限定30人;比赛期间必须有监护人陪同。 女子组（WOMEN）：比赛当年为14-50周岁（1968年1月1日至2004年12月31日出生）报名限定10人；不足18周岁的选手、比赛期间必须有监护人陪同。 四、参赛资格 1、参加精英组比赛的选手资格需满足以下条件： 在2017年12月31日前参加广州自行车速降运动协会主办的速降赛的精英组比赛中取得前十名成绩；或在公开组比赛中取得单站冠军的成绩； 2、2017 GDL 精英组年度积分前十名和公开组年度积分前三名的选手，必须参加精英组比赛，超过40岁的选手可选择参加大师组； 3、所有组别的选手可以以注册车队的名义或个人名义报名； 4、参赛选手必须符合本竞赛规程竞赛分组设置的要求，且每个分站只能参加一个组别的比赛； 5、参赛选手应具有良好的身体健康状况，要求无视力、听力和语言障碍。 五、参赛车队 1、凡参加比赛及需要更新信息的车队须在2018年4月30日前向广州自行车速降运动协会提出注册申请，并填写申请表（联系人：李振杰 13826095694）； 2、车队必须有两名或以上的参赛选手； 3、车队必须有统一的比赛服装； 4、车队的参赛队员增加或减少必须及时向组委会书面报备。当个赛季过程中，离开原车队加入其他车队的参赛选手，不参与新车队的车队积分计算，其离队前为原车队取得的车队积分不作变化；以个人名义参赛的选手，可以随时加入参赛车队，其加入前的个人积分不计算车队积分。 5、注册车队可享受如下待遇： 5.1由组委会授予2018 GDL注册车队牌匾。 5.2比赛主会场预留注册车队帐篷位（3米*3米，需自行搭建）。 5.3可参加车队积分排名，排名成绩在组委会官网、微信公众号、微博等公布。 5.4组委会官网展示车队介绍。 六、报名时间： 2018年4月21日至5月8日前 各组名额报满截止。 赛事咨询联系人：李振杰 手机号：13826095694 邮箱：race@gzdhsa.com 所有车手必须提供相关证件办理保险（身份证/护照/台胞证/通行证）复印件或拍照发至邮箱注明参加的比赛类别、组别即可。 七、报名办法 1、进入广州自行车速降运动协会微信公众号（gzdh-sa），选择菜单-》GDL-》比赛报名，或点击“阅读原文” 进行报名。 2、或进入燃情单车网页（http://m.zestbike.com/match/introdetail/match_id,1262）或微信公众号进行报名 zestbike01；手机微信关注公众号“燃情单车网",注册登录后点击菜单“赛事-赛事报名” 。本赛事提供微信直播服务，现场照片和比赛成绩将通过微信实时发布。报名咨询及团队报名请直接联系客服盈盈：电话 020-89888802 (工作日9:00-18:00）。 3、报名信息：报名信息必须真实可靠，以本人身份证实名为准，车龄由车手自己申报，主办方复核，只接受网络报名及缴纳报名费用，比赛日不再接受现场报名。 4、报名要求： 1）、参赛选手可以以个人名义或车队名义报名； 2）、参赛资格需符合《2018 GDL广东速降联赛竞赛规程》中的相关要求； 3）、以个人名义报名不计算车队积分； 4）、未满18岁青少年在报名参加比赛时，需执监护人有效书面许可的《赛事免责声明》，比赛期间需由监护人陪同； 5）、用餐、交通、住宿以及旅游等费用自理。 6）、所有有参赛人员，必须签写《赛事免责声明书》 5、报名费用每人¥280元，选手包包含以下内容： 1、选手卡； 2、比赛号牌； 3、两日赛事意外保险； 4、官方训练日无限次缆车票和比赛日两次缆车票（价值368元）； 5、广州拓狩射箭俱乐部提供的1小时体验券（价值138元）。 6、本次比赛采用电子计时。 7、进入中山泉林欢乐世界园区需另外收取5元/人次的门票，园区内设有大型免费停车场。 八、赛事规则 详见《2018 GDL广东速降联赛竞赛规程》。 http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/zj9YRGTKhcYrLa86FS0kEw 九、奖励 对各组成绩排名前3名的选手授予奖牌、奖状和比赛纪念品。 对各组成绩排名第4-8名的选手，授予奖状和比赛纪念品。 十、其它 参赛队员必须遵守本次比赛各项程序与规定，组委会拥有对本次比赛规定的解释权与裁决权，有权根据《自行车竞赛规则》对赛事规程细则进行相应更改。 未尽事宜，另行通知。 GDL自行车系列赛组委会 二〇一八年四月二十日 2018 GDL广东速降联赛免责声明书 致参加2018 GDL广东速降联赛的车友： 感谢你对2018GDL广东速降联赛的支持与厚爱，感谢你的参与，但是自行车系列赛是有风险的，为了对彼此负责，我们一起来了解活动的风险和免责。 当你了解了这份《免责声明》后签定这份《免责声明》，务必签好参与人名字，请不要代签此份声明。 此声明文件涉及有关责任的豁免、权利的放弃、风险的承担。本人已经详细阅读，完全知道和理解文件条款和内容。 首先本人明确知道自己所参加的“2018 GDL广东速降联赛”为非赢利性质活动比赛，不是商业比赛，也不是旅行社组团旅游。活动比赛全程遵循“安全、环保、自助、互助”的原则。 一、参与活动信息的获取 本人是从社会、朋友、电子媒体、QQ、微信、微博等信息平台获取参加的2018 GDL广东速降联赛信息，信息平台提供所有参与活动者的交流信息，并不承担召集人的责任，并知道所有信息提供者并非活动组织者。本人参与比赛不是受任何人的动员、邀请，本人也不承担动员或邀请任何人参与比赛的义务。 二、风险的承担 本人自愿参加此“2018GDL广东速降联赛”，理解、同意、签署此有关责任的豁免、权利放弃和风险承担的声明文件，且唯有最终签署本声明文件方可参加比赛。 本人是完全民事行为能力人，本人郑重声明：如在比赛中发生非他人的侵害行为造成的人身及财产等意外损害，活动比赛的其他参与人不承担赔偿责任，由受害人依据法律规定和本声明依法解决。 本人知道活动比赛主办、承办、协办单位、发起人、赞助商对活动比赛进行组织协调，但活动比赛性质属于自愿参加，本人明确知道他们不可能也无须对本人的安全负责，一切风险将由本人承担。 本人知道此次活动比赛中主办、承办、协办单位、发起人、赞助商对活动比赛进行组织协调，但活动比赛性质属于自愿参加、风险自担、责任自负，参与者均应为完全行为能力人，主办、承办、协办单位、发起人、赞助商不对任何个人或机构承担民事赔偿责任或补充民事赔偿责任。 本人知道主办、承办、协办单位、发起人、赞助商对本次活动比赛仅提供赛事组织服务，并不担保或提供任何参加人的人身和财产的安全保障。主办、承办、协办单位、发起人、赞助商的组织和发起本次活动比赛之行为，在任何情况下不构成违反对设施设备未尽安全保障义务，不构成违反服务管理未尽安全保障义务，不构成违反防范制止侵权行为未尽安全保障义务，也不构成对未成年人、无民事行为能力人、限制民事行为能力人未尽安全保障义务。 三、关于豁免责任、放弃权利和放弃赔偿的声明 本人知悉，“2018GDL广东速降联赛”本身存在固有风险，在本人参加活动比赛过程中可能遭受或引起损失，根据这份声明，本人在整个活动比赛中愿意服从2018 GDL广东速降联赛组委会的管理、听从指挥，除此以外本人自愿接受和服从以下条款： 1、本人理解户外活动比赛可能对身体和精神方面都有严酷的要求，可能包括在崎岖地带和恶劣天气中进行活动比赛，可能远离救助和医疗服务。当参加活动比赛时，发生的风险有可能使自己受到伤害，甚至死亡。这些风险包括并不限于跌坠，落石，闪电，过河，失温，霜冻，冻伤，咬伤，刺伤，犬咬，车祸，溺水，野兽袭击等各种意外。本人清楚理解赛事主办、承办、协办单位、发起人、赞助商及其他参与者均无法全面预见该活动比赛中所有风险和不利。本人理解以上所列的风险并不完全含括了活动比赛中所有可能的风险，并且同意本文件中关于免责和放弃权利的声明并不仅限于以上所列的风险中。 2、参加“2018 GDL广东速降联赛”，包括但不限于全程中的骑行、徒步、露营、汽车驾乘，登山、游泳、负重远行、山路乘车等，在此本人同意，如果因为参加此活动比赛（包括途中）和在活动比赛中受到伤害，本人放弃向主办、承办、协办单位、发起人、赞助商和其他参加活动人员追究和要求赔偿的权利，免除同行成员的法律责任。 3、本人理解并清楚知道身体运动和装备的使用是有潜在危害的。本人也理解健身和休闲比赛也包括有导致受伤，心血管疾病甚至死亡的风险。本人同意承担和接受任何伤害 |
