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2011 Bikes & Accessories online!

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 6:36:08 -0600

We are pleased to present the 2011 Bike product line in which we have introduced a fully re-designed Scale in both 26” and 29” versions as well as the Genius LT, a bike that truly redefines All Mountain again by extending the travel and lowering expected weight in this category.

We’ve also added the Plasma3 Time Trial/Triathlon bike developed with Scott Aero Science and two times Ironman World Champion Normann Stadler.

From head to toe, we have you covered: check out our accessories, cycling footwear, and apparel and find all products in our catalogue.

We’d like to share our latest product innovations and technologies, and demonstrate that SCOTT

has bikes for all occasions. More importantly, we’d like to encourage you to go out and enjoy riding your bike!

Nino Schurter WorldCup Winner 2010!

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 2:48:25 -0600

What a day!

The world cup final in Windham, NY, ended for the SCOTT-Swisspower Team better than ever! With the 2nd place of Nino Schurter, Florian Vogel in 3rd and 21st place of Patrik Gallati (2nd best U23 rider) SCOTT-Swisspower not only won the world cup team ranking at the Windham WC, even more important, Nino Schurter is the new world cup champion 2010!

Florian Vogel moved up two spots ending up in 4th and Patrik Gallati in 5th overall (U23). With the overall title Nino not only sets a new highlight in his career, he also broke a record again by winning worlds and world cup at the young age of 24. Not even Miguel Martinez or Julien Absalon was so young getting their titles.

Tight in points

Before the final round it was still very unclear who is going to take the crown. Schurter, Absalon and Kulhavy where tight in points.

Absalon was out for the overall after lap one by getting a flat tire. An unusual big group with the Swiss armada including Schurter, Vogel, Sauser and Flückiger, plus Kulhavy (CZE), Stander (RSA), Hermida (ESP) and Fumic (GER) stayed together 2/3 of the race. In the last lap it was a battle in between Schurter, Vogel, Sauser and Kulhavy. European champion Kulhavy was the fastest to the finish line. Nino secured his overall title by finishing 2nd, followed by Vogel who came in superb 3rd place.

Milestone

The 2010 performance of team SCOTT-Swisspower is a milestone. Even the boys reached a lot this year they are still hungry for more at next weekend’s world championship in Mt. St. Anne, Canada. In the shape they are right now, they don’t have to be afraid of anyone. Tough, the competition is so tight these days; it takes a perfect race to win one of the medals.

Worldcup-Final, Windham (USA), Men:
1. Jaroslav Kulhavy (CZE) 1.39.28 +0.00
2. Nino Schurter (SUI) 1.39.42 +0.14
3. Florian Vogel (SUI) 1.39.43 +0.15
4. Christoph Sauser (SUI) 1.39.45 +0.17
5. Lukas Flückiger (SUI) 1.40.12 +0.44
6. Julien Absalon (FRA) 1.40.39 +1.11
7. José Hermida (ESP) 1.40.47 +1.19
8. Burry Stander (RSA) 1.41.25 +1.57
9. Maro Aurelio Fontana (ITA) 1.41.59 +2.31
10. Sergio Manceton Gutierrez (ESP) 1.42.09 +2.41

21. Patrik Gallati (SUI) 1.46.02 +6.34

Overall World-Cup 2010
1. Nino Schurter (SUI) 1136
2. Julien Absalon (FRA) 1040
3. Jaroslav Kulhavy (CZE) 1040
4. Florian Vogel (SUI) 795
5. José Hermida (ESP) 795
6. Mathias Flückiger (SUI) 710
7. Christoph Sauser (SUI) 590
8. Manuel Fumic (GER) 570
9. Burry Stander (RSA) 567
10. Ruben Ruzafa (ESP) 494

Martin wins TT and overall at Eneco

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 1:02:57 -0600

HTC-Columbia's Tony Martin used his time trial strength riding on SCOTT Plasma 3 to the confirm overall victory in the Eneco Tour on Tuesday as he surged an emphatic win in the race's last individual time trial in Genk, Belgium.
Already the fastest at the time trial's intermediate checkpoint, Martin finally came close to averaging 50 kilometres an hour on the short but very technical course, which he completed with a time of 20 minutes and 24 seconds.

The Eneco Tour is Martin's first overall win in a ProTour course and his fifth of the 2010 season.

"Winning the last time trial is a truly perfect way of ending the race, and it will keep me really motivated for the final part of the year," Martin said. "It's a great feeling to have taken such an important win, and I'm now on track for my next few targets."

"I'll ease back a little bit now, and then start my final build-up for the World Championships Time Trial in Australia with a ride in the Tour of Britain. I can't say what will happen in the World Championships, and it'll be hard to beat [defending champion] Fabian Cancellara, but I've been working hard on my time trialling and we'll see how it goes."

A day earlier, Andre Greipel took his second stage victory at this year's Eneco Tour on SCOTT FO1 project bike.

Like the rest of his teammates, Greipel worked hard all day to help Martin defend his race lead on the hilly stage in the Ardennes but still had the speed to win the sprint in Heers.

"This is a very special victory for me," Greipel said proudly. "It was a hard stage and not really suited to the sprinters. I was seriously struggling to stay in the peloton after working to help Toy Martin hold the lead. With 10km to go to the finish, I went back to the team car and they told me to save myself for the sprint. I was really hurting but fortunately I had a little bit left and it was enough to win."

Florian Vogel wins on Scale 29er

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 1:10:19 -0600

Ready for worlds
Florian Vogel and Nino Schurter are ready fort he big show down at world cup finals and world championships! At the Racer Bikes Cup in Muttenz, Florian won the well-attended final round of the cup riding on his brand new SCOTT Scale 29er. He beat Ralph Näf by 11 seconds.

Nino Schurter, also riding a 29er, outsprinted Absalon again for third place.

First victory of a 29er bike

The 29er wave arrived in Europe. With the super lightweight 949-gram 29er frame, SCOTT is ready for this market and again set a benchmark that is reason enough for the team riders to give it a try.

The result is impressive. After riding his 29er for two days only, Florian takes home a sweet victory over a strong field.

The race

The course was fast, the race tactical. 8 riders, including SCOTT pilots Vogel, Schurter and Gallati stayed together until two laps to go. After a crash of Schurter, Ralph Näf and Florian Vogel escaped. Half a lap to go Flo gained a few seconds on Ralph, enough to win his second race within a month. Patrik Gallati showed he is hot for worlds as well. He stayed with the best until the end, finishing in 7th, which made him the U23 winner.

Count down

The count down has started. This Saturday in Windham, New York, Nino tries to win the overall world cup title for the first time. He is tight with Absalon and Khulavy. But believes in his chance. Besides the world cup he wants to defend his world champion title the week after in Mt. St. Anne, Canada. The world champion jersey is also Florian Vogel’s dream. That he can win, he proved again this weekend.

Roger Walder and Andri Frischknecht finished in third, but won the overall title in their category. In addition SCOTT-Swisspower won the 2010 team ranking.

Check out the pictures on our gallery
http://gallery.me.com/scottswisspower#100567

Or see the TV report of the race, SF TV:

http://www.videoportal.sf.tv/video?id=688be887-9610-43dc-8025-4aa6639eb600;DCSext.zugang=videoportal_aehnlichevideos

Elite
1. VOGEL Florian, Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing 1:50:51,4
2. NÄF Ralph, Multivan Merida Biking Team +0:11,2
3. SCHURTER Nino, Scott- Swisspower MTB Racing +0:22,0
4. ABSALON Julien (FRA)
5. SAUSER Christoph,
6. KAUFMANN Lukas
7. GALLATI Patrik, Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing +0:54,5
8. GIGER Fabian SG
9. LITSCHER Thomas
10. FLÜCKIGER Lukas

Adventure on two wheels in Europe

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 9:42:03 -0600

It has been a few years since Amanda and I have traveled to Europe and this year we had a jam packed six weeks planned. Post Ironman Brazil, it was exactly what we needed to refresh and refocus the body and mind leading into the business end of the season. Here is a look at some of the amazing places were traveled and trained during our stay. We highly recommend them all ... enjoy!

SARDINIA, ITALY

We were very lucky and fortunate to lead a week long training camp in the south-east corner of Sardinia, Italy. Wow ... I couldn't have dreamt of a more amazing place and ideal training location! We met such a vibrant and fun bunch of people in the process there I am sure will be friends for life. We experienced some of the best swimming, biking and running locations we have trained in anywhere in the world not to mention the most picturesque! The pictures say it all .....

LAKE COMO, ITALY

We arrived in Milan and drove one hour north to a region we have both always wanted to visit, Lake Como. We entered the mountainous area via the township of Lecco and stopped for the afternoon in Bellagio ... and never left!

It would be a crime for us to come here and not ride our bikes so in the morning Amanda and I jumped on the trusty Scott Plasma 2 bikes and rode along the lake and up one of the most famous climbs in all of Europe to the Madonna Ghisallo (above Bellagio) Wow ... anyone that loves their cycling, this is an absolute MUST DO!

The pictures do not do Lake Como justice. An amazing place to ride a bike!

FRIBOURG, SWITZERLAND

Our next port of call was the city of Fribourg in the center of Switzerland and we paid a visit to our bike sponsor, Scott at their World Headquarters in Givisiez. Marino Vanhoenacker fresh off his 7.52 (4th fastest in history) Ironman win in Austria also join us for a preview of the new Scott Plasma 3 TT bike. What a MACHINE!

I am really grateful to be part of the Scott family and we had a really fun day meeting the team in office and taking the bikes for a ride around the beautiful Swiss countryside!

VALLEE DE JOUX, SWITZERLAND

Amanda and I wanted to check out the Vallee before we flew back to the USA as a little bit of recognizance for a future European training base. The region didn't disappoint as we spent several days swimming, cycling and running in the ideal triathlon training grounds. The big bonus was the Tour de France was passing by during the week we were there and it was an easy 40km ride to check out both the finish of the Station Des Rousse stage (won by Sylvain Chavanel) and the start of the big mountain stage Station Des Rousse to Morzine - Avoriaz (won by Andy Schleck).

We got some good training down in Vallee de Joux and look forward to making more trips here in the future. It was the perfect place to end a great 6 weeks in Europe!

Scott11 takes two silver medals

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 6:06:52 -0600

Nick Beer and Floriane Pugin on the podium in Hafjell, Norway.

It was a different kind of race for the SCOTT11 athletes, traveling with their national teams instead of their trade team. They still had their SCOTT11 mechanic, but no barbeque at the team truck with the whole team for diner...

The riders were having lots of fun on a track with good flow after the super technical tracks of the last two weeks.
The qualifier on friday was held in pouring rain, but todays finals in the sun.

Floriane Pugin won the silver medal only just 0.36 seconds behind her french compatriot Miriam Nicole. Emilie Siegenthaler came in fourth.

Nick Beer also won the silver medal, behind surprisingly fast Swede Robin Wallner from Sweden. Nick is happy getting a smooth run down after a few difficult races. Junior Freddy Hunziker crashed into 17th position.

Our athletes will now return home to prepare for the most important part of the season: Only three weeks to go to the world cup finals in Windham, USA, followed by: THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN MONT SAINTE ANNE, CANADA!

SCOTT11 - 1st in team ranking

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 1:38:09 -0600

A rather difficult weekend with little disappointments at the mens race still brought SCOTT11 closer to the top position in the team ranking.

Again, it was Floriane Pugin which was responsible for the collection of the most points for her team. With the fifth place, she added another podium to her palmares and kept SCOTT11 on the second overall spot.

Emilie Siegenthaler is back on speed after her injury and finished the race on 9th place.

Fabien Pedemanaud kept himself in the overall top ten with an almost inhuman effort. His incredible will and several roles of tape around his injured shoulder kept him on the bike on the roughest course of the year. Fabien finished in 28th spot and is now sitting in 10th overall position.

Nick Beer wasn't able to attack as hard as he wanted to, trying to make sure not to crash again. A 21st spot brought him to the 19th overall.

Nick, Emilie, Floriane and Freddy are now flying to Norway for the European Championships, while Fabien is already on the way home to treat his shoulder for the most important races of the year in Windham (NY) and Mont Sainte Anne, Kanada.

More of Sven Martin's pictures on www.scott11racing.com

New Scale strikes again!!

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 1:11:47 -0600

SCOTT-Swisspower MTB racing team dominates the world cup 2010. Only a week after Florian Vogel's great victory in Champèry, it was Nino Schurter's turn to win. Not only did he beat Olympic champion Julien Absalon in the sprint finish again, he also took over the world cup lead from the dominator. This with one race to go! Florian Vogel completed SCOTT-Swisspower’s superb race day coming in 3^rd place. Amazing, the finals are still to come and we already won at least half of the world cup races in 2010!

Confident and motivated

Florian and Nino arrived in Val di Sole with great motivation. Both confident from the good racing last week, knowing they are in shape. In addition they have great memories of Val di Sole. Vogel became vice-world champion in 2008, Schurter won the U23 world champion title at the same venue. And they left no doubt from the beginning that they wanted to step up to the podium again.

Again sprint duel

Jose Antonio Hermida, Julien Absalon, Mathias Flückiger and the SCOTT duo set the pace at the front. Hermida flatted half way trough and U23 leader Flückiger was not able to keep up the high speed to the very end. The winners of the world championship medals in 2009 stayed together until last lap. This was kind of a surprise, since they attacked each other over and over. It looked like they raced at the excact same level. Vogel came off after an attack of Absalonhalf a lap to go, tough till than he put up a great show, making Absalon work a lot. At the final 300 meters Absalon had no chance against a super fast Nino Schurter. This was AAA racing to watch and we had two guys on the podium again!

Getting ready for the final

The riders now train at altitude in the Engadin to get ready for worlds. Nino wants to win the overall world cup now. The chances are there, but Absalon is still right on his tail. Florian, the only rider to win a medal at worlds for the past three years, wants to continue with his series. Gold is still missing in his collection. Tough, right now it looks like the bigest rival comes from his own team.

The Swiss set a new record in Val di Sole by having 4 riders in the top 5. It looks like selection for Olympics is again going to be even tougher than last time. The other SCOTT-Swisspower riders finished in 37^th (Gallati), 46^th (Wildhaber) and 103^rd (Rupp).

Two winners! Nino and his new SCOTT Scale,899 grams of eXCellence.

Results world cup Val di Sole:
1. Nino Schurter (SUI) 1.44.09 +0.00
2. Julien Absalon (FRA) 1.44.13 +0.04
3. Florian Vogel (SUI) 1.44.29 +0.20
4. Mathias Flückiger (SUI) 1.45.35 +1.26
5. Ralph Näf (SUI) 1.45.55 +1.46
6. Jaroslav Kulhavy (CZE) 1.46.40 +2.31
7. Moritz Milatz (GER) 1.47.14 +3.05
8. José Hermida (ESP) 1.47.36 +3.27
9. Cédric Ravanel (FRA) 1.47.54 +3.45
10. Burry Stander (RSA) 1.48.00 +3.51

Overall ranking after Val di Sole:
1. Nino Schurter (SUI) 936 ()
2. Julien Absalon (FRA) 910 (-26)
3. Jaroslav Kulhavy (CZE) 790 (-146)
4. José Hermida (ESP) 675 (-261)
5. Mathias Flückiger (SUI) 640 (-296)
6. Florian Vogel (SUI) 635 (-301)
7. Manuel Fumic (GER) 490 (-446)
8. Burry Stander (RSA) 457 (-479)
9. Christoph Sauser (SUI) 440 (-496)
10. Ruben Ruzafa (ESP) 428 (-508)

Difficult training in Val di Sole

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 0:19:52 -0600

Yesterday's first training at the world cup in Val di Sole started in deep dust. The natural track with plenty of roots and rocks was good for lots happy faces.

At lunchtime, heavy rain came in and changed things. Once again, like at every other world cup this year except for Scotland, our mechanics put the Schwalbe Dirty Dan mud tires on our bikes.

The big wet roots on the course were challenging the riders skills, but since these conditions almost became standard this year, they could handle them well, especially after a weekend on the steepest track of the world in Champery. What might be even scarier than the gnarly track is the fact that a camera man got bit by a snake just next to it and had to be treated in hospital.

Get on track! Nick Beers and Fabien Pedemanauds helmet cam run will be up on www.freecaster.tv check the video here.

Photos by Sven Martin, more of them on www.scott11racing.com

KJ's Voltage on Vital

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 9:01:32 -0600

Kyle Jameson shows off his smooth style and his Voltage YZ0 LTD in this Vital MTB bike check. You can also catch Kyle on his bike featured in the 2010 SCOTT Voltage ad.