Back racing after seven weeks off with a knee injury, Clement Desalle made an impressive comeback in Loket (Czech Republic) where he collected another podium finish with a third overall. In the MX2 class, Jordi Tixier also made his come back to the podium with a third position.
Marco De Gasperi, SCOTT Running athlete and 6 times World Mountain Running Champion achieved on Wednesday July 16th 2015 his childhood dream of establishing a new FKT (Fastest Known Time) of 6h43’52” to run up Mont Blanc from Courmayeur and back.
We are now into the thick of it in week three of the Tour de France. After a second recovery day on Tuesday, the peloton hits the Alps with four mountain stages.
Coming back to the Kawasaki Racing Team just a few days before the 12th round of the FIM Motocross World Championship, Steven Frossard put in two strong rides in Kegums (Latvia) to finish sixth overall in the MXGP class.
Cyril Viennot claimed the ITU Long Distance World Championship title in Motola, Sweden while Marino Vanhoenacker won IM Austria only a few weeks after his impressive victory at IM Brasil. Meanwhile, Luke McKenzie won his second title at IM Cairns and once again came back to the winning streak on home soil. Last weekend Sebastian Kienle set out to defend his IM European Championship title and for once missed out on the perfect day that was needed to beat 2008 Olympic Champion Jan Frodeno.
Shaun Simpson and Brent Van Doninck both score strong results during the GP of Sweden, round eleven of the FIM Motocross World Championship. Sixth in their respective class in Uddevalla, they had one of their best performances of the season.
IAM Cycling, SCOTT Sports’ second World Tour team, will start Le Tour de France this Saturday with a nine-man squad full of winning prospects across the three-week race.
