The Cut’s Mick Hannah
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5/11/2006 - by
Don Hampton
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The Cut kicks off the UCI series in style
Date: Mon May 8, 2006
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Vigo, Spain- The Cut’s Mick Hannah kicked off the UCI World Cup series at Vigo, Spain this weekend with a huge victory taking top honors by winning the pro men’s downhill by nearly a second. After a hard crash in practice where he knocked the wind out of himself, Hannah came back hard and set the fastest qualifying time on Saturday and set the stage for Sunday’s main event. Hannah’s time was 2.22.942 coming in almost a second faster than fellow Aussie Nathan Rennie.
“I felt great all weekend. Everything fell into place for qualifying and I was pumped to race” Explained Hannah. “During my race run I hit all the corners fluid and perfect. The course was quite technical, but the Judge handled it smooth.”
Hannah’s next stop is the Lisbon Red Bull Downtown race, where he finished 2nd in last year’s event. “I am looking for 2 podiums in a row.” Said Hannah. “Lisbon is a great event.”
Other Cut members, George Ryan, Carlo Deickmann, and Chris Hatton will be traveling throughout Europe in the Cut RV making stops at Winterburg, Germany for the first installment of The Cut slopestyle series. Aaron Chase will be back in the states filming and preparing for the US Open of Mountain Biking.
In more news, The Cut’s other downhill and mountain cross specialist, Chris Van Dine broke his left wrist during practice for mountain cross in Vigo. Doctor’s expect a full recovery and Van Dine will be back on the scene in 6-8 weeks
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