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LOCALSaturday 30 January 2016
St Maarten Mountain Bike Racers Take Top Honors in CMB
& Tri-Bike Team 3 Day 10th Annual Mountainbike Event
ORANJESTAD - The 1st race courses on the Island last 9 categories stood fired a very challenging short The whole caravan
of the year organized by weekend. up on the start ramp on a track course with natural including all the volunteers
Tri-Bike team Aruba took 157 participants divided in cool Friday evening inside and manmade obstacles left the park for a short night
place on 3 different race 8 Kids categories &Adult MSK Savaneta to race on designed by the team of sleep to get together 12
course builders and made hours later at Balashi where
by Wipa construction. It the gun blasted again for
got really spectacular after the 3rd and final races to
dark when the Bohama decide who would come
lights shined on all the riders out as the overall winner in
who were blasting out of their category.
the dark racing for the 1st This time a small stadium
10 points they could earn was built with Fata Morgana
that night. A total of 30 barriers inside the old Drive
heats were ridden within 2 inn Cinema. The riders were
hours . cheered on throughout
Saturday afternoon at the morning by spectators
exactly 3 pm the 1st kids and fellow mountain-bikers
category , 4 sleek looking 5 while giving everything on
/ 6 /7 /8 year old boys and this high speed 3 km course
girls on their little mountain around the Balashi gold
bikes were racing for 25 mine area.
points over rocks and dirt Results were figured out
around and through the by the jury and 15 minutes
beautiful area of Fontein. after the finish of the last
Just before dark all adult competitor the 1stwinners,
categories went past the recovered by an ice-cold
Palm Tours banner finishing Powerade were already on
their respective race the podium to receive their
distances on a 10 km hilly medals & prizes donated
loop through the Arikok by CMB, PWC and Tri-bike
national park. Aruba.q
