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Precentacion de Juan
Precentacion de Juan
CYCLE
Mountain biking, considered a
risky sport, is a competitive
cycling carried out in natural
circuits generally through forests
on narrow roads with steep
slopes and very fast descents.
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Crocodile Trophy, Australia
The Crocodile Trophy is an
annual race held since 1995,
which makes it one of the most
legendary. Although his
organizer, the former Austrian
professional cyclist Gerhard
Schönbacher, initially thought of
carrying it out in Vietnam, he
soon changed his mind and
moved the project to Australia, a
country where he had competed
many times and where he had a
house. Thus, the outback of the
largest island in the world was
the place chosen to celebrate
this tough test of MTB that
subjects its participants to
temperatures of 40ºC in some
places with a Martian look.
Although not all are desert
scenarios. With stages exceeding
135 kilometers per day and a
cumulative elevation of 17,000
meters, the competition starts
from Smithfield, in the northeast
of the country, in the state of
Queensland, and goes south
through the rainforests of Cairns.
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