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Industry News: Gracia Off Commencal; Starts Own Team

By Mazzman - November 8, 2009 - 20:11

Cedric Gracia, one of the most popular riders on the World Cup circuit, announced at the end of last week that he would no longer be racing for Commencal. Instead, he will start his own team, the CG Racing Brigade. Gracia has ridden for Commencal since Cannondale ended the Siemens/Cannondale DH race team after the 2005 season. His relationship with Max Commencal goes back even further, however. Commencal first sponsored a young Gracia as part of the legendary Sunn-Chippie team in the 90s.

Gracia, at the 2007 World Cup in Champery. Photo. Colin Meagher

Gracia, in a newsletter announcing the separation, did not give a reason why the sponsorship deal is ending. He said only, “I am going to make [a] private team next year…. It was the time for me to make a team to give as much back as I can to my direct sponsors.” Gracia, 31, has had long-time sponsorship deals with Oakley, SixSixOne, Marzocchi and many others.

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Dam Cold Downhill race to debut in January at Bootleg Canyon

By Brice Lee - October 14, 2009 - 19:25

Words: Brice Minnigh

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Following the success of the two previous St. Patty’s Day Feast races at Bootleg Canyon in Boulder City, Nevada, the organizer is upping the ante with a new pro-am race in January that is promising a $20,000 prize purse.

The new race, the “Dam Cold Downhill,” is designed to give local pro racers and amateurs a rare opportunity to race against some of the world’s fastest professionals. Many top pros spend much of the winter in southern California to train in the temperate weather, and several have verbally committed to race in the inaugural event, which is scheduled for January 16-17, 2010. Among those expected to participate are the likes of Sam Hill, Cedric Gracia and brothers Gee and Dan Atherton.

“Gee and Dan [Atherton] have told me if there’s a $20,000 prize purse then they will definitely show up to race,” said organizer David “Crash” Collins, a former pro downhiller who has organized the previous St. Patty’s Day Feast races at Bootleg Canyon. “Being a pro-am, it will give amateurs the opportunity to be on the same course with the pros and compare their times with the likes of Sam Hill.

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