{"id":20960,"date":"2014-08-29T08:45:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-29T07:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2014\/08\/29\/mtb-masters-world-champs-medal-winners-in-norway-r1581\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T11:57:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T11:57:07","slug":"mtb-masters-world-champs-medal-winners-in-norway-r1581","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/mtb-masters-world-champs-medal-winners-in-norway-r1581\/","title":{"rendered":"MTB Masters World Champs medal winners in Norway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South African Masters mountain biker, Nedene Cahill, was crowned the 2014 World Champion in the Women\u2019s cross-country 30-34 age category at the recent 2014 UCI Mountain Bike Masters World Championships held at Lillehammer, Norway, from 21-26 September.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-38191500-1409302196.jpg\" data-fileid=\"407198\" data-fileext=\"jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-fileid=\"407198\" class=\"ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed\" alt=\"ccs-62657-0-38191500-1409302196.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-38191500-1409302196.jpg\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The defending World Champion triumphed in tough and challenging conditions, which turned the Norwegian track into a rain-soaked muddy quagmire. Her victory in the XCO World Championships was added to another accolade from earlier this year, where she won the inaugural Rainbow Challenge, a marathon race for masters\u2019 competitors from all over the world. Cahill\u2019s XCO winning time was 01:53:11, beating Elina Vargas (ARG) 01:54:57 into second place, and Mariela Scott (CHI) 02:12:09 into third.<\/p>\n<p>The South African riders churned out another two XCO silver medals, one DHI silver medal and one DHI bronze medal.<\/p>\n<p>2013 MTB Masters World Champion and 2014 Rainbow Challenge winner Linus van Onselen claimed a silver medal in the Men 60-64 category. He finished half-a-minute behind local rider Trond Overn from Norway (01:07:31). Great Britain\u2019s Roy Hunt finished a further minute behind.<\/p>\n<p>In the women\u2019s 40-44 race, 2013 MTB Masters World Champion Natalie Bergstr\u00f6m claimed silver finishing second to a dominant Hanna Bergman from Sweden. The Swede crossed the finish line in 01:40:48, with Bergstr\u00f6m second (01:52:01) and Swede Therese Lindqvist third (01:52:22).<\/p>\n<p>Downhill racing\u2019s silver medal went to 2013 MTB Masters World Champion Rika Olivier in the 40-44 age category. Rika descended the track in 5 minutes 29.136 seconds, almost 20 seconds slower than the winner Lina Skoglund (SWE). 2013 MTB Masters World Champion Chris Nixon claimed a bronze medal on the challenging descent, in the 45-49 category, in a time of 4:42.483. Marcel Waldmann (SUI) finished first in 4 minutes 28.740 seconds, with Spaniard Ramon Figueras Bernades second (4:39.652).<\/p>\n<p>In the cross-country races, 2013 MTB Masters World Champion Nico Pfitzenmaier finished in tenth place in the Men 40-44 XCO; Robert Sim and Tim Keep finished 12th and 33rd respectively in the Men 45-49 XCO; and 2013 MTB Masters World Champion Paul Furbank and Jimmy Redman finished eighth and tenth respectively in the Men 55-59 XCO.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summary of results<\/strong> \u2013 2014 UCI MTB Masters World Championships<\/p>\n<p>Click here to view the full results: <a href=\"http:\/\/mtbworldchamps.com\/masters\/results\/\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/mtbworldchamp&#8230;asters\/results\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Men 40-44 XCO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1 Magnus PALMBERG (SWE) 01:20:27<\/p>\n<p>2 Tomas MISSER (ESP) 01:21:28<\/p>\n<p>3 Massimo FOLCARELLI (ITA) 01:22:09<\/p>\n<p>10 Nico PFITZENMAIER (RSA) 01:26:00<\/p>\n<p><strong>Men 45-49 XCO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1 Rune H\u00d8YDAHL (NOR) 01:25:01<\/p>\n<p>2 Manuel ROJO NIETO (ESP) 01:25:13<\/p>\n<p>3 Abraao AZEVEDO (BRA) 01:25:16<\/p>\n<p>12 Robert SIM (RSA) 01:29:14<\/p>\n<p>33 Tim KEEP (RSA) 01:45:57<\/p>\n<p><strong>Men 55-59 XCO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1 Mads B\u00d8DKER (DEN) 01:00:26<\/p>\n<p>2 Roger GENTIL (FRA) 01:03:00<\/p>\n<p>3 Francesco FERRARI (ITA) 01:03:14<\/p>\n<p>8 Paul FURBANK (RSA) 01:08:33<\/p>\n<p>10 Jimmy REDMAN (RSA) 01:10:23<\/p>\n<p><strong>Men 60-64 XCO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1 Trond OVERN (NOR) 01:07:31<\/p>\n<p>2 Linus VAN ONSELEN (RSA) 01:08:02<\/p>\n<p>3 Roy HUNT (GBR) 01:09:03<\/p>\n<p><strong>Women 30-34 XCO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1 Nedene CAHILL (RSA) 01:53:11<\/p>\n<p>2 Graciela Elina VARGAS (ARG) 01:54:57<\/p>\n<p>3 Mariela SCOTT (CHI) 02:12:09<\/p>\n<p><strong>Women 40-44 XCO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1 Hanna BERGMAN (SWE) 01:40:48<\/p>\n<p>2 Natalie BERGSTR\u00d6M (RSA) 01:52:01<\/p>\n<p>3 Therese LINDQVIST (SWE) 01:52:22<\/p>\n<p><strong>Women 40-44 DHI<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1 Lina SKOGLUND (SWE) 5:09.357<\/p>\n<p>2 Rika OLIVIER (RSA) 5:29.136<\/p>\n<p><strong>Men 45-49 DHI <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1 Marcel WALDMANN (SUI) 4:28.740<\/p>\n<p>2 Ramon FIGUERAS BERNADES (ESP) 4:39.652<\/p>\n<p>3 Chris NIXON (RSA) 4:42.483<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South African Masters mountain biker, Nedene Cahill, was crowned the 2014 World Champion in the Women\u2019s cross-country 30-34 age category at the recent 2014 UCI Mountain Bike Masters World Championships held at Lillehammer, Norway, from 21-26 September. The defending World Champion triumphed in tough and challenging conditions, which turned the Norwegian track into a rain-soaked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":51456,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4806,4808,4807],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-20960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-mtb-masters-world-champs","tag-nedene-cahil","tag-norway"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20960"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=20960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}