
Putrajaya 30 April 2011
– After a long hard day or racing, Australian Daniel Sprague
of Sonik Racer clocked in the fastest time of 01m 07.420s, making
him the winner of the downhill Elite men Category beating Singaporean
Tan Hong Chun who was in Second place (01m08.270s) and Adam Ahmed
of Malaysia in third place (01m:08.500s).
The 2010 Australian
Elite Masters Division BMX Champion was ecstatic when interviewed
after the prize-giving ceremony, “I was great to win here, everything
came together, the run was pretty smooth and I was quite fast
in the sections that I wanted to be so in the end there was a
lot of quick guys today and I was just happy to be able to be
the fastest.”
With already
two wins this year including the recent Red Bull Dark Knights
2011 race in Singapore, Daniel is enjoying his winning streak
and hoping that it will continue. “I’ve done a few events, I
pick the races that I wanna do, this year I’ve done 3 races,
I did the Red Bull Dark knights 2011 race in Singapore and I won
that one and had done one in Western Australia - BMX Championships
and I had a win there so it’s really good and now I’m backed
up with the Putrajaya Challenge, So everything is going really
well I’ve won three out of three and I’ve got a couple of races
in a couple of weeks in Western Australia, I hope I will do well
there. I hope to be back in Malaysia in July and some races in
the end of the year back in Australia, I’m hoping that I can
keep this going.’
“My winning
streak’s been going really well, it’s about time that’s I’ve
put together a winning streak again, I’m happy to keep it going
if I can.” He added.
Besides that,
the inaugural Downhill Champion of Putrajaya Challenge was really
impressed with the organisation of the event, “It was an excellent
event, really well organized, really good track, they’re trying
to get UCI status with this track so it’s a fantastic job that
they did.“
With more
than 157 riders, including a large number of overseas competitors
from around the region competing in seven different categories
today. In the finals, there was no stopping the 35-year-old Perth
native as he completely out-run his class on the competition with
the fastest time and clinching the first ever Putrajaya Challenge
Downhill Elite Men title.
The prize-giving
was presented by Datuk Naim Mohamad, the deputy president of the
Malaysia National Cycling Federation (MNCF) and Mr Maniam Manikkam,
vice president of the Malaysia National Cycling Federation (MNCF).
The prizes were given out to the top 3 winners of the Downhill
events consisting of categories which are Men's Elite, Men's Expert,
Women's Sport (10-29 years), Men's Junior (under 18 years), Men's
Master A (30-39 years), Men's Master B (40 years old above) and
Men's Hard Tail.
On Sunday
we will see the Cross Country (XC) events taking place involving
the category of Men's Elite, Women's Elite, Men's Open (15-20
years), Junior Veteran (30-39 years) and Veteran (40 years and
over).
Putrajaya
Challenge 2011 is jointly organized by the Putrajaya Cycling Association
and Bat’s Creative Sdn Bhd, all the Downhill and Cross Country
events are conducted in accordance with the International Cycling
Union (UCI) regulations.
Source: http://www.putrajayachallenge2011.com/news-3004.htm