Hans Becking and Jiri Novak retain their trophy in Brasil Ride

Among women, Brazilians Raiza Goulão and Viviane Favery win the competition, held in Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil

Mucugê, Bahia, Brasil - After 600 km, seven days and 13,000 meters of elevation gain, Brasil Ride 2015 sees their champions. Cyclists overcame steep climbs, insane downhills, and tricky singletracks. They rode on trails and pavement between the towns of Mucugê and Rio de Contas, in Chapara Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil, to complete the main MTB ultramarathon of the Americas. No one managed to ride faster than Dutchman Hans Becking and Czeck Jiri Novak. With the third place in the final stage and the time of 2h45min08, this Saturday they secured their second win in the open category. Among ladies, Brazilian duo Raiza Goulão and Viviane Favery lead the GC from the first day, and confirmed their win when they crossed the finish line in 3h40min56.

Brazilians Halysson Ferreira an Rafael ‘Catalan’ Mesquita once again stood out in the open category, winning the stage after 77 Km in 2h41min49. Daniel Grossi and Guilherme Saad climbed the podium for the first time in this edition, placing second with 2h45min06. Among women, Brazilian Isabella Lacerda and American Nina Baum crossed the line in first place for the second time in a row, in 3h19min39, and secured the win in the American Women category. Erika Gramiscelli and Jaqueline Candido were runners-up of the day, completing the track in 3h32min40.

The duo Becking/Novak received the trophy of the sixth edition of Brasil Ride, with an overall time of 26h34min04, opening a 45min38 gap ahead of the runners-up of 2015, Hugo Prado Neto and Lukas Kaufmann. "We wanted to survive the day without any risk. We managed to stay all the time on the front. It feels great. Last year was hard, because we were only three minutes ahead, now we had some more time difference. We’re really happy. We made it. I love the people, they appreciate us so much, having their respect is really great", said Becking. "Of course I’ll be back in 2016. Why not?", he added.

Back to back - Raiza Goulão and Viviane Favery lead Brasil Ride from the first stage. They completed the 77 Km of the final stage on Saturday without any risk, and conquered the win with a huge gap on the GC. The total gap over the runners-up Isabela Lacerda/Nina Baum was 3h20min25. A winning partnership between two Brazilian champions, one in XC, and the other in Marathon, which goal was the win, to help Raiza get 120 points of this race in international rankings.

A MTB legend on the podium - The 1995 XC world champion and Olympic gold medalist in Atlanta 1996, Bart Brentjens was one of the favorites, and confirmed the win with his partner Abraão Azevedo. It feels great to win. Brasil Ride is a long race, and one of the most difficult. Abraão was great this season, and we were very strong, always among the best in the open category. We worked hard for this, and I’m also happy for Hans and Jiri, two teammates of Superior-Brentjens Mountain Bike Racing Team", said Dutchman Bart.

End of kingship - German Simon Gegenheimer and Swiss Nathalie Schneitter broke a four-year streak in Brasil Ride. The duo took - from German Ivonne Kraft - the chance of winning the sixth title in a row. And the win was from the very beginning: Simon and Nathalie won the seven stages of the competition. "Brazil Ride was very hard. I have a super good team beside me during the competition. I’m very happy, but even happier for finishing", evaluated Nathalie. The good result with Simon granted the Swiss the best time among ladies.

7th stage - Open
1- Halysson H. Ferreira/Rafael Mesquita - Focus Team - 2h41min49
2- Daniel Grossi/Guilherme Saad - Groove Bikes - 2h45min06
3- Hans Becking/Jiri Novak - Superior-Brentjens - 2h45min28

7th stage - Open - Ladies
1- Isabela Lacerda/Nina Baum - Lm Shimano - 3h19min39
2- Erika Gramiscelli/Leticia Candido - CBC/Caixa - 3h32min40
3- Raiza Goulao Henrique/Viviane Favery - Specialized Women Brasil - 3h40min56

Overall

Open
1-Hans Becking(NED) /Jiri Novak (CZE) - Superior-Brentjens - 26h34min04
2-Hugo Prado Neto/Lukas Kaufmann - Oce Cannondale - 27h19min43
3-Henrique Avancini/Wolfgang Soares Olsen - Cannondale/Ava Project - 27h43min40

Ladies
1-Raiza Goulao Henrique/Viviane Favery - Specialized Women Brasil - 34h44min06
2-Isabela Lacerda/Nina Baum (USA) - Lm Shimano - 38h04min31
3-Erika Gramiscelli/Leticia Candido - CBC/Caixa - 41h37min59

Mixed
1-Simon Gegenheimer (GER) /Nathalie Schneitter (SUI) - Team Rosevaujany - 33h06min27
2-Felipe Moletta/Sabrina Gobbo - Trek Factory Racing Team Iii - 34h22min11
3-Alan Pedreira/Ivonne Kraft (GER) - Niner Bikes Brasil 1 - 35h54min09

Master
1-Bart Brentjens (NED) /Abraao Azevedo - Brentjens MTB Racing Team - 28h19min28
2-Uros Breski (SLO)/Cristian Poberai (ITA) - Sportful Djak -31h26min11
3-Piero Pellegrini (ITA) /Luisetti Marco (ITA) - Team Hersh Amici Di Annabella - 31h39min32

Grand master
1-Heleno Borges/Paulo Vasconcelos -Team Konsk/Ciclorace - 35:30:32
2-Dorivaldo De Abreu/Denio Franco - Tia Sonia - 36:08:14
3-Emanuel Pires/Antonio Monteiro - Proteik Mundimat Goldnutrition - 40:00:48

Nelore
1-Claudio Van Damme/Marcelo De Oliveira - Pro Corrida - 40h00min02
2-Fabio Yukio Hossaki/Gerson Muhlbauer Junior - Dupla De Peso - 40h39min12
3-Fernando Paciello Vieira/Andre Aguiar - Cpv/Cotr - 48h17min11

Corporation
1-Ricardo /Mauricio/Luiz - Pelotao Perdidas - 37h19min18
2-Alex /Antonio/Hugo - Piata Brasil Ride - 38h13min07
3-Francisco/Andre/Paulo - Dinani - 38h20min52

American Man
1-Henrique Avancini/Wolfgang Soares Olsen - Cannondale/Ava Project - 27h43min40
1-Daniel Grossi/Guilherme Saad - Groove Bikes - 28h01min43
3-Jose Alfredo Montoya/Deiber Esquivel - Los Ticos - 28h29min23

American Woman
1-Isabela Lacerda/Nina Baum - LM Shimano - 38h04min31
2-Erika Gramiscelli/Leticia Candido - CBC/Caixa - 41h37min59
3-Joana Nobrega/Janet Correia - As Pequenas - 45h44min10

*Official results: www.brasilride.com
Brasil Ride 2015 Stages

7th stage: October 24 - 9h
72,1 km in Mucugê

Daily Videos - Brasil Ride is providing daily videos on facebook and in your youtube channel. Watch and share:
Day 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJB7qMKYRVE&feature=youtu.be
or wetransfer : http://we.tl/lKcQ2knZU3

Day 2 - https://youtu.be/DDZLjdHUmFk
or wetransfer : http://we.tl/y0pOoMuIlq

Day 3 - https://youtu.be/-Qa1BrwE9kc
or wetransfer : http://we.tl/sBM9OqJG2K

Day 4 - https://youtu.be/xhcQe3ZCOiA
or wetransfer : http://we.tl/LfVZ7KnAs3

Day 5 - https://youtu.be/_8OtXphnyRM
or wetransfer : http://we.tl/u852xoAvVK

Daily images for televisions around the world:

The sixth edition of the main MTB Ultramarathon promises to overcome borders. Daily, video production teams from Brasil Ride will have their images available on a tune with an Uplink. Every day, between 9h e 9h45 (Brasilia time - UTC - 3:00), starting on Sunday (18th) to October 25th, around 20 minutes of the best images from the last day and more interviews will be available in the address:
Satellite: NSS806
Transponder : 312.5E
Downlink: 3869-R
Sylbom Rate : 7200
Fec: 3/4
Modulation : DVB-S2 / 8PSK

Cross Country World Champion in 1995 and gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, the Dutchman Bart Brentjens will also act as commentator of the competition. He is the official commentator on Red Bull TV on all stages of UCI MTB World Cup. At the trails, Bart goes in search of the third championship of the master category alongside Abraão Azevedo, one of the biggest names in Brazilian cycling.

Note: The image credits are to Célula - Gabriel Tarso, Ricardo Quintela and Tony Tiger - and Marcelo Machado, Cassio Zerbinato, and Gabriel Coimbra.

About the event - Brasil Ride’s sixth edition is going to happen between October 17th to 24th. The event gathered 500 athletes from 23 countries and 18 Brazilian States plus our Federal District. The race is now S1, after being rated S2 in 2014, and will award the Elite Category’s champions 120 points in the rankings of the UCI (International Cycling Union). These points are really precious for the Brazilians who are fighting for a spot at Rio Olympics 2016. In addition to the prizes offered after every stage of the race, this edition will have the highest prize in money ever offered for cycling in Brazil, with about R$ 70,000.

Attention: During the event, text, photos and videos will be available to all media daily. For media enquiries and image requests, please contact redacao@zdl.com.br or +55.11.98783 7408.

Brasil Ride 2015 its a realization of SUDESB, Bahiatursa, Governo da Bahia and Ministério do Esporte
Sponsorship: Shimano, Trek and Caixa
Co-Sponsorship: Thule, Pearl Izumi and Oakley.
Support: Continental Pneus, Red Bull, GU, Muc-Off and Prefeitura de Rio de Contas
Supervision: UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale), CBC (Confederação Brasileira de Ciclismo) and FBC (Federação Baiana de Ciclismo)
Organization: REC, Roma Comunicação and Prefeitura de Mucugê.

Website: http://www.BRASILRIDE.COM
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Hans Becking and Jiri Novak (Armin Kustenbruck / Brasil Ride)

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Hans Becking , Mario Roma and Jiri Novak (Armin Kustenbruck / Brasil Ride)

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Vivi Favery and Raiza Goulão (Erik Coser / Brasil Ride)

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Abraão Azevedo and Bart Brentjens (Sportograf/Brasil Ride)

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Simon Gegenheimer and Nathalie Schneitter (Armin Kustenbruck / Brasil Ride)

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Start of Stage 7 (Christian Correa/Brasil Ride)

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Aerial view of Brasil Ride Village (Produtora Célula/Brasil Ride)

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