JKOMracer
07-21-2006, 02:14 PM
When the Jeep® King of the Mountain Series (www.jeepsports.com) hosts the second leg of the 2006 Mountain Biking World Professional Championships on Aug. 12 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis., the world’s top racers will be competing before an expected series-record audience of 7,000-plus participants as part of a weekend-long Camp Jeep program.
The Jeep King of the Mountain Series, the most prestigious event in professional mountain bike racing, features 16 of the world’s top riders competing head-to-head for the coveted title of World Professional Champion. Also at stake is a share of the record $100,000 cash purse and the keys to a new 2007 Jeep Compass. Now in its fourth year, the event continues to attract arguably the most accomplished athletes in the sport, and receives premier national broadcast coverage via CBS Sports.
The Mountain Biking World Professional Championships will be in equally impressive company at Camp Jeep, America’s premier owner-loyalty, off-road driving event. Consider that the billing for this larger-than-life gathering also includes demonstrations by Tony Hawk, the biggest name in the history of skateboarding, a concert by the Blues Brothers, one of the most recognizable bands in music, and a WWII Air Show featuring most dynamic aircraft to ever grace the sky.
During the first race of the 2006 season, held in San Luis Obispo, Calif., the Czech Republic’s Michal Prokop, the defending Jeep King of the Mountain World Professional Champion, came out on top. Heading into Elkhart Lake, Brian Lopes of San Clemente, Calif., a three-time World Champion, five-time World Cup Champion and nine-time National Champion and Eric Carter of Temecula, Calif., the 2005 and 2006 USA Cycling Mountain-Cross National Champion are right on his heels. Also in the hunt are Wade Bootes of Australia, the 2004 Jeep King of the Mountain World Professional Champion and runner-up in 2005, former World Champion Mike King of San Diego, and Brian Schmith of Lancaster, Calif., an open qualifier in San Luis Obispo, who will compete in place of the injured Chris Powell of Carmel Valley, Calif.
In the women’s competition, fellow defending World Professional Champion Jill Kitner of Seattle, Wash., holds the top spot, followed by Melissa Buhl of Chandler, Ariz., ranked fifth in the world and the 2005 NORBA Downhill Champion, and Corona, Calif.’s Tara Llanes, the 2006 USA Cycling Downhill National Champion who currently ranks third in the UCI World Cup standings. Rounding out the standings are Katrina Miller of Australia, the 2004 JKOM World Professional Champion currently ranked second in the world, Fionn Griffiths of Great Britain, a three-time World Cup Champion and five-time UK National Champion, Marla Streb of Los Osos, Calif., and Anneke Beerten of The Netherlands, the 2006 Sea Otter Classic runner-up and JKOM event titlists in 2005.
The 2006 Mountain Biking World Professional Championships from Elkhart Lake will air on CBS Sports on Sept. 24, from 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. EST. Each race of the 2006 season, spanning July through September, is televised to a national audience on CBS Sports, representing the most expansive coverage of professional mountain bike racing in recent history.
This year’s World Professional Mountain Biking Championships will again be staged on the Jeep King of the Mountain Series’ innovative Y-shaped racecourse. The daredevil racecourse, known simply as “The Y,” combines the two most dramatic and popular forms of mountain bike racing into one unique discipline. Competitors begin the race on separate sides of the course (the prongs of the Y) before converging midway into a single course (the crux of the Y). In the bottom section, racers must navigate a series of banked turns, tabletops, step-down jumps and rollers before the track climaxes with an all-out sprint to the finish. The Y has been described as the ultimate format for mountain bike racing, as the overall winners must have a diverse set of skills to win the coveted title of World Professional Champion.
Running from July through September the Jeep King of the Mountain Series includes stops at some of the most spectacular, scenic outdoor havens in the U.S., each providing for a unique backdrop and world-class recreational facilities. This year the series kicked off in San Luis Obispo, and following the event in Elkhart Lake, will head to Beaver Creek, Colo., for the grand finale on Sept. 3.
The Jeep King of the Mountain was established in 1993. Jeep is the title sponsor for the Jeep King of the Mountain Series. The Mountain Biking World Professional Championships are the sister competition to wintertime’s Jeep King of the Mountain Skiing & Snowboarding World Professional Championships. Other marketing partners include Columbia Sportswear Company, Edge ActiveCare, Giant, John Paul Mitchell Systems, Mopar and Nalgene. During each race of the World Professional Championships, the athletes will be competing for the right to don the John Paul Mitchell Systems leaders jersey, as well as the accompanying bonus points associated with this honor. Prokop and Kintner, based on their wins in San Luis Obispo, will be sporting the distinct black jerseys at Elkhart Lake.
The Jeep King of the Mountain Series, the most prestigious event in professional mountain bike racing, features 16 of the world’s top riders competing head-to-head for the coveted title of World Professional Champion. Also at stake is a share of the record $100,000 cash purse and the keys to a new 2007 Jeep Compass. Now in its fourth year, the event continues to attract arguably the most accomplished athletes in the sport, and receives premier national broadcast coverage via CBS Sports.
The Mountain Biking World Professional Championships will be in equally impressive company at Camp Jeep, America’s premier owner-loyalty, off-road driving event. Consider that the billing for this larger-than-life gathering also includes demonstrations by Tony Hawk, the biggest name in the history of skateboarding, a concert by the Blues Brothers, one of the most recognizable bands in music, and a WWII Air Show featuring most dynamic aircraft to ever grace the sky.
During the first race of the 2006 season, held in San Luis Obispo, Calif., the Czech Republic’s Michal Prokop, the defending Jeep King of the Mountain World Professional Champion, came out on top. Heading into Elkhart Lake, Brian Lopes of San Clemente, Calif., a three-time World Champion, five-time World Cup Champion and nine-time National Champion and Eric Carter of Temecula, Calif., the 2005 and 2006 USA Cycling Mountain-Cross National Champion are right on his heels. Also in the hunt are Wade Bootes of Australia, the 2004 Jeep King of the Mountain World Professional Champion and runner-up in 2005, former World Champion Mike King of San Diego, and Brian Schmith of Lancaster, Calif., an open qualifier in San Luis Obispo, who will compete in place of the injured Chris Powell of Carmel Valley, Calif.
In the women’s competition, fellow defending World Professional Champion Jill Kitner of Seattle, Wash., holds the top spot, followed by Melissa Buhl of Chandler, Ariz., ranked fifth in the world and the 2005 NORBA Downhill Champion, and Corona, Calif.’s Tara Llanes, the 2006 USA Cycling Downhill National Champion who currently ranks third in the UCI World Cup standings. Rounding out the standings are Katrina Miller of Australia, the 2004 JKOM World Professional Champion currently ranked second in the world, Fionn Griffiths of Great Britain, a three-time World Cup Champion and five-time UK National Champion, Marla Streb of Los Osos, Calif., and Anneke Beerten of The Netherlands, the 2006 Sea Otter Classic runner-up and JKOM event titlists in 2005.
The 2006 Mountain Biking World Professional Championships from Elkhart Lake will air on CBS Sports on Sept. 24, from 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. EST. Each race of the 2006 season, spanning July through September, is televised to a national audience on CBS Sports, representing the most expansive coverage of professional mountain bike racing in recent history.
This year’s World Professional Mountain Biking Championships will again be staged on the Jeep King of the Mountain Series’ innovative Y-shaped racecourse. The daredevil racecourse, known simply as “The Y,” combines the two most dramatic and popular forms of mountain bike racing into one unique discipline. Competitors begin the race on separate sides of the course (the prongs of the Y) before converging midway into a single course (the crux of the Y). In the bottom section, racers must navigate a series of banked turns, tabletops, step-down jumps and rollers before the track climaxes with an all-out sprint to the finish. The Y has been described as the ultimate format for mountain bike racing, as the overall winners must have a diverse set of skills to win the coveted title of World Professional Champion.
Running from July through September the Jeep King of the Mountain Series includes stops at some of the most spectacular, scenic outdoor havens in the U.S., each providing for a unique backdrop and world-class recreational facilities. This year the series kicked off in San Luis Obispo, and following the event in Elkhart Lake, will head to Beaver Creek, Colo., for the grand finale on Sept. 3.
The Jeep King of the Mountain was established in 1993. Jeep is the title sponsor for the Jeep King of the Mountain Series. The Mountain Biking World Professional Championships are the sister competition to wintertime’s Jeep King of the Mountain Skiing & Snowboarding World Professional Championships. Other marketing partners include Columbia Sportswear Company, Edge ActiveCare, Giant, John Paul Mitchell Systems, Mopar and Nalgene. During each race of the World Professional Championships, the athletes will be competing for the right to don the John Paul Mitchell Systems leaders jersey, as well as the accompanying bonus points associated with this honor. Prokop and Kintner, based on their wins in San Luis Obispo, will be sporting the distinct black jerseys at Elkhart Lake.