Red Bull Desafio no Morro
September 28th, 2009 @ 1:51 PM | Author: billy
Filip Polc wins this bonkers race through the slums of Rio De Janerio. Urban street races are nothing new but this one looks a little on the wild side.
1. Filip Polc
2: Markolf Berchtold
3: Dan Atherton
Phil Young is there with Rob Warner doing a show for Channel 4 said:
“You have know idea how off the hook it is. 3000 stray dogs in the Favela, bullet holes all over the shop, raw sewage on the course and 100 armed police for security – unreal.”
I’ll have a scratch around for some videos, in the meantime here is a helmet cam from the RootRider people.
Helmet Cam
Here’s a classic from a South American TV station, introduced by my old woodwork teacher… “scorchio”
Super short video
Tags: Red Bull, Rio, Urban Street Race
9 Responses to “Red Bull Desafio no Morro”
September 28th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
What about Gee, who’s in first place in the results above?
September 28th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
Gee punctured in the final. These timings must be seedings?
September 28th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
Those are the seeding results!
September 28th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
cocked up again! I’ll change it
September 28th, 2009 at 3:34 pm
Good on Polcster to come back from a nasty crash at Crankworx and get a win!
September 28th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
yeah, red bull pulling off another crazy event
September 29th, 2009 at 4:52 am
that guy with a white V10 is my friend Théo Duarte, he´s a legend racing downhill since 1995 and still strong, he makes everything for this sport, he´s a bikeshop owner, hes a mtbike magazine editor, he makes movies, helmet cams, team manager,all that racing full time, sadly he crashes and broke his hand in this crazy race.
September 29th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
[...] http://dirtmountainbike.com/news/red-bull-desafio-morro.html Vejam o primeiro video, simplesmente brutal! [...]
January 3rd, 2010 at 6:01 pm
[...] Cursele downhill sunt extrem de spectaculoase, mai ales dacă locul lor de desfășurare este mahalaua braziliană. Frații Dan și Gee Atherton, cunoscuți în lumea mountain biking-ului, au făcut spectacol pe traseul foarte dificil și lung de 800 de metri al circuitului amenajat pentru cursa Red Bull Desafio no Morro: [...]
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