crankbrothers in beijing Anne Caroline Chausson takes BMX gold on the Mallet 3 and Sabine Spitz of Germany wins the XC gold aboard eggbeater 4ti pedals, with irina kalentieva in 3rd and USA's Mary Mcconneloug in 7th. On the men's side, Christoph Sauser finishes 4th, with 12 of the top 20 on eggbeater pedals. Roger Rinderknecht of Switzerland rides Mallets to the BMX semi-final.

crankbrothers at crankworx WHISTLER, BC, August 10, 2008- crankbrothers athletes dominate Monster Energy Garbanzo Downhill at Kokanee Crankworx 2008. Gee Atherton (UK), grabbed first with a time of 14:20.4; second place was Sam Hill (Aus), third place went to Marc Beaumont (UK), and fourth place went to Dan Atherton (UK). The top rider in the women's category was Rachel Atherton (UK), with a time of 16:48.9

world championships : italy it's an atherton sweep in the downhill! crankbrothers riders racheal and gee atherton take the world title! other crankbrothers athletes like sabrina jonnier took silver for the women, and steve peat and sam hill finished 2nd and 3rd respectively.

all hail king peaty! the ninth annual lisbon downtown race was held with racers taking to the infamous cobblestone stairways winding down the old city from the castelo de sao jorge. as cats scrambled off the race rack, citizens watched from their laundry filled balconies to see steve peat, indisputably the king of lisbon, take his 7th consecutive win with teammate greg minnaar in second, just .46 behind him.

anka & megan cape epic update : stage 6 after the 130km stage 6, anka and megan are moving up and have taken 14 place in the women's category!

anka & megan cape epic update after stage 4, anka and megan move up to 16th place in the women's category after finishing 15th in the women's ranking for the stage!

cape epic begins the absa cape epic in south africa is underway! best of luck to crankbrothers' own anka martin and megan corradino who are racing in the 9 day stage race through the africa's untamed wilderness!

kieran bennett wins crankbrothers kiwi rider kieran bennett wins 2008 oceania championships, and earns automatic selection to represent new zealand at the 2008 UCI world championships in italy.

crankbrothers riders sweep s. african dh nationals greg minnaar (santa cruz syndicate), south africa's most successful mountain bike racer ever, made a triumphant return to competition at the weekend after a long injury layoff to capture the national downhill title at the 2008 mazda mtn south african mountain bike championships. in the end, it was 1 : greg minnarr, 2 : andrew neethling, 3 : jonty neethling.