INDONESIA WINS GUNUNG WALAT CHAMPIONSHIPS INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN BIKE

Indonesian National Team won the international championship mountain bike in 2010 at Hutan Pendidikan Gunung Walat (HPGW) Faculty of Forestry IPB, Bogor, Cibadak , Sukabumi, West Java.



Indonesian national team won First place in the name of Dadi Nurcahyadi with record time 2:05:21, won the second by Chandra with a record time of 2:05:40 Rafsanzani, and III champion in the name of Bandi Sugito with a record time of 2:09:22. 

While athletes from Thailand, Tawatchai Masae, gold medalist at the last SEA Games in Laos, because it failed to gain victory in the fourth position with a record time of 2:24:59 and his teammate, Peerapol Chaw ranked seventh.

With track conditions and steep wet ground to make trouble for Thai team approached the Indonesian national team, even they look exhausted their articles should be around the track with 7.2-kilometer distance four times.
In wet soil stuck to the track sometimes they ride a bicycle tire, making it difficult for mountain bike athletes to the Elite Men's class to pedal his bike with racing. There are several national team from Thailand that had fallen when the derivative because of his bicycle tire is filled with wet soil.
Meanwhile, Masters champion for the C (40 years and over) is held by Tony Wijaya (Kamurang Bike), in second place by Deden DOP (TRB Scott Folker) and third positions by Tusli Supriadi (ISSI Ciamis). Masters champions (B 35-39 years) is held by Sugiyanto Gino (Tp Gun Wym Cycle team), in the second position by the CIU Raspati (Santosa Rays MTB) and the third position is held by Muhibin (Lite Speed).
In addition, Master A champion (30-34 years) held by Asep Firmansyah Faith (SBC Sukabumi), positioned both by Kartiko (Megar Team) and third positions by Hendari (Origin Bike JBC). Champion Junior Men (17-18) held by Andri Nugraha (Graha Bikres Club-Arrow, Balaraja), the second position is held by Yance Octavian (Bangka Belitung), and third positions by Wirawan Abdul Reza (BBC, Bandung).
While the Women's Open champion held by Kusmawati Yazid (Polygon MTB), the second position by Wilhemina (CCC Hatten Wines, Bali), and third positions by Diana Intan Purnama Sari (United Kencana, Bandung) Responsible Sumarto Suharno event, said as many as 139 mountain bike athletes across the "track" a fairly tense at a distance of approximately 7.2 kilometers.

Almost every class, the athletes should be around the "track" as much as one round, except on "Women Open" and "Junior Men" as much as two rounds, while the "Elite Men" as many as four rounds.

'Distance' track 'was already meet international standards. Moreover,' tracks' at Mount Walat is quite challenging because many derivatives which are steep, "he said as he says in" track "that there are 14 bridges and eight derivatives.
According to him, the athletes will fight over the trophy from the Ministry of Forestry (Kemenhut) and cash amounting to Rp50 million.



Photo by Petrus Suryadi