Irish do well at Cycle Messenger championships

international | miscellaneous | news report Thursday August 04, 2005 23:30 by Velorutionary

Cycle Messenger World Championships 2005 (New York CIty)

Rob Storey (Dublin) took 3rd in the fixed gear Omnium and Mimi won the women's Trackstand. (Apparently the Irish girls won the prize for Best Style for being topless too!)

FIXED GEAR OMNIUM - MEN

1: Jumbo (27 backwards circles, 369.5 foot skid, 8 manifests in 2 hours, 24 minutes, and 28 seconds) - Copenhagen, Denmark
2: Pascal "Pasci" Brodard - Luzern, Switzerland
3: Rob Storey - Dublin, Ireland
FIXED GEAR OMNIUM - WOMEN

1: Charlotte - NYC
2: Sara - San Francisco
3: Megan - LA
TRACKSTAND

Men: Mike Cobb - Berkeley
Women: Mimi - Ireland