USA National MTB Championship - Winter Park, CO

07/30/2019

The crown jewel of US Mountain biking, the “USA Cycling National Championships” saw its largest field to date of top racers from around the United States competing for the official “Stars and Stripes” title in beautiful Winter Park Colorado. National champs is unique in the fact it hosts 4 major disciplines, Downhill, Cross Country, Short Track and Enduro all in one event. Thanks to a wonderful host mountain all disciplines were treated to fantastic courses that would challenge everyone and only the best all-around riders in each discipline would earn the title.

Shimano is very proud to share that of the 4 disciplines our Shimano athletes were crowned with all 4 of the women’s category titles and 2 of the men’s titles!

Shimano Bike Booth US National Championship

Shimano was the official neutral support of the National Champs and took care of any racer that needed help making it to their starting line. The SMS crew literally supported hundreds of racers throughout the weekend!

Enduro riders Richie Rude of the Yeti Team and Amy Morrison of the Fuji team were the first to win medals during the week. Next was Jill Kintner taking the Dual Slalom jersey for the 7th time. This time defeating another Shimano Athlete Kialani Hines of the Pivot team in a close faught battle. Then it was Chloe Woodruff of the Stan’s No Tubes Pivot Team winning the Pro XC in dominating fashion while her male teammate Keegan Swenson took home the jersey in the men’s pro XC in knock down drag out battle with last years champion Howard Grotts!Then it was Jill Kintner in the DH taking home another jersey with a solid win. Shimano athlete Kialani Hines took home 3rd.