Monster Energy congratulates team rider Luca Shaw on taking third place in Canada's Crankworx Whistler downhill mountain
bike race event this weekend.
WHISTLER, BC, July 22,
2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Shaw returns to the
podium! Monster Energy congratulates team rider Luca Shaw on taking third place in Canada's Crankworx Whistler downhill mountain
bike race event this weekend. In the Pro Men's division final, the
28-year-old from Hendersonville, North
Carolina, climbed into third place on the iconic 1199
racetrack at Whistler Resort in British
Columbia.
Monster Energy's 32-year-old Danny
Hart from Redcar, United
Kingdom, landed in fifth place with a finish time of
3:28.814. The Pro Women's division race saw 17-year-old Monster
Army rider Erice van Leuven from
Aotearoa, New Zealand, take fourth
place.
From July 19 to 28, the Crankworx
Whistler Mountain Bike Festival attracts top competing athletes and
mountain bike enthusiasts for ten days of racing, slopestyle
competitions, Kidsworx events, and bike demos. Started in
Whistler in 2004, Crankworx has
evolved into a multi-stop international festival series.
Competitions at Crankworx Whistler 2024 kicked off with the
competitive RockShox Canadian Open DH mountain bike racing event on
the notorious 1199 Track on Sunday. In the Pro Men's Division, Shaw
set the bar high with a flawless run that launched him to the top
of the leaderboard.
When the action moved to the final runs of the day, Shaw's
finish time of 3:27.354 held the top spot. But when all was said
and done, Shaw took home a strong third place in his best
performance of the 2024 mountain bike season to date.
The Pro Women's division concluded with 17-year-old Monster Army
rider Erice van Leuven from
Aotearoa, New Zealand, taking
fourth place at Whistler with a
finish of 04:20.234. Van Leuven is
the reigning 2023 Junior Women's Division World Champion.
For more on Luca Shaw,
Danny Hart, Erice van Leuven, and our team of mountain bike
athletes, visit http://www.monsterenergy.com. Also, follow Monster
Energy on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok for
exclusive updates from the 2024 MTB season.
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