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| Born | 8 August 1977 Albstadt, Germany | ||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Downhill | ||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||
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Marcus Klausmann (born 8 August 1977) is a German former downhill mountain biker. He notably finished second overall at the 1996 UCI Downhill World Cup and won the second race in Nevegal, Italy. He also won the National Downhill Championships thirteen times: in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2013. [1]
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Sam Hill, is an Australian professional enduro mountain biker and former professional downhill racer. He was two time consecutive UCI World Downhill Champion during years 2006–2007 for Iron Horse racing team. He won the 2010 world championships in Mont Saint Anne, riding for the Monster Energy Specialized team on a Specialized Demo 8 II. He also won the 2007 and 2009 UCI Elite Men's Downhill World Cup (Overall). In December 2012 it was announced that Hill had signed for the Chain Reaction Cycles/Nukeproof team. As of 2016, Hill has switched to racing enduro and won the 2017 Enduro World Series overall title. In the same year he raced the Downhill World Championships in Cairns, Australia on his enduro bike where he finished sixth.
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