Moorlag Medals at Euro XC Champs
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Moorlag, one of the sport's top young riders, can now add a U-23 European Championships medal to his Junior National Championship honors.
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Rabobank-Giant Off-Road Team rider Henk Jaap Moorlag scored a silver medal Saturday at the European Cross-Country Championships in Slovakia. The 21-year-old Dutch rider, a former Junior National Champion in The Netherlands, rode his Giant XtC Advanced SL to second place in the men's Under-23 race. At the end of a tightly fought battle, he was just 34 seconds behind Italian winner Gerhard Kerschbaumer.
In the elite men’s race in Slovakia, Swiss rider Fabian Giger led the way for Rabobank-Giant, finishing a strong fourth on his XtC Advanced SL. On a fast, dry course in Dohnany, Giger just missed medaling, finishing one spot off the podium.
With the European Championships now complete, Giger, Moorlag and the rest of the Rabobank-Giant Off-Road Team riders now turn their attention back to the World Cup series, which resumes next weekend in The Czech Republic.
In the elite men’s race in Slovakia, Swiss rider Fabian Giger led the way for Rabobank-Giant, finishing a strong fourth on his XtC Advanced SL. On a fast, dry course in Dohnany, Giger just missed medaling, finishing one spot off the podium.
With the European Championships now complete, Giger, Moorlag and the rest of the Rabobank-Giant Off-Road Team riders now turn their attention back to the World Cup series, which resumes next weekend in The Czech Republic.
August 8, 2011
