ADAM CRAIG TOP NORTH AMERICAN AT WORLD CUP
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;setCaption(document.image_thumb); "Adam Craig of the Giant Global MTB Team has his best finish this season in a World Cup event at XC #7 in Champéry, Switzerland. Photo by Gary Perkins.")
;setCaption(document.image_extra_one_thumb); "Giant’s Adam Craig heading for the best finish of any North American in the World Cup XC #7. Photo by Gary Perkins.")
Adam Craig of the Giant Global MTB Team had his best finish in a World Cup event this season, finishing in 6th place in the Elite Men’s cross country race in Champery, Switzerland. The US National Short Track Champion also was the top placing North American in the event.
South Africa’s Burry Stander won the six-lap event, edging out Julien Absalon. The previous weekend, Stander won the U-23 cross country world championship title in Canberra, Australia.
Craig powered to the finish on his Giant Anthem X Advanced SL bicycle. Built from Giant’s Advanced SL composite, the bike features a massive downtube and bottom bracket area for maximum pedaling efficiency, and 4 inches of award-winning Maestro suspension.
"I had, for me, a pretty good start, not dropping back too far,” Craig told reporters at the end of the race. “Then I was able to start moving up, because I think I maybe had more in the tank than some of those guys that dug so deep last week [at the Worlds]. For me, this is a sweet, sweet course, with the good climb, some nice singletrack, that was still rideable even after the rain last night."