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2019-10-27

Brasil Ride grows, receives praise and confirms its status as one of the largest in the world

Tenth edition of the seven-day ultramarathon ended this Saturday (26th) and defined the historical edition champions, held for the fourth consecutive season in Arraial d'Ajuda, in Porto Seguro, and Guaratinga, in Bahia

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All the champions of the 10th. edition (Wladimir Togumi / Brasil Ride)

All the champions of the 10th. edition
(Wladimir Togumi / Brazil Ride)

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Hans Becking and Tiago Ferreira with the finisher shirt (Ney Evangelista / Brasil Ride)

Hans Becking and Tiago Ferreira with the finisher shirt
(Ney Evangelista / Brazil Ride)

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Happiness of champions Viviane and Tania (Fabio Piva / Brasil Ride)

Happiness of champions Viviane and Tania
(Fabio Piva / Brazil Ride)

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Champions during the start of the last stage (Mario Jordany / Brasil Ride)

Champions during the start of the last stage
(Mario Jordany / Brazil Ride)

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Jaqueline and Danilas (Juliano Augusto / Brasil Ride)

Jaqueline and Danilas
(Juliano Augusto / Brazil Ride)

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Edson Rezende and Nicolas Sessler (Wladimir Togumi / Brasil Ride)

Edson Rezende and Nicolas Sessler
(Wladimir Togumi / Brazil Ride)

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Celina and José, champions of the mixed duo (Juliano Augusto / Brasil Ride)

Celina and José, champions of the mixed duo
(Juliano Augusto / Brazil Ride)

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Master champions celebrate (Wladimir Togumi / Brasil Ride)

Master champions celebrate
(Wladimir Togumi / Brazil Ride)

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Pablo and Raul (Juliano Augusto / Brasil Ride)

Pablo and Raul
(Juliano Augusto / Brazil Ride)

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Corporate winning trio (Juliano Augusto / Brasil Ride)

Corporate winning trio
(Juliano Augusto / Brazil Ride)

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Iron rider champions (Juliano Augusto / Brasil Ride)

Iron rider champions
(Juliano Augusto / Brazil Ride)

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Nellore winning duo (Ney Evangelista / Brasil Ride)

Nellore winning duo
(Ney Evangelista / Brazil Ride)

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Bruno Paim and Paulo Santana, examples of overcoming (Ney Evangelista / Brasil Ride)

Bruno Paim and Paulo Santana, examples of overcoming
(Ney Evangelista / Brazil Ride)

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Paulo Santana dos Santos, from Aracaju (SE), competed in the Open (Ney Evangelista / Brasil Ride)

Paulo Santana dos Santos, from Aracaju (SE), competed in the Open
(Ney Evangelista / Brazil Ride)

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Bruno Paim (Ney Evangelista / Brasil Ride)

Bruno Paim
(Ney Evangelista / Brazil Ride)

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Weimar Pettengill and Adauto Belli (Juliano Augusto / Brasil Ride)

Weimar Pettengill and Adauto Belli
(Juliano Augusto / Brazil Ride)

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Mario Roma (Rosita Belinky / Brazil Ride)

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(Rosita Belinky / Brazil Ride)

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UCI team with Mario Roma (Mario Jordany / Brasil Ride)

UCI team with Mario Roma
(Mario Jordany / Brazil Ride)

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Facing the Guaratinga Mountains (Fabio Piva / Brasil Ride)

Facing the Guaratinga Mountains
(Fabio Piva / Brazil Ride)

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Platoon preparing for the mountains (Mario Jordany / Brasil Ride)

Platoon preparing for the mountains
(Mario Jordany / Brazil Ride)

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Avancini in the beautiful look of Guaratinga (Josue Fernandez / Brasil Ride)

Avancini in the beautiful look of Guaratinga
(Josue Fernandez / Brazil Ride)

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Dusk at the Brasil Ride Arena, in Guaratinga (Ney Evangelista / Brasil Ride)

Dusk at the Brasil Ride Arena, in Guaratinga
(Ney Evangelista / Brazil Ride)

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Dusk at the Brasil Ride Arena, in Guaratinga (Fabio Piva / Brasil Ride)

Dusk at the Brasil Ride Arena, in Guaratinga
(Fabio Piva / Brazil Ride)

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A "sea" of bikes waiting to start at Maratons dos Descobrimentos
(Fabio Piva / Brazil Ride)

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Brasil Ride Arena, in Arraial d'Ajuda (Fabio Piva / Brasil Ride)

Arena Brasil Ride, in Arraial d'Ajuda
(Fabio Piva / Brazil Ride)

 

Porto Seguro (BA) - The 10th edition of Brasil Ride ended this Saturday (26th) in great style, crowning champions in ten categories in Arraial d'Ajuda, in Porto Seguro (BA). In all, more than 2.500 cyclists from 23 countries were gathered on the last day of the event, with the Discovery Marathon taking place in parallel to the seventh and decisive stage of the event. After closing, everyone is sure that the event was successful.

"Very happy with the conclusion of another edition of Brasil Ride, the largest mountain bike ultramarathon in the Americas, elected by many as the most difficult in the world. After the end of the event, we received the return of several athletes from different parts of the world , with several compliments and constructive criticisms about the race, which makes us very satisfied. In conversation with the members of UCI (União Ciclística Internacional), present in the race, we also heard several words of congratulations, that is, we are really happy for another season concluded ", evaluated Mario Roma, founder of Brasil Ride, adding that the race has grown more than 20% this year.

Antonio Vink, commissioner of the Brazilian Cycling Confederation (CBC), who coordinated the technical part together with the UCI agrees with Mario Roma. "We saw a huge evolution over the past year in the structure, in the condition for us to work and for the athletes. Rafael Campos, general director, Mario Roma, organizer, and the entire administrative and hydration team did a sensational job. Everyone left happy I talked to several cyclists, who were very satisfied. Every year, Brasil Ride gets better. The team tries hard, the structure is good and the place is sensational. Bahia is a very good place to be ", he summarized. 

All winners - In the two main categories of the event, the male and female elites, the champions held their party and were able to celebrate with the public by the sea. A great mountain bike party, which had the Portuguese Tiago Ferreira and the Dutchman Hans Becking at the top step of the open podium, and the Brazilian Viviane Favery and Tânia Clair Pickler as champions among women. The best pairs in the Americas were Edson Rezende and Nicolas Sessler (American Man) and Jaqueline Mourão and Danilas Ferreira (American Woman).

In the mixed and master pair, the dominance was total of the Portuguese: José Silva alongside Celina Carpinteiro and Tiago Clamote together with Tiago Silva were the winners. In the grand master, the winners were also two foreigners, the Argentine Pablo Rodrigues and the Venezuelan Raul Navarro. In the nelore the title went to Robson Mendes and Aldenio Bandeira, a pair from Costa Rica, in Mato Grosso do Sul, headquarters of the 24h World Cup, the corporate was won by the trio Wagner Quirino, André Di Carlo and Enrico Sampaio, and finally the debutant iron rider had the triumph of Bruno Ryker and Pedro Vinicius Ferreira.

Overcoming champions - Nationally recognized for being the event that most encourages athletes in the PCD category (people with disabilities), this year Brasil Ride had three participants: Adauto Belli, blind in both eyes, who competed on a double bike (tandem) with support from Weimar Pettengill, Bruno Paim, cyclist without both arms, and Paulo Santana, who does not have the right leg. "I come to Bahia, I take the test, I suffer and I have fun. But when I come home, I'm already thinking about the next edition", commented Adauto Belli.

Champions of the 10th. edition
Men's Elite - 
Tiago Ferreira (POR) / Hans Becking (HOL) 
Elite Women - Viviane Favery (BRA) / Tania Clair (BRA) 
Mixed Doubles - Jose Silva (POR) / Celina Carpenter (POR)
Master - Tiago Clamote (POR) / Tiago Silva (POR)
Grand Master - Pablo Rodriguez (ARG) / Raul Navarro (VEN) 
American Man - Edson Gilmar Rezende Junior (BRA) / Nicolas Sessler (BRA) 
American Woman - Jaqueline Mourao (BRA) / Danilas Ferreira Da Silva (BRA)
Nellore - Robson Mendes Magalhaes (BRA) / Aldenio Bandeira Sanches (BRA)
Corporate - Wagner Quirino (BRA) / André Di Carlo Fonseca (BRA) / Enrico Sampaio (BRA)
Iron Rider - Bruno Ryker (BRA) / Pedro Vinicius Ferreira Sipriano (BRA)

Brasil Ride's 10 year champions

Male 

2010 - Kristian Hynek (CZE) / Robert Novotney (CZE)
2011 - Kristian Hynek (CZE) / Robert Novotney (CZE) 
2012 - Tiago Ferreira (POR) / Luis Pinto (POR) 
2013 - Henrique Avancini (BRA) / Sherman Trezza (BRA)
2014 - Hans Becking (NL) / Jiri Novak (CZE)
2015 - Hans Becking (HOL) / Jiri Novak (CZE)
2016 - Fabian Rabensteiner (ITA) and Alexey Medvedev (RUS)
2017 - Henrique Avancini (BRA) / Jiri Novak (CZE)
2018 - Henrique Avancini (BRA) / Manuel Fumic (GER)
2019 - Tiago Ferreira (POR) / Hans Becking (NED)

Female
2010 - Celina Carpinteiro (POR) / Ivonne Kraft (ALE)
2011 - Adriana Nascimento (BRA) / Sabrina Gobbo (BRA) 
2012 - Adriana Nascimento (BRA) / Adriana Genovesi (BRA)
2013 - Rebecca Rusch (USA) / Selene Yeager (USA)
2014 - Sonya Looney (USA) / Nina Baum (USA)
2015 - Raiza Goulão (BRA) / Viviane Favery (BRA) 
2016 - Isabela Lacerda (BRA) / Letícia Cândido (BRA)
2017 - Raiza Goulão (BRA) / Margot Moschetti (FRA)
2018 - Sandra Santaynes (ESP) / Anna Ramirez (ESP)
2019 - Viviane Favery (BRA) / Tania Clair Pickler (BRA)

10th edition countries - 570 cyclists from 23 countries participated in the tenth edition of the ultramarathon: Germany, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Cyprus, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Spain, United States, Ecuador, France, Holland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, Czech Republic, Russia, Switzerland and Venezuela.

Tenth edition - Considered the Giro d'Itália of the world MTB, the ultramarathon held from October 20 to 26, in the Extreme South of Bahia, was a strong challenge for the 570 participants from 23 countries. For seven days, they faced about 600 km and almost 11.000 m of accumulated altimetry, between trails and dirt roads that connect Arraial d'Ajuda, in Porto Seguro, to Guaratinga, at Vila Brasil Ride. On the last day of the competition, this Saturday (26th), more than 1.800 cyclists from all over the country join the stars of the international mountain bike for the dispute of the Marathon of the Discoveries. 

The Brasil Ride ultramarathon was sponsored by the Government of Bahia, through SETRE, Bahiatursa and SUDESB, Land Rover, Shimano, Specialized and Unidas. Coca-Cola, Conect Car, Ful Gas, Garmin, LAF Corretora de Seguros, La Maglia, Oakley, Red Bull, Shop2gether, Squirt, Thule and Vittoria are supporting companies, as well as the municipalities of Porto Seguro and Guaratinga, as well as the Park Nacional do Pau Brasil, are institutional supporters of the event.

Check out videos and slideshows on youtube and wetransfer:

Youtube - 10th playlist. edition : https://www.youtube.com/user/BrasiRide/playlists?view_as=subscriber

Prologue:

Video - https://youtu.be/RYTpWMWGPfY
Video wetransfer -https://we.tl/t-CPH4chKvHg
Slideshow - https://youtu.be/dFgRO8hZYFo

Step 2:
Video - https://youtu.be/VtunNsh0jUQ
Video wetransfer - https://we.tl/t-2kEOiOyoie
Slideshow - https://youtu.be/LhvG_jxIG4g

Step 3:
Video - https://youtu.be/ngjyaCzkr7s
Video wetransfer -https://we.tl/t-jA0Y0Eu0dM
Slideshow 10 years - https://youtu.be/0FlCkwXz4Q4
Slideshow Step 3 - https://youtu.be/ProWqmNYGp4 

Step 4:
Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35M7oocz8HI&t
Video wetransfer - https://we.tl/t-mewhb3eRUl
Slideshow - https://youtu.be/4nT0ow4Tcdg
Slideshow wetransfer - https://we.tl/t-S6yurP5QPM

Step 5:
Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49bm-hbHKMk
Video wetransfer - https://we.tl/t-6fyjsxqmfl
Slideshow - https://youtu.be/UbuEe7jq-Xc
Slideshow wetransfer - https://we.tl/t-BHkugnyEyR

Step 6:
Video - https://youtu.be/0MZEmEcnzEI
Video wetransfer - https://bit.ly/367aHIe
Slideshow - https://youtu.be/tiNhSAq81TE
Slideshow's Wetranfsrer - https://we.tl/t-WoTCbv4kgA

Step 7:
Video - https://youtu.be/mBky1vd8f-o
Video wetransfer - https://we.tl/t-hfyiOXcmtX
Slideshow - https://youtu.be/tDWXAcLDRzA
Slideshow Wetransfrer - https://we.tl/t-JQEmFi0x2d

Brasil Ride: More than a race, a stage in your life.

More information about Brasil Ride:
Website: http://www.BRASILRIDE.COM.BR
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BRAZILIDE
Twitter: www.twitter.com/brasil_ride
Instagram: www.instagram.com/brasilride

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