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2006 SEQ MTB Sunshine Series

John Flynn / 18.05.2006

More than 200 of Queensland\'s most talented cross-country mountain bikers are expected to line up for the Gold Coast round, with the host club sure to feature prominently in the results across all divisions.

The Gold Coast Club showed its class at the recent Merida 24 Hour, when the team anchored by junior sensation Daniel Hallam and Masters warhorse Brett Stevens beat all comers to win the prestigious endurance classic.

“There\'s no question the Gold Coast is a great nursery for mountain bike talent and Sunday\'s race is all about showing what our riders are capable of,” said race director Guss MacAnally.

“We\'ve invested a lot of time and effort in junior development in recent years on The Coast and the results are starting to show.” Sunday\'s races will be staged entirely on a specially crafted single-track (recently featured in Australian Mountain Bike Magazine) which snakes its way through thick forest country, combining technically challenging switchbacks, hillclimbs, descents and creek crossings.