2 60 - Milka-Superior Mountainbike Racing Team

p_20 / Trek bart brentjens Mountainbike Racing Team
lUkAs kAUFMAnn (sUi)
0 -0 -198 | Freiburg (Germany)
The Swiss mountainbiker Lukas Kaufmann is one of two new team members
for 2010. Teammanager Bart Brentjens refers to him as being a
rough diamond, waiting and ready to be cut. Lukas is only 22 years old
and is one of the best U23 mountainbikers in the world. In last year’s European
Championships in Zoetermeer Lukas won the bronze medal. He
has also won the overall in the highly ranked German Bundesliga U23. At
the World Championships in Canberra he finished in 9th place.
Lukas Kaufmann began with mountain biking at only 7 years of age. He
originates from the town of Gränichen, between Zürich and Bern, where
mountain biking is a very popular sport. ,,I always trained hard and rode
many races’’, he explains. ,,I love to ride my bike and I am very happy to
be in this team in 2010. The organization is good, as well as the bikes and
my colleagues. I think it is an advantage when you’re in a team with more
young and talented riders. It keeps you motivated when there is a little
competition in the team.’’
Lukas now lives in Freiburg in Germany. ,,This is a good area to train and
many bikers live there.’’ In his first year in the elite-category Lukas wants
to qualify for the European- and World Championships.
RESULTS LUKAS
1st Bundesliga U23 2009
1st Bundesliga sprint 2009
3rd European Championships U23 2009
9th World Championships U23 2009
5th Racerbikes Cup Muttenz elite 2009
7th Racerbikes Cup Gränichen elite 2009
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