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Michael Milton to pair up for the 50km Duo Classic

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Written by Tony Scott

The Cross Country Mountain Bike race is a fundraising event for Bec Henderson – 2011 Under 23 Australian Champion, eight times Australian Mountain Bike Age Champion and 2011 Cycling Australia Elite Female Mountain Biker of the Year who is striving to gain selection for the 2012 London Olympics.

Riders enter in teams of two and each pair must start and finish the race together.  The Duo Classic is about teamwork; where you and your teammate work together, have a good time and ride some of the best single tracks that Canberra has to offer. The course will be one 12.5km loop of single track and fire road in which each pair will have to complete four times. There is also a 25 kilometre race option for families and children.

Michael Milton - Skier, cyclist, trekker, triathlete, world and Australian record holder, Paralympian, Olympian... Michael is one of Australia's best-known athletes. His four-gold-medal haul at the Salt Lake Winter Paralympic Games endeared him to a sport-loving nation and earned him the title of Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability. Michael’s career highlights include racing in the Mark Webber Challenge, a five-day adventure race in Tasmania and the 293km long Coast to Coast Kokoda Challenge. He has climbed Mt Kilimanjaro and walked Kokoda twice.

In 2008 Michael was named as one of 18 athletes in the Paralympic Cycling Team to compete in Beijing. His sixth Paralympic Games and his first as a summer athlete, he arrived in Beijing less than 12 months since chemotherapy radiotherapy and major surgery.

Michael Milton is part of the local road cycling scene and has partnered up with local CORC club member and friend Darryl Cram for the event in a show of support for Bec.

2008 Beijing Olympian Dan McConnell will partner Canberra’s Olympic hopeful Ben Henderson to fight it out with 2011 Enduro Champion Dylan Cooper and rising star Brendan Johnston in this inaugural race.

Entries are open for the 50km Duo Classic. Visit www.duoclassic.com for all the information including categories, prizes, location and news. The Duo Classic is open to all categories of riders from Novice to Elite.