Kiwi World Cup downhill rider Cameron Cole will be onboard a Lapierre in 2011 alongside fellow New Zealander Sam Blenkinsop.
Overcoming a season-ending broken wrist in 2010, Cameron Cole (22), of Christchurch, New Zealand, has banked his top-10 consistency of 2010 by signing with the Lapierre International team for his 2011 World Cup and World Championship campaigns.
In 2010 Cole posted three top-10 World Cup finishes with the Maxxis-Rocky Mountain team – including two podiums – and finished the season at eighth in the UCI rankings. His success did not go unnoticed with French team Lapierre jumping at the chance to take him on board.
“Talking to Laurent [Delorme, Cole's new team manager] right from the start, it seems everything is perfect,” Cole explains. “The support includes anything from a shifter cable to toilet paper. I want to be able to just forget about all those things and to just focus on riding my bike.”
Along with the new team Cole will have to get his head around a new bike. “It is a bit of a different design – it’s super light and wants to pedal over bumps super well,” he offers.
“I think Lapierre are really onto it with their bikes and design and if I have the opportunity along with the other riders, Nico and Sam, to help them keep developing them then it’s a pretty cool opportunity for me,” he smiles.
Cole, who was crowned Junior World Downhill Champion in 2006, has had a long relationship with Maxxis, beginning with Norba competition and growing with the brand into the European-based World Cup series. “I’ve grown with it and my results have improved every year and I feel like next year I can be at the top of the game,” Cole shares.
Cam Cole On Lapierre For 2011
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