Padam Sabenhhang wins Yak Attack

KATHMANDU, June 3: Padam Sabenhhang has won the 2009 Berghaus Yak Attack mountain bike race. Torq team member Sabenhhang completed the 227-km-long, 6-day-long race in 18:34:56 seconds to clinch the title. Sabenhhang completed the final, 6th stage of 78 km in 3:18:01 seconds to win the stage and the race. Mangal Lama of Fast Fuel covered the distance in 3:15:08 to claim second position in the stage; he snagged the overall third place with a timing of 19:25:35 seconds.



The 78-km-long final stage, from Kagbeni to Beni, was full of incidents. Deepak Rai (Heatmax UK) was an overall 16 minutes ahead of his nearest rival Padam (Torq), but a mechanical failure early on forced Dipak to settle for the overall second position. Rajeev Rai (One world MTB), who was giving it his all to take the final stage, was involved in a collision with a local bus near Tatopani and suffered serious injuries; he was forced to retire from the race.



The Yak Attack mountain bike race started from Besi Sahar, in Lamjung, and ended at Beni, in Myagdi.

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