He won the 262 km road race championships, held in Mendrisio, Switzerland, on the 27th of September in a solo attempt made in the final 3 km of the race.
After a month of hard training since returning from Canada I have gained sponsorship from a major Australian mountain biking team, Merida Flight Centre, and can't wait to start riding for them. Thanks to Ultimate Ride for all their support.
Alex's blog is everything about Guitar Hero, and all of the songs in the first, second, and third games. Also has descriptions of each game, and even a game (not guitar hero though), and last but not least a video of someone doing the hardest song on guitar hero 3!
In 2007, he hit a fellow training parter, Matthew Rex, when driving after a party, it was Rex's birthday party and they had all been drinking and illegal drugs may have been in their systems too. He has been found guilty for aggravated driving without due care and leaving the scene of an accident in relation to the crash. See here for more
Narrowly defeating previous world champion, Frenchman Julien Absalon, in a sprint finish the Swiss rider was the first of 2 from the country on the podiun in the elite mens race. The first Aussie was Chris Jongewaard, in 15th, proving that Australia needs to improve its national mountain bike program to accomodate for the high quality racing in Europe.