Mountain: Rene Wildhaber Signs with Trek Bikes

Rene Wildhaber, the Swiss racer known as the most successful  downhill marathoner, will take on races such as the Avalanche Cup and the  Trek Bike Attack on the much lauded Trek Remedy.  

“My collaboration with Trek signifies an extremely exciting challenge. I am convinced by the high quality of the Trek bikes. Downhill marathons – my primary discipline – has become increasingly popular. Thus, I am particularly excited about letting my technical experience be known when it comes to the further development of bikes such as the Trek Remedy and the Trek Session 88.   

Wildhaber has defined his goals for the upcoming year: “I intend to take part in an elaborate photo trip to Asia.  Furthermore, I target defending my Megavalanche victory in Alpe d’Huez.” 1800 racers try annually to take over the freeride-champion’s title in the French Alps. So far substantially unsuccessful: The 32 year old from Flumserberg/Heidiland has already won the famous rally of Alpe d’Huez six times.  

However, his abilities are not only limited to downhill qualities: The Eastern Swiss even repeatedly put the fear of god into some of the big names during various cross-country oriented races. Just recently Wildhaber left Olympic champion Julien Absalon and U23-world champion Nino Schurter at Megavalanche in the tropic island of La Reunion.  

Wildhaber hasn’t only established his reputation within the race world but even more so within the mountain bike movie scene: Starting in May 2009 he will appear in a sequel of the legendary Kranked movies. Moreover, Wildhaber implements numerous photo productions on all kind of breathtaking bike trails worldwide.  

Rene Wildhaber’s successes:  
Winner 2009 Urge Kenya
Six time champion Megavalanche Alpe d’Heuz
Nine time champion Swiss Bike Masters
Four time champion TREK Bike Attack Lenzerheide
Two time champion Red Bull Trailfox
Three time champion Nozowa Avalanche, Japan 

Links:  www.renewildhaber.ch,  www.trekbikes.com 

About the Remedy: Heralded as the definitive all mountain bike by the worldwide media, the Remedy has racked up an impressive number of stats since its release. Ross Schnell shattered the Downieville Classic course record by nearly three minutes, while Cam McCaul and Brandon Sememnuk continue to have podium presence at the world's premier slopestyle competitions aboard their custom edition Remedy's. 

About TREK: Trek Bicycles returns in 2009 to the UCI World Cup with a powerful, professional team. Three top-class cross-country racers start in the XC discipline: Liam Killeen (GB), Lukas, and Matthias Flueckiger (CH). The top-athletes Tracey Moseley (GB), Justin Leov (NZ), and Andrew Neethling (RSA) participate in the downhill competition.