Official Desafio 24h pictures already available

Click here and check all the official Desafio 24h 2008 pictures, thru our ativo.com hotsite.

All pictures are available for free download. You can choose as many as you want! They're free.

Enjoy and MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Desafio 24h to be aired on ESPN Brasil 12/3

Renata Falzoni, the famous bike reporter shot a whole 30 minutes special show featuring the Desafio 24h 2008. The footage will be aired in two parts, with the first on the 3rd December and the second part by the 10th. The show will be replayed a few times afterwards. Check the web site for more informantions. 

2008 women solo category winners

Caroline, Daniela and Alziane, Desafio 24h 2008 queens!

Suggestions and comments

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Feel free to send it to us, so we can consider and work for it.

Desafio 24h 2008 Results

Check the results on the Portuguese version of the blog, by clicking the Brazilian flag.

THE RACE IN ON!

This morning at 8 sharply, 230 riders from Brazil, Canada, Switzerland, Italy, Portugal and USA started a 24 hours battle against the heat, wind and exhaustion.

The sixth edition of this breakthrough bike race in Brazil, is finally on!

All preparation, training and logistics will be proven during a whole day and night. Solos and teams will be challenged to endure until tomorrow morning.

The weather prediction is no surprise. Winds ranging between 19 and 30km/h and the temperatures from 26 to 32C.

The blue skies above The Beach Park Resort will show no mercy!

Soon the bodies will begin to fade and only the strongest will overcome.

Check here all the Desafio 24h 2008 entrants.

6 person Teams

601 - Grupo Pão de Açúcar Bike Team (São Paulo) - mixed

602 - Pão de Açúcar Fortaleza

603 - Zona Alvo Barcelos Sports

604 - Fed. Cearense de Ciclismo Loucos por Mtb

605 - Athlon Esporte e Saúde

607 - Carcarás Pedaleiros Sobral

608 - FCC Regiciclo Pizzaria Mac Burger

609 - FCC Cia da Aventura

610 - FCC Cia da Aventura II

611 - FCC Cia da Aventura III

612 - Servis Segurança

4 person Teams

401 - Zona ALvo Servis T1

402 - Nabuco Racing (São Paulo) - master

403 - Pagliarini Express (Suiça/Londrina/Foz do Iguaçú)

404 - Fed. Cearense de Ciclismo

405 - Ferro e Aço Activa

406 - Fed. Cearense de Ciclismo II

407 - 100% Bike Distribuidora Col. Dáuli - mixed

408 - Rhayza Maria Bela Calçados

410 - Kioma Segurança

2 person Teams

201 - Servis Fiat é na Iguauto

202 - FCC EMS Midway Dose Certa Ótica Pontual

203 - FCC Moto Ciclo

204 - Construtora Castelo Branco

205 - Cartório 15 (Rio de Janeiro) - mixed

206 - Big Gym Refrigerantes - women

207 - FCC EMS Midway Dose Certa Ótica Pontual II

208 - Nabuco Racing Sputnik Switzerland (Suíça) - mixed

Solos

1- Rogério Marques (Belo Horizonte)

2 - Cláudio Clarindo (Santos)

3 - Robert Kish (EUA)

104 - Wagner Comodoro

105 - Roberto da Costa Silva (Uberlândia)

106 - Caroline Van Den Bulk (Canadá/Holanda)

107 - Fernando Sales (São Paulo)

108 - Roberto Trotta (Itália)

109 - Daniela Genovesi (Rio de Janeiro)

110 - Fabio Biasiolo (Itália)

111 - Marcelo Jardim Andrade (Adamantina/SP)

113 - Anderson D. Lira

114 - Ricardo Ferraz

115 - Ricardo Sérgio Leão Garcia (DF)

116 - Roberto Grecco (São Paulo)

117 - Sandra Cristina S. Faustino (Belém)

118 - Alziane Diógenes (Crato)

119 - Henrique Valor Caldas (DF)

120 - Ricardo de Araújo Pereira (DF)

121 - Rosival de Lima (São Paulo)

122 - Joel Chaves de Oliveira

123 - Edvaldo Negão

4 person Teams 12h

501 - Zona Alvo GL Loco

502 - Zona ALvo Servis - women

503 - Zona ALvo Casas Girão

504 - Zona Alvo Triathlon

505 - Zona ALvo Uirapuru Taxi Aéreo

506 - Zona Alvo no Bico - women

507 - Zona Alvo Makro Engenharia

509 - FCC EMS Dose Certa I

510 - FCC EMS Dose Certa II

511 - Cannondale

512 - Presença Esportes (DF)

513 - B2KP Kokid Jeans Pet Max Academia B2

514 - Equipe Amigos

515 - Luis Sinner Regional Nordeste

516 - ACACI de Ciclismo Juazeiro

517 - EV Marketing

Bike Brother's service and parts

The Bike Brother's will be at this years race. The will be located at the Race Village from friday until the end of the race. Professional service and parts will be available for all riders.

If you need a new chain or simply a inner tube, a light set or a derailleur set up, Cleber and his team will do it for you.

VISA and cash (R$ only) will be accepted.

Desafio 24h 2008 to air no ESPN Brazil

This years race will be aired on the 26th November, only a few days after!

The 30 minutes special will be aired at the Mundo Duas Rodas presented by the famous bike reporter Renata Falzoni.

Womens field grows to four!

Now will have four contenders to the title of this years race.

Besides the Dutch Caroline Van Den Bulk and the Brazilian Daniela Figueiredo, Sandra from Pará and Alziane Diógenes, from Ceará, will be side to side at the start line.

After having an injury problem last year, Alziane left the race before completing the 24 hours.

This year she's much better prepared and almost 100% healed from her hip aches.

Three times MTB 12 hours champion; Second overall at the World Cup qualifying event and two times winner of the 4 riders relay category at the Desafio 24h, Alziane said "that is impossible for a Cearense not to be in such a World Class event, right at our playground. This is a must for bike lovers". 

MANDATORY MEDICAL STATEMENT

All riders must present a valid medical statement, mentioning the Desafio 24h, with the medical registration number and doctor's signature.

The team or rider will only be eligible to compete if he's signed the registration form and presented the medical statement.

Everybody's safety is our major concern.