Brendan Fairclough to join Sam Hill on the Monster Energy/Specialized team !

Published on November 26, 2008

Today Specialized announced that Brendan Fairclough would be joining the Monster Energy/Specialized team for 2009. Brendan has had plenty of good results previously such as 5x National British Champion, 2006 Junior Champion and also finished 14th overall this year in the Uci Dh cup. Sam and Brendan will both be riding the Demo 8 to start with, but are going to help develop a new Dh machine throughout the year. Both riders will most definitely do well in the Downhill scene next year and both expect to get good results.

This is what Specialized marketing manager Scott Sharples had to say about the new team and riders:

“Sam and Brendan are brilliant riders with great track records. They are a perfect match for the Specialized suspension engineering team and their top-notch innovative bikes,” Sharples said. “Sam has a reputation for pushing his bike to the limit and ripping up the most demanding track like nobody else. Lucky for us, he’s chosen the Specialized Demo as his weapon to win back World Championship status. With Brendan also on-board, ready to regain the podium for himself, this will be an awesome combo deal.

Sam hill also Seemed very please with the new team:

“I wanted to ride for Specialized because we share the same goal and that’s to win races—they are really capable when it comes to building and testing new products and striving to be the best,” he said. “I had a good feeling about all the people there, and it’s cool that everyone is into riding bikes, and they are all passionate about it. I’m definitely excited about the future and what myself and Specialized can achieve together.”

To find out more log on to www.specializedriders.com for the latest pictures and news of the team!

Thanks to Specialized for the pictures.