Steve’s won almost 20 world cup’s and been overall world cup champion 3 times, and taken the silver at 4 world championships but the gold and world title has eluded him until today in Canberra, Australia. Steve Peat was crowned World Champion!
“I don’t think it’s sunk in yet, over the years the worlds the World championship has become my nemesi. I’m still pretty overwhelmed with it all,” Peat said.
“I’m the oldest guy out there and I’ve been trying for a long time with a lot of second places, but I felt strong coming into this race.”
“It was pretty emotional putting the jersey on, on the podium knowing I could wear it as World Champion for the next year, I’ve been trying for a long time and it’s just an unreal feeling.”
He added: “I have had such bad luck at the World Championships but today I had an awesome run.”
Video from Youtube below:
Steve Peat World Champion. Image courtesy of dirtmag.co.uk
Last man down the course was Gee Atherton 2008 world champion who incidently in 2008 took victory from steve peat as the last man down the course, couldnt replicate the form he showed but still managed to finish in 6th Place.
