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Zaenal Fanani Win the Rhino Mountain Bike Cross Country Marathon 2018 at Tanjung Lesung

Thrill Factory Team – Bolo 1000’s athlete Zaenal Fanani has managed to gain the first position at the Rhino Mountain Bike Cross Country Marathon Open Championship with the total time of one hour, fifty five minutes and twenty three seconds (1:55:23) followed by Rafika M. Farishi from Pacific bike with the time one hour, fifty seven minutes and twenty three seconds (1:57:23) and Deni Ari yulianto from ISSI Club Cilegon – MJ Bike Cilegon Banten gain the third position with the total time two hours, seven minutes and twelve seconds (2:7:12). Although, Fanani have made a wrong route, he finally able to fight back and finish at the first position. When met after the race on Saturday (29/9), Fanani explained what happened when he made the wrong route and the preparation for the next championship of Asia Series in Cikole, West Java.

“I left the second position for about four minutes and I stopped at kilometer16. I asked the committee, I just found out that I was wrong, the distance was 38 kilometers to the finish line,then I went back to get my first position. Well, Cikole championship is XCO, it is four kilo sprint that must be reached in one and half hour”

Zainal said.

Meanwhile at the women class open, a rider from Batik Air Racing Team Club Noviana, got the first position with the time two hours, fourty two minutes and fifty two seconds (2:42:52). The Second and third position reached by Roidah and Siti Supi Chalifah from Pengcab ISSI Bogor. The Rhino Mountain Bike Cross Country Marathon (MTB XCM) that was held on September 29^th 2018 in Tanjung Lesung included in series of events of Tanjung Lesung Festival initiated by Banten provincial government to introduce several tourism objects in the region//NK