Prokop and Berteen Win Michigan Jeep KOM

The podium

The podium (Image credit: Jeep KOM Series)

For mountain bike racers Brian Lopes and Jill Kintner, the second leg of the Jeep King of the Mountain 2005 series in Grand Rapids, Mich., was supposed to be a prime opportunity to further demonstrate the American teammates’ dominance thus far in the series. But international champions Michael Prokop of the Czech Republic and Anneke Beerten of the Netherlands had a different game plan in mind as they dominated the competition and captured the respective men’s and women’s titles.

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