Shaums March was crowned world downhill champion last Saturday at the 2007 UCI Masters Mountain Bike World Championships in Pra Loup, France. He was named world champion after besting a field of 97 riders in the men's 30-34 downhill contest. Posting a time of 3'55.28", the lone American entered in the event improved upon his third-place time posted in the previous day's seeding run. He outpaced second and third places by just fractions of a second to claim the world title.
The US team was delighted to take home four other medals. Lars Tribus won bronze in the men's 35-39 downhill, 5.97 seconds behind winner and British rider Nigel Page, who was the only rider in the group to break the four-minute barrier with his time of 3:55.36.
