Brian Thomas Lopes (born September 6, 1971, in

Mission Viejo Mission Viejo ( ; language change, corruption of ; ) is a Commuter town, commuter city in the Saddleback Valley in Orange County, California, United States. Mission Viejo is considered one of the largest Planned community, master-planned commu ...

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) is a professional mountain bike racer who specializes in four-cross. Lopes started riding

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in his childhood and turned professional at seventeen years old.Lopes/McCormack, "Mastering Mountain Bike Skills", page 195, He started mountain biking in 1993 and has since won a total of 18 titles – 9

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National Championships, 6 UCI World Cup wins and 4 UCI World Championship titles. Lopes has also held world records in

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, in terms of both distance and height. He was nominated in 2001 for an ESPY "Action sport Athlete of the Year"Lopes/McCormack, "Mastering Mountain Bike Skills", page 196, and won two NEA (World Extreme Sports Award) for "Mountain Biker of the Year" in 2000 & 2001.Brian Lopes
Lopes has also co-written a book, ''Mastering Mountain Bike Skills'' with Lee McCormack. Lopes has also been featured in a videogame; '' Downhill Domination'' on the

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. Lopes is currently sponsored by Ibis Bicycles, Oakley, Lazer, X-Fusion, SRAM, Kenda, Novatec Wheels, WTB, ODI, Magura, Pearl Izumi, Go Pro, HT, KS, Chris King & MRP. On April 13, 2012, Lopes won the first race of the new

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World Cup series in Houffalize, Belgium.

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External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lopes, Brian American male cyclists Four-cross mountain bikers 1971 births Living people Sportspeople from Mission Viejo, California UCI Mountain Bike World Champions (men) American mountain bikers 20th-century American sportsmen American people of Portuguese descent